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METHOD FOR IMPROVING THE IN-VIVO STRENGTH F POLYGLYCOLIC ACID Original Filed Dec. 25, 1968 7 Sheets-Sheet 1- /00 EFFECT 0P TEMPERATURE (PRESSURE: 4 mm. Hg TIME. 5 HOURS) 90 PACKAGE STRAIGHT PULL 0 Q a a0 1 I g /.5 Q o 70 q E g 3 60 PAC/(AGE K/VOT PULL g 1 a 50 0 S E k 3 40 fig WEIGHT Loss Li L. k V) 30 ru w /5 0Ar//v-v/v0 STRAIGHT a l 1 k 0 /00 200. r. TEMPERATURE (6) EFFECT OF PRESSURE Q (TEMPERATURE: /35c T/ME-5/10U/P5) Q a 9 .9
S a E 8 .8 E m 3 7 I50AY/AH/l v0 .STRA/GHT PULL 7 3 k a \1 E 6 I V .6 g a CONTROL 1 Q u 5 P 5 u E 0) 4 4 \WEIGHT L055 F 0 E E 0 1 l r l 0 ABSOLUTE PPL-ssUPE (mm/1 Nov. 13, 1973 LI ET AL 3,772,420 METHOD FOR IMPROVING THE IN-VIVO STRENGTH OF POLYGLYCOLIC ACID Original Filed Dec. 23, 1968 7 Sheets-Shoot 2 EFFECT 0F HEAT/N6 TIME (PRESSURE 4mm. Hg)
HEAT/N6 nut/ma) Nov. 13, 1973 RENGTH OF POLYGLYCOLIC ACID 7 Sheets-Shoot 3 SIZE /0 SUTURE (AVERAGE VALUES) -'---$/ZE 2-0 .SUTURE (AVERAGE VALUES) Original Filed Dec. 23, 1968 DAYS IMP/.AA/TED //V RABBIT lN-V/l/O TENS/LE STRENGTH (PS/ //V THOUSANDS) Nov. 13, 1973 Original Filed Dec. 23, 1968 '7 Sheets-Sheet 4.
TREATED S/ZE 2-0 SUTURE CONTROL 5/25 20 20 sawml I I l l I l l I l 0 0 7 DAYS /MPLA/V7'ED //V BABE/7' -fIL-i. 5
Nov. 13, 1973 Original Filed Dec. 23, 1968 A. GLICK ET AL METHOD FOR IMPROVING THE IN-VIVO STRENGTH OF POLYGLYCOLIC ACID 7 Sheets-Sheet 5 3,772,420 ENGTH Nov. 13, 1973 A. GLICK ETAL METHOD FOR IMPROVING THE IN-VIVO STR OF POLYGLYCOLIC ACID 7 Sheets-Sheet 6 Original Filed Dec. 23, 1968 FMFTW Nov. 13, 1973 A. GLICK ET AL 3,772,420
METHOD FOR IMPROVING THE IN-VIVO STRENGTH 0F POLYGLYCOLIC ACID Original Filed Dec. 23, 1968 '7 Sheets-Sheet '7 52 W4rE/? OUTLET I 3.9 34 46 1' T i ,1 J0 J I 3a, 1123a 23 39 27 warm I I/VLET /6 I l lil I /5 v 24. /2- v VACUUM SYSTEM ,.-1| J RECORDER VAR/ABLE v RHEOSTAT 3,772,420 7 METHOD FOR IMPROVING THE IN-VIVO STRENGTH F POLYGLYCOLIC ACID Arthur Glick, Danbnry, and James B. McPherson, In,
Cos Cob, Conn., assignors to American Cyanamid Company, Stamford, Conn. Original application Dec. 23, 1968, Ser. No. 786,049, now ,Patent No. 3,626,948. Divided and this application Sept. 7, 1971, Ser. No. 178,499
Int. Cl. B29c 25/00 U.S. Cl. 264-102 4 Claims ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSURE Polyglycolic acid in shaped form (Le. a suture) which is substantially free from vaporizable impurities is provided which has significantly greater in-vivo strength retention than shaped polyglycolic acid containing said vaporizable impurities. The improved polyglycolic acid is prepared by vacuum heating shaped polyglycolic acid containing 'vaporizable impurities to vaporize the impurities therefrom, and then removing the vaporized impurities from the polyglycolic acid. An apparatus for conveniently carrying out the above process is also provided.
This is a division of application Ser. 'No. 786,049, filed Dec. 23, 1968, now U.S. Pat. 3,626,948.
" BACKGROUND THE INVENTION 1 For many years, virtually all absorbable sutures used in animal and human surgery were prepared from mammalian intestine, such sutures being commonly called catgut sutures.
1 More recently, widespread research efforts have been directed toward discovery of a synthetic material which could be readily extruded into filaments from which sutures could be fabricated which would (1) retain their tensile strength after implantation in the body for a sufiicient time to permit wounds joined together with such sutures to heal properlyand (2) would be absorbed by the body without adverse effects and within an acceptable time after implantation. Such a material would have many advantages over catgut such as uniformity of composition, and, hopefully, ease of manufacture. These efforts have recently home fruit. U.S. P'at. 3,297,033, for example, describes a synthetic absorbable suture prepared from polyglycolic acid, said patent herein incorporated by reference.
Polyglycolic acid can be prepared in a variety of ways. For example, it can be prepared by heating glycolic acid and then removing water and glycolide from theresulting material after which a catalyst is added to the residue and the residue heated (U.S. Pat..2,585,427) It can also be prepared as described above except thatthe residue is cooled and collected as a powder which is then heated at 2.,
an elevated temperature(U.S. Pat. 2,676,945). It can additionallybe prepared bythe polymerization of glycolide which is free from water and acid impurities in the presence of a catalyst (U.S. Pat. 2,668,162).
In order to obtain the strong filaments of polyglyc'olic if polyglycolic acid of sufiiciently high molecular weight scribed above. During the polymerization, some glycolide monomer fails to polymerize to polyglycolic acid and glycolide contents in the polymer of as much as about 8% have been observed.
Although entirely acceptable sutures can be prepared from polyglycolic acid containing glycolide, applicants have discovered that:
(1) when glycolide and other impurities which either react with the glycolide or are formed as by-products of a reaction of glycolide with a reactive impurity are removed from the polyglycolic acid to the extent possible by vaporization of the impurities, and
(2) these vaporized impurities are then removed from the environment of the suture, that sutures prepared from such substantially impurity-free polymer exhibit an astonishing enhancement in in-vivo strength retention as compared to sutures prepared from polymer which contains these impurities. In-vivo strength retention is determined by implanting suture lengths in rabbits and then sacrificing the rabbits at prescribed intervals (usually 7 and/or 15 days after the implantation), whereupon the suture is removed and the tensile strength of the suture measured in accordance with standardized procedures.
With the advent of an absorbable polyglycolic acid suture, some attempts have been made to raise the in-vivo strength retention to previously unattainable values while at the same time assuring absorption of the suture by living tissue within a reasonable time. Ordinarily, it is desirable that an absorbable suture retain a surgically useful tensile strength for up to 10 to 15 days after implantation; it is equally important that the suture be absorbed by tissue soon thereafter, preferably within days after implantation. It would, of course, be most desirable if a suture could be provided which gave consistently high invivo tensile strength even after 15 days implantation in tissue while simultaneously being substantially absorbed bythe tissue within about 90 days after implantation. Achievement of these dual requirements in catgut absorbable sutures can present problems because treatments which enhance in-vivo strength retention of the suture may extend the absorption period appreciably. For example, when catgut sutures are chromicized to enhance in vivo strength retention, conditions must be very carefully controlled to prevent excess chromicizing; otherwise, suture absorption times can be unduly prolonged.
U.S. Pat. No. 3,422,181 issued Jan. 14, 1969 teaches that in-vivo. strength retention can be improved in a polyglycolic acid suture by merely heating the suture at certain temperatures and atmospheric pressure for a given period of time. However, the improved strength of the suture results primarily from an annealing effect within the polyglycolic acid filaments since, under the conditions described in the application, an effective amount of timpurities would not be removed from the polymer if they were present therein. Also the application does not teach the-importance of removing any volatilized impurities from the environment of the suture as will be discussed 'hereinbelow in' greater detail. This is not surprisingsince, as mentioned above, little, if any, effective volatilization of impurities occurs under the process conditions of this application.
Patented Nov. 13, 1973 It is an object of this invention, therefore, to provide a new kind of shaped polyglycolic acid whichis substantially free from vaporizable impurities and which, as a result thereof, exhibits consistently high in-vivo tensile strength even after 15 days implantation in living tissue. It is another object to provide shaped polyglycolic acid having consistently high in-vivo strength retention after 15 days while, at the same time, being substantially absorbed by living tissue within 90 days after implantation. It is also an object of this invention to provide a novel process and apparatus which are eminently suitable for preparing the polyglycolic acid of this invention.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION This invention relates to polyglycolic acid in shaped form which is substantially free from vaporizable impurities.
The term polyglycolic acid or polyglycolic acid in shaped form as used herein refers to any of the continuous forms into which polyglycolic acid can be fabricated such as by extrusion, molding or such and includes monofilaments, multifilaments, sheets, film, rod, ribbons, and molded objects; it also includes polyfilamentary braided strands useful as absorbable sutures and variously shaped body implants and prosthetic devices such as described in copending application Ser. No. 608,068, filed Jan. 9, 1967, now US. Patent 3,463,158. The invention will be described in terms of a polyglycolic acid multifilamentary braid suitable for use as an absorbable suture for purposes of clarity; however, the invention is also applicable to various other shaped forms of polyglycolic acid as described above.
A vaporizable impurity is one which can be volatilized from the polyglycolic acid.
Polyglycolic acid is substantially free from vaporizable impurities when it exhibits a weight loss of less than 0.4% by weight when it is heated for three hours at 135 C. under an absolute pressure of 4 mm. of mercury in the presence of a cooled surface maintained at a temperature of about 25 C., said surface being separated from the polymer by a distance of about 2 inches. As the polyglycolic acid is heated, the vaporizable impurities contained therein are vaporized and diffuse across the gap between the polymer and the cooled surface. As the impurities strike the cooled surface they condense to produce a residue on the surface whereby the impurities are removed from the environment of the polyglycolic acid.
As described heretofore, the removal of these impurities has a pronounced effect upon the in-vivo strength retention of a shaped form of polyglycolic acid such as a suture. The impurities removed are believed to consist primarily of water, glycolide, and the linear dimer of glycolic acid which is represented by the formula:
I! II OH-CHa-C-O-CHz-G-OH These impurities can arise in the polyglycolic acid in a variety of ways. For example, as described heretofore, glycolide can originate from unpolymerized monomer. If a polyglycolic acid suture containing glycolide is exposed to a moist environment the suture may pick up water. It is believed that this water reacts readily with the glycolide to cleave the glycolide ring and form the aforementioned linear dimer of glycolic acid. It is further believed that the linear dimer of glycolic acid can then react with the high molecular weight polyglycolic acid in a transesterifi cation reaction to produce sutures having polyglycolic acid chains of lower molecular Weight which tend, when implanted in living tissue, to give reduced retention of in-vivo tensile strength.
The impurities may also arise if the polymer is subjected to high temperatures which tend topartially detemperature ofabout 240-250C; and it is possible under these conditions that some polymer can degrade into glycolide or the linear dimer of glycolic acid. Of course, the glycolide thus formed can react with any moisture present to form additional undesirable linear dimer. Because of the reactive interrelation between water and glycolide to produce the undesirable linear dimer, it is essential that all three of' these impurities i.e. water, glycolide, and the linear dimer of glycolic acid be removed. The degree to which the in-vivo strength retention is enhanced is believed to depend upon the extent to which the vaporizable impurities present are removed from the polymer. Ordinarily, as a greater proportion of these impurities is removed, a greater enhancement of in-vivo strength retention is noted.
This invention also relates to a process for preparing polyglycolic acid in shaped form which is substantially free from vaporizable impurities which comprises heating shaped polyglycolic acid containing vaporizable impurities in a dry environment at a temperature of from about 75 C. to about 160 C. at a sub-atmospheric pressure. 'Under these conditions an effective amount of vaporizable impurities contained in the polyglycolic acid is removed therefrom. Once these impurities are removed, it is essential to further remove them from the immediate environment of the heated polyglycolic acid. If this is not done, the impurities have a strong tendency, especially when pressures which are not sub-atmospheric are restored, to condense upon the surface of the polymer to product a white powdery surface coating on the polymer. These impurities also tend to polymerize to harmful higher molecular weight forms and cannot be removed from the polymer thereby causing an irretrievable loss of the polymer.
In cases where this deposition of impurities on the surface of the polyglycolic acid has occurred, the in-vivo as well as package properties of the polymer were most unsatisfactory indicating the highly undesirable effect these impurities can produce. Therefore, means must be provided, once these impurities have been vaporized, for removing them from proximity with the polyglycolic acid. A particularly suitable way for effecting this removal is to provide a cooled surface adjacent to the heated polymer, the cooled surface being maintained at a temperature below that of the heated polymer. After the vaporized impurities are removed from the polymer, they diffuse towards the cooling surface and condense thereon whereby they are removed from the environment of the polymer.
This invention also relates to an apparatus for removmg and collecting vaporizable impurities from polyglycolic acid in shaped form. In its most basic aspects, the shaped polyglycolic acid member is supported in an airtight chamber. Means are provided for applying heat to the member within the chamber. Means are also provided for the creation of sub-atmospheric pressures within the chamber. The housing containing the chamber is adapted to provide for cooling at least a portion of the wall of said chamber adjacent to the heated member, this portion of the chamber wall being separated from the heated member by a'predetermined distance. As the member is heated. within the chamber under sub-atmospheric pres ber wall they condense thereon to eflect removal of the impurities from the environment of the polyglycolic acid member.
. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS FIG. 1 depicts the effect of the temperature at which a polyfilamentary braid is heated upon various properties comparison of the in-vivo properties of polyfilamentary braids treated inaccord with the process of this invention and braids not so treated.
EFIG. depicts the significant upgrading in in-vivo strength retention which can be achieved by the process of this invention lay-comparing the in-vivo properties of poly-filamentary braids which ordinarily have little, if any, in-vivo tensile strength after 15 days implantation in living tissue with the in-vivo properties observed on the same braids after treatment in accordance with the process of this invention.
FIGS. 6a and 6b represent an exploded view of an apparatus which is suitable for preparing the shaped polyglycolic acid of this invention.
FIG. 7 is a center sectional view of the assembled apparatus for FIG. 6 further including various equipment for controlling process conditions within the apparatus.
DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Polyglycolic acid as typically prepared in US. Pat. 2,668,162, or 3,297,033, is conventionally extruded into a multifilament which is then divided into various portions for use as sleeves and cores during braiding. A braided polyglycolic acid suture is prepared from these portions using conventional braiding techniques and equipment. A portion of the braid thus prepared is weighed and then wound circumferentially around a hollow metal cylinder. The cylinder-braid unit is weighed and placed within an Erlenmeyer flask with the axis of the cylinder perpendicular to the bottom surface of the flask. The flask is immersed in an oil bath maintained at a temperature about 5 C. higher than that at which it is desired to heat the braidlThe upper portion of the flask is not immersed in the oil and is exposed to a room temperature environment. The appropriate sub-atmospheric pressure is then 6 quantity of impurities removed from the braid. The percent weightless of the braid isdeterininedby dividing the quantity of impuritiesremoved by-the original'weight of the braid and multiplying by =100fi Thepackage properties, i.e. straight" pull 'and -knot pull, are measured on 'both unsterilized braid and braid sterilized by gaseous ethylene oxide. There is ordinarily no detectable difierence in package properties between sterilized and unsterilized braid. Sterilized braid is then implanted in rabbits for a period of 7 or 15 days, after which the braid is removed from the animal and its tensile strength measured, said value being the in-vivo tensile strength. The straight pull is readily measured using a Scott inclined plane tester (Model Number IP-4) in accord with the method shown in US. Pat. XV, pg. 938. Knot pull is similarly measured in accord with the procedure shown in US. Pat. XV, pg. 939.
The method described immediately hereinabove was used to gather the data in Tables I to V hereinbelow.
PROCESS CONDITIONS (a) Temperature The eifect of temperature (at constant pressure and heating time) upon package and in-vivo properties and upon the weight loss of sutures treated in accordance with the process of this invention is shown by the data of Table I. These data are graphically presented in FIG. 1. Referring to FIG. 1, it is observed that no appreciable weight loss occurs until the filament is heated to at least a temperature of C. As soon as appreciable amounts of impurities begin to vaporize from the filament, there is a noticeable enhancement in the- 15 day in-vivo straight pull value of the suture. This improvement continues until temperatures in excess of about 160 C. are employed whereupon there is a sharp decrease in in-vivo strength as well as package straight pull and knot pull. It should be noted that weight loss of the suture increases at a fairly constant rate as temperature increases until a temperature of about 160 to 180 C. is reached whereupon a sharp and dramatic increase in the amount of volatiles released by the suture occurs suggesting that at these elevated temperatures rapid thermal degradation of the polymer is beginning to occur. Preferred heating temper atures are from about C. to C. The data of Table I indicate that in-vivo strength retention can be improved by as much as 222% when the suture is treated within the preferred temperature range given above.
TABLE I.-THE EFFECT OF TEMPERATURE (4 mm. Hg. for 5 hours) 15-day ln-vivo properties Package properties Straight pull Straight pull Knot pull Di 1Percent: iPercent: Tern erature Percent Dia. a. ncrease ncrease 0.? wt. loss (mils) Lb. P.s.l. Lb. P-S-i- (mils) Lb. P.s.i. inlb. in p.s.i
(b) Pressure Data are presentedin Table II which show the efiectof pressure (at constant temperature and heating time) upon package and in-vivo properties. The in-vivo' and weight loss data of Table II are presented graphically in FIG. 2. is heated has virtually no efiect upon the package-straight These data indicate that the pressure at which the suture pull and knot pull; however, pressure does have a pronounced effect upon the in-vivo tensile strength of poly- 7 glyeolic,-acid., Referring to 1316.2, it can be seenthat it is. essent ialllthat the suture be-heated under conditions-of sub-atmospheric pressure. Merely-heating at atmospheric pressure, .althoughitfdoesremove some volatiles, has no appreciable effect upon in-vivo strength..; l"his is not surprising since it wouldnot be expected that glycolide or the linear dimer of glycolic acid wouldbe removed inany appreciable amount at such pressures. However, as pressureis gradually reduced below one atmosphere there is 5 curve in FIG. 3).; On ,the-.other-hand,.when' excessively high temperatures i.e. above 160 C., are used, although there is significant removal of volatiles, there is a marlred decrease in the in-vivo strength of the suture as clearly a greater increase in the amount of impurities removed shown by the dotted 180 C. curve of FIG. 3. As discussed from the suture with a corresponding increase in the in-vivo tensile strength of the suture. It is not until pressures below-about 300mm. of mercury are reached that the weight loss and corresponding enhancement of in-vivo tensile strength becomes readily apparent although some weight loss and enhancement of tensile strength does occur at pressures in excess of 300 mm. of mercury but less than one atmosphere. It is, of course, desirable that the pressure be maintained at as low a value as possible; pressures below about 100 mm. of mercury are preferred and pressures of from .1 to 4 mm. of mercury are highly preferred.
TABLE II.-EFFEC'I OF PRESSURE (5 hrs. at 135 C.)
above, this is believed to occur at temperatures above 160.? C.'because the volatiles which are removed are no longer merely the undesirable impurities which are removed at temperatures below 160 C. but are the thermal degrada- 15-day in-vivo propertiesstraight pull Percent Peleent increase increase Lb. p.s.i. in lb. in p.s.i.
(c) Heating time The effect of heating time (at constant pressure and conmultifilament, braided yarn, or such is heated at a temperature of about 100 to 150 C. for about 3 hours under stant temperature) is shown by the data of Table III. The 40 an absolute pressure of 1 mm. of mercury or less.
TABLE IIL-EFFECT OF HEATING TIME (4 mm. Hg and constant temperature) Package properties Straight pull Knot pull 15-day in-vivo properties-straigl1t pull Percent Percent Percent Templ wt. Die. Die. increase increase Ti (mm) 0.) loss (mils) Lb Psi. Lb. P.s.i. (mils) Lb. P.s.i. in lb. in p.s.i.
c t l 15. 7 14. 8 76, 500 9. 7 50, 100 15. 7 98 5, 100
data of Table III are shown graphically in FIG. 3. Re- Table IV presents data which has been gathered on fel'fing G- i can Seen lh Y9 a variety of difierent sized polyglycolic acidsutures which il e from a suture a1 a fixed Peatmg time 7 have been treated in accordance with the process of this i ri a t w the teimpe-raiure at which 51.1mm invention and serves to indicate the astonishing increases is heated with more volatiles bemg removed as higher in imvivo strength retention (as high as 282% which i used. However re ardless of tern erazi sggi zj z Portion. 6 a fi impurities occur when only small amounts of volatlles are removed 5 moved during the first hourof heating with only minimal from the suture. Selected averaged data from Table IV additional removal occurring as heating continues. are shown graphically in FIG. 4.
- Wtloss Comments Control. (1.57 Treated.
Pere'ent Percent YG Q Q QP-QID 151 17 335.
'(niils) "Lb Pisa;
Suture size 9 1 8 1 7 m zmm mum 12 nn-212n 123 mmmmwmmmmmm mm A ea712001356377 .LLLzLLaa3 20 o2 z. 111111 111111 ,900 Control. ,500 8 .45 Treated. ,500 Control. ,600 +105 .54 Treated. 6,600 Control.
+87 .84 Treated.
madam 8834-019 .Rw7 7 6 6 6 -0 7 57793241 0 0 LL0 0 0 1111111 Control. .85 Treated.
Referring to FIGS. 6a and 6b, and to FIG. 7, a center sectional view of the assembled apparatus, this apparatus comprises metallic base plate 11 supported by legs 12. Base plate 11 contains groove 13 which is adapted to re- Treated: Subjected to 135 C. and Hg for about hours. 'Table V presents data whichindicate how polyglycolic acid sutures formerly having little, if any, tensile strength after 15 days implantation in living tissue were upgraded by treatment in accordance with the process of this invention to sutures not only having acceptable 15 day ceive gasket 14. Base plate 11 contains threaded apertures tensile strengths but also having surprisingly high 15 day 15 which are adapted for insertion of thermocouples up values. For example, in one case, a suture which prior through plate 11 into the apparatus (see FIG. 7). Base to treatment by the process of this invention had virtually plate 11 also contains threaded aperture 16 adapted for is placed within groove 13. V
Support plate 17 is placed upon base plate 11 and firmly attached thereto by screws 18 which are threaded into holes 19 in base plate 11.
High resistance wire 20 is wrapped around hollow metallic cylinder 21 to provide a heating element. Leads "22 of wire 20 pass through apertures 23 in the wall of cylinder 21 and into the interior of cylinder 21. Cylinder TABLE V.UPGRADING 0F POLYGLYCOLIC ACID SU'IURE BY APPLICATION OF.
In-vlvo straight pull after implantatlon in rabbits for- Package properties 7 days 15 days Percent Percent Percent change change wt.
in lb. Lb. P.s.l. in 1b.; Lb. P.s.l. loss Comments .89 3,275 0 0 Control. -4 8.8 32,270 +880 .74 2,700 1.3-2.5 Treated.
The devolatilized sutures prepared in accordance with I this invention can be dyed, coated, needled, sterilized, 5 packaged, and 1.188(1'111 accordance with techniques de- DEVOLATILIZA'IION TREATMENT THERETO Die.
(mils) Lb. P.s.l.
no 15 day tensile strength exhibited a tensile strength of 40 connection to a vacuum system (see FIG. 7). Gasket "14 17,438..p.s.i. after treatment by the process by this inven H tion. Selected average data from Table V are shown graphically in FIG. 5.. f
scribed for the polyglycolic acid suture disclosed in US."
Pat. 3,297,033.v
Suture size i 21 containing wire ztl is thenins'erted through recess 23h of plat'e .17, the bottom, surface 249i cylinderllcorning to 're'st'dn surface .25 or base",p1a.te 'lL-Lead WireS'fZZ 7 Apparatus h H FIGS. 6a and 6b represent exploded views of a preferred embodiment of an apparatus which is particularly suitable for removing and collecting vaporiiable'impurities from a polyglycolic acid filament, in accordance with P at emerge from the apparatus through'apertiir "25a 1, connecting var new 1 WZF' GsY- I Ave the process of this invention. The exploded view of (the tul'e is a pt a r-.t sh r a e rl g$ l apparatus is best seen by placing FIG. 6b on top of FIG. and 0111 Of the pp a S h a by a ll ll k tube. Plate 6a to obtain an overall exploded view of the apparatus. 17 is secured about base 2.7 of cylinder 21 by set screws 28. Spacing collar 29 is then'inserted over the tion 30 of cylinder 21 by set screws 31.
Polyglycolic acid suture braid 32 is circumferentially wrapped around hollow metallic cylinder 33. Cylinder 33 is adapted at top portion 34 and bottom portion 34a to receive screws 35 which facilitate subsequent removal means of a wire handle. Cylinder 33 containinglb'raid32 is carefully slid over collar 29 and cylinder 21 coming. to rest on surface 36 of support plate 17. Collar 37 of support plate 17 and collar 29 insure that the inner surface of column 33 is uniformly spaced in distance from the outer surface of wires 20 so as to provide uniform heating of braid 32.
Hollow cylinder 38 which is adapted 39 for passage of a liquid cooling medium through annular space 40 (see FIG. 7) between inner wall 41 and outer wall 42 is then slid over cylinder 33 and braid 32 contained thereon coming to rest on gasket 14 which is mounted in groove 13 of plate 11. Gasket 43 is placed on the top surface 44 of cylinder 38, and lid 44a is placed on top of gasket 43 to complete assembly of the apparatus.
Referring to FIGS. 6a, 6b, and 7, it will be noted that the apparatus contains provisions for the insertions of three thermocouples by means of apertures 15. One thermocouple 45 measures temperature on the outside surface 46 of circumferentially wrapped braid 32. A second thermocouple 47 measures temperature of the inner surface 48 of cylinder 33. A third thermocouple 49 measures the temperature of wire 20. These three thermocouples are connected to temperature recorder 50 for easy monitoring.
The temperature of wire 20 can be adjusted to produce the desired temperature at inside wall 48 and the surface 46 of braid 32. The temperature of wire '20 required to produce any given temperature at surface 46 of braid 32 will of course vary depending on the thickness of air gap 51 between cylinders 27 and 33 as well as on the sufficiently high value to cause the vaporization of any vapot izab'le'.impurities}contained therein. Cooling water -having been previouslyapplied toannular space '40- of the vaporized impurities from braid 32 gap 54 which separates heated braid 32 -,-from cooled iii? r51 '55" i "re 38 t r of the cylinder (while still hot) from the apparatus by 1 er su Ce 0 cy m at con ac mg 1, cooledjsurface 55 and'condensing'thereon'whereby their X -a'emoval -frorn the environment surrounding'braid 32 is effected;
The thickness of gap 54 can vary considerably provided there is a finite distance between outer surface 46 'of braid 32 and surface 55 of cylinder 38. Ordinarily, a gap distance .of up to about 12 inches is suitable with a distance of about 1 to Zinches higher preferred.
If the radial thickness of braid 32 becomes excessive, the temperature of braid 32 in contact with surface 53 may have to be in excess of 160 C. in order to insure a suitably high-temperature at the surface 46 of braid 32 20 which is closest to cooled surface 55,thereby creating a a risk of damaging braid closest to hot surface 53 of wall 35 data of Table VI also'indicate that there is substantially 52. However, when thicknesses of less than /2 inch are used in the described apparatus, suitable temperatures can be produced throughout the entire radial thickness of 25 braid 32. The acceptable radial braid thickness will, of
course, depend on the particular design of the apparatus. Table VI presents data gathered using the apparatus described in FIGS. 6d, 6b, and 7. In all cases, there was 30 improvement in the in.-vivo strength retention of the no difference in package straight pull and knot pull between treated and untreated sutures.
L ID UTURES OFENHANCED IN-VIVO STRENGTH RETENTION PRE- TABLE VI XRD V ITH THE APPARATUS OF FIGURES 6a, 6!), AND 7 Temperature C.) 01- Package properties 15 day in-vivo properties- Outer wall of Inner warll 011d Bloating; L0 ti 1 1 Straight pull Knot pull Straight pull B l Outsid b aid ra eemen ca one a. (tfg brai cylir ider cylinder sample (mils) Lb. P.s.i. Lb. P.s.l. Lb. P.s.i.
1 See the following- Sample location 1=Braid in contact with the outer wall of the braid cylinder. Sample location 2=Braid midway between Location 1 and the outside wind of the braid.
3 Control.
about to 205 C. and tea temperature 'attheouter surface'53 of wall 52of from about 100 toabout 160 C.
. After thefapparatus is assembled the appropriate 70 va m sa p ie thm f t re 1: n P e is n plied to wirefl20fsaid'power being adjusted by rheostat 2630' create theaforementioned desir edtemperature at the 'yarious' points in the apparatus. 'Afte'r 'a' brief induction' period, the temperature of braid 32 is raised to a 7 Sample location 3=Braid from the outside wind of the braid, i.e. the braid farthest removed from the outer wall of the braid ..We claim: f 1. A'm'ethod for improving the in-vivo strength retention of .absorbable'polyglycolic acid in shaped form which comprises heating polyglycolic acid in shaped form, which contains vaporizable impurities, in a substantally'dry environment at a temperature of from about 100 C. to about C. for a period of time, varying inversely with temperature, of between about 1 hour and 5v hours, at an absolute pressure between about 0.1 mm. and 4-mm.'0f mercury to vaporize therefrom an effective amount of saidimpurities and removing said vaporized im'puritiesfrom said polyglycolic acid.
' 2. Themethod of claim 1 wherein said impurities are removed from the environment of the polyglycolic acid by providing a cooling surface maintained at a temperature below about 70 C., said surface separated from said polyglycolic acid by a distance of up to about 12 inches whereby said vaporized impurities are collected as a residue on said cooled surface.
3. The method of claim 1 wherein the polyglycolic acid is heated at about 135 C. and for about 3 hours at an absolute pressure of about 4 millimeters of mercury and where the distance between the heated polyglycolic acid and the cooling surface is about 2 inches.
4. The method of claim 1 wherein the polyglycolic acid in shaped form comprises one or more filaments of polyglycolic acid.
References Cited UNITED STATES PATENTS Primary Examiner G. AUVILLE, Assistant Examiner US. Cl. X.R.
UNiren starts rirrn r @PPIICE CERTH EQATE @F QQRREQ'HQN Patent 5J72A2O Dated November 15. 1975 Inventor(s) Arthur Glick and James B. McPherson, Jr.
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Rev. Jay Johnson's piece entitled, Homos for the Holidays: A Religion Survival Guide was featured in the December 20th issue of the Huffington Post. Rev. Johnson, Senior Director of Academic Research and Resources at CLGS, playfully addresses ways to confront LGBT and religious issues over the holiday season. Read Full Article Here


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Wow that's an awesome price, when would you be able to ship with the window unit to roll them up and down ? Also just wondering what brand is the alarm?
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I'm currently in Cali and unable to ship anything out until late June.
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Women's Golf | Saturday, October 22, 2011
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Bearcats are Fourth in Team Standings
PORTLAND, ORE. -- A two-over-par 74 by Megan McGrew led all players and the George Fox University Bruins, who began their bid for a third straight Northwest Conference Women's Golf Fall Classic championship with a first-day score of 313 to take a seven-stroke lead in the 2011 Classic Saturday here at the Heron Lakes Golf Course.
The Whitman College Missionaries are second behind George Fox with a 320. Bunched in the middle are the Linfield College Wildcats at 340, the Willamette University Bearcats at 342, the Whitworth University Pirates at 344, and the Pacific Lutheran University Lutes at 357. The Pacific University Boxers are seventh at 403, and the Puget Sound Loggers are eighth at 448. The Lewis & Clark College Pioneers have three individuals entered but no team score.
One stroke behind McGrew on the leaderboard is Tate Head of Whitman with a 75. Kelsey Morrison of George Fox is third at 78, followed by Hannah Christianson of Linfield at 79. Loreece Magsanide of George Fox, Mckenzie Weinhold (Fr., Placerville, CA/El Dorado HS/Univ. of Nevada-Reno) from Willamette, and Katie Zajicek of Whitman are tied for fifth with 80s.
The final round of the Women's Fall Classic, which is being played on the par-72, 5,813-yard Green Back course, gets under way Sunday morning at 10:00 a.m. The Fall Classic counts as one quarter of the score toward the overall conference title, with the Spring Classic as another quarter and the NWC Championship Tournament as one half of the total team score.
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The new iPod touch will be available in two variants: 32GB for $299 and 64GB for $399.
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Last New Year's Day I discovered something: The morning of January 1 would appear to be the least traveled day of the year -- by far. I was driving between 8:00 and 10:00 in the morning, and there was no one on the road, highly unusual for Dallas.
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July 31 (Bloomberg) -- Outfielder Shane Victorino was traded to the Los Angeles Dodgers from the Philadelphia Phillies, who received relief pitcher Josh Lindblom and minor-league starter Ethan Martin, Philly.com reported.
The swap came on the final day before Major League Baseball's trade deadline. The Dodgers are 56-48 and tied with the San Francisco Giants atop the National League West. Philadelphia is 45-57, 16 1/2 games behind the Washington Nationals in the NL East.
Victorino, 31, has played his last eight seasons in Philadelphia, helping the team reach the playoffs the past five and win a World Series in 2008.
A two-time All-Star, Victorino is batting .261 this season with a .324 on-base percentage, nine home runs and 40 runs batted in. His 24 stolen bases are tied for ninth in the major leagues.
Having also played a season with the San Diego Padres, Victorino has a career .277 batting average with 88 homers, 394 RBI and 186 stolen bases.
Lindblom, a 25-year-old right-hander, was 2-2 with a 3.02 earned run average in 48 appearances for the Dodgers this season, striking out 43 while walking 18.
Martin, 23, was 8-6 with a 3.58 ERA for the Dodgers' Double-A Chattanooga team this season, making 20 starts.
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Dominating the field, Amazon.com Inc, Oracle Corp., International Business Machines (IBM) Corp., Oracle, and Tyler Technologies, Inc. are top firms with a reputation for hiring a great number of Software Development Managers. Pay for Software Development Managers is best at Amazon.com Inc, which offers a median salary of $155K. However, the highest reported salaries don't seem to be much higher than the lowest ones; the pay range here runs from $118K to $180K.
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Lehigh University has been asked to once again participate in the Clear Next Generation Portfolio Design Contest. The contest is open to all students at Lehigh and runs from Oct. 15 to Dec. 1.
The highly competitive, international competition was created in 2007 by Clear Indexes LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Clear Asset Management Inc. Lehigh fared well in the inaugural contest,
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"A year ago, Lehigh University was honored with the greatest number of awards. I look forward to once again receiving competitive entries from this talented student body and perhaps seeing one of the submissions claim the grand prize, which is based on a great investment thesis and being cognizant of how an investor will perceive it," says Andrew Corn, CEO of Clear Asset Management.
Now in its third round, the contest has grown to include more than 10 schools and more than 200 submissions. Awards are handed out to students proposing the most unique and marketable portfolios, with the grand prize winner earning $5,000 and a possible internship with Clear Index to work on the investment or publish the award-winning index.
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"Given the current turmoil in financial markets, any opportunity for our students to learn about alternative investment vehicles and to apply what they have learned in class is value adding," Anderson says. "This contest is a great chance for our students to test their creativity and to showcase their talents to potential employers."
Last year's contest asked students to develop original ETF (or Exchange Traded Funds) ideas. There are currently 814
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Because of the growing interest in the competition, however, Clear Index expanded the fall 2008 contest to include equity portfolio designs including long-only portfolio solutions and alternative investments. According to the company, "Choice and versatility foster creativity. We found that many of the innovative ideas that students conceived for Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) in past competitions could be applied successfully to other mediums."
Previous winning ideas included an International Sports investment concept from students at York University's Schulich School, which focused on publicly traded equities of holding companies that own professional sports teams and clubs. A New York University student won in 2007 for his US Exporters Index, an idea that benefited from a growing global economy and the reduced value of the dollar.
Pengcheng Lin, formerly a graduate student in Lehigh's M.S. in Analytical Finance program, captured one of two second prize awards for his 2007 submission on the China 30 Value Index.
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Nintendo formally announced the Wiimote Plus controller today via the Nintendo official site
The Wiimote Plus, combines a Wiimote with the Wii Motion Plus attachment in the same size as a standard Wiimote. The new controller will be released in Japan on November 11, at ¥3,800, the same price as the current Wiimote.
The Wiimote Plus will be available in five colors: white, black, blue, pink and red.
Nintendo also announced that all new consoles starting on 11/11 will come bundled with the new controller and also Wii Sports Resort will combined with the new Wiimote Plus controller.
No info on a release date for America or Europe yet. Stay tuned.
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Neato. So motion plus is going to be standard under a new name? This makes me wonder if the games are going to take up upswing after the holidays... or maybe before. I've never messed around with motion pluss but have heard many great things about it. Thanks, Ithian! I'm a black friday stalker so maybe I'll keep my eyes out... then move in for the kill...
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03/09/2012 (09:00PM – 10:00PM) (Friday) : NICK'S LATEST CASE THREATENS HIS RELATIONSHIP WITH JULIETTE – DANIEL BALDWIN ( "HOMICIDE" ) AND DANIELLE PANABAKER ("FRIDAY THE 13TH") GUEST STAR — While investigating an arson-related homicide with Hank (Russell Hornsby), Nick (David Giuntoli) finds himself in the heated world of Portland fire-dancing where he meets a woman (guest star Danielle Panabaker) who might just be too hot to handle. With Monroe's (Silas Weir Mitchell) help, Nick will have to find out if he can investigate the case without getting himself or those close to him burned. Bitsie Tulloch, Sasha Roiz and Reggie Lee also star.
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What makes a man turn to suicide or the life of a wolf? Join David and Bernie as they take a trip down this dark and sometime erotic path, only to discover that, like Dorothy and Toto's adventures on the Yellow Brick Road, you never know what you'll discover when searching for Oz.
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Electronic Arts has shipped The World is Not Enough for the Nintendo 64. The game is a mission-based FPS that includes a total of 28 single- and multiplayer missions. It also has over 40 Q-lab weapons and gadgets, with a few that are exclusive to the N64 version of the game. Also exclusive to the N64 version are several missions, multiplayer arenas, and modes of play.
The N64 version of The World is Not Enough was developed by Eurocom Entertainment Software and will retail for US$49.95. TWINE for the PlayStation will be released in early November and is being developed by Black Ops Entertainment.


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It's been a busy few weeks, and we admit it -- we're going to take a break for a while. But today, we're pleased to be able to announce Jimdo's 11th language version: Polish!
We're pleased (and proud) as punch to have launched three new languages for Jimdo in the last three weeks. We think it's important for more users to be able to use Jimdo in the native languages. As we add more languages, more people in more countries will be able to use Jimdo!
The new country manager for Poland is Magdalena, and she's really happy that you can now see what she's been working on and looking forward to seeing the Jimdo community in Poland grow! And the
rest of the team is really pumped, too -- we're looking forward to seeing new sites from Polish-speaking Jimdonauts! We even decorated the office in red and white to celebrate today's
On that note...
"Kreator stron internetowych Jimdo będzie już niedługo dostępny w polskiej wersji językowej!"
(that's in Polish, and it means "Jimdo's website builder is in Polish now!")
There are a few sites in Polish already -- if you know of more, let us know in the comments!
By the way, did you know how many countries in the world Jimdo covers? On the map below you can see how many places Jimdo exists in the main or an official language!
Nice! Next: Latvia! :)
Thank U !!!
no no.... next : Romania :))
....little chance , i know that ;))
its very nice i love jimdo familys, thank you somuch, if you can kindly welcome in Nepal too,
Ich weiss nicht ob mein Kommentar ankommt bei euch, aber es gibt sehr viele interessenten für eine Page auf Türkisch. Meine natürlich auch. Würde es sehr begrüßen wenns kommt ;).
Danke ihr seid super.
Why is Japan colored. You maybe wrong with Korea.
iwanaka, Japan is colored because we offer a Japanese version of Jimdo!
We don't offer a Korean version of Jimdo... (yet)


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MORRISON — As Steve Whitfield and younger son, Kameron, worked on Kris Whitfield's Roadster, the 25-year-old was trekking down the straightaway at Bandimere Speedway in his brand-new dragster.
He quickly exited the vehicle — after an elimination-round defeat, hurried into the race truck briefly before getting ready to race again — this time in the Roadster.
MORRISON — Step aside, Allen Johnson. Larry Morgan finally bumped the king off the mountain.
The long wait for another NHRA Pro Stock champion at Bandimere Speedway finally ended July 26 at the 36th annual Mopar Mile-High Nationals.
The wait was even longer than usual because of a 27-minute rain delay earlier in the day and a 1 minute, 45 second grind-to-a-halt hold-up at the start line prior to their final.
By Craig Harper
For the Courier
Alexis Tolbert, a sophomore-to-be who played on Chatfield's Level 3 girls lacrosse team last spring, admitted she didn't know how or why she wound up attending the inaugural Colorado Mammoth girls lacrosse camp last week.
But , "I'm really glad I did," Tolbert said halfway through eight hours of the July 22-23 instructional camp at Cornerstone Park. "I just wanted to get better. It works me really hard and I got better just from one day."
The first Hog Olympics hosted by Columbine — in 2014 — didn't exactly go the Rebels' way. Construction at the school forced moving the event to an off-campus site and the Rebel linemen's performance didn't meet their standards.
Taylor and Tyler Rogers are just trying to do what they've always done. The 24-year-old twins and former Chatfield Senior High baseball standouts continue to pick up innings on the minor league circuit in hopes of one day making it to the majors.
By Craig Harper
For the Courier
Columbine, a football program notorious for running the football, reached the championship game in a pair of 7-on-7 passing tournaments it entered this summer.
The natural assumption: The Rebels will change their stripes and throw the football more in 2015.
LAKEWOOD — Ben Overholt didn't have the opportunity in 2014 — not playing defense — to make much of an offensive impact in the Colorado High School Soccer Coaches Association All-State game. Back for a second straight year on July 8 at Lakewood Memorial Field, he was determined to make it count.
And he did.
LAKEWOOD — A freshman going into her sophomore year, Sarah Gray couldn't have imagined that she would be playing in the Colorado High School Soccer Coaches Association All-State Game. But there she was July 8 at Lakewood Memorial Field.
Jamie Smith figured he'd get a leg up on future Chatfield basketball hopefuls by attending Gary Anderson's Basketball Boot Camp for boys and girls in grades 2-8 on June 29-30 at Chatfield Senior High.
One of three eighth-graders and the only one destined to attend Chatfield, Smith saw the camp as another way to become indoctrinated to the way things are done in the Charger boys' program, for which Anderson is Steve Schimpeler's top assistant coach.
Legion B baseball is all about building for the next high school season. It's also all about mixing and matching.
Littleton High School's American Legion Post 103 team is no different, and if results through the first week of July are indicative, coach Micah Bernhardt's team is successful on both counts.
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The claim
Some pet foods might contain cats and dogs.
The background
During the 1990s, the Food & Drug Administration's Center for Veterinary Medicine received reports from veterinarians that pentobarbital, a common drug used in putting down dogs and other animals, seemed to be losing its effectiveness in dogs.
Based on these reports, the FDA's veterinary officials decided to investigate whether dogs were exposed to pentobarbital through dog food, and whether this exposure was making them less responsive to pentobarbital when used as a drug.
In 1998 and 2000, FDA scientists bought commercial dog food in the area where they worked -- Laurel, Md. -- and tested it. Sure enough, it contained traces of pentobarbital.
The scientists said it was in too low of a dosage to be harmful to pets, but since the pet food contained the drug, that meant "euthanized" animals were used in it. Were they cats and dogs?
The FDA wrote in a 2002 report on the studies:
"The results demonstrated a complete absence of material that would have been derived from euthanized dogs or cats. The sensitivity of this method is 0.005% on a weight/weight basis; that is, the method can detect a minimum of 5 pounds of rendered remains in 50 tons of finished feed. Presently, it is assumed that the pentobarbital residues are entering pet foods from euthanized, rendered cattle or even horses."
Case closed?
In a 2002 congressional report, the rendering industry said it handles 47 billion pounds of animal material each year.
It explained: "Renderers convert dead animals and animal parts that otherwise would require disposal into a variety of materials, including edible and inedible tallow and lard and proteins such as meat and bone meal. These materials in turn are exported or sold to domestic manufacturers of a wide range of industrial and consumer goods such as livestock feed and pet food, soaps, pharmaceuticals, lubricants, plastics, personal care products, and even crayons."
Later, the report described where it gets the animal stuff: "Sources for these materials include meat slaughtering and processing plants (the primary one); dead animals from farms, ranches, feedlots, marketing barns, animal shelters, and other facilities; and fats, grease, and other food waste from restaurants and stores."
To summarize, renderers convert dead animals into pet food, and their sources include animal shelters. Case back open?
The 2008 book "Food Pets Die For" by Ann N. Martin states, "It is still legal to render dog and cat carcasses, along with a variety of other animal remains "» to make a protein source for pet food."
That protein source is called "meat meal" or "bone meal." In the FDA's tests, the pet foods most likely to contain pentobarbital were those with rendered ingredients such as meat meals and animal fat as the main ingredients, according to the 2010 book "Feed Your Pet Right: The Authoritative Guide to Feeding Your Dog and Cat" by Marion Nestle and Malden C. Nesheim.
Fact Checker contacted Nathan J. Winograd of the No-Kill Advocacy Center, which consulted with Washoe County Regional Animal Services and Nevada Humane Society to make the county "no kill," meaning the goal is to put down no healthy, adoptable animals.
He said, "In some states, it is legal for shelters to incinerate animals or dump them in landfills. In those states, rendering will be less common. In other states, such as California, where it is not legal to dump the bodies in landfills and air quality rules are very strict, the common practice is rendering."
It's clear cats and dogs are rendered, but are they rendered into pet food, or are they rendered into ingredients for other products such as makeup, soap and crayons?
In the early 2000s, a St. Louis TV station filmed a truck with a sign saying "Serving the Pet Food Industry" filled with dead cats and dogs from local shelters pulling up to a rendering plant. Nestle and Nesheim's book states, "The resulting uproar ended that service, causing the city to send the dead animals to a landfill until it could build an incinerator."
They write that although using pets might have happened in the past, pet food companies insist their products no longer contain rendered pets. The authors contacted renderer Koefran Industries in Sacramento, which said that although the company collects pet remains, they are cremated or disposed of by group burial.
Officials at Animal Services and the Nevada Humane Society told Fact Checker that all dead animals are incinerated in a crematorium on the premises.
"Even NDOT, when they pick up a dog on the road, they bring it here," Animal Services' Bobby Smith said about the Nevada Department of Transportation.
Nestle and Nesheim conclude, "It is possible that some pets are rendered into pet foods, but we see few signs that this is happening and we think it increasingly unlikely."
Veterinarian Patty Khuly, pet columnist for USA Today and blogger at PetMD, says that's not good enough. In an October blog post, she wrote, "Ultimately, this issue isn't about whether there's at least five pounds of protein in 50 tons of feed. Nor is it that the levels of barbiturates, as the FDA explains, are insufficient to render a drug less potent. Rather, it's about the fact that any pet remains might be in our pets' food. And that, the FDA concedes, is not up for discussion. This we already know."
The verdict
Some pets are made into pet food. The amount seems to be quite small and getting smaller, in part because of requests from the pet food industry for renderers to segregate cats and dogs from the animal parts sold to it as protein and by-products.
In addition, more shelters, such as those in Reno, seem to be seeking methods other than rendering for the carcasses they must dispose of.
Nestle and Nesheim argue that animal byproducts are important to use in pet food because otherwise those proteins and fats are wasted and must be disposed of somewhere else. But if your pet food's ingredient label contains the word "meat," it is slightly possible that this could mean meat made from cats or dogs.
Truth Meter: 5. It's true, but it's not that likely.


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Staffers Meet Fans, Sell Out of Exclusive William Green Figure
Monday, August 11, 2003
McFarlane Toys arrived in Canton, Ohio, for the Football Hall of Fame enshrinement Aug. 2-4. Even though most of the attention went to Marcus Allen and the other four incoming members, there was still the usual long line to get to the McFarlane Toys booth, as fans waited their turn to purchase the William Green (Cleveland Browns, orange third jersey) figure exclusively sold at the event.
The staff had a great time meeting fans of our toys, and also getting the rare opportunity to meet a Hall of Famer in person, when legendary Kansas City coach Hank Stram came by our location -- he wasted no time picking Tony Gonzalez as his favorite figure.
We had a wonderful time in Canton even with the rain that came and went throughout the weekend. The Hall of Fame game between the Packers and Chiefs was fun to watch, and if you noticed the four people escaping the stadium at the first sign of lightning -- yeah, that was us. The people who jeered us for leaving early were the sopping wet ones who sloshed past our warm and dry Spawn-mobile 15 minutes later.
Canton was a most gracious host to McFarlane Toys and we look forward to our next visit to Ohio and the Pro Football Hall of Fame.


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FOND DU LAC — Dozens of animals were seized in a suspected case of abuse and neglect in Fond du Lac County Thursday, May 10th. Investigators found the farm after following a stray goat. Now, Humane Society officials hope this week means new homes for many of the allegedly abused and neglected animals.
68 Siberian huskies and a single cattle dog wait behind cages – some injured, and others neglected. "To bring 69 dogs into our shelter is mind-boggling. A lot of it is wounds that we're dealing with. They have horrendous coats," Shelter manager Renee Webb said.
The Fond du Lac County Humane Society is working to correct matted fur and alleged abuse. Shelter manager Renee Webb says some of the dogs were tied to posts – their lives restricted to three feet of rope.
Now, the canines, between the ages of four months to about 12 years old are adjusting to walking on a leash and much more. "They are learning to eat dog food because these dogs were actually given whole carcasses of dead livestock," Webb said.
Investigators discovered the animals at a Town of Friendship farm Thursday, May 10th. Fond du Lac County Sheriff's deputies say they found dead goats, about 50 living goats and more than 70 dogs on the property – some in various stages of starvation and dehydration.
Now, the dogs are beginning to heal, and the Humane Society is looking for those who may be interested in adopting the animals. "We've had several rescues that are calling us – husky rescues," Webb said.
The volume of dogs was so overwhelming that the shelter chose not to give the pooches names. Instead, they were given letters, and when the alphabet ran out, even more letters.
Humane Society officials hope they'll soon walk out of the shelter with an owner and an identity. "When they get their forever home is when they will get their forever name," Webb said.
When law enforcement officials began their investigation, they were met by a 10-year-old boy at the home, alone. That child spent time with social services, and it is unclear if that child is back at the home at this time.
CLICK HERE to learn more about these dogs via the Fond du Lac County Humane Society's website.
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Friday, May 23, 2014
Christine Osborne, owner of Wonder Works with stores in Mount Pleasant, West Ashley, downtown Charleston and on Kiawah Island, South Carolina, is pleased to announce that the company has opened a corporate headquarters located at 429 A-B La Mesa Road in Mount Pleasant.
Located off of Long Point Road, the 5,000-square-foot space serves as the companys first central distribution center for all four stores, a warehouse and corporate offices. During this expansion, Wonder Works received the 2013 Excellence Award from ASTRA (American Specialty Toy Retailing Association). Among thousands of ASTRA members, Wonder Works was one of two retailers to receive this national distinction that is only awarded once a year. A statement from ASTRA reads, Wonder Works has exceeded excellence with their enthusiastic staff and support of their local community.
Osborne said, From opening our corporate headquarters to receiving this national award, there is so much magic in the air at Wonder Works, and we have the community to thank for it! Our incredible customers, wonderfuntastical staff and community members enable Wonder Works to grow and be recognized for the magic that happens in our amazing city.
Wonder Works Corporate Headquarters is now operating and holds thousands of items in its warehouse including the nations top toys, gifts, books and locally made products from adult and child entrepreneurs. Osborne and her business staff of nine are now located in the office space adjacent to the warehouse.
Having this new corporate headquarters will enable us to better serve our customers with the toys and gifts they love. With thousands of toys being moved from store to store daily, we needed a place where we could receive and distribute inventory efficiently throughout the company. Now we can easily track the items that are selling and keep our shelves stocked with the hottest toys, added Osborne.
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GTX 295, please help!!!
Hey guys I ll try to be as quick as possible!
I just bought BFG gtx 295 AND haveing some major problems plaing age of conan.
On high settings I get like 15 - 20 FPS.
On the older gtx 285 I get 30 - 60 FPS.
I have tested GTX295 in Crysis thou and it is 2x faster than 285... also in 3d mark vantage is much faster so the problem is not in gpu.
I have heard something about enabeling both GPUS on gtx 295 or something...
sorry for bad english, Im from Europe
Re: GTX 295, please help!!!
Europe is a continent not a country?
Anyway, your English is very legible, which is more than I can say for some ^^.
Have you googled to see if Age of Conan actually supports SLi? The GTX 295 is basically two GTX 275's SLied together, so if the application doesnt support Sli, then it will be at the speed of a GTX 275.
Re: GTX 295, please help!!!
2nd, please check which DX mode you are on. DX10 while purdy looking, eats FPS. Make sure you are on dx9 mode.
I tend to use DX9 mode and its still visually stunning.
I have 295, and I game at 1920 by 1200 res with 4X AA and nearly everything maxed except I have SSAO disabled in game and in NV control panel which gives me acceptable fps.
Around Old Tarantia I get ...30-50 or fps i believe. In dungeons your FPS should be sky rocketing (over 100). In RAIDs where there are many particle effects your FPS will go down a little bit but, still should be high enough.
You will get low FPS in areas such as Potain where there is a lot of grass. Rendering grass is 295's weakness here.
Also ensure that if you have a multi core system, ensure you have enabled multi core mode, you can do so by pressing "ctrl_alt+c", check by looking at fps "ctrl+alt+f". This game takes advatage of an extra core i believe....you should fps rise anyway from 10-30% when multi core mode is enabled.
Re: GTX 295, please help!!!
LoL... you are right about that Europe thing... what was I thinking?
Annyway TNX very much guys I ll try to do something...
Re: GTX 295, please help!!!
Funny thing Is that on GTX 285 I get like 25 - 60 fps on dx 10 on open maps
and in dungeons 100 - 120...
That s great but it is allso frustrating because card like gtx 295 should work faster, I think they ****ed up something in AOC, as I said before card is much faster in Crysis and other games than my old gtx 285.
Allso I have my other comp at work and it has 8800gts and I run AOC dx 9 at 25 - 50 fps in open areas and 100 in dungeons HIGH DETAILS so WTF????
On GTX 295 it shold run in speed of light or something but it doesn t
Re: GTX 295, please help!!!
Make sure that you try the SLI patch found here. http://www.evga.com/articles/00463/Default.asp
that might help.
Re: GTX 295, please help!!!
also make sure you set physics to disabled. it can be set in the same screen where you enable multi gpu.
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Spicy Grilled Pineapple with Sweet Coconut Lime Dip
Cost Per Serving: 0.96
Prep Time: 5 minutes
Cook Time: 15 minutes
- 1 fresh pineapple
- 1 Tbsp (15 ml) vegetable oil
- 1 prepared recipe Epicure Sweet Coconut Lime Dip
- Epicure Chili Lime Sansel™, to garnish
1. To prepare pineapple, cut off both ends, remove peel, and cut out the hard center core. Slice into thick slices.
2. Brush pineapple with oil. Grill on medium heat for 2–3 minutes per side, until marks appear and the fruit softens.
3. Sprinkle with Chili Lime Sansel and serve with Sweet Coconut Lime Dip.
Per Serving : Calories 130, Fat 3 g (Saturated 0.5 g, Trans 0 g), Cholesterol 0 mg, Sodium 15 mg, Carbohydrate 25 g (Fibre 2 g, Sugars 20 g), Protein 4 g.
Tips: Sweet Coconut Lime Dip is delish with grilled canned pineapple too!
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Words with Friends latest .bar?
I give up.. I've honestly tried to find the latest Words with Friends .bar and I'm either not searching properly or it's staring right at me.
If anyone feels generous, can you please let me know where the latest version might be?
I tried 4.73 and got a message it needed to be updated.
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I've tried this one and it always gives me an error when I try to sign in with my facebook.
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(ABC 6 News) - Rochester Police say nearly $6,000 worth of electronics were stolen from a home earlier this week.
They say the burglary happened on Wednesday, sometime between 7 a.m. and 2:25 p.m. at 5300 Northwest Ridgeview Drive. The thief or thieves entered the home through an unlocked window and took a lap top, camera and other electronics.
There are no suspects at this time.


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Newe Hupia
Beverly Crum, Earl Crum, & Jon P. Dayley
276 pages and CD recording
Published: 2002
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Newe Hupia
Shoshoni Poetry Songs
This collection presents written texts of songs in Shoshoni and English, with both figurative and literal translations, and is packaged with a CD containing performances of the songs by Earl and Beverly Crum. The songs fall into several categories based on the contexts of their performances, such as dance songs, medicine songs, and handgame songs. The texts are framed with an introduction and commentary discussing the cultural background, meaning, forms, and performance contexts of the songs; Shoshoni language; and methodology. Glossaries of Shoshoni terms are appended. As the first major linguistic study of Shoshoni songs, Newe Hupia is an important contribution to scholarship. It also marks a significant achievement in the preservation of an important aspect of Shoshoni language and culture. And it has literary value as a presentation of Shoshoni verse and aesthetics. Furthermore, many readers and listeners will find the songs to be lyrical, pleasing to the ear, and evocative of the natural world.
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DW8002 Pedal part
I have a DW8002 Pedal and randomly the slave pedal has been starting to give me problems. When i press it down, it feels like i have to press pretty hard for the beater to contact the head. I then decided to take the pedal and dissemble and found out that the rocker hub was damaged. There was a piece that was bent and making this problem happen. I looked at the schematics for my pedal and it says i need the DWSP049 part. For some reason, everywhere it says that this part is only for the dw 9000. Do 9000 parts happen to fit on the 8000? thanks!
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It seems like in these days with so much information available on the www that we forget about just calling the manufacturer.
Phone DW up and ask them. They are very helpful.
Re: DW8002 Pedal part
Hey, Im kinda into DW pedals in a way, so yes you would need the rocker for the 9000 pedal...that was the 8000's thing(which didn't fly), that they were part 9000, part 5000...
This question also led me to another question which led me to believe that the 9000 rocker will also work on the 5000....
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