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Pack lightly, bring along a sense of curiosity and give the suggested pre-trip reading list more than just a glance.
That's the advice from veteran travelers who've booked Road Scholar vacations through Elderhostel Inc., hoping to bridge adventure and their quest for lifelong learning.
The Boston-based company, which began in 1975, offers 4,000 domestic and 1,500 international trips a year.
The average age of regular participants is 72, but the company is seeing an increase in the number of younger clients since 2010, when it switched from Elderhostel to Road Scholar programs.
Too many people thought the company was only for the elderly and that travelers would stay only in hostels, said Natasha Palmroth, the company's director of international programs.
Today about 20 percent of the Road Scholars are in their mid-40s to mid-60s, and no one stays in a hostel anymore.
Road Scholar clients are walking the English countryside with an expert guide taking them to the stone villages of Cornwall. They're watching a chef doing cooking demonstrations in Turkey. And they're coming to Canyon de Chelly in Arizona to go on a 4-by-4 trip led by a Navajo guide into the canyon to see ruins, petroglyphs, hogans and farm fields.
Phoenix resident Judy Ambelang, who has been on 25 Elderhostel/Road Scholar trips during the past 18 years, said one of her favorite outings was following the trail of Meriwether Lewis and William Clark's expedition on land and water.
"I love to discover the joy of traveling with people who think alike," said Ambelang, 68. "People don't talk about investments or how successful they were. They don't even talk about their grandchildren. We're just mopping up what we're experiencing."
She enjoys the trips that incorporate storytelling.
"Last summer we did the Mississippi River trip, and it started in Minneapolis and we heard two fabulous storytellers. They dressed the part and become the person. It was like being with pioneers."
Boomers are signing up with other companies for vacations that offer that same educational boost. The trips often pair sightseeing with lectures, behind-the-scenes access and demonstrations that typical touristy vacations may not offer. Costs vary from about $170 to $300 a day, depending on domestic or international locations. Fees generally include meals and accommodations, lectures and events.
Companies rate their trips by endurance level, so participants can learn whether there are steps to climb and miles to walk. Road Scholars offers reading lists so clients can get a head start on history, culture and other nuances of travel destinations.
Amy Moreno, director of travel for AAA Arizona, said Boomers want a richer experience than the recommendations found in a guidebook.
"They like group traveling with some sort of educational component," she said. "They view travel as an extension of education."
Though it's fun to shop and enjoy a beach, people want to learn and do something hands-on, Moreno said.
She returned just this month from an eight-day trip to South Carolina, Georgia and Florida with 41 women, ages 50 to 89, who went on a Today's Traveling Women trip. About a year ago, AAA Arizona organized the group to meet the needs of an aging demographic. Several trips are planned for the remainder of 2013 and into 2014.
Boomers don't see travel as a luxury, Moreno said.
"Although their parents may have waited until they retired to visit Europe, many Boomers likely made the trip in high school or college."
During 2011, Baby Boomers and older took 743 million domestic trips, according to the lastest statistics from the U.S. Travel Association. Of those trips, 574 million were for purposes of leisure. The association, however, does not keep track of how many trips people take for educational purposes, said spokeswoman Cathy Keefe.
Tina Fouts, director of the Wisconsin-based Senior Summer School, which holds many of its programs on university campuses, said she gets more calls every year from Boomers.
"And we're trying to reach out to those groups, as well," she said.
Fouts said she has changed some aspects of her programs to accommodate younger travelers.
"They want a little more free time at each location," she said. "We have things scheduled from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m., but they want a little time on their own.''
Gary Murtagh, owner and president of Canadian-based ElderTreks, which offers about 5,000 trips a year, said Boomers are seeking the kind of exotic trips he offers.
Most outings are between 15 and 21 days and usually take participants off the beaten path.
"We make sure there is a lot of cultural interaction," Murtagh said. "Our tour leaders ensure that people are having an experience, not just hearing a lecture."
On one of his favorite tours, he brought a group through water-buffalo-plowed fields to the base of a volcano in Sumatra, an island in western Indonesia. It began to rain and he led the group to a tribal village, where they shared food they had brought with the families they met.
He said his trips have an element of unpredictability.
"They don't know what is coming up. It challenges them to do something that is not routine."
Palmroth from Road Scholar said Boomers are a little more adventurous than their parents. And they crave knowledge.
"We have a very high percentage of people who are retired teachers. Learning is in their blood."
She said people should not expect a leisurely vacation.
"We keep participants really busy," she said.
And that works well for Phoenix resident Doni Cunningham, 76, who has taken 14 Elderhostel/Road Scholar trips with grandchildren. Her goal is to take each of her six grandchildren on three trips.
"I'm half-way done," Cunningham said.
This summer, she'll be taking a grandson to Glacier National Park. The trip offers a chance to float down the Middle Fork of the Flathead River on a rafting exploration. And naturalists will join the group to explain the park's ecosystems.
Cunningham, a former nurse, said she loves being active and began taking the Road Scholar trips in 1995.
"Getting to do the intergenerational trips has been a bonding experience. I feel closer to them with the one-on-one time."


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e: screwed up the poll. meant to say 30 mins unpaid, 2 15s paid.
We got Kronos, for the past 5 years I've always taken an hr lunch, and pretty much busted rear end the rest of my shift, at least in comparison to some people. I try to stay focused on myself though. 30 mins paid, 30 mins unpaid.
Now we only get an unpaid 30 min break for lunch. I work 9-5:30 at a desk job. In the ticket system I usually track 7-7 1/2 hours of work. There's really no downtime.
Most of my team is salaried. I was at one point, but the state came in and changed it like a year ago.
Now I have to punch a drat clock.
Officially the policy has always been there, just now they're going to try and enforce it.
For me, that's possible the final straw, but I'm too passive aggressive to quit. Instead, I've been tarnishing my once good reputation.
I don't really feel entitled to downtime, but I'm not really capable of working my current job without getting incredibly frustrated every day, and I need an hour to cool down. I pretty much hate it and dread coming in every day, now even more so
If I had downtime, 30 minutes would be fine, if the job was easy, 30 minutes would be fine. Instead it's ballbustingly hard, and has gotten harder over time.
SSH IT ZOMBIE fucked around with this message at Jun 9, 2010 around 04:55
|# ? Jun 9, 2010 04:30
|# ? Jul 30, 2015 12:11
Couldn't you ask to come in a half hour early or leave a half hour late and get a full hour?
I get an hour, by the way.
|# ? Jun 9, 2010 04:40
Johnny Walker posted:
Couldn't you ask to come in a half hour early or leave a half hour late and get a full hour?
Yeah, if I wanted to be scheduled for 9 hours a day, that is an option.
9-6pm is kind of a lovely shift...
Every place I've ever worked was pretty much 8 1/2 hours, 2 15s and 1 30, but really loosely enforced.
I came into my current job like 5 years ago with that mindset, and no one ever said anything, and I've always taken it, but now they're going to enforce no "paid" breaks.
All I want is a 30 minute "paid" break or 2 15s. Is that abnormal now?
SSH IT ZOMBIE fucked around with this message at Jun 9, 2010 around 04:46
|# ? Jun 9, 2010 04:43
I worked 9 months, 6 days a week, 9 hour shifts, without breaks.
You should add in a 5th option
"Food Service - What's a break?"
|# ? Jun 9, 2010 04:48
Officially - 15 minutes paid, 15 unpaid, 30 total for lunch. 8h 15m work time.
Reality - take as much as you want, get your job done.
Generally we are very free with our time. It's expected of me to work for 40 hours a week, not 8 hours a day, and even that is very fluid. I work in an office in IT field.
|# ? Jun 9, 2010 05:02
Didn't vote since my option wasn't there.
I work 7 and half hours a day, which is pretty common in Finland. I have half an hour unpaid lunch break and couple paid coffee breaks. I'd love to work 8 hours instead to get the legal benefits but my employer is an rear end. By legal benefits I mean the so called "pekkasp�iv�t", which are meant to even out the weekly work time to 37,5 hours. Basically it means the people who work 8 hours, get extra 12,5 days off per year. I'd hardly even notice an extra 30 minutes in my day, but two weeks extra vacation? gently caress yes.
|# ? Jun 9, 2010 05:07
None. I work ~12 hours a day. Weekends for a morning/afternoon a few times a quarter. There are no official breaks, so no breaks besides lunch (usually just buy something and come back to my desk immediately), getting up to use the bathroom, take a few minutes to goto the vending machine or something.
I'm salaried so there's no such thing as overtime or unpaid time. You either work, or you don't. Pay is not impacted by hours, unless it is the opposite of your performance. If your hours are long yet you get nothing done, you'll probably get canned. If your hours are short and yet you're amazing, you'll probably get a raise.
zmcnulty fucked around with this message at Jun 9, 2010 around 06:31
|# ? Jun 9, 2010 06:23
I work 12.5 hour shifts, salary, which get paid as 11.5 hours with pay and 1 hour break.
I've been there since forever, and though they've tried to enforce the times, only the newbies will stick to it. Most people will only do 12 hours at most, I make sure that I get there late, have a 1.5 hour lunch and take a nap in my chair for about 30 minutes after I've come back from lunch. So it works out at about 10 hours there, with as little work as possible, and a 2 hour break.
Lazy fucks eh? Well, since the company got taken over by one of those buy them and sell them for parts conglomerates, K...K...r. Everybody has had their pay frozen for 3 years now, so there is no insentive to do better. Currently only the workers with Aspergers are pulling their weight. If it wasn't for the loving economy, everyone would have already left.
It's become like the movie Office Space. And this scene basically describes our current work environment:
The thing is, Bob, it's not that I'm lazy, it's that I just don't care.
Don't... don't care?
It's a problem of motivation, all right? Now if I work my rear end off and Initech ships a few extra units, I don't see another dime, so where's the motivation? And here's something else, Bob: I have eight different bosses right now.
I beg your pardon?
Eight bosses.
Eight, Bob. So that means that when I make a mistake, I have eight different people coming by to tell me about it. That's my only real motivation is not to be hassled, that and the fear of losing my job. But you know, Bob, that will only make someone work just hard enough not to get fired.
|# ? Jun 9, 2010 06:43
I remember working in for a company that used Kronos.
It was bad. It was 8 hours with a 30 minute unpaid lunch and a 15 minute paid break but the elevators in the building where so inadequate that it would take at least 10 minutes to get in and out of building.
Oh and employees got 90 seconds a day to do with what they please. The rest of the time you had to be on a call.
The final straw was when my manager sat me down with a highlighter and pointed out that I had missed 18 minutes of work in the last month.
|# ? Jun 9, 2010 06:48
Gibbo posted:
I worked 9 months, 6 days a week, 9 hour shifts, without breaks.
This is my problem right now. I'm supposed to get two 10 minute breaks and a 30 minute unpaid lunch, but it's impossible because we never have enough employees scheduled to cover for anyone on break. The only way I get a break is by sneaking off into the stock room to sit for a few minutes. I also get bitched at if I eat while I'm working even though it's the only way I'll get any food during my shift.
And that is one of many reasons why this is my last week at that job.
|# ? Jun 9, 2010 07:31
Supposed to work seven hours with a one-hour paid lunch and two fifteen minute breaks. It usually turns into a nine or ten hour day with a hour and a half lunch and the breaks end up closer to a half hour followed by extra work at home. Being salaried sucks and is awesome at the same time.
|# ? Jun 9, 2010 07:38
I'm paid for 9am-5pm with a one hour lunch. In practice I work 8am-as late as necessary (usually around half five, occasionally later) and work through most of my lunch because the people who I supervise take their lunches at various different times and I need to be there to support them (and have a shitload of my own work to do besides)
|# ? Jun 9, 2010 08:05
As a software engineer, it's all about when the work gets done. If I want to take off for a few hours no one's going to care unless I'm missing a deadline.
|# ? Jun 9, 2010 08:26
As a Rent-a-cop, my entire job is one big lunch break.
|# ? Jun 9, 2010 09:24
yatagan posted:
As a software engineer, it's all about when the work gets done. If I want to take off for a few hours no one's going to care unless I'm missing a deadline.
Same here as a web developer. The only difference is that my boss does want us to come in and leave at roughly the same time, since we meet as a team to discuss stuff sometimes. So we all come in between 9:15 and 9:45 and leave between 5:30 and 6:00 or so. Most of us just bring our lunch to our desk.
I like having this kind of flexibility, because there are certain times (particularly with some stuff that's been going on in my life outside of work lately) that you just can't do "thinking" work like programming.
|# ? Jun 9, 2010 10:04
8 hour days, no official breaks. I'm the only one on shift when I work, so there is nobody to cover for emergencies. Most of my workday is pretty much me being on break anyways though.
|# ? Jun 9, 2010 10:40
I work in a screen printing shop so it depends on our workload any given day, but the norm would be 8-5 with a 1 hour unpaid lunch. You can take more breaks if you like as long as you clock out and get your poo poo done. When we're slow we might only work a total of 30 hours a week so that's either getting off at 2 or 3 a few days or having a 4 day workweek when there's nothing to do.
When we're busy during football season all bets are off though. You can expect to work from 8-6 every day, and you're supposed to take an hour lunch but there's so much to do a lot of people only take 30 or even 15 minute lunches. When it's really bad you work from 8am-7 or 8pm every night and there's no dinner break. Sometimes if I know we have to work that late I'll bring something in and take 15 minutes to go eat.
Then there's the joy of championship games where we deliver the shirts as soon as we can after the game ends, so a game will end at 8-11pm and then we work all night until 8am or if it's a really big game there'll be one overnight shift and then a regular shift come in as well at 8am. No meal breaks there at all, they usually have some pizza in the break room and you just eat when you can. Pretty sure some of that isn't all that legal but it happens.
|# ? Jun 9, 2010 11:26
I work whenever between 7 and 5, as long as it adds up to 40 hrs at the end of the week ad I let someone know if I'll be out of the office at something other than regular lunch time. Officially it's 8.5 hrs a day, one half hourish paid break in the morning (not many people take it) and a half hour unpaid for lunch. I just fill out my time card so that if you take a half hour out, you get the number of hours I worked that day.
Nobody really cares as long as poo poo gets done.
|# ? Jun 9, 2010 11:31
30 minutes paid. I have to stay on site and be ready to stop eating and help if needed (never happens unless someone gets hurt or something).
Here in Quebec the law state that you either have 1 hour unpaid or 30 minute paid but have to stay on site. 15 minutes are to the employers discretion so I don't get any, but it's not like I need them at my current job since working is pretty much a 6 hours of break and 2 hours of work.
|# ? Jun 9, 2010 11:34
The last time I wasn't self employed we worked a 12.5 hour shift, 30 minute unpaid lunch and 2 fifteen minute breaks. There was no "down" time. They paid us to work, hard, and we did.
You might try working at the post office. The get an hour and a half lunch everyday. I don't know if it's paid or not, though.
|# ? Jun 9, 2010 13:07
Gibbo posted:
I worked 9 months, 6 days a week, 9 hour shifts, without breaks.
Tell me about it. I work as a barista and, if I open and close the shop, I'll work a fifteen hour day with zero breaks! (Standing, mind you)
A thirty minute break is too short for anyone to enjoy anyway.
croakey fucked around with this message at Jun 9, 2010 around 13:27
|# ? Jun 9, 2010 13:25
9:30 to 6, take a 30 minute lunch from 1:00 to 1:30, have two 15 minute paid breaks that I normally wedge in at 12:00 and 3:00.
|# ? Jun 9, 2010 13:38
I work at a doctor's office. I work 9 hour days, with a "1 hour paid lunch". The reason why is because I'm still expected to answer phones, etc during lunch, so sometimes I have to leave my food for a half hour . Now that we're much busier than we used to be, it's more like a paid 15 minute break at sometime between 1 and 5 everyday day for lunch.
I also smoke a lot on the clock.
I liked the old office better, it was a full 10.5 hour day with a half hour unpaid for lunch, but I was able to take an hour for lunch for the same reason.
|# ? Jun 9, 2010 13:41
I work 9-6 with a 30-40-whatever lunch that is paid (so 45hr week). We all have lunch together (boss pays for takeout every day) so we chill around the tv for as long as we feel like. Sometimes it's over an hour, like on days it's nice out and rather than get takeout, we break out the grill and some beers and have a nice cook out.
|# ? Jun 9, 2010 13:57
My job always flips every year or 2 between salary and hourly. It seems like they have it planned cause all the big staying into the night projects were when I was on salary.
Back to hourly now and there was actually a decent couple months of OT this time.
We have kronos too but for some reason unlike other depts at my company that have to clock in and out by hitting a button we just have to fill out a table every friday.
0800 1200 1300 1700 * 5 is what everyone's looks like every week unless they got there like 1 minute before 8 or left 1 minute after 5
Vin BioEthanol fucked around with this message at Jun 9, 2010 around 14:25
|# ? Jun 9, 2010 14:17
We're not on clock, but we have to scan into the building and log in, and if we're idle we get logged out. So if our manager wants to they can see when we enter the building and how long we're away from our desk. Most managers in the building only use this when an examiner's numbers drop to find out why and make corrections, but some of the other unit managers are tyrants.
|# ? Jun 9, 2010 14:21
Gibbo posted:
I worked 9 months, 6 days a week, 9 hour shifts, without breaks.
Yep. We get poo poo on in ways that would be labor violations in any other field. Although, in fairness, I rarely want to put food in my stomach while working a 14 hour double on a flat-top anyway, and I don't smoke. So, I actually prefer to just ride it out.
5-hour energies are like gold. Gold that is probably destroying my stomach.
|# ? Jun 9, 2010 15:20
I'm salary at a small IT company (20-30 employees) and breaks are completely unregulated. This is both good and bad. Mostly bad.
|# ? Jun 9, 2010 15:21
I'm salaried, but I'm expected to be available from 8-5 Mon-Fri. I sometimes work through lunch, sometimes I take an extended lunch to run an errand.
Any work I don't get done during the day is up to me to get finished, so it's in my best interests to get my poo poo done on time.
|# ? Jun 9, 2010 15:49
I'm at Wal-mart and if I'm scheduled 9 hrs I get a paid 15 minute break in the four hour period before my hour unpaid lunch, then another paid 15 in the four hours after my lunch.
So 8 hours on the clock, 1 hour unpaid lunch, 30 minutes total paid break time.
|# ? Jun 9, 2010 15:55
I get a 1 hour unpaid lunch, plus two paid 15-minute breaks.
|# ? Jun 9, 2010 16:19
I'm on salary doing IT support for a 250ish employee company. I'm expected to be in the office between 9-5. I'm allowed an hour paid lunch. If I have to leave early or come in late because of a personal reason, it's not really a big deal. The down side of this is that I'm the only person on call for after hours and weekend emergencies. So if something comes up, I'm expected to deal with it. I think it all evens out, I'd gladly trade 1-2 hours of weekend/after-hours support a month for a 35 hour work week.
|# ? Jun 9, 2010 16:32
6pm to 6am is my shift. Work is extremely erratic, its all based on calls that come in. Sometimes its none, sometimes its 10. But I'm guaranteed 6 hours if nothing happens, and if I work more than 6 I get paid for that. As far as breaks and lunch goes, I get to take it whenever I want to.
|# ? Jun 9, 2010 16:43
I work 7.5 hours days, an hour unpaid lunch, and no official paid breaks, but if I just say I'm getting a coffee or something I can just do it and no one cares as long as I don't ado it a lot.
I'd prefer to take only a half hour lunch, but university rules say I have to have an hour, I've gotten yelled at for coming back from lunch early. So I get in at 8 AM, and leave at 4:30...I'd prefer getting in a 8:30, and taking the aforementioned half hour lunch and leaving at the same time, but no such luck. I also have to have my lunch sometime in the middle of the day, preferably starting between 12 and 1, though I sometimes push it as late as 1:30. And yes, it has to be an hour all at once*, I can't take half an hour, and then leave half an hour early.
*It's some stupid university BS about "healthy living" and reducing stress and crap like that. They have like half a dozen different lunch programs where you can do yoga, or meditation, or a lunch walk thing.
Edit: And I don't have any kind of time clock or anything, but I do work within ten feet of my manager like 70% of the time. There are times I am on the road, or working off-site, and most of those times I do take a short lunch, or sometimes none at all, and go home early. I do have to document all my time on work orders, but since I don't need to put a start and stop time, just total hours worked, no one will know if I did all 7.5 hours straight, or if I took a lunch like I was supposed to.
|# ? Jun 9, 2010 17:36
I'm salaried and our breaks aren't monitored (because we're adults and micromanaging time leads to a "time clock culture" that is detrimental to productivity), but I think our firm manual provides for an 8 hour day with paid 1 hour lunch and two 15 minute breaks. In reality people just make sure they have their hours in and come and go as they please. If you want to take a 4 hour lunch then it's fine as long as your work product doesn't suffer and you make up the time at some point.
This is in the southern US and is pretty common as far as I know. Standard hours are 8-5 with a one hour lunch.
We also have paid 1-hour yoga classes twice a week, which are pretty popular.
I ate Jesus fucked around with this message at Jun 9, 2010 around 17:51
|# ? Jun 9, 2010 17:45
I don't think I could work somewhere that did unpaid lunches. An hour somewhere in the middle of the day where you WILL eat and not get paid for it? gently caress that, if I'm at work I'm going to get paid. Why not just make the work day an hour shorter instead of loving with everyone?
At my job I work 12 hour shifts and get a 10 minute break every 2 hours. I get to decide when I want to eat for myself like a big boy and get paid the same as people who are not presently eating.
|# ? Jun 9, 2010 17:49
We use Kronos at my job for time tracking but recently they got rid of the set schedules so we just put in everything manually. Before then we'd just override everything anyway, it was a suggestion only.
I always wind up taking lunch at my desk but I get an hour paid lunch if I want to take it, whenever I want to (or would be able) to take it. No micromanaging of anything like that here, and if they tried it would be a disaster I'm sure.
I generally work 10-6.
|# ? Jun 9, 2010 18:02
When i'm in the office i'm pretty autonomous, for billing reasons ( consultant) I try to limit my lunches to 20 minutes unless its a working lunch. I usually get into the office around 10 and leave around 7 with a 5 minute smoke break every 2 hours or so.
Trips to meet with vendors or the client are a totally different story, 11-16 hour days are common with a quick bite usually after 10pm.
|# ? Jun 9, 2010 18:05
I'm salaried and no one keeps close track of our hours. We are, however, supposed to work 37.5 hrs a week, which works out to 7.5 hrs of work a day. If you put in a half hour lunch, that's 8 hours a day.
|# ? Jun 9, 2010 18:09
|# ? Jul 30, 2015 12:11
Why are there no 8 hour shifts in this poll? Aren't those most common?
Anyway, 8 hours, 30 minute paid break.
I used to work two jobs, both at six hours each back to back. So the only break I got was the travel time between them.
When I worked as a department lead for two different grocery stores I would some times go 14 hours or so without a break or sometimes I would work like 6 hours with an hour break.
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It's the final episode before the Top Chef All-Stars Finale, "Give Me Your Huddled Masses", but before we get to the pointless Quickfire and almost as pointless Elimination Challenge, first things first – this photo of Mike Isabella as a kid:
THE BEST!!!! Who knew Mike was so flamboyantly adorable before he grew up to become a fish?
Ah! Snap back to reality (oops there goes fishity). What? No idea either, I've given up trying to make sense in these recaps. Not like I'm gonna get eliminated before the Finale, will I? Or anyone?? Let's find out.
First up, a LOW STAKES QUICKFIRE furnished by Dial Low Soap:
The chefs are hanging out in their chefpartment, wondering if Padma is going to show up, when suddenly there's a knock on the door and Antonia FLIPS HER CHEFT:
It's actually just Padma telling the contestants to board the ferry to Ellis Island, and on the way, they'll have to prepare a dish using only whatever leftover crappy food they can scrounge up from the Ellis Island Ferry snack bar. They'll start when the boat's horn sounds, and stop when the horn sounds again, so they have no idea how long they have to prepare their dish — JUST LIKE A REAL CHEF.
Some of the dishes are legitimately creative, like Richard's Hot Dog and Beef Jerky Sandwich with Jalapeño, Pork Rinds, Lettuce and Apple, cooked with the help of a military MRE pouch that Richard happened to have in his pocket. Of course Richard has military MRE pouches on his person at all times — I don't think any single detail in Top Chef history fits more perfectly than this fact.
Other dishes, like Mike's BREAD SOUP WITH SOUR CREAM, are literally abortions:
That's it! Pack it up. Food's over. Not Michael's stay on the show, I mean, all of food has just come to an end after that. Good thing Mike won't be going on to the finale, right guys? Why's no one high-fiving me?
Carla wins the Quickfire for her Orange and Papaya Salad with Carrot and Rosemary Juice, which kind of sounds like a bowl of acid, but I guess she's good. Carla stays red-hot this season, and as her Quickfire Prize, she wins…
Now that the chefs are at Ellis Island, we're ready for the Elimination Challenge. WHAT COULD IT BE??? I'll bet it's "cook something that has to do with islands." To help the chefs with the challenge, Top Chef brought in some very special guests…
It's TOP MOMS!!! And some spouses! Richard's wife, Carla's husband, and the moms of Antonia, Mike, and Tiffany all stroll in for an emotionally charged reunion with their cheffer halves. Not to be unnecessarily cynical (Ed Note – exactly to be that), but haven't the chefs been on this show for like, six days? Adult humans frequently go that long without seeing their mothers, and when they do, it doesn't instantly turn into an emotional wedding toast.
But ok, moms and spouses are there to help the chefs trace their ancestry, and they'll have to cook a dish that represents their heritage, with the winning chef taking home a new Toyota Highlander (there can be only one):
Good thing Bravo blurred that license plate – I was totally gonna track down the winning chef and mail them fake parking tickets.
As soon as the Elimination Challenge was explained, literally about 10-15 minutes into the episode, my roommate predicted that all five people would be going to the Finale. Man, did he call that with Bill Maher-like accuracy. But we'll pretend we don't know what happens for the purposes of this Recap. WHUT HAPPENZ?? Did you buy that? I'm so good at pretending.
The "tracing their lineage" part of the episode hits the adorable note Bravo was going for, even though it does go on for a solid 20 minutes, but the scene does produce several stunning revelations — Antonia and Mike are distant cousins from Sicily, for one, and there's this telling fact about Richard:
Also, is there a more intense name than JAZMIN BLAIS? So awesome. If she were a character in a Mortal Kombat game, the computer would be so cheaply impossible when you played against her. Richard then freezes his ancestry book.
The chefs each prepare dishes to honor their ancestors (with Padma taking the obligatory three seconds to point out that Carla and Tiffany's immigrant experiences were slightly different than some of the other chefs') – Richard is making an Irish/English tribute, Carla and Tiffany are making southern food, and Mike and Antonia are cooking Italian. Everything seems to be going well, all the testimonials are super upbeat, and everyone is happy. The "all five chefs getting passed along to the Finale" prediction grows more and more accurate.
This week's guest judge is Blue Hill's Dan Barber, who looks enough like Joe Buck for me to be bored by him:
Sidenote: The only plus side to the months without football and baseball is that I can go long periods of time without having to hear Joe Buck. It's like a nice, subtle massage. Or actually, it's like whatever the opposite of a massage is doesn't happen to me for a couple months.
The chefs present their dishes to the judges and the spouses and the momses, and everyone absolutely loves everything. In fact, everyone loves everything a little too much. Could it be that no one is getting eliminated and all five get passed along to the Finale and that was probably Bravo's intent the whole time because who was gonna get chewed out by the Judges in front of their mothers? On the plus side, Carla's husband is the most calm, reserved dude ever, which really amused me.
At Judge's Table, all five chefs are called in together, and they link their arms and prepare to meet their fate, like that ridiculously intense part from Toy Story 3:
Antonia wins the Elimination Challenge for her Braised Veal, Rapini Leaf, and Fava Bean Risotto. Then Michael is passed along to the Finale, keeping the COUSINS RIVALRY intact – it's like the Voltaggio Brothers, but one of them is awful! They'll both be headed to the Bahamas for the big probably not sponsored by the Bahamas Finale.
Padma then says to Richard "Pack your knives…you're GO……….ing to the Bahamas!" ["Rrrrrrrrrr you going to the mall today?" "No I'm not going to the mall, Billy, keep spelling."] Richard has a heart attack and Tom laughs at him. This leaves just Carla and Tiffany, and another commercial break! Oh no, who's going home? Neither of them, as we predicted six hours ago and kept being re-affirmed by the total lack of criticism of anyone?
Carla and Tiffany are both going to the Finale!
Top Chef has pulled a "no one's going home!" twist in almost every season, and there hadn't been one yet this year, plus with the suspiciously positive Judges' critiques and the way-too-emotional implications of the challenge itself, there was just no way anyone was getting sent home this episode. Plus Bravo usually sends all the chefs to the Finale location anyway, since the finalists usually have eliminated contestants helping them and the show doesn't want to leak the results by only sending the finalists to the final location, so again, the non-elimination was pretty foreseeable (though my friend calling it at like 10:15 was downright Rain Manny. Rain Man predicted reality shows, right?)
So your finale will be Richard, Carla, Tiffany, Mike, and Antonia. Richard is the obvious favorite, and the last few shocking eliminations may have bought Top Chef enough shock-cred to have a non-shocking Finale Winner, but if I had to bet, my gut's telling me that Carla is going to win. I wouldn't be too upset if Anotnia won, cause she's been legit all season, but Mike and Tiffany really have no business being in the Finale.
Next Week: The finalists have to cook against the chefs who won their seasons (awesome!) and Padma is in a bikini on a boat with Kinda Vince Neil (boners!):
Ellis Island episode thoughts? Who's winning the Finale? Honor your comment ancestors in the comments.


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The Physics of Walking on Water
Featuring a group of friends running on top of the water, "Liquid Mountaineering" was an international sensation on YouTube, getting more than 4.5 millions hits in just over a month. But this week it was confirmed a hoax by the shoe company prominently featured in the video. It's a viral advertisement. But it looked so real! Popular Mechanics takes a look at the biomechanics of walking on water and why the Jesus Lizard can do it and we can't.
Jamaican runner Usain Bolt, the current world record holder for the 100-meter sprint, ran 10.4 meters per second. But J.W. Glasheen and T.A. McMahon, two Harvard biologists who studied how the basilisk runs on water, found that in order to mimic the lizard, a human would need to run at almost 30 meters per second, "a velocity beyond human ability." A man would also need "an average power output almost 15 times greater than the maximum sustained power output for humans."
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It went so viral that i never heard of it.
Hoax or not, it went viral. Which will encourage many advertisers to use some sort of hoax in their campaigns as long as it can surprise if not shock.
Unfortunately, science education has lapsed into less-than-Mr.Wizard-standards and people are generally stupid...
A hoax? Really?
Geeeeeeessssssssh people are stupid.
Nice projection.
Geeeeeeessssssssh people are stupid.
Nice projection.
Peter Sellers managed this in 1979, at Biltmore Estate in North Carolina, in winter, and he didn't even have to run: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sp1CV60w70M


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21 April-13 may 1998
April 7 1998
The glue that held the tour together was our marvelous
guide. Hakan is fluent in English, highly educated and familiar with the
complexities of Turkey's very long history. Even more important, Hakan is a
gentle and gracious young man with a very positive attitude and a good sense of
humor. He is a true ambassador of Turkey.Thanks Hakan, We loved the
tour.Robert Lee & Mary B LeeBloomington MN USA
Nov. 3/98
Dear Hakan, With
warmest thanks for your excellent care of us these past 20 days, and for
importing to us so much of your wealth of knowledge of your
homeland. I shall never forget this fascinating tour, and
those famous long eyelashes of yours. May the years ahead
of bring you great happiness.!!Sincerely, Kathleen Arthurs
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My Dear Hakan,I feel very fortunate that I had this
opportunity to be on this tour and you were the guide.You certainly have a
wonderful manner of giving us some of the information you have about your
country.Your love of your country and people showed everyday. I am very
grateful to you.Fondest regards,Dorothy
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Hakan, You
looked after us as if we were your parents. We would again like to say thank
you for your help and support.John and Wendy Boykett
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to say an extra thank you for arranging a wonderful day for me . Priene was
so lovely that I did not want to leave.Gail
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Hakan, You are one of
the Turkey's many treasures. Thanks. Paul Bradley USA
Dear Hakan,Thank you for a great holiday
and for your patience with our foreign ways.!Alan & Jean DayVictoria
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Dear Hakan,We have
been fortunate in our travels to have had some excellent guides. You rate right
up there with your energy, enthusiasm and good humour. It was an excellent
itinerary and it will leave us with many memories not the least of which will be
you.Thanks again and best wishes.Gordon and Elizabeth
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Nov.12 '97
Dear Hakan,I would like to thank you for the excellent job that you did
while guiding our tour through Turkey.You were very professional and also
very patient. Your great sense of humour made our tour very ,very
enjoyable.I now have a greater understanding of your country and would love
to come back again.Your country is beautiful!Good luck in the
future!Sincerely Ann Cumbers Canada
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Dear Hakan,Thank you
for showing us a part of your country and sharing part of your culture. We
especially appreciated the care you took with us and also your honesty. It
was also good that someone like you is proud of his country,
Turkey.Again thank-you,John HarwyneCanada
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Thank you Hakan,For a wonderful and exciting trip. You have been very
interesting to listen to when you gave us those lectures. It gave us an
understanding and appreciation for your country.It has been a pleasure to
travel with you.Good luck for the future.June Revine, Canada
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may 5 '97
Dear Hakan,My wife
and I were very much impressed by your fiendly approach to our group and your
knowledge of the various sites that we visited. So many things were made easy
for us or done to us. We wish you all the best in the
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Hakan,Many thanks for your enthusiasm,
sense of humour, and very memorable trip!Bob & Don
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Dear Hakan,Thank you so much for making
this trip so interesting and enjoyable!You know your stuff, work hard and are
a nice person.!Best personal regards.Ken and Judy Williamson
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Nov 3 /98
oct 16 '98
Nov 97
Thank you for your leadership and objective information describing your wonderful
best regards
Alex & Lia Shewchenko
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You did a great job directing our tour. We look forward to visiting your web-site.
Best wishes for the future.
John and Joan
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Beer and steak make for a good marriage, especially if the beer is from craft brewer Samuel Adams and the steak comes courtesy of Robinson's, a high-quality Kentucky-based meat supplier. As if to recognize this fact, Robinson's has put together a gift-worthy "Boston Lager Cut Package" ($99) that includes six 8-ounce steaks (individually packaged and bountifully beefy in flavor) along with two Samuel Adams pint glasses (you'll have to buy the beer separately). If you just want the beef (or the bison or the poultry or the pork), Robinson's has plenty of other selections. Cyber Monday specials include savings of 15% plus six free steak burgers on orders of $150 and savings of 25% plus four free filet mignons on orders of $301 or more. See Robinson's Prime Reserve
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|Dracut, Mass.
|High School:
|Dracut Senior
2008: Ran a time of 20:31 at the New England Championship ... finished 39th at the Blue Devil Invitational (21:34) ... ran at the UMass Dartmouth Invitational (20:51) and Murray Keatinge Inivtational (21:08.08).
2007: Came in fourth overall at the Jim Sheehan Classic (21:23) ... placed 36th at the Blue Devil Invitational (21:19) ... also ran at the Leopard Invitational (24:33), the Fordham Invitational (21:48) and the Murray Keatinge Invitational (21:19.90).
Before Holy Cross: Member of the cross country
and track teams at Dracut Senior High School ... served as captain
on both teams ... earned team MVP honors in both cross country and
track ... received League All-Star honors in both sports ... set a
school record in the 800-meter run (2:19) ... won the Division 2
state championship and the Merrimack Valley Conference championship
in the 800-meter run ... led team to two Merrimack Valley
Conference team titles in cross country.


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DPMS/Panther Arms family of AR type rifles needs no introduction to
readers of Tactical Response. The January-February 2005 issue had a
comparison test of the DPMS LR-308 Rifle to a well-known bolt action rifle.
The accuracy and reliability of the DPMS rifle was equal to or better than
the bolt gun.
DPMS/Panther Arms recently introduced a new variation of the LR-308, dubbed
the AP-4. This is a tactical version of the LR-308, with a 16" barrel and
newly-design flash hider. The AP-4 retains the milled 6061-T6 aluminum lower
receiver of the LR-38, but is equipped with a completely redesigned upper.
The new upper is a thick walled, extruded A3 style design, with ejection
port cover, forward assist, and a standard height Picatinny rail suitable
for back up iron sights and scopes. The rifle is equipped with a standard A2
front sight assembly, a six position telescoping buttstock, and a heavy
contour (but not bull) barrel.
The rifle for our test came with a 4 track Picatinny QUAD Rail handguard, to
allow the attachment of various light systems, lasers, and vertical
foregrips. DPMS is also now shipping their .308-caliber rifles with a new
design all steel 20 round magazine, and we had a half dozen to use in our
MR/T (Mid Range) Tactical Scopes
At the same time we received the AP-4, Chris O'Donnell, former Navy SEAL and
currently the head of Leupold's Law Enforcement division, sent me two new
scopes for testing.
The first of the new MK4s was a one-inch tube diameter, 1.5-5x20mm variable
with Leupold's new Special Purpose Reticle (SPR). The second scope was also
designated MK4, but this scope was labeled MR/T (Mid Range Tactical), also
1.5-5 x20mm, but in a 30mm diameter tube with illuminated SPR reticle and a
Bullet Drop Compensator (BDC). Both of these scopes appeared to be a
variation of one of Leupold's oldest and most successful commercial
telescopic sights, the Vari-X III 1.5-5 power variable.
According to O'Donnell, there were several thoughts behind this scope. Their
Medium Range engagement line only carried the 3-9x36mm leaving the lower end
uncovered. Second, the military was buying a significant amount of their
1.5-5 VXIII scopes for various weapon systems, the most common being
variants of the good old M-14.
Third, the eye relief on the 3-9x36mm (designed for the 5.56mm Special
Purpose Rifle) makes it problematic to use on systems other than the M-16 or
variants. Fourth, the MR/T 1.5-5 has the ½ MOA BDC, which is being asked for
in shorter range scopes much more frequently than the 1 MOA style. Not as
much elevation is needed to reach the effective range of the weapon system,
so a single turn on a ½ MOA dial is usually sufficient.
The following BDCs are currently available for the 1.5-5x20mm MR/T as
standard part numbers. In addition, they have the ability to produce BDCs
for any weapon system once we have the necessary ballistic data. Most of the
common combinations already in the system are: 1) 5.56mm, 62 gr. M855, 2)
5.56mm, 77 gr. MK262 MOD 1, 3) 7.62mm, 168 gr. M852 and 4) 7.62mm, 175 gr.
The Special Purpose Reticle (SPR) was designed to allow users to
successfully engage targets with greater flexibility than was generally
possible with other styles. The reticle preserves the instinctive fire
capabilities of the Leupold Circle Dot reticle (as introduced in the Leupold
CQ/T scope) in short range, low magnification engagements typical of CQB.
This unique blend of capabilities allows the various optical platforms
equipped with the reticle to perform equally well in open desert, heavy
cover, or an urban environment.
The SPR incorporates the milli-radians (MILS) scale for range estimation.
Additionally, 'hash' and 'tic' marks on the SPR reticle can be correlated
with ammunition trajectory. While the incorporation of MILS and ballistic
trajectory marks will see little use by law enforcement personnel, they
certainly be beneficial in military applications.
Field Test
Enlisting the aid of two experienced Illinois State Police rifleman, we
tested our new AP-4 and Leupold scopes at both 100 and 200 yards, and did
some 'snap' shots at 15 and 25 yards to see if the SPR scope reticle would
allow quick target acquisition. Both of our ISP troopers are master shots
with their M-4 service carbines, and immediately remarked that the heavier
recoil of the AP-4 .308 required them to adjust their stance and hold on the
rifle to control it in rapid fire drills.
Once control was realized, double taps were performed with satisfactory
results. But make no mistake, up close, the recoil of a .308-caliber in any
rifle, even as ergonomically friendly as the AP-4, far exceeds that of a
5.56mm. Training is needed.
Our rifle was tested with a variety of .308-caliber rounds in various bullet
weights. It showed a definite affinity for the Black Hills 175 gr. Match
round and two Hornady Tactical Application Police loadings, the 168 gr. BTHP
match and the 168 gr. A-MAX. Our rifle shot exceptional groups at 200 yards
with the Hornady 168-gr. Match load, no small feat considering a 5X scope
and an "M-16 issue" trigger pull, and is also a testament to the skill of
one of our shooters.
Our rifle functioned flawlessly in over 300 rounds of shooting. It
definitely showed an accuracy preference for the heavier .308-caliber bullet
weights, no doubt reflecting its 1-in-10-inch rifling twist barrel. With
this performance, such bullets as the 168 gr. Hornady A-MAX TAP round, which
combines match grade accuracy with an expansion feature, would seem ideal
for LE patrol work.
We also noted the quality and performance of the new DPMS 20 round steel
magazine. Prior to the expiration of federal legislation limiting newly
manufactured magazines to 10 rounds, all DPMS LR-308 rifles were shipped
with a 10 round polymer magazine. While generally quite satisfactory for
recreational use, these magazines suffered when subjected to the rigors of
law enforcement use. The new steel magazines are more than adequate for LE
The AP-4 is equipped with a collapsible M-4 style stock. Recoil was very
manageable with this stock, due in part to the weight of our rifle, which
was over 8 lbs. For those used to the weight of the M-4 this difference is
apparent, but the design and balance of the AP-4 makes the rifle seem
lighter. After a few hours of shooting and handling, it was not a
The new Leupold MK 4 scopes neatly bridge the gap between the long-range
variables traditionally used on .308-caliber rifles and the short range 'red
dot' sights found frequently on carbines. They are a natural for use on a
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Urinary and intestinal tract excrement, such as from a stoma patient, is thickened by admixture with a cross-linked water-swellable polymer, preferably including (meth)acrylic acid, nitrile and/or amide units. A hydrophilic adsorption agent such as silicic acid may also be included along with perfume materials, binders and/or enzyme inhibitors. By thickening, it prevents sloshing of the contents, reduces odors and facilitates ultimate disposal.
1. A method of thickening urinary tract and intestinal excrement comprising mixing said excrement with about 1 to 5 grams of a cross-linked water-swelling polymer per 100 ml of excrement and with about 0.1-0.5 parts of a hydrophilic adsorption agent per part by weight of polymer.
2. A method according to claim 1, wherein the polymer comprises units of at least one of acrylic acid, methacrylic acid, acrylamide, methacrylamide, acrylonitrile and methacrylonitrile.
3. A method according to claim 2, wherein the polymer comprises units of at least one acrylic acid and methacrylic acid in acid or salt form.
4. A method according to claim 2, wherein the polymer comprises units of one of the recited monomers plus units of vinyl pyrrolidone or a second of the recited monomers.
5. A method according to claim 2, wherein the polymer comprises units of at least one of acrylic acid and methacrylic acid plus units of at least one of acrylamide, methacrylamide and acrylonitrile.
6. A method according to claim 1, wherein the adsorption agent comprises silicic acid.
7. A method according to claim 1, wherein the polymer is first supplied to a container to which the excrement is subsequently supplied.
The invention relates to an agent for thickening the contents of the intestine or urine after the excretion thereof from the human body, especially after excretion through artificial intestinal and/or urinary passages for patients having artificial intestinal and/or urinary passages, (so-called stoma patients).
As is well known, stoma patients who have been provided with an intestinal passage by surgery, empty the contents of the intestine into containers, usually bags made of a plastic material, which are attached directly to the artificial intestinal passage and seal this off as tightly as possible. The same applies to patients who, owing to a urinary fistula or for other reasons, have been given an artificial urinary passage. This group of patients has to cope with the problem that the excretion emptied into the collecting bag is frequently liquid, and, moreover, develops an unpleasant smell owing to the increasing formation of gas, as a result of which both the patient himself and those in the area surrounding him are considerably disturbed and inconvenienced. In particular the liquid character of the excretion products, as in the case of urine and intestinal contents of a very thin consistency, is extremely irksome, as the liquid slops around in the discharge bag when the patient moves.
For this increasing proportion of stoma patients, it is extremely desirable for the excreted excrement (contents of the intestine or urine) to be thickened by simple measures to a consistency which corresponds approximately to the consistency of the intestinal excrement of a normal person. It is also desirable for odors to be substantially eliminated together with this thickening process, in order as far as possible to exclude the otherwise unavoidable inconvenience of smell.
The problem described, which has so far remained unsolved, is solved by the invention in a satisfactory and extremely simple manner.
The solution comprises bringing into contact, in the collecting container, the excretion products immediately after they have left the body, with a special thickening agent based on a polymer which, as a result of cross-linking, is no longer soluble in water but only swellable therein. Surprisingly, it was discovered that the consistency of the excretion products (contents of the intestine and urine) could be altered with this thickening agent, and that from liquids, such as urine, or thin intestinal contents, a viscous composition is obtained which approximates in consistency the intestinal excreta of a normal person.
The invention accordingly relates to thickening agents for the excreted contents of the intestine and/or urine, which are characterized in that they contain at least one cross-linked polymer that, in water, merely swells. The thickening agent is particularly suitable for intestinal contents and/or urine excreted through an artificial intestinal and/or urinary passage.
Polymers based on acrylic acid derivatives are preferred, particularly those based on acrylic and methacrylic acid, acrylamide and acrylonitrile.
Cross-linked homopolymers of salts of acrylic acid or methacrylic acid, e.g. the alkali metal acrylates and alkali metal methacrylates are especially suitable, in particular the corresponding sodium salts or mixtures or polymers from acrylates and methacrylates.
Also suitable are copolymers of acrylic acid derivatives, acrylic acid, methacrylic acid, acrylamide, methacrylamide and acrylonitrile, either with each other or with vinyl pyrrolidone. Among these, copolymers of acrylic acid and methacrylic acid and copolymers of acrylic acid or methacrylic acid with acrylamide, methacrylamide and acrylonitrile are especially preferred. Mixtures of different copolymers may, of course, be used.
Examples of cross-linked polymers which may be used in accordance with the invention are:
(1) Homopolymers based on
sodium acrylate
sodium methacrylate
vinyl pyrrolidone
(2) Copolymers based on
sodium acrylate and acrylate acid
sodium acrylate and sodium methacrylate
sodium acrylate and acrylamide
sodium methacrylate and acrylamide
sodium acrylate and acrylonitrile
sodium methacrylate and acrylonitrile
vinyl pyrrolidone and acrylonitrile
acrylamide and acrylonitrile,
especially those containing a major amount by weight of (meth)acrylic acid, amide or nitrile units.
Suitable cross-linking agents for polymers of classes (1) and (2) are olefinic monomers which are at least bifunctional, such as methylene bisacrylamide, divinyl benzene, trisallyl cyanurate, trisallyl phosphate etc., which, relative to the weight of the monomers according to 1 and 2, are used in proportions of about 0.05 to 3.00% by weight, especially in proportions of about 0.1 to 1.0% by weight. The preparation of the corresponding cross-linked polymers by radical or redox polymerization is known.
The agent according to the invention is introduced into the empty bag in a suitable measured quantity which is sufficient to thicken adequately the entire contents of a stoma bag. To facilitate the addition of the measured quantity and handling by the patient, the agent according to the invention is advantageously used in the form of tablets; it may, however, be introduced in a different form, for example, in powdered or granulated form.
Surprisingly, the action of the polymer according to the invention is distinctly improved by the incorporation of a hydrophilic adsorption agent; whereas the polymer according to the invention alone converts the liquid excretion products into a soft, flowable gel, a polymer containing an hydrophilic adsorption agent has the effect of converting the liquid excretion products into a stiff, non-flowable, structured gel. Because of its consistency, the formation of such a gel is especially desirable and thus represents a considerable improvement over the still soft, flowable gel obtained by thickening with the polymer alone.
The desired result of a so-called stiff gel can be achieved by the addition to the polymeric thickening agent of even comparatively small proportions of the hydrophilic adsorption agent. Advantageously, the ratio by weight of polymer component to adsorption agent lies within the range of about 2:0.2 to 2:1, a range of about 2:0.5 to 3:1 being preferred. For practical purposes, the agent according to the invention contains from about 10 to 30% by weight of hydrophilic adsorption agent, relative to the total amount of polymer plus adsorption agent.
The synthetic silicic acids produced according to different, known methods, e.g. the known, pyrolytically produced silicic acids, which may be obtained commercially under the name "Aerosils" have proved just as suitable as adsorption agents as the finely divided silicic acids produced by precipitation of the colloidal solutions from water glass.
The agent according to the invention meets the requirements made of such a product, i.e., it is well-tolerated by the skin, is non-sensitizing and cannot be broken down by enzymes.
Although the thickening agent according to the invention is especially suitable for thickening urine or the contents of the intestine that has been excreted through artificial intestinal and/or urinary passages, and the thickening agent according to the invention is thus particularly suitable for so-called stoma patients, the invention is not restricted to the thickening of the contents of the intestine and/or urine excreted through artificial passages, and thus is not restricted to the group of stoma patients. On the contrary, the invention has been described only in conjunction with the particularly preferred application of the agent according to the invention with such stoma patients. Apart from this, the invention is generally suitable for thickening human excrement in portable toilet systems, in which excrement has first to be stored before being disposed of. The undesirable slopping backwards and forwards of the excrement collected and the annoyance caused by the smell thereof is also a problem with toilets of this kind installed in vehicles. In this case, too, it is highly desirable to thicken the excrement, especially to convert it into a non-flowable, stiff, even crumbly product, as not only its transport, but also its disposal, is thereby facilitated and annoyance caused by smell is eliminated.
To reduce annoyance caused by smell, besides the polymer and, if desired, the hydrophilic adsorption agent, perfume materials may be incorporated with the agent according to the invention in a quantity of approximately 0.1 to 1.0% by weight, based on the polymer plus hydrophilic adsorption agent, (if any). In the case where the agent according to the invention is used in compressed form, it advantageously contains a binder in an amount from approximately 1 10.0% by weight, based on the polymer and, if present, the hydrophilic agent. Furthermore, the agent according to the invention may contain enzyme inhibitors (such as allantoin, silver salts) in an amount of about 0.0001 to 0.01% by weight, based on the total of polymer plus hydrophilic adsorption agent (if any), for example Ag+ for ureases. If required, in addition to the additives mentioned above, disinfecting agents may be added in the customary quantities. Examples of perfume materials include synthetic rose oil, synthetic oil of neroli, sandalwood oil and cedar oil. Suitable binders include starches, high molecular weight ethylene oxides and inorganic products, such as bentonite or talc.
The invention also provides a process for thickening human excrement, such as the contents of the intestine and/or urine, in which the excretion products, especially excretion products that have been excreted through artificial intestinal and/or urinary passages, are brought into contact in a collecting container with a sufficient quantity of a thickening agent to convert them into a gel, preferably a stiff, non-flowable, structured gel, which thickening agent contains a cross-linked polymer which is no longer soluble but merely swellable in water, optionally together with a hydrophilic adsorption agent, and other additives, such as, for example, perfume materials, binders, and enzyme inhibitors.
The thickening agent is advantageously introduced into the collecting container before use, either in powdered form or in the form of a compressed substance, i.e. a tablet.
The following advantages are described in relation to the preferred use of the thickening agent for stoma patients. As already mentioned, however, the invention is not limited thereto. The advantages described, such as rapid action and easy liquefaction of the resulting gel, apply equally to other applications of the invention.
In addition to the advantages already mentioned, namely conversion into the solid state of a liquid frequently felt to be troublesome, which the patient has to carry around with him externally against his body, and the substantial elimination of the annoyance caused by the smell by almost completely controlling the odor, a further advantage of the agent according to the invention is its rapid action. The polymer component and hydrophilic adsorption agent (if any) swell within a few minutes, whereas customary thickening agents, e.g. alginates or cellulose derivatives, which also have the advantage that they are broken down by enzymes, take a considerably longer time to swell. Another advantage of the agent according to the invention is the ease with which it can be measured out by the user, who may himself select the reqired amount, which may, for example, vary between 2 and 5% by weight according to his own needs. Finally, another advantage of the agent according to the invention is that the solid gel can be so liquefied by adding water that the emptying of the full bag is considerably facilitated. Another advantage is the universal application of the agent according to the invention not only for the contents of the intestine but also for urine. Finally, an advantage of converting the substantially liquid excretion products into a consolidated state is that such a consolidated product does not come into contact with the skin in the region around the artificial body passage to the same extent as the corresponding unthickened liquid. By this means, the risk of inflammation caused by faeces or urine is very strongly reduced. Depending on the type and nature of the excrement to be thickened, from 1 to 5 g of the polymer alone or from 1 to 4 g of the combination of polymer and adsorption agent will generally be sufficient to cause effective thickening of 100 ml of excrement. Of course, the amount of polymer and adsorption agent necessary to thicken the excrement to a soft flowable gel or to a stiff gel is dependent to some extent on the type of polymer and the type of adsorption agent.
The following examples illustrate the invention:
100 g of urine or thin stools are added to 5 g of cross-linked polyacrylate in a polyethylene bag. (The polyacrylate is one prepared by polymerization of 100 parts of sodium acrylate with 0.1 part of methylene bisacrylamide in 30% strength aqueous solution by initiation with potassium persulphate at room temperature. With the formation of a stiff polymer gel, the temperature rises to 97� C. The gel is comminuted, dried and ground in the customary manner.)
After about 10 minutes, the contents of the bag have been transformed into a viscous gel.
100 ml of urine or thin stools are introduced into a polyethylene bag containing 3 g of a cross-linked polyacrylate made as described in Example 1 and 1 g of pyrolytically prepared silicic acid (Aerosil 200 manufactured by the firm of DEGUSSA) in powder or tablet form.
After about 10 minutes the contents of the bag have been transformed into a gel having a crumbly structure.
100 ml of urine or thin stools are added to 5 g of cross-linked polyacrylate in a polyethylene bag. (The polyacrylate is one prepared by polymerization of a 30% strength aqueous solution of sodium acrylate and acrylic acid in a mixing ratio such that the pH-value of the solution of the copolymer formed is 5.0, with the addition of 0.1% of methylene bisacrylamide, based on the solids content of the solution, and with initiation with potassium persulphate at room temperature. The temperature rises to 97� C. with the formation of a stiff polymer gel. The gel is comminuted, dried and ground in the customary manner.) After about 10 minutes, the contents of the bag have been transformed into a viscous gel.
100 ml of urine or thin stools are introduced into a polyethylene bag containing 3 g of cross-linked polyacrylate made as described in Example 3 and 1 g of pyrolytically obtained silicic acid (Aerosil 200 manufactured by the firm of DEGUSSA) in powder or tablet form.
After about 10 minutes the contents of the bag have been transformed into a gel having a crumbly structure.
It will be appreciated that the instant specification and examples are set forth by way of illustration and not limitation, and that various modifications and changes may be made without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention.
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Boy, ain't Karma a... problem. This is too delicious!
He may or may not be a caveman. I don't know the guy. But at least he knows what constitutes a century.
Snippy people should check their facts before trying to one-up another poster.
Tater, Tater,Tater.
You gotta find a better way to cope with U-m's growing irrelevance and stop trolling on other people's sites!!
I'm curious.
What sort of record does RR need to have in order to get a year 3?
7-5? 6-6 --- but beat OSU?
Sheepman, you wrote:
"And when we do start to dominate, all you naysayers better kick yourself and apologize to RR and all of us trueblues who are standing firm."
What will dominance be? 8-4; 9-3... undefeated? One season of that; or two years running?
6 months ago most people here were predicting that this season would shape up as anywhere from 7 - 5 to 9 - 3. That seemed questionable at the time --- and downright hilarious now.
If you are looking for an apology down the road, I think its only fair to set up a benchmark out there so as to see whether one is in order according to reasonable criteria, or if we naysayers can keep rubbing it in.
I think there is every chance that NEXT year will be the rebuilding year. Doesn't look like much building going on this year. With a slew of talent like Michigan is reputed to get every year with all those top recruiting classes, your new coaching staff just can't get any traction. Next year you will have to break in at least a new quarterback. Do you really think a freshman is going to get you much past 6 - 6 --- if that?
The article said ""There was some rumor and innuendo and articles about Bump,'' Brown says. "Was this going to be his last year?"
Could history be repeating itself? Losing season. Rumor. Innnuendo. What delicious melodrama!
Tater is right. Things will be better next year.
It is inconceivable that U-M will not win at least three games next year.
The above meant for Tater, of course.
As I recall, you were on the 8-4/9-3 bandwagon before the start of the season. After all --- this is Michigan we're talking about!
We see how well that turned out. LOL. There is no reason to think that your rosy projections aren't just more of the same pie in the sky.
I enjoyed reading your columns. I thought your take on things were well balanced and fair.
Was there something about the RR story that made you want to go to Toledo to study law? :)
Good luck and best wishes.
Great comeback. No doubt about it.
About the only negative thing about an otherwise nice football Saturday. Enjoy these glimpses of success while you can. Its an illusion that will make the eventual crash all the more satisfying.
3-2-1 bring it on.
Speak for yourself, and a bare minority at best.
I'm here. Will be here all season too.
It seems that none of you appreciate irony --- perhaps least of all willievrine.
I don't agree with how he turned what I posted around to match WVU/Prodriguez. The fact is --- he was insincere, for example. But at least willie must recognize in the Boren bashers, some of what WVU trolls have been faulted for.
I don�t understand why so many of you are this bitter about Boren. There�s nothing wrong with people leaving one organization for another in order to improve themselves. It happens every day in corporate America. Calling him fat, lazy and stupid is just uncalled for. I think people need to take a long hard look at what is going on with this coaching staff � as things must really be bad when a legacy, one of UMs own, can�t get out of there fast enough. I think you should be proud that one of your own was able to improve himself by going to a team that has consistently been in the hunt for the national championship for most of this decade.
I think what Matt is trying to say is that$2.5 Million, $4 Million, $6 Gazillion is peanuts to a prestigious program like UM. Since everyone in AA is rolling in money, it shouldn't be too much of a stretch for UM -- whether from the general fund or the athletic department fund -- to send a little love to the students that are the core purpose of a public university. Instead of throwing money away to pay a millionaire's debt, maybe it could do some real good with it --- whether it was towards academics, or to lower the amount that the students have to pay to pay to get into the stadium.
Just a hunch that's where Matt was going with that.
"Let WVU get all their motions granted, that way if they lose they really have no legitimate grounds for appeal. If RR loses, then he has a better chance at winning his appeal."
Now THAT'S a strategy! WVU is blindly falling into Robon's clever trap! LOL.
What part of "the standards for �discoverability� are broader than the standards for relevancy" don't you understand?
A litigant isn't entitled to tell a judge or the other party that (fill in the blank)could not possibly be relevant --- take my word for it. In litigation, the parties are entitled to discover facts that are reasonably calculated to lead to the discovery of relevant evidence. Here, the fact that Richie Rich may have been hedging his bets about the buyout is potentially relevant to show that he knew he owed it. He may have a good explanation. If he and Robon read this site, he may even choose to adopt your explanation that he was just planning for a worst case scenario. The importance of the documents is not who was going to pay. You are correct that that has little relevance and, as I recall, that was the reason the Judge initially disallowed production of those documents. This ruling is based on a related, but distinct issue. Your paranoia is showing.


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The University of San Francisco's Peggy Takahashi is ranked among the Top 20 Women Professors in California, according to StateStats.org.
Takahashi, an associate professor in the School of Management, made the list after winning the USF Center for Instruction and Technology's Innovation in Teaching Award and the School of Management's Sheryl Barker Student Support and Advocacy Award both in 2012, said Rory O'Brien of StateStats.org, a San Francisco nonprofit that builds and aggregates free web tools for educators with the goal of advancing education through technology.
Takahashi was honored for her early classroom adoption of programs like Blackboard and Canvas for which she has created lessons and tutorials for freshman business students, having them post to the class discussion board and turn in assignments online using the applications.
StateStats.org's researchers weighed educators' recent awards and recognitions, along with publications and conference presentations in coming up with the list, said O'Brien, noting Takahashi's journal articles on Japanese business and economic reforms in the International Review of Business and the Journal of Asian Studies as well as her co-authored book chapter "How Japan can Move Toward a Third Major Reform" in the text "The Challenge of Change: East Asia in the New Millennium." StateStats.org's finding are published on Online Schools California's website, which partnered with the nonprofit on the project.
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