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real estate, tenants in common, deceased 15.5% ownership, value under $10,000 ... how to avoid probate and sell?
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You can probably avoid probate and sell, but the overall process has too many steps and the law has too many cautionary provisions for me to describe how to do it, step by step, in a LawGuru answer. First thing you might want to do is get ahold of a copy of the Probate Code and skim Division 8, "Disposition of Estate without Administration," wich consists of Probate Code sections 13000 through 13660. The first half applies if you are not the surviving spouse (sections 13000 - 13210); the second half applies if you are the surviving spouse of the decedent (sections 13500 - 13660). Next step would be to try to find a self-help law book, probably a paperback, to use as a procedural guide. I often recommend Nolo Press, but their one book on the subject (The Executor's Guide) is written by a non-California attorney (Mary Randolph) and may not sufficiently set forth and discuss California's laws. I do not have a copy of this book. Finally, if the subject seems daunting, a lawyer in your neighborhood with some specialization in wills, trusts and estates can probably coach you through the process without charging fees that would drain the estate, assuming this estate truly qualifies for small-estate treatment, as it very well may.


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I have a module that loads several dozen megabytes of static data into memory. This module is working properly. I have another module that I'm developing to analyze that data. As I make iterations on the analysis module, I would like it if the data loaded by the data module could stay in memory.

In GHCI, every time I reload a module, it clears whatever data I have set with the "let" command. Is there a way to persist that data across calls to :reload, or is there an altogether different workflow I should be using for this?

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"The Lawnmower Man" is a 1975 short story by writer Stephen King. It was first published in Cavalier magazine and was later collected in King's 1978 collection Night Shift. The original story involves an individual who hires a serviceman to mow his lawn and is murdered after the serviceman, a satyr of Pan, summons an evil lawnmower and eats all the grass. That does not concern us. What concerns us is the 1992 film adaptation starring Pierce Brosnan, which deviated heavily from the original story. The film's story instead concerns a scientist (Brosnan) who conducts virtual reality experiments on his mentally retarded gardener (Jeff Fahey). Long story short, the gardener becomes a magical internet being but also kind of evil. It was this theme, along with the film's stunning visuals, that inspired British rock group The Duke Spirit to put out their new record Bruiser for internet downloading.
For the world's lawnmower men, Bruiser is digitally available through the Shangri-La Music label. But all of us normal, non-lawnmower men and women, we must wait until January 12 to be able to hear the music encased within our Bruiser discs. Oh, to be a lawnmower man. Not only would I have access to the world's digital music, I would also be able to hang out with Pierce Brosnan. Instead, I sit here, listening to my music discs on primitive electronics. Forever, I shall dream of The Lawnmower Man.
Bruiser tracklist:
01. Cherry Tree
02. Procession
03. Villain
04. Don't Wait
05. Surrender
06. Bodies
07. De Lux
08. Sweet Bitter Sweet
09. Running Fire
10. Everybody's Under Your Spell
11. Northbound
12. Homecoming
• The Duke Spirit: http://thedukespirit.com
• Shangri-La Music: http://shangrilamusic.com


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|29 Oct 1991
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|16 Feb 1989
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|12 May 1987
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|Thomas R. Oakes, Daniel E. Pedersen, Donna M. Majewski
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This is a continuation of application Ser. No. 07/048,801, filed May 12, 1987 now abandoned.
The invention relates to liquid aqueous compositions that can form adherent, transparent, abrasion resistant polymeric films having prolonged antimicrobial properties. The polymers of the invention are made of a blend of monomers that provide a quality long lasting film that can be easily removed by dilute base.
Recent studies have indicated that the contamination of both wet and dry household surfaces with potentially pathogenic quantities of bacteria is widespread. Following a study of bacterial flora in 200 homes, Scott et al, in J. Hy. Camb., Vol. 89, 279 (1982) concluded that improved decontamination procedures are necessary, particularly at sites which are repeatedly wetted, such as the surfaces of sinks, toilets, draining boards, stoves, washing machines and the like. However, in controlled in use tests, employing dilute aqueous detergents at kitchen and bathroom sites achieved no observable reduction in microbial contamination, while application of aqueous hypochlorite and phenolic disinfectant compositions only produced a significant reduction in contamination levels for 3-6 hours. In their evaluation of disinfectants in the domestic environment, Scott et al, J. Hyg. Camb., Vol. 92, 193 (1984) hypothesized that the rapid recontamination was due both to re-usage of surfaces such as toilets and to the local multiplication of residual colonies at repeatedly wetted sites such as sinks.
The film forming surface sanitizers introduced to date are prepared in volatile solvents. Such solvents create risks of toxic reaction during use and can be flammable.
Other compositions intended for the controlled release of a disinfectant from a film of a stabilized hydrophilic polymer are disclosed in U.S. Pat. No. 3,966,902. The polymer complex is stabilized as a metal complex by the addition of an inorganic aluminum, zirconium or zinc salt such as aluminum chlorohydrol to the polymerization mixture. The stabilization adjuvant is necessary due to the fact that upon contact with water, films of simple hydrogels become highly swollen and rapidly elute their additives. Furthermore, dry films both simple and metal-complexed hydrogels do not adhere well to ceramic and other hard surfaces and lose their adhesion completely when wetted.
Thus, a need exists for a disinfectant composition capable of forming a polymeric film on hard surfaces such as those formed of ceramics, glass, formica, plastics, metals and the like, which film can entrain a germicidal substance such as a quaternary ammonium salt or a phenolic. A need also exists for a composition capable of yielding a transparent film having strong adhesion to the substrate surface and high resistance against abrasive removal during commonly-employed cleansing procedures. A further need exists for a disinfectant film capable of providing extended protection against microbial contamination. Additionally a need exists for long-lasting films that can be laid down from aqueous solvents but are easily removable under mild basic cleaning conditions.
The present invention provides liquid aqueous disinfectant compositions which yield adherent, water-resistant, polymeric films when coated from an aqueous composition onto porous or non-porous hard surfaces and dried. The aqueous liquid compositions comprise germicidal agents which are effective to destroy pre-existing microbial colonies and which impart prolonged antimicrobial properties to the deposited films.
The liquid disinfectant compositions comprise a film-forming copolymer of (a) a monomer having a hydrophilic carboxylic acid ester group, (b) an alpha, beta-unsaturated carboxylic acid ester selected from the group consisting of aromatic esters, cycloalkyl esters and mixtures thereof, and (c) a monomer having a hydrophilic carboxylic acid or carboxylate group. Preferably, the copolymer will comprise about 20 to 99.5 of the hydrophilic carboxylic acid ester monomer, about 0.5 to 80 mol-% of the cycloalkyl or aromatic ester monomer, and about 0.1 to 5 mol-% of the hydrophilic carboxylic acid or carboxylate group containing monomer. The copolymers are substantially free of inorganic metal salt complexation agents such as those disclosed in U.S. Pat. No. 3,966,902. These copolymers can be viewed as modified hydrogels which are surprisingly capable of forming films which are adherent to hard surfaces and are resistant to removal when exposed to water but can easily be removed under conditions of mild base and abrasion.
The films can be readily deposited from neutral or dilute basic solutions or dispersions of the copolymer in a generally aqueous system. Volatile solvent systems are not required for solubility. These liquid systems can also incorporate germicidal agents such as phenols or a quaternary ammonium salt. The agents which are entrapped in the dried polymeric films, and can be incrementally released when the coated surface is contacted with moisture. Contact with atmospheric humidity can assist in maintaining treated surfaces in a substantially microbe-free condition, while exposure to larger amounts of water, as when the surface is moistened by wiping, food residues, dishwater and the like, can lead to the release of increased amounts of the germicide. The polymeric films remain clear and non-tacky, and thus do not detract from the appearance of the surfaces to which they are applied.
Although not wishing to be bound to any theory of action, it is believed that the desirable properties of the present composition are due to (1) the balance of hydrophilic and hydrophobic properties derived from the blend of hydrophilic and hydrophobic monomers, and (2) from the blend of hydrophilic carboxylic acid ester monomer with the hydrophilic acid or acid salt containing monomer to produce aqueous and base solubility, antimicrobial releasability and dilute base solubility of the copolymer. The hydrophilicity of the resultant films may assist both the retention of the germicide and its exposure and activation by externally-applied water. The hydrophobicity imparted to the films by the aromatic and/or the cycloalkyl ester comonomer apparently imparts the necessary adherence and abrasion-resistance to the dried films.
As used herein with respect to antimicrobial action or to the release of a germicide from the present films, the term "prolonged" is intended to refer to the retention of substantial antimicrobial action greater than 4 log reduction preferably greater than 5 log reduction of microbial population as determined by laboratory test methods after 2 aqueous washes and between a 3 log and a 4 log reduction after 2-10 aqueous washes.
As used herein with respect to the solvents used as carriers for the active ingredients of the present compositions, the term aqueous is intended to define solvents or solvent systems which readily evaporate when applied to hard surfaces in thin films at ambient conditions. Such solvents comprise 70 to 99 wt-%, preferably 80 to 90 wt-% water, with the balance comprising water miscible solvents.
As used herein with respect to the surfaces treated by the present compositions, the term "hard" is intended to refer to surfaces composed of refractory materials such as glazed and unglazed tile, brick, porcelain, ceramics, metals, glass and the like, and also includes hard plastics such as formica, polystyrenes, vinyls, acrylics, polyesters, and the like.
Percentages of materials used in the aqueous film-forming composition are weight percentages (wt-%) unless otherwise indicated and the percentages of monomers in the copolymer of the invention is in mol-%.
The liquid disinfectant compositions of the present invention comprise an aqueous solution of a minor amount of a film-forming copolymer of (a) a monomer having a hydrophilic carboxylic acid ester functional group, (b) about 0.5 to 80 mol-% of said copolymer of an alpha, beta-unsaturated carboxylic acid ester selected from the group consisting of aromatic esters, cycloalkyl esters, and mixtures thereof, and (c) about 0.1 to 5 mol-% of said copolymer of a hydrophilic monomer having a carboxylic acid or carboxylate functional group. The copolymer is dissolved in a major amount of an aqueous solvent which also incorporates an amount of a germicidal agent effective to impart prolonged antimicrobial properties to the films formed upon removal of the aqueous solvent from coatings of said compositions. Copolymer monomer (b) preferably comprises a mixture of a first monomer comprising a cycloalkyl ester or an aromatic ester of an alpha, beta-unsaturated acid in combination with a second monomer comprising an alkyl ester or an (alkoxy)alkyl ester of an alpha, beta-unsaturated acid wherein the mixture contains about 1 to 90 mol-% of the second monomer based on the first monomer.
Hydrophilic monomer materials which may be utilized in accord with the present invention are preferably esters of alpha, beta-unsaturated carboxylic acids such as methacrylic acid, acrylic acid, itaconic acid, aconitic acid, cinnamic acid, crotonic acid, mesaconic acid, carboxyethyl acrylic acid, maleic acid, fumaric acid and the like. For example, preferred hydroxyalkyl esters include the esters of these acids and ethylene glycol, di-, tri-, tetra- and (poly)ethylene glycols, propylene glycol and dipropylene glycol; 1,3- or 1,4-butylene glycol; 1,6 hexamethylene glycol, and the like. The preferred unsaturated carboxylic acid portion of the ester monomer includes C3 -C10 -carboxylic acids, i.e., acrylic acid, methacrylic acid, and itaconic acid.
Preferably the film-forming copolymers of the present invention will incorporate about 20-99.5 mol-% of the hydrophilic monomer component, most preferably about 50-95 mol-% based on the polymer.
In accord with the present invention, the copolymerization of the hydrophilic monomer with at least one alpha, beta-unsaturated carboxylic acid ester selected from the group consisting of cycloalkyl esters, aromatic esters, and mixtures thereof, substantially improves the adhesion of the copolymer films to hard surfaces. Preferably, the copolymer will include about 0.5-80 mol-% of at least one of these modifying comonomers, most preferably about 1-50 mol-%.
As used herein, the term "cycloalkyl ester" includes bi- and tricycloalkyl esters, and the term "aromatic ester" includes hetero-aromatic esters. Especially preferred cycloalkyl and aromatic esters are those of acrylic acid, methacrylic acid or itaconic acid. Useful aromatic esters of these acids include phenyl, benzyl, tetrahydrofurfuryl, and phenoxyethyl esters. Useful cycloalkyl esters include C5 -C12 cycloalkyls, e.g. the cyclohexyl, isobornyl and adamantyl esters of these acids.
Alkyl and alkoxy(alkyl) esters of alpha, beta-unsaturated carboxylic acids can be used in combination with the aromatic and/or cycloalkyl ester. Preferably the alkyl esters will be selected from higher (alkyl) esters, such as those of about 5-22 carbon atoms, most preferably about 5-12 carbon atoms. The alkyl and alkoxy (alkyl) esters can be employed to the extent of about 1-90 mol-% by weight of the total of the modifying comonomer. Preferably the mol-% ratio of cycloalkyl or aromatic ester to alkyl ester is about 2:1-1:2.
The alkyl and (alkoxy)alkyl esters of acrylic acid, methacrylic acid and itaconic acid are preferred for use in the present comonomer mixtures.
Examples of these fatty-alkyl ester comonomers which can be employed in combination with cycloalkyl and/or aromatic ester monomers include myristyl, palmityl and stearyl acrylates, methacrylates and itaconates.
Examples of useful C5 -C12 compounds include hexyl, octyl, ethyl(hexyl), isodecyl and lauryl, acrylates, methacrylates and itaconates. Alkyl esters having branched, as opposed to straight chain moieties are also preferred for use in the present copolymers.
(Alkoxy)alkyl esters useful as comonomers include (C1 -C4)alkoxy(C1 -C4 -alkyl) esters of acrylic, methacrylic or itaconic acid such as (methoxy)ethyl, (ethoxy)ethyl, (methoxy)propyl, (ethoxy) propyl and the like.
Suitable hydrophilic monomers containing a carboxylic acid or carboxylate group as a functional group include a vinyl monomer having a free carboxylic acid or carboxylate functional group. The hydrophilic carboxylic acid containing monomer should be polymerizable under the conditions disclosed in the invention and must present free carboxylic acid or carboxylate functional groups to the polymer backbone. We believe it is the carboxylic acid functional groups that provide dilute base and aqueous solubility to the polymer compositions.
Preferred carboxylic acid containing vinyl monomers for use in this invention comprise, for example, 1,4-vinyl benzoic acid, vinyl alcohol esters of dicarboxylic acids, alpha, beta-unsaturated carboxylic acids and dicarboxylic acids, and others.
Most preferred carboxylic acid containing monomers comprise an alpha, beta-unsaturated carboxylic acid including methacrylic acid, acrylic acid, itaconic acid, aconitic acid, cinnamic acid, crotonic acid, mesaconic acid, carboxyethyl acrylic acid, maleic acid, fumaric acid, and the like. Preferably the film forming copolymers of the present invention will incorporate about 0.1 to 5 mol-% of the carboxylic acid or carboxylate containing hydrophilic monomer, most preferably 0.25 to 3 mol-% based on the copolymer.
The film-forming copolymers can be prepared by carrying out the polymerization of the mixture of monomer in a solvent or solvent mixture and at concentrations wherein the resultant copolymers remain in solution. Preferred solvents include lower alkanols such as ethanol; ketones, glycol esters or ethers, lower(alkyl)acetates; tetrahydrofuran, dimethylformamide and the like. The monomeric starting materials are typically dissolved in the solvent to the desired concentration, e.g. to a total concentration about 15-30% by weight, although higher or lower concentrations may be employed in some cases.
The polymerization reactions are initiated in the conventional manner and preferably by use of radical-forming initiators. Instances of suitable initiators include dibenzoyl peroxide, tert-butyl peroctoate, cumene hydroperoxide, diazodiisobutyrodinitrile, diisopropylpercarbonate, ammonium persulfate, and the like, per se or in combination with a reducing agent, i.e., in the form of an oxidation-reduction system.
During the course of the reaction,. the reaction mixture may be agitated and heated, preferably in a closed system under an inert atmosphere, to about 50°-100° C., preferably to about 75°-95° C. After completion of the polymerization reaction, a solution of copolymer results, which can be employed without further purification or concentration in the present disinfectant compositions.
The liquid compositions will incorporate an amount of one or more germicidal agents effective to both disinfect surfaces upon contact and to impart prolonged antimicrobial action to the polymeric films prepared therefrom. A wide variety of antimicrobial agents may be included in effective amounts without inducing undesirable interactions or chemical reactions between the major components of the compositions. Such agents can include chlorhexidine, chlorhexidine gluconate, glutaral, halazone, hexachlorophene, nitrofurazone, nitromersol, povidone-iodine, thimerosol, C1 -C5 -parabens, hypochlorite salts, clofucarban, clorophen, poloxamer-iodine, phenolics, mafenide acetate, aminacrine hydrochloride, quaternary ammonium salts, oxychlorosene, metabromsalan, merbromin, dibromsalan, glyceryl laurate, sodium and/or zinc pyrithione, (dodecyl)(diethylenediamine)glycine and/or (dodecyl)(aminopropyl)glycine and the like.
Phenolic compounds are among the preferred germicides for use in the present compositions. Useful phenolic germicides include phenol, m-cresol, o-cresol, p-cresol, o-phenyl-phenol, 4-chloro-m-cresol, chloroxylenol, 6-n-amyl-m-cresol, resorcinol, resorcinol monoacetate, p-tert-butylphenol and o-benzyl-p-chlorophenol. The biologically active, water soluble salts of these compounds may also be employed, e.g. the alkali metal salts. Of these compounds o-benzyl-p-chlorophenol is preferred due to its high germicidal power.
Quaternary ammonium salts are also preferred germicides for use in the present invention and include the N-(higher) C10 -C24 -alkyl-N-benzyl-quaternary ammonium salts which comprise water solubilizing anions such as halide, e.g., chloride, bromide and iodide; sulfate, methosulfate and the like and the heterocyclic imides such as the imidazolinium salts.
For convenience, the aliphatic quaternary ammonium slats may be structurally defined as follows:
(R)(R.sub.1)(R.sub.2)(R.sub.3)N.sup.+ X.sup.-
wherein R is benzyl, or lower(alkyl) benzyl; R1 is alkyl of 10 to 24, preferably 12 to 22 carbon atoms; R2 is C10 -C24 -alkyl, C1 -C4 -alkyl or C1 -C4 -hydroxyalkyl, R3 is lower alkyl or hydroxyalkyl of 1 to 4 carbon atoms and X represents an anion capable of imparting water solubility or dispersibility including the aforementioned chloride, bromide, iodide, sulfate and methosulfate. Particularly preferred species of these aliphatic quats include N-C12 -C18 -alkyldimethylbenzylammonium chloride (myrisalkonium chloride), n-C12 -C24 -alkyl-dimethyl (ethylbenzyl) ammonium chloride (quaternium 14), dimethyl(benzyl)ammonium chloride and mixtures thereof. These compounds are commercially available as the BTC series from Onyx Chemical Co., Jersey City, N.J. For example, BTC 2l25M is a mixture of myrisalkonium chloride and quaternium-14.
Other useful aliphatic quaternary ammonium compounds include the N,N-di-(higher)-C10 -C24 -alkyl-N,N-di(lower)-C1 -C4 -alkyl-quaternary ammonium salts such as distearyl(dimethyl)ammonium chloride, cetyl(dimethyl)ethyl ammonium bromide, dicoco(dimethyl)ammonium chloride, dihydrogenated tallow(dimethyl)ammonium chloride, di-tallow(dimethyl)ammonium chloride, distearyl(dimethyl)ammonium methosulfate cetyl(trimethyl)ammonium bromide and dihydrogenated-tallow(dimethyl)ammonium methosulfates.
Other useful nitrogenous germicides include benzethonium chloride, cetylpyridinium chloride, methylbenzethonium chloride, domiphen bromide, gentian violet, and the like.
The total concentration of the germicidal component of the present liquid compositions can vary widely, depending upon its antimicrobial activity, solubility, stability and the like. The present disinfectant compositions will preferably comprise about 0.01-10%, most preferably about 0.05-5% by weight of the phenolic or quaternary ammonium salts based on the disinfectant polymeric composition as a whole. Highly durable, abrasion resistant films can be achieved when the total concentration of the germicidal agent in the present compositions comprises about 0.01-50%, preferably about 0.25-20%, and most preferably about 0.5-15% by weight based on the weight of the dissolved copolymers.
The present film-forming liquid compositions are readily prepared by dissolving the germicidal agent in an aqueous solution of the copolymer with agitation under ambient conditions, followed by dilution of the resultant solution to the appropriate concentration by addition of water or other predominately aqueous solvent system. Since the copolymer is commonly prepared in a volatile solvent such as a lower(alkanol) or a lower(alkyl)acetate, this solution can be diluted with a water to reach at least 70 wt-% preferably greater than 75 wt-% water. Alternatively, the volatile solvent containing polymer product can be removed using heat and/or vacuum to produce the neat polymer. The neat polymer can then be taken up into a water solution using 0.01-1.0N base as an aid for solubility. Therefore, the preferred liquid disinfectant compositions of the present invention will comprise about 0.25-10%, preferably about 0.5-5% of the film-forming copolymer; about 0.10-10%, preferably about 0.5-5% of the germicidal agent, most preferably selected from a phenolic or quaternary ammonium salt; the remainder of the composition being the aqueous solvent-system.
Preferably the film-forming copolymer will incorporate about 50-95- mol-% of the hydrophilic monomer, most preferably 2-hydroxyethylmethacrylate or 2-hydroxyethylacrylate; about 10-35 mol-% of a C5 -C8 -cycloalkyl acrylate or methacrylate, an aromatic acrylate or methacrylate or mixtures thereof, and about 0.1 to 5 mol-% of a hydrophilic carboxylic acid or carboxylate monomer containing monomer. Preferably the carboxylic acid or carboxylate monomer comprises acrylic acid, methacrylic acid or mixtures thereof. Optionally, a higher(alkyl)acrylate or methacrylate monomer will also be included in the copolymer, replacing the cycloalkyl and/or aromatic monomer to the extent of about 25-75 mol-%. Minor amounts of adjuvants such as an indicator of germicide level, fragrance, surfactants, dyes and the like may also be included in the present compositions, insofar as they are compatible with the film-forming process. For example, about 0.5-5% of a compatible surfactant can be included in the present compositions to enhance their cleaning power.
The finished disinfectant compositions are homogenous liquids which are applied to the surfaces to be treated by dipping, spraying, brushing, roller coating, pad coating or using similar coating procedures. For household applications, hand-operated pump-type or pressurized aerosol sprayers can be effective. Although the present compositions are particularly adapted to adhere to hard surfaces, they can also be employed to coat or otherwise treat materials such as sponges, flexible plastics, textiles, wood and the like. Generally, the coating process is continued to the extent required to deliver an amount of the liquid composition which rapidly dries to a clear, uniform polymeric film under ambient conditions, e.g., about 50-100 mg/in2 of liquid composition is generally effective to disinfect and impart prolonged antimicrobial protection to tile surfaces. The germicidal films are glossy, resistant to mild abrasion and are not broken or substantially depleted of biocide by slow release caused by repeated wettings. Repeated application of the liquid compositions does not result in substantial film build-up since the reapplication can act to resolubilize and level the prior-applied film, the film can easily be removed with dilute acid base. The invention will be further described by reference to the following detailed Examples.
Cyclohexylmethacrylate, 5 mol-% (2.46 g), isodecyl methacrylate, 5 mol-% (3.31 g) and 2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate 90 mol-% (34.23 g) were dissolved in 160 ml of ethyl alcohol and 0.4 g of dibenzoyl peroxide were added. The solution was bubbled with nitrogen for 10 minutes and heated in a closed system (pressure bottle) for 8 hours at 80° C. The resulting solution of the copolymer was used for the preparation of disinfectant compositions.
A copolymer solution was prepared by the procedure of Example A, with the exception that 7.0 mol-% cyclohexyl methacrylate, 3.0 mol-% isodecyl methacrylate and 90 mol-% 2-hydroxyethylmethacrylate were copolymerized.
A copolymer solution was prepared by the procedure of Example A, except that 3.0 mol-% cyclohexyl methacrylate, 7 mol-% isodecyl methacrylate and 90 mol-% 2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate were employed.
A copolymer solution was prepared by the procedure of Example A with the exception that 10 mol-% of cyclohexyl methacrylate was used with no isodecyl methacrylate.
The ethanolic polymer solutions were slowly diluted with an equal volume of deionized water. As the addition of the water to the ethanolic polymer solutions began, the solution immediately became cloudy and as the proportion of water increased the water insoluble polymer formed a white gummy dispersion/precipitate in the water solution. On standing, the water insoluble polymer coated the container with a white gummy, oily, polymeric film. The polymers free of the carboxylic acid containing monomer composition were insufficiently water soluble to form an aqueous solution that could be used to deposit the polymeric film onto a surface requiring sanitization.
Following the general polymerization procedure set forth in Comparative Example A, the polymer preparations shown in the Tables following describe the preparation of polymers containing carboxylic acid groups that render the polymer composition water soluble for use in aqueous systems.
TABLE I______________________________________Surface Sanitizer-New Polymers ExampleComposition (Mol-%) 1 2 3 4______________________________________HEMA 89.5 89 88.5 88.5Cyclo-Hex MA* 3 3 3 10Iso-Decyl MA 7 7 7 --Methacrylic acid 0.5 1.0 1.5 1.5Before Washing:Clear/Haze C C C CSmooth/Rough S S S SUniformity (Good/Poor) G G G GAfter 20 Washes, TRITONX-100 Film Applied:Excellent/Good/Fair/Poor E E E Very slight hazeFilm Wear:% Film Removed 8 10 10 15Peeling -- -- Very Very slight slightFormula tested:Polymer 15%BTC 2125M (80%)** 0.625%Ethanol 84.375%______________________________________ *MA = methacrylate **nalkyl (mixture of a 60% C.sub.14, 30% C.sub.14, 5% C.sub.12 and 5% C.sub.18 with a 68% C.sub.12 and 32% C.sub.14 Quat) dimethyl benzyl ammonium chloride
The data relating to the quality and durability of the films was obtained by casting an ethanolic solution of the polymers on a tile surface. The following Tables show the quality of the film cast from aqueous solution.
TABLE II______________________________________Surface Sanitizer-New PolymersWater Based Formulas ExampleComposition (Mol-%) 5 6______________________________________HEMA + 0.1% methacrylic acid -- 90HEMA + 1.5% methacrylic acid 90 --Cyclo-Hex MA* 3 3Iso-Decyl MA 7 7AIBN 0.25 0.25Acetic acid 0.10 --Before Washing:Clear/Haze C CSmooth/Rough S SUniformity (Good/Poor) G GAfter # Washes, 20 2TRITON X-100 Film Applied:Film Wear:Excellent/Good/Fair/Poor VG P% Film Removed 5 95Formula tested:Polymer 20.0 20.0Acetic acid 0.10 --Q-372** 1.32 1.32Distilled water 78.58 78.68______________________________________ *MA = methacrylate **nalkyl dimethyl benzyl ammonium chloride (alkyl group in 40% C.sub.12, 50% C.sub.14 and 10% C.sub.16
The following Table IV displays aqueous preparations made by combining the ethanolic solution of polymer prepared in Examples 7, 8 9, 10, 11 and 12 with water, NH4 OH and a quaterinary ammonium salt sanitizing agent in the wt-% proportions displayed in the Table.
TABLE III______________________________________Formula Stability and Film Appearance 7 8 9 10 11 12______________________________________Ex. 6 28.8 -- -- -- -- --Ex. 6 -- 28.8 -- -- -- --Ex. 5 -- -- 15.00 -- -- --Ex. 5 -- -- -- 15.00 -- --Ex. 6 -- -- -- -- 15.00 --Ex. 5 -- -- -- -- -- 20.00NH.sub.4 OH 0.50 1.00 0.26 0.26 0.26 0.34Quat 1.50 1.50 0.95 0.95 0.95 1.30D.water 68.50 68.50 83.80 83.80 83.80 71.06propy- -- -- -- -- -- 0.3leneglycol______________________________________
The aqueous preparations displayed in the table were clear and stable.
The following Table shows that the formulations can achieve a 5 log reduction in microbial populations for at least four washes after application and can achieve between a 3 and 4 log reduction in microbial population through 10 washes of the film with no additional film application.
TABLE IV______________________________________Sanitizing CapacityAverage Log Reduction in Microbial PopulationFormulation 0 2 4 6 10______________________________________ 7 6.0 5.8 5.8 6.3 4.4 8 5.9 >6.2 5.5 5.1 3.2 9 6.7 5.8 5.5 4.8 3.210 5.7 4.4 6.7 6.5 6.911 5.0 5.8 5.2 5.3 3.412 6.2 6.1 6.0 5.3 5.0S.S. Control 6.3 5.9 6.1 6.6 4.1______________________________________
The above data, showing effective sanitization of surfaces using the composition of the inventor, were developed using the following procedure:
This test is designed to determine the ability of a surface sanitizer formulation to give reduction of transient microbial contamination when used in sanitizing precleaned nonporous food contact and/or non-food contact surfaces. It is also intended to determine the formulations ability to leave a residual antimicrobial film.
a) Culture Media-Cultures are maintained following AOAC Methods, as specified in Sections 4.001-4.002 and 4.020 of the Official Methods of Analysis of AOAC, 14th Edition (1984).
Cultures are maintained on nutrient agar slants by monthly transfers, except Ps. aeruginosa which is carried on Cystine Trypticase agar, as specified in Section 4.001.
From the above stock cultures, tubes of AO AC nutrient broth are inoculated and incubated at 37° C.+1° C. Broth cultures are transferred daily with incubation at 37° C. Cultures used for these tests are incubated 18-24 hours at 37° C.
b) Subculture Media.- Use Tryptone Glucose Extract Agar.
c) Neutralizer blanks.-Prepare as described in AOAC Methods 4.020 (c), (d), or other appropriate neutralizer material should be employed.
d) Phosphate buffer dilution blanks.- Prepared as described in AO AC Methods 4.020 (e), (f).
(e) Test Organisms.
For a non-food contact hard surface sanitizer claim, product must be tested against Stapylococcus aureus (ATCC 6538) and Klebsiella pneumonia, aberrant, (ATCC 4352). Enterobacter aerogenes (ATCC 13048) may be substituted for K. pneumoniae. For a food contact hard surface sanitizer claim, product must be tested against Staphylococcus aureus (ATCC 6538) and Escherichia coli (ATCC 11229).
Determine resistance to phenol at least every 3 months by AOAC Method 4.001-4.005.
a) Glassware--Sterile Bactereiological Pipettes. Sterilize at 180° F. in hot air oven--2 hours.
b) Petri Dishes--Sterile--100×15 mm.
c) Cotton Swatches--Sterile--1"×1".
d) Forceps--Sterile.
From stock cultures inoculate tube of AOAC nutrient broth, AOAC 4.001 A, and make - 3 consecutive daily transfers (-30), incubating transfers 20-24 hours at 37° C.+1. Do not use transfer >30 days. If only 1 daily transfer has been missed, no special procedures are required; if 2 daily transfers are missed, repeat with 3 daily transfers.
Test surfaces may include, but are not limited to, the following glazed and unglazed ceramic, glass, PVC plastic, Formica, and stainless steel.
Test surfaces are precleaned 4" by 4" square tiles that are wiped with Isopropyl Alcohol just prior to applying the product to the surface. Product formulations are applied evenly to the entire square surface as per instructions. Tiles are allowed to air dry at room temperature.
Control surfaces containing all ingredients except the antimicrobials are also prepared as above, along with a control surface which has no surface treatment.
a. Treated surfaces, prepared as above, are inoculated with 1.0 ml of the organism being tested. Inoculum is prepared by adding 11 ml of an 18-24 hour culture, prepared as described in Step 1(a), to 99 ml of sterile buffered water and mixed well.
b. Inoculum is spread evenly over the entire surface using a sterile glass spreader.
c. Inoculated tiles are allowed to air dry 30 minutes at 37° C.
d. Initial inoculum is plated using Tryptone Glucose Extract Agar to verify a viable culture and to enumerate the surface inoculum level.
e. Surviving microorganisms are then recovered by swabbing the entire tile surface with a sterile 1" square cotton swatch which has been wetted with sterile buffered water, approximately 0.5 ml. Cotton swatches are handled aseptically using flamed forceps.
f. Swabbing of the surface is accomplished by wiping the cloth across the surface using a back and forth motion four times.
g. Transfer swatch immediately to a sterile tube containing 9.0 ml of appropriate neutralizing broth.
h. Vortex tubes for approximately 15 seconds and immediately prior to plating for another 5 seconds.
i. Plate samples, using serial 10-fold dilutions. to enumerate surviving organisms. Use Tryptone Glucose Extract Agar.
j. Incubate plates at 37° C. for 48 hours and enumerate.
a. Treated surfaces, prepared as above, are inoculated with 1.0 ml of the organism being tested. Inoculum is prepared by adding 11 ml of an 18-24 hour culture, prepared as described in Step 1(a), to 99 ml of sterile buffered water and mixed well.
b. Inoculum is spread evenly over the entire surface using a sterile glass spreader.
c. Inoculated tiles are allowed to air dry 30 minutes at 37° C.
d. Initial inoculum is plated using Tryptone Glucose Extract Agar to verify a viable culture and to enumerate the surface inoculum level.
e. Surviving microorganisms are then recovered by swabbing the entire tile surface with a sterile 1" square cotton swatch which has been wetted with sterile buffered water, approximately 0.5 ml. Cotton swatches are handled aseptically using flamed forceps.
f. Swabbing of the surface is accomplished by wiping the cloth across the surface using a back and forth motion four times.
g. Transfer swatch immediately to a sterile tube containing 9.0 ml of appropriate neutralizing broth.
h. Vortex tubes for approximately 15 seconds and immediately prior to plating for another 5 seconds.
i. Plate samples, using serial 10-fold dilutions to enumerate surviving organisms. Use Tryptone Glucose Extract Agar.
j. Incubate plates at 37° C. for 48 hours and enumerate.
k. Wash tiles using a 4"×4" Kay Dry towel which has been thoroughly wetted using 15.0 ml of the respective wash solution, either distilled/deionized water or a 0.15% solution of Triton X-100 w/v in deionized water.
l. Wash surfaces using approximately 1-2 lbs. of pressure in a back and forth motion twice covering the whole tile.
m. Blot surface dry using a Kim Wipe.
n. Inoclulate tiles, recover surviving organisms, and plate following above procedures a-j.
o. Repeat Steps k-n until the surface treatments prove to be ineffective in reducing bacterial contamination when compared to the proper control or until the product survives the number of washes necessary to meet product claims.
To be considered valid, results must meet standard effectiveness:
For a hard surface sanitizer claim for food contact surfaces, a 99.999% reduction in count of number of organisms when compared to the proper control numbers, is required.
For a hard surface sanitizer claim for non-food contact surfaces, a 99.9% reduction in count of number of organisms when compared to the proper control numbers, is required.
a) Neutralizer--Plate 1 ml from previously unopened tube.
b) Water--Plate 1 ml from each type of water used.
c) Media--Pour one plate from previously unopened bottle.
The above discussion examples and data provide a thorough understanding of the invention. However, since many embodiments of the sanitizer compositions of the invention can be made without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention, the invention resides in the claims hereinafter appended.
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GILMAN — In a farm field near the town of Gilman, MN, surrounded by huge snowdrifts and gaping onlookers, stands a 50-foot-tall snowman named Granddaddy.
Granddaddy is smiling. So too are the onlookers, who come from miles around to marvel at him.
That was the point of building Granddaddy, says Gilman farmer Greg Novak, taking the remnants of winter's dour doldrums and making something that gives people joy.
Gerald and Diane Harbarth were among the amused onlookers Sunday. They came more than 70 miles from Brownton to look upon the ginormous snowman.
The Harbarths learned about Granddaddy on a television news report. But craning their necks to view him in person was something else entirely.
"This is unreal," Gerald Harbarth said.
5 weeks, many hours
A towering tribute to perseverance and whimsy, Granddaddy was completed last week — the product of almost five weeks and hundreds of man-hours of labor.
His story began earlier this winter, when mounting snowpiles caused a roof collapse of one of the greenhouses in which Novak plants vegetables at his farm north of Gilman on Benton County Road 3.
Novak needed to move heaps of snow away from his other greenhouses to avert another roof collapse.
"As long as you're moving it, might as well do something practical with it," Novak said.
Novak had done something equally practical once before, in 1991. Then he built a progenitor to Granddaddy, who stood 29 feet high.
But many of Novak's young nieces and nephews never saw his original snow titan. The grower decided to build another one they could enjoy, but this time he would go even bigger.
Granddaddy's construction was no small task. Starting in late January Novak endured frequent weather-related setbacks, including snowstorms and frigid temperatures that delayed work. Other obstacles included moments of self-doubt and a few neighbors questioning his sanity.
But other neighbors gave encouragement, such as the one who said his children begged him to drive past Novak's farm each day to watch the progress. Friends and family pitched in to help with Granddaddy, or to do farm chores while Novak toiled away on him.
"When I start a job, I like to finish it," Novak said.
To move the sheer amount of snow needed for Granddaddy, Novak used skid loaders to pile snow into a wagon. He used a silage blower to blow snow into makeshift, fenced-in silos. That created the stacked cylinders — 45 feet wide at the base, each smaller than the one below it — of which Granddaddy is made.
A 61-foot auger, bent and made useless during a storm, was fashioned into Granddaddy's arms. A 55-gallon barrel became his bulbous blue nose. A 35-foot-tall broomstick was made so he could look, like his builder, ever-ready for a day's work.
All worth it
Novak pondered other names for Granddaddy. "El Grande" and "Mr. Snovak" were among the contenders. But Granddaddy seemed most fitting, since he stands guard over one of Benton County's century farms.
Granddaddy was conceived as something for Novak's friends and loved ones to relish. Now, aided by word of mouth and news reports, he's making the day of perfect strangers such as the Harbarths.
On Sunday, it was evident that the delight Granddaddy gives onlookers is starting to rub off on Novak.
"It puts a smile on people's faces," Novak said. "When people smile, you know you've done a good thing."


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Discover the city that originated around a Maasai waterhole. Book flights to Nairobi and explore the stunning natural environment and abundance of wildlife for which Kenya is so renowned. Go to the Karen Blixen Museum and sample fresh fruit in the colourful and covered City Market. Nairobi is a very green city with a lovely climate. Temperatures range between 20 and 24 degrees Celsius (68 and 76 F), making it an ideal destination all year round!
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A Twilight fan, who had been waiting to meet the films' stars at Comic-Con, was fatally struck by a car outside of the San Diego Convention. Although police have yet to confirm the woman's identity, they said she was in her 40s and was bleeding from the head when she was transported to the hospital. She was later pronounced dead. Fans who had been camping out near the convention center said that the woman had been camping with them since Sunday. One member of the group said, "One of the best parts of this fandom is the way we all come together. It's a huge family."


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When I, through sheer exertion of will, lift this moribund pile of musky flab out of the desk chair to which it transhumanistically is trying to absorb, put on my sweatbands and take myself out for a wheezing, gasping "jog", RunKeeper is my preferred app for tracking the whole ordeal.
The free app is already pretty great. It uses your iPhone's GPS sensors to track your running speed, distance and route; additionally, it allows you to program different run templates, calculate calories burned and share your favorite runs with other users.
But today's update makes RunKeeper even better, with a host of new features that widen the distance between all the other jog-tracking apps out there.
The first (and, in my opinion, best) new addition to RunKeeper is auto-pause. On my runs, I have RunKeeper programmed to tell me to run for, say, five minutes, then walk for two, then repeat. If I smack into a red stoplight in the middle of my run, or collapse to the ground weeping, or stop for a moment to mash a Butterfinger brand energy bar into my mouth, RunKeeper continues to count down the run timer. No longer! Now, the app will detect through its GPS radio that I've stopped, and pause the counter accordingly.
The other new functionality takes advantage of those wireless heart rate monitors that are all the rage with joggers these days. RunKeeper already supported these devices, but now the app displays the heart rate data in real-time, as well as supporting targeted heart zone training. Useful if, like me, you like to keep your heart rate needle just south of the "Cardiac Explosion" side of the spectrum.
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Absolute screamer! Cristian Ledesma bags first goal for River Plate in his 111th game [Video]
35 year old Cristian Ledesma has spent 7 years at River Plate, during three different stints.
In his 111th game for River, the veteran midfielder finally scored his first goal for the club as they clinched the title on the final day.
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Lebron James' USA Basketball Career Likely Over? 'He's Done Enough'
Lebron James will likely not be returning to play for team USA basketball because of his age and all he has already accomplished representing the country.
James will not be playing the 2014 world championships in Spain, and would be doubtful to play in 2016 Olympics in Brazil, according to reports.
"LeBron is going to be three years older during the next Olympics. He will have two older boys. He has a lot to endure with his family," a source told Yahoo! Sports. "He played in three Olympics. Everyone that knows LeBron knows it's always based on a decision at that moment. But if the moment was today, the answer would be no."
James already has two gold medals and a bronze with the U.S. team, so is not much more for him to accomplish.
"The only way I could see him playing in the Olympics is if his country really, really needed him to play," the source said. "But hasn't he done enough?"
The 28-year-old played in 99 games if you include the NBA Finals, and that is not including the games he played in the summer for the 2012 Olympics.
Other players that will probably be finished with their Olympic playing days are Chris Paul, Dwyane Wade, and Kobe Bryant. The next generation of faces are Kevin Durant, Russell Westbrook, Kyrie Irving, and James Harden.
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A series of major events held at Imperial War Museum (IWM) Duxford this year will excite the aviation community.
Each year the museum runs a series of fly in bonus days and event aviation days that allow general aviation pilots who fly in on those days to enjoy half-price landing fees and discounted admission to the museum.
The safety day and aircraft owners and pilots (AOPA) day, both held in the AirSpace exhibition, will allow visitors to converse with aviation experts, listen to presentations and discuss points of interest.
This year's fly-in bonus days will be a Bulldog and Pup day, a LAA and RSA day, a Vans RV and Pilot Magazine day and a British Women Pilots' Association (BWPA) Day.
The safety day, on April 13 and from 10.30am to 4.30pm, will have a number
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The Bulldog and Pup bonus day is on May 11 for owners of Pup, Bulldog, Auster or Miles aircraft.
Landing is half price and museum entry discounted.
The Light Aircraft Association (LAA) and Federation Reseau du Sport de 'Air (RSA) bonus day is on June 8, a special day for members of the LAA and French counterpart RSA.
Other bonus days are on July 20 (Vans RV and Pilot Magazine), August 17 (BWPA), and September 14 (AOPA).
Book your landing slot by calling 01233 833376.
Until March 15, IWM Duxford is open from 10am to 4pm daily, then until 6pm until October 26. Tickets cost £17.50 for adults, £14 for concessions, £12.25 for disabled people and students, and under 16s go free.
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I purchased a Pfaff Grand Quilter and Imperial Frame in Dec last year, and have had an absolutely brutal time getting it going. Putting the frame together was a nightmare. Had missing parts, took weeks and weeks to get everything in. OK, so now it's all together and I'm practicing away. Have done practice quilts and exactly ONE quilt.
Went back to the dealer for a training session on how to load the quilts in the frame and it was useless - they didn't end up wanting to actually unload what they had on the frame (a sample for playing with the qbot) and just talked through the process. The dealer is an hour away, I wasn't happy with this waste of my time.
Ordered leader cloths, they've never come in, and they keep promising. I gave up on that.
Tackled it again this weekend, put another practice piece together and got into a nice rhythm and ready to try it out on quilt #2 - a cuddle quilt. As soon as it goes onto this quilt, the stitches go horrid, the frame won't move on the fabric, and needles are breaking.
Got some titanium needles, and break these too! The darning plate is bowed and won't stay in place.
Made an appointment with the dealer this morning to take the Pfaff back for a checkup. Confirmed hours. Get off work early, drive an hour, arrive at his shop an hour before they're supposed to close ... and they are CLOSED.
So I'm really really grumpy. I figure they can make a house call now. Sure looking forward to that conversation with them tomorrow morning ... or with Pfaff if the dealer isn't seriously offering substantial recognition of wasting my time.
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More than 70 percent of firefighters in the United States volunteer their time. And most volunteer fire departments rely on fundraiser's to stay in business.
The Star City Volunteer Fire Department is no different than any other. It operates solely on proceeds from fundraiser's it holds.
The Star City VFD is teamed up with a former police officer who buys people's gold to turn into cash for volunteer fire departments.
"These are usually how volunteer fire departments support themselves with fundraiser's," said Tony Amtower, a Duty Crew Officer and EMT at the Star City Volunteer Fire Department. "The community will come in and help us out. A lot of fire departments don't get much so we have to do fundraiser's to be able to support ourselves... To pay bills, buy new equipment, things like that."
The Star City Volunteer Fire Department brought in a Cash for Gold expert and former police officer to help with a fundraiser the weekend of December 28. R. Lee Goughnour works exclusively with fire departments in the surrounding area helping them raise money with Cash for Gold.
"I remember being at an accident scene by myself not being able to do everything that needed to be done and hearing the guys coming off in the distance," said Goughnour. "I was getting paid and they weren't and I wanted to help out in some way. And now this gives me an opportunity to help."
The kind of jewelry that Goughnour looks for are scrap gold and silver, broken chains, missing earring and watches.
The volunteer fire department will get 20 percent of the proceeds. They said they are going to use the money to get much needed new equipment. Bunker jackets, pants, boots and helmets are just a few of the necessities the fire department needs to replace.
"That's some of the stuff that helps us when we're inside of the fires. We call it our personal protective equipment," said Amtower. "It keeps the majority of the heat off. It is not fire proof but resists enough just for us to go in to either put the fire out rescue somebody out of a building anything like that."
They also say they will use some of the proceeds for new equipment for the trucks.
The fundraiser is at the Star City Volunteer Fire Department Friday, December 28 to December 30 from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m.
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Much in the way NBC is having The Voice winner Cassadee Pope perform on their New Year's Eve special this year, Fox has also decided to tap the talent and recent popularity of their own singing competition winner. The network announced this week that Tate Stevens will perform on New Year's Eve Live!, which is set to air this Monday night.
Country singer Tate Stevens took the grand prize in the second season of The X Factor, and it looks like Fox has plans to make even more use of the singer's talent, as they've added him to the roster of the New Year's Eve Live! special set to air Monday, December 31 at 11:00 p.m.. Stevens joins the previously announced performers Lifehouse and Carmen Electra.
Fox's countdown to the new year will include more than one winner this year, as Stevens isn't the only reality show contestant performing on the special, which is hosted by Carson Daly. Fox also has American Idol winner Phillip Phillips lined up to perform, which should be a nice bit of promotion for the upcoming season of the returning winter singing competition. Between Lifehouse, Electra, Phillips and Stevens, it looks like Fox's line-up is shaping up to be pretty well rounded in terms of music style. And those who were fans of Stevens during the recent season of The X Factor will likely appreciate the opportunity to see him perform at a major venue like this. And it's certainly not a bad way for Stevens to ring in the new year, either.
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Mark DEPRECATED.
This project was renamed to nagios for over a year ago and we have
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For those who have not heard, NetSaint is being renamed to Nagios.
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More than 100 devotees of British writer J.K. Rowling's series about a young wizard sat and stood for an hour Wednesday listening to Gili Bar-Hillel discuss the process of translating the six Harry Potter books, hoping for a hint about the upcoming seventh and last book.
"It's ridiculous, this is something that never happens to translators," Bar-Hillel said after speaking at the Jerusalem International Book Fair. "The attention I've received is because I'm translating Harry Potter. It's Harry, not me."
The six Harry Potter books have been translated into 64 languages and are such a huge hit that even their translators get a slice of the fame.
Fans crowded Bar-Hillel for handshakes, hugs, pictures and autographs. One even had Bar-Hillel sign his well-worn copy of "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince," even though it was in English.
Yuval Avrami, a 17-year-old in a Harry Potter scarf that his aunt made for him, said he had to come to hear Bar-Hillel speak because he's read all the books in English and Hebrew. The fifth book, he said, was even better in Hebrew.
"I grew up with Harry," Avrami said. "When I was 7, he was 11 and we just grew up together."
The book fair teased fans by hinting that Bar-Hillel might give some educated guesses on the content of the seventh book, but she wasn't talking.
"I know one single shard of information, but I'm not allowed to reveal it," Bar-Hillel said. "And I don't like to make speculations."
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Thanks Tex!!
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I'm glad so, Ank!! And I'm glad that there's water in the lakes, they don't look pretty without - at least ours doesn't!! Thanks so very much!!
Very beautiful. I like the colors. And I like your answer to Ardy. It gave me a big laugh. Lets be glad there is water in the lakes. lol
But they do, Ardy. The surroundings might differ, but it's water anyway what's in it!! Thanks so very much!
Thanks so very much Varda!!
Really nice colors, Hanne.
Isn't it interesting that lakes there and lakes here look a lot alike? And all are beautiful. Thanks, Hanne.
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BURROW, TEXAS. Burrow is near State Highway 66 fifteen miles southwest of Greenville in extreme west central Hunt County. The settlement, established in 1886 as a stop on the Missouri, Kansas and Texas line (which began building into the area in 1880), was named for W. T. Burrow, a local landowner. By 1899 a post office had opened there; it served the community until 1923. In 1915 Burrow reported a population of sixty and had a church and a school. By the mid-1920s it reported a population of forty and three businesses. Burrow's population was reported as seventy-five from the mid-1940s through the mid-1960s, after which no population figures were available for the town.
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The American Cancer Society Relay For Life of Clarke County will be held next year at Cedar Shoals High School in southeastern Clarke County. The relay will take place May 12 and 13.
For the past three years, the fundraiser has been held at Southeast Clarke Park located on Lexington Highway.
The move to a smaller track comes as the Oconee County relay split from the Clarke County relay, according to Julie Cheney, community manager for the American Cancer Society.
The Relay For Life is the American Cancer Society's nationwide signature fundraiser.
St. Mary's stroke forum set Saturday
St. Mary's Health Care System will host a Community Stroke Forum from 10 a.m. to noon Saturday in the Atrium Lobby at the hospital, 1230 Baxter St..
The forum will provide information about stroke symptoms, prevention and treatment.
The keynote speaker will be H. McCord Smith, M.D., a neurologist with Athens Neurological Associates and medical director of St. Mary's Center for Rehabilitative Medicine.
Smith will be joined for a question-and-answer session by a panel of experts. The panel discussion will be followed by health screenings, exhibits and time for participants to talk with experts and exhibitors one-on-one.
For more information about the forum, call St. Mary's Rehabilitation Services at (706) 389-2900, or visit www.stmarysathens.org.
Athens rector picked for top church post
The rector of St. Stephen's Anglican Catholic Church, the Most Rev. Mark David Haverland, recently was elected metropolitan archbishop of the Original Province of the Anglican Catholic Church, which covers 200 parishes in eight countries.
Haverland, who has been the rector at St. Stephen's since the church was founded in November 1982, will continue to serve in that capacity until a successor can be chosen.
The election took place Oct. 26 during the meeting of the church's Council of Bishops at the XVI Provincial Synod in Grand Rapids, Mich.
A native of Youngstown, Ohio, Haverland received a political science degree from Kenyon College in 1978, a master's in theology from Duquesne University in 1981 and a doctorate in religion from Duke University in 1989.
9 doctoral students receive scholarships
Nine doctoral students at the University of Georgia were awarded scholarships from the Atlanta chapter of the Achievement Rewards for College Scientists Foundation to continue their studies in the biomedical and health sciences.
UGA recipients of the award are selected through the UGA Biomedical and Health Sciences Institute and receive scholarships equaling up to $3,000 per semester until the completion of their doctoral degrees.
Winning scholarships from UGA were Christopher Black, kinesiology; Matthew Bonds, ecology; Pamela Bonner, microbiology; Sarah Whitehead Finch, genetics; Alex Harris, clinical and experimental therapeutics; Edward Mahoney, kinesiology; Karen Stirrett, genetics; Richard Suplita, psychology; and Rebecca Tomlinson, genetics.
Church to host Nativity exhibit
Emmanuel Episcopal Church will host its 3rd Annual Nativity Festival Saturday and next Sunday, featuring Nativity scenes from around the world.
The exhibit will include up to 125 Nativity scenes old and new, made of precious metal or papier mache, damaged or pristine, large or small, traditional or contemporary.
The festival will be open 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. next Sunday.
For more information, call Harry Yates at (706) 548-5954.
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Your darkness was clear as you came into sight
As you circumstantially sucked air from the room,
Still, I nurtured my faith with hope for some light
As I denied the truth of your doom;
Then you consumed my soul, with such sinister bites
As each nibble cloaked behind you tender kiss,
Led to the collection of all those countless nights
As I laid empty beneath you captivated by bliss;
Now alone and aged, left with these voids to tally
As they reveal I have nothing left to conceal,
I understand and confess how my spirit betrayed me
As it was my choice after all… to be your meal.
Darkness will devour us with gluttonous ease and little trial,
When we discount reality... and the consequence of denial.
Written: 03/26/2013 for Sinister Contest