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i need huge trees
Hi people here were nice enough to comment on my white pine which former owner planted too near house. I am on a slope and everyone down below can look into my back yard, everywhere. I cant afford tall evergreens riht now, but i know norway spruce do well here and they grew pretty tall for me in 10 yrs i lived in NY. Any other suggestions and here is the place i refer to...it should be called Naked City.
I envisioned a line of 15 or so Norway Spruce Douglas Fir along the lower perimeter and fruit trees a little orchard in the middle of the lawn, above the lawn are some old beautiful trees, rocks and a bench so you can sit down and try to read although you know everyone can see you. I imagine i need trees that will grow 80 ft tall to give me privacy from down below. Very sad. I have other shots will put on here to show the whole site. Its lovely and i have large yard 3.5 acres but its like a fishbowl
Well, you used to live in NY, and I could recommend some trees there. Since you neglected to say where you live or what soil you have (stoney? Clay? I assume well draining.), I'll assume you have moved to......? Maybe you retired to FL. In that case, there are lots of kinds of palms that will fix your problem.
On a serious note, a 6 foot tree will block the sight lines from the bottom. Stand some sticks in your yard, pretend they are trees, and you will see what I mean. It is the people at the bottom of the hill who need 80ft. trees to keep you from watching them when they do married people things in their back yard.
I would try to find some of those N. Spruce and get em in the ground and growing ASAP. I'm assuming you are still in NY and they will grow well for you. They fastest growing shade tree (oak) I can recommend is the Chestnut oak, is a NY native It is Quercus Prinus/ Montana or Rock chestnut oak. Just adding my 2c.
Evergreen is over rated. Look at how that row of trees does create a barrier w/o closing in the world on you.
If you are zones five though 8 go metasequoia! Limb up a dozen feet for formal, leave the lower branches on if you want that big thick trunk.
Thanks---I am in Zone 6 northeast PA---and we have many deer. I ordered Norway spruce and douglas fir, i will look into metasequoia--i dont know what they look like but if they are big and deer won't eat them then i am for them.someone suggested flowering pear because it grows fast but i dont want leaves to rake, so evergreen is the only choice i can think of but then i am not a gardener and very unknowledgeable. I am posting other photos of the site and if anyone has ideas, would love your input. Photo of house its up high; side of house where bathroom window is and view from window showing why i want some trees or something, and photo of that part of yard outside the window
we have a couple small fruit trees in that last photo and also when the very large tree near the stonewall has leaves, there is less problem but i wonder if i can plant something under that tree that goes up 10 ft or 8 ft to fill in the bare spot where the neighbors windows can see into my yard and bathroom. I even was thinking of clumping bamboo but it would be so out of place in this type location. I even thought a trellis near window but cant plant there all utility stuff is there and stones everywhere...the soil is ROCKY we are on shale BTW
Avoid the bradford and improved bradford pears. They blow apart and snap under snow and the flowers while quite good looking smell terrible. Not to mention they breed with other pears and produce strange invasive offspring. The ones at work did have good fall color last year though.
Far as leaves go, trees like bald cypress and the metasequoia have small thin needles. When they fall they blend in with the grass better and are easy for a mower to chew up.
That is what you want to do on a large yard. I just mow until right after halloween on a regukar basis. Chewing up the leaves helps them break down and feed your soil saving on pesky fertilizer. Keeping the grass mowed makes the light snows look better also:)
Nothing great. My home has a window to the shower. No one up the hill from us for a couple miles with a view but it bothered my wife.
We now have a sort of frosted tint on the window.
Are there shade tolerant evergreen ninebark or viburnum out there?
there is some sort of viburnum out here i have seen labels but cant remember what it looks like.i will look around here... I have even thought of planting something on the driveway close to the bathroom, a border of small trees or something --- for now, i just close the whole place up and dont look out, but in an ideal world be nice to enjoy the view
Bite the bullet and consult a landscape designer. The services you receive can match your budget, however small or large it may be.
Least cost begins with a walk-through and verbal report.
Next step up is a landscape drawing
Next step from there is obtaining the plants and planting them.
You can have a quality plan for minimal cost!
thanks Jean---i will look into a designer around here.
Another thought--I m getting mixed messages on Thuja green giant some say it is deer candy some say they dont eat it---they did not eat my other species of arbor vitae in NY, but dont know about green giant if anyone has a clue. Also i am trying to stay away from oaks --we had over 50 on our property in NY and raking was a full time job...fast growing and dense at the bottom is what i would like. I keep seeing douglas firs grow like fire--does anyone know about that? have ordered a couple small and a couple norway spruce...
Agree that it's worth it to suck it up and have a landscape architect draw up a master plan for you. If you're willing to get your hands dirty, you can use it as a blueprint, do your own work, and save a ton of money.
Growing up in NE PA, I can tell you greenthumbzdude's list of trees would work for your purposes.
If it were me, I would certainly plant trees from that list for shade, but would incorporate understory trees and shrubs as well. The rest of the yard? Hard to imagine needing all that lawn. I would scalp it and plant a native grass/wildflower meadow from seed. In a few years, it would be maintenance free, aside from mowing it once per year in the spring. Right now, it rains and everything runs off into the street, into the gutters, and into the waterways - taking all the pesticides and fertilizers needed to keep the lawn so green with it. The meadow/wooded area would provide a stunning alternative.
Please consider working with a landscape architect who specializes in native plants. The most beautiful areas in NE PA are where nature is left to take its course. Like everywhere else, it's being wiped out by the ever-expanding suburbs. I guarantee that a woodland/meadow combo on your property would make you the envy of your community and would go a long way in creating a trend of responsible land stewardship. That, and you'd never have to worry about raking those leaves or spending entire weekends manicuring a lawn ever again.
If I had all that space ( which I do) I would plant an oak somewhere in there, it will be still doing fine after many other trees will be long gone. Not the Metasequoias though, they as far as I know they live long also. If you had a hard time with many oaks before, one that drops all it's leaves in fall would do good. Just mow them down once the tree is done shedding leaves. My Swamp white oak. Willow oak,Burr oak, Northern red oak,Scarlet oak,English oak,and Chestnut oak shed in fall. Oaks are a passion of mine as you can tell. It's your yard and your decision of course.
Thanks poaky and c2g---i love oaks too--we had over 50 huge old ones on our property in NY and the only reason i am not thinking oaks is because my husband will end up doing nthing but rake for the rest of his life. They were a ton of work though beautiful.And I wanted something evergreen if possible since privacy here is really an issue. The deer werent much of an issue in NY either so arbor vitae were fine--anyway....looking into a landscape designer but will be putting in norway spruce douglas fir and 3 metasequoias--all are ordered already. I would love fto be creative and all but i am so concerned to have my privacy back like i had in NY...i cant stand feeling i am in a fishbowl...
Taffy, I like your attitude. Poaky needs some company around all us somewhat blunt and sarcastic tree guys!
Hey, if your husband is good get him a leaf blower or tell him just to munch up the yard leaves with the mower.
Now if he doesn't meet specs send him out to the back 40 with a hand rake and a sack for the weekend lol. I own a rake but couldn't tell you the last time I moved it.
Cant get any bigger than Giant Seqouias, they grow 3 ft a year. Will grow fine in your area. They love water, so hopefully your area has a nice supply of ground water.
Here is a link that might be useful: where you can buy
I am confused now--sequoias are the same as metasequoias i gather but giant sequoias are different. I did a little look around the web and i see one is deciduous and the other described as perisstent. Do they both grow quickly? And 90 feet is good enough for me just want to have thick branches or bushy leaves so the neighbors cant see in my yard. I hate to sound so picky abut my neighbors as they are lovely people but i really like my privacy and being able to sit outside just doing nothing and not being watched doing nothing!. I know you all understand. I can't stand having a big open yard on display.
Here is a link to some in New York and RI
Here is a link that might be useful: New England Sequoias
One does not need enormous trees to provide privacy, especially if their houses are located above those areas where they wish to block a view. That's the hardest way to do it. You have plenty of room to plant some stately giants, but it's all about line of vision. Twenty six years ago, when I moved into this house, one could not see another structure. But not everybody appreciates their privacy like we do, so we decided early on to plan our plantings to provide an optical 'stop' to lines of vision from passers-by driving down the road to certain rooms of the house. This can be accomplished by creating garden spaces with smaller trees, closer to the house. Our bath is behind a row of broadleaf evergreens and a crabapple. If someone is right up close to the house, it doesn't provide complete privacy, but they'd have to be up on our porch to see in. We have these islands of plantings at various places on the property and chose where by considering the views both from the inside looking out and from across the road looking in.
calliope--Thanks and thanks for photo---Yes I have thought of this and trying to rethink the bathroom thing---it is gravel and has utility and oil tank outlets immediately outside the window, but the berm where we park the cars offers some space (my last photo) and since it is elevated it will give me a leg up, so to speak for shielding the window, but hopefully allowing me a view of the sky...i thought of flowering pear trimmed down or forsythia but i definitely want evergreen something that doesnt turn naked in winter. Altho if we plant enough flowering pears close, maybe even the bare branches in winter would shield the window. Any ideas for plants? I know holly could do it but it grows too slow ....oh, and deer....THANKS everybody i am so happy as a brown thumb to get knowledgeable advice from you experts!
Those particular ones are azalea.......not a broadleaf in the truest sense, but they do not shed their leaves in winter here so suffice. I also use rhodies, boxwood, holly. The planting I pictured does not really show how far away they are from the house, but actually a good distance, since the porch is eight to ten feet deep on a stone foundation. This allows a lot of light into the room, actually since I keep them trimmed down to about five feet and prune every five years or so. The deciduous crab allows us lots of light in winter, but shade in the hottest part of the day in the warm months. This isn't our only line-of-sight barrier from the road. The house sits on a plateau of ground perhaps ten feet above the road level and quite a ways back from the road. There is another mixed bed before this plateau ends to a hillside sloping down to the road and there are a mixture of evergreen and deciduous trees and shrubs there, and it effectively blocks the view of the house across the road from us. The gentleman who built it not so long ago decided to place it close to the road, with their living room window facing our loo. LOL. He had many, many acres of beautiful ground and lakes but put it right close to the road. His ground, his choice. I'm glad we started early with the islands of trees and shrubs and sitting high, it does not really block our view of anything we wish to see. I know some people wish to 'show off' their architecture.......and even turn spot-light type landscaping lights toward their own homes.......but that is not us. Our house is a plain and simple farmhouse and I don't really care to exhibit it, and figure my plantings are good enough views for people I don't even know. ;-)
if you are looking for incredibly fast growth I would check out the hybrid poplars...there are many kinds, some grow over 7 feet or more per year to around 90-100 feet. However their lifespan is around 20-50 years so what I would do is underplant some slow growing trees like the oak so that when the poplars begin to die you will have large, decent sized oaks ready to take their place and those trees should outlive you and your great, great,great, great grandchildren.
Underplanting is a much under-used strategy. It can be effective for more than just quick growth. We are hard-core birders and leave scrag trees with cavities in them for nesting purposes, knowing full well many are dead men walking. I've planted slower-growing but choice replacements well before the established trees should need removal.
I have to correct one thing. My Quercus Robur do hold on to some leaves. I stated it shed in fall, that was incorrect. I (like Toronado) like my Metasequoia. The "Big tree" Sequoiadendron Giganteum is the hardier evergreen redwood. I just watched last night on Nat Geo Wild, where they mapped the natural areas of growth for Redwoods. I think it was the taller less hardy coast redwood from the area they showed to be their natural range. It was along the Pacific coast.
will check out hybrid poplars for my area...are they messy? i heard the flowering pears leaves are so little there is nothing to rake when they fall---also I did order some giant sequoias and since they like water i was going to have them planted at the edge of the trench or drain thing that surrounds our property so whenever excess water comes down the hill they will be near it. I wont plant it in the trench but near it, unless someone has a good suggestion for these. I am putting 4-5 on one edge and 3 on the edge near my neighbors whose house i can see in my dining room and wish not to see..we dug up 3 norway spruce yesterday, volunteers in a field that belongs to a Xmas tree farmer, he sold them to me for $5 EACH. HARD WORK DIGGING OUT but lovely trees and we planted them yesterday. will enclose photo later...
and i plan 2 put 4-5 sequoia down here --note utility line markers, and the drain where it is lower and moist; on the other side of the utility lines i want to zig zag some douglas fir and norway spruce---i will get a landscape designer to help with the body of the yard but want to get in privacy screen on the outer edges of property as soon as i can... if there are other ideas or advice please tell me. I am looking at the poplars for inside the yard but want to wait for designer. still looking for one in my area.
metasequoias are Dawn Redwoods and are Chinese, I prefer the much hardier Giant Sequoia which are American. They grow faster than Dawn Redwoods and are disease resistant to everything. Giant Sequoia will be there for 3000 years. I posted where you can buy in an earlier post.
Fastest evergreen tree that I have seen (that is healthy, unlike Leyland Cypress) is Cryptomeria japonica 'Yoshino'. Thuja plicata 'Green Giant' is fast as well, but can't hold a candle to the Yoshino Japanese Cedar. Planted a #3 7 years after planting 12-15' White Pines and the Cryptomeria is now about 20-25', only 5' feet or so shorter than the pine trees are now, and MUCH more densely branched.
Just to be as clear as possible.
Metasequoia glyptostroboides, dawn redwood, drops its needles in the fall just like bald cypress. Metasequoia does very well in zones 5, 6 & 7 stretching east to the coast from Missouri. Leave the lower branches on and you get a very thick tapering trunk with indentions under the branches. Limb the up and the trunk stays smoother, very formal.
The ones in the pic are 1950ish vintage and the pic is a couple years old.
Missouri Botanical Garden row of Dawn Redwoods taken in 09 I believe.
Here is a link that might be useful: mobot metasequoias in winter
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Sequoiadendron Giganteum is the evergreen giant sequoia. It does grow some places on the east coast. I think of it as a very noble experiment. I have killed two in Missouri.
If the Blithewold tree is about a hundred feet tall (from a 1911 planting) that agrees with the largest height I recall seeing for an east coast tree. England seems to agree with them very well I hear as a matter of trivia.
We're beating the huge neat conifer thing to death I fear lol.
Here is a link that might be useful: a bit on metasequoia rediscovery
There are two discussions going on. The discussion to answer the literal question about big trees, and the discussion to answer the real question about privacy. They are very different questions.
Dealing with the privacy question, what are the moundy green things in this picture? And who do they belong to?
My guess is they are white pines belonging to the neighbor. In other words, the neighbor has already planted a native evergreen capable of getting to 100 ft, and doing it extremely quickly. Any other potentially large tree is going to compete with that tree line and slow both of them down.
This privacy issue would benefit most from Calliope's solution. A small tree or large shrub planted directly between the neighbor's house and the window would provide privacy without closing in the whole area. Even during the winter, densely branching deciduous shrubs can work.
The front yard is going to be the trickiest one. Planting a wall of big evergreens is just going to be like building a big wall. A better idea would be planting something that was large enough to block the lower houses, but short enough to still allow views of the hills across the valley.
Unfortunately, spring is the busy season for landscapers and landscape designers. People have been arranging for their services all winter, and now is the time for them to start to deliver.
Thanks all--wildcat--is Yoshino deer candy??? I put the norway spruce between the neighbors house and our yard, a bit away from stone wall, and they did not plant anything on the other side.
As far as the white pine my neighbors planted, because the other house is so high i dont know if it will ever be blocked from looking in my backyard. Even if I move the giant sequoias out from the wall, wouldnt that let the white pines grow?
I feel like the 5 sequoias for the bottom of the property will be fine as there is no other growth and it is a moist area...we'll see.
I chose them over the metasequoias because they hang on to their leaves....i will follow up on the yoshino and maybe rethink where the white pines are, it is just so very naked on our side and exposed to the house on the hill. thanks
They are deer resistant. One of my favorite trees, and everyone that sees them inquires about them. I would always recommend a combination of plantings in groups of 3-7 so that if , by chance (or bad luck), something became an issue with one type of tree (emerald ash borer with ash, for example) then you would never loose all your trees at the same time. If you plant a group of Cryptomeria and then a group of Western Arbs , you will also get the additional benefit of contrasting colors/texture. Yoshino's are light green and Green Giant's are very dark green. Good luck.
I looked for Yoshino, thank you wildcat, could not get any here, but found seeds on ebay! What I have done is try to cure the privacy issue re. bathroom and neighbors view--by planting a row of lilacs t the edge of the driveway directly opposite my bathroom and then farther off near the stone wall between my neighbor and me we planted some norway spruce we dug up from a neighbors tree farm. Not the greatest or most creative solution but something we could manage. We even transplanted some decent sized norways--was that work! and some of them had multiple tap roots going underground all the way to a mother tree that was about 60 feet tall at least...we dug a lot of volunteers and some of them had some age on them. Anyway that's the beginning...
If it were me, I'd cover the whole place with a mix of tulip poplars, various native oaks and try some dawn redwoods (Metasequoia) near any wet spots you find. I'd mix in all sorts of evergreens native to the area too. In other words, I would help it go back to "wooded".
Deer are going to move in on whatever you plant. I would source most of the trees as whips from the state, or a well-known vendor, or even Arbor Day.
I'd plant some areas just for the deer/wildlife, full of things they like, in areas where they can be close to cover. (Various berries, hazelnuts, apple trees, you name it).
Deer and the need to keep new plantings watered for optimal growth are the two big challenges with that much space in an exurban setting.
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Brian Hoyer ahead of Johnny Manziel
BEREA, Ohio -- Brian Hoyer is "securely ahead" on the depth chart and will be listed as the Cleveland Browns' starting quarterback going into training camp.
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kywildcat2(z6 KY)March 4, 2005
There is lots of great info in the faqs, but can someone recommend a good guide book that describes when and how to collect seed? Thanks! : )
I highly recommend "seed to seed"
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This invention relates to a method of imparting a highly lubricated feel to keratinous substrates such as skin or hair or upon mucous membranes. The method is useful in obtaining the desired effect from diverse personal care products as hand and body creams, soap bars, suntan lotion, pre-electric shave skin conditioners, after shave lotions, lip balms, cold creams, bubble baths, cleansing and lotion pads, douches and vaginal lubricants.
1. A method of imparting lubricity to a substrate comprising skin, hair or mucous membranes including contacting the substrate with a composition including a sufficient amount of a salt of ##STR5## wherein x has a value such that the molecular weight of the anionic portion of the polymer is from about 1,000,000 to about 5,000,000 to achieve a lubricated feel upon the contacted substrate.
2. The method of claim 1 wherein the in use pH of the composition is from about 3 to about 10.
3. The method of claim 1 wherein the molecular weight of the polymer is from about 2,500,000 to about 4,500,000.
4. The method of claim 1 wherein the cation of the polymer is selected from the group consisting of sodium, potassium, ammonium, monoethanolamine, diethanolamine, triethanolamine, and 2-amino-2-methyl-1-propanol and mixtures thereof.
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The present invention relates to a method of imparting a feeling of lubricity to a contacted substrate.
2. Description of the Art
Personal care products are widely marketed and usually have as an objective the softening or lubricating of the skin and hair. Aside from the general "good" feeling such compositions also provide sheen and manageability to the hair.
It is now been found useful to incorporate into personal care formulations high molecular weight polymeric salts of 2-acrylamido-2-methylpropane sulfonic acid to provide a lubricated feel.
Previous uses of 2-acrylamido-2-methylpropane sulfonic acid polymers have been for non-personal care products. For instance, German OLS No. 2,153,292 laid open for inspection May 4, 1972 suggests the use of similar polymers to thicken water-based hydraulic fluids containing glycols or ether derivatives. Such polymers have also been known as described in U.S. Pat. No. 3,931,089 issued Jan. 6, 1976 to Karl as thickeners for acid solutions having a pH value or about 2 or below.
Related but structurally dissimilar polymers have stated uses as emulsifiers, thickeners, adhesives, dye equalizers, and color printing agents as described in Italian Pat. No. 404,109 issued May 21, 1943.
Interpolymers of acrylamido-aklylsulfonates are described in U.S. Pat. No. 3,332,904 issued July 25, 1967 to La Combe et al. for use as detergents and flexible films. In the U.S. Pat. No. 3,275,561 to Pye et al. issued Sept. 27, 1966 compositions are described containing acrylamides to improve the lubricity of shaving soaps. Thickened salt solutions containing alcohols and vinyl aromatic sulfonate polymers are described in U.S. Pat. No. 3,238,141 issued to Gatza on Mar. 1, 1966.
While certain homopolymers and copolymers of 2-acrylamido-2-methylpropane sulfonic acid are known it has not been previously suggested to incorporate such materials into personal care products to provide a high degree of lubricity.
A method of imparting lubricity to a substrate such as skin, hair and mucous membranes including contacting the substrate with a sufficient amount of a salt of ##STR1## WHEREIN X HAS A VALUE SUCH THAT THE MOLECULAR WEIGHT OF THE ANIONIC PORTION OF THE POLYMER IS FROM ABOUT 1,000,000 TO ABOUT 5,000,000.
to achieve a lubricated feel upon the contacted substrate.
Throughout the specification and claims, percentages and ratios are by weight and temperatures are in degrees Celsius unless otherwise indicated.
The polymers which have been found to lubricate keratinousness substrates such as skin or hair and mucous membranes are polymers of 2-acrylamido -2-methylpropane sulfonate. The preparation of such polymers is described in Canadian Pat. No. 864,433 issued Feb. 23, 1971 and in German OLS No. 2,153,292 laid open May 4, 1972 both of which are herein incorporated by reference.
The lubricating polymer of the present invention has the repeating linkage shown in the summary of the invention and is prepared from ##STR2## or a salt thereof. The polymerization reaction may be accomplished by solution, emulsion or suspension polymerization processes. The medium for the polymerization is conveniently water, an alcohol, or a mixture thereof. The choice of the medium is best dictated by the requirements of the final personal care product to be formulated.
The polymerization reaction is described as temperature, pH, and catalyst sensitive. In addition it is desirable to exclude oxygen from the reaction vessel used to form the polymer as that material inhibits the polymerization process. The catalysts which are included to enhance the rate of polymerization are materials such as ammonium bisulfite, ferrous sulfate, hydrogen peroxide, sodium metabisulfite, or other redox catalysts.
The polymer may be varied in molecular weight by controlling the amount of the catalyst, the pH, or the rate of addition of the monomer to the reaction vessel. The polymerization may be facilitated by converting the monomer from its acid form to a salt which is water-soluble. This step is quite desirable in any event as the application of the personal care product of the skin requires that the pH of the personal care product be non-irritating. That is, the in use pH of the personal care product should be from about 3 to about 10, preferably about 4.5 to about 9.0 and most preferably from about 5 to about 8. Thus within the foregoing ranges some of the polymer may be in the acid form. The salts of the polymer preferably contain as cations, sodium, potassium, ammonium, monoethanolamine, diethanolamine, triethanolamine and 2-amino-2-methyl-1-propanol as well as mixtures thereof. The foregoing list is merely exemplary of water-soluble salts which may be used. Also within the scope of the present invention are water-insoluble salts where the personal care product is not adversely affected by percipitation of the polymer. Such products where water-insoluble salts of the polymer may be utilized are soap bars, or substantially non-aqueous products such as body lotions. Examples of suitable water-insoluble salts are calcium and magnesium.
As was previously mentioned the molecular weight of the polymer may be controlled by the pH, the rate of addition of the monomer or the judicious use of the catalyst. It has been found desirable to utilize the aforedescribed polymers having a molecular weight of from about 1,000,000 to about 5,000,000 more preferably from about 2,500,000 to about 4,500,000 to increase the asthetics of the personal care compositions. That is, it has been found that extremely high molecular weight polymers of the type described may result in a pituitive or stringy consistency of the end product. It has therefore been found desirable to limit the pituitivness by selecting the preferred molecular weight range. To this end any common chain transfer agent such as mercaptosuccinic acid may be used to limit the molecular weight of the polymer.
It is noted that the terminal groups on the polymer have little bearing on the desired properties of the personal care products and are thus not specified. In the interest of complete disclosure it is noted that the terminal groups are most often hydrogen, but may also be hydroxyl, sulfate, sulfonate or ##STR3##
All alcohols and particularily the monohydric alcohols may be used as ingredients with the lubricating polymer. Alcohols (C1 -C24) which are non-irritating to the skin or hair such as methanol, ethanol, isopropanol, propyl, lauryl, myristyl, cetyl, and stearyl as well as mixtures thereof. Polyols such as glycerine, or ethylene glycol or propylene glycol may be utilized advantageously with the lubricating polymer. The choice of the alcohol to be utilized with the particular polymer of the present invention will ordinarily be dictated by product asthetics and physical form of the composition. For instance, where liquid compositions are desired the lower alcohols are preferably utilized while solid or cream compositions within the scope of the present invention will normally require the higher alcohols. Where the personal care formulations of the present invention contain ingredients other than the polymer or the alcohol in substantial amounts the choice of the particular alcohol becomes less important. For example, if the personal care product is to be an abrasive hand cleaning product then a large proportion of the product will be surface active agents and an abrasive such as pumice or sand thereby giving wide latitude to the choice of the particular alcohol.
A desirable variable of the present invention is the incorporation of water with the polymer. A resultant increase in viscosity of the water is noted with no adverse effects on the stability of the product. That is water is a highly suitable carrier which may be used as a vehicle for contacting the polymer and the substrate. The particular weight ratios at which the desirable increase in viscosity occurs for mixtures of the polymer and water are respectively from about 1:10,000 to about 1:100. Preferably this ratio is in the range of from about 1:1000 to about 1:500. Within the aforementioned range highly viscous personal care compositions are obtained with low solids content. Such compositions are desirable in that they allow compositions such as suntan or body lotions to be formulated in a thickened state providing greater ease of application.
In the present invention the polymer is ordinarily used at a level of about 0.001 gram per square centimeter to about 0.1 gram per square centimeter of the affected substrate.
The lubricating effect of the polymer in the present invention may be obtained through using such diverse products as soap bars, dishwashing compositions, douches, hand and body lotions, suntan lotion, cold creams, preshave and after shave products as well as cleansing or lotion pads and wound dressings and many other personal care products. Listed below are materials which may be included in such personal care products.
Hand and body lotions frequently contain emollients such as stearic acid, glycerol monostearate, mineral oil, glycerine, sesame oil, bees wax, lauryl, myristyl, cetyl or stearyl alcohols, lanolin, lecithin, sterols, isopropylmyristate, and as well any other recognized emollients. Emollients are typically used in the present invention at levels of from about 1% to about 50% by weight.
Astringents and antiseptics may be incorporated into the compositions of the present invention. A preferred astringent material is zinc phenolsulfonate. The foregoing material exhibits not only astringent but also antiseptic qualities and is of particular use in preshave formulations to make the beard "stand up." Humictants such as propylene glycol are also desirable ingredients for inclusion in personal care products to prevent drying of the skin. Allantoin is included in such compositions for its perported soothing and healing affects upon injured skin.
The soap bar, dishwashing products and shampoos of the present invention may contain all matter of anionic non-ionic, zwitterionic, ampholytic or cationic surfactants. Typically the surfactant will be present at from about 1% to about 70%, preferably about 3% to about 35% by weight.
Most preferably the dishwashing compositions of the present invention contain anionic surfactants which for example include alkylether sulfates, olefin sulfonates, alkyl and alkenyl sulfates, alkyl sulfonates, and alkylbenzene sulfonates. A particularily useful discovery is that the polymer when used with a surface active agent enhances and prolongs suds life. That is, consumers using dishwashing products often tend to overuse the composition when the suds disappear from the surface of the dishpan. Thus in the surfactant formulations of the present invention the presence of the polymer maintains the suds level thus avoiding inadvertent overuse of the product by the consumer.
The soap bars of the present invention may either contain real soap, combinations of soap and synthetic surfactants or may be formulated solely with synthetic surfactants such as alkylbenzene sulfonates. A more particular disclosure of components which are ordinarily found either as surfactants or additives in dishwashing compositions are more fully described in U.S. Pat. No. 3,963,649 issued June 15, 1976 to Spadini et al. herein incorporated by reference. The general method of producing soap or detergent bars which may be formulated in accordance with the present invention is described in U.S. Pat. No. 3,899,566 issued Aug. 12, 1975 to Murray herein incorporated by reference. Shampoo formulations which may be prepared according to the present invention are described in U.S. Pat. No. 3,897,348 herein incorporated by reference issued July 29, 1975 to Atkinson. The following are examples of the present invention.
A polymer of the structural formula ##STR4## having a molecular weight of about 4,500,000 is prepared in the following manner:
A solution of 90.1 parts (0.437 mole) of 2-acryamido-2-methylpropanesulfonic acid in 100 parts of water is blanketed with nitrogen. 231 Parts (0.437 mole) Na2 CO3 is added with stirring. After about 5 minutes of stirring at room temperature the solution becomes very viscous and an exothermic reaction is observed. After 10 minutes the reaction is complete and the product is a clear gel.
A polymer is prepared having the formula described in Example I in the following manner:
45.2 grams of the monomer are neutralized with NaOH in 50 ml H2 O. The resultant salt is placed in a resin flask and 0.5 gram sodium lauryl sulfate is added. The mixture is stirred and purged with nitrogen. 0.001 Gram each of ammonium persulfate and sodium metabisulfite are added with stirring. 500 Grams of benzene are added and the flask is heated to 50� C. Following polymerization, the polymer is washed with dimethyl ketone and dried at 65� C.
The molecular weight of the polymer is determined by its inherent viscosity to be 3,100,000. In similar fashion polymers are prepared having molecular weights of 3,300,000; 3,500,000; and 4,000,000.
A portion of the polymer prepared in Example II having a molecular weight of 3,100,000 is incorporated into a soap bar containing:
99 parts sodium stearate
1 part polymer
When used as a hand soap the composition provides the skin with a silky feel. Similar results are obtained when the sodium stearate is replaced by sodium dodecyl benzene sulfonate.
A hand and body lotion is prepared containing:
1.5% stearic acid
1.5 glycerol monostearate
15 mineral oil
5 sesame oil
3 Generol 122 (Soya sterol)
1 triethanolamine
1 polymer
balance water, preservatives, perfumes and minors
The above product when applied to the skin provides a lubricated feel and emollient properties.
Suntan lotions are prepared using each of the polymers in turn of Example I and Example II in the following formulation:
27% mineral oil
1.5% Amyl-para-dimethylaminobenzoate (sunscreen)
3.3% Generol 122 E16 (a soya sterol condensed with 16 moles of ethylene oxide per mole of sterol)
0.2% allantoin
2.0% ethanol
0.5% polymer
balance water, perfume and minors
The above compositions are effective suntan lotions which provide a high degree of lubricity when applied to the skin.
A cold cream base is prepared containing:
60% mineral oil
15% Beeswax
4% Generol 122
20% polymer (of Example II having a molecular weight of about 4,000,000 neutralized with 2-amino-2-methyl-1-propanol)
1% sodium borate
This composition imparts a silky feel to the skin when used as a cold cream.
A cleansing douche is prepared using the polymer of Example I in the following product:
0.5% polymer (neutralized to pH 6 with triethanolamine)
2.0% sodium dodecylhexthoxysulfate
balance water, perfume, colorant
The product cleans effectively while providing lubrication to the mucous membranes.
A preshave lotion is prepared containing a polymer as described in Example II having a molecular weight of about 3,500,000 comprising:
15% isopropyl myristate
0.3% polymer
balance ethanol
The preshave product provides a high degree of lubricity to the skin during shaving with an electric razor thereby lessening razor drag. Substantially similar results are obtained when the ethanol is replaced by isopropanol or the isopropyl myristate is varied between 10-25% and the polymer is at from 0.1 to 1.6%.
An after shave personal care product is prepared using a polymer having an approximate molecular weight of 3,100,000 prepared in accordance with Example II. The formulation is as follows:
2% Fragrance, Alber Verley #CS-19611
10% premix of ethanol containing 1 part acid polymer per 50 parts alcohol
3% propylene glycol
75% ethanol
5% isopropyl myristate
q.s. triethanolamine to pH 4-5 and minors
The after shave containing the polymer and humictant (propylene glycol) provides the skin with a silky non-dry feeling following shaving.
A personal care pad is prepared by applying a mixture containing 2 parts of the polymer of Example I and 98 parts ethanol to cheesecloth substrate. If desired some of the alcohol may be evaporated off the substrate.
A small amount of surfactant such as triethanolamine lauryl sulfate may be added to the pad if cleansing action is desired. Medication may also be added to the pad for use as a bandage which is easily removable.
A detergent composition useful for washing dishes and tableware is prepared containing the polymer of Example II having a molecular weight of about 3,500,000 comprising:
0.5% polymer
3% ethanol
20% sodium hexaethoxylaurylsulfate
balance water
The composition cleans the dishware and tableware effectively while imparting a silky feel to the skin. The composition sudses well initially and maintains suds throughout the wash.
A portion of the polymer of Example I is applied to the hands of a test subject in an amount of about 0.02 gram per square centimeter of affected skin area. The polymer is vigorously worked into the skin giving a smooth lubricated feel to the hands.
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A town in Washington state may have just voted for a minimum wage of $15 per hour. If this was any other small town of its size, it might go unnoticed, but this town is SeaTac.
For frequent fliers, SeaTac means the Seattle international airport (named for Seattle and Tacoma), which I've flown into a few times, including to visit automated online sales tax leader Avalara, which has offices in Seattle, as well as on nearby Bainbridge Island. It was an interesting ferry ride between the two.
The thing is, SeaTac is also a municipality in its own right. Considered a suburb of Seattle, it is only about 10 square miles, with a population of around 27,000 people. It is, basically, the area around the airport, but also includes several other communities.
So back to the minimum wage. Since Washington state is one of only two states in the nation (the other is Oregon) to require voting by mail, the results of Tuesday's vote (November 5, 2013) is not yet known, but pundits are predicting that the final count will show a win for the raise. Of note, the national minimum wage is $7.25 per hour, although many states and some cities have passed legislation requiring higher minimum wages, including New Jersey, which also did so last Tuesday, but to $8.25 per hour, with automatic annual increases.
Washington state is also one of the states with a higher mandated minimum wage, which (apart from SeaTac's possible new rate), is set for the state at $9.19 per hour. Oregon comes in second-highest, at $8.95 per hour, while California ($8.00), Connecticut ($8.25), Illinois ($8.25), Massachusetts ($8.00), Nevada ($8.25), and Vermont ($8.60), are the other states with a minimum wage of $8.00 per hour or higher. Federal and state laws allow tipped workers (such as restaurant workers) to be paid at a lower rate, and those rates vary. New Jersey's minimum wage increase to $8.25 is set to take effect on January 1, 2014.
So, what's next?
According to the Seattle Times (their reporting used with contract permission), the next mission is to get Seattle to raise their minimum wage, as well. Their report follows:
After claiming victory in SeaTac, backers of a $15-an-hour minimum wage are turning their attention to Seattle.
Labor activists who backed the measure that raises wages for airport-related workers in SeaTac said Wednesday that the push is on to raise Seattle's wage floor to $15 for all workers.
"There is going to be a debate about a $15 minimum wage in Seattle, and it will be led by our new mayor," said David Rolf, president of the Service Employees International Union's (SEIU) Seattle-based Healthcare 775 NW local.
"There are citizens who are perfectly ready to move an initiative to ballot next year if an agreement can't be reached at City Hall between labor and business," he said. "But I'm hopeful that we can engage in a reasonable dialogue about how to get to $15."
SeaTac Proposition 1 creates an hourly minimum wage of $15 for hospitality and transportation workers in and around the Seattle-Tacoma International Airport.
With 3,942 votes counted as of Wednesday, Proposition 1 led 53 percent to 47 percent -- a difference of 236 votes out of a total of 12,100 registered voters citywide.
Proposition 1 supporters said they registered nearly 1,000 new SeaTac voters in the run-up to the election, and new voters tend to cast last-minute ballots.
Washington's mail-in voting system means ballots could be postmarked as late as Tuesday, so vote counting will continue through Friday.
The measure's opponents said they remain cautiously optimistic.
"There still are so many more votes to be counted," said Scott Ostrander, general manager of Cedarbrook Lodge in SeaTac and co-chair of a business-backed political committee opposed to the measure.
But Heather Weiner, spokeswoman for Yes! for SeaTac, a union-backed political committee that supports Proposition 1, said, "We expect the lead to hold or widen over the next couple of days."
Rolf, who is also an SEIU vice president, said he's confident Proposition 1 will pass and build momentum for a minimum-wage increase beyond SeaTac and even Seattle.
"I had an elected official from Lynnwood come up to me Tuesday night and say, 'You should think about this in Lynnwood,'?" Rolf said. "It is a signal from the future. It's telling us that voters and the public are sick of waiting for politicians and CEOs to do the right thing."
The push for a $15 minimum wage comes amid widespread concern about income inequality and a lack of jobs that provide middle-class pay and benefits.
Seattle's mayor-elect, Ed Murray, seized on the issue last summer as fast-food workers nationwide called for a $15-an-hour "living wage."
Murray pledged to raise Seattle's hourly wage floor to $15, and incumbent Mike McGinn vowed to go even higher if the City Council agreed.
Murray has said he backs a phased-in approach, starting with city workers and then extending it to employees of national fast-food chains and retailers.
Wednesday, Murray told reporters he'll bring both business and labor to the bargaining table.
"I think there is interest from both sides to do this collaboratively -- dare I use the word -- versus ending up with a ballot measure," Murray said.
Although he did not offer a precise timeline, Murray said he would work on the issue "early" in his administration and hoped to have a $15 minimum wage by the end of his first term, with protections for small businesses and others.
Maud Daudon, president and CEO of Seattle Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce, said she's encouraged that Murray wants a "robust discussion."
The chamber opposed SeaTac Proposition 1, but has not yet declared its position on a $15 minimum wage in Seattle, Daudon said.
"Our fervent hope is that we can bring the problem-solving, solutions-based approach of business to this issue," she said.
Supporters of a minimum-wage increase say it would lift low-wage workers out of poverty and strengthen the economy. Opponents say it would force businesses to cut staff and raise prices.
The idea of giving low-wage workers a pay raise is gaining momentum.
Also Tuesday, voters in New Jersey overwhelmingly approved a measure to raise the state's minimum wage by a dollar to $8.25 an hour and to peg it to inflation. That makes New Jersey the 11th state, including Washington, to require annual inflation adjustments.
Nationally, the federal minimum wage has been at $7.25 an hour since 2009. On Jan. 1, Washington's minimum wage will increase by 13 cents to $9.32, the highest of any state.
Congressional Democrats are calling for a hike in the federal minimum wage to $10.10. But with Congress in gridlock, local policymakers are taking matters into their own hands, said Paul Sonn, of the National Employment Law Project.
"We're going to see more cities call for higher minimum wages," Sonn said. "More and more college graduates are working in jobs like retail or restaurants. These jobs are becoming a bigger part of our economy, and cities and states are struggling with that."
Four major California airports already require their tenants to pay minimum wages well above the statewide standard. At Los Angeles International Airport, workers are guaranteed an hourly minimum of $10.91, or $15.67 without health benefits.
California lawmakers in September committed to boost the state's hourly minimum standard from $8 to $10 by 2016.
In Albuquerque, N.M., and San Jose, Calif., voters last November raised local wage floors. And in New York City, Mayor-elect Bill de Blasio, who tapped voter frustration with rising income inequality, supports a separate minimum wage above the statewide rate.
"If you pay workers a living wage, that's good for everybody," said Seattle venture capitalist Nick Hanauer, who along with his wife, Leslie, gave $25,000 to support Proposition 1. "It's good for businesses. It's good for the workers. And it's good for taxpayers because now they don't have to pick up the tab for government-funded poverty programs."
Hanauer said the SeaTac measure will have ramifications nationwide.
"President Obama, in his State of the Union speech, called for a $9-an-hour minimum wage," Hanauer said. "We saw his 9 and raised him 6."
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I'm trying to generate an image using matplotlib and serve it without first writing a file to the server. My code is probably kind of silly, but it goes like this:
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