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|Rehrig Pacific Company
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This application is a continuation of U.S. application Ser. No. 10/375,547 filed Feb. 27, 2003 now U.S. Pat. No. 6,998,433.
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention pertains to flame retardant shipping pallets of polyolefin plastic.
2. Background Art
In the past, shipping pallets were made largely of wood. More recently, numerous materials have at least partially superseded wood-based pallets. For example, pallets of injection molded polymers are being used increasingly. Such polymer pallets have numerous advantages. For example, polymer pallets are capable of being molded in complex shapes which facilitate the shipping of numerous types of articles. Polymer pallets are also easy to clean, which encourages their reuse.
Wood pallets are inherently combustible, and are rather easily ignited. While polymer articles are in general somewhat more difficult to ignite, once ignited they also constitute combustible products, and pound for pound have more potential energy than wood articles. In the shipping industry, empty pallets are often stacked together for reuse or for return to the shipper ("idle storage"). When wood pallets are so stacked and ignited, the fire is generally concentrated in an upward direction. However, when polymer pallets burn, in addition to having greater potential energy (combustibility), the flame can also spread downward by dripping. Thus, the combustion of polymer pallets involves more heat and more potential energy, a combustion mechanism not found in wood pallets. Thus, it is desirable to minimize the combustibility and heat release, and in turn lower the flame spread of polymer based pallets. It is further desirable to provide pallets which mimic the behavior of wood pallets during combustion, and which are preferably improved with respect to combustion properties.
One solution which has been proposed is to produce pallets of polymers which are less flammable than pallets of commodity resins such as polyolefins. However, such speciality polymers, e.g. polyphenylene oxide polymers, are considerably more expensive than the polyolefin polymers conventionally used to manufacture pallets. Such specialty polymers are also, in general, much more difficult to mold than polyolefins. It has also been proposed to add flame retardant compositions which include relatively large amounts of halogenated organic flame retardants. However, such flame retardants can liberate noxious gases when burning, and in addition, are becoming increasingly regulated. It would therefore be desirable to avoid use of halogenated flame retardants.
A standard test for pallet flammability has been established by Underwriters Laboratories, as UL 2335 "Fire Tests of Storage Pallets," referred to, for example, in WO 00/20495. In one version of this test, the "Idle Pallet Test," six stacks of pallets are assembled in a 2�3 array with a 6″ longitudinal flue space longitudinally between arrays in a room with a 30 foot high flat ceiling having 165� F. (74� C.) standard response sprinklers having a design density of 0.60 gpm/ft2. An instrumented steel beam is placed near the ceiling, and the pallets are ignited by hydrocarbon soaked cellulosic bundle positioned in the flue space. The parameters assessed include flame spread, maximum steel beam temperature, and number of sprinklers activated. As can be seen, this test is a rather stringent one.
In a second version of the test, the so-called "Commodity Storage Test," as illustrated in
Although numerous flame retardants and combinations thereof are known for use in plastic articles generally, the stringent tests required of pallets render flame retardancy results unpredictable. Numerous flame retardants and combinations have been tested, and while many of these have been found suitable for polyolefin articles other than pallets, their use in pallets has not proven acceptable.
WO 00/20495 discloses pallets prepared from specialty resins such as polyphenylene ether resins, polycarbonate resins, vinyl aromatic graft copolymer resins, and polyetherimide resins further including arylphosphate esters and zinc chalcogenides. In U.S. Pat. No. 4,727,102, "self extinguishing" polyolefins are disclosed containing major amounts of ammonium polyphosphate, tris(2-hydroxyethyl)isocyanurate, and melamine cyanurate. However, the large amounts of additives (40%) severely compromise the properties of products prepared from the polyolefin resin.
It would be desirable to provide a polyolefin composition suitable for use in molding pallets which is injection moldable, exhibits good flame retardance in standard tests, and which is commercially cost effective. However, until now, tests of flame retardant systems for use in polyolefin polymer pallets did not result in satisfactory performance.
It has now been surprisingly discovered that polyolefin-based plastic pallets can be manufactured which satisfactorily pass standard pallet flammability tests, when the polyolefin is compounded with a fire retardant package comprising minimally magnesium hydroxide, and preferably also containing zinc borate and alumina trihydrate as optional flame retardant ingredients. The flame retardant ingredients are preferably supplied as a master batch and incorporated into conventional polyolefin molding resins prior to injection molding.
The polymer pallets of the present invention may take numerous forms. It has been found convenient to mold pallets in several subassemblies and assemble the pallets together by snap fittings, fusion or adhesive bonding, or by a variety of such assembly techniques. In this manner, non-load bearing areas may be made of thinner section, thus minimizing raw material usage. Moreover, use of a plurality of subassemblies allows pallets of more complex shape to be produced.
The polymer of which the pallets of the subject invention are constructed is polyolefin, although it is not necessary to form all parts of these polymers. Pallet portions which contribute more to ease of flammability or flame spread may be made of other polymers which are less flammable than polyolefin or which tend to melt and/or drip less than polyolefin. A pallet construction which employs portions of different flammabilities which takes advantage of these characteristics is disclosed in commonly assigned U.S. application Ser. No. 10/040,098, filed Oct. 19, 2001, incorporated herein by reference, as is also U.S. application Ser. No. 10/040,099.
The polyolefin polymers may be, for example, but not by way of limitation, polyethylene, polypropylene, or polybutylene. In general, the polyolefin polymers are copolymers, for example copolymers of ethylene with propylene, 1-butene, 1-hexene, 1-octene, or mixtures thereof, or copolymers of propylene with ethylene, 1-butene, 1-hexene, 1-octene or mixtures thereof. Homo and copolymers of propylene are preferred. Different polyolefin polymers may be used for various subassemblies. Polymer blends of polyolefins with other compatible thermoplastics or with elastomeric tougheners such as elastomeric polymers of styrene, butadiene, alkyl acrylates, and the like are also useful. When such tougheners are used, they are generally present in the form of relatively small particles, or as interpenetrating polymer networks, as is well known in the art of toughened thermoplastics.
The polyolefin polymers may also be reinforced or filled. Suitable fillers include typical reinforcing and non-reinforcing fillers such as precipitated and fumed silicas, ground quartz, diatomaceous earth, ground limestone, ground felspar, mica, expanded mica, precipitated calcium carbonate, etc. The term "reinforcing" with respect to fillers generally refers to fillers of small size and high surface area, for example mean particle sizes of about 0.1 μm or less, and specific surface areas (BET) of 50 m2/g or higher while non-reinforcing fillers, which are preferred, have larger particles sizes, e.g. 1 to 100 μm, preferably 1 to 20 μm. Suitable fibrous fillers are typically short or long glass fibers. Other fibrous reinforcement such as aramid fiber, carbon fiber, boron nitride fiber, etc., may also be used, however such materials are generally more expensive than glass fibers. Some subassemblies may be filled or may contain fibrous reinforcement whereas other subassemblies may not, or may contain differing reinforcement and/or fillers. Use of continuous fiber reinforcement is also possible in some cases, particularly when polyolefin-based GMT intermediate products are used for molding, or when resin transfer molding and similar techniques are used.
The pallet or at least one of its component subassemblies must contain a flame retardant "FR" package in accordance with the subject invention. The subject invention FR package includes, in percent by weight relative to the total weight of polyolefin and FR package, from 8 to 35% magnesium hydroxide, preferably 10 to 30%, and more preferably 12 to 25%; optionally from 0.1-10%, more preferably 0.5 to 8% and most preferably 2-5% alumina trihydrate; and optionally 0.1-10%, more preferably 0.5 to 8% and most preferably about 2-5% zinc borate, these percentages being weight percents based on the weight of polymer and flame retardants. In particular, an FR package containing 12-25% magnesium hydroxide, 2-5% alumina trihydrate, and 2-5% zinc borate is used.
The principle flame retardant in the polyolefin pallets of the present invention is magnesium hydroxide, which is widely available from synthetic sources such as precipitation from brines. It is also available from natural sources, such as crushed minerals, for example, brucite. Precipitated magnesium hydroxide is widely available, for example from the Dow Chemical Co., from Huber, and from other sources. Particle size may vary, but mean particle size is preferably from 1 to about 200 μm, more preferably 1-20 μm, and most preferably in the range of 1-5 μm. It is also possible to introduce all or a portion of the magnesium hydroxide, preferably less than 30% of the total amount employed, in the form of very fine particles having a median size in the range of 20-500 nm, in particular, 50-100 nm. These very small particles may exhibit a reinforcing effect. However, the amount must be such that the polymer remains moldable, as these particle sizes normally elevate the melt viscosity of the polymer composition. Larger size particles can also be employed, subject to the moldability of the polymer composition by the technique desired, e.g. injection molding, which is preferred. However, use of magnesium hydroxide wherein substantially all (i.e. >90%) of the particles are greater than 200 μm may result in an inhomogenously distributed FR package which will not function efficiently. The suitability of any particular size or size distribution can be assessed by flammability testing.
Alumina trihydrate ("ATH") is preferably employed in conjunction with magnesium hydroxide. Alumina trihydrate, or "hydrated aluminum oxide" is widely available from numerous sources, and may be used in the same particle size ranges as for magnesium hydroxide.
Zinc borate is a further optional and preferred flame retardant additive. Zinc borate is also widely available, generally as a white amorphous powder, which may contain water of hydration as well. The particle size ranges are the same as that of magnesium hydroxide. It should be noted that none of the particle sizes of the FR ingredients are particularly critical, and larger and smaller particles may be used as well, consistent with the ability to manufacture the pallets.
Additional flame retardant ingredients are also possible. These include both organic and inorganic retardants. Organic flame retardants include numerous conventional nitrogenous organic compounds such as but not limited to ureas, derivatized ureas, urea and/or melamine/formaldehyde condensates, cyanurates and isocyanurates, melamine derivatives, carbamates, etc. Inorganic flame retardants include antimony trioxide, various metal carbonates, metal bicarbonates, an metal oxides, metal phosphates and hydrogen phosphates, etc. The term "metal" employed above also includes ammonium compounds, since the ammonium ion acts in many cases similar to alkali metal ions. Hydrated inorganic compounds which serve as water generators are also useful.
Halogenated flame retardants are preferably avoided, although most minor amounts may be added without detracting from the spirit of the invention. "Substantially halogenated flame retardant free" refers to the absence of halogenated flame retardant, or the use of halogenated flame retardant which is either 5% by weight or less of the total weight of all flame retardants, or an amount which shows no statistically significant improvement in flammability characteristics. "Halogenated flame retardant free" means the absence of any halogenated organic flame retardant.
Intumescents such as sugars and starches may also be useful, as well as expansible fillers such as expandable mica or graphite. Expanded products such as expanded mica and expanded graphite may also be useful in minor amounts, i.e. amounts which can be incorporated without overly lowering the density and affecting the physical characteristics of the polymer. Glass or ceramic microballoons may also be useful.
The flame retardant ingredients, when solid, are supplied in pulverulent form, and may be incorporated into the polyolefin by conventional techniques, i.e. in mixers or blenders, but preferably in an extruder, i.e. a single screw, or preferably a twin screw extruder. It has been found that preparation of a master batch of the same or different polyolefin or other polyolefin compatible polymer, and containing approximately 2 to 5 times, preferably 2.5 to 4 times the final FR weight percentage is particularly useful. For example, a master batch containing about 30 weight percent magnesium hydroxide, 9 weight percent alumina trihydrate, and 9 weight percent zinc borate, balance polypropylene polymer, may be useful in forming bottom decks of multi-component pallets, as more fully described hereafter. A master batch may contain greater than 35 weight percent magnesium hydroxide, for example from 50 to 75 weight percent magnesium hydroxide. The master batch is then blended or "diluted" with additional polymer in an extruder prior to injection molding. By "extruder" is meant a screw-type device used to blend thermoplastics to form extrudates or to supply molten thermoplastic to an injection molding machine. The term should not be viewed as limiting, and other mixers may in principle be used.
By the term "polyolefin compatible" or simply "compatible" is meant a polymer which can be blended with polyolefin molding resin and molded into a polyolefin pallet or subassembly thereof while maintaining sufficient strength properties. The compatible polymer may phase separate to form small polymer particles or an interpenetrating polymer network, or may be miscible with the polyolefin. It is preferred that the compatible polymer be itself a polyolefin, particularly the same polyolefin or a polyolefin similar in composition to the polyolefin molding resin. For example, when polypropylene homopolymers or copolymers are used as the polyolefin molding resin, it is preferred that a polypropylene polymer be the polyolefin-compatible polymer of the flame retardant master batch.
As indicated previously, and as disclosed in copending and commonly assigned U.S. patent application Ser. No. 10/040,048, it has been found that valuable increases in flammability resistance of plastic pallets can be made without high loadings of flame retardants in each component of the pallet. For example, the top and bottom decks may have quite disparate loadings without substantially compromising performance. Thus, the total amount of flame retardants and thus the cost can be minimized. In addition, the blending of flame retardants is quicker and more efficient when employing lesser amounts of these ingredients.
Thus, for example, it has been found that the bottom deck of the pallet may contain from 10-15 weight percent magnesium hydroxide, preferably about 12 weight percent, and 2-5 weight percent of either or both alumina trihydrate and zinc borate, while the top deck may contain 20-30 of magnesium hydroxide, and substantially the same amounts of alumina trihydrate and zinc borate, or greater amounts of the latter two ingredients.
For relatively large amounts of flame retardants, i.e. for use in the top deck or other highly loaded parts, use of a master batch may not be suitable, or may be suitable to provide only a portion of the total loading, since the degree of dilution which is possible, e.g. for a bottom deck with only 12% magnesium hydroxide, is not feasible for a top deck with 25% magnesium hydroxide; the total amount of flame retardants in a master batch suitable for the latter application being intractable, or incapable of preparation. Thus, at least for the top deck, it is preferable to blend (compound) all or the most substantial portion, i.e. >50%, of the flame retardants directly into the polyolefin without using a master batch in such cases.
Having generally described this invention, a further understanding can be obtained by reference to certain specific examples which are provided herein for purposes of illustration only and are not intended to be limiting unless otherwise specified.
Pallets were manufactured by injection molding of subassemblies from polypropylene resin. The subassemblies were assembled into completed pallets and joined together by fusion bonding. The pallet of Example 1 included the FR package of the present invention, added to an extruder with polypropylene resin such that the final polymer of the Example 1 pallet contained 25% magnesium hydroxide, 4% alumina trihydrate, and 4% zinc borate. The comparative Example C1 contained no FR package.
A six foot stack of wood pallets positioned under a 10 MW calorimeter, calibrated to 10,000 kW, was ignited, and the heat release monitored over time. A similar stack of commercial polypropylene pallets containing no or minimal flame retardants (Comparative Example C1) was similarly positioned and ignited. Conventional overhead sprinklers at a height of 10 feet were activated electromechanically when a sprinkler activation temperature of 286� F. (141� C.) has been reached. The results are shown in
While embodiments of the invention have been illustrated and described, it is not intended that these embodiments illustrate and describe all possible forms of the invention. Rather, the words used in the specification are words of description rather than limitation, and it is understood that various changes may be made without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention.
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Kedrick Dalton was over his girlfriend's knee getting a sound spanking on his bare bottom.
WHACK! WHACK! WHACK! went Kelly's hand on his naked posterior. The result, from Kelly MacMiche's point of view, was a pleasingly angry shade of red. She could feel Kedrick's reaction to what was going on – it was definitely up-periscope time!
Suddenly the door swung open and Professor Brown from the Chemistry department swept majestically in.
"Would you be quiet, please? It's four thirty in the afternoon and your neighbours do need their sleep."
He started to leave, half turned and then came back in to find Kelly's hand still half-raised, ready to give her boyfriend another hard smack.
"What I meant to say was, 'Would you be quiet, please? There's an exam going on in there'. Should have thought a bit more about that speech, really. Cocked it up somewhat."
So saying he left.
Kelly tutted, brushed her hair and then used the hairbrush to continue Kedrick's spanking. She was delighted to hear him saying, "OW!" and to feel the up-periscope subside. She knew she was really hurting him now. She forced him to stay down as he tried to get up. She called him a wimp and shamed him into taking more.
The door flew open again and Professor Brown came back in.
"There's an awful lot of spanking in here. Would you be quiet, please? There's an exam going on in there."
Kelly tutted and pushed Kedrick off her lap.
"Don't you think you'd better pull your pants up?" she asked him.
Once he'd dressed himself he limped out of the room after his girlfriend. They left the college campus as all the killjoys there seemed to be more interested in exams than in spanking each other for some reason. They reached the old Second World War prefab with the corrugated iron roof. No-one should disturb them there.
Kelly's excuse for beating the living daylights out of her boyfriend was that he was one of the English Democrat Party's emissaries to joint conferences and fact-finding sessions with other parties and he was to visit the England First Party tomorrow and she was testing him on the fascist wording he'd need to know in order to greet them.
"What are the 14 Words?" asked Kelly.
"We must secure the existence of white Nazis…"
"No! Bend over!" cried Kelly.
After a prolonged beating it was time to try again.
"We must secure the existence of our people and a future for white children," said Kedrick and was rewarded with some red wine. This was their ritual.
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Polly Sawyer had been looking forward to her trip to the isle of Sharp Holme. She looked decades younger than her 67 years. Her long red hair and flirtatiously made-up eyes still melted the hearts of many a younger man. Still, she was what she was and had decided to join the local bowls club so as not to be out of touch with others of her age bracket. They all gathered excitedly in the Church Hall near the North Bay to hear the island's owner himself address them all.
She was surprised to see the owner, Mr. Josso, who was immaculately dressed in black tie, smoking a big cigar in front of them all. She then noticed his amazingly elegant wife standing unsteadily in front of them all with a glass of wine in her hand, from which she was taking frequent swigs.
"Welcome to my island. I'm Mr. Josso, the owner of this island, and this is my wife, Manda."
"Cheers," said his wife, toasting the Chalton Range Bowls Club.
"I'm surprised that none of you took the trouble to check this island out," said Mr. Josso. "Had you done so you'd have found there are in fact no facilities for bowls on this island. I'm also surprised that none of you thought to look at the date."
"It's April the First! It's April the First!" people called out to each other aghast.
"April Fool," said Mr. Josso smokily.
"We've been punked!" cried the elderly lady to Polly's left.
"How deliciously evil. Cheers!" said Manda Josso again as she raised her glass to all the hoaxed bowls-lovers.
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Polly was fuming the next morning. She was in an anti-male mood after what Mr. Josso had done to them all.
"The next boy who comes along, I'm going to give him such a caning," she said.
Unfortunately for Kedrick, he was the boy who came round the corner next.
"You! Bend over, boy!" she said.
Kedrick did as he was bidden and Polly used her walking stick – which was only really for show – to cane the poor boy. Six of the best.
"Now, be off with you!" she shouted.
Kedrick went to get his ship to meet those sinister fascists that he was expected to be nice to for the sake of his party's curious alliances and potential coalitions. He found the journey a bit painful.
"I can't believe it," he thought. "Seven in the morning and I've already got a sore arse! I can't believe this island!"
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It was a short drive from the ship to Kedrick's destination on the mainland. He arrived at the joint English Democrat / England First Party – Exploring the Similarities Co-Conference. There were some people from his party. You could tell them. They looked fairly normal. Then there were the England First Party people. They barked orders at each other, stood to attention for long periods and had sinister red armbands. They all seemed to want to speak in a fake German accent for some reason. Kedrick decided to be very English about it and pretend that he found this all quite normal.
"HEIL!" shouted one of the uniformed women as two others crossed axes in front of him to stop him passing.
"Oh, hi. I mean, Heil, yes, absolutely."
"SHTOP! Ve must find you some accommodation after your long fahrt, nicht?"
"My long…? Oh, right, thank you."
"Vot are ze 14 Vords?"
"We must secure the existence of our people and a future for white children, old girl," said Kedrick.
"JA! HEIL!" shouted the woman.
She consulted her list. There had been a mix-up. Everybody was to be paired up with someone of their own gender but from the other party to sleep in a twin room. However they'd thought Kedrick was a girl as they hadn't recognized the name. He'd been paired up with one of the girls from the England First Party.
That evening after dinner (which had consisted of black bread, wurst, pale beer and heavy cheese around a roaring fire) Kedrick entered his room. His roommate was already waiting for him.
"You are two minutes late. I shall give you a beating. Bend over," she said.
Kedrick couldn't believe his luck. It used just to be Kelly; now he'd been beaten by a frighteningly attractive older lady and a sinisterly alluring German-imitator all in one day. The pleasure he felt as the girl mercilessly whacked him again and again. Wonderful it was!
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It had been some time since Kedrick's visit to the England First Party. Now his party had sent him as an emissary to talk to Plaid Cymru, the Welsh nationalists. He had learned some Welsh the previous day (or rather Kelly had beaten it into him and rewarded him with wine when he'd got it right) so that he could greet these foreign folk correctly.
"Prynhawn da," he'd said. "Kedrick yw f'enw i."
This had gone down very well. However there'd been a mix-up: to save money they had paired everyone up in twin rooms. They decided that this could be used as an opportunity to get to know people from the other party. They had arranged for each delegate to be put in with someone from their own gender but the other party. But, whoops – no-one had realised that Kedrick was a boy and so he'd been put in with a girl.
"I don't agree with this," said his roommate. "You've never apologised for what King Edward did to us in 1282; you've never apologised for the Treachery of the Blue Books; all you English are such bastards."
Without waiting to be asked Kedrick bent over and was given a good spanking by the Welsh girl. Boy, did he love dual party conferences!
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Kedrick departed the ship and travelled to his next joint conference. This time it was being held with the SNP, Scotland's nationalist party. He was wearing a kilt with what was classified as an English tartan on it. There were talks about the SingleTransferable Vote and how rubbish unionism was and there was a discussion about the merits or demerits of NATO to tomorrow's nation states.
Then they all had a cèilidh, drank loads of whisky and ate some haggis. Kedrick had been well-versed in everything he had to do by his sadistic girlfriend before he'd come – she'd tried to catch him out for the pleasure of being able to spank him whenever he erred and so had looked up the etiquette of the occasion down to some detail. In the evening, Kedrick knew what was coming. Yes, of course he'd be put into a twin room with some sadistic girl from the SNP. This was becoming predictable.
"Oh, hi," said a beautiful girl with long dark hair and a lovely red tartan kilt. "I'm Catriona. Are you staying in here?"
"Yes," said Kedrick waiting for her to start shouting at him about how evil the English were and give him a beating.
"So am I," she said. "I thought it was supposed to be, you know, lasses with lasses and boys with boys?"
"I'm terribly sorry, old girl. They didn't recognise my name as a boy's name. Kedrick, what? Rather unusual."
"Kedrick? I like that. It's sort of like Cedric, isn't it? Just without the "s" sound at the beginning."
And she smiled. Kedrick had never come across a girl like this before. He wasn't quite sure how to act.
"Oh, er, thank you, old girl. I'm sorry if, if, er, well, you know. I mean, if you want me to sleep somewhere else…"
"Och, don't fash about it. They're a bunch of numpties anyway – they made the mistake, not you. If you lie doon there and I'll lie doon here there's no harm in it, is there?"
And they got talking. Catriona told Kedrick that she liked the way he talked and she thought English people only sounded like that in films. Kedrick said he'd been thinking just the same thing about her with regards to her Scots accent. She brought out some whisky and they drank quietly and talked. He told her of the other conferences that he'd been to. As the booze loosened his tongue he told her about the spankings he'd had and that he'd quite enjoyed them and that he thought the girls had too.
"Is that what you like, then, people hitting you?" asked Catriona.
"Well, yes, I suppose I do."
"D'you think maybe that's because you don't actually like yerself?"
And Kedrick began to think about how his brain worked and how those other girls' brains had worked. He suddenly realised he hadn't actually asked them anything about themselves. He hadn't found out their names even. They had been close. Well, physically close. Intimate. Yes, they had but not really close close. They hadn't really shared anything beyond the spankings. He felt really at home with Catriona. Well, more than at home. He felt something that – well, he didn't know what it was. He just knew that he didn't want it to be too long before he saw her again.
She agreed to spank him but kept asking him if she was doing it right and if it was too hard.
He admitted he'd loved it and asked her what she'd felt.
"To be honest I don't really know. I just enjoyed it because I knew you liked it. I've not met anyone like you before. I think you're fab. Now we'd best get our heads doon – we've to be up early tomorrow. Good night, Kedrick."
So saying she gave him a kiss.
Kedrick tried to sleep but found he couldn't. He listened to his new friend as she gently snored. He couldn't stop thinking about what had happened between them (although what had happened? They'd spent most of their time talking).
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Kedrick got off his ship at the West Bay. For some reason he wasn't looking forward to telling Kelly about his encounter with Catriona. He'd told her about all the others but somehow he felt… well, something. Awkward. That was it.
There was a storm brewing up. A mighty one. He felt glad that he had left the boat. The rain came pouring down in a way that he had never known it before. He didn't think the coastal path back to the South Bay would be safe. What could he do? He vaguely knew one boy – a rather silent geeky boy called Charles – whose student digs were round here. He'd have to pop round there.
"Er," said Charles as he opened the door.
"Frightfully sorry to impose, old chap, but there's a real rip-snorter of a storm brewing up and I'm not sure it's such a good idea to walk back to college. Would you mind awfully if I, you know?"
"Er, OK," said Charles and let Kedrick into his small room. To Kedrick's surprise the island's owner's wife, Manda Josso, was in there as well. So were Professor Brown and some of his students. He seemed to be giving a lecture. Obviously they had all been caught by the storm. Kedrick felt a bit sorry for Charles. He knew that Charles didn't really like people very much (unless they were at arm's length at the other end of a computer). Now the poor boy was surrounded by them!
"Anything good happening on Facebook?" asked Kedrick, always the diplomat.
"Er, yeah?" answered Charles.
"Would you be quiet, please? There's a tutorial going on in here," said the professor. "Transuranic heavy elements may not be used where there is life. Medium atomic weights are available…"
"Cheers," said Manda drunkenly as she drained her umpteenth glass of wine and stroked the unresponsive Charles on the back of his neck.
Only on Sharp Holme, thought Kedrick affectionately. He smiled.
But his thoughts weren't really on the island. They were miles away across the stormy sea. He looked in his pocket. He saw Catriona's greeting card. He'd not looked at it before. He hadn't known her surname.
"TRAINEE AROMATHERAPIST CATRIONA MACMICHE – All problems can be solved by oil," stated the card.


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Where's the Thief going?
The Thief cast his way down the great corridor with inhuman speed, almost gliding above the marbled floor. Babbo continued to scream with unbelievable intensity, considering the figure didn't technically have lungs.
The Thief was getting nervous...he hadn't thought that this painting would have the ability to communicate; the design was so loosely formed to that of a face.
The howling from Babbo intensified. As they glided along, the paintings along the walls stirred from all the noise. A few of them began to scream from the commotion also. Poor things; they never really did get to see much excitment hanging on those walls.
"Will you shut up!" The Thief rasped, half yelling and half whispering at Babbo underneath his arm.
The howling stopped. "I beg your pardon?"
The Thief was so surprised, he actually slowed his pace a bit. "I...I said shut up!"
Babbo was indignant. "How dare you! You filthy little--" It mumbled underneath its breath for a few moments before piping up again. "I don't think you have the right to tell me to do anything! After all, I'm the prestigious painting here and you're the dirty criminal!"
The Thief actually stopped now, pulling Babbo from underneath his arm so he could have a good look at it. The voice sounded eerily familiar to the Thief...but he couldn't place it. "Listen, I'm not only a thief, you sorry excuse for art." Babbo gasped auibly at this. "I'm pretty prestigious too."
"Oh, you are, are you?" Babbo hmphed at him obviously. "Somehow I fail to believe you."
"Look here—" The Thief stopped. He knew that voice now. "Archibald?"
"It's Babbo, you twit. Babb-O." Babbo rolled his eyes, if you can believe it.
"No, you sound...you sound just like Archibald, Victoria's father." The Thief was clearly rattled at this new realization.
"Well, obviously. I am named after him, aren't I?"
"You are?" He tried to remember Victoria ever calling her father by Babbo. "Was it a nickname of some sort?"
"A nickname!?" Babbo smirked as much as the smooth lines of his paint would allow. "Oh, you are so uncultured. If you would recall, Victoria spoke italian."
The Thief ran this little piece of information through his confused mind. Finally: "Yeah, so?"
"So! Babbo...italian...father." If Babbo could have put his hands on his hips, he would have.
The Thief still had a blank expression on his face.
"Oh, for bleeding sakes man, 'Babbo' means 'Father' in italian!" Babbo let out a final huff as realization dawned over the Thief's face.
He didn't have time to figure out what this meant, anyhow. He had wasted far too much time arguing with the painting as it was. He needed to get out of there, back to his awaiting accomplices. It was time to put their plan into action.
Just as he resumed his glide, he heard a voice call.
He turned around involuntarily at the sound of his name. Before him, just a few metres down the great corridor, stood Archie. To Xavier he looked so old and frail. He couldn't help letting a smirk sneak over his soured mouth.
"Sorry, Archibald. You're too late; you won't stop me." He sounded very far from sorry.
"But why, Xavier? Why do you need my Victoria's last painting?"
"You wouldn't understand." He was about to turn around and leave but he could feel a lump of pity growing in his throat. All the old man had was these pitiful screaming paintings around him. Xavier supposed he could at least give him some sort of explanation. "This painting; Victoria's last painting, contains her very essence, her magic; moreso than any other painting of hers. Me and...some others, need to use it for...something important." That was all he was willing to divulge.
"You're not leaving with it." Archie sounded firm, sure.
"I'm afraid I am, old man." As Xavier turned to make his escape, he stopped dead in his tracks. The painting on the wall opposite him now contained dozens of figures, many more than had been there just a minute before. He glanced around at the painting beside it. It was the same; filled up with dozens upon dozens of people, most of them with swords, axes...some even with rifles. In fact, now that he looked, every painting along the walls of the corridor held hundreds of people, all with scowls on their faces. "What is this?" He asked, spinning this way and that, trying not to keep his back to any one painting at a time.
"Oi, this is yer fall, mate." It was Henry, standing proudly before one significant mass of figures. "Ready?" He was smiling.
So was Archie.


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The Howling Delve, by Jaleigh Johnson, is the second book of the loosely-related The Dungeons series.
| The dangers of the Delve aren't meant to keep anyone out.
Deep below the unsuspecting streets of Amn lies a forgotten lair. Ghosts haunt its twisted passages. Old magic courses through its ancient stone. And lethal traps fashioned with sadistic creativity hide within every shadowed nook.
They're meant to keep something in.
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- ↑ Jaleigh Johnson (July 2007). The Howling Delve. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 1. ISBN 978-0-7869-4278-7.
- ↑ Jaleigh Johnson (July 2007). The Howling Delve. (Wizards of the Coast), p. epilogue. ISBN 978-0-7869-4278-7.


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Quick weight loss program, similar to the Cabbage Soup Diet.Top Rated Diets of 2017
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The Sacred Heart Diet is a weight loss fad diet that is used to help treat overweight people with heart conditions. It's also been called the Spokane Heart Diet, Miami Heart Institute Diet, and the Cleveland Clinic Diet.
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You can eat as much as you like of the following:
• Soup: Should consist of 1 to 2 cans of stewed tomatoes, 3 large green onions, and 1 large can of beef broth with no added fat, a package of Lipton Soup Mix, 1 bunch of celery, 2 cans of green beans, 2 green peppers and 2 pounds of carrots.
• Drinks: Unsweetened juices, herbal tea, skim milk, water, cranberry juice, and coffee. This can be drunk as much as one likes.
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• Day One: Unlimited soup and certain fruits excluding bananas.
• Day Two: Eating as much fresh, canned, or cooked vegetables. No dry beans, peas, or corn can be eaten. Leafy greens are suggested. Dinner allows for a baked potato with butter, though no fruits are allowed.
• Day Three: Unlimited soup, fruit and veggies. One should have lost around 5 to 7 pounds.
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• Day Four: Skim milk and at least 3 milks. This is meant to replace the amount of carbohydrates and potassium needed. The protein and added calcium is intended to reduce the cravings for sweets.
• Day Five: Beef and tomatoes. 10 to 20 ounces of beef and canned tomatoes. Soup must be eaten once a day and 6 tomatoes can be eaten.
• Day Six: Beef and vegetables for as much as you'd like 2 to 3 steaks with green leafy vegetables and at least one soup a day.
• Day Seven: Brown rice, unsweetened fruit juice, eat as much soup as you can, and you can add cooked vegetables to the rice.
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If you just eat the same veggies that go into the soup it would qualify as "the soup". I didn't follow it exactly, all I ate was the soup. Every day. The first day I stuffed myself with the soup, watermelon, and cantaloupe. The second day I ate the soup and a loaded veggie salad with a little Italian dressing. The rest of the days I basically at just soup and ate some raw veggies. One of those days I drank a couple of beers and the diet still worked. I lost 7lbs that week!
I did this diet in the past and know it works.
I would appreciate anyone's feedback. It states the more soup you eat, the more you'll lose. I was wondering if any dieter can confirm this based on his/her experience.
I think those two postings are from you. Did you follow the diet exactly?
I was wondering, sometimes I don't feel like having soup. Eating few raw vegetables to fill me up, the ones that go into the soup. Would that be still considered following the diet?
Technically yes, right??
Buy a SlapChop to chop your veggies, it will save you tons of time instead of standing there mincing them. Because if you don't like your veggies crunchy, you have to cut them up really small. I've done this diet twice in the past and have noted that the 2nd time I did it I worked out on an elliptical for about 45 minutes 5 out of 7 days and I lost twice as much weight as I did the first time. I did feel a little "out of it" the first 2 days, but then got used to it and felt normal again. I couldn't believe how much better I felt toward the end of the diet and how much clearer my skin looked. When the diet was over all I craved was more vegetables and the soup! I have no desire to eat greasy foods or chips.
For those of you wondering how you keep the weight off:
You need to change the way you eat and the foods you eat. This diet jump starts a new way of thinking about food. You can't go back to your old ways of eating junk. You have to eat healthy. If you do this, you will continue to LOSE weight rather than gain it back. I did this diet about a year ago and lost 14 pounds. I changed the way I eat, I don't eat junk food anymore and I havn't gained any of the weight back. I am doing the diet again to try to lose another 8 lbs and finally be at my target weight. Good luck to all!
To everyone who used it and was successful on it, please advise. How do you keep the weight off. The truth is that it is a drastic decrease in calories. Once you're off the diet, do you gradually add food? It is common sense that if you put loads of calories back at once it will be turned to fat.
Thanks so much and good luck everyone!
i dont like to eat veggiess
cuz it makes me sickk.
what can i eat instead of themm?
hi! i just started the diet today and i was wondering how long can you actually stay on it before eating normally? can i do the diet for 3 weeks and rest for one? thanks so much!
This is a winderful diet to kickstart a healthy way of eating. The first week I lost 7 pounds and felt great. I lost my desire for sweets almost totally! By changing my eating habits I lost a total of 32 lbs by June. If you gain a few pounds back, just make the soup and stay on for a few days and you will drop some in the first 3 days. Good luck and be healthy!
I actually lost a majority of 65lbs on this diet approximately two years ago. The weight has only recently begun to return and that is mostly due to stress. I started the diet again last Sunday and have already lost 8lbs and only have 12 more to go. That's under three weeks to lose 20lbs! I always feel a little sick the first few days and then, as my body adjusts to a more health diet I start feeling better and better, not to mention that all the water really helps your complexion. Anyways that's my review...
Started this diet weighing 140 lbs, after the 7 days, and following the diet plan exactly have lost a total of 5 lbs, settling in at a happy 135lbs. I do admit I did minimal exercise on the first 5 days of the diet, and could/should have made more of an effort. The diet was easy to follow, different foods each day makes it a breeze. I will be trying this diet again with more exercise included... trying to lose those last 5lbs!!! Good luck everyone!!
This diet is way too restrictive. And the way it is set up in terms of what foods you eat on certain days makes NO sense to me. I think this is a dangerous way to lose weight, regardless of the ones who say they lost 7# and up. In my opinion, *Diets* simply do not work. it is changing your eating habits to whole food, eliminating sugar, flour, bread & dairy, and incorporating walking everyday. This diet literally gave me a headache and made me crave carbs. That must say something.
Just made the soup, I only made half of the ingredients since I didn't have a big enough bowl, Will make the other half when I eat all of the soup. The vegetables, especially the carrots, are taking a long time to soften and its been simmering for about an hour. Excited to start the diet and will keep you updated on progress! Never tried a diet like this before and wondering if it actually works, 96% success rate can't be wrong!
I am going to do this for a week to see how I feel and to lose some weight which I NEED to do, and this sounds like a jump start to a new healthy way of eating. I have done the Candida Diet several times and lost weight, felt great, BUT....always went back to my wicked ways of eating the WRONG foods. With this soup, can you add different veggies? I make a really good minnestrone-type soup and add TONS of veggies, including zuchinni, parsnips, turnips & potatoes>which I know is a *No-No* on this diet. But what about zuchinni? Any thoughts will be appreciated.
It is good, on day 5, already lost almost 9 pounds
AMAZING. I lost 20 pounds. I was about 50 pounds overweight with little exercise. I just walked 30 minutes a day and followed the diet exactly.
I am a vegetarian (don't eat meat, fish and eggs) - what can i replace the beef on day 5 and 6 with?
It's my sixth day and think this diet is working. Despite what the critics say I see a vast improvement in my wifes idea about what healthy eating is and our refridgerator is now full of fruits and vegetables something that she rarely bought before. I suspect this may represent a major change in our eating habits for the better. I've been wanting to get back to how I ate when I was a youngster. I have to admit though that not having my normal creamer in my coffee is sorely missed.
To ashley:
What other diets have you tried? I am curious since I did this diet back in May of 2009. I lost 15lb in 3.5 weeks. Then the weight came back even though I eat healthy and exercise. I need to lose the weight again, but cant get myself to complete the whole week on the soup without cheating. Trying to find a way to do it without the soup. In the past, what worked for me was just cutting calories and not eating after 7. I am 27 and active. Any suggestions?
The Sacred Heart Diet is a 7-day eating plan that is supposed to shed pounds quickly by consuming a special soup made of broth and vegetables as your main source of food. According to the diet, during the seven days, you can lose up to 10 pounds or more. Each day has specific guidelines for which foods and drinks to consume. There is a thorough list of restricted foods and beverages, so that you'll know exactly what you can and can't consume.
This diet supposedly comes from the Sacred Heart Memorial Hospital, although reports on the Web refute this. It is used for overweight heart patients in order to lose weight rapidly, usually prior to surgery. In addition to losing weight quickly, it is intended to also wash your body of impurities while giving you a surge of energy without the ingestion of caffeine or other energy-enhancing products. This diet is also sometimes referred to as the Cabbage Soup Diet.
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- There are notable health benefits from avoiding certain processed foods like refined sugars and flours
- Does not call for any funky supplements or herbal concoctions
- Reliance on the diet's consumption of vegetables, fresh fruit and lean protein is beneficial to one's health and can possibly aid in weight loss also.
- Its one-week time frame is manageable for individuals with a strong will power and who want to lose weight quickly
- Supports exercise
- Diet may be restrictive for some
- No scientific evidence that this soup will actually burn calories
- Once you've completed it, you are on your own to reestablish your eating routine
- Does not give any guidelines for how to sustain long-term weight loss
- Given its strictness, the individual may run the risk of having a gorge fest when Day 7 is completed
- Sacred Heart Hospital and The American Heart Association deny any relationship with the diet
The soup, which is made from 11 ingredients, is the supposed magic pill of The Sacred Heart Diet. The soup includes canned tomatoes, mushrooms, green beans, bell peppers, celery, beef stock and vegetable juice. You can find the complete Sacred Heart Diet Recipe here.
For the seven days of this diet, you will eliminate bread, white sugar, alcohol, fried foods, and carbonated beverages
The Diet has specific guidelines for each day that you must adhere to in order to reap the supposed benefits.
Each day, you will consume your sacred soup in addition to certain kinds of fruit, certain allowable beverages, protein and other cooked or canned vegetables. For instance, on Day One, you may eat as much soup as you want to as well as fruit except for bananas. On this first day, you can only drink coffee, black tea, water or unsweetened juice without milk or sugar added to the beverages On Day Two, you can have soup, vegetables and a baked potato with a small pat of butter for dinner. On Day Four, you may eat at least 3 bananas, and drink as much skim milk and soup as you can. The diet continues for the following three days in which you add lean red meat or chicken and still continue to eat the soup.
Abiding by the diet's guidelines is intended to yield the results you are looking for.EXERCISE
There are no specific exercise recommendations for The Sacred Heart Diet other than to follow your usual exercise routine by getting in some form of exercise on most days of the week.CONCLUSION
Albeit it is a very restrictive diet, The Sacred Heart Diet is a commendable eating plan given its reliance on vegetables, fruits and lean protein. It is clearly high in fiber, nutrients and minerals. It is similar to many low carbohydrate diets out there for its avoidance of refined sugars, flour of any sort, fried foods and added fat. Although there is no scientific proof that the sacred soup which you ingest every day is a magic pill to melt off the pounds, it is a great way to feel full and to get in more than your five veggies a day. But its reliance on veggies and fruit might give some stomach cramps if your system is not used to this way of eating. Since this such a one-shot punch to lose weight, it might be that you gain the weight back just as quickly or even more quickly as you lost it.
And do make a pact with yourself before starting this diet that on Day 8, when The Sacred Diet officially ends, you don't hightail it to McDonalds and order 3 double cheeseburgers and 2 super-sized fries. Do be gentle on your gut as you acclimate it back to the foods that you normally consume: order the Happy Meal.Common Misspellings
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