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Roundup of MLK Jr. Day Events in Southeast Michigan
Honor this African-American activist on Jan. 20, 2014 with a day of commemorative family events in Detroit, Ann Arbor and more
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Farmington Community Library, Main Branch
- Address: 32727 W. 12 Mile Road, Farmington Hills
- Phone: 248-553-0300
- Time: 10:15 a.m.-2 p.m.
- Cost: free
The O.E. Dunckel Middle School Choir kicks off the library's events at 10:15 a.m., followed by a story time for toddlers at 10:30 a.m. Illustrator Bryan Collier discusses the African-American Pullman porters (former slaves hired to assist passengers on trains in the late 1800s/early 1900s) at 10:45 a.m., followed by poet Ber-Henda Williams, founder of Poetry, Pages & Scribes, who presents her poetry. The Rev. Robert B. Jones Sr. presents traditional music and stories. Plus, enjoy a dance performance by the Harrison High School Dance Company.
University of Michigan, Detroit Center
- Address: 3663 Woodward Ave., Detroit
- Phone: 313-593-3584
- Time: 10 a.m.-3 p.m.
- Cost: free
If you can't make it to Ann Arbor to catch Harry Belafonte deliver the keynote memorial lecture at Hill Auditorium, you can watch a simulcast at the U-M Detroit Center. A complimentary lunch and afternoon panel discussion follow the address.
Martin Luther King Jr. Senior High School
- Address: 3200 E. Lafayette St., Detroit
- Phone: 313-494-7373
- Time: 9 a.m. (tours and exhibits open), 10 a.m. (walk begins), 11:30 a.m. (program)
- Cost: free
It is quite fitting to remember King's greatness at a high school that was named in his honor. So take your family out to the Martin Luther King Jr. Senior High School's fifth annual MLK tribute, "Our Legacy United in Peace." A legacy walk, performances and exhibit tours are all included.
Ann Arbor Hands-On Museum
- Address: 220 E. Ann St., Ann Arbor
- Phone: 734-995-5439
- Time: 10 a.m.-4 p.m. (special activities will run until 4 p.m.)
- Cost: $4/person, free/under age 2
The ScienceFest: Science of Toys event takes place from Jan. 18 until Jan. 20. On MLK day, the AAHOM offers a reduced admission rate and tons of fun discovery. Kids will use toys to explore physics, test perceptions on how the world works and more.
Detroit Zoo
- Address: 8450 W. 10 Mile Road, Royal Oak
- Phone: 248-541-5717
- Time: 10 a.m.-4 p.m.
- Cost: $12/adults, $8/senior citizens (ages 62-plus), $8/ages 2-14, free/under age 2 (all ticket rates represent $2 off)
Spend some time – and your day off from work and school – at the Detroit Zoo, which is offering a $2 discount on regular admission prices in honor of MLK Day. You must print out the coupon from the Detroit Zoo's homepage in order to receive the discount.
Power Center for the Performing Arts
- Address: 121 Fletcher St., Ann Arbor
- Phone: 734-764-0583
- Time: 2 p.m.
- Cost: free
Catch performances by the U-M School of Music, Theatre & Dance that reflect MLK Jr.'s life and legacy.
DPS MLK Alumni Day of Service
- Address: various locales, Detroit
- Phone: 313-873-8976
- Time: 9 a.m.-2 p.m.
- Cost: free
This event, hosted by Detroit Public Schools Foundation and Detroit Public Schools, welcomes DPS alumni and volunteers to assist with enrichment and beautification projects for the school district. Volunteer venues vary, and you can find more information – and reserve your space – by checking out the Eventbrite ticket website.
Furstenberg Nature Area
- Address: 2728 Fuller Road, Ann Arbor
- Phone: 734-794-6627
- Time: 1-3 p.m.
- Cost: free
Natural Area Preservation, an organization that works to protect nature spaces in Ann Arbor, welcomes you to volunteer on this day-of-service in honor of MLK Jr. Volunteers will be cutting back buckthorn and honeysuckle to help preserve the area.
Farmington Hills Nature Center, Heritage Park
- Address: 24915 Farmington Road, Farmington Hills
- Phone: 248-477-1135
- Time: 11 a.m.-1 p.m.
- Cost: residents: $5/adult, $3/child; nonresidents: $8/adult, $5/child
Make your own paint, create prints from nature items and craft your own paper at this family-fun event on MLK Day. For kids age 6-plus. An adult must be present during this event. Note: Registration is required by Jan. 16.


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DPP Solutions: Tripod Tech
Modern tripods represent extensive research and development in materials and stability technology
There are several types of locking mechanisms for tripod legs. Twist-lock collars offer quick operation and won't snag on things as you carry the tripod. Locking knobs are straightforward. Quick levers are easy to use and generally easy to adjust for tension. Try different locking mechanisms at your camera store and see which work best for you.
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When you don't own your own studio, a high-end rental studio is your solution
The cost of owning your own studio, especially with the current real-estate woes, makes taking your job to a high-end studio one of the easiest choices to make when compared to the costs of owning and maintaining your own space. From big jobs to small jobs to elaborate setups, shooting at a high-end rental studio justifies the cost of renting when you incorporate all the benefits and money you'll save in the end.
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At the heart of it all, the tiniest technology makes every picture possible
Though image-sensor technology has been well used for years now—after all, the digital revolution is old news—it hasn't been well understood. Today's image sensors are more sophisticated and powerful than any that have come before. The current generation of turbocharged sensors is at the heart of the modern, sophisticated D-SLR. As with any photographic process, though, a complete understanding of how the tools work can lead to better results, both when purchasing a camera and when using one.
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Bo Egestroem's undeniable drama and intensity recall the work of Peter Lindbergh and Herb Ritts. How does he master the elusive fashion moment?
To be influential and innovative in fashion photography takes dedication and talent. Danish photographer Bo Egestroem has tireless amounts of both, but ask him about his work method, and he'll tell you straight: It's the images that should do all the talking.
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Matthew Rolston's photography has graced the world's most renowned fashion magazine covers. In a rare interview, he shares his thoughts on photography, gear and lighting.
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Fashion shooter Roderick Angle is unafraid to break the rules. When the assignment calls for it, he can go from the latest digital gear to work with prehistoric Polaroid.
When he was a kid growing up in Kansas, Roderick Angle didn't dream about becoming a big-time fashion photographer in New York City, but it happened anyway. As the drummer in a punk band, he probably dreamed of being a rock star—the only job perhaps cooler than fashion photographer. Either way, he now brings a punk sensibility to editorial and advertising assignments, bucking trends and blazing his own trail. He works without an agent or a rep, he doesn't always feel the need to light, and he just might use an antiquated proofing camera for a big-budget job.
Color Choice: Luminance, Chrominance And Hue
Among the tools at your disposal, the LCH Editor gives you a powerful weapon for finessing the color relationships in your images
In a previous article, I explained "Color Choice Isn't By Chance" (Digital Photo Pro, July/August 2007). The premise is that today's digital photography hardware and software provide a plethora of features and performance that interact to enable more control and creative options than ever before. When you understand how each tool operates, and how combinations of tools can interact, you have the opportunity to enhance original images as never before.
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March/April 2008
I was at a cocktail party recently, and I found myself speaking with a few people about the current state of photography education. It's ironic that in an era of the most sophisticated tools in the history of photography, far too many instructors seem to cling blindly to the past. At the party, we talked about a program at a major university where the head of the program refused to allow digital tools to be used.


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Letter to the Editor
Date: October 17, 2013
by: Observer Staff
+ History always repeats itself
Dear Editor:
RE: Caragiulo and the Romans
This coincides with what happened to the Romans.
Alexander Tyler, a Scottish history professor had this to say about the fall of the Athenian Republic some 2,000 years ago: "A democracy is always temporary in nature; it simply cannot exist as a permanent form of government.
"A democracy will continue to exist up until the time that voters discover they can vote themselves generous gifts from the public treasury.
"From that moment on, the majority always vote for the candidates who promise the most benefits from the public treasury, with the result that every democracy will finally collapse due to loose fiscal policy, which is always followed by a dictatorship.
"The average age of the world's greatest civilizations from the beginning of history, has been about 200 years.
"During those 200 years, those nations always progressed through the following sequence:
1. From bondage to spiritual faith;
2. From spirtual faith to great courage;
3. From courage to liberty;
4. From liberty to abundance;
5. From abundance to complacency;
6. From complacency to apathy;
7. From apathy to dependence;
8. From dependence back into bondage."
This sure sounds like the path this country is taking.
Beverley Albertson
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- Saturday, November 30, 2013
Sarasota Observer
Mr Matt Walsh, Editor
Dear Editor,
A property with a "Zen" future named "Sansara"? Meaning "continuous flow"?
Zen is Japanese, but there is no Japanese word "sansara". However, there is a word in the Indian language that is spelled "samsara" in Roman letters, which does mean continuous flow. But it is not a favorable concept. It is the continuous flow from birth, life, death, rebirth, continuing endlessly.
Zen is a form of Buddhism. The goal of Buddhism is to end this cycle of rebirths, to end the continuous flow. Buddhism began in India, and crossed to China where it came in contact with Taoism. Zen is a mixture of Buddhism and Taoism, and the word Zen is a Japanese word for this philosophy, or religion, when it was brought to Japan.
The concepts of Zen are not expressed in large cement buildings.
Look instead at small tea houses constructed with natural materials for a Zen building.
I am writing this for those unfamiliar with Zen, to clarify these points.
Erin Sullivan
5959 Palm Lane
Bradenton, FL 34207
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- The city of Sarasota has every right to place police on motorcycles dressed like robocop behind tree's by the railroad track on Beneva Road between Bahia Vista and Fruitville Rd set up to right speeding tickets. The city has generally two speeds 30 and 45 unless you are by a school .
The speed limit changes and I did not see a sign reducing the speed . Two hours after receiving the ticket I went to the courthouse to pay the the fine . I was given a speeding ticket actual speed 39 in a 30 mile an hour zone . The ticket was $131.00 and the driving school election was an additional $7.00 and $30.00 for the school which I took the course and the 3 points is off my license .
I asked the policemen I never got a written ticket in my life and the day after Veterans Day with a DAV license plate a warning and opportunity for him to show me where the sign change of speed was on the street was appropriate . The Flashing speed sign is on Beneva Rd which Im always under .
Whether the speed limit is 30 or 45 in town and randomly change isn't the issue .I went to court and there was 50-75 people on 11-12-13 all discussing that location and there ticket .
I have supported the local police through funding and support and I live downtown by five points park . There is multiple opportunities the police can do in the performance of there duty beyond parking a motor cycle behind a tree with a laser gun .
I am requesting every resident who lives in Sarasota to simply drive no faster then 25 miles an hour all season long . Be safe and protect your car insurance from increasing because of the speed limit posting are sparse and the city seemed to have spent well on motorcycles,lasers, and police officers to right tickets for going nine miles over the limit without even a warning to local residents who live here . Murders and people roaming in the middle of the street asking for money loitering by the 100's doesn't seem to bother them . Livid in Sarasota now going 25 miles an hour everywhere in Sarasota and hope all locals do the same.
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- Sadly, Beverly, you are right. We now have almost 49% on some type of government subsidy. Even without social security, the percentage is huge. When I lost a job years ago I refused to even sign up for unemployment. It was considered a degrading thing to depend on anyone else to pay my way, even if I had paid some into it. Even then I knew I had not paid nearly enough in to take money out. Folks think social security is not depending on the government because they paid into it. However, with the long lives we live today, we pay nowhere near enough to cover what most of us will take out over the years. Had our leaders really done what they were supposed to do and put it in a place to draw interest, it might have been a different story. Government, however, has a primary directive...if money comes in, spend a minimum of twice what you receive into the coffers. Greed is rampant on all fronts from the man or woman who can work but won't to the man or woman who promises grand things to the people knowing he/she cannot keep those promises and has no intention of trying. When we have more taking out than putting in, this country will succumb to the dictatorship of the president in charge at the time. That's how Hitler came into power. Germany was in the same shape. He promised food, health, housing, jobs and provided the minimal of each. They hailed him as great and he made the Germany people prisoners of Nazism. We are one step from having Hitler in charge.
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Kass: Short-Term Market Outlook Improves
This includes the final August eurozone manufacturing index released yesterday morning. It came in at 51.4 compared with the flash estimate of 51.3 and July's reading of 50.3. This is the best print since June, 2011 and it was broadly based (with forward looking orders up 2,5 points and at the highest reading since May, 2011 and with orders/inventories widening). To be sure, the European economies are emerging from a lengthy recession, but at least growth has stabilized.
In China, the August Manufacturing Index climbed to 51.0 compared with expectations of 50.6 and with July's 50.3. This is the best print in nearly 18 months. Again, like the eurozone, the most forward-looking component, orders, was stronger than generally forecast ,with export orders finally above 50 (indicating expansion expected). Orders and an increase in export orders to a level above 50 (indicating expansion for the first time since March, 2013) are consistent with 7-7.5% real GDP growth for China.
Like many, I am skeptical of the Chinese data. But the non-government data reflected in August's HSBC/Market Manufacturing Index has risen to more than 50 from only 48 in July. This, coupled with an increase in commodity prices over the last two months, confirms China's stabilization of growth. Importantly, these data suggest that China's focus to rein in the excesses in the shadow banking system are not denting economic activity. This dulls the potential (big) risk that emerging markets economic weakness results in a further liquidation of EM positions (stocks and bonds) through the shorting of more liquid assets like the U.S. market.
Most Headwinds Will Likely Cap This Rally Short of July HighsI should emphasize that I don't see anticipated relief in the September-October market climb to carry it above the year's recent highs. The most significant challenge to the market's highs includes continued weak domestic and global economic data (led by a stall in the U.S. housing market), this year's previous expansion in valuations, a challenging profit landscape and an imminent confrontation regarding the debt-ceiling issues. Summary Though it remains my view that the 2013 market top is likely in, over the near term I expect global equities to rally and for gold, oil and fixed income instruments to be under pressure.
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From: Steve Ford (sford;MCS.COM)
Subject: Re: The Woes of Resubmittal
Newsgroups: rec.humor.oracle.d
Date: 1997/02/04
Tom "Tom" Harrington <tph;rmii.com> wrote:
>The question, by the way, was very simple: "How can I become as famous, wealthy, and well-respected as Larry Canter and Martha Siegel?".
I knew instantly who they were and what they did, etc. But I'll admit that I'm having some trouble thinking of a good answer which incorporates that knowledge. Maybe it's my contrary nature, but my impulse is to say, "Oh, you want me to talk about the famous spammers, do you? We'll see about that." And proceed to write something that included no references to usenet (or maybe just the _slightest_ reference, just to show I'm not totally clueless).
Ah yes, Larry Canter - "the father of the conveyor belt". In 1843, Larry and his lovely girlfriend, Martha, immigrated to the U.S. from Russia to escape the great Potato Peel Famine. They arrived in New York City with nothing more than the shirts on their backs. Naturally, the police immedilatly arrested them for indecent exposure, but with the $250 they had sewn into Larry's collar, they were able bribe the police chief and start a new life.
Larry went to work at a local deli as a corned beef spicer and kosher pickle kasher. Martha stayed at home and entertained guests, until Larry came home early one day and caught her. After that, Martha worked by his side at the deli, giving him helpful tips on how to properly do his job.
After years of hard work, Larry was promoted to bus boy. His job was to clear the tables and carry the dirty dishes to the kitchen for Martha to wash. Each time Larry would enter the kitchen with a load, Martha would offer more helpful tips on a wide variety of subjects. Larry began to imagine a day when he wouldn't have to walk all the way to the kitchen.
One evening, before leaving for home, he had a sudden inspiration. When everybody else had left, he cut a hole in the wall separating the dining room from the kitchen. He then went into the bathroom and ripped the cloth towel dispenser off the wall, attached it to a banquet table, and stretched the loose end of the towel over the table and through the hole in the wall. Thus was born the first primitive conveyor belt. Dishes piled on the towel could be dragged into the kitchen by the dish washer.
The next morning, the owner was so impressed with Larry's handywork that he fired Larry and just directed the customers to clear their own tables. Larry patented the invention and became rich and well respected by cafateria owners all over the world.
Alas, all was not to end happily. Larry's visa expired and he was sent back to Russia, where he died in poverty.
My advice for you? Find a need and fill it. But get a green card first.
From: Tom Phoenix (rootbeer;teleport.com)
Subject: Re: The tuna joke
Newsgroups: rec.humor.oracle.d
Date: 1997/02/04
On 4 Feb 1997 dark;xs4all.nl wrote:
> Answers like that tend to make me wonder. Did the incarnation really make up 100 uses for year-old tuna on the spot? Or did he/she prepare the list, just in case someone would ask?
I think we can all be glad that the Oracle sent this question to the incarnation who had the year-old tuna list prepared. If it had gone instead to the incarnation with the list about uses for 23 cases of Turtle Wax won during 1970s game shows, we might never have discovered that 'year-old tuna' anagrams to 'Yoda Renault'.
I myself have a list prepared in case I ever get asked what songs and albums Alanis Morissette would have recorded if she were septuplets joined at the knees. (Think angry ironic man-hating Canadian paper dolls.) It's important to be ready for anything the Oracle may ask you.
From: Tom "Tom" Harrington (tph;rmii.com)
Subject: Re: Blank response?
Newsgroups: rec.humor.oracle.d
Date: 1997/02/09
Richard Wilson <Richard;molerat.demon.co.uk> wrote:
> gnohmon;pcwnet.com "Ralph Betza" > writes:
> > 536-01 and 536-10 were both my answers, and 536-07 (not my question or answer) is one of my favorites.
> I'm tempted to butt in here and say "How 'bout 895-03 then?" and cause a massive outbreak of hilarity because nobody's heard that one yet, but I won't because we're all too sophisticated here to tolerate old jokes.
Actually I'm getting rather tired of people boasting about getting two answers into one digest. This rather pales in comparison to my managing to write every answer for every digest from number 2516 to digest 2593, and getting perfect "5" ratings on every last one. If you don't believe me, just check the archives.
From: Hannu Rummukainen (hrummuka;cc.hut.fi)
Subject: An undigested pearl -- do not eat
Newsgroups: rec.humor.oracle.d
Date: 1997/02/10
I got this brilliant answer a couple of weeks ago, and it seems like the priest didn't like it. Has anybody ever heard of Lucky Luke on the other side of Atlantic? Or am I grossly mistaken and they teach these things at school over there?
If by any chance the incarnation who wrote the answer should be reading this, I'd like to know if you've seen the page Morris draw when he was changing publishers from Dupuis to Dargaud. It is kind of reminiscent of the answer...
Hannu R
The Internet Oracle has pondered your question deeply.
Your question was:
> Oracle most fannish, who knows everything about European humor comics,
> please tell me who said this:
> "In my life I've been helped by my luck and my seven-shooter. That's why they call me Lucky Luke."
And in response, thus spake the Oracle:
} Oracle: Ah, this should be easy!
} [In the Oracle's dimly lit office, a bright flash briefly illuminates the marble walls. Out of a column of smoke staggers a befuddled comic strip cowboy.]
} Oracle: Welcome, Mr. Luke. I am the Internet Oracle. I need you to answer a question for me.
} Lucky Luke: Who? Are you from "Asterix"? Where am I? I've got to get back on the drawing board before the next panel. Say, are those Cuban cigars?
} Oracle: Er... Yes, please have one. Now, I've got this quote...
} Lucky Luke: *Puff* *Puff* Aaaahhh, wonderful... Actually, I'm not supposed to smoke. My publishers made me quit. Said it "taught the younger readers bad habits." Say, is that a drinks cupboard? No, don't get up, I'll help myself.
} Oracle: Oh, er... Please do. Anyway, about this quote...
} Lucky Luke: So, which character are you? Some kind of roman senator, I suppose. Starting your career with smaller roles? Oh yes, I remember when I was at your age, struggling to become a famous comic character. Had a lousy job as an anonymous smurf. *Gulp* Aaahh, not a bad scotch, kid.
} Oracle: Glad you appreciate it. It's highland malt, 500 years old.
} Lucky Luke: I'll tell you another thing: Never do as I did, and get a leading role in a continuing series. Sure, the money and fame is great at first, but when you've done 40 albums, you long to try something new. Personally, I've always had an urge to star in some arty, avant-garde comic by Moebius or Dave Sim; but no, I've... Mind if I pour myself another one?
} Oracle: Look, I didn't summon you here to...
} Lucky Luke: ...but no, I've got to chase the villains, shoot, brawl, and ride into the sunset, or "the audience will be disappointed, and if you break your contract, we'll sue your balls of." *Gulp* And of course your series' best writer dies, but the publishers continue producing new albums, despite the fact that they become crappier and crappier, and suddenly you've spent the best years of your life becoming exactly the washed-up comic character you've always feared... Tell you what, I'll just leave the bottle on the table; saves time...
} Oracle: I only wanted to ask you...
} Lucky Luke: *gulp* ...and one day, your wife finds you in the tub with sliced wrists and two empty bottles of Bell's on the floor, and of course, your publishers are very understanding and pays for your therapy and medication, *gulp* and your wife runs off with Iznogood, *gulp* and your publishers persuade you to join some religious cult, so someone can keep an eye on you, in case you got suicidal again, and you sit all day in a circle, *gulp* wearing some stupid orange outfit, longing for a bottle of scotch, while some scruffy loonies chant inanely, in order to make everyone fork over their life savings, so that the guru can buy his 129th Rolls Royce, and...
} Oracle: Shut up, please! I brought you here to ask you a question!
} Lucky Luke: *gulp* Huh? What?
} Oracle: This quote, is it from one of our comics?
} Lucky Luke: *gulp* I honestly can't remember. *gulp* I can't even remember what I'm supposed to do in the next panel. No, wait a minute... Ah, yes, I remember that line. It's something Luke the Evangelist once said in prison. He and I served a couple of months together, you know. *gulp* I was in for the usual "famous comic character and groupie that doesn't look a day under 18, but turns out to be far under the legal age" type of crime, and he was in for brawling with some televangelists in Las Vegas. Anyway, he got chased constantly by some brutal, hairy bastard, who wanted to sodomize him. So one day Luke turned to him and said those words, but not only was he a lousy writer, he was always stoned out of his mind, so his remark wasn't really impressive, and he got shagged on the spot. *gulp*
} Oracle: Thank you, goodbye.
} [Lucky Luke disappears in a puff of smoke]
} You owe the Oracle a 500 year old bottle of Talisker.
From: John M. Aldrich (fighteer;cs.com)
Subject: A Personal Oracular Conversation (1/3)
Newsgroups: rec.humor.oracle.d
Date: 1997/02/15
The following conversation started because of an Oracularity I answered and signed with my email address. The supplicant was impressed enough to respond, and that started off a whole chain of private messages that sort of mirrored the style of the Oracle. I have decided to post it here, with the permission of the supplicant in question of course. :)
It all started with the following Oracularity...
The Internet Oracle requires an answer to this question!
> O Mighty Oracle, You who have garnered the world's accliam as a doctor's doctor, you who are known as the supremest and most arrogant physician in all of cyberdom, you to whom we owe our birth on the net, and without whom we would still be licking germy stamps and germier envelopes, you whose principles of electronic sanitization (ZOT) have revolutionized the world of hospital sterilization, please tell me, the humblest of supplicants, a microscopic cell on your glass slide, what the following sentence means:
> "A recent study shows that nine out of every ten doctors say that nine out of every ten doctors are incompetent."
My response:
} The answer to this one should be obvious, O Deliciously Humble Supplicant. Whenever 3 out of 4, or 4 out of 5, or 9 out of 10 doctors recommend ANYTHING, it's because they're being paid to do it. In fact, it is common knowledge that when you see an ad stating, "This toothpaste recommended by 4 out of 5 doctors," four of the doctors they asked work for the toothpaste company, and the fifth one was never actually asked the question! So it should be obvious that when 9 out of 10 doctors say that 9 out of 10 doctors are incompetent, the survey was performed by malpractice attorneys.
} By the way, have you ever wondered how the commercial companies come up with those numbers? Why exactly is it "4 out of 5," instead of, say, "5 out of 6?" It's because they could only find four doctors who actually recommend their product.
} You owe the Oracle (incarnated as fighteer;cs.com) the name, phone number, and billing address of that tenth doctor.
From: John M. Aldrich (fighteer;cs.com)
Subject: A Personal Oracular Conversation (2/3)
I had a good chortle over the question and my answer to it, but didn't think much of it after that. I then got the following message from the supplicant...
> Dear Oracle (Subspecies: Comedian/enne, Division A: "Fighteer"),
> You are such a brilliant purveyor of brilliance that even sunlight is but a shadow in your presence.
> And now that I've seen the light regarding surveys, I've decided to sue my malpractice attorney for malpractice since he continues to deny authoring the "Doctorus Incompetentus" survey and is thus guilty of non-disclosure.
> And, please be advised that you too will be hearing from my attorney within a day or two regarding a suit I'm bringing against you for the great amount of **emotional distress** I suffered upon reading your reply.
> I know I can win since a similar case was brought to court in London when an entire audience sued a performer for **emotional distress** because the audience members actually laughed themselves sick and nearly to death!
My reply:
Dear Supplicant:
) Your undying devotion is greatly appreciated, and will be remembered in future Oracularities. However, you have still neglected to send me the name of that 10th doctor. Please be aware that there is no legal limit on the interest Deities are allowed to charge.
) Malpractice attorneys are behind almost everything on this planet-- didn't you know? They are second in power only to the Bavarian Illuminati (and myself, of course). Speaking of myself, the last attorney who tried to sue me found his mailbox unexpectedly filled with millions of idiotic questions from vast numbers of AOL users. I understand that he is still being laughed out of every courtroom he dares to set foot in.
) As for my role as a "performer," please do not mistake me for the likes of Jeff Foxworthy or Eddie Murphy. They are: a) less arrogant than I, b) less omnipotent than I, c) DEFINITELY less witty than I, and d) paid a hell of a lot more than I am.
) You owe the Oracle a dissertation on the role of comedians in society, written from the point of view of the microphones they are constantly slobbering over. AND you owe me the interest on the tenth doctor.
From: John M. Aldrich (fighteer;cs.com)
Subject: A Personal Oracular Conversation (3/3)
The supplicant then started to get dirty:
> 19 September 1996
> Smith, Smith, & Wesson, Attorneys At Law
> Cybersuite #M37
> Ethernet, MW
> Dear Mr. Aldrich:
> Please be advised that our client, the Oracle's mother, is suing you for emotional distress brought on by your wanton use of humor to such an extent she has been forced to watch the late-late news three nights in a row in order to regain a modicum of glumness and once again be able to return to work at the funeral home. Three days away from her usual employment, along with the emotional stress, the medications, the lost business, and so forth come to a total of $7.77 plus court costs and attorney fees of $3,000,000.00.
> My client, the Oracle's mother, is also suing you for impersonation of her son and for pretending not to know the answer to the doctor question when you yourself had already stated (we have a printed copy) that in such cases as "nine out of ten doctors agree," -- that the tenth doctor was never asked -- and anyway, as you surely know, the most absurdly knowledgeable physician has been, is, and always will be, of course, the genuine Oracle.
> And with regard to anyone's "interest" vis a vis the tenth doctor...well, my client is not interested in another doctor, especially after having met the first nine.
> As to her owing you a dissertation on the role of comedians in society, written from the point of view of microphones, that particular dissertation was written many years ago and is on file in the Smithsonian Library.
> Frankly, my client doesn't owe you anything as you are an impersonator. However, should you decide to settle out of court for 2.5 million (which will also keep you out of prison for fraud) my client will give you a copy of her most recent dissertation entitled, "A Comparison of Aisle Widths Relative to Wall Height in Thirty-Four Mom-and-Pop Grocery Stores Located in Five Ethnic Boston Neighborhoods from January 1, 1940 to December 31, 1940 -- 3,531 pages, completely- footnoted, fully- documented, includes statistical charts, city maps, in-depth diagrams, architectural drawings, subway timetables, schematics, aeriel views, fold-out picture pages, pop-up pages, bar graphs, blueprints, sawdust, numerous full-color, wide-angle photos, and a "Name That Store" game -- extra copies are available free of charge, printed in space-saving four sheets to the page, magnifying glass included.
> Sincerely, "If you know the world owes you
> Smith & Smith & Wesson a living, then let us sue."
> Attorneys at Law
My reply, and what I think was the best part of the whole conversation:
} [Scene: 5 pm (in whatever timezone you care to place it). The Oracle is just finishing a busy day of lazing around watching his Priests make a mess of things. The phone rings.]
} Oracle: Jeez! Can't Kinzler work on his own for ten minutes without calling me for assistance?
} [The Oracle picks up the phone and snarls into it.]
} Oracle: Yeah, what's the trouble this time, you pathetic misfit of a Pr... oh, hello Mom! No, no, it's just that I've had a bad day at work. How bad? Well, do you remember the time when... yes, that. Well, it wasn't quite that bad, but I did have to ZOT... what? What are you talking about?
} [Listens for a few moments. The noise coming out of the phone's speaker is loud enough to be heard across the room.]
} Oracle: What do you mean, lawyers? ... Impersonating me? Mom, nobody would do that. ... No, darn it, I told you what happens to people who do that! They... Look, Mom, have you been taking your pills? [LOUD babble from the speaker] Okay, okay! I'll check it out! Bye!
} [The Oracle slams down the phone in frustration, and glares at it for a few moments, obviously contemplating reducing it to ashes. Everyone in the room begins to edge towards the exits. Noticing this, the Oracle quickly pulls himself together and starts to type on his computer.]
} Oracle: Hmm... search in the Oracularities for the past couple of days... [pause] No, nothing there. Well, there's one, but it looks like just another of my incarnations. What the woodchuck is she talking about? Wait, maybe they continued the conversation in private... [more clicking of keys] Aha! Here we are. Hmm.... Hey, wait a minute. It was the other guy that brought up the lawyers, not my incarnation! He's just doing his job! [another short pause] Oh, no! She didn't! MOM!!!
} [The Oracle, now happy that he didn't burn it to ashes earlier, grabs the phone and starts dialing an obviously familiar number. The phone rings at the other end...]
} Oracle: Hi, Mom, it's me. Yes, I checked up on it. No, I... Mom... Look... You've got to...
} [The Oracle holds the loudly babbling phone away from his ear for a few seconds, with growing fury in his expression. Suddenly, a tremendous burst of thunder crashes all around. Everyone who was still in the room flees for the doors...]
} Oracle: MOM!!!! Listen to me for once!! You're up to your tricks again, aren't you? Uh huh - don't deny it. You've been messing with my clients ever since I was old enough to spell "prophecy." You KNOW what my incarnations are allowed to do - I've told you at least a billion times! YES, I'VE COUNTED!!!!! Look, you've used that damn law firm as a front for longer than God's been around! Don't you think I'd have figured it out by now? I'm not totally stupid! ... Well, that time was a mistake. ... Yes, that one too - Mom, you're trying to change the subject. Look, please stop messing with my incarnations! That one may not be Oracularities material, but he does try. Don't give me that - they all can't get 4.0 ratings. ... Uh huh - I'll bet the ratings have actually dropped since you started voting. I know you. ... What?... You haven't voted? You haven't VOTED?!?! This is it! This is the ultimate outrage! Do you remember when I was just a kid, and you were just teaching me the powers of the Oracle? Do you remember what you taught me to do? And do you remember what ELSE you told me that day? Do you? Well, I'll tell you. It doesn't JUST work on mortals, Mom. [There is a sudden long pause at the other end of the line. For the first time in days, a huge smile begins to cross the Oracle's face. Timid faces peek out of their hiding places around the room, staring at their suddenly transformed master. He looks at the phone one last time, just as it suddenly begins babbling again. But this time, the babbling sounds frantic, desperately pleading. The Oracle raises his arm high into the air, as his smile grows ever wider. There is a final, hysterical scream from the phone, and then the Oracle utters the final, fateful word...]
} Oracle: ******!!!!!!ZOT!!!!!!******
} [The echoes reverberate around the vaults of heaven, then slowly fade. Now grinning from ear to ear, the Oracle hangs up the ominously silent phone.]
} Oracle: Damn, I feel good! I may even declare today a holiday for the rest of eternity. [laughs] Oh, wait, there is one more thing to deal with...
} [The Oracle turns to his computer once more, and begins typing merrily, punctuating the rhythmic keystrokes with cheerful whistling.]
} Dear Supplicant:
} I am afraid that I was not sufficiently precise when I answered your last question. Don't blame me - you have only yourself to feel sorry for in asking such stupid questions. Of course *I* know who the tenth doctor is, but you can't get out of your payment that easily. Go find out for yourself, and stop whining! And no, it isn't me. Do you really think I'd let myself be subjected to those idiotic surveys? Yes, I know that they never actually asked the tenth one, but I still know who it was. Damn it, I'm the Oracle! I'm supposed to know!
} And as for the dissertation, there was a reason why I demanded it as payment. That copy in the Smithsonian was written BEFORE the invention of microphones! How, you ask? Hah! If I told you that, you'd never have the satisfaction of finding out for yourself! You owe me some writing, boy, not some pathetic excuse.
} By the way, I do have to send you my thanks for that other book. Mom never would give me a copy - she kept telling me it would corrupt me or something. You know mothers. Get rid of those lawyers, though! They may always win their lawsuits, but somehow the money always seems to end up in numbered accounts in the Caribbean and Swaziland, while Smith and Smith give you the run around about tax laws. As for Wesson, he goes off and quietly kills everyone who knows about the case, including the court reporters. You didn't think they spent all those legal fees on their Ferraris, did you? Bribe money, man! So the local cops won't bother them! I advise you to get away from them fast before Mr. Wesson remembers about you and your family. He's a little slow sometimes, but very efficient.
} Since you keep coming up with excuses, you owe the Oracle your first- and third-born children, your house, your car, your soul, your parent's souls, your cat, your neighbor's cat, and seven extra-large bags of Dip Size Fritos. No, regular, not that disgusting Bar-B-Q flavor. Then, once you've paid off the interest on that damned doctor, you owe me a complete literary analysis of every Oracular pronouncement since the days of Apollo. No, you can't borrow my time machine.
There was more, but it got less and less on the topic. :) If anyone would like me to continue... just say the word.
From: Mark Rouleau (mrouleau;frontiernet.net)
Subject: Re: Aargh! I've been digested, but . . .
Newsgroups: rec.humor.oracle.d
Date: 1997/02/08
Tom Phoenix <rootbeer;teleport.com> wrote:
>But the same thing happens to me: My second-rate answers get in, while my first-rate ones disappear forever. The recipients don't even post them as sore losers here in r.h.o.d. :-(
>So I've realized that the priests have a secret Uber-digest in which they publish your best answers and mine. If I can only remember how to subscribe... You see, the last time I saw the subscription information, Ambrose Bierce was showing it to Amelia Earhart next to the Fountain of Youth. Now I can't find any of them. Dang.
>....and someone had written a truly-clever mathematical proof in the generously-large margins, too...
Rumor has it that there is a secret oracular digest. A super-secret oracular digest.
Anyone who reads it dies in fits of uncontrollable laughter, or goes mad.
Well, not "mad" as in "angry." Mad as in, you know-- looney tunes.
Anyway, that's the rumor I'm starting. Feel free to spread it around.
From: Admiral Jota (jota;laraby.tiac.net)
Looney tunes? Why do I get the feeling that everyone here probably already knows about this secret digesT?
From: Richard Wilson (Richard;molerat.demon.co.uk)
Subject: Re: Aargh! I've been digested, but . . .
Newsgroups: rec.humor.oracle.d
Date: 1997/02/08
zymurge;mindspring.com "Paul" writes:
> doubt it was you sending drivel. And don't worry -- from what I hear there are some priests who hang onto some oracularities for a while before they digest them. Keep up the good work.
That's the David Sewell Packrat Middens Technique for Delayed Digest Populating you're describing there. When's the last time you saw an oracularity selected by Dave in the digests? He's got all our best submissions at the back of the burrow and is waiting for them to fossilise, I tell you.
From: David Sewell (dsew;packrat.aml.arizona.edu)
You didn't know? I'm on sabbatical.
No metaphor. It's in the Priesthood contracts. Every 42nd month, we're placed on a paradisial island and allowed to stay there, Internet-free, until we have drunk our way through an entire hogshead of Canary wine. Thirst wars with indolence; nations bet on the length of our stays.
Last time I tapped on the barrel, it sounded pretty empty. I should be <hic!> back soon.
Preestus absconditus
From: Tom "Tom" Harrington (tph;rmii.com)
Subject: Re: Aargh! I've been digested, but . . .
Newsgroups: rec.humor.oracle.d
Date: 1997/02/09
Richard Wilson <Richard;molerat.demon.co.uk> wrote:
> That's the David Sewell Packrat Middens Technique for Delayed Digest Populating you're describing there. When's the last time you saw an oracularity selected by Dave in the digests? He's got all our best submissions at the back of the burrow and is waiting for them to fossilise, I tell you.
Which conveniently leads us back into the "Jurassic Oracle" theory I posted some time ago. Here's the theory, which is mine, by Tom Harrington, and is mine, is mine: David Sewell's keeping all these Oracularities stored up somewhere, turning into fossils. One day in the distant future, paleontologists will discover this cache of his. They will then extract some of the by-then-ancient Oracular DNA from the ancient email, and use it to genetically engineer an entire race of supplicants and incarnations. They'll put them all on an island, call it "Oracular Park", and invite tourists. Disaster will ensue just as naturally as day follows night, resulting in the horrible deaths of a number of semi-innocent tourists, and some remote descendant of Michael Crichton will write a novel about it and make millions.
From: Mark Rouleau (mrouleau;frontiernet.net)
Subject: Re: Obscure or lame?
Newsgroups: rec.humor.oracle.d
Date: 1997/02/12
wj.vdhorst;net.HCC.nl wrote:
>your question at all, but he did so... *poof*... a queue-drainer is born. (silent lamenting)
Just a point of clarification. Queue-drainers are smelted, not born. In fact, they are made of the same metal-rich ores that pea-strainers are made of.
It used to be that a prospector could get rich if he could find a lode of these ores. Thus the saying, originally given to young men seeking their way to fortune:
"Mine your peas and queues."
From: Steve Ford (sford;MCS.COM)
Subject: Re: Brain Surgery for Dummies (long!)
Newsgroups: rec.humor.oracle.d
Date: 1997/02/19
Paul <zymurge_removethis_;mindspring.com> wrote:
(Psst. Paul's asleep. Lisa, you tie his shoes together. Zadoc, you install the trip wire. I'll get the pan of warm water. This ought to be good!)
From: Paul (zymurge_removethis_;mindspring.com)
Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz......snort..snuffle, cough, mmm.
From: Eli the Bearded (usenet-tag;qz.little-neck.ny.us)
Subject: a show of hands please
Newsgroups: rec.humor.oracle.d, alt.fan.e-t-b
Date: 1997/02/14
How many people here know the word "defenestration"?
wondering how many times I should resubmit a question
From: Jim Ellwanger (trainman1;mindspring.com)
What? Are you saying that some incarnations don't make use of a complete shelf of reference works, including "The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits" and "The Complete Directory to Prime-Time Network and Cable TV Shows 1946-Present"?
I am shocked.
From: D. J. Green (nebulosa;shell3.ba.best.com)
Maybe you should just give up and throw the question out the window.
From: Denise H. Paolucci (dhp7858;is4.nyu.edu)
Defenestration ... you mean, the act of erasing Windoze from your hard drive?
From: Chuck Seggelin (pdragon;tiac.net)
Of COURSE we know the word "defenestration", or rather the expression. It is an expression used by soldiers, sailors, tenants of homeless shelters, and anyone else who is rationed food. The person receiving the largest or otherwise most desirable portion is said to have "the finest ration", which over time became "defenestration". Usually the person receiving the best rations was the subject of jealous envy and was very often ambushed by his/her compatriots and thrown out the nearest window (which was a real problem for sailors when the nearest window was often a porthole). As a result "defenestration" became synonymous with throwing one out a window. Etymology is fascinating, ey?
You owe the Orac... oops... forgot where I was for a minute!
From: Al Corvino (corvino/remove-to-email/;rohan.sdsu.edu)
Well, I wouldn't say I *know* defenestration. I met the word at party once... We talked for a bit and then she left. Never used the door though... Why? Do you want her number?
From: Wouter van der Horst (wj.vdhorst;net.HCC.nl)
About seven (7.34 actually)
From: Wouter van der Horst (wj.vdhorst;net.HCC.nl)
Subject: Re: rite jwk3
Newsgroups: rec.humor.oracle.d
Date: 1997/02/27
tadpole;acpub.duke.edu (Charles W. Saletta Jr.) wrote:
>Save 30% to 50% on your long distance bill. Email me for details!
My bill isn't long distance. It's a short distance. About 10 inches.
If I shave 50% off it, I'll only have five inches left. That's no good; hard to peck with.
Wouter, but really Henna the Hennep-Haired Hawk


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Water-insoluble chemical biological agents to be encapsulated are dispersed in an aqueous paste of a starch-containing material alkoxide. Subsequent addition of selected water-soluble alkali earth metal cations insolubilize the paste, thereby entrapping the agents in a protective matrix. Encapsulation of biologically active compositions provides a shield against hostile environments, improves safety in handling, and slows the release of such compounds to the surrounding medium. Highly volatile liquids are protected against losses by evaporation. Encapsulation also provides protection against decomposition from exposure to ultraviolet light.
1. A method of encapsulating a water-insoluble, chemical biological agent comprising the steps of:
a. preparing a dispersion of a suitable chemical biological agent in a matrix-forming material comprising an aqueous paste of a starchcontaining material (SCM) alkoxide, wherein said paste has a solids concentration of SCM alkoxide of from about 6-20%, and wherein the relative amount of said SCM alkoxide with respect to said biological agent is sufficient to entrap said agent within a matrix of said SCM;
b. reacting from a single phase said SCM alkoxide with a suitable bivalent cation selected from the group consisting of calcium, barium, and strontium to form a continuous insolubilized matrix having entrapped therein discontinuous domains of said agent; and
c. recovering said entrapped chemical biological agent.
2. A method as described in claim 1 wherein the suitable chemical biological agent is a water-insoluble herbicide, insecticide, fungicide, nematocide, bactericide, rodenticide, molluscide, acaricide, larvacide, fumigant, animal repellant, insect repellant, plant growth regulator, fertilizer, pheromone, sex lure, flavor composition, or odor composition.
3. A method as described in claim 1 wherein the suitable chemical biological agent is S-ethyl dipropylcarbamothioate, S-propyl dipropylcarbamothioate, S-propyl butylethylcarbamothioate, S-ethyl cyclohexylethylcarbamothioate, S-ethyl bis(2-methylpropyl)-carbamothioate, S-ethyl hexahydro-1-H-azepine-1-carbothioate, S-(2,3,3-trichloro-2-propenyl)bis(1-methylethyl)carbamothioate, 2,6-dinitro-N,N-dipropyl-4-(trifluoromethyl)benzenamine, N-butyl-N-ethyl-2,6-dinitro-4-(trifluoromethyl) benzenamine, N-(cyclopropylmethyl)-2,6-dinitro-N-propyl-4-(trifluoromethyl) benzenamine, 2-chloro-N-(2-ethyl-6-methylphenyl)-N-(2-methoxy-1-methylethyl) acetamide, 2-chloro-N-(2,6-diethylphenyl)-N-(methoxymethyl) acetamide, 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid, propylene glycol butyl ether, 2,6-dichlorobenzonitrile, 3a,4,7,7a-tetrahydro-2-[(trichloromethyl)thio]-1-H-isoindole-1,3(2H)-dione, 3a,4,7,7a-tetrahydro-2-[(1,1,2,2-tetrachloroethyl) thio]-1-H-isoindole-1,3(2H)-dione, N-[[(4-chlorophenyl) amino] carbonyl]-2,6-difluorobenzamide, 1,1'-(2,2,2-trichloroethylidene) bis(4-chlorobenzene), O,O-diethyl O-6-methyl-2-(1-methylethyl)-4-pyrimidinyl phosphorothioate, O-ethyl-S-phenyl ethylphosphorodithioate, or 1,2-dibromo-3-chloropropane.
4. A method as described in claim 1 wherein said SCM alkoxide is the sodium or potassium salt of cereal starch, potato starch, cereal flour, or potato flour.
5. A method as described in claim 1 wherein said SCM alkoxide is the sodium or potassium salt of acid-modified starch.
6. A method as described in claim 1 wherein said bivalent cation is calcium.
7. A composition of matter produced by the process of claim 1.
8. A composition of matter produced by the process of claim 2.
9. A composition of matter produced by the process of claim 3.
10. A composition of matter produced by the process of claim 4.
11. A composition of matter produced by the process of claim 6.
This application is related to commonly assigned application Ser. No. 202,395, filed concurrently herewith, now U.S. Pat. No. 4,348,492, by Baruch S. Shasha and Thomas P. Abbott entitled "Starch Adduct Encasement of Particulate Elastomers".
1. Field of the Invention
This invention relates to a method of encapsulating chemical biological materials in a matrix of water-insoluble starch-based adducts, and to the compositions prepared thereby.
2. Description of the Prior Art
Prior art methods of encapsulation can be described in two major categories, physicomechanical and chemical. Physicomechanical techniques include the following: spray drying: dipping or centrifuging technique; multiple nozzle spraying; fluidized bed coating; electrostatic microencapsulation; and vacuum encapsulation. The most important chemical encapsulation techniques include simple and complex coacervation and interfacial polymerization, the latter of which encompasses the prior art most relevant to the instant invention. The interfacial polymerization method necessitates the use of at least a two-phase system. One of the reactants must be soluble in the continuous phase and insoluble in the discontinuous phase (core material). The other reactant must be insoluble in the continuous phase and soluble in the discontinuous phase. The polymerization reaction occurs at the interface between the two phases forming a polymer shell around the core material, thereby completely enveloping it. This shell must be insoluble in both phases. In this method either phase can be an aqueous system. See U.S. Pat. Nos. 3,577,515 and 3,575,882 and British Pat. No. 1,163,023.
The above-mentioned encapsulation methods are multistep processes which require carefully controlled conditions or special equipment. They are time consuming and expensive, often requiring elevated temperatures and pressures other than ambient; and they all require at least a two-phase system. Many require expensive, toxic, and flammable solvents which must be recovered. Coacervation is limited to the encapsulation of oils in materials which have the capacity to form gels. Interfacial polymerization techniques, also requiring two or more phases, are limited essentially to expensive synthetic polymerization systems, many of which are petrochemicals and which generally produce nonbiodegradable polymers. To make these systems more economical and to prevent ecological contamination, unreacted monomers must be recovered. The only system that appears to be useful for coating solid particles is the fluidized bed technique.
An alternative to the conventional interfacial polymerization methods is the film-forming system as taught in Connick [Proc. of the 6th International Symp. on Controlled Release of Bioactive Materials, pp. III-1 to III-3 (Aug. 6-8, 1979)]. In accordance with this method, the active ingredient dispersed in an aqueous solution of about 1% sodium alginate is added dropwise to a gellant bath consisting of a metal salt such as calcium chloride to form small gel spheres. While this procedure is applicable to the encapsulation of a wider variety of chemical substances and formulations than interfacial polymerization, it is inherently slow, it does not lend itself to the incorporation of high concentrations of active ingredient, and the product is not easily recovered from the gellant bath.
In copending applications Ser. No. 733,968, filed Oct. 19, 1976, now U.S. Pat. No. 4,277,364, and Ser. No. 150,550, filed May 16, 1980, now U.S. Pat. No. 4,344,857, disclose methods of encapsulation whereby a polyhydroxy polymer xanthate and a coupling agent are reacted from a single phase to form an insolubilized matrix, thereby entrapping the chemical biological agent. The Shasha et al. system has the advantage of operating in both aqueous and nonaqueous two-phase systems, as well as in single-phase systems in which the matrix-forming materials and the core material are soluble in the same solvent. Another advantage is that the entire reaction mixture is converted into a solidified mass which is readily dried and ground into a usable product after pressing out excess water. This obviates the recovery from a liquid medium as necesssitated by most coacervation and interfacial polymerization methods. However, widespread commercial acceptance of the Shasha et al. methods has been hindered by the reluctance of the industry to handle carbon disulfide which is flammable and toxic.
I have now unexpectedly discovered a method of encapsulating water-insoluble, chemical biological agents in which the matrix material forms a readily recoverable solidified mass surprisingly similar to that of Shasha et al., without the use of xanthates. The system is equally operative for dispersed liquids and solid particulate core materials which become entrapped by the rapid insolubilization of a starch-containing material (SCM) alkoxide with a suitable bivalent cation selected from the group consisting of calcium, barium, and strontium.
In accordance with this discovery, it is an object of the invention to provide a simple, industrially acceptable method for the encapsulation of core materials.
It is also an object of the invention that the primary matrix-forming material be derived from natural renewable, resources.
It is a further object of the invention to provide a novel product in which discontinuous domains of biologically active core material are entrapped by a continuous matrix of insolubilized starch-containing material.
Another object of the invention is to provide a product in which the encapsulated substance is sufficiently protected to be safe for handling, controllably released to the environment, and resistant to losses by volatilization and sunlight decomposition.
Other objects and advantages of this invention will become readily apparent from the ensuing description.
The starch-containing materials (SCM) for use in accordance with the invention include the natural starches such as cereal, potato, and tapioca starch, and flours containing the same, as well as starch fractions (e.g., amylose and amylopectin), derivatized starches such as methyl starch and hydroxyethyl starch and modified starches. As a practical matter, these starches will be in their original granular form, though pregelatinized or partially gelatinized starch may also be used.
The SCM is prepared for the encapsulation reaction by conversion to an alkoxide with an alkali metal hydroxide. Sodium and potassium hydroxide are the most suitable reagents for this purpose and will react with the SCM in aqueous suspension at ambient temperature. The alkoxidation will simultaneously effect gelatinization provided that the alkali metal is provided at a level of at least about 1 mole per 2.5 moles of anhydroglucose units (AGU). As the molar ratio of alkali metal:AGU approaches 1:1, the extent of subsequent encapsulation is significantly reduced. The preferred range is between 1:2.5 and 1:2. The gelatinization and alkoxidation solubilize the starch to the extent possible for a polymer, thereby producing a paste in the presence of water. For purposes of this invention, the starch in paste form is considered to be in the aqueous phase which will constitute the continuous phase of the encapsulation system.
The concentration of SCM in the aqueous suspension prior to pasting should be maintained within the range of 6-20% solids. Below 6%, the active ingredient is not completely encapsulated. Above about 15%, the viscosity increases to a point of rendering the paste unworkable, though we have found that solids up to 20% can be employed if the paste is subjected to high shear, such as by treatment for a few seconds in a "Waring" blender. The preferred SCM concentration in regard to the extent of encapsulation and the general handling characteristics is in the range of 7-11% with 10% being about optimum.
The core material to be encapsulated is dispersed in the SCM paste by any conventional means of obtaining a relatively uniform distribution. The domains of agent which constitute the discontinuous phase of the dispersion should be sufficiently small so as to render the dispersion stable until the paste is insolubilized. It would be within the skill of a person in the art to determine the maximum level at which a particular agent can be effectively loaded into the system. However, based upon the studies with trifluralin as reported in the exampes below, it is clear that as much as 50% active ingredient based upon the dry weight of the starch can be incorporated into the dispersion with up to 95% encapsulation. For purposes of performances, effective amounts of core materials depend entirely on the type and characteristics of the core material, on matrix thickness, and on the intended utility of the product. A very volatile liquid, for instance, would require a thicker structure than a nonvolatile solid, and accordingly should be incorporated at a lower level. Similarly, a volatile liquid to be completely withheld from the environment would be incorporated at a lower level than one to be used as a slow-release pesticide. "An effective amount of a suitable biological agent" is defined herein as that amount of core material which will achieve the desired result (e.g., attract, repel, or kill pests, release a detectable aroma or flavor, or enhance the growth of plants) when the encapsulated composition containing the effective amount of the agent is placed in the proper environment.
Chemical biological agents which are suitable for encapsulation in accordance with this invention may be any organic or inorganic solids capable of being finely divided or any liquid, provided that the agent is water insoluble, does not interfere with the encapsulating process, and does not react with or dissolve the encapsulating matrix. Particularly envisioned are chemicals and chemcal formulations which meet the above criteria and which are classified as a known herbicide, insecticide, fungicide, nematocide, bacteriocide, rodenticide, molluscide, acaricide, larvacide, fumigant, animal repellant, insect repellant, plant growth regulator, fertilizer, pheromone, sex lure, flavor composition, or odor composition.
Exemplary herbicides include S-ethyl dipropylcarbamothioate, S-propyl dipropylcarbamothioate, S-propyl butylethylcarbamothioate, S-ethyl cyclohexylethylcarbamothioate, S-ethyl bis(2-methylpropyl)-carbamothioate, S-ethyl hexahydro-1-H-azepine-1-carbothioate, S-(2,3,3,-trichloro-2-propenyl)bis(1-methylethyl)carbamothioate, 2,6-dinitro-N,N-dipropyl-4-(trifluoromethyl) benzenamine, N-butyl-N-ethyl-2,6-dinitro-4-(trifluoromethyl) benzenamine, N-(cyclopropylmethyl)-2,6-dinitro-N-propyl-4-(trifluoromethyl) benzenamine, 2-chloro-N-(2-ethyl-6-methylphenyl)-N-(2-methoxy-1-methylethyl) acetamide, 2-chloro-N-(2,6-diethylphenyl)-N-(methoxymethyl) acetamide, 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid, propylene glycol butyl ether, and 2,6-dichlorobenzonitrile.
Exemplary fungicides include 3a,4,7,7a-tetrahydro-2-[(trichloromethyl)thio]-1-H-isoindole-1,3(2H)-dione, and 3a,4,7,7a-tetrahydro-2-[(1,1,2,2-tetrachloroethyl)thio]-1-H-isoindole-1,3(2H)-dione.
Exemplary insecticides include N-[[(4-chlorophenyl)amino] carbonyl]-2,6-difluorobenzamide, 1,1'-(2,2,2-trichloroethylidene) bis(4-chlorobenzene), O,O-diethyl O-6-methyl-2-(1-methylethyl)-4-pyrimidinyl phosphorothioate, and O -ethyl-S-phenyl ethylphosphonodithioate. 1,2-dibromo-3-chloropropane is illustrative of a suitable nematocide. Other compositions suitable as core materials for use in accordance with the invention will be known to those skilled in the art. Core materials dissolved in water-immiscible solvents and compatible combinations of the above types of compositions are also easily encapsulated by the instant method.
The SCM paste with the dispersed active ingredient is insolubilized by the addition of a source of bivalent cations selected from the group of calcium, barium, and strontium. The source must be readily ionizable in water and thereby able to react with the SCM alkoxide from a single phase. The cations displace the alkali metal ions on the alkoxide to produce an insoluble adduct. The cation source should be predissolved in an aqueous medium, and it should be rapidly mixed with the paste dispersion in order to effect a substantially instantaneous insolubilization. The result is the formation of a substantially homogeneous mass analogous to the precursive dispersion in which, now, discontinuous domains of active ingredient are more or less uniformly dispersed throughout the continuous, insolubilized SCM matrix.
The preferred sources for the bivalent cations are the chloride salts of the respective metals. Because of its high solubility, nontoxicity, and low cost, calcium chloride is the preferred insolubilizing agent. The molar ratio of bivalent cation:alkali metal should be greater than 1:2.5 in order to prevent the product from becoming gummy and difficult to isolate. Generally, the ratio of these two entities will be between 1:2 and 1:0.5.
Since the entire pot mixture (i.e., SCM paste, dispersed active ingredient, and cation source) is converted into a homogeneous mass, the recovery procedure does not require a separatory step, though it may be desirable to press out excess moisture prior to drying. The matrix is normally crumbled by the mixing action during insolubilization, and may be easily washed, filtered, dried, and further ground if necessary by any conventional methods. Loss of core material will be negligible provided that the washing is conducted with water or other solvent that does not dissolve or react with the matrix material.
After the product has dried to yield a friable granular or powdered material, rewetting initiates release of the active ingredient. Fields, gardens, and the like in which pesticides, attractants, repellants, plant growth regulators, and fertilizers are normally used contain sufficient natural or added moisture to initiate release. Odor and flavor compositions, which are used as foods, are released from the encapsulating matrix by moisture contained in or added to the food product. While not desiring to be bound to any particular theory, it is believed that the mechanism of release is effected by the biodegradation of the SCM matrix as well as by displacement by water and diffusion through imperfections in the matrix.
The following examples are intended only to further illustrate the invention and are not intended to limit the scope of the invention which is defined by the claims.
A. On a dry weight basis, 162 parts of unmodified pearl corn starch was suspended in 1000 parts of water and was gelatinized at room temperature by the addition of 40 parts sodium hydroxide in 300 parts water. The molar ratio of NaOH:starch AGU was 1:1, and the resultant sodium starchate paste has a starch concentration of 10.8%.
B. The procedure described in Example 1(A) above was repeated except that the gelatinization was carried out by the addition of 20 parts sodium hydroxide in 300 parts water. The molar ratio of NaOH:starch AGU was 1:2, and the resultant sodium starchate paste had an equivalent starch concentration of 10.9%.
Three hundred seventy parts sodium starchate paste as prepared in Example 1(B) was mixed with 1.3 parts of a melt of trifluralin herbicide [2,6-dinitro-N,N-dipropyl-4-(trifluoromethyl)benzenamine]. Ten parts of CaCl2 as a mixture of di- and trihydrate in 20 parts of water was then rapidly added with mixing to produce a yellow cake of insolubilized matrix. The amount of CaCl2 added provided a Ca++ :Na+ molar ratio of approximately 1:2. After squeezing out the residual water, the cake was dried to yield 51 parts of encapsulated product containing 2.5% core material.
The procedure of Example 2 was repeated using 20 parts trifluralin herbicide to yield 70 parts of encapsulated product containing 28.5% core material.
Although trifluralin is very soluble in organic solvents such as hexane and acetone, these solvents were unable to extract substantial amounts of core material from the encapsulated product. Ten parts of encapsulated product in 50 parts of hexane was allowed to stand at ambient temperature for 30 minutes. Analysis of the product revealed that only 5% of the trifluralin was extracted into the hexane.
On a dry weight basis, 40 parts of unmodified pearl corn starch was suspended in 250 parts of water and was gelatinized at room temperature by the addition of sodium hydroxide in a sufficient amount of water such that the sodium starchate paste had an equivalent starch concentration of approximately 10.9%. A melt of 20.0 parts trifluralin herbicide was dispersed in the paste which was then insolubilized with an aqueous solution of CaCl2 as a mixture of the di- and trihydrates. The resultant cake was dewatered, dried, and analyzed for trifluralin content. The percent active ingredient encapsulated varied with the proportions of starch, sodium hydroxide, and calcium chloride as reported below in Table I.
On a dry weight basis, 40 parts of acid-modified sorghum flour was suspended in enough water to give a 40% solids concentration and was then treated with 5 parts of sodium hydroxide to gelatinize the starch. The molar ratio of NaOH:starch AGU was 1:2. A melt of 5 parts of trifluralin herbicide was dispersed in the paste which was then insolubilized by rapidly stirring in 10 parts of CaCl2 as a mixture of di- and trihydrate constituting a Ca++ :Na+ molar ratio of approximately 1:2. The isolated product was analyzed to yield 90% trifluralin recovery, of which 61% was encapsulated.
TABLE I______________________________________ Approximate PartsEx- molar ratio CaCl2 Approximate Trifluralinam- Parts NaOH:starch hy- molar ratio encap-ple NaOH AGU drate Ca++ :Na+ sulated (%)______________________________________4 5 1:2 10 1:2 945 5 1:2 20 1:1 856 5 1:2 30 1:0.66 807 10 1:1 18 1:2.2 668 10 1:1 20 1:2 699 10 1:1 22 1:1.8 4810 15 3:2 26 1:2.3 7511 15 3:2 30 1:2 6112 15 3:2 34 1:1.7 59______________________________________
The procedure of Example 13 was repeated except that acid-modified starch was substituted for the flour. The recovery was 92%, of which 66% was found to be encapsulated.
On a dry weight basis, 40.5 parts of unmodified pearl corn starch was suspended in a dispersion of 250 parts of water and 11.5 parts of the insecticide fonofos (O-ethyl-S-phenyl ethylphosphorodithioate). The starch was gelatinized at room temperature with 5 parts sodium hydroxide dissolved in 75 parts water. The molar ratio of NaOH:starch AGU was 1:2. Ten parts of CaCl2 as a mixture of di- and trihydrate constituting a Ca++ :Na+ molar ratio of approximately 1:2 in 20 parts water was then rapidly added with mixing to produce an insolubilized matrix. The product was isolated and dried to yield 61 parts of encapsulated material containing 4.14% sulfur and 15.9% core material.
The procedure of Example 15 was repeated except the herbicide EPTC (S-ethyl dipropylcarbamothioate) was substituted for the fonofos and insolubilization was effected with an aqueous mixture of 9 parts CaCl2.2H2 O and 1 part CuCl2.H2 O. The copper salt was added to slow the potential breakdown of the starch in soil. The product was isolated and dried to yield 65 parts of encapsulated material containing 1.2% nitrogen and 16% core material.
Although EPTC is a volatile herbicide, a sample of the product did not lose any measurable amount of EPTC after standing in an open flask for 3 months. Another sample lost 18% EPTC after standing under wet conditions for 4 days. In comparison, nonencapsulated product lost 90% of its EPTC after standing 1 day under wet conditions.
Twelve parts of the insecticide DDT [1,1'-(2,2,2-trichloroethylidene) bis(4-chlorobenzene)] dissolved in 25 parts acetone was dispersed in 370 parts of the sodium starchate prepared in Example 1(B). Ten parts of CaCl2 as a mixture of di- and trihydrate constituting a Ca++ :Na+ molar ratio of approximately 1:2 in 20 parts water was then rapidly added with mixing to produce an insolubilized matrix. The product was isolated and dried as in Example 2 to yield 58 parts of encapsulated product containing 9.6% chlorine and 19.2% core material.
A 10-g. test sample of the product was extracted three times with 25-ml. portions of acetone, and retained 59.3% of the DDT.
Ten parts of EPTC was dispersed in 375 parts of the sodium starchate solution prepared in Example 1(A). Ten parts of CaCl2.2H2 O in 20 parts of water was then rapidly added with mixing to produce an insolubilized matrix. The product was isolated and dried as in Example 2 to yield 65 parts of encapsulated product containing 0.83% nitrogen and 11% core material.
In order to compare the relative effectiveness of calcium, barium, and strontium adducts of starch as encapsulating agents, Example 3 was repeated employing various amounts of the chloride salts of the respective cations as reported in Table II. The percent trifluralin encapsulated is expressed as the percent of the amount initially added.
It is understood that the foregoing detailed description is given merely by way of illustration and that modification and variations may be made therein without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention.
TABLE II______________________________________ Approximate Insolubilizing molar ratio TrifluralinExample agent of cation to Na+ encapsulated (%)______________________________________19 CaCl2.2H2 O 1:2 95.020 CaCl2.2H2 O 1:1 85.521 SrCl2.6H2 O 1:2 70.522 SrCl2.6H2 O 1:1 88.523 BaCl2.2H2 O 1:2 87.0______________________________________
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This intriguing chunk of feldspar looks like ribbon confetti neatly arranged in resin. According to this site, Rainbow lattice sunstone "contains crystallographically oriented exsolutions of Illmenite & Hematite that forms a criss-cross lattice pattern which produces spectral colour aventurescence in reflected light." In other words, a wizard made it.
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Opals, a rainbow of fire locked in rock, are among the most wonderful of nature's gifts. Maggie Koerth-Baker returns with the light truth about weird silica.Read the rest


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Obviously you are talking about overcoming lng distance and different cultures. I've seen two ways that a long distance relationship works out
(1) it started when the couple was living in the same area and they continued the relationship. I've seen several times
(2) they got to know each other really well over the internet, then they got together for a short while and decided to get married (just one case!)
My opinion (and obviously a limited one at that!) It's expensive and difficult and you both need to be decisive!


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Mother superior Jaclyn JoseBy Bayani San Diego Jr.
"That's what you call a mother's love," award-winning actress Jaclyn Jose quips in her deliciously deadpan manner.
"That's what you call a mother's love," award-winning actress Jaclyn Jose quips in her deliciously deadpan manner.
Talk about starting young. Teen Idol went out of town for a high-profile show. Perhaps TI was bored and had too much spare time between gigs. A mole insisted that TI was totally stoned for the entire trip and was allegedly caught smoking weed by a shocked spy backstage.
Young actor Albie Casiño found himself in an unexpected situation when, recently, life imitated art. Casiño was beaten up by four men at the parking lot of a bar in Makati City a few days after he finished doing the movie, "The Animals." The movie is about a group of rich high school kids who […]
IT must be the long, hot summer, with sizzling temperatures setting records and pushing overheated people over the edge to act out their most pugilistic impulses. Or, could it be the unusually huge moonrise over our skies last week, making us all loopy and loony?
What was supposed to be a lazy summer weekend has become a time of collective exasperation. Local Show Town was rocked with a double whammy of very public squabbles involving celebrities—specifically, the bar brawl with former sweethearts Andi Eigenmann and Albie Casiño as protagonists, and the airport altercation between Inquirer columnist Ramon Tulfo and married couple Raymart Santiago and Claudine Barretto.