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For hundreds of years the true origins of the white man's history which only goes back to roughly 4,000 B.C., have remained carefully and deliberately hidden from public scrutiny, a history that is quite recent in comparison to that of the original Black people of Afrika.
The white man was, and still is sensitive and defensive about his origins, and this has driven him to conceal his Afrikan genetic origins among Blacks as the albino offspring of Black Afrikan parents. Here is an image of a Black Brazilian woman with 5 children, 3 of whom are albinos. Her husband is also Black.
The white race also sought to dismiss the origins of its white civilization which originated from the Black culture of Afrika, adopting a Greek origin instead, while setting out to degrade Afrika and everything Black, for by so doing they could avoid facing the true meaning of their white skin as a mutation and genetic deficiency condition from the Black norm. But somewhere deep within the subconscious psyche of the white collective memory is the awareness of its birth among Black parents as "defective" humans.
Whites could not therefore admit that they had received their knowledge from the ancient Blacks of Afrika, and that all they possessed or had achieved was gained directly from what they took from the Black Afrikan.
The main reason why whites have been falsely claiming a European origin was because for several centuries they had been spreading false stories of white superiority and Black inferiority, and had even created the institution of Racism that was previously unknown to the world, which had evolved into one of man's most depraved creations, a system of horrific treatment designed to denigrate Black people. This may have resulted from the old memories of the way Blacks treated them when they were in Afrika, because of their skin condition known as Albinism.
All the ancient skeletons discovered throughout Europe as early as 45,000 B.C. were of Black people, Homo-sapiens - Modern Man -, but to date no ancient white skeletons have ever been found in Europe earlier than 1,200 B.C.
Microscopically speaking, there is no difference, between the white skin of a Caucasoid person and the white skin of an albino. Black people with albinism usually have deep bright yellow hair, cream-coloured skin, and green or hazel eyes.
New scientific genetic information derived from the Human Genome Project, an international effort to decode the information embedded in the human genome, confirmed to the world by scientists in the East Room of the White House (June, 2000) stated. "We all evolved in the last 100,000 years from the same small number of tribes that migrated out of Africa and colonized the world. All human beings are 99.99% the same at the DNA level…."
The word albino originates from the Latin root "albus" meaning white, and it also means blank as in devoid of colour or features. The word was coined around 1660 to mean "white negro" by Balthazar Tellez, a historian and missionary, in order to describe the tribal members he saw along the West Afrikan coast.
Earlier words included "Leukoethrope," a Greek word for white, or Leukoethiopians meaning "White Ethiopians." The albinos were also called "moon children" since they had to avoid being exposed to excessive direct sunlight and mainly came out at night. Another word was dundus, meaning ghost or spirit, that is, a body walking around without a soul.
Black parents, unable to explain why white skinned children appeared in their offspring became suspicious, believing albinism to be a punishment from God, and the child with albinism cursed, or the embodiment of sin, so they began separating the growing number of white skinned offspring from the natural black skinned population. Those with albinism were banished or thrown out of the tribes and forced to live in colonies in much the same way that people with leprosaria were forced to live in leper colonies, away from normal people.
Rejected by their own family and friends as outcasts, the white skinned offspring of Afrikan mothers and fathers banded together into various groups, and began migrating northward through Egypt to another part of the Afrikan continent which is currently called Europe, in search of better living conditions and to escape the intensity of the hot climate of Central, Eastern and Southern Afrika.
The albino groups moved into the Caucasus, an area of mountain ranges, plateaus and forests during the Ice Age, which lasted for thousands of years, further isolating them from their original Black parents in Afrika. Surviving under these isolated conditions for such a prolonged period of time, these Afrikan albinos began interbreeding within the existing parent groups producing more albino offspring.
White historians and scholars have put forward the theory that the cold temperature was the reason for the white skin, claiming that the genes mutated to adapt to the limited sunlight. It however does not explain how the Indians of the most southern part of South America who have melanised skin, lived through colder temperatures and longer ice-age periods than the early European whites, but have not turned white as a result, which may suggest that the temperature hardly plays any part in the conversion of dark skin to white skin.
The original Black people of Egypt classified the white people as the devil race, referring to them in their writings as "Typhonians," which in English means "white devils". These "typhonians" left Europe and overran the established Black civilizations in the Near East creating considerable havoc, so as a result of their violent nature, they were rounded up by the Afrikans, stripped of everything they had and exiled to the caves and hills of the Caucasus Mountains where they were roped off, as recorded by European historians like Pliny. There was a time however, when the Typhons got the upper-hand in Egypt, but they were driven out by Taharka, one of the Great Black Kings from the Land of Kush, who is known in the Bible as Tirhaka.
Being totally cut off from the civilized world, these typhonians degenerated into uncivilized, nomadic savages, until sometime around 1,200 B.C. when hordes of these barbarians left the Caucasus mountains and stormed all the Black centres of civilization that had once banished them, making war not only with the Black, but also with the brown, red, and yellow nations, effectively destroying and usurping entire regions, taking whatever possessions they could grab. Today they continue waging war against people of colour.
The White man entered Europe as illiterate Horse Nomads who could not and did not begin to record their history until they had first absorbed all the knowledge of the conquered Blacks in Europe, the creators of the original European civilizations. The earliest known Black European writing was the Linear A script which first appeared in Crete during the Middle Minoan period (1700 - 1550 BC), but after the Caucasian invasions around 1,200 B.C., all writing ceased, and "The Greek Dark Ages" began.
The arrival of the white man therefore marked the beginning of the demise of the ancient Black civilizations and the beginning of the white man's rise to power. The word Caucasian may have originated from Caucasus, the mountain region where these barbarians were cordoned off.
The Shah-Nama, the Zend Avesta and other sources referred to the white people who were cordoned off in the hills of West Asia, as "devils" or "Demons". Zarathrustra also wrote at length about what he witnessed as the obligation to wage war against the Caucasian invaders whom he also referred to as devils.
Some of the earliest evidence available can be found in the records of the ancient Egyptians who referred to the devil or Satan by various names such as Seth, Typhon and Apopis, which were the more common terms used. Throughout the writings of the ancient Egyptians, the white race was known as the "People of Seth" or "Typhonians," ("devils"). The Egyptian priest Manetho on several occasions also referred to white people as "Typhonians."
Diodorus likewise spoke of a section of foreigners who were driven out of Egypt, describing them as "men, the colour of Typhon".
G.A. Wainwright in his book "The Sky-Religion in Egypt," wrote about the discovery of fragments from an ancient Egyptian text in which the Typhonians or Followers of Seth were referred to. "Among other things it shows that as late as the Nineteenth Dynasty a section of the Egyptians were known to be 'Followers of Seth', Typhonians, by certain marks and characteristics. Of such it is said: 'The God in him is Seth'… Another damaged sentence refers to the "red man" and "his hair."
These "marks and characteristics" that set apart the Typhonians or devils from the original Black people of Egypt were their hair and the pinkish or red colour of their skin. The "red men" or Typhonians in Egypt were white people who were sacrificed by fire for the good of the people."
These ancient records confirm that the ancient Egyptians classified white people as devils, and indicate that firstly, the people known as the Typhonians had pale or ruddy complexions, and secondly, the pale-skinned people were often rounded up and killed "for the good of the people."
Throughout the history of ancient Egypt, many battles were fought against the white man who repeatedly attacked Egypt as history shows, subjecting its people to the most humiliating atrocities. Often the people of Egypt often found it necessary to retaliate against their attackers, and so many of the ancient texts speak of periods when the original Egyptians rounded up all of the white people (Typhonians) they could find and either severed their heads or burnt them alive.
In Section 73 of "De Iside et Osiride," Plutarch acknowledged the following: "For truly, as Manetho has recorded, they used to burn living men to ashes in Eileithyiapolis, calling them Typhonians, and they used to scatter and dispose of their ashes by winnowing."
Regarding this same issue, Diodorus wrote: "anciently men who were similarly coloured to Typhon were sacrificed by the kings."
G.A. Wainwright described this rounding up and killing of the white man by the kings of ancient Egypt when he wrote: "Though in the New Kingdom at the Festivals of Hoeing the Earth the Seth-sacrifices clearly had their heads cut off, it is equally clear that on other occasions the sacrifice had been by fire."
In ancient Egypt the term "devil" was once used as a synonym to describe the white man.
The Edomites were another race of white people who were descendents of Esau the albino, who the Bible describes as being born ruddy (red) and hairy. (Gen. 25:25).
The Bible also shows another originating point for the white race when it states that white skin was the result of leprosy - (Num. 12:10-12, Lev.13), and even declared that a race of people – the Gehazites – would be born white due to being cursed! (II Kings 5:27).
The covetousness of Gehazi caused him to become cursed, which resulted in his skin changing from Black to white after he lied to Elisha about collecting money and gifts from Naaman, the captain of the Syrian Army.
"Therefore the leprosy of Na'aman shall cling to you and to your descendants forever. Then Gehazi went from Elisha's presence and he was as white as snow."
The Bible is showing that "greed and covetousness" were responsible for the curse placed on Gehazi and all his offspring whose skin would forever be as white as snow.
In Exodus 4:7, God shows Moses some miracles he could use to prove to the children of Israel that He sent him. Moses was told to put his hand into his bosom and when he took it out, it was LEPROUS - white as snow. If Moses were already white-skinned, what would have been the miracle in turning his hand from white to white? But, since Moses and the rest of the Hebrews were Black, this would have been a very powerful miracle that would impress the people when they witnessed Moses' hand (skin) turning from Black to white.
Moses then put his hand back into his bosom, and on removing it, his skin turned as his other flesh, clearly showing that the rest of his body (skin) was Black - the original colour - or the opposite of white, but this miracle does not indicate that his skin colour changed from white to white. Also in Leviticus 13 and 14 God discusses the plague of leprosy when a man turns white in the skin, and in verse 30 the Bible also speaks of the hair turning yellow. So according to the Bible, white skin and yellow hair indicate a plague.
Numbers 12:1 tells us that Miriam and Aaron, Moses' sister and brother, rebelled against his leadership because he had married an Ethiopian woman. They said, "hath the Lord indeed spoken only to Moses? Hath he not spoken also by us?" Thei r challenge to Moses angered God, so as a punishment He caused Miriam to become "leprous - white as snow". "And when the cloud had departed from above the Tabernacle, suddenly Miriam became leprous, as white as snow."
Once again, if Miriam, a Hebrew, were originally white, what would have been the curse of turning her from white to white?
In another case it was sacrilege by Uziyahu, king of Judah (2 Chronicles 26:19). "Then Uziyahu became furious, and he had a censer in his hand to burn incense; and while he was angry with the priests, leprosy broke out on his forehead."
Leprosy is a skin disorder that changes the colour of the skin and hair, as explained in the book of Leviticus.
Leviticus 13:2 states: "When a man shall have in the skin of his flesh a rising, a scab, or bright spot and it be in the skin of his flesh like the plague of leprosy. Then he shall be brought to Aaron, the priest, or to one of the sons of the priest".
Verse 4: If the bright spot be WHITE in the skin of his flesh, the priest shall shut up him that has the plague seven days.
Verse 6: And the priest shall look on him again the seventh day: and behold, if the plague be somewhat DARK, and the plague spread not in the skin, the priest shall pronounce him clean: it is but a scab; and he shall wash his clothes and be clean".
In the 2nd and 4th verse a bright or white spot in the skin is mentioned. A bright spot means a spot that is lighter than the regular Black skin. Moses said in the sixth verse: "And the priest shall look on him again the seventh day, and behold if the plague be somewhat dark, and the plague spread not in the skin, the priest shall pronounce him clean..."
This is because the skin is getting darker like its original skin tone. A Black skinned man or woman with these spots covering some part of their body can be considered as a partial leper. However, once the plague of the whiteness has covered his entire body from his head to his feet, the leper has completely changed his colour like that of an albino. Those people who had this form of leprosy in the Bible could be categorized as albino, and these albinos were the only white skinned Hebrews that existed in ancient times in the minority. If Israel were a white skinned people in biblical times, why does the Bible only speak of them TURNING WHITE OR BECOMING WHITE WITH LEPROSY?
Leviticus13 Verse 29-30: If a man or woman has a plague upon the head or the beard: Then the priest shall see the plague: and, behold, if it be in sight deeper than the skin; and there be in it a yellow thin hair; then the priest shall pronounce him unclean: it is a dry scall, even a leprosy upon the head or beard.....
Verse 35-37: But if the scall spread much in the skin after his cleansing. Then the priest shall look on him: and, behold, if the scall be spread in the skin, the priest shall not seek for yellow hair; he is unclean. But if the scall be in his sight at a stay, and that there is black hair grown up therein; the scall is healed, he is clean: and the priest shall pronounce him clean. Note that in verse 30, the scripture describes the hair affected by the leprosy as yellow and thin. This is what is generally known as blond.
These pictures show the hands of a black-skinned person with vitiligo. The white spots can be seen on the black skin as soon as they appear. Notice how white the hands of the black-skinned person are in comparison to his other flesh. The hands of this black person have become as "white as snow." This is how Moses would have seen his hand after removing it from his bosom as instructed by God. The late King of Pop, Michael Jackson indicated that his skin turned from Black to white because of a similar disease.
This picture is of a black-skinned man who took a pill for a liver condition, but it also turned his skin from black to white, although you can still see some dark patches on his face. This is how the people with biblical leprosy and albinos would have looked.
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Free Tax Prep Services In The County
Once again the United Way of Aroostook is going to be helping folks in the County with filing their taxes. The United Way has been involved with tax preparations for the past couple of years in collaboration with AARP.
It's free and available to anyone with with an individual or combined income of 51 thousand dollars or less. The United Way of Aroostook along with AARP is offering Free tax prep services.
Executive Director of United Way of Aroostook Claudia Stevens says, "this year kind of has a little bit of a different twist"
Here's what's different…The IRS has added the property tax fairness credit. Stevens says it's what used to be called the circuit breaker program where you get a property tax or rent reimbursment after you fill out a form.
Sandra Bartley, the Cash Coalition Director says, "this year they have to fill out a 1040 Maine to get their rebate."
Because the property tax fairness credit is new, Stevens not only wants people getting their taxes done to be aware of it, she also wants them to get the reimbursment.
Stevens, "we want to make sure that people who are eligible and deserve to get that credit are going to get so we're going to be doing those taxes for people at no cost."
Bartley says this is especially important for seniors…"even though they're on social security, we will still do the simple 1040 for the irs, that information will go forward on to the state, and we will fill out the form that needs to be completed for them to get their refund."
Free tax prep services will begin February 1st in Fort Kent, and throughout the month in Central and Southern Aroostook as well to help as many people.
To make an appointment or find out where the service is being offered in the County throughout the month of February, visit www.unitedwayaroostook.org. Or call 207-764-5197.
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May 23, 2006
RSU Names Television General Manager
Rogers State University has named the top executive for Wyoming Public Television as the general manager of the university's television station.
Dan Schiedel, who has served as the general manager of Wyoming Public Television (WPTV) and president of the WPTV Foundation since 2001, has more than 17 years experience with public television stations in Wyoming, Missouri and South Dakota.
Schiedel will begin his position at RSU-TV starting on June 1. In his new role as general manager of RSU-TV, Schiedel will work to enhance the television's service to the campus and community.
RSU-TV broadcasts on UHF channel 35, Claremore and Tulsa cable channel 19, and more than 70 cable systems in northeastern Oklahoma and southern Kansas. The station reaches an audience of about 1.2 million people within a 75-mile radius of the Claremore campus. RSU-TV, which is Oklahoma's only full-powered television station operated on a public university campus, is a key component to RSU's distance learning programs, which includes telecourses and live interactive programming.
"Dan's extensive experience with public television will be beneficial as we begin to build stronger relationships with the communities we serve both through the production of local programming or the enhancement of existing programming," said Dr. Ray Brown, RSU vice president for community and economic development, who oversees the television station's operations.
A major opportunity for RSU-TV's expanded service will arise as the station continues its federally mandated conversion to digital transmission later this year. With digital transmission, RSU-TV will be able to improve the quality of its broadcasts and expand the services offered by the station.
Digital transmission will allow the station to include more information within its signal, which allows for better picture and sound quality than currently available. The technology also can be used to transmit large amounts of other data that users could access using their computer or television set, including the integration of online content with the television broadcast, which would be particularly beneficial for the distance learning courses carried by RSU-TV, Brown said.
Schiedel was instrumental in guiding Wyoming Public Television's expansion into digital transmission and securing the funding for that conversion. During his five years at the helm of Wyoming Public Television, the network experienced a 39 percent increase in membership, a 25 percent increase in viewership and a 250 percent increase in underwriting. Wyoming Public Television operates through its flagship station, KCWC-TV, which is a full-service, public television station licensed to Central Wyoming College in Riverton, Wyo. The network provides four channels (one analog channel and three digital channels) of programming 24 hours a day.
From 1995 to 2001, Schiedel served as vice president of production, corporate communications and government relations for Ozarks Public Television based in Springfield, Mo. Schiedel previously worked at the South Dakota Public Broadcasting system, where he rose from special projects producer to director of statewide productions and public information during his six years there.
Schiedel earned master's and bachelor's degrees in mass communications, both from the University of South Dakota. He has taught media operations and telecommunications management courses at Drury College in Springfield, Mo., and the University of South Dakota.


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An applicator for a meltable product comprising: a case, a reservoir for holding a quantity of the product, the reservoir having an outlet opening and being made at least in part of a thermally conductive material, heating means in thermal communication with the reservoir, and an applicator roller disposed in the outlet opening, wherein the applicator roller comprises a core composed at least partly of thermally conductive material and a layer of plastic material surrounding the core. An applicator in combination with an extraction gripper for gripping the roller, the gripper comprising two arms which extend substantially parallel to one another, each arm having a projecting finger positioned such that the projecting finger on one of the arms faces the projecting finger on the other one of the arms, the projecting fingers being located and configured to cooperate with the engagement elements of the roller in order to grip the roller.
1. An applicator for a meltable product comprising: a case, a reservoir in said case for holding a quantity of the product, the reservoir having an outlet opening and being made at least in part of a thermally conductive material, heating means in thermal communication with the thermally conductive material of the reservoir, and an applicator roller disposed in the outlet opening, wherein said applicator roller comprises a core composed at least partly of thermally conductive material and a layer of plastic material surrounding said core for delivering the product.
2. Applicator according to claim 1 wherein said core is a solid body having two axial extremities and provided at each axial extremity with a bearing, said bearings defining an axis of rotation of said roller and constituting means for supporting said roller with respect to said case.
3. Applicator according to claim 1 wherein said layer of plastic material has a thickness and said core has a radius, and the ratio of the layer thickness to the core radius is between 0.3 and 0.5.
4. Applicator according to claim 3 wherein the ratio is substantially equal to 0.4.
5. Applicator according to claim 1 wherein said roller is mounted in a removable manner on said reservoir.
6. Applicator according to claim 5 wherein said reservoir has an upper part which has an upper extremity and said upper part is provided with two slots which open at the upper extremity and which are disposed opposite one another, each slot having a base in which a respective bearing rests, and further comprising blocking means associated with each said slot for retaining said bearings in position, said blocking means being retractable to permit removal of said roller from said reservoir.
7. Applicator according to claim 6 wherein each said blocking means comprises: a clip having a U-shape which opens toward the upper extremity of the upper part of said reservoir, said clip being fixed adjacent the associated slot, each said clip having two lateral arms formed to enclose a region having a narrowed portion and said arms being sufficiently elastic to permit one said bearing to pass the narrowed portion.
8. Applicator according to claim 6 wherein said reservoir comprises a head part forming said upper part of said reservoir and in which said outlet opening is provided.
9. Applicator according to claim 1 wherein said roller is mounted to be displaceable relative to said case between a working position in which said roller is located within said outlet opening, and a position in which said roller is withdrawn from said opening in order to permit filling of said reservoir with the meltable product.
10. Applicator according to claim 9 further comprising a slide member to which said roller is fixed, said slide member being mounted to be slidable in said case.
11. Applicator according to claim 10 wherein said slide member is mounted in an upper part of said reservoir.
12. Applicator according to claim 1 wherein said roller has two axial extremities each provided with a respective engagement element for permitting removal of said roller from said outlet opening.
13. Applicator according to claim 12 wherein each said engagement element is constituted by a circular lip projecting from a respective axial extremity of said roller.
14. Applicator according to claim 13 wherein each said circular lip is constituted by a portion of said layer of plastic material.
15. Applicator as defined in claim 12 in combination with an extraction gripper for gripping said roller, said gripper comprising two arms which extend substantially parallel to one another, each arm having a projecting finger positioned such that said projecting finger on one of said arms faces said projecting finger on the other one of said arms, said projecting fingers being located and configured to cooperate with said engagement elements of said roller in order to grip said roller.
16. Applicator according to claim 15 wherein said gripper is structurally independent of said case.
17. Applicator according to claim 15 further comprising a cap for covering said reservoir, said cap being secured to said gripper.
18. Applicator according to claim 15 wherein said gripper comprises at least one support part located to contact said layer of plastic material when said projecting fingers cooperate with said engagement elements.
19. An assembly comprising an applicator and gripper according to claim 15 and a base for supporting said applicator and said gripper.
20. An assembly according to claim 19 wherein said base is provided with a timer.
21. Applicator according to claim 1 wherein said heating means are operative for melting the product held in said reservoir.
The present invention relates to the general technical field of devices for applying products which are meltable or softenable by application of heat, such as depilatory wax, ointments, creams, or even glues or varnishes. These products are stored in solid form at room temperature, and must be subjected to a thermal flux in order to undergo a change of state and pass into a less viscous, or more fluid, or flowable, state in order to be applied. The products to which this invention relates, and which have the above properties, will be referred to hereinafter as meltable, the term being used herein to encompass products which are either liquifiable or softenable to a flowable state.
The present invention concerns more particularly an applicator for meltable products, in particular depilatory wax, comprising a housing associated with a gripping means, a reservoir for the product to be applied in thermal communication with heating means and at least one applicator roller disposed in the vicinity of an outlet orifice of the reservoir.
The present invention equally concerns in an advantageous manner an extraction gripper, or pliers for an applicator roller mounted on an applicator according to the invention, as well as an assembly for applying meltable products comprising the meltable product applicator itself associated with the extraction gripper. Meltable products include, according to the invention, all types of products capable of having, at room temperature, a solid, semi-solid or pasty state, but changing, when heat is applied thereto, their physical state in the direction toward a liquid state capable of permitting the product to spread out in the form of a thin layer. The invention is particularly directed to depilatory wax applicators, but it is evident that the meltable product applicator according to the invention is not in any way limited to this specific use, and that meltable products such as waxes and glues can be applied with the aid of an applicator according to the invention.
Regardless of the type of depilatory wax applicator considered, the technique of hair removal by the application of a depilatory wax consists in melting or softening a certain quantity of wax, then applying a layer of this wax, in a molten or softened state, to the region from which hair is to be removed. After hardening, that is to say after cooling, of the wax, a film of cold wax is created and is then peeled away from the skin with the aid of any appropriate means, hairs being then plucked from the skin as a result of their being embedded in the wax.
This widely used technique can be implemented with known ready-to-use hot wax distributors constituted by a reservoir for wax which is heated by any suitable means, for example by an apparatus analogous to a water heater. These devices are completed by a simple wax distributing roller which is independent of the reservoir and which the user introduces into the wax mass in order to coat it with a quantity of wax. These devices, which are rather primitive, have been found to no longer meet the needs of users of depilatory wax particularly in view of the numerous inconveniences associated with their use. Thus, the temperature of application of the wax is practically uncontrollable as well as, moreover, the thickness to which the wax layer is applied. These devices are also considered to be cumbersome and give rise to a hair removal operation which is lengthy, tedious, often messy and typically wastes a certain quantity of wax.
Improved devices for this purpose have been proposed, for example as disclosed in French application number FR-A-2520601. That patent discloses an applicator assembly including a case provided with heating enclosures in which are housed manual applicators which are to be used by an individual. These applicators are provided with an internal depilatory wax reservoir and a wax applicator roller. Such an applicator of course constitutes an improvement over previous devices, but it does not completely resolve the essential problem of mastery of the wax application temperature. In effect, heating of the wax occurs only in a discontinuous, or periodic, manner when the applicator is in the heating enclosure. It is found, consequently, that after a certain application period, the temperature of the wax decreases rapidly and is thus no longer at or near the optimum temperature. As a result, application of the wax becomes increasingly difficulty. In particular, there appears a phenomenon whereby wax threads or filaments appear, which has a negative influence on the quality of the hair removal. This drawback is accompanied by an excessive consumption of wax and a heterogeneous application which in the end leads to an unsatisfactory depilatory operation. In order to partly alleviate this problem, the user is obliged to frequently return the applicator into a heating enclosure. However, this prolongs the time required for the entire depilatory operation to an undesirable extent, without at the same time guaranteeing a better mastery of the temperature of the wax or for that matter a better final result.
It has thus been proposed, in order to remedy at least in part the shortcomings of applicator devices in which the heating reservoir is separated from the application unit, to provide, for example as described in European application A-0368698, a manual applicator including in the same case, a wax reservoir, a heating resistance and an applicator roller. In order to facilitate application of the wax, and also to better control the temperature of the wax, the applicator roller is provided with its own heating means. Such a device assures an improved control of the temperature at which the wax is applied and reduces in a certain manner the risk of appearance of the threads or filaments mentioned previously. The presence of a heating means directly in the applicator roller can create the risk of overheating of the wax and burning of the user's skin. In addition, such a device has been found to present certain design and manufacturing difficulties to the extent that it requires the installation of two heating means which are separated in a case. In the end, the reliability of such a device is not assured and its cost has been found to be high.
An object of the present invention is to overcome the difficulties and shortcomings mentioned above.
A more specific object of the invention is to provide a meltable product applicator whose design and structure are simplified, while permitting a mastery and optimal control of the application temperature of the product.
Another object of the invention is to provide an applicator for meltable products whose different parts are particularly simple to fabricate and assemble.
Another object of the invention is to provide an applicator for meltable products whose use is facilitated when being loaded with meltable products and during disassembly and cleaning.
Another object of the invention is to provide an extraction gripper for a meltable product applicator roller, the gripper mounted on the applicator to permit an extraction and easy manipulation, without risk of soiling the environment after extraction.
The above and other objects are achieved, according to the present invention, by the provision of an applicator for a meltable product comprising: a case, a reservoir for holding a quantity of the product, the reservoir having an outlet opening and being made at least in part of a thermally conductive material, heating means in thermal communication with the reservoir, and an applicator roller disposed in the outlet opening, wherein the applicator roller comprises a core composed at least partly of thermally conductive material and a layer of plastic material surrounding the core.
The objects according to the invention are also achieved with the aid of an extraction gripper for a meltable product applicator roller of an applicator according to the invention, the gripper having two arms which extend substantially parallel to one another, each arm having a projecting finger positioned such that the projecting finger on one of the arms faces the projecting finger on the other one of the arms, the projecting fingers being located and configured to cooperate with the engagement elements of the roller in order to grip the roller.
Various other objects, features and characteristics of the invention will become more readily apparent from the following description of preferred embodiments, which will be presented with reference to the drawing.
FIG. 1 is a longitudinal cross-sectional view of a product applicator according to a preferred embodiment of the invention.
FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line II--II of FIG. 1.
FIG. 2a is a side detail view showing the construction of an upper part of the applicator of FIG. 1.
FIG. 3 is a perspective view of one embodiment of an extraction gripper according to the invention.
FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional detail view showing one arm of the gripper of FIG. 3.
FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional detail view of a portion of an applicator according to the invention, showing a portion of a second embodiment of an extraction gripper according to the invention.
FIG. 6 is a side elevational view showing the gripper of FIG. 3 mounted in a storage position on an applicator roller support.
FIG. 7 is a perspective view of a support slide for an applicator roller according to the invention.
FIG. 8 is a cross-sectional view showing the support slide of the applicator roller in the case of an applicator according to the invention.
The applicator for a meltable product, as shown in FIG. 1 is particularly intended for applying depilatory wax and includes a case 1 made, for example, of a plastic material, case 1 presenting a generally elongated form having a longitudinal axis x-x'. Case 1 has a transverse cross section of any desired form and may be, for example, substantially circular. Advantageously, case 1 includes a gripping means capable of permitting the user to easily hold it. At the interior of case 1 there is installed a reservoir 2 made of a material which is a good heat conductor and provided for the storage of a product to be applied. Advantageously, reservoir 2 is made of aluminum, extends substantially along all of the central part of case 1 along axis x-x' and includes a bottom 2a and an opening 2b at its top. Advantageously, reservoir 2 is provided in its central zone with a blade, or fin, 3. Blade 3 is provided for diffusing, or distributing, heat and extends within the internal volume of reservoir 2 starting from bottom 2a. Reservoir 2 is in thermal communication with heating means 4 constituted, for example, by an electric resistance or a CTP (conductive plastic) at least partially surrounding reservoir 2 or, as shown in FIG. 1, attached to a wall of reservoir 2.
As is conventional, heating means 4 is associated with heat control means such as a thermostat 5 and a fuse 6. Advantageously, the applicator according to the invention is provided with a power supply indicator 7 which is visible from the exterior via an opening arranged in the wall of case 1. The electric system assembly, which includes electrical connections and means for securing an electric cord (not shown), is preferably mounted on a support flange 8 installed in the lower part of case 1, beneath bottom 2a of blade 3.
The upper zone of case 1 is advantageously constituted by a head 11 which may, for example, be screwed on to the upper part of reservoir 2 and which then surmounts the upper party as well as top opening 2b of reservoir 2. Head 11 has an upper extremity 11b which delimits a geometric envelope constituting the actual outlet orifice for the molten or softened wax.
The product applicator according to the invention also includes an applicator roller 15 mounted to rotate about a longitudinal axis y-y' (FIG. 2). Roller 15 is disposed in the outlet orifice of reservoir 2 in a manner to permit the flow of liquid or softened wax on the periphery of applicator roller 15 and between applicator roller 15 and the internal face of head 11. Roller 15 is constituted by a core 16 made of a material which is a good heat conductor, such as for example aluminum. Core 16 is preferably cylindrical and of circular cross section and is provided at each of its two opposed ends, constituting the lateral faces of applicator roller 15, with a bearing, or pin, 17. Bearings 17 are formed, for example integrally with core 16, for example by machining of the ends of a body used to form applicator roller 15, bearing 17 extending along axis y-y' and defining the axis of rotation of applicator roller 15.
Core 16 is surrounded, preferably over the entirety of its peripheral surface, by a plastic material coating, or covering, advantageously molded around core 16. The plastic coating forms a layer 18 via which wax will be applied to the user's skin. Layer 18 can be constituted by any suitable, commercially available plastic composition selected on the basis of knowledge possessed by those skilled in the art.
Applicator roller 15 is mounted on head 11 and supported thereon through the intermediary of bearings 17 which form the connecting means with the applicator body. In an advantageous manner, applicator roller 15 is mounted in a removable manner on head 11 through the intermediary of openings 20 which are open at the upper extremity of head 11 and extend across the thickness dimension of each of the opposed faces of head 11. Slots 20 are open at their upper extremity and thus permit the passage of bearings 17 which then come to rest at the base of each of slots 20. (FIG. 2a).
Maintenance of each bearing 17 in position at the base of each slot 20 is assured by the intermediary of a retaining means capable of being displaced in order to permit the removability and the extraction of applicator roller 15. For this purpose, the retaining means are advantageously constituted by a clip 21 having a generally U-shaped form. A respective clip 21 is mounted in a fixed manner along and against each one of slots 20, with the open end of the U coinciding with the open end of the respective slot 20. Each clip 21 includes two lateral arms extending substantially in the same direction as slots 20, the arms forming between them a narrowed region 22 in the upper party of clip 21, the narrow region serving to block each bearing 17 in the base of each slot 20. Clip 21 is made of a metallic material having an elasticity sufficient to permit its lateral arms to deform elastically during insertion and extraction of bearings 17 into and out of slots 20, and across the narrowed portion 22.
By making applicator roller 15 of two materials, including a core 16 based on a material which is a good conductor of heat, it is possible to avoid an undesirably high thermal loss by the wax during the application operation, by storage of a portion of the thermal energy of the liquid or pasty wax in core 16. The thermal losses are thus limited to the extent that the thermal conduction between the walls of reservoir 2 and applicator roller 15 is improved significantly by the intermediary of the thermal bridges constituted by bearings 17 which, in addition to their mechanical support function, thus assume a thermal conductor function. Optimization of the wax application temperature requires however avoidance of any risk of burning the user's skin, and at the same time prevention of the appearance of wax threads or filaments. The presence of layer 18 made of plastic material serves to prevent burning of the skin. For this purpose it has been found desirable to maintain specific ratios between the thickness "e" of layer 18 and the radius "R" of core 16. Specifically, it has been found that a ratio of e/R of between 0.3 and 0.5, and preferably substantially equal to 0.4, would provide satisfactory results for a representative sample of the various depilatory waxes available.
The plastic material of layer 18 may be a thermoset, or, preferably, a thermoplastic such as a polyamide, polypropylene, or polycarbonate.
The applicator according to the invention advantageously includes a head cover 12 which is disposed against head 11 as an extension of case 1. A closing cap 13 is removably installed on the upper part of the applicator.
Installation or extraction of applicator roller 15 can of course be performed by ripping it directly, but these operations are preferably performed with the aid of an extraction gripper 30 (FIG. 3). Gripper 30 has two arms 31 which extend substantially parallel to one another and between which is formed an opening/closing system which is advantageously constituted, in the illustrated embodiment, by a semicircular piece 33 of resiliently elastic material. The unstressed shape and elasticity of piece 33 are such that arms 31 adopt a stable position as shown in FIGS. 3-6 in which the distance between arms 31 is slightly less than the length of applicator roller 15. Each arm 31 is provided on each of its internal faces and substantially toward an extremity, with a gripping finger 34, the two fingers 34 being disposed in opposition to, or facing, one another. The end of each arm 31 which is remote from its associated finger 34 has a support foot 35 formed to permit extraction gripper 30 to rest in a stable manner, via feet 30, on a supporting surface, as shown in FIG. 6.
Fingers 34 are intended to cooperate with engagement elements 40 arranged, as shown in FIG. 4, on and in the lateral walls of applicator roller 15. In an advantageous manner, engagement elements 40 are constituted by circular lips projecting axially beyond the lateral walls of applicator roller 15. Also advantageously, the circular lips are integral parts of layer 18. According to another form of construction, engagement elements 40 can be constituted by grooves formed in the body of core 16.
Extraction gripper 30 also includes at least one and preferably two support pieces 36 disposed between arms 31 and capable of coming in contact with layer 18 when extraction gripper 30 is brought into engagement with applicator roller 15, while on the other hand elements 40 cooperate with fingers 34 (FIGS. 4 and 6). In the example shown in FIGS. 3 and 6, support pieces 36 are constituted by extremities of piece 33.
FIGS. 7 and 8 show a preferred alternative embodiment of the invention in which applicator roller 15 is mounted to be displaceable on, and relative to, case 1 between a working position in which a wax film is to be applied and in which applicator roller 15 extends within upper extremity 11b of reservoir 2, and a position for clearing, or unblocking, upper extremity 11b in order to permit refilling of reservoir 2. Roller 15 is fixed to a slide member 50 which is slidable in the direction of axis x-x' within case 1 and preferably on head 11 that forms the upper part of case 1. Slide member 50 includes two legs 51 extending substantially parallel to one another, and rigidly connected together in positions of mutual opposition via a crosspiece 52. Each leg 51 is provided at its upper end with a through-hole 53 oriented to support a respective bearing 17 of applicator roller 15.
Slide member 50 is intended to be inserted into the body of case 1, with legs 51 sliding against the internal faces of head 11, as can be seen from a consideration of FIG. 8. Each of legs 51 has a central part provided with a blocking tongue 58 forming an integral part of its associated leg 51. Each tongue 58 terminates at its upper extremity in a free edge 54 which is bent in the direction toward axis x-x'. Each free edge 54 is intended to engage, when slide member 50 is in its lowered, or retracted, working position, and inclined surface 55 formed in the lower part of head 11 in order to block slide member 50 in that position. Blocking tongues 58 have a sufficient elasticity to deform in the direction of axis x-x' and permit, upon gripping of applicator roller 15, retraction of edges 54 past surfaces 55, followed by sliding of slide member 50 in the direction of arrow f1 of FIG. 8 out of upper extremity 11b up to its upper disengagement or clearing position. Advantageously, slide member 50 is provided, toward the lower end of each leg 51, with a respective external abutment 56 adapted to engage head 11 adjacent surfaces 55 when slide member 50 is in its upper position, to thereby prevent complete removal of slide member 50 from reservoir 2. Such an arrangement does not reduce the transmission of thermal energy to core 16, because in the working position, bearings 17 are supported by columns 57 arranged in head 11.
An applicator for meltable, or hot melt, products according to the invention functions in the following manner.
The user proceeds first of all to extract applicator roller 15 in order to obtain access to the interior of reservoir 2 in order to assure filling with depilatory wax via top opening 2b. In order to do this, the extraction can take place manually or with the aid of extraction gripper 30. In the latter case, the user grips, between their fingers, arms 31 and lightly separates them in opposition to the restoring force exerted by piece 33. Extraction gripper 30 is then placed on applicator roller 15 in a manner such that arms 31 enclose the lateral faces of applicator roller 15 (FIG. 4). Each finger 34 thus cooperates with a respective element 40 with which it is associated. By releasing the manual force on arms 31, they then come to firmly grip elements 40 by means of each finger 34. The user can then slide bearings 17 along reservoir 20 and extract applicator roller 15 by producing a force greater than the elasticity of the lateral arms of clips 21. After having proceeded with filling of reservoir 2, applicator roller 15 is reinstalled by a series of operations inverse to those described above, support pieces 36 permitting transmission to bearings 17 of the force necessary to spread apart, at the level of narrowed region 22 of the lateral arms of clip 21.
After connection of the applicator to an electric power source, the wax becomes progressively softer and less viscous and the user can then place applicator roller 15 in contact with the surface from which hair is to be removed in order to permit flow of liquified wax upon layer 18. Upon completion of application of depilatory wax, the user can, for example to perform a cleaning operation, extract applicator roller 15 with the aid of extraction gripper 30 by performance of the steps described earlier herein. Use of an extraction gripper 30 eliminates the need to make direct manual contact with applicator roller 15 which is still coated with a certain quantity of depilatory wax, and also permits applicator roller 15 to be put down without risk of soiling surrounding surfaces by placing feet 35 of extraction gripper 30 on a support surface.
The invention also concerns an applicator assembly for meltable products including in combination a meltable product applicator as well as an extraction gripper 30. In addition, the applicator assembly can include a base (not shown) for supporting and storing the applicator as well as the gripper. Advantageously, the base can be provided with a timer, in particular with an audible signal generator, permitting the user, after having connected the applicator to an electric power source, to keep track of the average time necessary for melting of the depilatory wax.
By way of a modification of that which has been described above, it is possible to not form extraction gripper 30 as an element separate from the applicator, such as shown in FIG. 3, but rather to integrate extraction gripper 30 into a cap 45 for closing the applicator head, as shown in FIG. 5. In this modified form of construction, extraction gripper 30 is fixed to cap 45 and is provided on its lateral arms with push buttons 46 passing through openings in cap 45 so as to be capable of being actuated by the user. Buttons 46 permit, when one wishes to extract the applicator roller, fingers 34 to be moved in order to permit engagement thereof with elements 40. The removability of applicator roller 15 is then obtained by simultaneous extraction of cap 45 and applicator roller 15. The extraction of cap 45 can be obtained without extracting applicator roller 15 by not acting on buttons 46.
In FIG. 5, gripper 30 is shown in the condition where buttons 46 are being actuated, i.e. being pushed horizontally toward one another. When buttons 46 are not being actuated, fingers 34 will be displaced away from engagement with elements 40.
This application relates to subject matter disclosed in French Application number 93 07341, filed on Jun. 14, 1993, the disclosure of which is incorporated herein by reference.
While the description above refers to particular embodiments of the present invention, it will be understood that many modifications may be made without departing from the spirit thereof. The accompanying claims are intended to cover such modifications as would fall within the true scope and spirit of the present invention.
The presently disclosed embodiments are therefore to be considered in all respects as illustrative and not restrictive, the scope of the invention being indicated by the appended claims, rather than the foregoing description, and all changes which come within the meaning and range of equivalency of the claims are therefore intended to be embraced therein.
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Young (Sophomore, Center, Fountain Valley, Ca.), gained second-team All-League honors while Nelson (Junior, Attacker, Murray, Ut) was accorded Honorable Mention status.
Young gained All-League honors for a second year while Nelson was recognized for the first time in her CSUN career by the Big West Conference.
Young scored 50 goals in 2013, second-best on the Matadors and was among the top scorers in the conference. Young scored two or more goals in14 games including a career-high five goals against Occidental (3/2/13). Young's 29 field blocks were second-best on the Matadors, and her .355 shooting percentage (50-for-141) was fourth-best among CSUN players.
Young also collected 39 steals (#4 on the Matadors) and 29 field blocks, second-best on the team.
Nelson ranked fifth in the Big West Conference in scoring, and the top scorer on the Matadors with 70 goals, sixth-best for a single season in school history, and only ten goals short of the school record.
Nelson also added a team-leading 56 assists (fifth-best for a single season in school history), third in field blocks with 25 (fourth-best in CSUN history), and third in steals with 38.
Nelson, earlier this year, tied a school record with seven goals against Sonoma State (1/27/13). The original school record was set by Chari Christopher against Wagner (3/13/03) and Whitley Delgado against Cal State Bakersfield (2/12/11).
Nelson's shooting percentage (.432, 70-for-162) was second-best on the Matadors while her 162 shooting attempts ranked fourth-best in school history.
Monica Eggens of Hawai'i was named the 2013 Big West Player of the Year. UCSB's Samantha Murphy was voted Big West Freshman of the Year. Maureen Cole of Hawai'i was named Big West Coach of the Year.
#5 Lindsy Nelson, Attacker, Junior, Murray, Ut.
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#6 Marisa Young, Center, Sophomore, Fountain Valley, Ca.
Scored 50 goals, second-best on the Matadors and eleventh-best in the Big West Conference … Scored a career-high five goals against Occidental (3/2/13) … Scored two or more goals in 14 games … A shooting percentage of .355 … Collected 29 field blocks, second-best on the team … Her 39 steals included three steals against UC San Diego (1/26/13), Concordia (2/2/13), Occidental (3/14/13), UC San Diego (3/16/13) and UCSB (4/19/13) … Her 29 assists included three assists against Sonoma State (1/27/13), UC San Diego (2/10/13) and Indiana (3/17/13) … Has 115 career goals, tenth-best in school history … Has 308 shooting attempts in two seasons at CSUN, seventh-best in school history … Her 141 field goal attempts in 2013 was eleventh-best for a single season in CSUN history … A career shooting percentage of .373 (115-for-308) is ninth-best in school history.


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ITHACA. N.Y.--Cornell is "pushing rapidly" to solicit funds from the federal and state governments and private industry for a new biotechnology institute on campus, Provost W. Keith Kennedy said recently.
The university first announced plans to set up the institute at a Board of Trustees meeting last May, and Kennedy discussed more details of the initiative during a speech last week at a regional workshop on university-industry cooperation.
The institute would be a joint venture between Cornell and four or five corporations willing to invest approximately $1 million each in the institute over an initial five-year period Patents secured by the institute would be held exclusively by the university, but the sponsoring corporations would be granted royalty free licenses to use them.
Kennedy said the university is currently negotiating with several prospective corporate partners, adding that Cornell has received "encouraging responses" He declined' to identify the corporations involved
The institute's primary purpose is to "expand knowledge" through basic research that later can be exploited through development and application by the participating corporations, Kennedy said.
Kennedy estimated that 40-45 faculty members would be involved with the institute, primarily from the Section of Biochemistry. Molecular and Cell Biology, as well as the Section of Genetics and Development and the disciplines of animal and plant science, The Cornell Daily Sun, the campus newspaper, reported recently.
University estimates indicate that the institute would have an annual operating budget of approximately $15 million Of this amount, $4 million would be provided by Cornell, from endowned and statutory funds, for faculty salaries and support services.
Another $4 million would come from the sponsoring corporations, while the rest would be provided through federal grants and contracts.


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I tried the "no face washing experiment" a couple years back and it was horrible!
No Face Washing Experiment
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Posted 24 August 2014 - 09:31 AM
I tried the "no face washing experiment" a couple years back and it was horrible!
i woud try it again, maybe back then ur acne was purely hormonal, but if its been years i would try again just to see if ur causing ur own acne or alteast most of it
Posted 26 August 2014 - 07:13 PM
so today in football i just sparyaed a shit ton of water on my face because at this point i dont give a fuck and i know i'll most likely be clear in a year or so since thats when all my cousins cleared up, so yeah im just gonna wash my face like every 2 or 3 days whatever i feel like it but not care at the same time. if i have acne so be it i dont even fucking care anymore.
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The heavy-duty (HD) line of 2007 Silverados has been totally redone (although the previous-generation model-dubbed the "classic"-also exists for 2007). New interior and exterior changes, helping to differentiate the HD from its light-duty counterparts, are accompanied by upgraded gasoline and diesel powerplants and a new 6-speed automatic transmission.
Chevrolet has long been a leader in providing consumers with a line of pickup trucks capable of handling heavy-duty tasks, and the new line of 2007 Silverado HD trucks raises the bar even higher. Compared with its light-duty counterparts, the HDs typically offer beefier suspensions, higher-capacity brakes, extra horsepower and torque, and numerous other heavy-duty components and systems that combine to give the HDs unparalleled payload and towing capacities. Other 2007 distinctions include a higher-raked, 57-degree windshield designed to reduce wind noise and improve fuel efficiency; tighter gaps between body panels-the most noteworthy being a 50 percent reduction in the gap between the cab and cargo box; larger door handles to accommodate glove-clad hands; and larger front recovery hooks.
Heavy-duty Silverados come in two models: three-quarter-ton 2500HD and one-ton 3500HD. Both are available in WT, LT1, LT2, and LTZ trim, each featuring specific appearance and interior packages. Customers can choose between three cab configurations (regular, extended, and crew cab), two cargo box lengths (6-foot 6-inch and 8-foot), and five wheelbase lengths. The 3500HD also offers a dual-rear-wheel configuration. Safety features include dual-stage frontal air bags, seat belt pre-tensioners, electronic rear park assist, tire-pressure monitoring, and remote starting.
The 2007 Silverado HD sports a new, Gen-IV 6.0-liter V-8 gasoline engine that delivers what Chevrolet touts as best-in-class horsepower (353) and torque (373 lb.-ft.). It features variable valve timing for improved performance and fuel economy, which is further enhanced by mating the engine to a new 6-speed automatic transmission equipped with manual-shift capability. Chevrolet also offers a cleaner, more powerful version of the Duramax 6.6-liter turbo-diesel that now puts out 365 hp and 660 lb.-ft. of torque. The diesel is paired with a 6-speed Allison 1000 automatic transmission. Both powertrains come with a 5-year/100,000-mile warranty.
The Competition
The Chevrolet Silverado HD competes in the Large Pickup segment, which consists of seven models. Buyers in this segment look for performance, comfort, and reliability, according to the J.D. Power and Associates 2006 Avoider StudySM and the Escaped Shopper Study.SM
The top sellers in the segment during calendar year 2006, according to the J.D. Power and Associates Sales Report,SM were the Ford F-Series (764,198 units sold, including Super Duty models), Chevrolet Silverado (636,069, including Heavy Duty and Classic models), and Dodge Ram Pickup (364,177, including Heavy Duty models). The Chevrolet Silverado/HD/Classic's 636,069 sales in 2006 represent a decrease of 9.9 percent compared to the previous year. Other models offered in the Large Pickup segment include the GMC Sierra/Sierra Classic (light- and heavy-duty models), Toyota Tundra, Nissan Titan, and Chevrolet Avalanche.
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August 2, 2015
Brenham police are working to find a burglar who broke into a pharmacy and stole prescription drugs.
Employees at Kenjura's Pharmacy on Park Street reported the break-in on Monday. Police say a side door to the pharmacy had been forced open.
Pharmacists reported that some Phinegran pain killers with Codeine and Metformin, a drug used to control blood sugar levels in diabetics had been stolen.
Brenham police also say they're investigating an attempted burglary at another pharmacy.
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cancer 1
noun[mass noun]
- Members suffer from illnesses such as cancer, heart disease, diabetes and asthma.
- Denos died last Wednesday after a long battle against cancer and the lung disease emphysema.
- This may predispose people to conditions such as cancer and heart disease.
- Most stomach cancers form a tumour or an ulcer in the inner lining of the stomach.
- In almost all bladder cancers, the cancer cells show a loss of part of the long arm of chromosome number 9.
- In almost all cancers, the cancer cells are found to have a mutation in one or more genes.
- Depression is a cancer of the soul, it eats away at the core of who you are and replaces it with doubt and pain and fear.
- Those people are a cancer in our society and they deserve to be in jail.
- the financial services industry is like a cancer in our society.
Old English, from Latin, 'crab or creeping ulcer', translating Greek karkinos, said to have been applied to such tumours because the swollen veins around them resembled the limbs of a crab. canker was the usual form until the 17th century Compare with Cancer.
The pattern of swollen veins around malignant tumours gave them the name cancer because they looked like the limbs of a crab—cancer in Latin. In English canker (Middle English) was the usual form for the disease until the 17th century, when canker became the term for various plant diseases. The medical term carcinoma (early 18th century) comes from karkinos, Greek for 'crab'.
Words that rhyme with cancerromancer
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- Traditionally, the caring professions attract sun-sign Cancers, but professions connected with the past also appeal greatly, as does cookery.
- I'm a Cancer, I hate avocados and most animals, and I'm in a band you've never heard of called The Like.
- Unlike most Cancers, natives of this Sun-Moon sign do not feel the need to guard their emotions.
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tropic of Cancer
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- (sense 2).Example sentences
- True, a few Cancerians pretend they're curmudgeons; but even you'll realise life is easier - and more fun - if you wear your heart on your sleeve.
- A Cancerian can be highly emotional and moody at this point.
- Thanks to this remarkable service, I was able to determine that I'm not really a Cancerian at all, but a Scorpio.
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No matter how good it is, Apple's iPad is still a Pad and everyone that has owned a Pad can tell you that it is really hard to type on a screen, especially long texts. Of Course Apple gives you the opportunity to connect a Bluetooth keyboard, but bringing a keyboard with you kills the meaning of the Pad itself, nevertheless the additional budget and weight that you need to worry about. Some companies tried some inventions, some were good, some were bad, but not so good as the ZaggMate.
The first thing that separates ZaggMate from the competition is the material from which it is made, it is has a lower side made out of aluminum with almost the same color as the iPad. The main reason for a gadget like this is to protect the screen of your favorite toy, so when you put it together, the two sides that are facing outwards would be aluminum, making an aluminum shell. When you put the iPad in the slot it has two distancers, which shield it from touching the keyboard.
Of Course this is only half of its purpose. Inside there is a very well made keyboard with similar characteristics as a notebook keyboard. It is not too small, but the direction keys are something that you have to get used to. Except for the regular keys, there is a full multimedia control (Play, Pause, Next and Previous), also a Search, Sleep and Home button. The well-made support gives you the opportunity to put your iPad in a Landscape mod and in Portrait, which comes handy in many occasions.
ZaggMate has a battery that will last for at least a month in a stand-by mode. There is an opening on the bottom of the device that will allow the iPad to charge, even while inside the shell. Next to this there is a microUSB port, for charging the ZaggMate.
It is on the market at the moment in USA and in many countries around the world and the price is between 80 and 110 euros. It comes in versions for iPad and iPad 2.


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Luke Teague is a student in OTC's Funeral Service Education Program and works as an apprentice at Thomas Poteet & Son Funeral Directors in Augusta. He will graduate from OTC in May. His plans are to manage a funeral home and possibly own one.
He wasn't always in the funeral business. For four years he worked at radio stations in Athens and Atlanta and earned a journalism degree from the University of Georgia. He started working part-time at a funeral home then decided to make it his full-time career.
In accepting his award at Wednesday's luncheon ceremony Teague said he is excited to represent Ogeechee Tech, to tell people about the school and advocate support for the Technical College System.
February 18 he will compete for the regional GOAL title in Macon then the state title later.
Teague was nominated for the title by Michele Rupar, OTC's Funeral Service Program Director. He was among four finalists. The others were Lauren Hendry, diagnostic medical sonography, Sarah Mosley, health information technology and Tolethya "Kandi" Quillet, geographic information systems.


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by Des Ryan
If you don't have an AIS yet, or are ready to get a new one, it's worth considering the world's first wireless AIS receiver, which links with all the latest iPhones, iPad or other iTouch devices, giving you a greater flexibility of movement than you would have with a normal receiver.
iAIS with iPhone and iPad
Digital Yacht has been doing well with their new innovations on the market, notably the http://www.sail-world.com/cruising/canada/New-Product-Feature:--AIT-2000-from-Digital-Yacht/89007!AIT2000, which we featured a couple of months ago, and now this little beauty.
It's significant too, that they are one of the chosen nominations for a DAME design award, up there with 43 other products which have been selected as the finalists from 130 products that were entered.
So how does the iAIS work?
It's simple. First you have to buy the dual channel AIS receiver, which has an integrated 802.11b+g wireless access point. Then you get the free app downloadable from the Apple App Store, giving you access to a whole new generation of mobile devices.
iAIS also multiplexes any other NMEA data that is available on board the boat - for instance GPS, depth, speed and wind etc. All of this data is combined with the AIS data into a single wireless feed, that becomes available on any compatible application. By using the boat's own GPS, even an iTouch or iPad that does not have an internal GPS can now be used for navigation and superior performance will also be seen on an iPhone, which some users have complained suffers from jitter or poor lock-on with its internal GPS.
As well as sending data wirelessly, the iAIS also has an NMEA0183 and USB interface so that you can output data to a PC (via USB) and a dedicated plotter (via NMEA) for larger installations.
The free iAIS app is available from the App store and is a simple AIS display program. However, one word of warning, the iAIS can only access one device at a time. For a more sophisticated system that will access more than one device, you would have to go to the http://www.digitalyacht.co.uk/product_info.php?products_id=11665!Boatranet system
Of the nomination for the DAME design award, Digital Yacht CEO said, as you would expect him to, 'We're really delighted to have been short-listed for the DAME Awards. Just being nominated is extremely credible and highlights Digital Yacht as an innovative brand that is in touch with new technology and trends. The entire team is dedicated to producing products that are forward thinking and competitively priced.'
For more information, prices and availability on Digital Yacht's products, http://www.digitalyacht.co.uk/index.php!click_here.


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MTV – Corporate Stationery Design by Motherbirdby Dirk Petzold on Jan 28, 2013 • 10:43 No Comments
Fresh Stationery Design.
Melbourne, Australia-based creative design studio Motherbird was commissioned by MTV to create a refreshed new corporate stationery kit. The design team used 2 different photocopies and 2 words for each MTV staff member. The typeface of the bold handwritten style was printed with fluorescent inks.


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It is frightening having a man as ignorant as Obama as president. This statement is on the heels of the remarks he made last week while Polish officials were visiting the White House which showed total ineptitude and a lack of any knowledge of the facts regarding the topic. An apology had to be issued by the U.S. government.
Gov. Wallace received one third of the vote in the Wisconsin Democrat primary in 1964, startling President Johnson and his fellow liberal Democrats.
Excellent comments by FancyFace.
I agree the use of "private parts" is kind of sophomoric. On the other hand, he is still legally married and was in bed with his girlfriend at his mother's house. I presume she can now use the charge of adultery in the divorce proceedings.
It is a widely known fact that much of prison violence is racially motivated. Prisoners self-segregate themselves racially when given the free choice. When the races are forced to intermingle in prison, violence increases. Ergo, the solution to some of the prison violence would be to keep the races segregated.
More and more evidence that the government needs to get out of the education business. Government school have a pitifully poor academic record and are fiscally inept. And then, think of the children who have to sit in school for hours daily, with these idiots in control of their lives.
Prisoners segregate themselves racially when given freedom of choice. But there is still a highly significant part of this prison violence that is racially motivated because prisoners are forced to mix racially. That part of the violence could be totally eliminated by total segregation of the races in prison.
The ultimate welfare of the citizenry will be accomplished when government is in conformity with the social kingship of Our Lord Jesus Christ.
Jesse has lost what little credibility he ever had. He is a professional hater and will do whatever it takes to keep his bank account full.
Surely people do not put too much importance in the rantings of the $PLC.
Why can't people see the obvious? This is a demographic crisis of major proportions. As a population aborts and contracepts itself into extinction, there are fewer and fewer customers. This has nothing to do with race but with a demoralized society that will not even reproduce enough children to replace itself.
So called "marriage" between two people of the same sex is an impossibility in the world of reality. It carries no spiritual or metaphysical reality. It is an action devoid of real meaning.
It will be interesting to see how the black racists, Jackson and Sharpton, minimize or explain the fact that their poor, innocent victim was involved in illegal substance abuse.
The black racists like J. Jackson and Sharpton have had their day by inflaming racial hatred. Now the truth begins to emerge about about what really happened between Mr. Zimmerman and Martin.
How does a money grubbing, discredited organization such as the $PLC have the moral authority to tell anybody what to do about anything?
One must realize that diversity is one of the greatest weaknesses in this or any country. It is always a source of strife and conflict. We must beware as the current federal government and secular humanistic, formerly Christian churches try to indoctrinate us to believe otherwise
You can have diversity or civilization but you cannot have both. Contrary to what we are taught by the government, diversity is not a strength. It is perhaps one of greatest weaknesses.
Unborn babies are not safe here either.
Anthing that can be done by the Legislature to close abortuaries and stem the tide of the killings that take place in them is worthwhile.
You can have either civilization or diversity but you cannot have both.


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Fire heavily damages house
By CURTIS JOHNSON
HUNTINGTON -- An early morning house fire destroyed a significant portion of a house Monday in the 1800 block of Jefferson Avenue.
Dispatchers received word of the fire at 1 a.m. Witnesses described seeing the flames from a block away, as is typically the case on a clear night in the city, said Huntington Deputy Fire Chief Ralph Rider.
The deputy chief credited crews with quickly extinguishing the flames. He said early indications are the fire started at the front of the house, however a cause has not been determined. It remains under investigation.
Rider estimated about 50 percent of the house, mainly its front half, sustained fire damage. Remaining portions received smoke and water damage.
No injuries were reported. Indications were the house was for sale, and nobody was home at the time. It was unclear as to how long the residence had been vacant.
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Looks like Charles Esten has fallen for a costar ...
Meet Blue, the actor's recently adopted yellow Lab, who starred as his dog last season on Nashville. Onscreen, the dog was a gift to his character, Deacon Claybourne, from Hayden Panettiere's country vixen Juliette Barnes. Though Deacon gave the dog away to a love interest (played by Susan Misner), Esten was not prepared to say goodbye to that sweet face.
While filming the show earlier this year, he decided to welcome the pup into his own family, which includes his three kids with wife Patty.
"'Member Deacon's puppy named Sue? Well now he's my dog ... Blue! #firstpetever #memberofthefamilynow," Esten Tweeted Monday, sharing a cute photo of himself holding Blue as a puppy.
This week, the entire Esten clan celebrated its newest member's first major milestone at home in Nashville. "It's extremely possible that my family and I have gone overboard on our dog's birthday," he Tweeted, posting a pic of Blue mulling a bowl of kibble with a candle placed inside of it.
We bet there's plenty more celebrating to come!
The Daily Treat: Nashville's Charles Esten Brings Home His Onscreen Dog
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News Section: State Government
Florida Legislature Ups Child Seatbelt Requirement
BRADENTON – Florida lawmakers passed legislation this week requiring children to be properly restrained through age five. Florida has had the weakest child passenger safety law in the country with children four and older essentially treated as adults, with the only requirement being that they wear a seatbelt.
AAA applauded the legislation.
"Safety belts are designed for adults and do not fit properly on young children," said Kevin Bakewell, Sr. Vice President AAA Public Affairs. "AAA is pleased that state legislators are taking action to protect children by requiring they be properly restrained in an appropriate safety seat."
Motor vehicle injuries are the leading cause of death among children in the U.S. Currently 48 states require children to be restrained in a booster seat once they have outgrown their car seat. This is the fourteenth year AAA and many other stakeholders advocated for this change.
"While this legislation does not cover all children who need to be restrained, it is a step in the right direction," said Bakewell. "It is difficult to comprehend why the bill has not passed in previous years. Protecting our children is basic Traffic Safety 101. On matters of public safety, Florida's parents look to public policy for solid guidance. That's why improving this law is so important."
AAA, the American Academy of Pediatrics and National Highway Traffic Safety Administration recommend that children who have outgrown their five point harness car seat by weight or height use a booster seat until they reach the height of 4'9" (typically between the ages of 8-12).
A booster seat simply "boosts" a child up and allows for proper placement of the lap and shoulder belt, which is crucial for safety during a crash.
Without a booster seat, safety belts improperly cross over a child's soft stomach and neck which can lead to serious debilitating injuries in the event of a crash. Use of booster seats can reduce injuries by 45 percent compared to using an adult safety belt alone.
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Morningside police clerk terminated over alleged ticket-fixing
There's an expanding scandal in one Prince George's County town, where a former clerk is accused of fixing her own red-light camera tickets, and more.
The investigation began when Morningside police Chief Eugene Mills noticed irregularities in the town's red-light camera system. Mills says he suspected that the police department's clerk was deleting tickets issued by a camera set up along Allentown Road in front of Joint Base Andrews.
According to multiple sources, a months-long Maryland State Police investigation concluded that the clerk, Regina Foster, had indeed fixed tickets for herself and others, including her husband. She was fired from her clerk job on Friday.
"I can't comment on personnel matters, but the findings were theft under $1,000 and malfeasance in office," Chief Mills said. "We got good people that work here and are going to continue to have good people work here. But we're going to do it with integrity, honor and ethics."
Here's where it gets tricky for the chief, however. The Fosters are both members of the town council, meaning he works for them.
"It's not something where I'm going to stop the fight. I'm going to do what's right for the town, the residents, and the people of surrounding Prince George's County," Chief Mills said.
Charles Thompson runs an auto repair business in Morningside. He stands behind the chief.
"She needs to step down from city council," Thompson said. "It's a conflict of interest to have husband and wife on there anyway."
ABC7 tried to contact the Fosters at their home Monday, but no one answered the door.
The Prince George's State's Attorney's Office is not moving forward with a prosecution, but ABC 7 News has learned the state prosecutor is interested in the case.
The issue is expected to come to a head Tuesday evening when the Morningside Town Council meets.
People say they're going to show up and demand that Regina Foster resign form the council. Others say Foster will fight to keep her job.
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