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CALGARY, ALBERTA -- (Marketwire) -- 12/11/12 -- The climate science critical review organization, Friends of Science, denounces the on-going waste of resources and "climate science dogma" of the recent COP-18 Doha talks, spawned in 1992 by the UN United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and the related UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.
"We've been reviewing the peer-reviewed climate science for a decade," says President Len Maier, "but the phenomenal waste of financial and energy resources have turned our group into something of an environmental green-wash watch-dog as well."
Friends of Science are a group of retired atmospheric and earth scientists who dispute the commonly accepted theory of human-made 'global warming' as being the result of the use of fossil fuels. Friends of Science claim 'carbon reduction' is unnecessary and irrelevant as the sun is the main driver of climate change. Temperatures and carbon dioxide levels are well within historic norms of climate fluctuations.
"The 'anthropogenic global warming' theory has not stood the test of the Scientific Method," says Maier, "yet countries, industries and citizens are frantically trying to reduce their 'carbon footprint' when this will have no impact on climate."
Friends of Science specifically condemn the 'climate cult' that has indoctrinated youth with a catastrophic view of the future - leading many youth into deep depression and a sense of helplessness.
"Human beings are capable of magnificent scientific and technological accomplishments. We should be inspiring our youth to stand on the shoulders of the giants of innovation - but most important we must dismantle this "climate change crisis cult" and stop wasting resources on this green-wash and rent-seeking."
FACTS - The UN Climate Change predictions are:
1. Incomplete. The UN/IPCC reports exclude the overwhelming scientific evidence that the sun is the main driver of climate change. Not CO2. 2. Inaccurate. Climate Change prediction models done on computer have been wildly inaccurate; when accurate data is entered about actual recent temperatures, the computer models cannot accurately 'hind-cast' (calculate temperature patterns in reverse). 3. Based on assumption. Some UN/IPCC -allied scientists have assumed that CO2 drives temperature - but this has not been scientifically proven. For the past 16 years, despite a rise in CO2, the UK Met Office reports there has been no global warming. 4. Out of context. Global temperatures began being recorded in the late 1880's. But historic human records of temperature change date back centuries and geological evidence dates back at least 500 million years. In context, today's climate and weather are perfectly normal. 5. Wasting resources. Fear of CO2 emissions has lead to a "rush to renewable." But 'renewables' like wind and solar are unreliable energy producers. They require 24/7 back-up power generation by gas-fired plants. This is wasteful and very expensive for no energy benefit. It's not 'free' energy at all. 6. Factually incorrect. The climate change crisis cult has made people believe that carbon dioxide (CO2) is a toxic gas in large quantity that threatens human life. In fact, CO2 is the essence of life - without it there would be no oxygen. CO2 is plant food, and more CO2 increases plant growth and crop yields. CO2 is a trace element in the atmosphere- occurring at about 0.04%. 7. Economically devastating. Citizens of Western nations have been plunged into fuel poverty in the UK, Ontario, Spain, and California as extreme 'carbon reduction' measures were enacted, driving consumer and business energy prices sky-high while doing zero for the environment (see point 5. Above). Clever investors get rich on carbon taxes/trades called 'climate wealth' while crushing consumers. 8. Based on one-sided research. Billions are spent on climate change research dedicated to the unproven theory of man-made global warming through use of fossil fuels; very little is spent on understanding more significant modifying natural factors like the sun, volcanoes, ocean currents etc. 9. Rife with conflicts of interests. Agenda-driven ENGO's have invaded the UN Climate organizations at all levels; scientists have been co-opted to be 'climate witnesses', wealthy speculators lead the charge, capitalizing on carbon taxes, subsidies for renewable, and carbon trades at your expense. 10. Environmentally destructive & expensive. $1 trillion dollars spent in a decade on 'carbon reduction' - biofuels take up valuable food crops, and have no net positive production of fuel. "Renewables" wastefully consume energy resources for limited power generation in return, creating different kinds of pollutions, emission, and human/wildlife damage - and no net benefit.
1. Changes in solar activity correlates well with earth's temperature as shown in numerous studies. This graph shows a good correlation between 400 years of northern hemisphere temperatures and solar irradiance, which is used as a proxy for all solar changes. Note the low solar activity periods occurring during the Little Ice Age (Maunder Minimum 1645 to 1715 and the Dalton Minimum 1795 to 1825). Longer term, here is a correlation of a solar proxy to a temperature proxy for a period of 3000 years. See "Sun Activity Correlates with Temperature" here.
To view the Visualization of the proportionate ratio of sun and earth, with Coronal Mass Ejection image, please visit this link: http://media3.marketwire.com/docs/1210fos.jpg
2. Climate modellers have given up trying to match their models to the observations. They ignore that fact that there has been no warming for 15 years so their surface temperature projections greatly diverge from the measurements as shown here. A primary reason the models fail is because they predict an enhanced warming rate in the upper atmosphere which does not appear in the measurements as shown here and here. The latter graph shows the climate model temperature trends of the mid-troposphere, using 57 runs from 23 climate models, are four times larger than observations from satellites and weather balloons. Much of the earth's heat is stored in the oceans. The GISS climate model over estimates the ocean heat content warming trend of the top 700 m from 2003 by a factor of 6 compared to measurements from 3300 ARGO buoys as shown here. The north to south pattern of climate change as measured by satellites bears no resemblance to the climate model projections. The climate model seas surface warming trend at the equator from 1982 is 6 times higher than that measured by satellites as shown here. The graph here shows the northern hemisphere sea surface temperature measurements and the climate model hindcasts for the period 1910 to 1944. The actual temperature rise was 4.5 times greater than the modeled trend. The models cannot replicate the measurements because they do not include natural causes of climate change. See "Computer Models Fail" here.
3. The UK's Daily Mail published a graph from the Met Office here, showing no global warming for 16 years. The climate models assume that increasing temperatures would cause an increase in water vapour in the upper atmosphere, and fewer clouds, which would amplify the small direct warming effect from CO2. Radiosonde and satellite data shows that both of these assumptions are false. Upper atmosphere water vapour and clouds act to reduce the CO2-induced warming. See "Water Vapour Feedback" here and Cloud feedback" here.
4. The temperature and CO2 concentration history of the last 600 million years is shown here. The Vostok ice core temperature record over the last 400,000 years is shown here. The temperature history during the last 10,000 years is here. See "Climate is Always Changing" here.
5. An article here shows that wind power is a ludicrously inefficient and expensive way to generate electricity. A study of wind power in the Netherlands here shows that wind power cause extra fuel consumption instead of fuel saving, when compared to electricity production with modern high-efficiency gas turbines only. See FoS Policies and Economics here.
6. The increase in CO2 emissions has caused increased crop yields and faster growing plants and forests, thereby greening the planet. Crop yields have increased about 16% due to more CO2. The chart here shows that a 50% increase in CO2 causes a 10% increase in wheat yields in wet conditions and a 23% increase in dry conditions. See "CO2 Greatly Increases Plant and Forest Growth" here and the FoS Climate Sciencegreater than greater than CO2 and Plant Growth section here.
7. A survey in 2011 shows that 6.3 million households in the United Kingdom, or 24% of all households were in fuel poverty due to rising energy costs, see here. These households spend more than 10% of their incomes on home fuel use.
8. The US Government has spent $79 billion from 1989 to 2009 on climate research and technology as shown here. The 2010 budget request was 6.7 billion, see here.
9. Donna Laframboise, author of "The Delinquent Teenager who was Mistaken for the World's Top Climate Expert", an expose of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, presented her findings in Calgary at the Friends of Science 9th annual luncheon. Her presentation is here. She finds that the 2007 IPCC report contains references to 5,587 non-peer-reviewed articles, including newspaper articles and Greenpeace propaganda documents. Two-thirds of chapters where authored by at least one scientist affiliated with the lobby group, The World Wildlife Fund.
10. The USA and the EU have instituted mandates and subsidies to stimulate the production of bio-fuels in a miss-guided effort to displace fossil fuels. The diversion of corn from food consumption to biofuels has increased food prices and poverty. A study here shows that biofuel production over 2004 level has resulted in 192,000 excess deaths from malnutrition and poverty in 2010 in developing countries. Ethanol added to gasoline reduces fuel efficiency. About 30% of the US corn crop is used to make ethanol, see here. The mining of rare earth mineral used to manufacture the magnets for the wind turbines has caused an ecological catastrophe in northern China, see here. Wind power has a huge land footprint because it is very dilute and intermittent. It requires extensive networks of roads, transmission lines and turbines. Wind turbines are very dangerous for the workers who must maintain them and for the public. Lumps of ice and broken blades get flung off them. One blade was flung into a house over 5 km away. Wind farm also deadly to bats and birds. Wind turbines at Altamont Pass, California were killing up to 4,000 birds annually, including over 1,000 raptors such as golden eagles, hawks, falcons and owls, see here. Feed-in-tariffs in Ontario is costing consumers $4 billion per year, with solar power costing 49 cents/kWhr, about 5 times the conventional rate, see here.
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Northwestern must slow Iowa's torrid pace in Big Ten tournament
BY SETH GRUEN Staff Reporter March 12, 2014 11:38PM
Here's the formula for how to beat a feisty, defensive-minded Northwestern team: Run them up and down the floor.
Unfortunately for the Wildcats, no team in the Big Ten runs the floor better than Iowa. The Wildcats face the Hawkeyes on Thursday night in the opening round of the Big Ten tournament in Indianapolis.
But even if Northwestern is able to get past Iowa, the Wildcats will have to contend with that style for as long as they remain in the four-day tournament.
Northwestern has only four players — Drew Crawford, Alex Olah, Sanjay Lumpkin and Tre Demps — used to playing big minutes. Fatigue has been as much a factor in the Wildcats' losses as their well-documented offensive ineptitude.
Coach Chris Collins has very few options off the bench. He already is playing Kale Abrahamson and Dave Sobolewski because of a season-ending foot injury to JerShon Cobb.
So how can the undermanned Wildcats slow Iowa?
"We have to have good offensive possessions," Crawford said. "We can't turn the ball over, we can't take errant shots because that's what leads to run-outs and they're a great transition team. So the way we take care of the ball offensively is going to be important, and then just have the mind-set to get back [on defense] every possession."
Most teams that have beaten Iowa, which averages 82.6 points per game, have been able to play that up-and-down game, too.
But Northwestern can't compete in a track meet. So it will look to downstate rival Illinois for the model of how to handle the Hawkeyes.
Collins said he thought the Illini were the most successful at slowing down Iowa. Illinois beat the Hawkeyes 66-63 on Saturday.
"We just have to try to play our game," Collins. "In the games we've been successful, we've been able to keep the scores down, keep it more of a possession-by-possession game.
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text: United States Patent: 7780954 ( 1 of 1 ) United States Patent 7,780,954 Polonka , et al. August 24, 2010 Glow and sunless tanning color enhancement by cationic copolymers Abstract A cosmetic composition for sunless tanning or imparting glow to skin is herein described. The composition includes from about 0.1 to about 20% by weight of a tanning agent and from 0.1 to 20% by weight of a crosslinked cationic copolymer having a monomer unit which is a methacryloylethyl or acryloylethyl tri(C.sub.1-C.sub.3 alkyl)ammonium salt. The crosslinked cationic copolymer is a color enhancing agent which improves color intensity and avoids streaking of the developing tan/glow. Inventors: Polonka; Jack (Peekskill, NY), Bartolone; John Brian (Bridgeport, CT) Assignee: Conopco, Inc. (Englewood Cliffs, NJ) Appl. No.: 12/128,642 Filed: May 29, 2008 Related U.S. Patent Documents Application NumberFiling DatePatent NumberIssue Date 61029649Feb., 2008 Current U.S. Class: 424/59 ; 424/401; 424/78.03; 424/78.08; 514/642; 514/675 Current International Class: A61Q 17/04 (20060101); A61K 8/02 (20060101); A61K 31/785 (20060101); A61K 31/121 (20060101); A61K 31/14 (20060101); A01N 35/02 (20060101); A01N 33/12 (20060101) References Cited [Referenced By] U.S. Patent Documents 4676913 June 1987 Easterly, Jr. et al. 5051487 September 1991 Bhattacharyya et al. 5232688 August 1993 Ziegler et al. 5637306 June 1997 Cauwet et al. 5700452 December 1997 Deckner et al. 6277892 August 2001 Deckner et al. 6344185 February 2002 Argus et al. 6432389 August 2002 Hansenne et al. 6664287 December 2003 Avery et al. 7015279 March 2006 Braun et al. 2005/0014893 January 2005 Braun et al. 2008/0025939 January 2008 Cassier et al. 2008/0051492 February 2008 Mitarotonda et al. 2008/0078036 April 2008 Rondeau 2008/0131385 June 2008 Roso et al. 2009/0074823 March 2009 Takakura Foreign Patent Documents 94/02176 Feb., 1994 WO 00/53815 Sep., 2000 WO 2005/027862 Mar., 2005 WO Other References Co-pending application--Polonka et al. U.S. Appl. No. 61/029,654, filed Feb. 19, 2008. cited by other . Co-pending application--Polonka et al. U.S. Appl. No. 61/029,657, filed Feb. 19, 2008. cited by other . International Search Report PCT/EP2009/051024. cited by other . Holden, C., "Formulating Hair and Skin Products more Effectively", Speciality Chemicals, Redhill, GB, vol. 16, No. 1, Jan. 1, 1996, pp. 21-23; XP002071540. cited by other . Aseyev V.O. et al., "Collapse of poly(methacryloylethyl trimethylammonium methylsulfate) on addition of acetone into an aqueous solution" Polymer, Elsevier Science Publishers B.V. GB, vol. 40, No. 5, Mar. 1, 1999, pp. 1173-1180; XP004141096. cited by other. Primary Examiner: Arnold; Ernst V Assistant Examiner: Kassa; Jessica Attorney, Agent or Firm: Honig; Milton L. Claims What is claimed is: 1. A cosmetic product for imparting a glow or sunless tan to skin comprising: (i) from about 0.1 to about 20% by weight of a tanning agent which is reactive with skin to produce a tan color; (ii) from about 0.1 to about 20% by weight of a color enhancing agent which is a crosslinked cationic copolymer that is acrylamide/acryloylethyl trimethylammonium chloride/tris(hydroxymethyl)acrylamidomethane copolymer; and (iii) a cosmetically acceptable carrier. 2. The composition according to claim 1 wherein the tanning agent is dihydroxyacetone. 3. The product according to claim 1 wherein the crosslinked cationic copolymer is present in an amount from about 0.5 to about 10% by weight of the composition. 4. The product according to claim 1 wherein the tanning agent is present in an amount from about 0.5 to about 10% by weight of the composition. 5. The product according to claim 1 further comprising from about 0.01 to about 5% by weight of a monomeric quaternary ammonium salt. 6. The product according to claim 5 wherein the monomeric quaternary ammonium salt is a di(C.sub.12-C.sub.22) fatty alkyl substituted ammonium salt. 7. The product according to claim 5 wherein the monomeric quatemary ammonium salt is distearyl dimonium chloride. Description BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The invention concerns a product for imparting glow and/or a sunless tan to skin. The product includes besides a skin tanning agent also a color enhancement agent for reducing the time to full maturation and deeper color intensity. 2. The Related Art Today there is a great health concern with natural tanning through sunlight. Ultraviolet radiation from the sun is considered to be a leading factor in causing skin cancer. Even if not lethal, ultraviolet radiation has been acknowledged as accelerating aging and wrinkling processes on the skin. Beyond health concerns, there are obvious practical reasons against natural tanning. Foremost is the reason that in many areas of the globe and during all but summertime, there is insufficient sunlight available to accomplish the task. While some choose artificial sunlight as an alternative to exposure to natural sunlight, and as a potentially less risky means of obtaining a tan, this option too is not always suitable; hence, other options for skin tanning are desirable. One of these options, to which people are turning in increasing numbers, are the various "sunless tanning compositions" that can be used to brown human skin without the necessity of exposing the skin to natural, or artificial, sunlight. Such compositions contain, as their active agent, one or more of the available self tanning agents, including dihydroxyacetone ("DHA," 1,3-dihydroxy-2-propanone). DHA, currently the most widely used of the self tanning agents, is believed to exert its effect through interactions between its hydroxyl groups and the amino groups of amino acids and peptides naturally occurring in the hydrolipid pellicle and first layers of the stratum corneum of the skin. Such Maillard reactions are believed (see, e.g., Bobin et al., J. Soc. Cosmet. Chem. 35: 255 (1984)) to lead to formation of brown pigments in the skin, thereby giving it an appearance similar to that of a naturally obtained tan. Although there has been great progress in sunless self-tanning as noted above, considerable further progress is needed to increase speed of coloration and achieve a coloration even closer to a natural look. Furthermore, many of the known self-tanning compositions have poor substantivity. Rub-off onto clothing may occur and thereby impart a stain to the textiles. Many of the formulas are subject to wash-off and sweat-off after their application. There is a need to improve substantivity on the skin. Streaking is also a problem faced by the art. By the term "streaking" is meant noneven deposition on the skin; the coloration tends to migrate along an outer perimeter as a result of the formula being rubbed around upon the skin. New approaches are required to address one or more of the problems with self-tanning compositions. Thus, the present invention is directed to both a product and method which solves the problem of slow rates of coloration. In certain embodiments the invention imparts a more intense (darker) color not achievable with traditional sunless tanning agents. SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION A cosmetic product for imparting a glow or sunless tan to skin is provided which includes: (i) from about 0.1 to about 20% by weight of a tanning agent which is reactive with skin to produce a tan color; (ii) from about 0.1 to about 20% by weight of a color enhancing agent which is a crosslinked cationic copolymer having monomer units of methacryloylethyl or acryloylethyl tri(C.sub.1-C.sub.3 alkyl) ammonium salt; and (iii) a cosmetically acceptable carrier. DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION Now it has been found that crosslinked cationic copolymers partially formed from monomer units of methacryloylethyl or acryloylethyl tri(C.sub.1-C.sub.3 alkyl)ammonium salts are effective color enhancing agents in imparting glow (radiance) and/or sunless tan to skin. The combination of a tanning agent and the cationic copolymer deliver a more intense color to the treated area of skin. Further, substantivity is enhanced. There is resistance to the tanning agent being washed-off or sweated off. Physically it is also more difficult to rub-off the compositions onto clothing. Tanning agents of the present invention are materials which when applied to human skin will react with amino acids of the skin so as to form pigmented species (i.e. a tan). These reactions give skin a brown appearance similar to a color obtained by exposure to sunlight. These materials may be alpha-hydroxyaldehydes and ketones, glyceraldehyde, troxerutin and related alcohol aldehydes, various indoles, imidazoles and derivatives thereof. Illustrative but not limiting are dihydroxyacetone, melanin, mahakanni (eclipta alba), methyl glyoxal, erythrulose, alloxan, 2,3-dihydroxysuccindialdehyde and mixtures thereof. More preferred is dihydroxyacetone. Amounts of the tanning agent may range from about 0.1 to about 20%, preferably from about 0.5 to about 10%, more preferably from about 0.8 to about 5%, and optimally from 1 to 2% by weight of the cosmetic composition. Formulations intended for imparting glow (synonymous with radiance), utilize tanning agent at lower levels such as from 0.5 to 2.5% by weight. Sunless tanning to a relatively dark shade ordinarily requires the tanning agent to be at the higher levels from 3 to 20% by weight. Cationic copolymers of the present invention incorporate as one of the repeating units a methacryloylethyl tri(C.sub.1-C.sub.3 alkyl) ammonium salt or an acryloylethyl tri(C.sub.1-C.sub.3 alkyl)ammonium salt. The term "salt" for this monomer unit may be but is not limited to chloride, bromide, sulfate, sulphonate, methosulfate, nitrate, tosylate, phosphate and phosphonate. The term "copolymer" means at least two different monomer repeating units, preferably three or more different monomer repeating units. Monomer units that crosslink are particularly useful. Monomers forming the copolymer with the methacryloylethyl or acryloylethyl tri(C.sub.1-C.sub.3 alkyl) ammonium salt monomer units include: styrene, acrylic acid, methacrylic acid, vinyl chloride, vinyl acetate, vinyl pyrrolidone, isoprene, vinyl alcohol, vinyl methylether, chloro-styrene, dialkylamino-styrene, maleic acid, acrylamide, methacrylamide, tris(hydroxymethyl)-acrylamidomethane and mixtures thereof. Where the term "acid" appears, the term means not only the free acid but also C.sub.1-C.sub.30 alkyl esters, anhydrides and salts thereof. Preferably but not exclusively the salts thereof may be ammonium, alkanolammonium, alkali metal and alkaline earth metal salts. Most preferred are the ammonium and alkanolammonium salts of acid monomers. Most preferred for purposes of this invention as the crosslinked cationic copolymer is acrylamide/acryloylethyl trimethylammonium chloride/tris(hydroxymethyl)-acrylamidomethane copolymer. Commercial availability is under the trademark 7688 MP available from Seppic Inc. Number average molecular weight of the copolymers according to the invention may range from about 1,000 to about 3,000,000, preferably from about 3,000 to about 100,000, optimally from about 10,000 to about 80,000. Amounts of the copolymer may range from about 0.1 to about 20%, preferably from about 0.5 to about 10%, more preferably from about 1 to about 7%, and optimally from about 1.5 to about 5% by weight of the composition. Additional enhancement of tanning effect and elimination of streaking can be achieved by utilization of a monomeric quaternary ammonium salt. Particularly useful are C.sub.12-C.sub.22 fatty alkyl substituted ammonium salts. These may be mono-fatty alkyl or di-fatty alkyl substituted ammonium compounds. Amounts may range from about 0.01 to about 5%, preferably from about 0.05 to about 3%, and optimally from about 0.15 to about 1% by weight of the cosmetic compositions. An illustrative material is distearyl dimethyl ammonium salts, and in particular distearyl dimonium chloride sold under the trademark Varisoft TA-100. Compositions of this invention will also include a cosmetically acceptable carder. Amounts of the carrier may range from about 1 to about 99.9%, preferably from about 70 to about 95%, optimally from about 80 to about 90% by weight of the composition. Among the useful carriers are water, emollients, fatty acids, fatty alcohols, thickeners and combinations thereof. The carrier may be aqueous, anhydrous or an emulsion. Preferably the compositions are aqueous, especially water and oil emulsions of the W/O or O/W or triplex W/O/W variety. Water when present may be in amounts ranging from about 5 to about 95%, preferably from about 20 to about 70%, optimally from about 35 to about 60% by weight. Emollient materials may serve as cosmetically acceptable carriers. These may be in the form of silicone oils, natural or synthetic esters and hydrocarbons. Amounts of the emollients may range anywhere from about 0.1 to about 95%, preferably between about 1 and about 50% by weight of the composition. Silicone oils may be divided into the volatile and nonvolatile variety. The term "volatile" as used herein refers to those materials which have a measurable vapor pressure at ambient temperature. Volatile silicone oils are preferably chosen from cyclic (cyclomethicone) or linear polydimethylsiloxanes containing from 3 to 9, preferably from 4 to 5, silicon atoms. Nonvolatile silicone oils useful as an emollient material include polyalkyl siloxanes, polyalkylaryl siloxanes and polyether siloxane copolymers. The essentially nonvolatile polyalkyl siloxanes useful herein include, for example, polydimethyl siloxanes with viscosities of from about 5.times.10.sup.-6 to 0.1 m.sup.2/s at 25.degree. C. Among the preferred nonvolatile emollients useful in the present compositions are the polydimethyl siloxanes having viscosities from about 1.times.10.sup.-5 to about 4.times.10.sup.-4 m.sup.2/s at 25.degree. C. Another class of nonvolatile silicones are emulsifying and non-emulsifying silicone elastomers. Representative of this category is Dimethicone/Vinyl Dimethicone Crosspolymer available as Dow Corning 9040, General Electric SFE 839, and Shin-Etsu KSG-18. Silicone waxes such as Silwax WS-L (Dimethicone Copolyol Laurate) may also be useful. Among the ester emollients are: a) Alkyl esters of saturated fatty acids having 10 to 24 carbon atoms. Examples thereof include behenyl neopentanoate, isononyl isonanonoate, isopropyl myristate and octyl stearate. b) Ether-esters such as fatty acid esters of ethoxylated saturated fatty alcohols. c) Polyhydric alcohol esters. Ethylene glycol mono and di-fatty acid esters, diethylene glycol mono- and di-fatty acid esters, polyethylene glycol (200-6000) mono- and di-fatty acid esters, propylene glycol mono- and di-fatty acid esters, polypropylene glycol 2000 monostearate, ethoxylated propylene glycol monostearate, glyceryl mono- and di-fatty acid esters, polyglycerol poly-fatty esters, ethoxylated glyceryl mono-stearate, 1,3-butylene glycol monostearate, 1,3-butylene glycol distearate, polyoxyethylene polyol fatty acid ester, sorbitan fatty acid esters, and polyoxyethylene sorbitan fatty acid esters are satisfactory polyhydric alcohol esters. Particularly useful are pentaerythritol, trimethylolpropane and neopentyl glycol esters of C.sub.1-C.sub.30 alcohols. d) Wax esters such as beeswax, spermaceti wax and tribehenin wax. e) Sugar ester of fatty acids such as sucrose polybehenate and sucrose polycottonseedate. Natural ester emollients principally are based upon mono-, di- and tri-glycerides. Representative glycerides include sunflower seed oil, cottonseed oil, borage oil, borage seed oil, primrose oil, castor and hydrogenated castor oils, rice bran oil, soybean oil, olive oil, safflower oil, shea butter, jojoba oil and combinations thereof. Animal derived emollients are represented by lanolin oil and lanolin derivatives. Amounts of the natural esters may range from about 0.1 to about 20% by weight of the compositions. Hydrocarbons which are suitable cosmetically acceptable carriers include petrolatum, mineral oil, C.sub.11-C.sub.13 isoparaffins, polybutenes, and especially isohexadecane, available commercially as Permethyl 101A from Presperse Inc. Fatty acids having from 10 to 30 carbon atoms may also be suitable as cosmetically acceptable carriers. Illustrative of this category are pelargonic, lauric, myristic, palmitic, stearic, isostearic, oleic, linoleic, linolenic, hydroxystearic and behenic acids. Fatty alcohols having from 10 to 30 carbon atoms are another useful category of cosmetically acceptable carrier. Illustrative of this category are stearyl alcohol, lauryl alcohol, myristyl alcohol, oleyl alcohol and cetyl alcohol. Thickeners can be utilized as part of the cosmetically acceptable carrier of compositions according to the present invention. Typical thickeners include crosslinked acrylates (e.g. Carbopol 982.RTM.)), hydrophobically-modified acrylates (e.g. Carbopol 1382.RTM.), polyacrylamides (e.g. Sepigel 305.RTM.), acryloylmethylpropane sulfonic acid/salt polymers and copolymers (e.g. Aristoflex HMB.RTM. and AVC.RTM.), cellulosic derivatives and natural gums. Among useful cellulosic derivatives are sodium carboxymethylcellulose, hydroxypropyl methocellulose, hydroxypropyl cellulose, hydroxyethyl cellulose, ethyl cellulose and hydroxymethyl cellulose. Natural gums suitable for the present invention include guar, xanthan, sclerotium, carrageenan, pectin and combinations of these gums. Inorganics may also be utilized as thickeners, particularly clays such as bentonites and hectorites, fumed silicas, calcium carbonate and silicates such as magnesium aluminum silicate (Veegum.RTM.). Amounts of the thickener may range from 0.0001 to 10%, usually from 0.001 to 1%, optimally from 0.01 to 0.5% by weight of the composition. Humectants may be employed in the present invention. These are generally polyhydric alcohol-type materials. Typical polyhydric alcohols include glycerol, propylene glycol, dipropylene glycol, polypropylene glycol, polyethylene glycol, sorbitol, hydroxypropyl sorbitol, hexylene glycol, 1,3-butylene glycol, isoprene glycol, 1,2,6-hexanetriol, ethoxylated glycerol, propoxylated glycerol and mixtures thereof. The amount of adjunct humectant may range anywhere from 0.5 to 50%, preferably between 1 and 15% by weight of the composition. Compositions of the present invention may be in any form. These forms may include lotions, creams, roll-on formulations, sticks, mousses, aerosol and non-aerosol sprays and fabric (e.g. nonwoven textile)-applied formulations. Particularly useful are nonwoven cloths of polypropylene or cotton/polyester impregnated with dihydroxyacetone and a cationic copolymer of the present invention. Surfactants may also be present in compositions of the present invention. Total concentration of the surfactant when present may range from about 0.1 to about 30%, preferably from about 0.1 to about 15%, optimally from about 0.5 to about 2% by weight of the composition. The surfactant may be selected from the group consisting of anionic, nonionic, cationic and amphoteric actives. Particularly preferred nonionic surfactants are those with a C.sub.10-C.sub.20 fatty alcohol or acid hydrophobe condensed with from 2 to 100 moles of ethylene oxide or propylene oxide per mole of hydrophobe; C.sub.2-C.sub.10 alkyl phenols condensed with from 2 to 20 moles of alkylene oxide; mono- and di-fatty acid esters of ethylene glycol; fatty acid monoglyceride; sorbitan, mono- and di-C.sub.8-C.sub.20 fatty acids; and polyoxyethylene sorbitan as well as combinations thereof. Alkyl polyglycosides and saccharide fatty amides (e.g. methyl gluconamides) and trialkylamine oxides are also suitable nonionic surfactants. Preferred anionic surfactants include soap, alkyl ether sulfates and sulfonates, alkyl sulfates and sulfonates, alkylbenzene sulfonates, alkyl and dialkyl sulfosuccinates, C.sub.8-C.sub.20 acyl isethionates, C.sub.8-C.sub.20 alkyl ether phosphates, C.sub.8-C.sub.20 sarcosinates, C.sub.8-C.sub.20 acyl lactylates, sulfoacetates and combinations thereof. Useful amphoteric surfactants include cocoamidopropyl betaine, C.sub.12-C.sub.20 trialkyl betaines, sodium lauroamphoacetate, and sodium laurodiamphoacetate. Advantageously present may also be water-insoluble organic material in the form of polymeric porous spherical particles. By the term "porous" is meant an open or closed cell structure. Preferably the particles are not hollow beads. Average particle size may range from about 0.1 to about 100, preferably from about 1 to about 50, more preferably greater than 5 and especially from 5 to about 15, optimally from about 6 to about 10 .mu.m. Organic polymers or copolymers are the preferred materials and can be formed from monomers including the acid, salt or ester forms of acrylic acid and methacrylic acid, methylacrylate, ethylacrylate, ethylene, propylene, vinylidene chloride, acrylonitrile, maleic acid, vinyl pyrrolidone, styrene, butadiene and mixtures thereof. The polymers are especially useful in cross-linked form. Cells of the porous articles may be filled by a gas which can be air, nitrogen or a hydrocarbon. Oil Absorbance (castor oil) is a measure of porosity and in the preferred but not limiting embodiment may range from about 90 to about 500, preferably from about 100 to about 200, optimally from about 120 to about 180 ml/100 grams. Density of the particles in the preferred but not limiting embodiment may range from about 0.08 to 0.55, preferably from about 0.15 to 0.48 g/cm.sup.3. Illustrative porous polymers include polymethylmethacrylate and cross-linked polystyrene. Most preferred is polymethyl methacrylate available as Ganzpearl.RTM. GMP 820 available from Presperse, Inc., Piscataway, N.J., known also by its INCI name of Methyl Methacrylate Crosspolymer. Amounts of the water-insoluble polymeric porous particles may range from about 0.01 to about 10%, preferably from about 0.1 to about 5%, optimally from about 0.3 to about 2% by weight of the composition. Preservatives can desirably be incorporated into the personal care compositions of this invention to protect against the growth of potentially harmful microorganisms. Particularly preferred preservatives are phenoxyethanol, methyl paroben, propyl paraben, imidazolidinyl urea, dimethyloldimethylhydantoin, ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid salts (EDTA), sodium dehydroacetate, methylchloroisothiazolinone, methylisothiazolinone, iodopropynbutylcarbamate and benzyl alcohol. The preservatives should be selected having regard for the use of the composition and possible incompatibilities between the preservatives and other ingredients. Preservatives are preferably employed in amounts ranging from 0.01% to 2% by weight of the composition. A variety of herbal extracts may optionally be included in compositions of this invention. The extracts may either be water soluble or water-insoluble carried in a solvent which respectively is hydrophilic or hydrophobic. Water and ethanol are the preferred extract solvents. Illustrative extracts include those from green tea, chamomile, licorice, aloe vera, grape seed, citrus unshui, willow bark, sage, thyme and rosemary. Also included may be such materials as lipoic acid, retinoxytrimethylsilane (available from Clariant Corp. under the Silcare 1M-75 trademark), dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA) and combinations thereof. Ceramides (including Ceramide 1, Ceramide 3, Ceramide 3B and Ceramide 6) as well as pseudoceramides may also be useful. Amounts of these materials may range from about 0.000001 to about 10%, preferably from about 0.0001 to about 1% by weight of the composition. Colorants, opacifiers and abrasives may also be included in compositions of the present invention. Each of these substances may range from about 0.05 to about 5%, preferably between 0.1 and 3% by weight of the composition. Still other suitable actives for skin compositions and use in the present invention include creatine, resveratrol, hyaluronic acid (particularly those of molecular weight of around 800), and combinations thereof. Amounts may range from about 0.000001 to about 5%, preferably from about 0.001 to about 1% by weight of the compositions. Compositions of the present invention may also contain vitamins. Illustrative water-soluble vitamins are Niacinamide, Vitamin B.sub.2, Vitamin B.sub.6, Vitamin C and Biotin. Among the useful water-insoluble vitamins are Vitamin A (retinol), Vitamin A Palmitate, ascorbyl tetraisopalmitate, Vitamin E (tocopherol), Vitamin E Acetate and DL-panthenol. Total amount of vitamins when present in compositions according to the present invention may range from 0.001 to 10%, preferably from 0.0% to 1%, optimally from 0.1 to 0.5% by weight of the composition. Desquamation agents are further optional components. Illustrative are the alpha-hydroxycarboxylic acids and beta-hydroxycarboxylic acids and salts of these acids. Among the former are salts of glycolic acid, lactic acid and malic acid. Salicylic acid is representative of the beta-hydroxycarboxylic acids. Amounts of these materials when present may range from about 0.1 to about 15% by weight of the composition. Except in the operating and comparative examples, or where otherwise explicitly indicated, all numbers in this description indicating amounts of material ought to be understood as modified by the word "about". The term "comprising" is meant not to be limiting to any subsequently stated elements but rather to encompass non-specified elements of major or minor functional importance. In other words the listed steps, elements or options need not be exhaustive. Whenever the words "including" or "having" are used, these terms are meant to be equivalent to "comprising" as defined above. All documents referred to herein, including all patents, patent applications, and printed publications, are hereby incorporated by reference in their entirety in this disclosure. The following examples will more fully illustrate the embodiments of this invention. All parts, percentages and proportions referred to herein and in the appended claims are by weight unless otherwise illustrated. EXAMPLE 1-8 A series of typical body lotions according to the present invention are outlined in Table I below. TABLE-US-00001 TABLE I Example (Weight %) Component 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Glycerin 12.00 10.00 10.00 12.00 12.00 12.00 8.00 8.00 Dihydroxyacetone 2.50 3.00 5.00 3.50 3.50 0.50 0.50 5.00 Isopropyl Palmitate 2.25 2.25 2.25 2.25 2.25 2.25 2.25 2.25 Stearic Acid 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 Thickening Agent 1.50 1.50 1.50 1.50 1.50 1.50 1.50 1.50 Glycol Stearate/Stearamide AMP 1.20 1.20 1.20 1.20 1.20 1.20 1.20 1.20 Dimethicone 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 (DC 200) Cationic Copolymer 7688 MP 1.00 0.50 0.50 1.50 2.50 1.00 1.00 5.00 PEG-100 Stearate 1.00 0.50 0.50 1.00 1.00 0.75 1.00 1.00 Glycerol Stearate 0.55 0.50 0.50 0.80 0.55 0.55 0.30 0.30 Cyclopentasiloxane/Dimethiconol (DC 0.50 0.50 0.50 0.50 0.50 0.50 0.50 0.50 1501) Phenoxyethanol 0.40 0.40 0.40 0.40 0.40 0.40 0.40 0.40 Cetyl Alcohol 0.30 0.30 0.30 0.30 0.30 0.30 0.30 0.30 Methyl Paraben 0.20 0.20 0.20 0.20 0.20 0.20 0.20 0.20 Propyl Paraben 0.10 0.10 0.10 0.10 0.10 0.10 0.10 0.10 Water balance balance balance balance balance balance balance balance EXAMPLE 9 A set of experiments are here reported comparing the cationic copolymer of the present invention with related quaternary ammonium materials. A base formula was utilized and different quaternary ammonium materials were added. The base is outlined in Table II below. TABLE-US-00002 TABLE II Base Formula Component Weight % Glycerin 12.0 Dihydroxyacetone 2.5 Isopropyl Palmitate 2.3 Color Enhancing Agent * Stearic Acid 2.0 Glycol Stearate/Stearamide AMP 1.2 Silicones 1.5 PEG-100 Stearate 1.0 Glycerol Stearate 0.5 Phenoxyethanol 0.4 Fragrance 0.4 Cetyl Alcohol 0.3 Erythrulose 0.3 Methyl Paraben 0.2 Colorants 0.2 Propyl Paraben 0.1 Citric Acid 0.1 Tetrasodium EDTA (39% Active) 0.1 Gel Thickener 0.1 Deionized Water Balance to 100 Four samples were prepared with different quaternary ammonium or control polymers in the base formula. Each of the samples was applied onto a forearm area of a subject at 20 mg/cm.sup.2 dosage. The sample was allowed to dry on the skin for 3 minutes. Thereafter, the skin was rinsed under running water for 2 minutes. Prior to treatment and eight hours subsequent thereto, the area of treatment was observed for coloration. Measurements were taken with a Hunter Lab Spectra Colorimeter, with values reported for L, a* and b*. Results are detailed in Table III. TABLE-US-00003 TABLE III Color Enhancing Sample Agent L a* b* Delta E Observations -- Initial Skin Value 67.47 7.94 14.74 -- 1 Simulgel NS 66.41 8.05 15.00 1.09 Streaking (1.5%) (i) 2 Distearyl 64.92 8.51 16.51 3.16 Some Dimonium streaking Chloride (0.2%) 3 Simulgel 7688 60.41 9.68 19.22 8.62 No streaking MP Cationic Polymer (1.5%) (ii) 4 Distearyl 59.62 10.04 19.19 9.68 No streaking Dimonium Chloride (0.2%) and Simulgel 7688 MP Cationic Polymer (1.5%) (i) Simulgel NS is a Seppic trademark for hydroxyethylacrylate/sodium acrylodimethyltaurate polymer. (ii) Simulgel 7688 MP is a Seppic trademark for acrylamide/acryloylethyl trimethylammonium chloride/tris(hydroxymethyl)acrylamidomethane copolymer. Sample 1, which is a standard control, exhibited considerable loss of the tanning effect at the eight hour mark. There was also streaking of the tan. Sample 2 utilized a monomeric quaternary ammonium compound which is distearyl dimonium chloride. Color intensity loss (delta E) improved and less streaking was produced than the control. Sample 3 utilizing a crosslinked cationic copolymer per the present invention resulted in a significant enhancement of the tanning effect and no streaking was observed. An even further enhancement was seen in Sample 4. In this experiment the crosslinked cationic copolymer of the present invention was combined with a monomeric quaternary ammonium compound (distearyl dimonium chloride). Tanning effect retention was increased further and streaking was not observed. Based on these results, it is evident that the crosslinked cationic copolymer of the present invention operates as a color enhancing agent. Further experiments were conducted to evaluate effects of different cationic polymers. These experiments were done several months subsequent to those under Table III and, therefore, exhibited slightly different initial skin values. In all other respects, the experiments were done in accordance with those for which the Table III results were obtained. TABLE-US-00004 TABLE IV Color Enhancing Sample Agent L a* b* Delta E Observations -- Initial Skin Value 67.58 7.84 14.70 -- 5 Simulgel NS 66.59 8.10 15.08 1.09 Streaking (1.5%) (i) 6 Aristoflex .RTM. 66.53 8.03 15.14 1.15 Streaking AVC(1.5%) (ii) 7 Sepigel .RTM. 305 66.61 8.15 15.02 1.06 Streaking (1.5%) (iii) 8 Merquat .RTM. 5 65.07 8.42 16.44 3.08 Some (1.5) (iv) streaking (i) Simulgel NS is a Seppic trademark for hydroxyethylacrylate/sodium acrylodimethyltaurate polymer. (ii) Aristoflex .RTM. AVC is a Clariant Corp. trademark for Acryloyl Dimethyltaurate/Vinyl Pyrrolidone Copolymer. (iii) Sepigel .RTM. 305 is a Seppic trademark for Polyacrylamide. (iv) Merquat .RTM. 5 is a Nalco Corp. trademark for Acrylamide/Methacryloyloxyethyl Trimethyl Ammonium Methylsulfate Copolymer. Table IV employs Sample 5 (equivalent to Sample 1) as a standard control. This material exhibited considerable loss of the tanning effect at the eight hour mark. There was also streaking of the tan. Sample 7 is a non-cationic polymer based on acrylamide monomer units. The relatively low delta E value indicates considerable loss of tan coloration upon rinse. Sample 8 is a cationic copolymer but differs from that utilized in Sample 3 by not having a crosslinking agent (i.e. tris(hydroxymethyl)acrylamidomethane). Sample 8 had a delta E of 3.08 which was much better than those of the nonionic polymers/copolymers in formulas represented by Samples 1, 5, 6 and 7. Moreover, there was also improvement in reducing streaking. Best performance was exhibited by Sample 3 which is a formula according to the present invention utilizing a cationic polymer. Sample 3 imparted to skin a significant enhancement of the tanning effect and no streaking was observed. EXAMPLE 10 Experiments with but one exception identical to those of Example 9 were conducted and reported hereunder. The some base formula and Samples were utilized to evaluate differences in intensity of color prior to any rinse. Table V and VI record two sets of color enhancement measurements (delta E), the latter set being performed several months subsequent to the former. In all other respects, the experiments of Tables V and VI were done identically. TABLE-US-00005 TABLE V Sample Color Enhancing Agent L a* b* Delta E -- Initial Skin Value 67.47 7.94 14.74 -- 1 Simulgel NS (1.5%) (i) 65.39 8.31 15.62 2.29 2 Distearyl Dimonium 63.51 8.87 17.71 5.04 Chloride (0.2%) 3 Simulgel 7688 MP Cationic 59.83 10.02 20.07 9.62 Polymer (1.5%) (ii) 4 Distearyl Dimonium 58.41 10.34 20.21 10.85 Chloride (0.2%) and Simulgel 7688 MP Cationic Polymer (1.5%) (i) Simulgel NS is a Seppic trademark for hydroxyethylacrylate/sodium acrylodimethyltaurate polymer. (ii) Simulgel 7688 MP is a Seppic trademark for acrylamide/acryloylethyl trimethylammonium chloride/tris(hydroxymethyl)acrylamidomethane copolymer. TABLE-US-00006 TABLE VI Color Enhancing Sample Agent L a* b* Delta E -- Initial Skin Value 67.14 7.89 14.78 -- 5 Simulgel NS 65.41 8.35 15.64 1.99 (1.5%) (i) 6 Aristoflex .RTM. 65.18 8.33 15.60 2.10 AVC (1.5%) (ii) 7 Sepigel .RTM. 305 65.27 8.29 15.70 2.03 (1.5%) (iii) 8 Merquat .RTM. 5 (1.5) (iv) 62.98 8.88 17.75 5.19 (i) Simulgel NS is a Seppic trademark for hydroxyethylacrylate/sodium acrylodimethyltaurate polymer. (ii) Aristoflex .RTM. AVC is a Clariant Corp. trademark for Acryloyl Dimethyltaurate/Vinyl Pyrrolidone Copolymer. (iii) Sepigel .RTM. 305 is a Seppic trademark for Polyacrylamide. (iv) Merquat .RTM. 5 is a Nalco Corp. trademark for Acrylamide/Methacryloyloxyethyl Trimethyl Ammonium Methylsulfate Copolymer. Sample 3 represents the present invention. Intensity of color change reached 9.62 (delta E). Addition of Distearyl Dimonium Chloride (0.2%) to the Simulgel 7688 Cationic Polymer (1.5%) resulted in a further coloration enhancement to 10.85 (delta E). See Sample 4. By comparison, Samples 5 and 6 representing nonionic acrylo type polymers managed only to increase the delta E to values of 1.99 and 2.10, respectively. Merquat.RTM. 5 which is a non-crosslinked cationic polyacrylamide and methacryloyl type polymer had an appreciable color intensity enhancement. Sample 8 exhibited a 5.19 delta E. However, the crosslinked cationic copolymer of Sample 3 exhibited a significantly higher delta E value. * * * * *


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A judge who commented a burglar needed "a huge amount of courage" has been formally reprimanded for a "serious error of judgment", the Office for Judicial Complaints (OJC) said.
Judge Peter Bowers told an offender, who raided three homes in five days: "It takes a huge amount of courage, as far as I can see, for somebody to burgle somebody's house. I wouldn't have the nerve" as he gave him a suspended 12-month sentence at Teesside Crown Court in September.
His comments led to a public outcry with Prime Minister David Cameron joining the criticism, insisting burglars were not brave but "cowards" and their crimes were "hateful".
Today, the OJC said that following an investigation, the Lord Chancellor and Lord Chief Justice have upheld complaints about the judge's comments and issued him with a reprimand as his remarks "damaged public confidence in the judicial process".
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Kathy Sullivan: My advice to the NH GOP still stands: purge the crazy
The most important advice I gave was "enough with the crazy stuff." Boy, has that not happened. In recent weeks, Republican State Reps. Al Baldasaro and John Hikel thought it appropriate to request the arrest of 189 state legislators for voting to repeal the "stand your ground" law. They have problems with their basic civics. In the unlikely event that the repeal becomes law, their recourse is to bring a court action to have the repeal declared unconstitutional. That is the American way. Trying to throw legislators in jail because you do not like how they vote is the old Soviet Union way. The idea that legislators should be arrested because you do not like their voting records is crazy, dangerous and ignorant.
Then there was Rep. Peter Hansen, who used the word "vaginas" as an alternative term for "women" in an email sent to his legislative colleagues. It took several newspaper stories and criticism from the state Republican Party and his caucus leader before Hansen issued an apology. Even then, he had to take a do over on the apology. The first time it was one of those "it's not me, it's you" apologies, saying he was sorry to anyone who took offense. Representative, who didn't take offense?
Rounding out the festivities was Rep. Stella Tremblay. It would be wrong to say you would have to live in another country not to know about her comments regarding alleged government involvement in the Boston Marathon bombings, as they were reported with favor in Iran. She has not had the grace or good sense to stop using her First Amendment right to enrage those of us living in the real world.
I don't know if Reps. Baldassaro, Hikel, Hansen or Tremblay are ignorant, undereducated, or just so lacking in judgment that they fall for every whackadoodle piece of idiocy that pops up on the Internet. I do know this: Their embarrassing, weird, insulting and sometimes repugnant comments and ideas are not the rare utterings of the occasional eccentric who slips into the 400-member New Hampshire House of Representatives. It happens over and over and over again. Until this group collectively crossed lines that even the GOP leadership could not ignore anymore, they have done it with little criticism from anyone with influence in the party.
Where was the leadership when Reps. Baldassaro, Tremblay and another Republican representative, Lars Christiansen, introduced "13ther" legislation? They believe that there was an original 13th Amendment passed back in the 1800s that was hidden away for nefarious reasons. In testimony before the House, Rep. Tremblay claimed this conspiracy had something to do with the American Bar Association, which she called a foreign entity that has infiltrated the courts and the legislatures. What?
Then there are the birthers who just can't get their arms around the fact that Barack Obama was born in the United States. Their ranks include current Reps. Baldassaro, Moe Villeneuve and Larry Rappaport, who each joined the effort to have President Obama removed from the New Hampshire ballot.
And let's not forget the Nullification Caucus, the eight representatives and two senators, led by Rep. Dan Itse, who are sponsoring a resolution claiming that the states have the authority to nullify acts of Congress. When Kelly Ayotte was running for the U.S. Senate, someone asked her position on nullification. Instead of showing some political courage by clearly stating this is a theory that was discredited when Andrew Jackson was President, she said she was a big supporter of state's rights.
I give credit to those commentators and party leaders who have finally come out and said enough is enough. But for far too long there was a Faustian bargain to ignore the not insignificant percentage of Republican legislators who express crazy ideas. For several years now, Republican candidates and party leadership turned a blind eye to the ever-increasing number of state representatives expressing increasingly strange ideas, hoping the rest of us would ignore the crazy aunt and uncle in the attic. Even now there is a tendency to treat Tremblay like an isolated oddity. In this particular instance she may stand alone, but the birther, 13ther, nullification, and other nonsense has been supported by far too many Republican legislators.
Republican leaders and other elected officials need to speak out when representatives like Tremblay say stupid things. Ignoring them makes the Republican Party look foolish.
Kathy Sullivan is a Manchester attorney and member of the Democratic National Committee. She was chairman of the state Democratic Party from 1999-2007.
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Further evidence that name and terrior are not everything, and you have to be careful when buying Bordeaux, lest you pay too much for a decent, but not stellar wine. Stopping by a local wine bar in Atlanta after jumping on a plane to address some client problems (I WILL NOT mix business with blog) I sampled a few of their upper end selections in the "hearty to full bodied" category, including this St. Estephe.
Tasting Notes:
Just the color your expect a nice Bordeaux to be, the soft ruby red of this wine is mirrored in its nose -- not overpowering, but subtle berry flavors that honestly could be more refined but are pleasing nonetheless. On the tongue the wine displays a softness that makes it attractive, and the cherry and blueberry flavors come across with the brilliance of a claret, but seem to be one dimensional. The finish is long and slightly hot -- more evidence that the wine is not well integrated.
Food Pairing:
This, like many of its ilk, is definitely a food friendly wine. I would be happy drinking it with roast duck or with veal in a red wine sauce.
Overall Score: 7.5
How Much?: Retails for $23
There are better ways to spend twenty bucks in Bordeaux. If you see it on a menu somewhere for $30 and are ordering some red meat, go for it, but if the markup is much more than that, as some restaurants are wont to do, give it a pass. I wouldn't go out of my way to find it.
After picking up a bottle on the advice of my wine merchant I proceeded to acertain the real value of my purchase by scanning the internet wine sites for ratings. I do agree with some, that the wine is lacking in complexity but it does have a marvelous nose of leather, vanilla and oak. A peppery taste full of plum fruit and a finish reminicent of ripe figs. Enigmatic, simple and somewhat like a California Zinfandel yet still the essence of Bordeaux.
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