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Apparatus for the drying and sterilizing of fabrics, the apparatus comprising a drier cabinet provided with means for suspending therein fabric articles, and with means for generating, distributing and circulating warm air for drying purposes and hot air for the sterilization of the fabric articles.
1. Apparatus for drying and sterilizing fabrics comprising:
a drier cabinet having walls;
means for suspending fabric parts in said cabinet; and
means for generating, distributing and circulating first warm air in said cabinet for drying purposes and thereafter hot air for the sterilization of the fabric parts;
means to cool said cabinet walls by causing fresh air to flow along at least a portion of the interior of said walls of said drier cabinet to cool same comprising distributing ducts in at least a portion of said walls and including at least one fresh air inlet port in at least one of said walls, said distributing ducts directing said fresh air to said means for generating, distributing and circulating first warm air, and at least one exhaust air outlet port in at least one of said walls.
2. The apparatus according to claim 1, in which said means for circulating air comprises distributing ducts in at least a portion of said walls and includes at least one fresh air inlet port and at least one exhaust air outlet port.
3. Apparatus according to claim 1, in which cold air is aspirated in a portion of said walls and passed behind said walls through passages for cooling the outer surfaces of said drier cabinet, to an opposite portion of said cabinet.
4. Apparatus according to claim 2, in which at least one of said two ports includes a controllable restriction element.
5. Apparatus according to claim 1, which produces warm air of a temperature below 100° C. for the drying operation, and hot air in a temperature range between 120° and 145° C. for the sterilizing operation.
6. Apparatus according to claim 1, in which said drier cabinet includes means for introducing a bactericidal agent.
7. Apparatus for drying and sterilizing fabrics comprising a drier cabinet, means for suspending fabric parts in said cabinet, and means for generating, distributing and circulating warm air for drying purposes and hot air for the sterilization of the fabric parts, and said means for suspending fabric parts in said drier cabinet comprising bars individually having head portions and adapted to swing about a horizontal axis and releasably locked in an approximately horizontal position, said suspending means including a hinge pin forming a horizontal pivot axis and having a circular cross-sectional profile including a notch defining an engagement surface in the side opposite from each of said bars in a horizontal position, and each bar having a bore configured, in profile, as an elongated hole having a profile axis co-extending with the bar axis, and said head portion of each bar having a detent protruding into said elongated hole of each bore at the side opposite from the bar and defining a counter engagement surface which extends in parallel with the bar axis, said hing pin having a notch and said each bar head portion having a detent comprising lock means having lock elements, and said each bar head portion having at the side opposite from the lock elements a reset element keeping the lock elements in the engaged position.
8. Apparatus according to claim 7, in which each head portion has a recess to form a yoke and which includes for each head portion a shift lever with a circular opening and disposed on said hinge pin in said recess for overcoming the resetting force of said reset element and, thus, for releasing said lock means, said shift lever being pivoted to said yoke centrally above said elongated hole and said shift lever having a manually operable actuating cam protruding above said yoke to the upper rear side thereof.
9. The apparatus according to claim 8, in which said hinge pin includes at the upper side of its profile a second notch displaced from the first-mentioned notch by 90° and defining a vertical engagement surface, which second notch comprises together with said counter engagement surface of each detent locking means preventing further pivoting of said each bar beyond the vertical position when said each bar is pivoted to a vertical position.
10. Apparatus according to claim 7, which includes a plurality of hinge pins adapted to be shifted from a position within the cabinet to a position outside the cabinet.
The present invention relates to an apparatus and a method for drying and sterilizing fabrics.
As known, none of the most modern automatic washing machines is capable of boiling the laundry, as has been practice in former times, and thereby eliminating a major part of the bacteria. All of these washing machines, even when set to "boiling laundry", stop before the boiling process as such, i.e. prior to reaching a temperature of 100° C.
A major part of the laundry (pieces of cloth), primarily the constant by increasing portion of delicate mixed fiber fabrics, is washed in part at temperatures of as as low as 30°, 40°, 50° or 60° C., because these delicate fabrics cannot withstand higher temperatures under the mechanical strains imposed by the washing process, i.e. by the agitation.
For the same reason, none of the conventional rotary driers is capable of drying highly delicate fabrics, such as of pure wool or polyacryl. Further, these driers are specifically provided with a lower heating stage for drying at only from 50° to 60° C., for less delicate mixed fiber fabrics.
Accordingly, in spite of the fully automatic washing machines of most sophisticated design and of the electric rotary driers, no housewife is in a position to render her laundry to be in a biologically and hygienically properly clean state, namely also in a sterile state. As known, it is quite easy to become infected with mycosis of the feet or the most varied carriers or exciters in steam baths, swimming pools, hotels or on other occasions, while the germs or the like existing in the laundry cannot be eliminated even by a washing process or by most modern rotary drier treatment.
Therefore, in clinical applications and doctor's offices, all doctor's and nurse's coats or smocks, towels and other fabrics used in this field must be folded in inconvenient manner after the normal washing and drying process, and sterilized in a separate sterilization apparatus under well-known conditions at sterilizing temperatures of about or above 125° C.
Here, the synthetic fibers subjected to the sterilizing temperature in a folded state of the fabric tend to suffer from embrittlement and from fiber breaks at the positions of the folds when they are being unfolded. Another drawback is the expense of work for removing the dried clothes from the rotary drier, smoothening and folding them and packing them in layers into the sterilizer. Also, the clothes must be removed and unfolded after the sterilization.
An apparent proposal of improvement according to which the clothes are subjected to sterilization at elevated temperature in the rotary drier following the drying step, has been found to be impracticable because the fibers of delicate fabrics are upset, broken and thereby permanently damaged due to the intense motion or agitation processes and the resulting abrasion phenomena.
It is the object of the present invention to overcome the indicated restrictions and difficulties by providing an apparatus and a method by which it becomes possible to perform the drying and sterilizing operations of delicate synthetic fiber or mixed fiber fabrics without any problem and in easy manner, while preserving the fabrics to a maximum degree. The expense of work required herefor is to be reduced significantly. An apparatus contemplated to carry out these operations should be adapted to be operated in easy and uncomplicated manner, have a low energy consumption, and be adapted to be produced economically.
According to the invention, this object is solved in an apparatus for the drying and sterilizing of fabrics in that said apparatus comprises a drier cabinet including means for suspending therein fabric parts, and means for generating, distributing and especially circulating warm air for drying purposes and hot air for the sterilization of the fabric parts.
Advantageously, this structure allows saving a substantial portion of the formerly required work of clearing the drier, smoothening, folding and reloading the fabric into the sterilizer.
As both the drying operation and the sterilizing operation may be performed substantially without subjecting the fabric to motion (agitation), wrinkling or folding, most careful treatment of the fabric is achieved, especially when the sterilizing step is performed immediately after the drying in the drier cabinet.
This provides for optimum sterilizing results because the articles of cloth are prevented from being touched by human hand or contacted with unsterilized atmosphere in the period between the washed and the sterilized state. Besides, primary energy and, further, time and manpower are saved owing to the direct transition from the drying to the sterilizing operation. The smocks or coats and linen are kept smooth; besides, in contrast with the sterilization in a folded state, the clothes have the hot air flowing through them more evenly and therefore more effectively, so as to become sterilized in the shortest period of time possible.
In order to prevent the casing of the cabinet from becoming too hot, filtered fresh air aspirated through at least one intake port may be passed through both outer sides and also through the rear wall and the front door for cooling purposes. This structural extra expense is more than compensated for by the more intense heat exchange. In such case, the discharge of exhaust air is effected expediently through at least one opening in the bottom or in the top wall of the cabinet.
It is further contemplated that for the step-wise or incremental production of warm air for drying purposes and hot air for sterilizing purposes within a heater register through which air flows, such heater register is operated with unvaried energy input or unvaried heating capacity, respectively, and has air flowing there through at different rates of flow. This is achieved, for example, in that for the sterilization the aspiration of fresh air to (be admixed to) the circulating hot air, and/or the discharge of exhaust air from the circulating hot air is/are at least substantially restricted. Advantageously, this measure both saves energy and prevents the entry of non-sterilized ambient air.
Another possibility resides in that the blower includes means for adjusting the rate of air supply, preferably in at least two steps. Reducing the rate of air supply allows obtaining an extended residence time of the air while flowing through the heater register, and thus improved heat exchange, and, consequently, an increase in temperature of the circulated air. In view of the fact that in the sterilizing process, unlike the drying process, the quantity of the circulated hot air may be greatly reduced anyhow, the reduction of the rate of feed of the blower in the production of hot air constitutes and ingeniously simple measure which, besides, may be realized at a minimum of expense of technical means.
Preferably, the drier cabinet is designed so that the drying may be performed at warm air temperatures of below 100° C., and sterilization may take place at hot air temperatures in the range of between 120° and 145° C., preferably between 125° and 135° C. When performing the sterilization in the drier cabinet with the articles being in a hanging or suspended state, a sterilizing temperature of the upper practicable limit may be used with advantage, because owing to the careful treatment the fabrics are not subjected to any further undue strains, such as agitation, wrinkling, etc., aside from the temperature action.
In extreme instances, however, the measure may be used by which the hot air has added thereto as bactericidal substances in the form of glases, vapors or aerosols, for example, halogenated hydrocarbons, such as carbon tetrachloride, trichloroethylene and the like. It is further possible to admix to the hot air, chlorine, preferably by spraying chlorinated water into the hot air.
The measure of auxiliarily using bactericidal substances is advisable when, due to a maximum delicate nature of the fabric (textile) fibers, it would not be expedient to perform the sterilization at the requisite temperature limit of, for example, 125° C. Accordingly, the addition of bactericidal substances manner permits to carry out an effective sterilization at a low temperature level while providing for as careful as possible a treatment of the fabric.
Advantageously the means for suspending fabric parts within the drier cabinet comprise bars adapted to swing about a horizontal axis and releasably arrested or locked in an approximately horizontal position, wherein a hinge pin forming the horizontal pivot axis has a circular profile (cross-section) including a notch defining an engagement surface in the side opposite from a horizontally positioned bar, and the bore is configured, in profile, as an elongated or oval hole having a profile axis co-extending with the bar axis (y--y), and having a detent protruding into the elongated hole at the side opposite from the bar and defining a counter engagement or arresting surface which extends in parallel with the axis (y--y), with the notch in cooperation with the detent defining lock or latch elements of a lock means, and that a reset element keeping the lock or latch elements in the engaged position is provided in the head portion at the side opposite from the lock or latch elements of the elongated hole.
This solution results in the most simple configuration conceivable of the pivotable rods or bars for suspending the pieces of fabric within the drier cabinet according to the invention. Here, the provision of the engagement (arresting) surface and the counter engagement (arresting) surface profides for a perfectly regular horizontal position of the bar grid formed by swinging the bars upwards, particularly also for the reason that the resilient reset element, e.g. a spring-loaded pressure bolt or detent, urges the lock or latch elements into positive angagement. Another advantage with respect to operability results from the fact that it is no longer necessary for the heat portion to be raised for unlocking; rather, a pressure exerted by hand from the end of the bar toward the head portion is sufficient to unlock the latch.
According to another essential embodiment of the invention, for overcoming the resetting force of the reset element and, thus, for releasing the lock means, a shift lever is slid with a circular opening onto the hinge pin in the recess of the yoke, the shift lever being pivoted to the yoke in a joint positioned centrally above the elongated hole, and formed with a manually operable actuating cam protruding above the yoke to the rear upper side. This cam is preferably formed with a cupshaped enlargement to form an operating key, and clearly marked by a color marking in a signal color, preferably in red.
This results in a highly uncomplicated operability readily understandable to everybody without special instruction, thereby to virtually prevent misoperation or damage. Of special advantage is the dual operability during swinging or folding the bars down, which results from the fact that unlocking may be effected either by pressure applied to the free end of the bar, or by operating the actuating key by finger pressure.
Another advantageous embodiment resides in that the hinge pin includes at the upper side of its profile a second notch being displaced from the notch by 90° and defining a vertical engagement surface, which second notch defines together with the counter engagement surface of the detent a locking means preventing further pivoting (of the bar) beyond the vertical position when the bar is pivoted to a vertical position.
This constitutes an improvement over prior constructions in which the bar in the course of swinging down, when inattentively operated, might strike agains the cabinet wall and thereby cause at least substantial noise or even damage.
In order to facilitate as far as possible the suspending of the fabrics from the bars, it is further contemplated that the hinge pin equipped with bars, or an assembly of a plurality of hinge pins, are adapted to be shifted separately or commonly from a position within the cabinet to a position outside of the cabinet, across one or more telescoping rails. Thus, the entire bar assembly may be drawn out from the cabinet and freely hung with pieces of cloth.
A further improvement of these structures is achieved in that at least two hinge pins, equipped with bars and joined to telescoping bars through vertical struts, are formed as assembly group or module adapted to be prefabricated for installation in the drier cabinet.
By connecting the superposed hinge pins or the bar assembly to form a rigid frame, both the stability of the bar assemblies adapted to be drawn out from the cabinet is substantially improved, and the manufacturing and assembly work is greatly facilitated and thereby rendered more economical and efficient.
Preferably, the hinge pins are extruded light-metal hollow profiles (sections), and the bars comprise U-sections formed from fiberglass-reinforced, temperature resistant plastics material and having depending legs and a semi-circular back (upper side), which bars taper toward the free end, similar to beams of identical bending strength, and are provided with a nose or lug on the free end thereof. Likewise, the shift gate may be preferably a plastic molded part.
In a particularly advantageous embodiment, the drier cabinet described above is operated in accordance with a method wherein the air for drying and sterilizing is, in part, passed in circulation.
The invention is described below in a preferred embodiment with reference to drawings, with the drawings showing further advantageous details of the invention.
In detail, in the drawings:
FIG. 1 shwos a drier cabinet according to the invention for drying and sterilizing fabrics;
FIG. 2 shows an embodiment of the drier cabinet according to the invention with modified air guiding means;
FIG. 3 is a perspective view of a device for suspending pieces of fabric within the drier cabinet, including a hinge pin having a series of pivotally slid-on laundry rods or bars, with four bars being in a horizontal position to define a holding grid, and one bar assuming a downwardly swung vertical position;
FIG. 4 is a sectional view of a hinge assembly;
FIG. 5 is a plan view of a hinge assembly;
FIG. 6 shows a hinge assembly in the unlocked position, in longitudinal section along plane IV--IV of FIG. 5;
FIG. 7 shows the hinge assembly according to FIG. 6 in the folded-down state, likewise in section along plane IV--IV;
FIG. 8 is a perspective view of a frame including frame struts and a pair of hinge pins disposed one below the other, illustrated without the bars for reasons of clarity, and drawn out from a cabinet on telescoping rails;
FIG. 9 is a side elevational view of a frame strut mounted on telescoping rails;
FIG. 10 is a side elevational view of a frame strut according to FIG. 9 with laundry bars folded down; and
FIG. 11 is a sectional view of a telescoping rail guide means, approximately to natural scale.
As illustrated in FIG. 1, the drier cabinet 1 includes in inner space 2 adapted to receive pieces of cloth in a hanging state. The drier cabinet is provided with hanger devices 16 from which pieces of cloth 17 may be hung up. Such clothes suspensions or holders for the drier cabinet have come to be known, for example, from the prior German Patent No. 21 49 873 or from the prior German patent application No. P 27 05 116, respectively, to which explicit reference is herewith made. The inner space 2 of the drier cabinet 1 is enclosed by walls 3, 4 which, in turn, are provided with air circulatin holes 5. Air outlet ports 6 are provided in the bottom wall 4. Owing to the countercurrent air conduction, as indicated by arrows in the Figure, in which the air flows evenly at every level of the inner space 2, the clothes 17 suspended therein are uniformly contracted and aerated by the air flow. The drier cabinet comprises an outer casing 7 of sheet metal or plastic. Heat exchanger walls 8 are provided between this casing and the inner walls 3. Fresh air inlet ports 10 are provided in the lower portion 9 of the outer casing 7. From these inlet ports, fresh air flows into the system of the drier cabinet 1 through fresh air ducts 11 which are defined between the casing 7 and one of the heat exchanger walls 8 each. System air flows in parallel flow (left side of the cabinet) or in countercurrent flow (right side of the cabinet) relative thereto from the interior of the cabinet through circulatin air ducts 12. A blower or fan 13 is provided in the upper portion of the drier cabinet 1, and this blower has the heater register 14 disposed downstream thereof. In the embodiment of the invention, the blower 13 is provided with a device for setting different speeds of rotation, for example, with a pole-changeable asynchronous motor for two ranges of speed of rotation. By means of the multiple-contact or stepping switch 18, the desired range of speed of rotation may be set manually by means of the switch knob 18'. On the other hand, the stepping switch 18 is connected through control line 26 to a timer mechanism 19 which permits selecting in digital manner or with the use of program cards a program of operation according to which, for example, loaded clothes 17 in their moist state after washing may be subjected initially to a drying process at warm air temperatures, and, upon termination of the drying process, to a sterilizing process at sterilization temperatures. Normally, warm air temperatures for drying may be chosen to be below 100° C., while sterilization requires a temperature of about 125° C. In order to provide warm or hot air in the first instance, the blower 13 rotates at a higher stage of speed of rotation, whereby a greater volume of air of a lower temperature is circulated. Upon initiation of the sterilization process, the blower 13 is switched to a lower speed of rotation, whereby a smaller volume of air of a higher temperature is fed. In order to prevent an upper temperature limit from being exceeded, the drier cabinet 1 is additionally equipped with an overheat (protection) switch 23. The latter includes a temperature sensor 20 for sensing the temperature of a gas (air) flow at an expedient position of the flow ducts such as, for example, within the return duct 11. This overheat (protection) switch 23 is connected to the switching relay 22 via a control line 27. This structure results in a most simple function of the overheat protection means in the go-stop-go-stop operation, whereby the heater register 14 is turned off each time the permissible upper temperature limit is reached or exceeded, and turned on again when the temperature has dropped to a permissible temperature level.
In the sterilizing operation, especially for delicate synthetic fiber fabrics, the sterilizing temperature is expediently maintained exactly within an allowable range of, for example, between 125° and 130° C. In this operation, it is advisable to greatly restrict the supply of fresh air which is desirable during the drying cycle, and at the same time also to greatly reduce the volume of system air flowing in circulation. To this end, the drier cabinet 1 designed for carrying out the sterilizing process includes shut-off dampers 24 at the air intake ports 10, as auxiliary means.
In the illustrated embodiment, these dampers are adapted to be operated automatically with the aid of electromechanical actuation means 29, preferably embodied as lifting magnets or solenoids. Control is effected by the program of the timer mechanism 19 through control lines 28. In the illustrated embodiment, these lines are shown in a purely schematic form and, in practice, self-evidently installed within the drier cabinet in the normal safe and concealed manner.
The mode of functioning of the drier cabinet 1 during the drying and sterilization of pieces of cloth 17 suspended therein, as far as it is not evident already from the preceding specification, may be explained as follows:
After clothes 17 to be dried and sterilized have been loaded into the drier cabinet 1, the latter is closed, and a corresponding program is set or selected by means of the timer mechanism 19, whereupon first the drying operation is initiated, carried out and terminated, while the sterilizing process is performed immediately thereupon. Here, drying is effected with a given drying time (period) and drying temperature as well as (drying) air volume, in the conventional manner. At the end of the drying operation, the speed of rotation of the blower 13 is reduced by means of the pole-changeable motor in accordance with a corresponding command from the program, through the stepping switch 18. Accordingly, a smaller volume of air of higher temperature is fed through the heater register 14 which is operated with unvaried energy input. Exceeding of the upper permissible temperature limit is prevented from occuring by the overheat switch 23 including the temperature sensor 20. At the same time, a corresponding control pulse of the program, supplied via the control lines 28, acts to greatly restrict or even prevent air inflow through the air intake ports 10 with the aid of the shut-off dampers 24.
In order to further activate the now circulating hot sterilizing air, an additional bactericidal agent may be admixed to the hot air flow. In the embodiment shown, the drier cabinet 1 includes to this end an ozone generating chamber 15 which is likewise controlled by the program of the timer mechanism 19 via a control line 30. Furthermore, the drier cabinet may be provided with means for introducing a desired bactericidal agent, which means is not illustrated in the drawing, however.
Of course, the provision of the ozone generating chamber is not mandatory. Further, manually operable shut-off dampers may be provided at the air intake ports 10 and also at the air outlet or exhaust ports 6, instead of the electromechanically controlled shut-off dampers 24.
According to the invention, for use as a sterilizing apparatus the drier cabinet requires only a higher expenditure of technical means, compared to its previous conventional use as an exclusive drier cabinet. Consequently, the object as outlined above is solved in an ideal manner by the apparatus described.
For the suspension of clothes, such as smocks or blouses, these articles may be hung on hangers having widened hooks such that the hangers are prevented from rotating relative to the bars.
The air guide system and the arrangement of the operating elements may be designed, even in the case of a small-size wall mounted cabinet, such that this cabinet, in case of need, may be mounted above the heat or foot end of a bathing tub.
Furthermore, the particular advantage of the cabinet resides in the fact that the risk of fire is excluded therein in spite of the high temperatures used, because flint does not deposit anywhere in the cabinet, and drying can be performed even without heating.
In order to minimize a heat loss during the drying and sterilizing operation, and thus to minimize the thermal load to the environments of the cabinet, according to FIG. 2 not only the sidewalls, but also the rear wall, the door, the top wall and the bottom wall may be formed of double sheet and include external cold air guide means. Also, the walls may be formed optionally as insulating walls.
More particularly, in such case, the cold air is drawn in or aspirated at the cabinet bottom to flow upwards within one wall of the cabinet, pass through the top wall and flow down within the opposite wall of the cabinet, to be exhausted at the upper side after having passed through the drying compartment.
Interiorly, the drier cabinet according to the invention, as appears from FIG. 3, includes a hinge assembly 101 comprising rods or bars 102, 102' for suspending there from pieces of cloth and the like. In the illustrated structure, the bars 102 are shown in the horizontal position ready to receive the pieces of cloth, whereas the bar 102' is folded down to assume a vertical position. In the hinge assembly 101, the bars 102, 102' are formed at the side adjacent the hinge, with a hub-shaped head portion 103 extending transversely of the bar axis x--x. The head portions are provided with bores 130 by which they are mounted for pivoting movement about a horizontally extending hinge pin 104, and set either to project in a horizontal position adapted to be secured by lock or latch elements, or to be folded down to the vertical position upon release of the lock. The hinge pin 104 has a circular profile with a notch 107 defining a horizontal engagement (or arresting) surface 106 and extending in parallel with its axis x--x at the side opposite from a horizontally extending bar 102. The bore 130 formed in the head portion is formed, in profile or cross-section, as an elongated or oval hole 105 having a profile axis that coincides with the bar axis y--y. At the side opposite from the bar, a detent 109 protrudes into the elongated hole 105, which detent defines a counter engagement (or arresting) surface 108 extending in parallel with the bar axis y--y.
In the horizontal position of a bar 102, the detent 109 engages the notch 107, with the detent and the notch defining engagement or arresting elements of a lock means. In this situation in which the parts engage with each other to cooperate in defining the lock means, the head portion 103 and the hinge pin 104 are retained by the action of the resilient reset element 110. Here, the engagement surface 106 and the counter engagement surface 108 are each formed such that these surfaces contact each other with planar faces when engaged with each other.
As is further apparent from the illustration of FIGS. 4 and 5, the head portion 103 is formed with a central recess 113 to constitute a yoke. In the bottom of the recess 113, a bore 135 is formed to extend in the direction of axis y--y, which bore receives the reset element 110 in the form of a thrust bolt 111 biased by a compression spring 112.
To overcome the resetting force of the reset element 110 and, thus, to release the lock, a shift lever 114 is positioned in the recess 113 of the yoke, which is slid on the hinge pin 104 with a circular opening 136 and pivotally connected to the yoke 104 through a joint 115 disposed centrally above the elongated hole 105. The shift lever 114 is formed at the upper rear and with a manually operable actuating cam 116 projecting above the yoke. This cam is provided with a cup-shaped enlargement 117 to form an operating key. Upon despressing this key by finger pressure, the key pivots about the joint 115 against the resetting force of the reset element 110, thereby to shift the hinge pin 104 relative to the bar 102 or the head portion 103 with the degree of freedom defined by the elongated hole 105, and into abutment with the bar-side end 138 of the elongated hole 105. This position of the hinge pin 104 relative to the elongated (oval) hole 105 is clearly shown in the illustration of FIG. 6. By this relative movement, the engagement surface 106 is released from the engagement with the counter engagement surface 108, and the bar 102 may be swung or folded down to the vertical position, as indicated by the arrow 139 in FIG. 6.
As can be seen from FIGS. 4 to 7, the hinge pin 104 is provided with a second notch 119 which is displaced by 90° C. from the first notch 107. According to FIG. 7, the detent 109 engages this notch in the vertical position, whereby the counter engagement surface 108 is brought into surface contact with the vertical engagement or arresting surface 118 of the second notch 119. Accordingly, in this state the bar 102 is locked in its vertical position, thereby to positively prevent overtravel beyond the vertical position and, thus, striking of the bars 102 against the inner wall of the cabinet 1.
As can be seen especially from FIGS. 3 and 5, the notches 107 and 119 are formed to extend in parallel with each other and with the axis x--x of the hinge pin 104.
Furthermore, easy operation is particularly facilitated by the fact that the operating cam 116 of the shift lever 114 is provided with a colored marking in a signal color, preferably in red. Accordingly, the "push button" which must be actuated for folding down a bar 102, 102' immediately strikes the eyes of even a most inexperienced person.
In order to facilitate hanging of the pieces of cloth from the bars 102, the hinge pin 104 provided with the bars 102, 102' is mounted in a telescoping rail guide. Here, the hinge pin 104 is fixedly mounted to the telescoping rail 122, and the wall of the cabinet 1 is fixedly connected to the telescoping rail 123. An interposed telescoping rail 124 being slidable relative to the other two telescoping rails provides for almost friction-free movement in a horizontal direction in parallel with the x--x axis until the hinge assembly 101 is drawn out fully from the interior of the cabinet 1. According to FIG. 8, a further improvement is compared to this structure is obtained in that at least two hinge pins 104, 104' form together with vertical struts 125, 125' an integrally rigid rectangular frame 128 In the illustration of FIG. 8, the bars 102, 102' have been omitted for reasons of clarity, but these bars, of course, are mounted on the hinge pins 104, 104' in the installed and assembled state. These hinge pins are each securely connected to the upper ends 126 and the lower ends 127 of the vertical struts 125, 125'. According to a further proposed embodiment, such a connection may be realized expediently when the hinge pins 104--as shown in FIG. 7--are formed as profiled extruded light-metal hollow sections. In this instance, a (not illustrated) tie rod or stay may be inserted through the opening 137 of the profile and threadingly joined to the ends 126, 127 of the vertical struts 125, 125' under a pretension. Further, the frame 128 is reinforced by cross-bars 129, 129'. These latter elements, in the example shown, are formed as telescoping rails 122, while telescoping rails 123, 123' are fixedly screwed in the interior of the cabinet 1. Joining of these telescoping rails is effected by means of telescoping intermediate rails 124, 124' in a manner being known per se. The assembly of the hinge pins 104, 104' integrated into the rigid frame 128 including the vertical struts 125, 125' constitutes, as a module, a prefabricated assembly group for installation into the drier cabinet 1. This provides for significant savings in production time and for a separate line productability of this assembly group. On the one hand, this permits to reduce production cost; on the other hand, the varying requirement with respect to the equipment of a drier cabinet with an installed bar structure can be met more flexibly, finally, the pull-out installation group greatly facilitates the necessary manipulations by the user.
The placement of a vertical strut 125 on telescoping rails 122 to 124 is shown in FIG. 9. In this structure, a cross-bar 129 constitutes the uppermost telescoping rail 122, and an S-shaped angled section defines the lower telescoping rail 123 mounted in the cabinet 1, with a telescoping intermediate rail 124 arranged therebetween to be movable.
One of the great number of variants for realizing such a known per se telescoping rail assembly is shown on an enlarged scale in FIG. 11.
Finally, FIG. 10 shows in a purely schematical illustration in connection with telescoping guide means 140, 141 a vertical strut 125 in side elevational view, with the bars 102' folded down to the vertical position.
Evidently, the hinge assembly according to the invention combines optimum functioning and maximum comfort of operation with an ingeniously simple construction and, therefore, the potential for highly efficient manufacture, while avoiding the heretofore existing problems and drawbacks.
A particularly great length of the bars which provides for a corresponding length for suspending articles, results from the positioning of the telescoping rails 122, 124 and 123 one above the other. This necessitates that the cabinet-side vertical strut 125' is provided with a cutout to permit the rails 122 and 124 to pass therethrough when the bars are retracted into the inner space of the cabinet.
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Music therapy is emerging as a valuable tool in early intervention. It has been used for young children with special needs, family centred therapy and hospitalised children to address a wide range of needs. This research project aimed to examine the effects of music therapy by investigating how carers and other professionals perceived their child's music therapy experience. Qualitative method was employed and open-ended questions were used to generate in-depth interview data. A range of themes were derived by using thematic analysis. Examination of the similarities and differences between the clinical notes and the interview data helped validate the outcome of music therapy intervention and gain more insights into effective practice.
Jenny Yu Kuan, Chiang.
Jenny Chiang (BMus; MMTh;RMTh)is a New Zealand registered Music Therapist. She has been providing music therapy services in Wellington for children and adolescents who have special needs. Jenny's professional experiences also include music therapy clinical work with adults who suffered from Huntington's Disease.

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HAZARD – A local church in Perry County is setting aside the month of May as an opportunity to emphasize the notion of giving back to the community.
Summit Church, which launched in Hazard in September 2011, recently began a sermon series that will run throughout May to illustrate how people can effect change in their community, noted Pastor Mark Combs.
"Every week we're talking about characteristics of a lifestyle that would change the world, and so to go along with that, just to drive that home, every weekend we're giving our church an opportunity to step out and be that change, and really be the hand and feet of Jesus in the area."
The church's first project was as a gasoline buy down this past Saturday at the Shell station on Morton Blvd. The church spent enough money at the business to ensure that gasoline would be sold at $2.99 per gallon for a two-hour period. During subsequent weekends, the church will participate in the Housing Development Alliance's Repair Affair, hold a reverse yard sale, and fix a basketball court at the Walkertown apartments.
Each of these projects represent an opportunity for the church to put into practice the lessons of Christianity, Combs said, and in the case of the Repair Affair, join with other organizations who are also working to build a better community. Forty people have signed up to volunteer for that project, which the Housing Development Alliance hosts each year that will result in needed repairs to the homes of 10 local families.
"For us it's really a motivation to show Hazard and Perry County and this region the love of Jesus, and what the church is supposed to be about," Combs said. "So many people think the church is just so judgmental and irrelevant, and we just want people to know that we're here, and regardless of if you come or not, we love you and we want to serve you."
Summit's reverse yard sale, during which Combs said they plan to give away various items from clothing to non-perishable food and toys, will take place at the Sherman Neace Athletic Center on May 18 beginning at 9 a.m. Combs noted that the church will also take the opportunity that weekend to give away 500 box fans – 250 during the reverse yard sale and another 250 the following day the Knott County Sportsplex.
On the final Saturday of the month, church members will be working to restore the outdoor basketball court in Walkertown. More information on either of the projects can be found at www.summithazard.com.


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Note: The Daily Beast this week reports on a Gallup Poll finding that 58 percent of Americans favor legalizing marijuana. Find a link to that post and a highlight of some fascinating statistics at this end of this updated post. Prohibition as a national policy was overturned so many decades ago that it can be […] [Read More]
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Author Daniel Okrent begins "Last Call: The Rise and Fall of Prohibition," his thorough account of the banning of alcohol in America, by asking this: "How did it happen?" Okrent did a good job of answering his own question. Now, Ken Burns — the acclaimed "Civil War" documentarian who also has focused his camera on […] [Read More]


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Yogyakarta. Despite repeated warnings from police and rescue workers, many people still insist on entering the 20-kilometer danger zone surrounding the rumbling Mount Merapi.
But, as authorities have cautioned, they do so at their own risk.
Despite being a nuisance for police officers and tired volunteer rescue workers, hundreds of people over the weekend attempted to cross the Pamungkas traffic lights in Ngemplak, the intersection that sits on the very edge of the officially demarcated danger zone.
Some were evacuees desperate to retrieve valuables left behind, but many were simply curious thrill-seekers, police said.
Even though officers stopped vehicles and tried to persuade their occupants to turn around, they had no legal basis to stop them because martial law has yet to be declared.
Merapi continues to belch out deadly pyroclastic flows, clouds of superheated ash and gases, in what geologists say is the volcano's most powerful eruption in more than a century.
At least 135 people have died on its slopes over the past two weeks, and authorities were still struggling on Sunday to help those injured from Friday's massive eruption.
The National Police on Friday even temporarily closed at least three police subprecincts located 10 kilometers from the crater. But none of these seem to bother the insistent public.
Pakem Police chief Adj. Comr. Harijanto said on Sunday that he had run out of breath from repeatedly telling people to move as far away from the danger zone as possible.
The trespassers on Sunday were mostly curious folk, "not villagers concerned about the welfare of their livestock," he said.
Hantoro, chief of Sleman Police's Mobile Brigade unit (Brimob), has been overseeing a checkpoint in Ngemplak since Friday and has heard almost every excuse from those desperate to get into the danger zone.
"Don't be so reckless. This is very dangerous," Hantoro told a young man on Saturday evening.
"I have to get my diploma; it's still up there," the man replied. "Aren't you afraid of dying?"
Hantoro said, to which the man replied: "I'd rather die than not get my diploma."
As the man went past him, Hantoro reminded him that the police were no longer responsible for his safety.
"I hope the rescue team doesn't end up finding your corpse," he said.
Dozens of young couples on motorcycles rode past reluctant officers, saying they needed to go to the Islamic University of Indonesia (UII) campus, located within the danger zone, to fetch archives, books and computers.
When the majority did not return an hour later, officers went searching for them in the dark but could not find anyone.
Most who tried to enter the danger zone said they wanted to spend Saturday night at the hill resorts that had been deserted in Sleman.
Entire villages have also been abandoned.
Markets, shops, schools, two hospitals and a bus station were also shut down.
"We don't understand why the villagers still go home to feed their livestock even though the president has guaranteed compensation for lost or dead cattle," said a Police spokeswoman.


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Supporting Survivors Across the Lifespan: World Elder Abuse Awareness Day, 2015Posted byon June 15, 2015 at 5:44 PM EDT
Today, the international community unites to recognize World Elder Abuse Awareness Day: a time to bring visibility to the issue of violence experienced by older adults, express intolerance for abuse, and work toward prevention.
A serious human rights violation that too often goes ignored, elder abuse can include physical, psychological, or sexual abuse; neglect; and financial exploitation. Global data indicates 4 to 6% of adults over the age of 60 have experienced at least one of these types of abuse in the past month alone—a conservative estimate that amounts to 36 million cases worldwide. In a 2010 study, 1 in 10 community-residing older adults in the United States reported experiencing abuse the previous year.
Though both women and men can experience abuse in later life, greater female longevity, coupled with women's higher risk for poverty and social isolation, suggests that elder abuse is a gendered category of violence. In many respects, violence against older women is an extension of the same social norms that perpetuate violence against women and girls earlier in their lives: entrenched gender bias; impunity for abuse; and unhealthy conceptions of masculinity. In fact, violence by an intimate partner or spouse is a common form of elder abuse, though perpetrators can also be a caregiver outside the family, an adult child, or any other person with whom the victim has a relationship of trust.Learn more about
Prioritization Upgrade: Expanding Diversity in Our Technology Ecosystem NowPosted byon June 8, 2015 at 12:41 PM EDT
"If you always do what you always did, you will always get what you always got."
— Albert Einstein
We are excited to be out in California today to roll up our sleeves and participate in the "Diversity in Tech" workshop, hosted by the White House and the Kapor Center for Social Impact. We are here to brainstorm and strategize with innovators from throughout the technology ecosystem to learn about what's worked for employers to recruit, retain, and advance top talent from under-represented communities, and for venture capitalists to fund and advise the full range of early start-up teams. We will hear about what's working already that could be scaled now, as well as understand where challenges need pilot exploration work and urgent innovation.Learn more about Technology, Women
Promoting Equal Futures Across the LifespanPosted byon May 12, 2015 at 10:46 AM EDT
Ed. note: This is cross-posted on the White House Conference on Aging website. See the original post here.
On April 24, I was honored to represent our nation's older women in a roundtable discussion hosted by the White House Council on Women and Girls.
The meeting, "Promoting Equal Futures across the Lifespan," brought together leaders from the fields of aging, health, abuse in later life, and financial security to discuss key issues affecting older women, complementing the 2015 White House Conference on Aging.
I was joined by Deputy Director for Minority Health Dr. Nadine Gracia, Acting Social Security Commissioner Carolyn Colvin, and Nora Super, Executive Director of the White House Conference on Aging. Kicking off the conversation, Executive Director of the Council on Women and Girls, Tina Tchen, spoke of the commitment of the Council to address inequalities and barriers facing women and girls of all ages. Tina's leadership in expanding our national dialogue on women and girls to include older women sets an example I hope others will follow.Learn more about Seniors and Social Security, Women
Women: Don't Forget Your Own HealthPosted byon May 8, 2015 at 11:30 AM EDT
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As a mom, I know how easy it is to put the health of your family before your own. It's hard to balance it all – from a quick run, to a busy job, to making the parent-teacher conferences, all while trying to eat a balanced diet. It can be challenging.
But as we celebrate Mother's Day this Sunday, which kicks off National Women's Health Week, it's a great time to remember you can't take care of your loved ones, unless you take care of yourself.Learn more about Health Care, Women
"Don't Look to Your Left, Don't Look to Your Right -- It's on You."Posted byon April 29, 2015 at 4:00 PM EDT
"Don't look to your left, don't look to your right, it's on you." Vice President Biden spoke these powerful words last Thursday at a rally held at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) to address the travesty of sexual violence on our nation's college and university campuses. The Vice President galvanized an enthusiastic mass of students, administrators, community leaders, advocates, and survivors to mark Sexual Assault Awareness and Prevention Month and to celebrate the "It's On Us" campaign.
It's on Us, launched by the Administration last September, is an initiative that focuses both on the dignity and rights of survivors, and on the broader societal responsibility for preventing and putting an end to sexual assault on college and university campuses. By proclaiming "it's on us," the campaign emphasizes that everyone—including bystanders and those not immediately impacted by sexual assault, as well as institutions like schools, law enforcement, religious and athletic organizations, and others—must step up to the plate. Bystanders, both as individuals and as a collective, have the opportunity and the agency to intervene when someone else is at risk. They also have the ability to discourage harmful behaviors by establishing a new conversation on healthy relationships, positive images of women, and a rejection of gender inequality.Learn more about , Women
InnovateHER: Weaving New Stories for Women's LivesPosted byon March 24, 2015 at 10:11 AM EDT
Ed. note: This is cross-posted on the U.S. Small Business Administration's blog. See the original post here.
The topic of this year's Women's History Month is Weaving the Stories of Women's Lives. As we look back at the changes throughout history, women's presence in our economy has shifted significantly. Now we have more women in the workforce than ever before, a number that is close to surpassing that of men. Gender equality is not simply about getting a woman a spot at the metaphorical table anymore. Women have made great strides in education, the workforce, and their role in the economy, BUT there still are not enough women in leadership positions.
Consider this, the number of women venture capital (VC) partners has dropped to 6 percent, from 10 percent in 1999. This directly correlates with women's access to capital; only about 7% of venture capital funding in the U.S. goes to women. A Harvard Business School study asked potential investors to rate a series of pitches, some of which were narrated by women and some by men. Even when the scripts for the pitches were exactly the same, only 32% of people said they'd fund the woman, compared to 68% who said they would fund the man.Learn more about Women
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UPDATE February 6: The Russian law to silence LGBT people is back -- and we need to act now. This Wednesday, officials in St. Petersburg's parliament could pass this horrific bill. Call your foreign affairs office now, and spread the word HERE.
Lawmakers are about to vote on bill that will make it illegal for any person to write a book, publish an article or speak in public about being gay, lesbian, bi or transgender. And this is just the beginning - if the law passes in St. Petersburg, officials have threatened to take it nationwide.
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SOUTH WHITLEY — Easements and right-of-ways were up for discussion at Tuesday's town council meeting in South Whitley.
Bruce Gable, of South Whitley, paraded in a host of concerned citizens ready to debate the fence located at 704 Cherry Ln., South Whitley.
"There's a privacy fence the homeowner put up," Gable said. "I remember when I bought my property, I was told there couldn't be any fences."
According to Gable's research at the Whitley County Recorder's Office, the subdivision restrictions were written in 1964, but not filed until 1966. When Gable compared his copy of the restrictions to the ones filed, item number 11 had been omitted, which spoke of fences.
"The problem is that the fence is on an easement," Gable said. "The easement is a utility easement used to access a pole. What happens if someone else builds a fence and all of a sudden, you can't get back to the pole?"
For building the fence, the homeowner did obtain the proper permits, according to Gable. His discussion with county officials left him wondering what could be done to clarify the restrictions.
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Draft Horse Days Featured at Billings Farm & Museum
Billings Farm & Museum, gateway to Vermont's rural heritage, will celebrate the power of the mighty draft horse on the farm with a new two-day event, Draft Horse Days, on June 19 & 20, from 10:00 a.m. 5:00 p.m. The weekend will feature demonstrations and activities using on Billings Farm's draft horses, including traditional fieldwork, horse shoeing, horse-drawn wagon rides, and more.
Draft horses teams will demonstrate plowing, planting, cultivating, and mowing in the farm fields during narrated programs at 11:00 a.m., 1:00, and 3:00 p.m. each day.
Each morning will begin with braiding the horse's mane and tails; additional activities will include: shoeing the farm's Percheron teams, making horseshoes, and rope making. Especially for children (or the young at heart): making clothespin horses, hobby horse races, and Pin-the-Tail-on-the-Horse.
Admission: adults: $12.00; 62 and over: $11.00; children 5-15: $6.00; 3-4: $3.00; under 3: free.


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ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND: Activation of the complement system has been demonstrated to be an important mechanism in the mediation of myocardial ischemia and reperfusion (MIR) injury. C1 inhibitor (C1INH) has been shown to be beneficial in experimental MIR models. The underlying mechanism of this effect has been assumed to result primarily from inhibition of complement system activation. We recently demonstrated that C1INH plays a direct role in suppression of leukocyte transmigration in the mouse intestinal ischemia and reperfusion model. The purpose of this study was to investigate the mechanism of the beneficial effect of C1INH in mouse MIR model. METHODS: C57BL/6, C1INH-deficient (C1INH(-/-)), and C3-deficient mice (C3(-/-)) were subjected to 30-min (C57BL/6 and C1INH(-/-)) or 60-min (C3(-/-)) occlusion of the left anterior descending branch of the coronary artery followed by 4-h reperfusion. C1INH or reactive center cleaved inactive C1INH (iC1INH) was injected intravenously 5 min before reperfusion. RESULTS: Myocardial infarct size relative to the area at risk or relative to left ventricular area was significantly reduced in C1INH-treated wild-type, C1INH(-/-), and C3(-/-) mice compared with vehicle-treated mice. MIR induced an increase in myocardial polymorphonuclear neutrophil accumulation and plasma cardiac specific troponin I levels in vehicle-treated MIR mice, while C1INH treatment significantly attenuated these effects. iC1INH had a similar protective effect. CONCLUSIONS: These results suggested that C1INH prevented MIR injury in mice and that this cardioprotective effect may not solely result from complement inhibition, but might be also contributed by inhibiting leukocyte recruitment into ischemic tissue, an effect that is not mediated via protease inhibition.Cardiovascular pathology: the official journal of the Society for Cardiovascular Pathology 06/2012; 22(1). DOI:10.1016/j.carpath.2012.05.003 · 2.34 Impact Factor
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ABSTRACT: C1 inhibitor (C1INH) is a serpin that regulates both complement and contact (kallikrein-kinin) system activation. It consists of a serpin domain that is highly homologous to other serpins and an amino terminal non-serpin mucin-like domain. Deficiency of C1INH results in hereditary angioedema, a disease characterised by episodes of angioedema of the skin or the mucosa of the gastrointestinal tract or the oropharynx. Although early data suggested that angioedema was mediated via complement system activation, the preponderance of the data indicate that bradykinin is the mediator. In the past few years, it has become apparent that C1INH has additional anti-inflammatory functions independent of protease inhibition. These include interactions with leukocytes that may result in enhanced phagocytosis, with endothelial cells via E- and P-selectins that interfere with leukocyte rolling and in turn results in suppression of transmigration of leukocytes across the endothelium, and interactions with extracellular matrix components that may serve to concentrate C1INH at sites of inflammation. In addition, C1INH suppresses gram negative sepsis and endotoxin shock, partly via direct interaction with endotoxin that interferes with its interaction with macrophages, thereby suppressing tumour necrosis factor-a and other inflammatory mediators. C1INH treatment improves outcome in a number of disease models, including sepsis and other bacterial infections, possibly malaria, ischaemia-reperfusion injury (intestinal, hepatic, muscle, cardiac, brain), hyper-acute transplant rejection, and other inflammatory disease models. Recent data suggest that this effectiveness is the result of mechanisms that do not require protease inhibition, in addition to both complement and contact system activation.Thrombosis and Haemostasis 11/2010; 104(5):886-93. DOI:10.1160/TH10-01-0073 · 5.76 Impact Factor
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ABSTRACT: The complement and contact systems may be involved in the pathophysiological process of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). C1 inhibitor (C1INH) is the most important inhibitor of both the complement and contact systems. We evaluated the role of these systems and the effect of both active and inactive forms of C1INH (iC1INH) in dextran sulfate sodium (DSS)-induced colitis mouse model. Three percent DSS was used in drinking water to induce colitis in complement C3-deficient (C3(-/-)) mice, bradykinin type 2 receptor deficient (Bk(2)R(-/-)) mice, and C57BL/6 mice. After ten days DSS exposure, C3(-/-) mice exhibited markedly less weight loss than wild-type (WT) mice (12 +/- 3.3% vs. 30 +/- 1.2%, P < 0.05) and developed a milder disease-activity index (DAI), histological score, colon shortening, and myeloperoxidase (MPO) elevation (P < 0.05, respectively). The Bk(2)R(-/-) mice were not protected from the disease. Seven-day treatment with either native C1INH or iC1INH reduced the severity of the disease in WT mice, as indicated by decreased weight loss (15 +/- 1.8%, 14 +/- 2.1% vs. 30 +/- 1.2%, P < 0.05, respectively), DAI, intestinal tissue damage, and MPO elevation compared with untreated WT DSS control mice (P < 0.05, respectively). These findings suggest that complement plays a role in the development of DSS-induced colitis and that blockade of the complement system might be useful for the acute phase of IBD treatment. C1INH, however, leads to an amelioration of DSS-induced colitis via a mechanism that does not involve the inhibition of complement or contact system activation but does result in significant suppression of leukocyte infiltration.AJP Gastrointestinal and Liver Physiology 03/2010; 298(6):G878-83. DOI:10.1152/ajpgi.00400.2009 · 3.74 Impact Factor
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ABSTRACT: Broadly speaking, C1 inhibitor plays important roles in the regulation of vascular permeability and in the suppression of inflammation. Vascular permeability control is exerted largely through inhibition of two of the proteases involved in the generation of bradykinin, factor XIIa and plasma kallikrein (the plasma kallikrein–kinin system). Anti-inflammatory functions, however, are exerted via several activities including inhibition of complement system proteases (C1r, C1s, MASP2) and the plasma kallikrein–kinin system proteases, in addition to interactions with a number of different proteins, cells and infectious agents. These more recently described, as yet incompletely characterized, activities serve several potential functions, including concentration of C1 inhibitor at sites of inflammation, inhibition of alternative complement pathway activation, inhibition of the biologic activities of gram negative endotoxin, enhancement of bacterial phagocytosis and killing, and suppression of the influx of leukocytes into a site of inflammation. C1 inhibitor has been shown to be therapeutically useful in a variety of animal models of inflammatory diseases, including gram negative bacterial sepsis and endotoxin shock, suppression of hyperacute transplant rejection, and treatment of a variety of ischemia-reperfusion injuries (heart, intestine, skeletal muscle, liver, brain). In humans, early data appear particularly promising in myocardial reperfusion injury. The mechanism (or mechanisms) of the effect of C1 inhibitor in these conditions is (are) not completely clear, but involve inhibition of complement and contact system activation, in addition to variable contributions from other C1 inhibitor activities that do not involve protease inhibition.Molecular Immunology 10/2008; 45(16-45):4057-4063. DOI:10.1016/j.molimm.2008.06.028 · 3.00 Impact Factor
Article: C1 inhibitor interacts with Plasmodium falciparum and protects against experimental severe malaria in miceMolecular Immunology 10/2008; 45(16):4156-4156. DOI:10.1016/j.molimm.2008.08.183 · 3.00 Impact Factor
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ABSTRACT: Complement activation and neutrophil stimulation are two major components in events leading to ischemia and reperfusion (IR) injury. C1 inhibitor (C1INH) inhibits activation of each of the three pathways of complement activation and of the contact system. It is also endowed with anti-inflammatory properties that are independent of protease inhibition. The goal of these studies was to investigate the role and mechanism of C1INH in alleviating IR-induced intestinal injury. C57BL/6, C1INH-deficient (C1INH(-/-)), bradykinin type 2 receptor-deficient (Bk2R(-/-)), and C3-deficient mice (C3(-/-)) were randomized into three groups: sham operated control, IR, and IR + C1INH-treated groups. Ischemia was generated by occlusion of the superior mesenteric artery followed by reperfusion. C1INH or reactive center-cleaved inactive C1INH (iC1INH) was injected intravenously before reperfusion. IR resulted in intestinal injury in C57BL/6, C1INH(-/-), Bk2R(-/-), and C3(-/-) mice with significantly increased neutrophil infiltration into intestinal tissue. In each mouse strain, C1INH treatment reduced intestinal tissue injury and attenuated leukocyte infiltration compared with the untreated IR group. C1INH inhibited leukocyte rolling in the mesenteric veins of both C57BL/6 and C3-deficient mice subjected to IR. C1INH treatment also improved the survival rate of C57BL/6 and C1INH(-/-) mice following IR. Similar findings were observed in the IR animals treated with iC1INH. These studies emphasize the therapeutic benefit of C1INH in preventing intestinal injury caused by IR. In addition to the protective activities mediated via inhibition of the complement system, these studies indicate that C1INH also plays a direct role in suppression of leukocyte transmigration into reperfused tissue.AJP Gastrointestinal and Liver Physiology 10/2008; 295(5):G1042-9. DOI:10.1152/ajpgi.90460.2008 · 3.74 Impact Factor
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ABSTRACT: C1 inhibitor (C1INH) protects mice from lethal Gram-negative bacterial LPS-induced endotoxin shock and blocks the binding of LPS to the murine macrophage cell line, RAW 264.7, via an interaction with lipid A. Using the cecal ligation and puncture (CLP) model for sepsis in mice, treatment with C1INH improved survival in comparison with untreated controls. The effect was not solely the result of inhibition of complement and contact system activation because reactive center-cleaved, inactive C1INH (iC1INH) also was effective. In vivo, C1INH and iC1INH both reduced the number of viable bacteria in the blood and peritoneal fluid and accelerated killing of bacteria by blood neutrophils and peritoneal macrophages. In vitro, C1INH bound to bacteria cultured from blood or peritoneal fluid of mice with CLP-induced sepsis, but had no direct effect on bacterial growth. However, both C1INH and iC1INH enhanced the bactericidal activity of blood neutrophils and peritoneal exudate leukocytes. C1INH-deficient mice (C1INH-/- mice) subjected to CLP had a higher mortality than did wild-type littermate mice. Survival of C1INH-/- mice was significantly increased with two doses of C1INH, one given immediately following CLP, and the second at 6 h post-CLP. C1INH may be important in protection from sepsis through enhancement of bacterial uptake by, and/or bactericidal capacity of, phagocytes. Treatment with C1INH may provide a useful additional therapeutic approach in some patients with peritonitis and/or sepsis.The Journal of Immunology 10/2007; 179(6):3966-72. DOI:10.4049/jimmunol.179.6.3966 · 5.36 Impact Factor
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What the school board wants to do is turn around a district that has deep-seated difficulties. Its students are poor, its test scores are below average and its image in the general community is even worse than its reality.
The skimming off of the middle class has been going on for decades. African-American parents worried about the quality of city public schools or concerned about safety can opt to send their children to county schools. Estimates during the '90s were that 60 percent of the city's school-age white children attended private parochial schools.
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The drop-out rate has fallen to 7.8 percent, down from 26 percent when Hammonds became superintendent in 1996. During the same span, the graduation rate rose to 53.3 percent from 38.6 percent, but that still is well below the statewide rate of 80 percent. The attendance rate for the district of 89.5 percent is less than the state average of 93.8 percent.
Critics often talk about the district's top-heavy administration, but that's a charge that's hard to quantify. According to statistics kept by the state, the district ratio of 219 students for each administrator is comparable to the statewide ratio of 209 students for each administrator.
The mobility rate for students, which is the number of students who transfer in or out divided by attendance, was 133 percent in the city in 2002. In Clayton it was 14 percent; in Rockwoods it was 9 percent.
Other cities faced with similar dreary public school scenarios have seen their mayors take over the schools with state legislative support. Due to the settlement of the desegregation case, Slay instead had the option of letting a new school board do the work. Tapping Schoemehl was a mini-coup: the former mayor increased the notoriety of the slate and put somebody in the mix accustomed to public controversy. And Schoemehl has a record of turning to the private sector for answers to vexing public-service problems: It was during his tenure that St. Louis got out of the business of operating public hospitals and instead contracted with a private-management firm to operate Regional Medical Center. The move cut hundreds of jobs from the city payroll. Ultimately, Regional closed in 1997.
After Schoemehl's unsuccessful bid for governor in 1992, he returned to the business world before taking the top job at Grand Center. Last year, Schoemehl began thinking about running for the unpaid post on the school board. He crammed for the job by reading Henig's book as well as City Schools and City Politics co-authored by Lana Stein, the chair of political science at University of Missouri-St. Louis, and Building Civic Capacity edited by Clarence Stone.
A veteran of city politics, Schoemehl is not surprised by the vocal protests during board meetings and the unrelenting criticism of the new board from some circles.
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The ex-mayor insists that a for-profit, private firm has to be worth the $4.8 million it will be paid to restructure a district that's so deeply in the red. After all, Alvarez & Marsal is in the business of saving its clients money.
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The private sector may be unforgiving, but at least it's private, a realm where Roberti is comfortable. Dealing with the media has been a big adjustment for him since becoming the district's interim superintendent.
"If there was one big surprise to this whole situation, it's how much time we spend doing this," Roberti says during an interview. "Quite honestly, that takes away from it." It's not that Roberti isn't gabby or glib on his feet -- he is. It's just that in other venues it's not a priority, or even necessary.
The firm's co-founder Bryan Marsal is running troubled HealthSouth Corporation and is often quoted in the Wall Street Journal and the New York Times, but that's the exception.
"We're not used to dealing with all this press," Roberti says. "When we go in to fix a company, we're not used to this whole PR thing. Normally we go in, we do our work and yes, people are interested.... but it's not constant."
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Mischa's 3D horror movie Apartment 1303 3D had its world premiere in Russia last week and actually seems to have done pretty well at the box office.
The movie opened in 9th position which would seem pretty low, but it was shown on fewer screens than many other releases. Its total of $685,189 was for the weekend of December 6th-9th inclusive showing on 402 screens with a per screen average of $1,704. Beauty & the Beast 3D opened just above Apartment 1303 3D with $698,984 but that was shown on 502 screens bringing its per screen average down to $1,344. I guess it's a bit unusual to compare a live action movie to an animated re-release, so let's move up the list to #6 where Lawless (starring Shia LaBeouf, Tom Hardy and Jessica Chastain) opened to $791,898 on 650 screens making its average $1,218. Among other English-language releases, Here Comes the Boom (starring Kevin James and Salma Hayek) opened in fifth with a total of $1,198,034 across 460 screens ($2,604 average per screen) and Playing for Keeps opened in 2nd with $2,022,740 across 554 screens ($3,651 per screen). Although, Here Comes the Boom and Playing for Keeps opened much higher, these titles are backed by large studios and have had international press consisting of premieres and worldwide publicity. Considering Apartment 1303 3D is more or less an indie, I think we can call this opening a success thanks to a respectable per screen average – especially when you consider that it quite comfortably out-paced Lawless per screen.
Making Apartment 1303 3D's opening even better is if we go back to February 2011 when You and I also opened in Russia. That movie came in 7th but had a weekend total of $411,263 or just $827 per screen. You and I had the added benefit of being filmed in Russia, featuring a Russian band and was backed by a promotional visit including press and a premiere just before it was released. Apartment 1303 3D achieved over double the per screen average with just a trailer and TV spots as the main source (possibly only source?) of promotion.
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forecasts to compare the actual result vs expectations. I hope the producers are satisfied with the result.
Box Office numbers courtesy Box Office Mojo.
Do we have any idea when this is going to premiere in North America? I can't even find it online to watch, or really any info about it other than the two trailers.
Unfortunately not. I'm not sure if it will receive a theatrical release in the US as they seem to handling each territory separately.
Sam,it would be great if you gave your personal end-of-year summary of how Mischa's year's gone.From what I can make out even though she's still not starred in a critically acclaimed breakout movie commensurate with her acting skills,it's still been a vintage triumphant 12 months;especially the Irish play and English shop bits.
Have a great Christmas and happy new year,Sam and thanks for all the excellent hard work on this terrific site you put in on behalf of us died-in-the-wool Mischaholics.
To all your readers Love,Peace and nuts to Fearne Cotton!
This is something that I'll probably add to Mischa's biography page:
Although, I generally only update that page once or twice a year but I'll try get to it sooner rather than later.
And a belated Merry Christmas and Happy New Year
Not necessarily talking about a theatrical release in the US, but at least on DVD or something that I can watch.
There was a DVD release due in the UK in April, but the release seems to have been shifted to June 24th.
It is also tentatively slated for an Australian DVD release in May.
Nothing for the US yet.


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June 30, 2009
Professor William McGeveran commented for a Pioneer Press story about a Minnesota Court of Appeals decision interpreting the state's privacy torts. He explained that Minnesota only recognized the torts relatively recently, and the court's ruling will make it easier to show violations in many cases.
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June 28, 2009
A story in the Pioneer Press about regulation foreclosures and the real estate market quoted Professor Prentiss Cox's view that the next wave of foreclosures was not inevitable and could be managed with better public policy.Similarly, in a June 29, 2009 Minnesota Public Radio news story Cox stated that the Obama mortgage loan modification program needed to be implemented more transparently and systemically, and that foreclosures should be pre-conditioned on requiring an evaluation of eligibility for the program.
June 24, 2009
Clinical Professor Perry Moriearty has been invited to speak at the launch of TimeBank USA's Racial Justice Initiative, which will take place on June 26, 2009 in Madison, Wisconsin. The Initiative is a multi-phase legislative and legal effort spearheaded by civl rights attorney Edgar Cahn to reduce the problem of racial disproportionality in the juvenile justice system.
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June 23, 2009
Professor Prentiss Cox was quoted in a Star Tribune editorial on June 23, 2009 about financial institution reform. Cox stated that banks should not continue to hold a privileged position allowing them to avoid liability under consumer protection and deceptive practice laws.He also was quoted in a Star Tribune news article on June 17, 2009 about the future of foreclosures in the metropolitan area.
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June 12, 2009
Both Congress and the Federal Trade Commission have held hearings in recent months on the law of patent damages. Professor Thomas Cotter, who has participated in the FTC hearings, was recently a guest on IP Law Colloquium, an online audio program on intellectual property topics titled "Patent Reform: Damages," hosted by USC Law Professor Doug Lichtman.
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June 9, 2009
Professor David Stras has been appointed to the executive committee of the litigation practice group of the Federalist Society for Law and Public Policy Studies. Professor Stras also serves on the executive committee of the Federalism and Separation of Powers practice group of the Federalist Society.
June 5, 2009
Professor Jane Kirtley's op-ed, "It's time to make Minnesota's open-government laws stronger and clearer," appeared in the St. Paul Pioneer Press. She argues that the Government Data Practices Act has morphed from a short and simple statement on access to a complex statute of more than 100 pages. "The MGDPA is neither transparent, nor a key to transparency. It's a barrier, not a gateway, to information," she wrote.
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June 4, 2009
The Star Tribune quoted Professor William McGeveran discussing a lawsuit over the right to use NFL players' statistics in online fantasy football games. Yahoo.com, which runs one such game, filed the suit in federal court in Minneapolis. McGeveran pointed out the possible anticompetitive effects of giving players monopoly control over the popular fantasy games.
June 3, 2009
Professor Kirtley was a guest on KFAI Radio's "Truth to Tell" show. The topic was "Freedom of Information: Dilemma Over Public vs. Private." The panel of open government and privacy advocates discussed the Minnesota Government Data Practices Act, and how it works, or fails to work, to promote open and acountable government in the state. Professor Kirtley suggested that the MGDPA should be bifurcated into two statutes to deal separately with access to information and personal privacy.
June 2, 2009
Professor Prentiss Cox appeared on the Twin Cities Public Television program Almanac on May 29, 2009 to discuss the declining real estate market and mortgage lending.Cox also was interviewed as part of the KARE-TV NewsMaker series aired on the Channel 11 news show on May 16, 2009.Professor Cox also was quoted in a story in the Bemidji Pioneer and other regional newspapers regarding mortgage and foreclosure related legislation in the 2009 Minnesota legislative session.
Professor David Stras was quoted in The National about President Obama's nomination of Judge Sonia Sotomayor to the Supreme Court. The article quoted an entry that Professor Stras posted on SCOTUSblog over the weekend about the barriers that Judge Sotomayor will face during the confirmation process.
Prof. Cotter's Paper on IP Licensing Cited by Ninth Circuit
Prof. Cotter Quoted in Law360 Article on Microsoft v. Motorola Decision
Prof. Morrison Speaks on KARE11 News on Zimbabwe Treaty
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Prof. Cotter's Book on Comparative Patent Remedies Quoted by Canadian Court of Appeal
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