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In 1988, Margaret Thatcher forced through a media broadcast ban on the voices of members from 11 republican and unionist parties in Northern Ireland. She hoped the ban would "starve the terrorist and the hijacker of the oxygen of publicity on which they depend."
The ban had the opposite effect, however. Free speech campaigners raged against the ban and broadcasters employed actors to read words in synch with images of politicians speaking. This just served to give banned speakers more publicity than they would have received if they had not been banned.
More recently, the Equality and Human Rights Commission case against the British National Party – over rules limiting membership to "indigenous Caucasians" and ethnic groups "emanating from that race" – has been criticised for giving the far-right free publicity.
Slowly but surely, however, the EHRC's tactics appear to be paying off. Late last year, facing the prospect of almost certain defeat at central London county court, the BNP agreed to amend its constitution to admit non-white members.
The BNP submitted an amended constitution to the court last month. The constitution repeatedly used the words "indigenous British," however, and exhibited unlawful "indirect discrimination". Judge Collins ordered the BNP to go away and redraft it. He also ordered they pay costs of £12,500.
At the tail-end of last week, the BNP returned to court with another constitution – the party's 12th – but Judge Collins found key aspects of the constitution remain indirectly racist.
The offending provisions include a requirement for members to support the "continued creation, fostering, maintenance and existence" of the "indigenous British", and a policy requiring applicants to succumb to a two-hour home visit by two party officials which the judge ruled could operate as a form of indirect discrimination against non-whites.
The court ordered the BNP to pay costs of £60,000 and issued an injunction ordering them to comply with the Race Relations Act, adding that "the membership list will have to be closed until then".
BNP leader Nick Griffin faces imprisonment, a fine or sequestration of the assets of the BNP if he fails to comply with the injunction, and the Times says the costs order will likely 'cripple' the party.
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- BNP Must Admit Non-White Members (FindLaw)
- British National Party Have One Last Chance To "Get It Right" (FindLaw)
- BNP 'whites-only' membership rules outlawed (Guardian)
- Revised BNP membership rules 'still racist' (Times)
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VIDEO: Police commissioner's Christmas message - 'I took on Cambridge's rogue cyclists, saved cash and held up the front-line'
Posted: December 25, 2013|
Police commissioner Sir Graham Bright has today broadcast a Christmas message to Cambridgeshire highlighting his crackdown on rogue cyclists in Cambridge and how the force saved cash.
Sir Graham spoke of how collaboration with other forces has saved money for the cash-strapped constabulary which has been hit by savage cuts.
And he vowed to continue with further collaboration with neighbouring forces in a drive for efficiency but vowed to hold front-line officer numbers.
He said: "I've now been in post for just over a year, there's been a lot of challenges and a lot of successes, and I have been listening very closely to what the public have said because I'm there as the face of the public, not the face of the police.
"What people tell me, I take on board and I address the issues because that's what we're here to do - serve the public."
But he admitted he faced challenges in keeping the force's front-lone numbers steady at about 1,000 officers.
He said: "It was very challenging at the beginning - we had to start thinking about how we were going to save money because that was important and it was important because we needed to protect the front-line, again people said that they didn't want us to reduce the number of policemen, well that hasn't happened."
And he vowed to collaborate more with other forces in the new year and to increase the number of volunteer officers.
He said: "One of the successes is working together with Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire - we've already saved over a million pounds this year, and that's going to develop further as we go along, so jointly working together is important.
"Increasing the number of Specials is something that I've always taken on board - Specials are important to the police force, they help out at big events like football matches and carnivals and what have you, and I'm delighted at the number of people that have come in, and the quality, in fact they are so good that many of them end up going through and serving as professional police officers - we want to keep that going."
And he claims the force's call handling speed has improved dramatically after people waited for up to 40 minutes to get through to the force's non-emergency number.
He said: "Working on call handling is something that people were concerned about, how long it took to answer the phone, and I'm delighted to say now that the average time for answering the 101 number is seven seconds and that is dramatic compared with what is was but we've still got to work hard to improve that and improve the secondary side of things when you get put through to other people."
And the Cambridgeshire Police and Crime Commissioner claims he is listening to the public and tackled rogue cyclists and is planning a crackdown on alcohol-fuelled violence
He said: "I have been listening, as I said, to the public and responding to the public. I was quite amazed when my staff told me that I'd actually signed one thousand, six hundred letters already and they're still coming in, but I shall respond when anyone writes in to me.
"I've also worked hard to get joined up working across the county with the other local authorities, with the voluntary bodies, all aimed at making Cambridgeshire a safer place. I've taken a key interest in things like road safety and particularly as it's Christmas time we have to think about road safety, we have to think about drinking and driving, we should also be thinking about cyclists that ride around without any lights on and you may have noticed that I've taken an interest in that.
"And I've recently set up an alcohol misuse round-table conference to try to address long term how we handle some of the problems associated with that.
"But I don't want to be a kill-joy, it's Christmas and I want to wish you all a very happy Christmas and more importantly a very successful New Year."

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9.28.13 FOOTBALL: Ferris State Hands Cavs 59-16 Thrashing
Football, 2013-09-28
(CANTON, Ohio) Ferris State (3-1, 3-0) scored a record 59 points against Walsh (1-3, 1-2), in beating them 59-16 in a Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference battle at Fawcett Stadium tonight. The previous mark for points allowed in a single game by Walsh was 56 at Ohio Dominican University in 2007. The Cavs meet Ohio Dominican next Saturday night at Fawcett Stadium at 6 p.m. for Homecoming.
Walsh scored first when Michael Dudics (Jr., Doylestown, OH/Chippewa) connected on a 23-yard field goal on Walsh's first possession of the game at 6:43 of the first quarter. The quarter ended with the Cavs leading 3-0.
Ferris State would put 21 points on the board in the second quarter, as quarterback Jason Vander Lann scored on runs of 1, 2 and 6 yards. A Walsh fumble led to the Bulldogs second score, and the final tally of the quarter came with 26 seconds left in the half.
Ferris State scored two touchdowns in the first two-plus minutes of the second half to extend their lead to 35-3, and in essence, put the game away. They led 38-3 after three quarters.
Walsh's Jeremy Willison (So., Zanesville, OH/Marysville) scored two second half touchdowns, one on a two-yard pass from Paul Kempe (Jr., Girard, OH/Ursuline), and the other on a four-yard run,
Ferris State totaled 615 yards of total offense to Walsh's 369 yards.
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Kempe passed for 256 yards and a touchdown on 29-47.
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To the Editor:
The people of Carroll County have benefitted immensely for 50 years from the Carroll County Veterans Club.
Older members considered this a diamond in the rough that took 100 to 150 members and non-members donating their time so family members could utilize the club, pavilions, fishing pond, ball fields and swimming pool. All people were expected to conduct themselves and their family under reasonable club rules.
In 1980, we gave the Carrollton Water Department free right of way to the county home and Carroll County Vets Park including the city park. In 1964, the first little league ball teams were started. In 1973 boys and girls shared the field together. Merchant leagues shared the field in the 1980s and 1990s. In 2008, the Carrollton Recreational League built a third field. Tennis courts were available.
The club membership is half, the Vet's Pool is stalled on $1.6 million, redo, oil leases stalled.
Lynn Noble made a great contribution as pool manager for the children's safety and swimming instructor.
Contributions in time and money for the entire complex were made by people such as Peany Sheldon, Wib Manfull, Don Stewart, Virgil Tinlin, Judge Cope, Dean Yeager, county commissioners, civic clubs in the area, Moyne Smith, club manager; along with businesses such as Twin City Concrete, Olin Plastics, Stark County Tile and many unnamed people who made donations.
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Carrollton, OH
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|After some tweaking here and there, I managed to do the impossible. I created a FULLY automatic shotgun in GTA IV.
Basically this mod includes a Shotgun with a very high rate of fire, which shoots faster than an assault rifle. Forget the AA-12! This is the real auto shotty you've been looking for! Surprisingly, this has never been done before and I am happy that I am sharing it for the first time. Since it's a shotgun that shoots extremely fast, it causes devastating damage in the process. It replaces the Baretta and it's ready when you are, chief.
*This mod automatically comes with the Red Army Mod by 1/4 Life, and I am aware that this mod already exists on this site, but I cannot release the edited text in the WeaponInfo as that file is very sensitive and fragile. I do not want others trying to edit the file themselves as it doesn't always work, but I am sure that it will work if I upload the whole file. I hope you can respect this decision I have to make*
So this mod will be including faster rates of fire on all guns since it is part of the Red Army Mod. However, I made A few tweaks of my own to the values for the other guns. I give all credit to 1/4 Life for creating the formula to make guns have faster rates of fire. Which is what inspired me to use it to tweak a shotgun which has never been done before.
I am very grateful to be sharing this with all of you and I hope you enjoy having a faster, more powerful shotgun in the GTA experience. Have Fun!
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Thanks to God, prayer does make a difference
This past Tuesday night, I was happy, busy, terrified, stressed, relieved and shamed. Yes, and all those emotions were within about a 20-minute timespan. I was attending a retreat sponsored by the Clergy Health Initiative in cooperation with Duke University. I was learning so much! There were presentations on self-compassion, stress control, physical and psychological results of stress, and others. That was the happy part. I love to learn.
Then, I rode in the elevator with a good friend of mine. He was pale, and leaning on a friend for support. As we got to the lobby, we sat him down, and got busy. One called 911. Another got pillows; another a cool rag. I fished in my purse for the baby aspirin that I carry. He took two of them. By this time, he was having difficulty breathing, sweating, and very uncomfortable. So, we moved him to the couch to lie down. This turned out to be even more uncomfortable, for he felt as if there were a weight on his chest when he lay down.As he struggled to breathe, my busy-ness turned to terror. I was watching my friend have a heart attack right in front of me, and there was nothing I could do about it. I felt completely powerless. I've felt powerless many times in my life, but never to this degree. A life hung in the balance. And there was nothing I could do but wait on the paramedics and ambulance. I paused, and monitored my own physiological reaction to this stressor. I was breathing heavily. My pulse was racing.Then, I noticed as quietly, without fanfare, without calling any attention to herself, one of my minister friends placed her hand gently on his shoulder, closed her eyes, and began to silently pray. I was both relieved and shamed by this simple act. Why didn't I think of that? I'm not powerless, I CAN PRAY! One by one, we all bowed and said our own silent prayer for our beloved brother whom God loved more than any of us ever could.
Finally the ambulance arrived, and they did their work, and off he went to the hospital. I started to my room to wait for news from our leaders on his condition. I was stopped by another clergy that I had just met at lunch that day. He suggested we take up a collection for our brother — for medical expenses, for his wife's expenses, for whatever they needed. I was yet again ashamed for not thinking of that! What kind of friend am I?
I'm a normal human being, that dearly loves her friends in Christ. My human nature robbed me of tapping into the power of the Holy Spirit within me. Fear and stress had put a barrier between God and me. Praise God, I was surrounded by the Body of Christ who walked me through the whole ordeal when I couldn't do it myself. They reminded me that I am never powerless as long as I serve a mighty and powerful God. They cared for my friend when I could not. They cared for me when I could not. I cannot imagine going through something like that without my Christian brothers and sisters.
By the way, my friend is okay, continues to need our prayers. I would be most grateful if you would pray for him. His name is Mike. Thanks to God that our spirits joined in prayer DO make a difference! God intends us to live in community. Christ intends us to live as ONE body - His church. The Holy Spirit intends us to live in power that can only come from accepting the Spirit's help in all things.
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Mastectomy is the surgical removal of the entire breast. Some women have the option of mastectomy or lumpectomy (also called breast conserving surgery) plus radiation. Other women can only have mastectomy.
Mastectomy is an option for all women with breast cancer, including those who have:
Mastectomy is also used to treat breast cancer that has come back after a lumpectomy.
Mastectomy is the main treatment for breast cancer in men. Learn more about breast cancer in men.
Some women at high risk of getting breast cancer may have a mastectomy to try to prevent breast cancer (called prophylactic mastectomy). Learn more about prophylactic mastectomy.
There are two general types of mastectomy: total (simple) and modified radical. Your diagnosis guides which type of mastectomy you will have. Figure 5.2 below shows these types of mastectomy and describes when each is used.
Total (simple) mastectomy
The surgeon removes the entire breast and the lining of the chest muscle, but no other tissue. The skin of the breast may be left intact for breast reconstruction.
A sentinel node biopsy may be done or no lymph nodes may be removed, depending on the breast cancer.
Total (simple) mastectomy is used to treat:
It is also used for women at high risk who undergo prophylactic mastectomy. Learn more about prophylactic mastectomy.
Modified radical mastectomy
The surgeon removes the entire breast, the lining of the chest muscles and some of the lymph nodes in the underarm area (axillary nodes).
Modified radical mastectomy is used to treat invasive breast cancers including:
If you are having breast reconstruction at the same time as a mastectomy, the surgeon can use a skin-sparing technique, and possibly a nipple sparing technique. A skin-sparing mastectomy uses the skin that surrounds the breast to help form the envelope for the reconstructed breast. A nipple-sparing mastectomy preserves the nipple and areola. Learn more about breast reconstruction.
A mastectomy is performed under general anesthesia, which means you are unconscious (asleep) during the surgery. The surgeon removes all of the breast tissue (and in most cases, but not all, the nipple and areola are also removed). The lining of the chest muscles may also be removed.
The surgeon closes the skin with stitches and attaches a temporary tube so that fluid from the wound can drain out (see image below).
Image courtesy of Lange Productions (http://langeproductions.com/).
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After mastectomy (with or without breast reconstruction), you are likely to have temporary soreness in your chest, underarm and shoulder. You will be numb across your chest (from your collarbone to the top of your rib cage). Unfortunately, this numbness is usually permanent.
If lymph nodes in the underarm area (axillary nodes) are removed during surgery, you may also have some numbness in your arm and there is some risk of lymphedema. Lymphedema is a condition where fluid collects in the arm (or other area such as the hand, fingers, chest or back), causing it to swell.
Learn more about the management of surgery-related pain.
Learn more about lymphedema.
Some women choose to have breast reconstruction to help restore the look and feel of the breast that was removed. This may be done at the same time as the mastectomy (immediate) or later (delayed).
For some women who choose immediate reconstruction, surgeons may use a special skin-sparing technique (and possibly a nipple sparing technique) during the mastectomy, which saves much of the skin of the breast. The plastic surgeon can use this skin as an envelope to help form the reconstructed breast.
Some women choose not to have reconstructive surgery or to do it later. When no reconstruction is planned, the surgeon will leave the area fairly flat so that a breast prosthesis can be comfortably fitted to the chest.
Learn more about breast reconstruction.
Learn about insurance coverage and financial assistance for breast reconstruction.
If you don't want to have reconstruction, you can get a breast prosthesis. This is a breast form made of silicone gel, foam or other materials that is fitted to your chest. The form is either placed directly on top of your skin or in the pocket of a special bra. Your health care provider can discuss breast prosthesis options with you and help you choose the type that best fits your lifestyle.
Learn about insurance coverage and financial assistance for breast prosthesis.
Breast prosthesis and air travel
Susan G. Komen® wants to ensure breast cancer survivors are treated with respect and dignity. Here are some steps you can take that may help as you plan your travel:
If you wear a breast prosthesis and have concerns about airline security screening, visit the TSA website for the latest information and a list of other tips to make the process as comfortable as possible.
During a mastectomy for invasive breast cancer (and in some cases of ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS)), some of the lymph nodes in the underarm area (axillary nodes) are removed to check for cancer cells. The axillary nodes are the first place breast cancer is likely to spread. The presence or absence of cancer in these nodes is one of the most important factors affecting cancer stage and prognosis.
To see if cancer has spread to the lymph nodes in the underarm area (axillary nodes), most people have a procedure called sentinel node biopsy. During or before this procedure, a radioactive substance (called a tracer) and/or a blue dye is injected into the breast. The first axillary node(s) to absorb the tracer or dye is called the sentinel node(s). This is also the first axillary node(s) where breast cancer is likely to spread. The surgeon locates the sentinel node(s) by looking for the node(s) that has absorbed the tracer (using a special device called a gamma probe) or the dye (which turns the lymph node(s) blue). The radioactive tracer or blue dye usually identifies one to five nodes as the sentinel nodes. The surgeon removes the sentinel node(s). A pathologist checks the sentinel node(s) for cancer cells.
If cancer is not found in the sentinel node(s) (the sentinel node(s) is "negative"), it is unlikely that other axillary nodes have cancer. So, no further surgery will be needed.
If the sentinel node(s) does contain cancer cells (the sentinel node(s) is "positive"), more nodes may be removed with a procedure called axillary dissection. The goals of axillary dissection are to check how many axillary nodes have cancer (to see how far the cancer has spread in the lymph nodes) and to reduce the chances of cancer returning in the axillary nodes. Most people who have mastectomy and have a positive sentinel lymph node(s) will need an axillary dissection.
Axillary dissection is more invasive than a sentinel node biopsy. It disrupts more of the normal tissue in the underarm and is more likely to affect function in the arm and cause lymphedema. This has made sentinel node biopsy the preferred first step to assessing the axillary nodes.
Learn more about lymphedema.
In some cases, an axillary dissection instead of a sentinel node biopsy is advised. This usually occurs when:
Learn more about sentinel node biopsy and axillary dissection.
Most women who have a mastectomy need axillary dissection when cancer is found in a sentinel lymph node(s).
Most people will stay in the hospital at least overnight after a mastectomy. If breast reconstruction is done, the stay may be longer, depending on the procedure. You should discuss the expected length of stay with your surgeon and insurance provider.
Learn more about insurance issues related to mastectomy and breast reconstruction.
A pathologist checks the rim of normal tissue surrounding the tumor that is removed during breast surgery to see if cancer cells are present. In rare cases after a mastectomy, this tissue contains cancer and more surgery may be done.
You may not live near the hospital where you will have your surgery. Sometimes, there are programs that offer help with local or long-distance transportation and lodging. Some also offer transportation and lodging for a friend or family member going with you. There are also financial assistance programs to help you with child care and elder care. Learn about transportation, lodging, child care and elder care assistance.
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Opinionomics | 11 April 2012
Must-read comment and analysis. Featuring HST, and H5N1.
Must-read comment and analysis. Featuring HST, and H5N1.
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1. High-Speed Trading Is Progress, not Piracy (Bloomberg View)
Bernard S. Donefer writes in (muted) support of high-speed trading. Reading between the lines, he appears still to be damning with faint praise; "it doesn't cause crashes!" is hardly enthusiastic.
2. Argentina, Elliott, and the pari passu war (Reuters)
The dust appears to have settled after the Greek haircuts and debt-swaps; but as Felix Salmon reminds us, these things take a while to actually clear up. Argentina is still in court today, fighting the last of its creditors.
3. Technology: The risks of research (Financial Times)
Andrew Jack writes the FT's lead analysis piece today, on the risks and rewards of experimentation with the deadliest pathogens.
4. Peter Singer and Tyler Cowen in conversation (Jeff Kaufman)
Three years ago, economist Tyler Cowen interviewed ethicist Peter Singer about "morality, giving, and how we can most improve the world"; last week, Jeff Kaufman went to the effort of putting together a transcript of the conversation.
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WASHINGTON, Nov. 10, 2010 In a video Veterans Day message, Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates reaffirms the Defense Department's commitment to the nation's past and present warriors and urges Americans to honor the sacrifices of servicemembers and their families.
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Outland is a game none too shy about its influences, exhibiting equal reverence to the Belmont clan's castle crashing, candle-whipping legacy and Treasure's frenzied polarity play Ikaruga. It's an unusual pairing to say the least, but the resulting product is a fun (if a bit fleeting) proof of concept showing that opposites really do attract in the end.
The conceit is simple: Outland's world comes swathed in two distinct colors, with your intrepid hero soon finding himself able to switch between them on the fly. Matching an enemy or obstacle's hue renders you invincible to shots fired, but you have to take on the opposite color in order to dispatch foes. It's an interesting dynamic that works exceedingly well with the game's host of dangers, big and small. Traditional approaches in combat and platforming take on an entirely new light, given body by some genuinely creative scenarios sure to test quick minds and fingers alike.
The treacherous wilds are steeped in shadows, but your hero comes to brandish more than just a sword. Coming up triumphant against the game's challenging boss fights yields a number of additional moves, from slides and staggering shoulder charges, to bullet-absorbing energy shields and laser beams. There's an appreciable sense of progression as you learn to dismantle obstacles with your newfound powers, even encouraging a bit of backtracking with teleport points scattered across the map. But as large, mysterious, and beautiful as Outland's realm may seem, Zebes it ain't; the worlds play more like large, linear levels than the massive, interconnected ecosystems you see in "Metroidvania" games. From the viewpoint of seasoned vampire slayers and bounty hunters, the scope falls a bit short of expectations. Expect an average run-through of about six hours.
Players wishing to wrench more time out of Outland will find it scouring each corner of the wilds for hidden concept art and unlockable co-op challenges, which pit you and a partner against a throng of specially designed levels separate from the main campaign. The inability to play these challenges locally offline, however, is an irksome omission, and there isn't much else to delve into apart from arcade-style remixes of the game's main environments.
There's no mistaking Outland for its marvelous presentation or its curious conglomeration of elements, which quite possibly amount to the freshest take on action platformers in a good long while. At 800 Microsoft Points, it's a journey well worth taking.
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The Magazine
Safety First
What it means when the Germans reward 'peace.'
Oct 20, 2008, Vol. 14, No. 06 • By SUSANNE KLINGENSTEIN
On October 19, at the Frankfurt Book Fair, the German-born painter Anselm Kiefer will receive the Peace Prize of the German Publishers and Booksellers Association, Germany's most important award for cultural achievement.
Kiefer seems an odd choice, not because his achievements may be in doubt, but because he is a painter. Until now the Friedenspreis (as the award is called in German) has always gone to a book person: Susan Sontag and Chinua Achebe, Jürgen Habermas and Karl Jaspers, Amos Oz and Jorge Semprún received the award. Or it has gone to someone who uses language effectively to convey ideas and ethical principles, such as Václav Havel or Theodor Heuss. Or it has gone to Jews, among them Yehudi Menuhin and Teddy Kollek, in which case their deeds spoke for them, especially the deed of coming to Germany.
You can see that the trustees were trying hard to justify their decision. If they had wanted to give the prize to a painter, the more bookish and challenging Gerhard Richter (born in 1932), just as famous and just as German as Kiefer (born in 1945), might have been a more obvious choice. Richter's work, honored with a 2002 retrospective at New York's Museum of Modern Art, is a running commentary on the evolution of the Federal Republic of Germany, its relation to its past and its petit bourgeois mentality. Probing the past, for Richter, also meant coming to terms with the fact that his father-in-law was an SS-Obersturmbannführer.
Richter's relation to, and artistic treatment of, the past is always specific; Kiefer's is mythic, grand, and vague, providing the frisson of horror memorialized. One of Richter's best known works is his 1988 series "October 18, 1977," 15 black-and-white paintings about the then imprisoned Baader-Meinhof gang, the terrorist group dedicated to changing what it considered the authoritarian structures of a Federal Republic that the failed student revolts of 1968 left untouched.
Germany's critical establishment tried hard this year to commemorate the various uprisings of 1968, and the year before tried just as hard to get a public discussion going about the fate of the remaining Baader-Meinhof members who remain in prison for committing terrorist acts. But the debate was a non-debate, and 1968 memorial efforts in the press failed to ignite any spark among the Germans, who enjoy a hearty commemoration as much as the French or Americans.
This lack of memorial zest for the events of 1968 in Frankfurt, Berlin, or Prague might be attributed to the depoliticized nihilism of the young, the deep economic angst of the middle-aged, or the feigned indifference of the newly old in whose middle age those events took place. But the fact is that the commemorative emotions of the Germans are still fully tied up in the demands that the 12 cruel years of the National Socialist regime place on their public conscience as now-enlightened European citizens.
Partly in response to their neighbors' long memories, the Germans are driving themselves to remember and invoke with the utmost precision--as they should--every jot and tittle of the Nazis' murderousness on the theory that constant displays of public contrition assuage and reassure their neighbors to the east and west, and the Jews in Israel and America, and that awareness of the Nazi abuses of power will ensure the creation of a truly just, democratic, and empathetic society.


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when the music slows down it's final call
women and men pushing their way through the halls
locked in stalls rolling spliffs for the long haul
stuffing beer bottles under their wife beaters
scuffing up their new white adidas sneakers
cars lining up along the street
music bumping bass lines thumping people krumping
walking with a swagger pistol locked and loaded
finger on the trigger ego growing bigger
g-strings getting wet pussy is a pet
falling in love for the moment reality they soon forget
hennessey on their breath cotton mouth making them vex
cruising along the west side highway on your way to 125th
building up an appetite meeting at sylvia's to eat
the nights just beginning soon as we get done eating
the after parties will soon be popping
everyone who's someone will be stopping in
bring your own alcohol vodka jack daniels and gin
bootie all around getting head underground
true love may be found but in here everyone gets around
new york to the heart we got love for all
until five o shows up cause the neighbors did call
woop woop thats the sound of the police
illegal name on the lease handcuffed to the chair
stashing weed in her hair she don't care
a typical night in the city that never sleeps
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Eric Hansen Gardner, 47, died in Norfolk, Va., Saturday, Jan. 19, 2013, due to complications from a stroke. He was born March 21, 1965, in Washington, D.C., to David and Caren Gardner.
Eric graduated from the University of North Carolina-Wilmington. He was married to his best friend and wife, Tina Gardner. Eric will be remembered for his love of surfing and the ocean, his friends, and his family, wife and children. He lived every day of his life to the fullest and on his own terms. Many people will recollect the smile and good words he shared every morning at the Southern Bean Coffee House of Kitty Hawk. Eric was known for establishing this business, the first coffeehouse on the beach. His love was an inspiration to many; it was shown every day in his many friendships. He forever will be remembered as an icon of the beach and our community and for giving the gift of life as an organ donor.
Surviving Eric are his wife, Tina, of Kill Devil Hills; parents, Caren and David Gardner of Crystal Lake, Ill.; two sisters, Andrea Feller (Richard) of Eau Claire, Wis., and Dana Gregory (Steve) of Alexis, Ill.; one brother, John Gardner (Colleen) of Crystal Lake; two sons, Cole Gardner and Wynn Gardner and one daughter, Emerson Gardner, all of Nags Head, N.C.; one stepson, Elijah Melanson of Kill Devil Hills; and numerous extended family members, friends and loyal customers.


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Cause for celebration?
The Celebration Chronicles: life, liberty and the pursuit of property value in Disney's new town
The Celebration Chronicles: life, liberty and the pursuit of property value in Disney's new town
by Stephen Brown Published
The past 200 years have belonged to the city and, latterly, the suburb. The industrial revolution fattened our cities; modernist rationalism cleaned and carved them up; postwar affluence just drove into suburbia. But, in America and Britain at least, the reaction against modernist hubris and resource-hungry suburbs is reaching a crisis. This new century may be the century of the town.
In America, the self-proclaimed New Urbanists are leading the battle. Their flagship is Celebration, a new town (with a projected population of 20,000) built by the Disney Corporation in Florida. It is an important test case. Sprawl has shot up the political agenda, and New Urbanism (with backing from figures on both the left and the right) is an increasingly influential response, not just in greenfield developments such as Celebration.
With its brightly coloured, pastiche architecture (homeowners may choose from six different revival styles), officious rulebook and links to Disney, Celebration seems like a metropolitan liberal's nightmare. After all, The Truman Show was filmed in another New Urbanist town, Seaside. But The Celebration Chronicles, written by the sociologist Andrew Ross on the basis of a year's residence in the town, scotches all simple judgements.
As Ross points out, the fashionable conversion of industrial spaces is no more authentic than Celebration's historical plundering. The ambiguities of Celebration's conservative revolution run deep. The town is radical, too. New Urbanist planning principles are such an attack on postwar development as to be illegal in many parts of America: they include rules to design around pedestrians and public transport, not cars; to build compactly, mixing commercial, residential and different value properties; and to preserve green space wherever possible. In short, to reinvent the town.
Ross unearths much that worries him about Celebration, mostly rooted in Disney's patronage. And yet, through fascinating and sometimes moving reportage, he also shows the town developing a strong and generally tolerant sense of community, not least when it contradicts the developer's plan. But it is as real concerns and complaints arise that the Celebrationites begin truly to form a fractious living entity.
Perhaps the return of the town is a sign of our risk aversion and our fear of the "urban sublime". But it is a phenomenon that suits the times, blurring easy contrasts between left and right, between civic renewal, environmental concern and nostalgia for authoritarian community. New Labour, which sometimes embraces all these things, is currently overhauling its housing strategy in ways that share much with New Urbanism. Al Gore is a committed supporter. Andrew Ross, blessed with a dry wit and an inability to condescend, is an engaging guide through this ambiguous territory.


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Chess Collectors International was incorporated in 1984 for the study and promulgation of the art and history of chess artifacts.
The first Biennial Convention was held in Florida in 1984. Subsequent 4 to 5 day conventions have been held in London, 1986; Munich, 1988; New York, 1990; Paris, 1992; St. Petersburg, Russia, 1994; Washington D.C., 1996; Vienna, Austria, 1998; Florence, Italy, 2000; Philadelphia, 2002; Madrid, 2004; Berlin, 2006; Miami, 2008; Cambridge, England, 2010; Dresden, Germany, 2012; Baltimore, 2013; and plans to meet in New York in 2014.
Conventions have included seminars and speakers on chess collecting; chess auctions; museums exhibitions; displays of chess art, books, and stamps; and the sale and trading of chess sets and chess materials. Museums displaying their chess sets during our conventions have included the Hermitage in St. Petersburg, Russia; New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art; The Philadelphia Museum of Art; The Biblioteque National in Paris; The German National Museum in Munich, and London's British Museum and Victoria and Albert Museum.
Membership initially was for those who enjoyed the beauty, art, and history of chess sets. It now includes collectors of chess postage stamps as well as chess books, chess in art, chess pins, documents, and other memorabilia.
Some members are recognized for their playing expertise. Others know little of the moves, but enjoy collecting chess in all forms. Some members have three or four chess sets. Others have collected hundreds of sets. Some specialize in antique sets. Others prefer sets designed by modern artists or local craftspeople.
A worldwide membership and mailing list numbers close to 2,000 people in 34 different nations. Approximately ten percent of that number are located in the New York Metropolitan area and about fifty percent of the membership is in the United States.
In local areas, members sometimes get together to display and discuss chess sets and material. By telephone and letter, members keep one another informed of upcoming sales and other pertinent information. A newsletter is currently published and plans are being made to for scholarships and prizes to encourage further study of the art and history of the game of chess.
Dues are $50.00 per person, per calendar year. To become a member, send a check payable to "Chess Collectors International" P.O. Box 166, Commack, NY 11725. Chess Collectors International is a tax exempt corporation in the U.S.A.
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Makes all the routine posts.
Build it and they will come.
Talent is God Given: be humble.
Fame is man given: be thankful.
Conceit is self given: be careful.
John Wooden
ample parking
"Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover."
~ Mark Twain
When I first saw that sign, I thought it said "Crisco Field" and I was thinking to myself, "What a slick name for a ballpark,"
Talent is God Given: be humble.
Fame is man given: be thankful.
Conceit is self given: be careful.
John Wooden
Even Reds pitchers could keep it in a park that big.
Future Home of Cisco Field...
where the Cisco Kid will ride again!
Best Wine EVAR. Great corporate sponsor.
Ain't no party like a Marty Party.
One planet, one slab of pavement.
Get your nunchucks and the keys to your dad's car. I know where we can get a gun
Let's see Jose bounce a homerun off his head and over THIS fence!
a super volcano of ridonkulous suckitude.
I simply don't have access to a "cares about RBI" place in my psyche. There is a "mildly curious about OBI%" alcove just before the acid filled lake guarded by robot snipers with lasers which leads to the "cares about RBI" antechamber though. - Nate
An ugly field for an organization filled with ugly players.
The Sox traded Bullfrog the only player they've got for Shottenhoffen. Four-eyes Shottenhoffen a utility infielder. They've got a whole team of utility infielders.
It's nobody's fault(line) but our own.
Small market fan... always hoping, but never expecting.
"Let me see that tho-ooo-ong..."
Hey look, they're ahead of schedule, it's already been leveled! Wooo!
'When I'm not longer rapping, I want to open up an ice cream parlor and call myself Scoop Dogg.'
-Snoop on his retirement
Your Mom is happy.
All the landfill money can buy
Baseball is like church. Many attend, few understand
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Woodbine: Delegation dominates Dominion Day Stakes
ETOBICOKE, Ontario – Delegation shattered Woodbine's 10-furlong Polytrack record with a decisive victory in the 61st running of the $152,100 Dominion Day Stakes on holiday Monday.
Delegation ($4.50) went right to the front and was hounded by Perfect Afleet through moderate early fractions in the Grade 3 fixture. He assumed command through three-quarters in 1:13.34 and then drew off to score by 9 1/4 lengths over James Street, who edged out Alpha Bettor for second.
The final time of 2:01.51 was 0.48 seconds lower than the previous record set by Strait of Dover in last year's Queen's Plate.
Delegation's romp was the fourth winner on the card for jockey Luis Contreras, who got a leg up from trainer Mark Casse.
"He has just an unbelievable stride," Casse said. "When this horse is on his game, he's probably as good a horse as I've ever trained."
Delegation, easily the best horse at Woodbine, earned $90,000 for owner Gary Barber.
"Shattered".........no. "Hounded".....no. "Moderate early fractions".....yes.
I watched it at work today live. It was dominating. Nolo contendere. I had the 2nd place horse, of course. What's the most effective treatment for Seconditis?


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The most important thing is to know your bike so you can take advantage of its features, for example : the shape of the frame, the shape of the handlebars, can determine the type of modifications you will incorporate into your bike.
Note : in this instructable many instruction and notes are written onto the pictures.
Coming up...Safety first.
The first step is the easiest and most obvious.
To increase one's safety while riding a bike, one must make sure his bike's performance and visibility are as good as possible.
Step 1: Safety first
Bikes are great because they carry us around, but they aren't that great when they break down in the middle of the trip and you injure yourself or when you lost the key to the cable.
So the best thing to do about it is to take some tools, a first aid kit and a spare key with you on your trips.
Just one problem, the stuff mentioned above is pretty uncomfortable to take in your pockets or bag, and also what if you forget your kit at home ?
The answer to that problem is... well you'll have to scroll down to see it in action.
Step 2: Hidden stuff
Now that you have a spare key on the bike in case you forget the other one at home, it's time to prepare for the next worse case scenario : your brakes get loosened.
To be prepared for this case you'll need an Allen key that fits the bolts in your brake system, some electrical tape and a neodymium magnet.
Oh yeah, I almost forgot. You'll need to paint the Allen key to match the color of the suspension cylinder for camouflage.
PS. the instructions are in the pictures.
Step 3: Hiding the tool
Doesn't it ruin your day when someone steels your wheel or saddle ?
Well, not anymore.
PS. Please pay attention to the writing on the pictures.


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A single phase, highly aklaline, liquid detergent composition particularly effective in removing airborne kitchen grease from hard surfaces is provided which comprises, by weight:
a. from about 1 to 5% of a surfactant selected from the group consisting of nonionic surfactants (including alcohol ethoxylates and amine oxides, wherein the alcohol ethoxylate is selected from the group consisting of linear primary alcohol ethoxylates, random secondary alcohol ethoxylates) and amphoteric surfactants (comprising water-soluble betaines) and mixtures thereof;
b. about 2% of a builder selected from the group consisting of tetrapotassium pyrophosphate (TKPP), sodium tripolyphosphate (STPP), sodium metasilicate, sodium carbonate, sodium bicarbonate, and
c. about 2% of an alkanolamine selected from the group consisting of monoethanolamine, diethanolamine, and triethanolamine;
d. from about 2 to 8% of at least one water miscible, preferably polar organic solvent selected from the group consisting of water soluble glycol ethers (including diethylene glycol monobutyl ether, ethylene glycol monobutyl ether, ethylene glycol methyl ether, and propylene glycol methyl ether) and alkyl acetates; and
e. water.
1. A single phase liquid detergent composition especially effective in removing greasy soils from hard surfaces consisting essentially of a mixture of:
a. from about 1 to 5% of at least one surfactant selected from the group consisting of nonionic, polar nonionic, and amphoteric surfactants or mixtures thereof;
b. about 1-6% of a builder;
c. from about 1-5% of an alkanolamine selected from the group consisting of monoethanolamine, diethanolamine, and triethanolamine;
d. from about 2 to 8% of at least one organic solvent, said solvent selected from the group consisting of water soluble glycol ethers and alkyl acetates; and
e. water, wherein the pH of the composition ranges from 9 to 13.
2. The detergent of claim 1 wherein the nonionic surfactant is selected from the group consisting of alcohol ethoxylates and amine oxides.
3. The detergent of claim 2 wherein the alcohol ethoxylate is selected from the group consisting of linear primary alcohol ethoxylates, random secondary alcohol ethoxylates.
4. The detergent of claim 3 wherein the surfactant is selected from the group consisting of combinations of high EO--low EO alcohol ethoxylates and combinations of mono or di alkylquaternary compounds.
5. The detergent of claim 1 wherein the amphoteric surfactant is selected from the group consisting of water-soluble betaines.
6. The detergent of claim 5 wherein the betaine surfactant is dodecyl dimethylammonium acetate.
7. The detergent of claim 1 wherein the builder is selected from the group consisting of tetrapotassium pyrophosphate (TKPP), sodium tripolyphosphate (STPP), sodium metasilicate, sodium carbonate, sodium bicarbonate, and mixtures thereof.
8. The detergent of claim 1 wherein the water soluble glycol ether solvent is selected from the group consisting of diethylene glycol monobutyl ether, ethylene glycol monobutyl ether, ethylene glycol methyl ether, and propylene glycol methyl ether.
This invention relates to compositions, preferably in the form of clear, single phase liquids, that are particularly useful in removing aerosolized, polymerized, or airborne hardened grease from kitchen surfaces.
Airborne grease, polymerized grease, or aerosolized grease are names applied to the type of greasy soil which results from the deposition of oil particles on kitchen surfaces during various cooking processes involving edible fats and oils, i.e., deep frying, grill frying, etc. During such frying of foods, particles of fats and oils spatter and splash and eventually deposit on various kitchen surfaces such as countertops, floors, walls and appliance surfaces. This type of greasy soil or "aerosolized grease," upon contact with the substrate undergoes a number of chemical reactions and forms a semi-solid gel structure, which strongly adheres to the substrate. The result is a difficult to remove greasy soil that contains a significant amount of insoluble and polar fractions.
The following are the major changes that have been found to occur in the physical and chemical properties of cooking oils as the oils are treated under deep frying conditions and aged on kitchen surfaces:
Initially the oil is a liquid (at room temperature), and it is composed of a mixture of low molecular weight unsaturated triglycerides with no significant polar compounds (free fatty acids). This oil has a viscosity of about 60 cps and adheres weakly to the substrate.
As the oil is exposed to high temperature, air, and moisture during deep frying (and following aging at room temperature), various chemical reactions, including polymerization, hydrolysis, and oxidation take place. The rate and extent of these reactions depend on the nature of the oil, the temperature and the operating conditions. Key physical and chemical changes in oil properties which take place upon this treatment can be summarized as follows:
1. Substantial reduction in the level of unsaturated fractions and formation of dimers and trimers, as the oil undergoes thermal and oxidative polymerization. This results in a major increase in oil viscosity as the oil transforms from a liquid to a gel (or solid, in the case of linseed oil).
2. Significant increase in the free fatty acid content of the oil. This results in increased tackiness and greater adhesion to the substrate, particularly glass and metal surfaces via polar bonds.
Commercial multipurpose cleaners containing mixtures of surfactant and salt are not effective in removing such greasy soil. It has now been discovered, though, that it is possible to formulate a nonabrasive, liquid cleaning composition which effectively removes such greasy soil. The proposed composition utilizes high alkalinity to neutralize the polar groups of the soil to aid detachment, a solvent to penetrate and to swell the soil, and a surfactant to wet and disperse the soil.
Generally, the compositions of this invention consist of the following essential ingredients:
1. A water miscible, preferably polar, organic solvent which provides penetration into and swelling of the soil.
2. A short chain, nonionic surfactant of low molecular weight with optimum hydrophilic/hydrophobic balance to provide wetting and to enhance detachment from the substrate. Amphoteric surfactants and combinations of nonionic and amphoteric surfactants may also be used.
3. A builder/buffer agent to provide a high pH alkaline environment for saponification and hydrolysis of the grease so that the polar groups of the residue are neutralized.
4. An alkanolamine to serve as a protein denaturant, which extends the efficacy on other types of food soils including egg and meat residue.
5. Water.
The compositions of the present invention are formulated as clear, single phase liquids, but they may be provided in other forms such as gels and aerosols, and they may be dispensed from pump sprayers, trigger spray or foamer bottles, aerosol cans, and the like.
Specifically, formulations according to the present invention are highly alkaline (having a pH ranging from 9-13) and comprise:
a. from about 1 to 5% of a surfactant selected from the group consisting of nonionic surfactants (low molecular weight, short chain), amphoteric surfactants and mixtures thereof;
b. about 2 to 6% of a builder salt selected from the group consisting of polyphosphates, pyrophosphates, silicates, metasilicates, and carbonates;
c. from about 1 to 5% of an alkanolamine selected from the group consisting of monoethanolamine, diethanolamine and triethanolamine;
d. water; and
e. about 2 to 8% of at least one water miscible, preferably polar organic solvent selected from the group consisting of water soluble glycol ethers (including diethylene glycol monobutyl ether, ethylene glycolmonobutyl ether, ethylene glycol methyl ether, and propylene glycol methyl ether) and C6 -C13 alkyl acetates.
It has now been found that aerosolized grease residues can be effectively removed from hard surfaces by: contacting such soiled surfaces with an effective amount of the above-identified liquid detergent compositions; allowing an effective amount of time for the composition to soak through the soil; and then wiping the affected soiled surfaces to remove the detergent composition and the solubilized greasy residue.
These compositions provide superior efficacy on hard-to-remove aerosolized grease, when compared to commercially available, spray products. Moreover, they are mild to human skin; can be easily packaged in a trigger spray or trigger foamer bottle; and have a mild odor, which can easily be masked by perfume.
Alfonic 610-50 is the trade name for primary alcohol ethoxylate (C6 -C10 with 50% EO) made by Vista Chemical.
Barlox-14 is the trade name for alkyl (C10 -C14) dimethyl amine oxide made by Lonza.
Betaine BL-158 is the trade name for alkyl dimethyl betaine (C12 -C14) made by Goldschmidt Chemical Corp.
Butoxydiglycol (CTFA name)--diethylene glycol monobutyl ether--Butyl Carbitol--Union Carbide.
Butoxyethanol (CTFA name)--ethylene glycol monobutyl ether--Butyl Cellosolve--Union Carbide.
Cocamide DEA (CTFA name)--Coconut diethanolamide--Monoamid 150 ADD--Mona.
Cocoamidopropyl Betaine--Surco Coco Betaine--Onyx.
EDTA--Ethylene diamine tetra acetic acid.
Exxate 600 is trade name for hexyl acetate made by Exxon Chemicals.
Lauric/Myristic Diethanolamide--The fatty acid of the amide is a mixture of lauric and myristic acids, usually in a proportion of 1:3 to 3:1 and preferably about 1:1. Thus, such material is really a mixture of two different diethanolamides but is generally named for convenience as lauric/myristic diethanolamide or LMDEA.
Neodol 23-6.5 is the trade name for primary alcohol ethoxylate (C12 -C13, 6.5 EO) made by Shell.
Pareth 25-9 (CTFA name)--polyethylene glycol ether mixture of synthetic C12-15 fatty alcohols with any average of moles of ethylene oxide--Neodol 25-9(Shell).
Tergitol 15-S-9 is the brand name for secondary alcohol ethoxylate (C11 -C15,9EO) made by Union Carbide Corp.
TKPP--tetrapotassium pyrophosphate.
The grease removing compositions of this invention are essentially comprised of the following components: surfactant, builder, alkanolamine, water, and solvent. In addition to the above ingredients, the compositions of this invention may contain other substances generally present in detergent compositions. For example, the composition may be thickened if desired by the addition of known viscosity increasing agents. Foam stabilising agents may also be incorporated, and other ingredients which may normally be present include preservatives, humectants, foam boosters, anti-foaming agents, dispersants, pH modifiers, colorants, and perfumes.
According to a first embodiment of the invention, the surfactant, which is present in the amount of 1-5% of the composition, is selected from the group consisting of nonionic surfactants, amphoteric surfactants, and their combinations. Preferably, the surfactant is present in the amount of 1%.
The nonionic surfactant, preferably, is comprised of one or a mixture of short chain, low molecular weight linear primary alcohol ethoxylates, random secondary alcohol ethoxylates, and polar compounds, such as amine oxides. The primary alcohols ethoxylates are represented by the general formula:
R--O--(CH2 --CH2 --O)n --H
wherein R is an alkyl radical having from 9 to 16 carbon atoms and the number of ethoxylate groups, n, is from 1 to 7. Commercially available nonionic surfactants of this type are sold by Shell Chemical Company under the tradename Neodol and by Union Carbide Corporation under the tradename Tergitol.
The secondary alcohol ethoxylates are represented by the general formula: ##STR1##
Wherein x=y is from 6 to 15 and the number of ethoxylate groups, n, is from 1 to 9. Commercially available surfactants of this type are sold by Union Carbide Corporation under the tradename Tergitol S series surfactants, with Tergitol 15-S-9(T 15-S-9) being preferred for use herein.
The useful amine oxides are represented by the general formula: ##STR2## wherein R1 is an alkyl radical containing from 12 to 18 carbon atoms, and R2 and R3 are methyl, ethyl or hydroxyethyl. Commercially available surfactants of this type are sold by Armak under the tradename Aromox surfactant, such as, for example, Aromox DMMC-W the tradename for dimethyl cocoamine oxide.
Other useful surfactant systems include: combinations of high EO-low EO alcohol ethoxylates and combinations of mono or dialkyl quaternary compounds and the nonionic surfactants mentioned above.
Preferable ethoxylate mixtures comprise C12 -C15 alcohol ethoxylates having 9 to 12 ethoxy groups in combination with C12 -C15 alcohol ethoxylates having 3 to 6 ethoxy groups.
The quaternary compounds suitable for use in combination with the above mentioned nonionics are represented by the general formula: ##STR3## wherein R1 is CH3 or an alkyl radical containing from 10 to 14 carbon atoms and R2 is an alkyl radical containing from 10 to 14 carbon atoms and X is a halogen such as bromide or chloride. Preferably the quaternary compound used in combination with nonionic surfactant is tetradecyltrimethylammonium bromide.
The amphoteric surfactant is preferably comprised of water-soluble betaine surfactants having the following structure ##STR4## wherein R1 is an alkyl radical containing from 8 to 18 carbon atoms, or the amido radical: ##STR5## wherein R is an alkyl group having about 8 to 18 carbon atoms and a is the integer 1 to 4; R2 is an alkylene group having from 1 to 4 carbon atoms. Suitable betaines include dodecyl dimethyl betaine and cocoamidopropyl betaine.
The composition also contains from 2 to 8% of a builder salt or electrolyte, which is comprised of phosphates, such as tetrapotassium pyrophosphate, sodium tripolyphosphate; carbonates, such as sodium carbonate, sodium sesquicarbonate and sodium bicarbonate; silicates and metasilicates, such as sodium metasilicate; and mixtures thereof. The preferred amount of the builder in the composition is 2%.
About 1-5% of an alkanolamine is also present, which comprises monoethanolamine, diethanolamine or triethanolamine. About 2.0% of the alkanolamine in the composition is preferred.
The solvent comprises about 2-8% of the composition. The solvent is selected from the group consisting of C6 -C13 alkyl acetates, such as hexyl acetate; and water soluble glycol ethers such as diethylene glycol monobutyl ether (Butyl Carbitol), ethylene glycol monobutyl ether, ethylene glycol methyl ether, and propylene glycol methyl ether.
Water completes the balance of the composition (from about 74-96%), the pH of which ranges from 9 to 13.
In order to easily prepare a soil to be applied to test surfaces when comparing the efficacy of different detergent compositions, a "model soil" having the properties of "polymerized grease" was developed. This eliminated the need to run a control each time a test was run. It comprised a partially polymerized corn oil (the most frequently used frying oil) pigment and solvent. The pigment is included to improve the resolution of reflectance data, and the solvent provides ease of application.
The "model soil" was applied to a substrate by using a mohair piece or a brush as a thin film and placed at room temperature for 1 to 3 days depending on the type of substrate and the tenacity of the soil required.
This involved mechanical scrubbing of the soiled panels using a Gardner Instrument equipped with two pads with mohair surfaces. The mohair surface was initially soaked in the cleaning solution. After soil removal was performed at the specified number of strokes, a quantitative estimate of the relative cleaning efficiency was determined photometrically.
The compositions of the present invention are particularly adapted to be utilized by being sprayed onto the soiled surface from a trigger spray package and thereafter wiped off. It has been found that a spray cleaner that shows superior performance in removing "polymerized grease" comprises:
______________________________________ %______________________________________Water miscible solvent Butyl Carbitol 5Nonionic Surfactant Ethoxylated alcohol 1 (NEODOL 23-6.5)Builder/Buffer TKPP 2Alkanolamine TEA 2pH 12______________________________________
A comparison of the above composition with a commercially available spray cleaner indicates the use of the nonionic surfactant instead of the linear alkyl benzene sulfonate (LAS) anionic surfactant used in the commercial spray cleaner had a major effect in cleaning efficiency of the spray cleaner.
Results of the performance assessment of this formula (FORMULA B) on both the "polymerized grease" is illustrated in the following table.
TABLE I______________________________________ Percent Soil Removal______________________________________Current prototype (Formula B) 75Commercial All Purpose Cleaner 10Commercial Spray Cleaner (a) 40Commercial Spray Cleaner (b) 60Soil: Polymerized Corn OilSubstrate: Latex Painted WallboardConditions: Gardner Test 10 Strokes______________________________________
A series of surfactants, solvents and builders were screened in an attempt to optimize the performance of the formulations of this invention against the model greasy soil "polymerized grease". The composition of this formulation was:
Table II shows the results from the evaluation of a series of surfactants. All surfactants were used at 1% level. The concentrations of the builder (TKPP at 2%) and the solvent (Butyl Carbitol at 4%) were kept constant in all cases.
TABLE II______________________________________Type of Surfactant Percent Soil Removal______________________________________Na paraffin sulfonate 20Na C12 alkylbenzene sulfonate 40Tergitol 15-S-9 80Alfonic 610-50 82Neodol 23-6.5 83Tego Betaine BL-158 82Barlox-14 85No Surfactant 20______________________________________
As shown in Table II, nonionic and amphoteric surfactants perform significantly better than the anionics.
Table III shows the result of the evaluation of a series of solvents including glycol ethers and alkyl acetates. All solvents were used at a 4% level. The concentrations of the surfactant (Neodol 23-6.5 at 1%) and builder (TKPP at 2%) were kept constant in all cases. Exxate 600 and 700 are mixed isomers of hexyl and heptyl acetates respectively (manufactured by Exxon).
TABLE III______________________________________Solvent Percent Soil Removal______________________________________Butyl Cellosolve 78Butyl Carbitol 78Exxate 700 80Ethyl Acetate 82Exxate 600 85No Solvent 70______________________________________
Results in removing polymerized grease are shown in Table I. It can be seen that the prototype formula resulted in 75% soil removal which was significantly better than the market leader among the spray cleaner products. The prototype formula also outperformed another commercially available spray cleaner.
Liquid all purpose cleaners (APCs), which do not contain solvent, are generally poor in removing polymerized grease, as will be noted by the results for product Nos. 3-5.
The result of the evaluation of four builder salts useful in the present invention is shown in Table IV in comparison to caustic-containing and builder-free formulas.
TABLE IV______________________________________Builder/Buffer Percent Soil Removal______________________________________NaOH 72Na Silicate 70TKPP 70Na Carbonate 72NaH EDTA 70No Builder 30______________________________________
As will be noted, although the presence of builder makes significant impact on performance among different builders, no significant difference in performance is observed.
The detergent compositions of the present invention, as well as their efficacy, will not be illustrated by the following examples, wherein all parts and percentages are by weight and all temperatures in degrees Celsius unless otherwise indicated.
TABLE V______________________________________ Com- Com- mercial mercial Examples Spray LemonIngredient #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 #7 Clnr APC______________________________________Tergitol 15-S-9 1.0 1.0 1.0Neodol 23-6.5 1.0Alfonic 610-50 1.0Amine Oxide(Barlox-14) 1.0Betaine BL-158 1.0Butyl Carbitol 5.0 5.0 5.0 5.0 5.0 5.0Exxate 600 5.0TKPP 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.0Sodium 2.0CarbonateTEA 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.0NaOH(adjust topH = 12)Water (Balance)Soil Removal 81 82 82 88 82 77 87 49 32(polymerizedgrease on wallboard)Gardner: 10strokes12.6 g/cm2 soilload______________________________________
As previously indicated, the compositions of the present invention are preferably formulated as clear, single phase liquids. However, it is within the ambit of this invention to formulate these compositions as gels and aerosols, and they may be dispensed from both pump sprayers and aerosol cans. Preparation of compositions suitable to be dispensed by aerosol or pump spray is within the ordinary skill in the art.
When it is desired to use a thickening agent with the compositions of the invention, for example when the organic matter to be removed is on a non-horizontal surface and it is desirable to maintain contact between these compositions and the soiled surface, any such agent, or mixture of two or more thereof, which is compatible with the ingredients of these formulations may be used. Useful organic thickening agents include starch, sodium carboxymethylcellulose, hydroxyethyl cellulose, methocel, and water-soluble polymers such as carboxy vinyl polymer (Carbopols--B. F. Goodrich Chemical Company), sodium polyacrylate, polyacrylic acid, gums including Xanthan gums such as Keltrol,--Kelco Company. Inorganic colloidal materials [clays] including Veegum (magnesium aluminum silicate--R. T. Vanderbilt), are also effective. When used, the thickening agent will typically vary between 0.1 to 6% by weight of the composition. Generally, it is desired to maintain the viscosity of these formulations between 100 and 150 cps. If the viscosity is too low, the compositions do not adhere well to the soiled surfaces. If too high, it has been found that the efficacy of these compositions is diminished.
Suitable foam boosters and foam stabilizers include cocomonoethanolamide, lauryl diethanolamide, lauryl/myristyl monoethanolamide, cocobetaine, and lauryl/myristyl diethanolamide.
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After the year that the Washington Redskins had in the 2012 season, the Skins are in prime position to land some guys that not only could add to the core of the team but also could became very helpful down the line. And with the team finally showing they can compete, it is a perfect time for owner Dan Snyder to spend some of those free agency dollars to tighten up a few holes in the team.
I have compiled a list with notable free agents that the Redskins should go after. First though, let's have a look "in house" to see who Washington needs to keep around and who the team can afford to let go.
In House
1. Fred Davis: The good thing about this situation is that the Skins have options here with "sleepy". Davis is coming off of a year that he wants to forget, and probably knows that the Redskins hold his fate with the team in their hands. If the Redskins try to keep him it won't be under the franchise tag, the team would likely try to sign him to a 2-3 year deal at a reduced rate.
2. London Fletcher: As much as I talk about how he has lost a step, every Sunday he shut my mouth last year. Fletch has played outstanding since signing with the team back in 2007, doing what a lot of people question that he could do when the Skins went out and picked him up out of free agency. The Ball is in Fletcher's court and I won't be surprised if he does come back for one more year. But are the Skins willing to keep him or clear up close to 3 million in cap space?
3. Lorenzo Alexander: This is a MUST for the Redskins. Re-signing Alexander will be the best Free Agency move for the Washington Redskins in my opinion. Alexander has been nothing short of a stud for the Skins since he came on board with the team as a practice squad player in 2006. I'm not too worried about Alexander because I know that he wants to play football here and I know that the Skins want to bring him back. Especially in case Fletcher does hang them up.
4. Brandon Banks: Buah Bye.
5. DeAngelo Hall: Terrible at the start of the season, Hall turned it around and played like the guy that we knew in Atlanta at the end of the season. D-hall is not a free agent but his mouth and his lackluster play in the start of the year might have done him in in Washington. Ultimately the Redskins will probably keep him but that $8.3 figure has to be reduced in order to get under the cap. Hall has already expressed the willingness to rework his deal.
6. Brandon Meriweather: If healthy the guy is a game changer. I say bring him back on another one year deal. it can't hurt.
7. Santana Moss: This one is tricky just because he had such a good year for the team, but paying an aging WR $6.3 million a year is not the thing to do in the NFL anymore. I think the Redskins rework his deal to better suit the team. If Moss won't rework his deal then I would see the Skins moving in a different direction.
8. Chris Cooley: Well, with only one catch this past season after coming back when Davis went down, it looks like the Skins are going to part ways for good with Cooley but that's only on the field. I think Chris will be back with the Redskins organization in some capacity outside of being a player.
That was just some of the guys that I think Washington should focus on the most. Now here are some of the top Free Agents around the NFL that the team could — and should — try to reel in.
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1. Mike Wallace (WR): Great fit for the Redskins wide-open offense. The Skins are going to have a hard time signing him because of the team's cap issues this year, but if they can make it work he should be a prime target. It's nice to dream about it anyway!
2. Danny Amendola (WR): "Mr. Don't Sleep On Me" himself. Surprised that the Rams are going to let him walk after the productive season that he had, but he was injured for the better part of the season. Still this could be an affordable option for the Skins, especially as a reliable replacement for Moss.
3. Kellen Winslow (TE): Do you take a shot on this guy?
4. Gosder Cherilus (T): With Jamal Brown getting the boot this off season (finally), this would be another affordable pick up for the Redskins. God knows that they need a solid Right Tackle.
5. Lawrence Sidbury (DL): Washington would be smart to add more speed to the defensive line and Sidbury has a lot of it.
6. Moise Fokou (LB): Skins fans know this guy too well. He would be a perfect fit for the team as a solid rotational player.
7. Kelvin Hayden (CB): A guy that the Redskins wanted so bad two years back is now a free agent. Coming off of an injury, I still think the Skins should take a hard look at Hayden.
8. Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie (CB): "Run DRC" could be just what the doctor ordered for Washington at the corner position. He could fill in the nickel if the team moves away from Griffin.
9. Ed Reed (S): Maybe?..
10. Jairus Byrd (S): This would be AWESOME. If you pair up Meriweather and Byrd…you now have one of the best safety tandems in the NFL. Skins should hit this one as hard as the team can.


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Castle won't return from its winter hiatus until January 7 with Episode 10, "Significant Others," but we're already excited about Season 5, Episode 14: "Reality Star Struck."
When TVLine announced the Firefly reunion ahead, they mentioned that Gina Torres's character stars on a "Real Housewives-esque" show, and SpoilerTV reports that her episode circles around a reality series called Wall Street Wives. Color us intrigued!
Apparently this show is ran by an "unscrupulous producer" named Peter Monroe, which worries us — could Gina's character, Samantha, die? And will her "captain" — aka Nathan Fillion, who played Captain Mal on Firefly — save her, or just solve her crime?
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Anglicized form of French Henriette, a feminine diminutive of Henry (French Henri) coined in the 17th century. It was quite common in England in the 18th and early 19th centuries.
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English: habitational name from places in Cumbria, Lincolnshire, and Northamptonshire. The first gets its name from Old English Haferingtūn 'settlement (Old English tūn) associated with someone called Hæfer', a byname meaning 'he-goat'. The second probably meant 'settlement (Old English tūn) of someone called Hæring'. Alternatively, the first element may have been Old English hæring 'stony place' or hāring 'gray wood'. The last, recorded in Domesday Book as Arintone and in 1184 as Hederingeton, is most probably named with an unattested Old English personal name, Heathuhere.
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Harriett, Harriette, Harrietta, Harryette, Harriot, Harriott, Harriete, Harret, Harrieta, Harrt
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