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Earlier this month in a Wired article, the chairman of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) proposed stronger government regulation of the Internet. Chairman Tom Wheeler suggested that Internet service providers (ISPs) should not give preferential treatment to some users by blocking content or creating "fast lanes." Wheeler suggested regulating the ISPs by changing their status to be under Title II of the Telecommunications Act. Title II status means the government would regulate the Internet as a public utility.
President Obama had already chimed in, asserting that it's essential to the economy to "keep the Internet free and open" by protecting net neutrality for everyone. He says there should be "no gatekeepers of content" and that we need to make net neutrality a "legal obligation" for ISPs. He goes on to ask the FCC to reclassify the Internet as Title II. The Internet, he says, is "an essential part of everyday communication and everyday life." Consumers, not the ISPs, should decide what Web sites they want to access. Obama's statement lists four main categories of rules:
- No blocking,
- No throttling,
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- No paid prioritization.
The five-person FCC panel will vote on the 332-page proposal for the order on Thursday, February 26. The FCC will not release the plan to public before the vote. According to those who have seen it, eight of the pages are regulations, 79 pages are details of the provisions, and the rest are references and comments. The expectation is for the FCC to adopt the proposal.
FCC commissioner Ajit Pai, made a statement on Feb. 10 saying that, "the American people are being misled." In a counter to President Obama's and Chairman Wheeler's assertions, Pai sees "adverse consequences to the entire Internet economy" should the rules become law. He says these are "vast, yet vague regulations" with "exogenous political influences." Pai emphasizes that the plan:
- Regulates rates,
- Claims no competition exists for the majority of Americans,
- Scrutinizes all options but unlimited,
- Tolerates the FCC micromanaging the Internet,
- Allows class action lawsuits against providers,
- Regulates ISPs utility-style, and,
- Opens door to billions in new taxes on Internet.


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Dr. Paul L. O'Boynick graduated from the University of Kansas School of Medicine in 1973. He works in Olathe, KS and 1 other location and specializes in Neurological Surgery. Dr. O'Boynick is affiliated with Olathe Medical Center and Shawnee Mission Medical Center Inc.
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Medical School: University of Kansas School of Medicine; Graduated 1973
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The first quarter of 2012 was a very good one for the interactive advertising industry — the best first quarter on record, in fact, according to the latest Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB) figures. Those surveyed by the IAB and Pricewaterhouse Coopers said they brought in $8.4 billion, 15% more than recorded in the year-ago period.
President and CEO Randall Rothenberg attributed the increase to marketers' continued movement of their money online, to follow digital consumers on their computers, tablets or smartphones.
The first quarter revenue wasn't down as dramatically from the fourth quarter as one might expect. In the fourth quarter of 2011, spending came in at around $9.0 billion. The fourth quarter is typically the strongest for the advertising industry as a whole, considering spending increases centered around Thanksgiving and December holidays.
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You can, but 1) do you know how; and 2) on those facts, WHY?!!! You have great facts (according to you here) that may actually lead to a dismissal!! Don't plead to anything without talking with an attorney first. Hire one or request the public defender at your arraigment. Good luck.
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But you were driving - "I hit a parked car..." - hello?! Get a CA attorney to deal with this. Your BA is a problem.
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No - you are mixing up dates and times and legal things. Time starts to run from your arraignment. If you pled not guilty and did not waive time, then it begins from that date. You say 45 days, so I assume you were charged with a misdemeanor. Your trial must "start" within the statutory period - it doesn't have to finish within that time, however. Follow what your attorney tells you - he/she is well versed in the law and local rules.
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Means either the DA dismissed counts one and two as part of a plea to count three, or a jury only found him guilty on count three, or there was a motion to dismiss made by the defense and the court agreed only on counts one and two.
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No. The public defender wont get involved until a case is filed. You would have to hire an attorney. No you aren't under any obligation to meet with them, so don't. The less you say the better. If they file a a case against you, consult with an attorney then.
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Can she? Anyone can do anything. Should she have? Absolutely not. Her conduct was unprofessional and should be reported to her supervisor.
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Your public defender sounds like a great person. Public defenders are professional lawyers just like the rest of us, but with (argueably) bigger caseloads. If you feel comfortable with your attorney stick with them. That's good advice no matter what the situation.
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Yes absolutely - an attorney is a skilled professional who knows the law and the various sentencing options, assuming the DA proves his guilt (being caught "red handed" doesn't necessarily mean anything). Get him an attorney asap.
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Whether or not you will be found guilty of ADW, or any crime for that matter, depends on so many different factors, too many to name here. Get an attorney who can review the facts of your case and stratagize with you to get you the best possible outcome.
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Can you? Absolutly. Whether the DA agrees to a wet reckless, well that's up to them. Getting an experienced attorney is absolutly crucial. If you are dissatisfied with your PD, you can always hire a private attorney.
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Recent answers to I can't play youtube videos or access games on facebookhttps://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/9291872012-06-19T16:12:46-07:00If that is all you see is "advertisement" then you either have a conflicting addon or you have AdBlo2012-06-19T16:12:46-07:00dad7732https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/929187#answer-344505
If that is all you see is "advertisement" then you either have a conflicting addon or you have AdBlock Plus installed and blocking the page somehow, OR you have the FlashBlock extension enabled. Take Cor-El's advice and start in Safe-Mode to see if the flash player install works as well as your game sites, etc. I don't have any problems on YouTube or Facebook, etc. and I'm running FF 13.
I had the same problem but restored to an earlier version of Firefox and all has returned to normal!2012-06-19T16:01:02-07:00Inspiredhttps://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/929187#answer-344498
I had the same problem but restored to an earlier version of Firefox and all has returned to normal!
It became obvious when I updated to flashplayer 11.3 that Firefox did not like to display the videos2012-06-16T23:47:17-07:00ScottPoorhttps://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/929187#answer-343200
It became obvious when I updated to flashplayer 11.3 that Firefox did not like to display the videos and pages properly. I went through the process of uninstalling flashplayer 11.3 and installing the archived version 11.2. Took a couple days to realize there was an issue and a couple hours to find out what to do about it. At least, Firefox gave me the answer in help forum and I followed those instructions to solve the issue. Use the uninstaller recommended and then download the zipfile(archived) and install the correct(suggested) versions file and that should do it...hopefully! Did for me....WHEW!
Also check out the possible solution here http://support.google.com/youtube/bin/answer.py?hl=en&2012-06-16T22:51:31-07:00coolmosshttps://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/929187#answer-343197
Also check out the possible solution here http://support.google.com/youtube/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=1209379

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I found the solution here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oQbu0k0rPwc&feature=youtu.be&hd=1&a2012-06-16T22:48:21-07:00coolmosshttps://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/929187#answer-343194
I found the solution here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oQbu0k0rPwc&feature=youtu.be&hd=1&html5=1

I know the link is youtube, but when I had the same problem on my site http://motivationaldiary.com/ I am still able to view the youtube.

If you really can't watch the video, then try this step: 1. Closer Firefox browser 2. Open RealPlayer 3. Click RealPlayer (menu), Preferences, Download & Recording 4. Uncheck "Enable Web Download & Recording for these installed browser" (even if Firefox does not show here, uncheck the box anyway 5. Restart Firefox, it should be fine now.

If this helps you, please spare a few seconds to visit my page http://motivationaldiary.com/ Many thanks!
I didn't have a problem until I updated the flashplayer. 2012-06-11T08:40:24-07:00lola1520https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/929187#answer-340702
I didn't have a problem until I updated the flashplayer.
Thanks. 2012-06-11T08:39:22-07:00lola1520https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/929187#answer-340701
Thanks.
I tried to download an older version but it would not install for some reason. I did a system resto2012-06-11T07:38:25-07:00otter2208https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/929187#answer-340669
I tried to download an older version but it would not install for some reason. I did a system restore and now everything works. I WILL NOT UPDATE UNTIL firefox can fix their issues.
There is no problem with shockwave flash 11.2 plugin. It must due to Adobe Flash Player 11.3.300.2572012-06-10T19:31:53-07:00kenneth115https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/929187#answer-340559
There is no problem with shockwave flash 11.2 plugin. It must due to Adobe Flash Player 11.3.300.257.

Either Firefox 13.0 do not support Adobe Flash Player 11.3.300.257 or Adobe Flash Player 11.3.300.257 do not support Firefox 13.0.

Please fix this problem ASAP!
Try to reset the prefs. http://kb.mozillazine.org/Resetting_preferences http://kb.mozillazine.org/P2012-06-10T10:54:42-07:00cor-elhttps://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/929187#answer-340442
Try to reset the prefs.

http://kb.mozillazine.org/Resetting_preferences

http://kb.mozillazine.org/Preferences_not_saved

https://support.mozilla.org/kb/Preferences+are+not+saved

Start Firefox in Troubleshoot Firefox issues using Safe Mode to check if one of the extensions or if hardware acceleration is causing the problem (switch to the DEFAULT theme: Firefox/Tools > Add-ons > Appearance/Themes).

Don't make any changes on the Safe mode start window.

https://support.mozilla.org/kb/Safe+Mode

https://support.mozilla.org/kb/Troubleshooting+extensions+and+themes

the page pulls up but where I think a video or flash thing is supposed to be playing all I see is th2012-06-10T10:48:03-07:00otter2208https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/929187#answer-340440
the page pulls up but where I think a video or flash thing is supposed to be playing all I see is the word ADVERTISEMENT. I have d-loaded and installed the player, I think something is blocking it. Is that possible and if so how to correct? here is what it looks like. http://i431.photobucket.com/albums/qq36/otter2208/flash.jpg
Does Flash work on the Adobe test page? http://www.adobe.com/software/flash/about/ http://helpx.ado2012-06-10T10:42:12-07:00cor-elhttps://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/929187#answer-340439
Does Flash work on the Adobe test page?

http://www.adobe.com/software/flash/about/

http://helpx.adobe.com/flash-player.html


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What Lies Behind Curiosity
August 7, 2012
This is one of the first images taken by NASA's Curiosity rover, which landed on Mars the evening of Aug. 5 PDT (morning of Aug. 6 EDT). It was taken through a "fisheye" wide-angle lens on one of the rover's rear Hazard-Avoidance cameras at one-quarter of full resolution. The camera is the right eye of a stereo pair located at the back left, or port, side of the rover. The clear dust cover on the camera is still on in this view, and dust can be seen around its edge, along with three cover fasteners. One of the rover's wheels is in the lower right corner. As planned, the rover's early engineering images are lower resolution. Larger color images are expected later in the week when the rover's mast, carrying high-resolution cameras, is deployed. Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech
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⬅ Return to Free Speech Prevails in 10-Year Censorship Battle
liberal hater
Jan 22nd, 2009 at 12:07am
The American Criminal Liberties Union support online child pornography and pedophilia through their support of NAMBLA--North American Man Boy Love Association.
I wonder how many children have to be forceably raped and tortured and even killed before someone stands up to the anti-American cowards at the ACLU.
Jan 22nd, 2009 at 4:23am
Why does congress keep trying to stifle free speech on the internet?
Could it be because us little debt slaves are using it to WAKE UP and the elite are getting scared?
Vic Livingston
Jan 22nd, 2009 at 6:27pm
For your consideration, these case studies by a journalist who apparently is among the thousands of scribes unconstitutionally "targeted" by U.S. intelligence/security agencies:
Jan 22nd, 2009 at 7:02pm
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This is the internet, please use your parenting skills.
Jan 22nd, 2009 at 8:47pm
bravo, a long, well fought battle.
Velluto rosso
Jan 23rd, 2009 at 3:57am
Ah, the wonderful NAMBLA, so deftly lampooned by comedians when it was still in vogue. Wonderful of you to bring it up, really. It shows your ability to research.
David Morris
Jan 23rd, 2009 at 12:57pm
WOW, ever heard of the fairness docterine? It is coming to the internet thanks to Obama and the left. Harry Reed just said, and I quote "you must stop child pornography and you nust put a mussle on the right "activists"" ANYTHING you say against the "new" administration will be censored and we will not have "free Speech" unless it is what the "main stream" is saying.
The Constitution
Jan 23rd, 2009 at 5:19pm
The basic constitutional right of the people to keep and bear arms is the most important consitutional right there is. I'd much rather have my right to keep and bear arms than my right to free speech because a free man with a gun can speak his mind anyway!
Jan 24th, 2009 at 4:35pm
does this mean the internet sex stings are illegal. would appreciate an answer.
Aden Fine, First Amendment Working Group
Jan 28th, 2009 at 1:56pm
The Supreme Court's decision means that the government cannot enforce the Child Online Protection Act (COPA), which made it illegal for websites to put sexually explicit material on the Internet. The Court's decision does not mean that other existing laws cannot be enforced and it does not necessarily have any connection to "internet sex stings," although that would depend on what is meant by "internet sex stings."
Jack Hill
Jan 30th, 2009 at 4:35pm
I'm still waiting to see support for Rush Limbaugh's right to free speach. Everyone and his neighbor has trashed Bush without a word being cast. But a comment about Obama, and they are ready to crucify. Apparently freedom of speach only applies to select persons.
Mar 5th, 2009 at 11:43pm
Jack - who has stopped Rush from speaking?
However, I recall several members of Congress who were forced to apologize when they criticized Bush, Pete Stark, for example
mary smith
Mar 17th, 2009 at 6:20pm
sex on internet is not speech, It's people expoising their genitals
Mar 17th, 2009 at 6:33pm
It should not be on the internet and it's not free speech you fought for but rather the right for them to use the internet as a way to make money and to force parents to have to stand over their child while their on the internet. They plant porno. all over the place and they should be made not to let it off their home site. They run it in communities so you can't look into hotels, church, communities ect so people will know the home sites name and some children don't have parents with blockers, Don't speak for me when it come to this as I feel if a person wants to watch it they should rent it and not take away my freedom of the internet
Mar 17th, 2009 at 6:43pm
why don't you ask people how they feel before you get something we all have to cope with. I feel men and women showing the world oral sex, erections, vigina's is not speech. (my being able to say this is free speech.
William Toodle
Jul 25th, 2009 at 6:10pm
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You can now also make free calls to the U.S. and Canada and save money by making free international calls to family and friends in more than 80 countries around the world. Stay connected, anywhere!
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- Post your day-to-day activities to your Newsfeed or comment on your friends' posts
- Share updates with friends like on Facebook, Twitter, or Line
- Meet new friends who share similar interests
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- Google Play Store's Best Apps of 2014
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Dating for everyone – Mamba!
Over 23,000,000 people use Mamba to find new friends to chat with, people to flirt with, and even to find love in a serious relationship. Almost 1,000,000 people are online and available to chat or meet for a date.
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Install the Mamba App and you can access all our services straight from your mobile phone. You can now chat, search for new friends and flirt with other users while you're travelling on even just out shopping. Keep in touch with Mamba: it's not just a great way to easily meet people – you could also find true love!
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See the world through somebody else's eyes by following not only the people you know, but inspirational Instagrammers, photographers, athletes, celebrities and fashion icons. Every time you open Instagram, you'll see new photos and videos from your closest friends, plus breathtaking moments shared by creative people across the globe.
Over 300 million people use Instagram to:
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ooVoo Video Call, Text & Voice
☆ Features ☆
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• ooVoo everywhere – ooVoo is cross platform and works on any device.
• Available on over 300 popular Android phones and tablets, and we are always adding more!
We are always excited to hear from you! If you have any feedback, questions, concerns or feature requests then please email us at email@example.com or follow us on Twitter @ooVoo.
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• Get breaking news. Stay informed with the local and global news that matters to you most, as it happens.
• Go behind the scenes at exclusive events like the Oscars, the Emmys, the MTV VMA's and the World Cup.
• Express yourself with text, photos, emoji, emoticons, video, GIFs and Vines.
• Use hashtags (like #NFL) to find more Tweets about topics you love.
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• Share Tweets with apps like Facebook, Whatsapp, Kik, LINE, email and SMS.
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Nimbuzz Messenger / Free Calls
Nimbuzz Messenger lets you make cheap international voice calls, send unlimited chat messages, share files etc across popular messengers. Nimbuzz Messenger is available on Android, iOS, Windows Phone, Blackberry, Symbian, Java, Windows and Mac.
Nimbuzz Messenger is super-popular and our 150+ million registered users across platforms prove that.
Below is the list of Nimbuzz Messenger's amazing features that take your mobile IM experience to the next level:
• FREE HD VOICE CALLS – Cheap International HD quality voice calls for free
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• GROUP CHAT - Enjoy group conversations by sending text messages to your contacts in a single group.
• STICKERS - Express yourself better with super cool Sticker packs.
• CHATROOMS – Discover new friends in chat rooms
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• SIP VOIP ACCOUNTS – Connect to any SIP provider through Nimbuzz and enjoy extremely low cost VOIP calls
• FILE SHARING – Share photos, documents, music and videos with all your friends.
• CHAT BUDDIES – Use our popular chat buddies for Cricket, Astrology, Meet a Stranger, Jokes, Games.
• AND MORE: Custom chat wallpaper, N-world, Virtual Goods, Free Avatars, Games and more.
Your active feedback is greatly appreciated. For any questions, concerns, feedback or ideas, drop us an email at: firstname.lastname@example.com
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• Share photos, gifs, video, music, quotes, chats, links, and text. Find and follow the things you love, and get all your latest news from your dashboard.
• Bonus: Add a 'create a post' widget to your home screen.
• Advanced controls: Save drafts, queue posts, customize tweets, and more!
• Messages: View and reply to messages.
• Multiple blogs: Seamlessly manage all of your blogs.
Zello PTT Walkie-Talkie
Zello features:
• Real-time streaming, high quality voice
• Contacts availability and text status
• Public and private channels for up to 1000 users
• Option to map hardware PTT (Push To Talk) button
• Bluetooth headset support (selected phones)
• Voice history
• Call alert
• Images
• Push notifications
• Works over WiFi, 2G, 3G, or 4G mobile data
Zello uses proprietary low-latency push-to-talk protocol and is not interoperable with Voxer, Sprint Direct Connect or AT&T Enhanced PTT. Zello Android client supports free public service, Zello@Work cloud service, and private Zello Enterprise Server.
We are working hard to improve the app so please expect frequent updates. If you have questions or issues send us an email at firstname.lastname@example.com
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Emoji Smart Keyboard
Emoji Smart Keyboard is free android emoji keyboard for input emoji, emoticons, smiley in everywhere such as email, social messengers, notes, text messaging, sms etc.
Features of Emoji Smart Keyboard:
- Free android emoji keyboard.
- Support huge emojis, emoticons, smiley.
- Emoji keyboard that support in all android device.
- Emoji keyboard that support everywhere.
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- Smart and fast emoji keybard for input.
- Swipe gesture keyboard change.
- Support different categorys emojis, emoticons.
- Emoji keyboard with beautiful keyboard UI theme.
Enable Emoji keyboard
- Click on "Enable Emoji Keyboard" button then enable Emoji Smart Keyboard in keyboard & input method screen.
Set it as default emoji keyboard
- Click on "Change Keyboard Type" button then select Emoji Smart Keyboard default keyboard.
- Emoji Smart Keyboard is working on android version 2.2 and up.
BAND – The Ultimate Group App
BAND, the ultimate group communication app, allows you to stay social, organized, and in touch with the groups that matter in your life.
Be together with any of your communities, small or large, by making a dedicated space. Use BAND to share, communicate, and organize activities. It works well for fraternities/sororities, sports teams, friends, debate club, and others groups
BAND moves beyond chat to keep your group in the loop with a full suite of free tools. It allows for traditional posting and chat, as well as group polling, events, calendars, file sharing and photo albums. For greater convenience, users also have the ability to access their Bands on desktop (www.band.us).
Download now to join the 40 million users already using BAND to keep up with friends, loved ones and everyone in between, to share life as it happens.
YOUR GROUP'S HOME – Greek organizations, study groups, sports teams, coworkers - Join as many Bands as you want or create your own. Customize your Band cover photo and appearance to suit your style and invite your group to join you.
SHARE EVERYTHING – The home-base for your Band allows members to keep up with group activity or post something of their own. Every member can share text, photos, videos, gifs, PDFs, location, stickers and files in Dropbox or Google Drive, and vote on group polls.
EASY CONSENSUS – Make your opinion heard through Band's Polls feature. Band members can create polls to find out the group's tee shirt sizes, best day to grab lunch, or which movie to go watch. Easily track the polls for every category, and see who has yet to participate.
PLAN EVENTS AND ACTIVITIES – Keep everyone on the same page with a calendar for each Band. All members can add events with time and location before asking their Band members to RSVP. Share the group's duties with To-Do and Bill Splitting features.
CHAT WITH ANYONE - Stay in touch with all the members of your Band, a select few or one-on-one. All members can share text, photos, voice messages and stickers.
REMEMBER THE MOMENTS – Share the important things with the important people in your life – upload up to 100 photos at a time to an existent group album, or start your own. You can make your group's year-end book on the go.
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Oh, did we mention that all of these awesome features are FREE? No pricing model ever.
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Mico - Meet New People & Chat
What Mico users are saying:
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LOVOO Chat, Flirt, Real People
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A biocompatible, lubricious, hydrophilic material useful for coating medical devices or for blending into polymer compositions intended for making medical devices comprises a terpolymer of 5 to 25 mole percent of a polymerisable monomer (1) having a polyethylene oxide unit with an average degree of polymerisation from 5 to 18 and a polymerisable carbon-carbon double bond, 5 to 30 mole percent of a polymerisable monomer (2) having a polyethylene oxide unit with an average degree of polymerisation from 19 to 65 and polymerisable carbon-carbon double bond, and 45 to 90 mole percent of an alkyl methacrylate (3): (1) CH2═C(R)—CO—[—O—CH2—CH2—]n1—O—R where n1 is from 5 to 18, and each R is independently H or CH3; (2) CH2═C(R)—CO—[—O—CH2—CH2—]n2—O—R where n2 is from 19 to 65 and each R is independently H or CH3; (3) CH2═C(CH3)—CO2—(CH2)m—CH3 where m is from 3 to 17, which may be made by the aqueous emulsion polymerisation of the monomers.
1. A biocompatible lubricious, hydrophilic material which comprises a terpolymer of from 5 to 25 mole percent of a first monomer (1) having the formula
wherein R and R1 are independently H or CH3 and n1 is from 5 to 18; from 5 to 30 mole percent of a second monomer (2) having the formula
wherein R and R1 are independently H or CH3 and n2 is from 19 to 65; and from 45 to 90 mole percent of an alkyl methacrylate (3) having the formula
wherein m is from 3 to 17.
2. A terpolymer according to claim 1 wherein R1 in the first and R3 in the second monomers are each CH3.
3. A terpolymer according to claim 1 which comprises 6 to 20% by weight of the first monomer (1), from 40 to 80% by weight of the second monomer (2), and from 10 to 50% by weight of the alkyl methacrylate (3).
4. A terpolymer according to claim 1 wherein n1 is from 5 to 10.
5. A terpolymer according to claim 1 wherein n2 is from 22 to 48.
6. A terpolymer according to claim 1 wherein the alkyl methacrylate is butyl methacrylate.
7. A terpolymer according to claim 1 which is a block copolymer with hydrophobic and hydrophilic domains.
8. A method of producing a terpolymer according to claim 7 which comprises subjecting the first monomer (1), the second monomer (2) and the alkyl methacrylate (3) to aqueous emulsion polymerization, dialyzing the resulting polymer against water to remove unreacted monomer, and drying the dialyzed terpolymer.
9. An article of manufacture having a lubricious biocompatible surface wherein said surface is provided by coating the article with a solution of a terpolymer according to claim 1.
10. An article of manufacture according to claim 9 wherein said article is a medical device.
11. A biocompatible lubricious hydrophilic material according to claim 1, comprising a blend of the terpolymer with at least one other polymer.
12. A medical device formed from a polymer composition according to claim 11.
13. A biocompatible lubricious hydrophilic material according to claim 11, wherein the at least one other polymer is selected from the group consisting of PVC, polyurethane, polybutadiene, and combinations thereof.
This is a 35 U.S.C. 371 national stage application of International Application No. PCT/GB96/02557, filed Oct. 17, 1996, which claims priority from GB Application No. 9521253.6, filed Oct. 17, 1995.
In recent years there has been an increased awareness of the need for biocompatible materials for medical devices. Currently medical devices are typically made from synthetic polymeric materials such as polyvinylchloride (PVC), polyurethanes (PU), polybutadienes (latex), polyamides (PA) and others. It has also been recognized that hydrophilic materials offer good biocompatibility to medical devices when in-contact with biological fluids or living tissue. These hydrophilic materials significantly reduce adsorption of proteins and of cellular components such as platelets, leucocytes, erythrocytes and fibroblasts, and also reduce activation of intrinsic and extrinsic blood clotting pathways.
In addition to the biocompatibility of the material, the lubricity of the coating is also important, as it minimises patient trauma, and allows ease of insertion and removal of the device. An example of an important application of a biocompatible lubricious hydrophilic material is during chest drainage, which occurs after cardio-thoracic surgery. In this chest drainage procedure, preformed blood clots and whole blood is able to slide down the medical device such as thoracic drain catheter. This is achieved because of the lubricious (slippery) nature of the coated device. A biocompatible lubricious hydrophilic medical device can be used in other wound drain applications.
It has been well recognized that polyethylene oxide (PEO) (also called polyethylene glycol or PEG) when bound to a medical device offers good biocompatibility, lubricity and hydrophilicity. U.S. Pat. No. 4,424,311 discloses a polymerizable PEO monomer having polyethylene oxide unit with a carbon-carbon double bond which is grafted on to PVC or vinyl chloride-vinyl acetate copolymer or vinyl chloride-vinyl acetate-ethylene terpolymer. Disadvantages of grafting PEO are that it is a lengthy procedure and the grafted PEO units are unevenly distributed. Therefore, homogenous coverage on the surface is not achieved, which results in reduced biocompatibility and lubricity.
In another U.S. Pat. No. 5,075,400, PEO containing a polymerizable carbon-carbon double bond is polymerised, in toluene, with methyl methacrylate or ethyl methacrylate. The resultant polymer, which is referred to as supersurfactant, is predominantly water soluble and is adsorbed onto various polymeric surfaces from water, water/ethanol mixtures, or ethanol. A disadvantage of these polymers is that they act as surfactants, are adsorbed on to the surface and therefore would be readily de-sorbed from the surface when they are in contact with biological fluids such as blood, as blood has surfactant properties. Similarly, the lubricious properties would also be lost since the adsorbed surfactant is not stable on the surface. Another disadvantage is that the polymer supersurfactant is synthesized by solution polymerization in toluene and as a result high molecular weight polymer containing PEO would be difficult to produce, since PEO polymers have limited solubility in toluene.
It is an object of the present invention to mitigate or overcome some of the aforementioned disadvantages encountered in the prior art.
The present invention is concerned with biocompatible, lubricious, hydrophilic materials suitable for use in medical devices or otherwise. It is proposed that the materials may be used to coat a substrate such as a medical device or may be blended into a polymer composition prior to formation of the medical device or other article. The invention extends to polymers, their production methods, and their uses as coatings or components of articles of manufacture.
In one aspect of the present invention a biocompatible, lubricious, hydrophilic material for medical devices or other applications can be produced by aqueous emulsion polymerization to yield a polymer with the desired hydrophobic and hydrophilic domains, not conventionally obtained by solution polymerization, wherein the emulsion polymer produced is a stable emulsion having high molecular weight.
In accordance with a more specific aspect of the invention, there is provided a biocompatible, lubricious, hydrophilic material comprising a terpolymer of 5 to 25 mole percent of a polymerizable monomer (1) having a polyethylene oxide unit with an average degree of polymerization from 5 to 18 and a polymerizable carbon-carbon double bond, 5 to 30 mole percent of a polymerizable monomer (2) having a polyethylene oxide unit with an average degree of polymerization from 19 to 65 and polymerizable carbon-carbon double bond, and 45 to 90 mole percent of an alkyl methacrylate (3):
where n1 is from 5 to 18, and [each] R and R1 are [is] independently H or CH3
where n2 is from 19 to 65, and [each] R and R1 are [is] independently H or CH3
CH2═C(CH3)—CO2—(CH2)m—CH3 (3)
where m is from 3 to 17.
Monomers (1) and (2) are hydroxy or, preferably, methoxy polyethyleneglycol acrylates or, preferably, methacrylates, and provide the hydrophilic moieties in the terpolymer. Monomer (3), ranging from butyl to octadecyl methacrylate, provides the hydrophobic moieties.
The preferred molar proportions of (1), (2) and (3) are about 15% each of (1) and (2) and 70% of (3). In weight terms, proportions of 6 to 20% of (1), 40 to 80% of (2) and 10 to 50% of (3) are generally appropriate.
It is preferred that monomer (1) has polyethylene oxide units with a degree of polymerization n1 from 5 to 12, more especially a degree of polymerization n1 from 5 to 10.
It is preferred that monomer (2) has polyethylene oxide units with a degree of polymerization n2 from 20 to 50, more especially a degree of polymerization n2 from 22 to 48.
It is preferred that monomer (3) is n-butyl methacrylate.
The incorporation of significant proportions of monomer (2) of higher molecular weight than monomer (1) allows the formation of a solid dry powdery product with advantageous properties of handling, processing and storage.
The production of a terpolymer by polymerizing monomers (1), (2) and (3) may be carried out in water to produce an aqueous emulsion polymer which is stable, having high molecular weight.
The production of the terpolymer in water differs significantly from production in organic solvents in two respects.
a) Higher molecular weights of the terpolymer can be achieved by emulsion polymerisation than by solution polymerisation in organic solvents, as PEO solubility decreases with increasing molecular weight for polymerisation carried out in organic solvents such as toluene, ethyl and butyl acetate, alcohols etc.
b) Aqueous emulsion polymerisation allows polymers to be produced where the hydrophobic monomer (3) is phase separated to a certain degree to produce a polymer having hydrophilic and hydrophobic domains. This allows the polymer to be adsorbed, solvent welded or blended with PVC, polyurethanes, polybutadienes and the like. Polymerisation of the above three monomers (1), (2) and (3) in organic solvents produces polymers which are random, and phase separated domains of hydrophilic and hydrophobic do not occur. This results in poor adhesion of the polymer on to PVC, polyurethanes, polybutadienes and the like.
Aqueous emulsion polymerisation of monomers (1), (2) and (3) can be initiated by conventional water soluble initiators such as potassium persulphate. After polymerisation, the terpolymer is dialyzed against water to remove unreacted monomer and the resultant polymer is freeze dried, spray dried or treated by other means to obtain a dry powder.
The resultant terpolymer may then be dissolved in organic solvents, such as alcohols, acetone or tetrahydrofuran (THF) or mixtures thereof, and coated on to prefabricated devices, or blended with other polymers, such as PVC, polyurethanes, polybutadienes and the like.
The coating of the terpolymer on to medical devices made from PVC, PVC blended with other polymers such as polyurethanes, vinyl chloride-vinyl acetate copolymer or vinyl chloride-vinylacetate-ethylene terpolymer, PU, PA and the like can be carried out by dripping, spraying or any other means by which a homogenous coating may be obtained on the substrate, followed by any necessary drying out.
Depending on the choice of the solvent and substrate the coating can be adsorbed onto the surface or it can be solvent welded. For instance, if the coating is dissolved in a solvent such as THF and the substrate to be coated is polyethylene (PE), only an adsorbed coating will be produced, since THF is a non-solvent for PE. If however the substrate is PVC the coating can be classified as being solvent welded, since THF is a known solvent for PVC. The terpolymer penetrates deep into the PVC polymer, thereby producing a very durable biocompatible, lubricious, hydrophilic coating on the PVC substrate.
As for polybutadiene (latex rubber), the terpolymer can be coated onto a preformed device from a suitable organic solvent; or the emulsion polymer, after dialysis, can be added directly to and blended with the latex and a medical device can then be fabricated from the mixture.
Similarly, for treating polyurethanes, the terpolymer can be coated onto a preformed device from a suitable solvent or it can be melt-mixed with the polyurethane and then the device fabricated.
Methoxy polyethyleneglycol methacrylates (monomers (1) and (2), R being methyl throughout) were purchased from International Speciality Chemicals, UK. Butyl methacrylate (monomer (3), m being 3) and potassium persulphate were purchased from Aldrich Chemical Co., UK. 192 g Methoxy polyethyleneglycol methacrylate with molecular weight of 2000 and with a polyethylene oxide unit number n2 of approximately 45 (0.1 mole) (MPEG2000MA) was added to 100 ml of water. On dissolving the MPEG2000MA, 36 g of methoxy polyethyleneglycol methacrylate with a molecular weight of 350 and with a polyethylene oxide unit number n1 of approximately 8 (0.1 mole) (MPEG350MA) was added, together with 72 g of n-butyl methacrylate (0.46 mole). The molar proportions of MPEG350MA (1): MPEG2000MA (2): n-butyl methacrylate (3) were accordingly 15:15:70.
A 2 litre three-necked round bottom flask fitted with a reflux condenser, a thermometer and a nitrogen bleed was charged with 1180 ml of distilled water and heated to 80° C. The monomer solution was poured into the reaction vessel and polymerization was initiated with the addition of 2 g of potassium persulphate. The reaction was allowed to proceed for 10 minutes and then the reaction vessel was cooled to room temperature. A milky white viscous aqueous emulsion polymer resulted. The polymer was dialyzed against water for 24 to 48 hours. The dialyzed polymer was then freeze dried to obtain a white powder with a yield of 80%.
Aqueous based Gel Permeation Chromatography (GPC) was conducted on the aqueous emulsion after dialysis. The emulsion polymer had a molecular weight distribution in the range 40-70 kilodaltons.
Other monomer concentrations within the embodiments of this invention were also used to synthesize the aqueous polymer emulsions. All polymers synthesized gave molecular weight distributions in the range 40-70 kilodaltons.
Adsorption and solvent welding of terpolymer on to hydrophobic surfaces.
a) Adsorption
Test pieces of low density polyethylene (PE) sheets were cut in 2 cm2 pieces and then dipped into a THF solution containing 1.5% w/v of the terpolymer produced in Example 1. The PE sheets were allowed to dry at room temperature for 24 hours.
b) Solvent Welding
Thoracic drain catheters (supplied by Portex Ltd, UK) made from plasticized PVC were dipped into a THF solution containing 1.5% w/v of the terpolymer produced in Example 1 and allowed to dry at room temperature for 24 hours.
PE sheets and PVC tubing coated as in Example 2 were then assessed for platelet adhesion using whole blood from volunteers. Platelet adhesion on coated and uncoated test samples was measured using standard ATP luminescence technique.
Table 1 shows the results of platelet adhesion studies. The results clearly show that there is a dramatic reduction in platelet adhesion on coated samples relative to the uncoated. There is a greater than 90% reduction in platelet adhesion on coated samples.
PVC tubing was coated with the terpolymer as described in Example 2 and then tested for whole blood clotting times using Modified Lee White Test.
Approximately 10 mls of blood was withdrawn by clean venepuncture from healthy human volunteers. A known volume of blood was transferred into the PVC tubing which was clamped at one end. At approximately 15 second intervals the tubes were removed from a water bath (bath temperature −37° C.) and examined for any clot formation. Time taken for the blood to clot was recorded to the nearest quarter of a minute.
Table 2 shows the results of the above experiment. The results clearly show that the clotting time for the coated samples was double that of the uncoated samples.
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