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Weather Blamed For Industrial Production Miss
Industrial production is the latest economic miss, expected to rise from a previously unchanged print, to 0.3%, instead posting another flat print. The reason: blame it on the weather. From the Fed: "Industrial production was unchanged in March for a second month but rose at an annual rate of 5.4 percent in the first quarter of 2012. Manufacturing output declined 0.2 percent in March but jumped 10.4 percent at an annual rate in the first quarter. The gain in manufacturing output in the first quarter was broadly based: Even excluding motor vehicles and parts, which jumped at an annual rate of nearly 40 percent, manufacturing output moved up at an annual rate of 8.3 percent and output for all but a few major industries increased 5 percent or more. In March, production at mines rose 0.2 percent and the output of utilities gained 1.5 percent. For the quarter, however, the output of utilities dropped at an annual rate of 13.8 percent, largely as a result of unseasonably warm temperatures over the past several months, while the output of mining fell 5.4 percent. At 96.6 percent of its 2007 average, total industrial production for March was 3.8 percent above its year-earlier level. The rate of capacity utilization for total industry edged down to 78.6 percent, a rate 2.1 percentage points above its level from a year earlier but 1.7 percentage points below its long-run (1972--2011) average." In other words, blaming both cold and hot weather is now a solid excuse for anything that does not go according to the best laid plans of central bankers. Got it.
As the chart below shows, another record hot April, and IP is about to go negative all over again.
And here is an upcoming convergence trade that one can take to the bank:
Chart: Bloomberg and Reuters
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the weather is an agent of chaos, and must be dealt with accordingly.
The rain got in our eyes.....it was horrible!
So Agent Smart, round up Agent 99 and proceed to the Cone of Silence. CHAOS must be destroyed!
Of course, milder weather SHOULD by any measure mean 'production' was more favorable...but nevermind all that we're a fascist dictatorship we say what we want.
Perhaps too many 'workers' went out to the golf course or tennis courts. If it had rained/snowed they would have gone to work and produced real stuff. Alternatively, they could have done things akin to those described in today's (17 Apr. 2012) Dilbert.com comic strip. [Wally was my hero when I was employed.] Anyone who has followed the Tylers' writings about the Schrodinger economy should enjoy the comic.
It may be to hot to pay taxes today.
I'll remember that excuse when I'm summoned to the IRS inquisition. :)
Meanwhile, gasoline demand is down 55 weeks in a row y/o/y according to mastercard...and that trend looks to continue.
Blame it on the rain...because the rain don't mind...and you've got to blame it on something.
- Some lipsyncers from the 80's.
Milli Vanilli
Their name is "Rothschild" (House of Red Shield)....and they own the machines.
They will be controlling the transmission....do not adjust your position
Everybody must be out golfing in the nice weather with all the extra coin they have in their pockets in this booming economy.
That was sarcasm by the way for those of you who don't understand sarcasm.. You know who you are.
Data, what's data? The market doesn't understand data, only headlines. Nice juicy government coded word headlines.
It sounds like Obama needs to regulate the weather.....those weather speculators...send the SEC after them...or is it the CFTC....or maybe the weather channel guys....
Actually I think that is the EPA's jurisdiction.
We have just gone over the cliff in order backlogs. My company was busy as hell the first quarter, went on vacation and came back and it is ugly how slow it got. This is much like first quarter 2009 slow. I hear of lots of downsizing in other industries too.
So it's all your fault....vacationing during the nice weather.....slacker
I went to Scotland. It rained. A lot.
Simply amazing how little money can move the markets these days. Once again low volume up and heavy volume down.
Right....so the way I'm seeing it the plan is no QE, just raise stock markets on command and try to chase evil oil speculators around to drop gas prices, which apprently costs $55 million in taxpayer money.
LOL, the weather has been warmer so you would think people would be out more shopping, consuming.
Plenty of vacant store fronts. Some huge malls with their anchor store fronts are vacant.
Even newer ones are 80% vacant and have been 80% vacant for 3 years. The owners still have to pay real estate taxes that have been climbing in the last 3 years.
Those municipalities need more money to fund their rising pension costs and declining revenues.
Add Best Buy to that now. Closing thier stores and adding to the commercial real estate glut.
Maybe they were out more, planting shit in their garden since they can't afford it in the supermarket anymore
The more TPTB speak, the more they convince me that they have no clue what to do and that we are in the abyss. We just haven't hit bottom yet. It's going to be ugly when we do.
Exactly, I think theyre just marching in place and have no idea what to do now. People always telling me about this 'grand masterplan of total world domination' or whatever....WTF this is just a clusterfuk, I really think it all looked good to them on paper and now that theyre here at the end of their plan when they have to 'do something', its not how they planned and they really have no idea what to do now.
No battle plan survives first contact.
TPTB have no idea what do next,and are scrabbling around
like cockroaches after the lights are turned on.
This is not going to be pretty, as their desperation settles in.
Didnt we have weather when Ronald Regan was President, or is this a new phenomeon?
If I get this right we've been expanding at a small rate for years. We must be getting close to re-production or is that rehypothecated reproduction. Can you put that into a CDO? Sounds to big to fit.
I'll tell ya, I can't wait for them to start blaming stuff on the coming space alien invasion...
The weather, eh?
Treasury released their "We inherited such a mess from Bush that we were heros in getting the economy back on track!" See link.
US is last in the Cold War derby behind China and Russia. Ironic isn't it?

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Put it in link form so it doesn't screw the thread with it's huge...ness
Put it in link form so it doesn't screw the thread with it's huge...ness
Last edited by Throren; 2013-01-06 at 08:34 PM.
I kinda like it, she's pretty nice and so is the artwork. It think it's good overall, but I wouldn't use this, atleast not without icons of course, on the left side of the image.
The image makes me look way too much at the girl and when I look at her, everything around her seems rather empty.
Flesh without Blood ~ Life in the Vivid Dream
Flesh without Blood ~ Life in the Vivid Dream
@Kalyyan I really like it, but the background feels to different from the girl. Like, it's 7/10 now, but if you used a background stylized in a similar way as the girl is, I think it'd be a 9/10.
Currently the only thing that's going for it is a good focal point. However this itself is not enough to suffice it overall.
looking forward to ESO
My signature was too big, so now I use this one.
Flesh without Blood ~ Life in the Vivid Dream
nothing fancy
Found this amazing background from the depths of the interwebs.
Here's mine, nothing fancy. Only a picture I took in Himachal Pradesh in northern India and edited.
I realize the thread is called "Post your Desktop Background" but the theme is Soft7 by ap-graphik on DeviantArt (http://browse.deviantart.com/customi...tyle/#/d2o7oz5) and the start orb is something I also found on DeviantArt. I'm pretty satisfied by this but the theme actually goes better with a little brighter background.
http://www.skez.se/img/desktop.jpg (356 KB - 1920x1080)


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PHOENIX (AP) — While the bigger-name teams drew most of the attention this season, the Arizona Diamondbacks quietly piled up wins while nobody was looking.
And, yes, they like it that way.
Playing with the same kind of chip-on-the-shoulder attitude manager Kirk Gibson had in his playing days, the Diamondbacks head into the playoffs confident and ready to prove all the experts wrong for counting them out at the beginning of the season.
Picked to have another so-so season, Arizona won 94 games and captured its first NL West title since 2007.
The Diamondbacks open the playoffs with Game 1 of the NLDS at Milwaukee with ace Ian Kennedy going against Brewers right-hander Yovani Gallardo.


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Tochigi Fuji Sangyo Kabushiki Kaisha
|Tochigi Fuji Sangyo Kabushiki Kaisha Patent applications
|Patent application number
|Casing Structure for Torque Transmission Device - A casing structure for a torque transmission device is provided with a ring gear for receiving and transmitting torque with an external member so as to rotate around an axis and a casing rotating with the ring gear. The ring gear is provided with tapped holes. The casing is provided with a main casing having first through holes and a cover having second through holes. Bolts are respectively inserted through the first and second through holes and tightened in the tapped holes so that the casing is fixed to the ring gear. A diameter of the first throughholes differs from a diameter of the second throughholes.
Patent applications by Tochigi Fuji Sangyo Kabushiki Kaisha


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|Numéro de publication
|Type de publication
|Numéro de demande
|Date de publication
|14 sept. 1999
|Date de dépôt
|18 juil. 1997
|Date de priorité
|18 juil. 1997
|État de paiement des frais
|Autre référence de publication
|Numéro de publication
|Shaye-wen Shang, Michael Tung-Kiung Ling, Lecon Woo
|Cessionnaire d'origine
|Baxter International Inc.
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|BiBTeX, EndNote, RefMan
|Citations de brevets (24), Citations hors brevets (5), Référencé par (7), Classifications (39), Événements juridiques (5)
|Liens externes: USPTO, Cession USPTO, Espacenet
The present invention relates, in general, to plastic compositions and, in particular, to plastic compositions that may be used for medical containers, such as containers for the storage of blood and/or blood cells. More particularly, the present invention relates to plastic compositions, to plastic containers made from such compositions and to methods for containing or storing whole blood or blood cells, such as red blood cells, which suppresses the hemolysis of blood cells.
Whole blood is typically described as being made up of various cellular components such as red blood cells (RBCs), white blood cells (WBCs) and platelets, suspended in a liquid component, plasma. Each component plays a specific and important role in the human body. For example, platelets (together with clotting factors and other substances in the blood) are responsible for stopping bleeding. WBCs are primarily responsible for fighting disease. RBCs transport oxygen (O2) and carbon dioxide (CO2) to and from body tissues. The O2 and CO2 are carried by a protein called hemoglobin, which is found inside the RBC.
Whole blood can be (and is routinely) separated by centrifugation, membrane filtration or other techniques into its constituent components, and the separated component may be administered to a patient in need of that particular component. For example, RBCS may be administered to patients who have experienced rapid blood loss or to improve the oxygen carrying capability of blood in patients suffering from anemia and the like.
Most commonly, RBCs are separated from whole blood by introducing anticoagulated whole blood into a rotating centrifuge chamber. More specifically, whole blood is withdrawn from a donor through a needle that is inserted into the vein of the donor. The needle communicates with plastic tubing through which the blood flows to a (usually preattached) plastic container. The blood inside the plastic container is then subjected to a centrifugal force by rotating the centrifuge. Rotation of the centrifuge causes the components of whole blood to sediment into layers or bands based on the different densities of the components. The more dense (or "heavier") components, such as RBCs, are thus "separated" from the lighter components, such as platelets and plasma. The separated layer or band of RBCs may then be transferred to a separate (usually plastic) container where they are stored until transfusion to a patient. Alternatively, the plasma and platelets may be expressed from the collection container, leaving the RBCs in the collection container for storage.
For a variety of reasons, the storage period can last several days and sometimes even several weeks. Unfortunately, extended storage of RBCs may negatively affect the function and viability of RBCS. For example, one concern during the storage of RBCs is that the membrane surrounding the RBC cell will rupture. The rupturing of the RBC membrane is commonly referred to as "hemolysis". The hemolysis of RBCs results in the release of hemoglobin, thus, impairing the RBC's ability to transport O2 and CO2. These RBCs are less suitable for transfusion to a patient.
The plastic containers used for the storage of blood and/or blood cells must be made of materials that are, of course, suitable for the storage of blood and, preferably, enhance the viability of the stored blood cells. Some plastics, that may be otherwise suitable for storing blood and/or blood cells, may be too rigid for use in medical containers. Accordingly, these materials require a plasticizer to soften the material and provide the container with flexibility. One such material that has been commonly used for medical containers is polyvinyl chloride (PVC). Because PVC alone is too rigid to be used for flexible blood containers, it is typically combined with a plasticizer.
Several different plasticizers are suitable for use with PVC. For example, plasticizers from the family of phthalate esters, and in particular, di-2-ethylhexylphthalate (DEHP) have been used in combination with PVC resins. In addition to DEHP, plasticizers such as triethylhexyltrimellitate (TEHTM) have also been used with PVC resins. More recently, it has been discovered that citrate esters are capable of plasticizing PVC. PVC plasticized with citrate ester is described, for example, in U.S. Pat. Nos. 4,710,532, 4,789,700, 4,870,204, 4,883,905, 4,892,967, 4,931,583, 4,824,893, 4,711,922 and 4,954,649, all of which are incorporated by reference herein.
It has been observed that some plasticizers appear to have a beneficial effect on the viability of stored blood and/or red blood cells. More specifically, it has been observed that red blood cells stored in plastic containers that include certain plasticizers experience a lower rate of hemolysis than in containers free of plasticizers. It is believed that the interaction of the stored blood cells and the plasticizer (in the container wall) helps maintain the integrity of the RBC membrane, thus resulting in reduced hemolysis. Thus, even for those materials that are not as rigid as PVC and are otherwise suitable for use in the storage of blood, it may be beneficial that the plastic container include a sufficient amount of plasticizer to reduce the rate of hemolysis in the stored blood.
Examples of such blood storage containers are described in U.S. Pat. Nos. 5,026,347, 5,100,401 and 5,167,657, all of which are assigned to the assignee of the present of application and are incorporated by reference herein. The blood storage containers described therein are made from a plastic composition that includes polyolefin and citrate ester plastisizers. The polyolefin described in these patents, is a polyolefin copolymer that includes a central block of ethylene and butylene units with terminal blocks of styrene. The polyolefin is combined with a citrate ester plasticizer to form a plastic composition that is suitable for use in a blood storage container and wherein the amount of citrate ester is sufficient to suppress the level of hemolysis in stored red blood cells. The plastic material described therein may further include an amount of propylene.
Although the above described containers are believed to have worked satisfactorily, it has been observed that some polyolefins, when combined with plasticizers, appear to lose some of their flexibility and become more brittle after being subjected to high temperature heating (such as occurs during steam sterilization). It is believed that at least part of the reason for the material becoming more brittle after sterilization may be that high temperature heating results in a molecular rearrangement of the material, which increases the crystallinity (and, therefore, rigidity) of the material. However, in addition, it is believed that the decrease in flexibility results from the inability of the plastic material to retain the plasticizer within the body of the plastic material. Stated differently, it is believed that during heating, the plasticizer migrates out from the plastic material to the outer surface of the material. The migration of the plasticizer, therefore, results in there being less plasticizer available for contact with the stored blood cells. Ultimately, this may lead to reduced hemolysis suppression in the stored red blood cells. For these reasons, it is desirable to provide a plastic composition that can be used as a medical container, such as a container for storing blood and/or red blood cells, which remains flexible after being exposed to heat and/or retains most of the plasticizer during heating, such as in a steam sterilization process.
There are several different aspects to the present invention which may be employed together or separately without departing from the present invention.
For example, in one aspect, the present invention is directed to a flexible plastic composition that includes a polyolefin copolymer and a plasticizer. The flexibility of the plastic composition remains substantially unchanged upon heating to a sterilizing temperature relative to its flexibility before heating.
In another aspect, the present invention is also directed to flexible plastic containers defined by a container wall where at least a portion of the container wall interior is made of a plastic composition that includes a polyolefin copolymer and a plasticizer. The flexibility of the plastic container remains substantially unchanged upon heating to a sterilizing temperature relative to its flexibility before such heating.
In another aspect, the present invention is also directed to methods for providing a blood storage container. The method includes providing a first polyolefin copolymer and combining the polyolefin copolymer with a plasticizer to form a plastic composition. The plastic composition is extruded, formed into sheets which are then formed into a container. The container is then sterilized. The flexibility of the container remains substantially unchanged after heating to a sterilizing temperature relative to its flexibility before such heating.
The present invention is also directed to a method for storing red blood cells. The method includes providing a flexible plastic container having at least a portion of its interior surface made of a plastic composition that includes a polyolefin copolymer and a material capable of suppressing the hemolysis of red blood cells, such as a plasticizer. The flexibility of the plastic container remains substantially unchanged after heating to a sterilizing temperature relative to its flexibility before such heating. The method includes introducing a quantity of blood cells into the container and maintaining the quantity of blood cells within the container.
FIG. 1 is a plan view of a medical container, with a portion broken away, depicting one embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 2 is a side view of a medical container with a portion broken away, depicting an alternative embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 3 is the Fourier Transform Infrared (FTIR) absorbance spectra for certain medical containers embodying the present invention prior to steam sterilization;
FIG. 4 is the FTIR absorbance spectra for certain medical containers embodying the present invention after 20 minutes of steam sterilization;
FIG. 5 is the FTIR absorbance spectra for certain medical containers embodying the present invention after 60 minutes of steam sterilization.
The following detailed description is not intended to set forth all possible variations or applications of the present invention. For this reason, the scope of the invention is not defined by or limited to the embodiments described below, but by the appended claims. Accordingly, the present invention includes future variations or embodiments not presently appreciated by the inventor, but that would be apparent to persons of ordinary skill upon reading this description.
Turning now to the figures, FIG. 1 shows a plastic container 10 made in accordance with the present invention. Container 10 includes facing flat walls 12 and 14 made of flexible, plastic sheets sealed together at their periphery 16 in a manner known to those skilled in the art, such as heat sealing, radio frequency heat sealing and sonic welding. Other techniques for providing a container, which does not require sealing of sheets, such as blow molding may also be used. Of course, the present invention is not limited to how the container is formed. Container 10 may also include at least one blood collection tube 18.
In one embodiment of the present invention, walls 12 and 14 may be made entirely of the plastic composition of the present invention. Alternatively, only the interior surface 19 (the side of the wall that would be in contact with the blood during storage) or even a portion of the interior surface 19 of walls 12 and 14 may be made of the plastic composition of the present invention. Referring to FIGS. 1 and 2, container walls 12 and 14 may be made of a single layer of the plastic composition or, alternatively, as shown in FIG. 2, container walls 12 and 14 may be made of two or more layers 20 and 22 laminated or coextruded together wherein at least the inner layer 20 or a portion of inner layer 20 is made of the plastic composition of the present invention.
The plastic composition may be any flexible polyolefin or copolymer thereof that is suitable for use in the extended storage of red blood cells and, preferably, is steam sterilizable. Certain polyolefins combined with plasticizer are suitable for use in the storage of red blood cells with suppressed hemolysis. However, as discussed above, it has been observed that some of the polyolefin-based compositions appear to lose some of their flexibility upon high temperature heating (such as occurs during steam sterilization). It is believed that one reason for the decreased flexibility may be the migration of plasticizer from the composition because of the polyolefin's inability to retain the plasticizer.
Thus, in one aspect of the present invention, the plastic composition includes at least one non-PVC plastic, such as polyolefin or a copolymer thereof, where the flexibility of the plastic composition remains substantially unchanged after heating to a sterilizing temperature relative to the flexibility of the composition before heating. More specifically, the polyolefins and polyolefin copolymers of such composition should be suitable for mixing and compounding with plasticizer, and capable of adsorbing plasticizer and retaining the plasticizer during steam sterilization or other high temperature heating.
Although many different polyolefins and copolymers thereof are compatible with plasticizers and are able to adsorb the plasticizer, certain polyolefins prepared by certain polymerization processes (and utilizing certain catalysts for such polymerization) may be better suited for use in plastic compositions of the present invention. For example, polyolefins prepared by the so called "Catalloy" process provide polyolefin copolymers that are capable of adsorbing and retaining most of the original plasticizer even after steam sterilization. The "Catalloy" process is described generally in U.S. Pat. No. 5,302,454 which is incorporated by reference herein. As set forth in U.S. Pat. No. 5,302,454, the Catalloy polymerization process includes at least two stages. In the first stage, polypropylene is polymerized to form a polypropylene backbone (which can be a homopolymer of polypropylene) and, in the following stages ethylene-propylene and possibly other polymers such as butadiene, butene, and octene are polymerized and added to the polypropylene. The Catalloy process results in spherical particles having a certain porosity and density which, it is believed, makes them effective in adsorbing plasticizers and retaining the plasticizer during steam sterilization at about 120° C. Specifically, it is believed that the plasticizer, when combined with the spherical particles of the polyolefin copolymer, quickly and easily migrates into the pores of the particles. The plasticizer remains embedded within the pores of the polyolefin spheres and is less susceptible to migration to the surface of the container wall during, for example, exposure to heat. Nonetheless, it is understood and believed that the plasticizer is still capable of reducing or suppressing the hemolysis of RBC with the container.
Examples of such polyolefin copolymers are the thermoplastic olefins (which are polyolefin copolymers of polypropylene, ethylene and butene) KS-050, KS-052P, KS-059P, KS-051P, all available from Montell Technology Company BV, Hoofddorp, The Netherlands. In addition to the polyolefins obtained by the Catalloy process, the "Spheripol" and "Spherilene" processes also provide polyolefin copolymers having characteristics similar to the "Catalloy" polyolefin copolymers. Examples of such polyolefin copolymers are copolymers of polypropylene such as SA-849S, also available from Montell Technology Company BV.
Of course the polyolefin copolymer is not limited to polyolefin copolymers prepared by the above-described processes and any other polyolefin or polyolefin copolymer capable of adsorbing and retaining plasticizer after sterilization may be used. Alternatively, two or more of the above polyolefins and/or copolymers thereof may be combined. For example, in one embodiment, both KS-051P and SA-849S polyolefin copolymers may be used in the plastic composition. It should be understood that the above described Catalloy and Spheripol polymers are available in a non-porous pellet and porous spherical forms. In the plastic composition of the present invention, it is preferred that at least one of the copolymers is of the porous spherical variety so as to better adsorb the plasticizer.
The polyolefin or polyolefin copolymers described above may be combined with a selected amount of a suitable plasticizer and/or other material that is capable of suppressing the hemolysis of red blood cells. A plasticizer compatible with the polyolefin copolymer (that is, capable of being mixed and compounded with the polyolefin copolymer and being retained by the polyolefin copolymer during heating) is preferred. Plasticizers capable of being combined with the polyolefin copolymers described above include, but are not limited to, DEHP, TEHTM and, preferably, citrate esters. Of course, other known materials capable of suppressing hemolysis may also be used. Preferably citrate esters of the formula ##STR1## where: R1,R2 and R3 =CH3 to C18 H37 and R4 =CH3 to C7 H15 may be combined with the polyolefin copolymers described above. For example, citrate esters such as acetyltri-n-hexyl citrate, n-butyryltri-n-hexyl citrate, acetyltri-n-(hexyl/octyl/decyl/citrate or acetyltri-n-(octyl/decyl) citrate are suitable and n-butyryltri-n-hexyl citrate (sometimes abbreviated as BTHC) is preferred. Such citrate esters are described in U.S. Pat. Nos. 4,710,532, 4,789,700, 4,870,204, 4,883,905, 4,892,967, 4,931,583, 4,711,922 and 4,954,649 and are available from the Morflex Chemical Co. of Greensboro, N.C.
In addition to the polyolefins and plasticizers described above, other compounds may be included in the plastic composition of the present invention. For example, it may be desired to include a polyolefin copolymer having a lower modulus so as to impart still greater flexibility to the plastic composition, enhance the impact strength of the plastic composition and/or improve the bonding between the various compounds of the plastic composition. Thus the plastic composition may include polyolefin copolymers such as block copolymers. As set forth in U.S. patent application Ser. No. 08/360,913 filed on Dec. 21, 1994 in the name of Shang et al. and assigned to the assignee of the present application, which is incorporated by reference herein, the block copolymers may either be "functionalized" (i.e. containing a functional group of, for example, maleic anhydride) of "non-functionalized". For example, block copolymers of ethylene and butylene with terminal blocks of styrene may be included. Such polyolefin copolymers are available under the name Kraton from the Shell Chemical Co. Particularly well suited for inclusion in the plastic composition are Kraton G-1924X and Kraton K-1660. Other suitable block copolymers are Septon 2007, 4033, 8007, 8006, 1001, 2002, 2043, 2063, 2006, 2104 and 4005 available from Kuraray Corporation of Tokyo, Japan.
In addition, the plastic composition may also include a selected amount of a polyamide (such as, for example, nylon). It is believed that inclusion of polyamide such as nylon makes the container more suitable for sealing by radio frequency (RF) energy. Polyamides are available from many different manufacturers and one particular polyamide that may be used with the plastic composition of the present invention is TPX-159 available from the Henkel Corporation.
The plastic composition may include other compounds useful in manufacture of the plastic composition (and containers made thereof) and useful for the long term storage of blood cells. For example, as reported in U.S. Pat. No. 5,037,415, (incorporated by reference herein), Vitamin E has been identified as also being capable of suppressing the hemolysis of blood cells. Also, as reported in Laermer et al. "Use of Biological Antioxidants as Propylene stabilizers", Plastics and Rubber Processing and Applicants 14 (1990) 235-239 and Laermer et al. "Alpha-Tocopherol (Vitamin E) --The natural Antioxidant for Polyolefins "Journal of Plastic Film and Sheeting, Vol. 8, July, 1992 (both of which are also incorporated by reference), Vitamin E (which is a mixture of tocopherols and tocotrienols) is an antioxidant that can serve as a stabilizer during extrusion of polyolefins. Vitamin E as an antioxidant is preferred because, as reported in the 1992 article by Laermer, it is non-toxic and is "generally regarded as safe" (GRAS) by the FDA. Of course, other antioxidants (which are also plasticizers) such as epoxidized oil may also be used.
Thus, it is contemplated that one or more of the compounds such as Vitamin E, citrate ester, TEHTM and/or epoxidized oil may be combined with the polyolefin copolymers described above. For example, in one embodiment Vitamin E and BTHC is combined with the polyolefin copolymer. In another embodiment, the amount of BTHC can be reduced and a second plasticizer, such as TEHTM, is combined with Vitamin E and the polyolefin copolymer. Of course, other combinations of the plasticizers, stabilizers and polyolefin copolymers are also possible and within the scope of the present invention. Use of Vitamin E, citrate ester, TEHTM and/or epoxidized oil with plastic compositions is disclosed in more detail in co-pending patent application entitled "Plastic Compositions Including Vitamin E for Medical Containers and Methods For Providing Such Compositions and Containers", filed simultaneously herewith, in the name of Shaye-wen Shang, which is incorporated by reference herein. Vitamin E is available from several suppliers including Hoffman-La Roche Corporation of Nutley, N.J.
Some or all of the above described compounds may be included in the plastic composition of the present invention. For example, anywhere between approximately 30-99%, by weight, of polyolefin copolymer produced, for example, by the Catalloy, Spheripol, Spherilene or other processes may be combined with 0-50%, by weight of another polyolefin copolymer produced by either the Catalloy, Spheripol, Spherilene or other processes. The polyolefin copolymer(s) are further combined with between 1-50%, by weight, of plasticizer such as a citrate ester. In addition, between 0-15%, by weight, of polyamide, and 0-70%, by weight of one or more block copolymers, such as Kraton, may also be included. Finally, the plastic composition may include between 0-30%, by weight, of Vitamin E (and, if desired, 0-10%, by weight of TEHTM and/or 0-15%, by weight of other antioxidants such as epoxodized oil.)
In one embodiment, the plastic composition includes between approximately 40-90%, by weight, of Catalloy polyolefin copolymer, approximately 5-30%, by weight, of a Spheripol polyolefin copolymer, approximately 5-10%, by weight, polyamide, approximately 5-10%, by weight of a first block copolymer such as G-1924X, between approximately 10-30%, by weight, of a second block copolymer, such as Kraton-1660, between approximately 5-30%, by weight, of a citrate ester, such as n-butyryltri-n-hexyl citrate and between approximately 0-5%, by weight of Vitamin E. Additional formulations A-E embodying the present invention are set forth in Table 1. The amounts of the different polymers and compounds are expressed as percentages (by weight) of the plastic composition.
TABLE 1__________________________________________________________________________PLASTIC COMPOSITION FORMULATIONSMaterial A-G A B C D E F G__________________________________________________________________________SupplierPolymer Grade % % % % % % %MontellCatalloy PP KS-051P 60 60 80 50 70 75 60MontellCopolymer PP SA-849S 5 5 10 30 24.5 25 5HenkelPolyamide TPX-159 7 7 10ShellKraton G-1924X 7 7 10ShellKraton K-1660 11 16 15MorflexPlasticizer BTHC 10 5 10 20 5La RocheStabilizer Vitamin E 0.5__________________________________________________________________________
Medical containers made in accordance with the present invention may be prepared by mixing the above described components in approximately the above described amounts in a large scale mixer. The polyolefin copolymers and plasticizer are mixed for anywhere between 1 to 30 minutes and, most typically, approximately 5 minutes. Other components described above may be added to the composition and the entire blend may be extruded, in ways that are known to those skilled in the art, to form small pellets. The pellets may be further blended and/or formed into plastic sheets ranging in thickness between 5 and 20 mils and, preferably, 5 to 15 mils. The plastic sheets are then brought together in face to face relationship, shaped into containers, inserted with tubing ports (which may be made of the plastic composition or any other steam sterilizable plastic composition) in ways that are known to those of skill in the art. The sheets of formed plastic material are then sealed by, for example, RF sealing and sterilized by steam or other form of sterilization.
FIGS. 3-5 show the ability of the plastic composition to retain plasticizer during steam sterilization. The formulations set forth in Table 1 (using different amounts of the above described compounds) were prepared and made into containers generally in accordance with the method described above. The amount of plasticizer was measured (by FTIR spectroscopy) in each formulation before, after 20 minutes, and after 60 minutes of steam sterilization at approximately 120° C. The results of the measurements are set forth in FIGS. 3-5.
As seen in FIGS. 3-5 (and particularly, FIGS. 4 and 5), plastic compositions of the present invention are able to retain most of the original plasticizer (BTHC) even after exposure to a sterilizing temperature (e.g. 120° C.) for 60 minutes. For example, the area of the BTHC peak (at about 1730 cm-1) in each sample is not substantially changed at 20 and/or at 60 minutes (FIGS. 4 and 5 respectively) of sterilization as compared to before sterilization (FIG. 3).
The above description is intended for illustrative purposes only and is not intended to limit the present invention to any one of the embodiments described above. The true scope of the present invention is defined by the claims set forth below.
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The cordon has been lifted on the tornado damaged areas of West Auckland this evening.
Residents were allowed back to their properties at 6.30pm and have been warned to take extreme care when checking their homes.
The fatal storm killed three people, left dozens injured and hundreds displaced when it slammed into the Hobsonville-Whenuapai area of West Auckland yesterday afternoon.
The final damage has now been assessed by Auckland Council building inspectors.
In the Whenuapi and Hobsonville regions 520 homes have been assessed.
Twenty two properties have been identified as seriously damaged and many more have minor damage.
Meanwhile, the tornado-struck area has been described as "utter devastation" out of mid-west America by the Prime Minister, who surveyed the damage this morning.
John Key visited residential areas and the construction site where Tom Stowers, Keith Langford and Brendon Johnson were killed.
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"It could have been worse," he said, "there were over 200 men working onsite and another 150 at the primary school, including one guy working on the roof.
"So you get a sense of the potential size of the tragedy."
Key said houses in the cordon fit the bill of those struck by tornadoes in America.
"I can say I have never seen anything like this in New Zealand before," he said. "It's far more significant than a very bad storm where you have a few trees down.
"It's something you would expect to see in mid-west America not in Hobsonville."
Key said there were 150 damaged homes, many of which are so badly damaged they are beyond repair.
"I understand 115 of those were Defence Force owned and 35 were rented out," he said. "I would say a certain number of houses will be uninhabitable.
"Many were slated to be demolished so they weren't in the best of condition anyway."
Key said Auckland Council will work to find accommodation for people with no place to live.
The council is still looking after a number of lost animals at the West Auckland Animal Shelter.
The Ministry of Social Development has activated the Government helpline for people who require information about services and assistance.
The helpline number is 0800 779 997.
The three victims of yesterday's tornado died when they were crushed by a falling concrete slab on the Hobsonville High School construction site, while they sheltered in a truck.
The health and safety team from the Ministry of Business Innovation and Employment (MBIE) was investigating the tragedy.
Emergency services experienced more than a 150 per cent increase in calls in the first half hour after the tornado hit, Telecom has revealed.
Spokeswoman Jo Jalfon said that translated to about 100 calls between 12.25 and 12.45pm yesterday.
She said at one point, calls peaked to 212 per cent of normal call volumes.
"The majority were for Fire Service, so were to do with flooding and damage and things like that."
Emergency services were only expecting about a 70 per cent increase in volume for the storm.
Civil Defence says the damage inflicted would cost $11 million to repair.
A total of 230 people had their homes damaged or destroyed, and many have been accommodated at the Whenuapai Air Force base.
Two recovery centres opened this morning with agency staff onsite to help those displaced.
Waitemata Police District Commander Superintendent Bill Searle said Civil Defence staff were working as quickly as possible to establish which houses in the affected area of Hobsonville were safe for their owners to return.
"In the meantime I ask everyone to be patient, " he said.
About 570 people were still without power this afternoon and some areas, including Waimarie and Totara roads, were not expected to have power until Sunday.
Lines company Vector has told people not to use generators to power applicances in their homes.
Roads that remain closed are Waimarie Rd from Totara Rd to Puriri Rd, Puriri Rd from Waimarie Rd to Kauri Rd, and Glen Mall Pl.
Auckland Council is looking after misplaced animals at its West Auckland animal shelter at 48 The Concourse.
The council is also responding to requests to fix damaged stormwater systems throughout Auckland.
True community spirit is coming out in Hobsonville as residents put others ahead of themselves.
A number of residents were today living in the damage zone behind a tightly-guarded cordon, which has since been lifted.
Bread, milk and the essentials are banned for those who stayed behind.
Desiree Morgan and her two daughters were desperate for breakfast this morning, but going to the dairy up the road meant deserting their undamaged house.
"We don't want to go out because then we can't go back," the mother said.
"The cops told us if you leave you can't go back."
But getting milk across the cordon was easy for an unnamed woman who couldn't bear to see Morgan's children go without breakfast.
"I've had two hours of sleep, it's too much truly," she said before running away from congratulating neighbours and disapproving police.
While the tornado in Auckland packed winds of more than 200kmh, some of the most damaging winds were the "striaght gusts" which came immediately before and after the mini twister, MetService said.
Meteorologist Dan Corbett said straight-line gusts of up to 110km were what caused considerable damage out at Whenuapai.
"The mini tornado obviously does some serious damage but they also have the potential to kick out some serious winds as they release."
He said a "cold upper pool" was hovering over parts of the North Island today giving moderate risk of thunderstorms particularly in the North Island, particularly from Waikato down.
"We can't rule out the risk of tornadoes in those areas," he said.
Wellington was also at risk of thunderstorms in the afternoon, although no tornado risk was presumed for the capital - just heavy hail.
The tornado inflicted at least $11 million of damage, civil defence says.
A North Shore Hospital spokeswoman said only one patient had been kept in overnight. The woman had suffered a fractured pelvis during the tornado.
She was in a comfortable condition.
Power supply company Vector says around 1300 homes lost their power in the storm, and a lightning strike in Piha, and by this morning 635 homes, mainly in the storm area, were still without electricity.
The company says they will not be restored until authorities check that the damaged homes remain safe.
Auckland and a swathe of the North Island which included Rotorua and Gisborne were hit yesterday afternoon by an intense line of thunderstorms and heavy rains.
Another tornado touched down near Rotorua without injuries.
The worst damage was inflicted near the Whenuapai air force base and on nearby Hobsonville, a former air force base now being transformed into a large housing estate.
Most of the damage was done to Defence Force housing.
Defence Force staff and civilians accommodated at Whenuapai Air Force base showed a variety of emotions, Group Captain Kevin McEvoy told Radio New Zealand.
"Obviously they are happy to at least be safe, but some of them have obviously lost their houses and belongings," he said.
The response to the tornado was a major coordinated activity, he said.
"New Zealand police have got the lead, but we've been supporting them throughout the night; St John, Civil Defence, Auckland City Council, Red Cross, and the list goes on."
Auckland mayor Len Brown said the response to the disaster by authorities was outstanding.
"We have learnt a lot from Christchurch," he told Radio New Zealand.
The response had huge pace and momentum.
"The community would have felt absolutely embraced and supported," Brown said.
He appealed for people to stay away from the area today unless they could help, and he asked that the families of the dead be respected.
"I am very focussed on the families, there have been three bereavements and three men did not come home last night."
Brown said the residents had been hugely traumatised.
The storm had gone through the area several times: "It had gone around it like the tub of the washing machine."
Brown said he would spend the day talking to residents in the area.
The fatalities happened at the site where a new school is being built.
Contractors were working on the new high school when 15-metre high concrete tilt-slab walls were picked up by the storm and slammed into sheltering workers.
"There was about two or three of them that tipped over and a couple landed on the truck and one landed half on the ground and half on the truck,'' plumber Sam Nuthall said.
"That was the one that landed on top of the two guys.''
The three men killed were in the truck or beside it.
One of the men killed had been ''the life of the construction site'' he said.
He said he had a bit of a laugh with the man, he named as Tom [Stowers].
Nuthall said he'd been nagging Tom to move a support brace so that he could move his digger and they ''had a bit of a chuckle about that''.
Rescuers needed a large crane to remove the concrete and it wasn't until early last night that the bodies were recovered.
The tornado inflicted damage along around a kilometre of Wallingford Way - named after Sidney Wallingford, one of the founding pilots of the air force - where 220 homes were declared uninhabitable.
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Boorish Belichick makes him a huge Giants fan
I heart New York! I really do.
How can a city not be great when people don't even mind walking through urine every time they use mass transit?
And I liver Boston! Seriously.
I say liver because Boston is one of the best drinking towns in America. Conveniently enough, it also is one of our worst driving towns, meaning you pretty much have to choose one activity over the other.
This is nature working in brilliant harmony. Too bad the rest of the world doesn't fit together so seamlessly.
As far as the Giants and Patriots go, I'm fine with both, too. Equally fine. They're as interchangeable as Crest and Colgate, 2 percent and non-fat. I should be, entering Super Bowl XLVI, the epitome of the neutral fan, as 50/50 as a black and white cookie.
So why, when I ponder it from the very bottom of my heart — and liver — do I find myself rooting for the Giants? And not just a little bit.
I've spent a comparable amount of time in New York and Boston. I have as many friends in one city as I do in the other. I have the same number of Giants T-shirts as I do Patriots ones (zero).
And, yet, I know — absolutely know — I want the Giants to win next weekend. It feels irrational and totally unfounded, like the career of George Lopez.
It can't be that I'm more fed up with either franchise's success. Both have won Super Bowls recently, and, although they've earned three in the past decade, the Patriots haven't claimed the NFL's top trophy since 2005.
In fact, when these teams met in Super Bowl XLII, the Giants won, 17-14, meaning the Patriots should earn points with neutral fans as they try to even that score.
And, still, the idea of New England winning is unsettling. It doesn't exactly make my skin crawl, no. But I can feel my skin starting to squirm just a bit.
It's nothing against Tom Brady. Honestly, why would anyone wish ill on a man who is one of the finest quarterbacks ever, already has won multiple titles, possesses looks that belong in the movies, is married to a supermodel and, just before the start of this season, was recognized as being half of the highest-paid celebrity couple in the world?
Other than that ...
No kidding, though, we actually like Brady. He's entertaining to watch and, given that he could buy this planet and appoint himself its god, he comes across as being somewhat humble.
Now, he's no Eli Manning in a matchup of aw-shucks. When he's sweaty, Manning looks like he was just pulled from the old fishin' hole. The guy is a genuine slice of bumpkin pie pulled straight from the ice box.
But my mysterious allegiance in this Super Bowl isn't tied to the quarterbacks any more than it's tied to the men centering the ball to them. And, I have to be completely open here, I could put my hands in position to accept a snap and still couldn't tell New York's center from New England's. Could be the same guy, for all I'm aware.
So it's not the cities, the franchises or the quarterbacks. It's not the presence of Chad Ochocinco on New England's roster or the absence of Chad Ochocinco in New England's game plan.
It's not that BenJarvus Green-Ellis — with his four names — sounds more like a backfield than a running back.
In watching these New England games recently, I keep waiting for half of BenJarvus Green-Ellis — either Ben Green or Jarvus Ellis, I'm not picky — to go in motion while the other half stays in a stance.
So, what am I missing, folks? What's drawing me toward the Giants and away from the Patriots? Why, as a definite neutral fan, am I not idling?
Maybe it's the fact the Giants are coached by the classic Tom Coughlin, classic in the sense that, at times on the sidelines, it appears he's dealing with the frustration by trying to force his brains out through his eye sockets.
And the Patriots are coached by the classic Bill Belichick, classic in the sense that, he might be the devil dressed in a hoodie. Now that I think about it, doesn't the Grim Reaper always wear a hood, too?
Sorry, but I just can't bring myself to root for this guy. Belichick seems as fun-loving as the IRS and twice as calculating.
Great coach? Certainly. Easy to embrace? Sure, if you're into French kissing cacti.
Maybe when you get to know him, Belichick is as warm as freshly baked muffins. But from a distance, he comes off as someone who could shave with an ice scraper.
With his intensity, Coughlin could intimidate the average person. With his intensity, Belichick could intimidate the average dead person.
How would I describe Bill Belichick to someone who has never seen him? As being "almost lifelike."
When that's the kindest thing I can think of to say, the only other thing to add is this: Go Giants!
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OSU football: Nike shoe pays homage to Barry Sanders' 1988 Heisman season
Nike is immortalizing the "greatest season ever played" with a special edition shoe paying homage to Barry Sanders.
The Air Trainer 2 Premium (release date: July 26) was specifically created in honor of Sanders' 1988 Heisman Trophy winning campaign. From Nike:
"Designed to honor the "greatest season ever played," the latest Air Trainer 2 pays homage to legendary running back Barry Sanders' award-winning season in 1988. The shoe features orange and black nubuck, as a nod to his alma mater's rich heritage. Aesthetically, safari appropriately ties together the black and orange colorway finished off with a black reflective swoosh. The gridiron was his kingdom – and for years, the pride of Stillwater reigned supreme.
"He dominated the opposition, running, juking and spinning past defenders to rack up the most rushing yards in a single season – 2,628 to be exact – and 39 touchdowns. His record-breaking stats and accolades are commemorated in the shoe's sockliner. Sealing the shoe's legendary status, Sanders' collegiate jersey number – "21" – is embroidered in orange and black on the heel.
"Step after step, yard after yard, and touchdown after touchdown, the legend known as Big Bad Barry made the stands rumble on gameday – and his influence still holds true today."
I'm not a sneaker head, but I'd buy these. It's good timing by Nike and a nice birthday present for the OSU and NFL legend, who turned 46 on Wednesday.
Happy birthday to #OKState's 1988 @HeismanTrophy winner, the legendary @BarrySanders! pic.twitter.com/hD08MUoRcS— Oklahoma State (@OSUAthletics) July 16, 2014
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Let's Go Latin is the name of a spectacular show of Latin singing, dancing, and acrobatics. It runs from Monday to Saturday at the renaissance Hotel theatre and is a visual feast of colour.
We went on a Monday and the theatre wasn't full. Seating is free-style so we had our choice of seats. We sat about five rows from the front. Where you site is important because it is said that if you sit in the front three rows you cannot see the dancer's feet as they perform. Also, I found that sitting in the fifth row (close to the front) I was chosen to sing and also to dance. Normally shy, this time I agreed to go ahead with it and it turned out to be a lot of fun. In fact, three days later when dining at Madame Janette's, some people came up to me and said "Oh you're the dancer from the Latin Show!"
The show has a cast of around 40. There's a leading male and a leading female and they are comperes and singers - both with great singing voices and very easy on the eye. We met the female singer before the show when we were trying to find our way atround the hotel and she could not have been more helpful - she's a lovely person as well as a great singer.
The costume changes for both the singers and the dancers were many and varied and quite amazing.
The acrobats (two males and a female) performed about three seperate acts and are amazingly talented.
I would recommend taking the dinner and show package. At a cost of $89 per person some might find it expensive, but I thought it was great value for money. Dinner is at L G Smiths restaurant and I will seperately review that. For $10 less you can eat at the adjoining seafood buffet.
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