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A respirator having a disposable filter includes a valve body having a central aperture providing concentric inhalation and exhalation valves.
1. In a half mask of the type including:
a face piece,
a valve assembly rigidly affixed to said face piece and providing an exhalation valve having an inlet and an outlet defining a cylindrical valve seat for an exhalation valve, and, an inhalation valve having an inlet and an outlet defining an annular valve seat for an inhalation valve arranged concentrically with and radially outwardly of said exhalation valve;
valve members cooperating with said respective valve seats; and,
filter element means in communication with said annular valve seat: the improvement comprising:
said face piece being formed from a resilient and compliant material;
a substantially rigid imperforate wall member integral with and completely surrounding said annular valve seat and extending radially outwardly thereof;
said imperforate wall member terminating at its outer periphery in a continuous peripheral flange extending forwardly of said wall member and then outwardly thereof to define a shallow recess at the front of said wall member;
ribs on said wall member extending forwardly thereof and in directions generally radially of said valve assembly, said ribs defining channels on the front face of said wall member which communicate with said inlet of said annular inhalation valve seat;
a layer of filter material co-extensive with said imperforate wall member and overlying said ribs;
a perforate frame member co-extensive with said wall member and overlying said filter material, said frame member having a central opening and a cylindrical extension surrounding said opening for spigotal cooperation with said cylindrical valve seat of said exhalation valve;
latch means integral with said frame member and for latching cooperation with the outwardly extending portion of said wall flange; and,
harness attachment means on a rearmost face of said wall for attaching said half mask to the head of a user;
said wall, said filter element and said frame extending laterally toward both sides of said face piece in dihedral formation and presenting a maximized filtering surface area of said filter.
This invention relates to respirators of the type usually known as dust masks, such respirators including a filter of fiberous material for trapping and holding particulate matter in the form of dust or fume, or aerosols in the form of mist suspended in air that passes through the filter.
In their simplest form, such respirators are comprised of a face piece formed from stabilized textile fibers, and which has been appropriately molded or otherwise formed for it to extend over the nose and mouth of a user, and, which is held in that position by elastic straps attached to the face piece and which are passed over the user's head to resiliently hold the respirator in situ over the user's nose and mouth.
Such dust masks are entirely temporary and fully disposable, in that once the filtering capability of the filter has been exhausted due to clogging of the filter, the user has no option other than to discard the dust mask and replace it with another, unused mask.
Refinements of such dust masks are disclosed in U.S. Pat. No. 4,319,567, Maggidson, U.S. Pat. No. 4,384,577, Huber, et al., and in U.S. Pat. No. 4,454,881, Huber, et al., each of which teaches stabilization and reinforcement of the filter in order to prevent collapse of the face piece under the partial vacuum produced by the user during inhalation, or, accidentally by the application of manual force of mishandling of the respirator.
While these constructions had an elegance absent from more mundane constructions, they still suffer from the same disadvantage that the entire respirator must be discarded after a relatively short period of use.
Further, in addition to impeding inhalation by the user as particulate matter builds up in the filter, such masks also progressively impede exhalation by the user through the clogged filter material, unless some form of exhalation valve is provided, as taught in U.S. Pat. No. 4,454,881, Huber et al. In the absence of an exhalation valve, a further physical stress is imposed on the user, particularly in the event that the user is involved in manually strenous work. Further, such respirators or dust masks have a relatively large internal volume that becomes filled with exhaled air as the user exhales, and which is then reinhaled when the user next inhales. Heat from the inhaled air raises temperature of the thick (extra thick in case of metal fume) filter fibers from exhalation. This heat is then transferred to the incoming air upon inhalation. A raise in temperature as low as 2�-3� causes great psychological and physical discomfort to the user.
An alternative approach to such respirators is disclosed in U.S. Pat. No. Des., 270,957, Maryyanek, which provides a face piece of soft rubber-like material, to which is attached a replaceable air filter in the form of a cartridge that snaps onto an inlet of the face piece controlled by a conventional inlet valve. The face piece is separately provided with dual conventional exhalation valves attached to the face piece at positions spaced from the inlet valve, and which are actuated by the rise in pressure in the face piece upon exhalation by the user.
In this construction, air inhaled through the filter does not have to be subsequently exhaled through the filter, but instead, is by-passed through the exhalation valves.
While this construction is successful in retaining disposability and replacement of the filter cartridge, it carries with it the disadvantage that the entire filter cartridge must be disposed of after use, with the attendant expense thereof, and also carries with it the disadvantage of the respirator being of considerable bulk and weight, and thus of perceptible inertia to movement of the user's head. Also, in this construction, the face piece and its associated exhalation valves present a relatively large internal volume within the face piece in which exhaled air is trapped, and, subsequently is re-inhaled by the user.
Replacement filter respirators of this latter type are referred to as semi-disposable respirators, in that the cartridge incorporating the filter material can be removed from the face piece for disposal and replacement by an unused cartridge, the face piece itself and its associated inhalation and exhalation valves being a permanently retained portion of the respirator.
It is an object of this invention to retain to the greatest possible extent the advantages of lightness, minimal inertia, and enhanced area of filtration surfaces such are found in known fully disposable respirators, while eliminating the disadvantages thereof, and, to retain the advantages of the known replaceable filter respirators in replaceability of the filter, while minimizing the weight penalty, kinetic inertia, and exhaled air retention disadvantages thereof to the greatest possible extent.
This is accomplished according to the present invention by providing a respirator that is totally devoid of separate exhalation valves and the accompanying weight and inertial penalties thereof, and by incorporating an exhalation valve directly into a valve body providing the inlet valve.
The replaceable filter element is supported by a frame, which is intentionally configured for it to be extremely light in weight, and for it to be kinetically balanced relative to the user's head, and which further is arranged to support a fully disposable filter of considerably greater filtering area than that of a conventional semi-disposable respirator.
In order to provide for the enhancement in effective area of filtering surface, and to provide for kinetic balancing of the filter frame, the frame is formed as an elongate member of dihedral planform that wraps around the face piece and extends to opposite sides of the user's face.
Preferably the exhalation valve is positioned centrally of the frame and concentric with the inhalation valve, the frame having ribs that support the filter material spaced from a back wall of the frame, and which provide channels for directing filtered air into the face piece through the inlet valve.
In this manner, by appropriate selection of the material employed for forming the face piece and the frame, the entire weight of the assembly can be kept to a fraction of that of a conventional replaceable filter respirator, and to a weight that only slightly exceeds the weight of a conventional fully disposable respirator.
By reducing the weight and inertia of the respirator to the greatest possible extent, sources of annoyance to the user are removed, making the respirator comfortable to wear over extended periods of time, even in the event that the user is highly physically active.
Further, as the requirement for separate conventional exhalation valves is eliminated in its entirety, the contained volume of the face piece can be reduced to a mere fraction of that of a conventional semi-disposable respirator, thus substantially reducing the entrapment of stale exhaled air within the face piece.
Further, by virtue of elimination of the conventional exhalation valves of the conventional replaceable filter respirator, the filter can be positioned in closer proximity to the user's face, thus considerably improving the field of view of the user, while at the same time further minimizing inertial effects on the user's face caused by the respirator.
A primary use of the respirator of the present invention is in conjunction with a welders shield, the respirator being of sufficiently minor dimensions for it to be positioned within the welders shield without in any way affecting or interfering with raising and lowering of the shield.
The invention will now be described with reference to the accompanying drawings, which illustrate a preferred embodiment of the respirator of the present invention, and, in which:
FIG. 1 is a front perspective view of the removable filter respirator according to the present invention;
FIG. 2 is an exploded perspective view of the respirator of FIG. 1;
FIG. 3 is a rear perspective view of the respirator of FIG. 1;
FIG. 4 is a cross-section through the respirator taken in a horizontal plane; and
FIG. 5 illustrates in cross-section an alternative embodiment of the respirator incorporating a fully disposable filter sub-assembly.
Referring FIGS. 1 to 4 of the accompanying drawings, the replaceable filter respirator is indicated generally at 10, the respirator being comprised of a face piece 12, to which is attached a frame 14, the frame providing attachments for straps 16 employed to secure the respirator on the head of a user with the face piece surrounding the nose and mouth of the user and providing an effective continuous seal with the user's face, despite variations in the contours and configurations of the particular user's face.
The face piece 12, such as is well known in the art, is molded or otherwise formed from an extremely soft and pliable rubber-like material, that can be worn on the user's face for extended periods of time without causing discomfort to the user. Optionally, the face piece 12 may be formed from a foamed, closed-cell plastics material, further to minimize the already minimal weight of the face piece.
The frame, indicated generally at 14, is attached to a forward portion of the face piece 12, the face piece conveniently including buttresses 18 to stabilize the frame 14, and equalize the compressive stresses exerted on the face piece by the frame 14 at the time the frame 14 is drawn towards the user's head by the straps 16. The buttresses 18 are of particular utility in preventing inward collapse of the face piece 12 at any particular location when under compressive loading and, a concomitant discontinuity in the seal between the face of the user and the face piece due to such unequal stressing.
The frame 14 may be formed in any convenient manner and of any convenient material, including light-weight metal, but is preferably formed by injection molding a light-weight relatively rigid, and relatively impact resistant plastics material, such as an acrylic resin.
While the frame 14 preferably is formed as a unitary injection molding, it can be formed with equal facility of separate members assembled to each other.
The frame 14 is comprised by an outer perimetral flange 20 of a generally trapezoidal form, the flange 20 being symmetrical about a central ring 22, that is rigidly interconnected with the flange 20 by ribs 24 providing air flow channels between adjacent pairs of ribs.
The ring 22 provides a support, or itself comprises a support for an exhalation valve 26 supported on a spider 28, and an inhalation valve 34, as is later described. Optionally, the exhalation valve 26 and its supporting spider 28 can be formed as a separate sub-assembly that is a press fit within the central ring 22.
The rear face of the frame 14 is completely closed off by a back wall 30, either formed integrally with the frame 14, or, secured to the frame 14 after the formation thereof.
The back wall 30 provides a central opening 32 concentric with the support ring 22, such that air flowing in the channels provided by the outer perimetrial flange 20, the ribs 24, and the back wall will flow towards and through the central opening 32.
The back wall 30 provides a relatively rigid connection for the face piece 12 in surrounding relationship with the central opening 32, the central ring 22 providing a support for an annular inhalation valve 34.
The outer perimetrial flange 20 of the frame 14 is provided with a rebate for the reception of locking tongues or ribs 38 formed on a perimetrial flange 40 of perforate a filter retainer member 42, adapted to embrace and hold a replaceable filter member 44 in abutting relationship with the outer perimetrial flange 20, the ribs 24, and the central ring 22 of the frame 14.
The filter retainer member 42 is sufficiently perforate to provide minimal impedence to air flow through the filter member 44, and includes a central annular 46 adapted to engage the perimeter of a circular opening 48 in the filter member 44 and hold it clamped against the central ring 22.
Conveniently, the filter retainer member 42 is provided with a deflector guard 50 overlying the central annulus 46 for deflecting exhaled air downwardly away from the eyes of the user, and away from the back side of the welders shield, if used, to prevent fogging of the lens.
Preferably, the locking tongues 38 are asymetrically positioned relative to the frame 12 and the filter retainer member 42, such that the frame 12 will only accept the filter retainer member in the correct orientation in which the deflector guard 50 has its outlet facing downwardly.
As will be seen in the drawings, the frame 14 is formed as a dihedral and considerably elongate in horizontal dimensions in order that the side portions of the frame 14, can extend towards the user's face, and to opposite sides of the face piece 12.
The assembly is completed by the straps 16, which are attached to the frame 14 by buckles 52, either integrally formed with the frame 14 or subsequently attached thereto in any convenient matter.
Referring more particularly now to FIG. 4, the face piece 12 is attached to the frame 14 by it being trapped within a groove 54 provided by the back wall 30.
The groove 54 is of relatively large peripheral extent, such that a considerable reduction in the weight of the face piece ensues, again resulting in minimal weight of the respirator.
Secured within the central ring 22, and positioned on the outer side of the spider 28, is the exhalation valve 26 which is of an extremely flexible but dimensionally stable sheet material and, which seats at its edges on a valve seat provided by the central ring 22 in the event that air is inhaled through the central ring 22, and, which will freely flex away from the spider 28 and the central ring 22 in the event that air is exhaled through the central ring 22, thus providing an exhalation valve integral with and positioned interiorly of the central ring 22.
Exteriorly of the central ring 22, and secured thereto in any convenient manner, such as by ultra-sonic upsetting of the material of the central ring 22, is the inhalation valve 34, which also is of said extremely flexible and dimensionally stable sheet material and which extends radially from the outer circumference of the central ring 22 and into seating relationship with a valve seat provided by the back wall 30 of the frame 14.
The two valves 26 and 36 complete the assemblage, the manner of operation of the assemblage now being discussed.
With a filter member 44 correctly positioned on the frame 14, and held in that position by snapping the filter retaining member 40 over the peripheral edges of the frame 14, the only route for air inhaled through the filter 44 is through the channels provided between the ribs 24, and which lead to the central opening 32. Upon inhalation by the user, and a drop in pressure within the face piece, the flap valve 58 lifts at its edges, permitting ready access of the filtered air to the interior of the face piece 12 with minimal impedence, the impedence to such air flow being greatly minimized by the extremely large effective area of the filter 44, and the negligible impedence to air flow through the central opening 22 and the inhalation valve 58.
Upon exhalation by the user and a rise in pressure within the face piece 12, the inhalation valve 58 immediately closes, and, the exhalation valve 56 immediately opens, permitting the exhaust of exhaled air directly to atmosphere from the interior of the face piece 12 and with an absolute minimum of impedence.
Thus, exhaled air can not proceed into the channels between the ribs 24 and into the filter, the channels remaining charged with pure and unadulterated air during exhalation by the user.
Further, by virtue of minimization of the contained volume of the face piece 12, only a minor amount of exhaled air remains trapped within the face piece 12 after exhalation by the user. Further, and by virtue of the extremely large effective area of the filter 44, impedence to air inspired through the filter 44 is minimized, even when in a partially used and partially clogged condition, thus prolonging the intervals between replacement of the filter material.
The filter material itself can be replaced with great facility, merely by snapping off the filter retainer member 42, removal of the used filter member 44 and discarding it, repositioning a replacement filter member 44 over the central clamping ring 22, and by then snapping on the filter retainer member 42, to hold the filter member appropriately clamped onto the frame 14, the ribs 24, and the central clamping ring 22, thus inhibiting leakage of contaminated air at the peripheral edges of the filter member 44.
During use of a conventional respirator, the user will, by a virtue of movement of the user's head and which may be a relatively rapid movement, exert significant kinetic forces on the respirator. This can cause either discomfort to the user, or, lifting of the edges of the face piece 12 out of sealing engagement with the user's face, thus permitting inhalation by the user of contaminated air.
Such a possibility is avoided to the greatest possible extent according to the present invention by forming the frame 14 as a dihedral, such that all portions of the frame 14 are in as close proximity to the user's face as can be arranged. Further, by connecting the straps 16 directly to the dihedrally shaped frame 14, further resistence to movement of the frame 14 is provided, in that the straps also will resist any attempted lateral movement of the ends of the frame 14, or, any attempted rotational movement of the frame 14 about the general central axis of the respirator.
It will be appreciated that the construction of respirator described above is illustrative of a preferred embodiment of the invention and, that various modifications of that structure may be made without departing from the scope of the appended claims. For example, the ribs 24 may be increased in number, and, may be arranged other than radial to the central clamping ring 22, provided, or course, that the ribs 24 retain the unrestricted channels for airflow between the ribs and into the central aperture 32. Also, while the filter retaining member has been shown as having a generally rectangular graticule permitting air flow to the filter member 44, any other convenient configuration of perforate grid can be provided. Also, any other convenient means for attaching the filter retainer member to the frame 14 can be provided, or, for attaching the frame 14 to the face piece 12.
Central to the inventive concept of this invention is the provision of concentric inhalation and exhalation valves, which in addition to providing minimal impedence to air flow into and out of the face piece, also provide a substantial weight reduction in the total weight of the respirator, as compared to the weight of a respirator having independent exhalation valves, such as are common in the art.
A further advantage accruing from the use of such concentric inhalation and exhalation valves is that any moisture deposited within the face piece by virtue of condensation from the exhaled air of the user will occur dominantly at the exhalation valve 56, at a position in which it readily can be evacuated from the mask by way of the deflector guard 50.
Conveniently, the concentric inhalation and exhalation valves are die cut in a single operation with the external diameter of the inner annulus identical to the inner diameter of the outer annulus. Thus permitting economy in the manufacture of the valves simultaneously in a single strike of the cutting die, and with substantially zero wastage of materials.
Referring now to FIG. 5, there is illustrated a modification of the respirator of the present invention, in which the filter 60 is formed as a complete unitary sub-assembly, that is to be snapped onto a snout 62 of a slightly modified form of valve structure.
In FIG. 5, the filter assembly is formed entirely separate from the face piece 12, and is adapted to be snapped onto a snout 62 of the face piece, and subsequently removed therefrom for replacement.
To provide for attachment of the filter sub-assembly, the central ring 22 is extended forwardly of the face piece 12, and, at its forward extremity is provided with spring latches 66, such latches being readily formable during the molding of the central ring and its associated structures.
As in the previous embodiment, the central ring is provided internally with a spider 28 on which the extremely flexible but dimensionally stable flap valve 26 is located.
Externally, the central ring 22 is provided with a further spider 32a, which supports and positions the central ring 22 within an opening of a mounting plate 68, the mounting plate 68 providing the required attachment 70 to the face piece 12.
The filter assembly indicated generally at 60, in this instance is a completely pre-assembled filter unit, that not only incorporates the filter material 44, but which also can incorporate materials for treating air passing through the filter, such as activated carbon, diatomacious earth, or the like, or which can contain textile fibers that have been provided with an electrostatic charge.
The filter 44 is encased within an extremely thin-walled shell of thermo-formable plastics sheeting, the rear face 30 of which has been vacuum formed to provide ribs 24a providing air channels as in the previous embodiment, and which extend up to a central opening 32a in the back wall 30a.
The front wall 42a is formed as a perforate surface permitting the passage of air into and through the filter, the front and rear walls being fused to each other in any convenient manner, to provide an enclosing envelope for the contained filter material, and is provided with lugs 16 for the attachment of straps.
In order to replace a used filter assembly with an unused one, it is merely necessary for the user to depress the spring latches 66, in order to remove the filter sub-assembly 60 from the face piece 12 and valve assembly 64, and then to slip a replacement filter sub-assembly over the snout 62 of the face piece.
Various other modifications are contemplated within the scope of the appended claims, the embodiments discussed above being illustrated only of preferred embodiments falling within the scope of the appended claims.
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Chives not growing back
I harvested about 1/4 of my chive plant about a month ago, cutting about 1/2 inch from the bottom of the plant as suggested by most herb guides I've read. There has been no new growth in the cut area, and I'm wondering what I've done wrong?
Chives become dormant in winter, and even here in my subtropical climate, they'll often die right back to soil level. They aren't one of the earliest rousers in spring, either.
Let them sleep, and don't worry. Also don't feed or water them over winter. Just a little mist if needed to keep the soil from drying out completely.
My chives are happily sleeping, dreaming of early Spring, under more than a foot of snow. I guess the seasonal nature of some plants is difficult to remember in places without such wintery weather....
I see you are in zone 10, from what I've read your chives will do best in a location that is *not* in the hottest part of your garden. Ah but if they are happy for you where they are and come back year after year, all is good.
Like Daizy said, they become dormant in the winter.
I gave mine a final cut late fall and covered them with leaves. Of course mine are flat onion chives.
I have leeks, which I think are some kind of wide flat chives. They are live but not growing. The bulbs cannot get any tutrients from freezing soil. so they just hang in there. So are my garlics, shallots and onions.
what isthe temperature in your greenhouse?
In colder air it will take much longer for onion seeds(or any seed) to germinate. If the seeds are viable, the will eventuall. You can even winter-sow them in the garden.
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loveallstar 7 years
I was away from the threads while I was watching,I thought fergie sounded good,amy winehouse sounded great too( a little odd with the dancing though, but her great back up dancers made up for it),alicia keys and kanye did a decent job,rihanna was not going to make those rumors go away about her and jay z by dragging him up on stage( before he could even give Beyonce the congratulatory hug)for their acceptance speech,I loved tina turner she is a legend( beyonce was bugging me in that intro though,so weird) but beyonce did great with tina during the number, the time was great, aretha is always a legend( even if her dress was wrong) have to give her her respect she's earned it,I love cyndi Lauper, where was christina aguilera, justin timberlake? I wish Bonnie Raitt had been chosen to perform, I love her voice. They sure didn't show enough rock or hip hop performances from nominees this year, only the most anticipated performances seemed to perform, wasn't mary j supposed to perform? I thought I read that somewhere. Either way it wasn't a bad show although long.Yay for Amy whinehouse she deserved those awards. Congrats to all the winners and nominees, and Nelly messed up her pretty dark hair. p.s. fantasia looked soooo jealous right after rihanna and The Time performed, if you have it tivo'd rewind to her face after that performance,lol
ArtChiQe 7 years
I saw Herbie in Memphis while John Mayer was playing back up for him. I'd never thought he would win over those nominees! CONGRATS! BTW, if anyone finds a great picture of alicia keys performing, let me know. I want her hair!
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lol kitty.
x_juicyfruit 7 years
Night, bythtesea!
Princesskitty22 7 years
Well, that was much better than the studying I was supposed to be doing. lol
bythesea 7 years
Good show! 'nite, all
x_juicyfruit 7 years
Night, Laura. I'm gonna add you.
Merlin713 7 years
Good job to all. I'm done for the night.. Goodnight everyone! Kinda funny how we made this a five pager. ;-)
x_juicyfruit 7 years
I like him, too. Congrats to him! Good job, Amy!
Merlin713 7 years
Well, congrats.
x_juicyfruit 7 years
Damnit. :(
x_juicyfruit 7 years
Album of the year...
Princesskitty22 7 years
Here comes the biggie.
Merlin713 7 years
Final awarrrrrrrd. Finally.
Merlin713 7 years
Yes, they did say Professor..
Princesskitty22 7 years
Did they say Professor?
bythesea 7 years
Will.i.am is very sparkley
x_juicyfruit 7 years
Oh! Yeah, there've been a lot.
x_juicyfruit 7 years
Come again?
Princesskitty22 7 years
So, what is the legend count now? 4? 5?
Princesskitty22 7 years
Well, that was just out of this world. lol
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He's awesome.
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I love Little Richard!!! HECK YES!
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PA President Mahmoud Abbas and President Shimon Peres with Pope Francis at the Vatican, June 8, 2014.
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Putting aside for the moment our tendency as Israelis toward cynicism, there were a number of positive elements to the prayer summit Pope Francis organized at the Vatican on Sunday between President Shimon Peres and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas.From a religious perspective, the meeting was unprecedented.Never before have Palestinian and Israeli statesmen met for the sake of peace at the Vatican under the tutelage of the pontiff.Until recently, an event such as this would have been impossible to imagine due to deep religious differences, not just between Muslims and Jews, but between Jews and Catholics.It was just four decades ago, as part of the reforms instituted by the Second Vatican Council, that the Catholic Church revoked its claim of deicide against the Jews and acknowledged that God had not forsaken them. For many years the State of Israel had presented a theological problem for the Catholic Church: How could the Jewish people – destined, according to it, to wander homeless among the nations in punishment for denying the Christian messiah – return to the Land of Israel and once again attain political sovereignty? Much has changed since Paul VI's 1964 visit to Israel during which he traveled only to Christian religious sites, never mentioned Israel by name in public and refused to address the Israeli president, Zalman Shazar, by his title.In 1993, John Paul II established diplomatic ties between the Vatican and Israel for the first time. And his visit to Israel in 2000 proved to be a groundbreaking change in relations between the Jewish people and the Catholic Church.Ever since, a visit to Israel has become de rigueur for popes. Benedict XVI was here in 2009 and Francis just last month.The invitation of Israel's president to the Vatican alongside the president of the Palestinian Authority is yet another sign of the changing relations between the Catholic Church and the State of Israel.On another level, the meeting conveyed a symbolic message of peace.Pope Francis urged Israeli and Palestinian leaders to respond to their peoples' yearning for peace."Peacemaking calls for courage, much more so than warfare.It calls for the courage to say yes to encounter and no to conflict: yes to dialogue and no to violence; yes to negotiations and no to hostilities," the pope said. "All of this takes courage, it takes strength and tenacity."Both Peres and Abbas called for an end to Palestinian-Israeli conflict."We want peace for us and for our neighbors," Abbas said."We must put an end to the cries, to the violence, to the conflict," Peres said."Peace does not come easy," the Israeli president added. "It calls for sacrifice and compromise. Without peace, we are not complete. We have yet to achieve this mission of humanity. Even when peace seems distant, we must pursue it to bring it closer."Francis, in contrast to his immediate predecessor, has a well developed intuition for public opinion. He rightly understood that the members of his church would instinctively be responsive to a meeting of peace at the Vatican between Israelis and Palestinians.Admittedly, there are no real political ramifications to the meeting. It is one of symbols, not substance. In a sense that is precisely what made the event possible. Because the invocation ceremony at the Vatican was purely symbolic, Peres's participation was not interpreted as a recognition of the new Palestinian unity government, which includes representatives of Hamas, a terrorist organization committed to the violent destruction of the State of Israel.The message of peace that came out of Rome on Sunday was remarkably in line with Peres's guiding principle. Indeed, since the Oslo Accords, Peres's name has become almost synonymous with the peace process. And Francis seems to have understood this. Peres undoubtedly wanted Francis's visit to Israel to take place before he left office, and Francis grasped Peres's symbolic importance and had an interest in taking advantage of this symbolism before Peres finished his term next month.That the last significant event attended by Peres in his seven-year stint as president was a ceremony celebrating peace was a fitting finale for a man who has worked hard to keep alive the hope of peace between Israelis and Palestinians.
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Pretty much ALL of what is wrong in this world can be summed up in this piece of crap philosophy.
Absolute Values based on Absolute Truth, with a capitol T, do exist. Truth is not just an abstract idea subject to personal manipulation, based on personal opinion.
This thinking is the basis for moral relativism.
Jesus is the Truth.
Funny that you should say that. I do believe in the Father,Son and Holy Spirit;
however,I didn't see Jesus stopping that crazy man from breaking my face and raping me
I'm so sorry to hear about what are only some of the heartbreaking things that you've experienced. As a man myself, I simply can't understand the need for some men to try to CONTROL and inflict pain on people, but especially, against a woman.
I'm glad to see that you do still have a belief system somewhat intact after all that. It doesn't seem like you have placed 'blame' on the Almighty, but I can certainly understand if you did.
Please remember that we are all subject to free will. We have to live with the consequences of our own actions, and unfortunately we have to live with the consequences of the actions of others. It's simply the way life was designed; we all make our choice. You can't know a truly 'good' thing without being able to choose or(even worse)experience bad things. You can rest assured that those who have used their free will for evil will answer in time.
Here's to you, and please know, from this average everyday normal 'man' that there is still kindness and decency out there, and I'm sending you a prayer that it will find you. I'm also praying that when kindness, love, and trust do find you, that you will find the personal strength to accept it. Here's hoping you and yours have a very Merry Christmas and beyond.
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Among the traits that define strong character are honesty, humility, responsibility, self-discipline, courage, self-reliance, and long-term thinking. A free society is not possible without these traits in widespread practice.
How we subtract from our character
When a person spurns his conscience and fails to do what he knows is right, he subtracts from his character. When he evades his responsibilities, foists his problems and burdens on others, or fails to exert self-discipline; when he allows or encourages wrongdoing on any scale; when he attempts to reform the world without reforming himself first; when he obligates the yet-unborn to pay his current bills for him; when he expects politicians to solve problems that are properly his own business alone; he subtracts from his character – and drags the rest of us down, too.
Mountainous debts, unconscionable deficits, irresponsible bailouts, and reckless spending: These are all economic problems because they sprang first from character problems.
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Front elevation
I am looking to get any thoughts/suggestions on our front elevation. We originally started with out with a symmetrical colonial look, but we had to move the door and windows around because of changes we made inside the house.
I don't have the actual rendering yet, just a basic sketch. It has vinyl siding with vinyl shakes on the front gable. The roof over the garage is pitched up because there is bonus area inside.
Feedback is always appreciated :)
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Is the garage recessed from the facade? If not...could it be? That is a lot of garage front and center. I have to be honest, the lack of symmetry is really bothersome to me...particularly how the second story windows don't line up over the first story windows in any logical way. I at least think they should match a little better...even if the front door has to off center. I am sorry this sounds so negative, but I wanted to be honest with you.
Why would you not use real shakes on the front gable? The height of the gable is higher than the porch roof that it intersects which is a bit odd. The porch posts are a bit small and need a header above them. You might consider a hip at each end of the porch roof.
Make sure any emergency escape windows are tall enough. Why are the lower window pairs spaced apart and the upper ones mulled tight together?
Since the garage doors are so prominent they should have a more interesting, less busy pattern.
I agree with nini, the asymmetry is really bothersome as it's almost symmetrical...it's not asymmetrical enough to look intentional. And especially with the overall style of the home, it calls for symmetry.
Difficult, I know (it's why we were in the design phase for 7 years) but a house needs to make sense from both the inside and the outside and they need to be designed together.
The door offset didn't bother me so much, but the door being a single with a side light makes it look even more offset. Any way you can make that symmetric with a side light on each side or none at all.
Also the windows on the left side of the door is really throwing things off with their spacing compared to the rest and then also being offset from the above windows.
I'd also look at making the support beams so you can spread out the columns to not block windows or if not possible make those asymmetric as in an extra column on the right.
It might also help adding a porch railing on each side of the peaked roof to take some of the focus off the windows etc.
Thanks for the replies, I'm not taking offense to any comments, that's why I'm here :) To address some points:
- The garage is recessed 2' from the house.
- The door is what's screwing everything up, it had to be moved because of what we did with the stairs.
- The bottom-right window pair is separated by a wall internally, which is why they are not mulled together. The bottom-left pair was drawn up to match.
- The top windows can be moved around a bit, they aren't constrained by much.
- I kinda think the gable is too "tall" as well.
Just to show something different, I took the original colonial elevation and moved the front door (and squished the bottom-left windows because of the door). I made the changes in MS paint, so just pretend that everything is aligned nicely. I didn't draw any gables on this version...check out the link below.
Do one of these elevations look better than the other?
Here is a link that might be useful:
Whoops, sorry, try this one
Here is a link that might be useful: Original elevation with the door moved to the left
I like the original better. I'd squish the top left windows together so they are directly above the bottom left windows, line the middle top window over the light, and see how that looks. Also I'd add the gable over the front door again (but keep it the same height as the rest of the porch roof.)
Have you thought about giving up the shutters? The pushed together windows are a Prairie/Craftsman thing, and that style doesn't usually have shutters and they look better without shutters, IMO. You could use heavier window trim instead.
If you're only going to do one sidelight, could you move it to the other side of the door? Then the door would be closer to the middle of the space defined by the door & light, which is where people will want to stand when the come to the front door.
I like this one MUCH better too. Any chance you could do a double door instead of a single door and single sidelight? You could do a double door with glass in it to get light into the foyer space. It would help make the house appear a little more symmetrical too. Otherwise, I agree with zone4newby--flip the sidelight to the other side of the door and scoot the door over. Single sidelights are not my favorite.
The other thing that bothers me is that the top of the windows and the door don't match up--windows are higher. Can the windows either be lowered, shortened or could the door be taller or add a transom over the door?
I don't mind the upstairs windows as-is in the last posted elevation. I like them MUCH better than the 1st elevation. To me, it helps the eye track on the symmetry thing even though the downstairs doesn't quite have it. IMO, if you mirror the window configuration that's in place downstairs in this elevation, it will look like you took 2 houses, cut them down the middle, then stuck 1/2 of one to 1/2 of the other and called it done. No offense intended, just my $0.02.
I don't think I'd put the gable back in the porch roof. The gable seems to emphasize the fact that the facade is not symmetrical as porch gables like that are usually centered to the porch as well as the front door.
Hope this helps!
I tried moving the gable to the second floor on the original elevation, for kicks and giggles:
My wife still prefers the very first elevation that I posted, so I tried changing the windows a little bit, and shrunk the gable as well (done in MS paint, forgive me if it doesn't look quite right!)
And yes, I'm willing to consider removing the shutters if it looked better.I found an example of craftsman window trim, perhaps something like this:
EDIT: Thanks for the feedback :) I like being able to edit posts!
This post was edited by MNTwins on Thu, Nov 29, 12 at 0:42
I think it looks much better, but the door and single side light is still throwing it off. Can you fit a door with two side lights and if not could you Do a single door with glass in it and center it on the peak.
Currently you have the offset peak and then within that the door is offset again. I would think sticking to only one thing that isn't symmetric would look better.
You're making good progress but you shouldn't put craftsman windows on a colonial house.
You also need to show the beam that supports the porch. If there is no room then you need to raise the ceiling of the first floor to allow a proper porch design. A porch must be very shallow to work with an 8 ft ceiling.
You should show a trim board (frieze) above the upper windows; you shouldn't just stop the clapboards against the soffit.


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The 74 air-conditioned guestrooms at Catalonia Passeig de Gràcia include laptop-compatible safes and minibars. Guests can use the in-room complimentary wireless high-speed Internet access. Rooms are equipped with LCD TVs with satellite channels. All accommodations provide desks and phones. Bathrooms offer hair dryers and complimentary toiletries. In addition, housekeeping is offered daily and amenities available on request include in-room massages.
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My P. Nigra is shooting and I'm very excited. I planted it late last summer so these are my first P. Nigra shoots. There were three plants total and each had one, two, or three culms. So far I have 15 shoots that mostly look like they will grow taller than the original culms. My question is how long should new shoots come up? They began coming up about the first week of April. Will there be another round of shoots in May or even June? Any info on shoots would be appreciated very much! Thanks for all the info over the past 8 months as well!
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