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What do high-profile investors Jim Cramer, George Soros and T. Boone Pickens have in common? They are all bullish on natural gas playing a larger role in meeting energy needs over the coming years. Solar and wind power may eventually emerge as the face of renewable energy but natural gas can be the bridge until these alternative energy sources are fully viable.
Why natural gas now? The old chestnut is that it is cleaner than the other fossil fuels. It generates 30 per cent less carbon dioxide than oil and 40 per cent less than coal, says Mr. Cramer. And, of course, it can be brought on stream quickly compared to wind, solar, and even nuclear, power.
The new chestnut is that innovations in extraction technologies, notably hydraulic fracturing and horizontal drilling, have made many more deposits of natural gas accessible. Along with ongoing expansion in the transportation infrastructure for liquefied natural gas, this has resulted in a much more abundant and cheaper fuel source.
Indeed, estimates of U.S. gas reserves have skyrocketed because of the new drilling methods. Energy experts on the Potential Gas Committee declared in June, 2009, that recoverable U.S. gas reserves stood at 2,000 trillion cubic feet in 2008, a record jump of 34 per cent. "That's enough natural gas to power [the U.S.]through the 21st century," said Mr. Pickens - formerly an advocate of wind power.
A more recent report (in February) by J.P. Morgan Securities Inc. concludes North America has 8,000 trillion cubic feet, four times more than the committee's calculation. If the committee's estimate meant U.S. needs were met for a century, then J.P Morgan's estimate implies U.S. needs are covered for several centuries.
With natural gas so plentiful and inexpensive, Mr. Cramer and Mr. Pickens also see it as the solution to the age-old problem of weaning the U.S. off its dependence on foreign oil. Moreover, say the two, if the U.S. were to ramp up drilling, building of pipelines and conversion of power plants and vehicles to natural gas, it would be a major generator of the jobs so desperately needed at this time.
Obama's 'game-changing' speech
In early June, natural gas prices and stocks got a lift off their depressed levels when U.S. President Barack Obama made a Pittsburgh speech in which he declared: "the time has come … to fully embrace a clean energy future …. [it]means tapping into our natural gas reserves …." The market took such comments as evidence of the President's intention to work toward the passage of legislation favourable to natural gas.
One such bill now on Capital Hill is the Natural Gas Act, which contains a number of credits and subsidies to encourage the use of natural gas. Specifically, it seeks to promote the conversion of vehicles to natural gas, expansion in the number of refilling stations and development of natural gas technologies.
Mr. Soros has some bets on vehicles using more natural gas. The Soros Management Fund reported recently that it has a stake of nearly 5 per cent in Vancouver-based Westport which has patented technology to convert diesel truck engines to natural gas (and is working on developing natural gas engines for trucks).
Mr. Obama's "game-changing" speech (as Mr. Cramer called it) also conveyed a commitment to rounding up enough votes to enact the American Clean Energy and Security Act with its "cap-and-trade" provisions. It won't be easy, but if the President succeeds, then "putting a price on carbon pollution" could generate a noteworthy incentive for energy users to shift to natural gas.
Investment opportunities
A May, 2010, report prepared by National Bank Financial analysts Angelo Katsoras and Pierre Fournier, "Investing in the Natural Gas Revolution," outlines investment opportunities expected to arise from the shift toward greater consumption of natural gas. They include:
•large, deep-pocketed oil companies replenishing their reserves with natural gas, notably Shell (66-per-cent gas) and Exxon Mobil (49-per-cent gas)
•independents with large reserves of unconventional gas, two pure plays being Oklahoma City-based Chesapeake and Calgary-based Encana
•equipment and service providers focused on locating and extracting unconventional gas, such as Houston-based Schlumberger and Baker-Hughes Inc.
Of the various investment opportunities, perhaps Encana deserves special attention.
After hiving off its oil assets into a separate company in 2009, it is now focused on unconventional natural gas - with exposure to the shale gas fields of Horn River and Montney in British Columbia, Haynesville in Louisiana, and Barnett in Texas. Its reserves are pegged at nearly 20 trillion cubic feet, among the highest of the North American independents with shale gas assets.
This makes Encana "another potentially juicy morsel for a greedy major," writes Derek Brower in the February issue of the Petroleum Economist magazine. Following Exxon Mobil's $41-billion (U.S.) acquisition of shale gas player XTO Energy Inc. in December, Mr. Brower sees a wave of consolidation hitting the continent's shale gas sector, with Encana being one of prize catches thanks to its status as one of the few large, pure plays.
Encana's chief executive officer, Randy Eresman, sees it differently. The splitting off of the oil assets has boosted the market valuation of Encana's gas assets, making it much more expensive for an acquirer to submit a bid.
What Mr. Eresman sees ahead for Encana is a lot of growth. First, there is the prospect of jumps in demand resulting from governments introducing programs promoting natural gas (as mentioned above). Second, with new drilling technologies lowering costs and enlarging reserves, there is the potential for increased North American exports of natural gas.
Third, with the current market price for natural gas so low, Mr. Eresman anticipates some rivals will be forced out of the industry, leaving behind customers for the lower cost producers. Encana is not only one of the lower-cost firms but is pursuing a strategy of becoming the lowest cost producer (Mr. Eresman rose to the CEO position thanks, in part, to his skill in deploying capital and technology to extend the life of wells).
Fourth, Encana intends not only to maintain the 10-per-cent annual growth rate in its unconventional natural gas operations but to increase sales by another 4 to 5 per cent per year. Some analysts have misgivings about this gambit when supply is already ample and prices are low.
But Mr. Eresman hopes to fill some of the void left behind by departing producers. Moreover, Encana has hedged much of its future production above the spot price. About 60 per cent is hedged at $6 (U.S.) per thousand cubic feet (mcf) in 2010. In 2011, a good portion is hedged at $6.50 mcf.
In short, even if favourable policy changes fail to appear and prices remain low, Encana may be able to deliver by growing sales and earnings through volume increases. Should higher natural gas prices occur, they would be gravy on top of the volume strategy. Lastly, in addition to the potential for capital gains, there is the dividend paying close to 2.5 per cent.
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Two new, fresh TV spots for Marvel's upcoming "Captain America: The First Avenger" featuring some nice new footage from the movie (as captured online for your viewing pleasure by the lads over at TheMovieBox). I still can't get over how small Evans looks in his pre-Captain America scenes. I get this bad feeling they overdid it just a tad. That scene with him sitting in the car with Hayley Atwell? He looks like her child, fer Christ. Was comic book Steve Rogers THAT puny? The rest of it, though, looks ridiculously cool.
"Captain America: The First Avenger" will focus on the early days of the Marvel Universe when Steve Rogers (Chris Evans) volunteers to participate in an experimental program that turns him into the Super Soldier known as Captain America. As Captain America, Rogers joins forces with Bucky Barnes (Sebastian Stan) and Peggy Carter (Hayley Atwell) to wage war on the evil HYDRA organization, led by the villainous Red Skull (Hugo Weaving.)
Starring Chris Evans, Hugo Weaving, Stanley Tucci, Tommy Lee Jones, Hayley Atwell, Richard Armitage, Sebastian Stan, Dominic Cooper, Natalie Dormer, Neal McDonough, Toby Jones, JJ Feild and directed by Joe Johnston.
Go into battle July 22, 2011.
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Opinion Today Could Have Been Palestine's 65th Birthday
The State of Palestine could have been 65 years old today if the UN partition plan of 1947 had been accepted by the Arab world. A just and lasting peace between two sovereign states is still prejudiced by the false narrative that Palestinians were the only refugees created in 1947.
Today, the Palestinian Authority is seeking Observer Status at the UN General Assembly with a view to securing a UN General Assembly vote later in the day....
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|10 May 1977
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|28 Apr 1975
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|28 Apr 1975
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|Robert E. Miller, Bruce W. Brockett
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|Ncr Corporation
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|Patent Citations (4), Referenced by (16), Classifications (7), Legal Events (2)
|External Links: USPTO, USPTO Assignment, Espacenet
1. Field of the Invention
This invention relates to sensitized record sheet material useful in developing dark-colored marks on contact with colorless ink solutions of chromogenic dye-precursor materials. Such sheet material generally includes an acidic material in the form of a coating on at least one sheet surface. The coating of acidic material serves as a receiving surface for colorless, liquid, solutions of chromogenic compounds which react, on contact, to produce the dark-colored marks.
Acidic materials for use in these record sheet materials have, in the past, included acid or active clay compounds and phenolic resin materials. This invention relates to improved record sheet materials in which neither active clay nor phenolic resin are used.
This invention more particularly relates to the record sheet material coating and to the coating composition. This invention particularly pertains to effective coating compositions used in reduced amounts, without active clay components, and to such coating compositions having an aqueous vehicle at a pH above neutral.
Still more particularly, this invention relates to such coatings from a formulation which includes an aqueous, basic, dispersion of a hydroxy-substituted aromatic carboxylic acid derivative and a Group II metal oxide, carbonate, or phosphate.
This invention, even more specifically, pertains to aqueous, basic, coating formulations, without active clay components, wherein ammonium hydroxide is used to maintain a basic pH, wherein the carboxylic acid derivative is substituted salicylic acid and wherein the metal is zinc. This invention also relates to a record sheet material made using this coating formulation and to the process for making it.
2. Description of the Prior Art
Sensitized record sheet materials are generally known in the prior art. U.S. Pat. No. 3,723,156, issued Mar. 27, 1973, discloses a sensitized record sheet for use with chromogenic compounds wherein the record sheet coating includes an oil-soluble metal salt and an oil-soluble phenolic resin. In the sheet of that patent, there is disclosed to be a synergism which results from combination of the metal salt and the phenolic resin. A metal salt disclosed therein, to give some degree of color development, is zinc salicylate.
U.S. Pat. No. 3,767,449, issued Oct. 23, 1973, discloses a sensitized record sheet such as zinc oxide and a carboxylic acid-aldehyde polymer material. Salicylic acid is disclosed to be an eligible carboxylic acid and there is said to be a synergism between the components. The coating is applied from organic solvent systems and in large amounts to yield heavy coatings.
Japanese Disclosure No. Sho 48-51712, dated July 20, 1973, discloses a sensitized sheet wherein the coated components are salicylic acid derivatives combined with zinc or other metal oxide and coated from an aqueous system. The coating weight is high and there is specific teaching that the pH of the coating system must be less than 7.0.
U.S. Pat. No. 3,843,383, issued Oct. 22, 1974, discloses a color developing sheet using an active clay and an aromatic carboxylic acid or alkali metal salt thereof. The sheet of that patent is required to have an active clay which serves as the color developing material and is required to have an aromatic carboxylic acid which apparently serves to stabilize the color, once developed.
For reasons of economy and product acceptability, it has long been an aim, in the manufacture of receiving sheets, to use a minimum amount of coating material and yet develop the darkest possible mark on ink reaction.
Also important among desirable receiving sheet qualities is stability to contact with the environment, both before and after marking. Before marking with chromogenic ink, the receiving sheet coating should maintain its color developing capacity without being desensitized or discolored by reaction or contact with the ambient atmosphere and light radiation. After marking with chromogenic ink, the reacted portions of receiving sheet coating should be such as to prevent color fade or shift in hue, insofar as is possible. Such stability of marks is aided by using stable coating components relatively unaffected by outside influences, once reacted with a chromogenic material.
It is highly desirable that the dark-colored reaction product should form quickly after contact between the coating and the chromogenic material. The quick formation of colored reaction product is seen as speed of print development when used in the sensitized receiving sheet arts; and speed of print development is increased by using coating components of increased reactivity. Care must be exercised not to lose stability in using more reactive components.
In manufacturing the receiving sheets, economical operation requires application of the coating composition from an aqueous medium without organic solvents. A coating composition which must include organic solvents is a coating composition expensive to apply and cumbersome to dry. Moreover, in preparing the receiving sheets, it is desirable to utilize alkaline coating conditions for several reasons. Most coatings with inactive clay fillers are alkaline and alkaline coating conditions facilitate the use of, and compatability with, such inactive fillers. Alkaline coating conditions are also believed to improve the stability of the paper and the coating and to improve the adhesion of the coating to the paper.
It is an object of this invention to provide a coated, color-developing, receiving sheet of improved quality and of high density color in developed marks using decreased amounts of coating material and without using active clay materials.
It is an additional object of this invention to provide a coated, color-developing, receiving sheet of improved stability and rapid speed of print development.
It is an additional object of this invention to provide a coating composition useful in manufacturing coated, color-developing, receiving sheets which composition is aqueous and does not use active clay or organic solvents or vehicles.
The coating composition of this invention is specific in several aspects. In those aspects which are disclosed to be critical, there is very little margin for modification. There is a synergism of response amongst the several critical elements; and, to alter one element, alters the synergistic effect. The system, disclosed, represents a combination of several critical aspects to yield a community of properties improved over the prior art.
Development of the present invention commenced from a requirement to prepare improved record sheet receiving material using less active coating material than was previously used and using only an aqueous vehicle for the coating composition. The coating composition which was found and which is disclosed herein satisfies the initial requirements and comprises, as active materials, a hydroxy-substituted aromatic carboxylic acid derivative and a zinc compound. Moreover, the aqueous vehicle must have a controlled and maintained pH above about 7.5 and below about 10.0, preferably, between about 8.0 and 9.8. It is not understood what reaction, if any, occurs between the active material components at the required pH. Ammonium hydroxide is used to control and maintain the pH. Of course, ammonia gas is equivalent to ammonium hydroxide in pH control of the coating composition.
The hydroxy-substituted aromatic carboxylic acid is a salicylic acid derivative and is generally, additionally, substituted by relatively bulky moieties such as aryl, isopropyl, sec- and tert-butyl, sec- and tert-amyl, and the like. Substitution at the 3,5 positions is preferred, and preferred compounds are 3,5-diisopropyl salicylic acid, 3,5-di-tert-butylsalicylic acid, and 3-tert-butyl-5-methyl salicylic acid. The 3,5-di-tert-butylsalicylic acid is most preferred.
The zinc compound is an oxide, carbonate, phosphate, or phenolsulfonate.
The composition used in coating the record sheets of this invention is prepared, for example, by dispersing the salicylic acid derivative and the zinc compound in water, in finely-divided form, until both materials are completely wetted and then adding ammonium hydroxide. If desired or required in any particular case, a dispersing agent can be added to the system to facilitate the particle wetting step. For preparation of the composition, the amount of water present at the time of ammonium hydroxide addition is unimportant.
Adhesives, binders, pigments, fillers and whatever other additional materials are desired or required can then be added to the system. Any additional materials can be added to achieve any incidental effect in the sensitized record sheets. It is only required that the additional materials be substantially inert with respect to reaction with the color-developing components and that the additional materials do not render the system pH difficult to control. Such additional materials are termed inactive materials and are separate and distinct from active materials and play no part in color developing reactions. Except with regard to the above requirements, the kind and amount of additional material is not critical. Adhesives or binders such as soluble starch, poly(vinyl alcohol), or latex can be used; and pigments such as calcium carbonates, inactive clay or titanium dioxide can be added for tinting or opacification. Other additional materials might include defoaming agents, viscosity modifiers, lubricants, preservatives, and the like.
The dispersion of salicylic acid derivatives, zinc compound, ammonium pH-adjusting compound, and whatever additional materials is coated onto a substrate sheet or the dispersion is combined into or with the sheet during sheet manufacture. The concentrations of solid materials in the dispersion is not critical and is unimportant except insofar as a high solids concentration might cause an excessive viscosity. The dispersion can be applied to already made substrate sheets by means of a coating device such as a wire-wound rod, an air knife, trailing blade, or a flexographic press. For such a coating application, the dispersion is generally about 15 to 60 weight percent solids with about 2.5 to 20 weight percent of the solids being active materials; -- salicylic acid derivative and zinc compound materials. The dispersion can also be applied to a moving web of paper either on a paper making machine or not. Such an application can be made, for example, at the size press or on the wire of a paper making machine; and the dispersion, for that application, is generally about 35 to 50 weight percent solids with about 2.5 to 20 weight percent of the solids being active materials; -- generally about 1-6 percent of the active materials being salicylic acid derivative. If the application is made, for example, at the head box of a paper making machine, percentage of solid materials is completely unimportant so long as the salicylic acid derivative and the metal oxide have been previously, properly, combined in the presence of the ammonium pH-adjusting material.
In the past, organic acid derivative color developers have been used in amounts of at least 0.6 to 1.3 grams per square meter of coating. A remarkable benefit of the coating composition of this invention is that maximum marking qualities result from a low coating weight. Coating weights of salicylic acid derivative as low as about 0.10 to 0.40 gram per square meter provide a completely acceptable sheet. The quality of the sheet, in regard to marking, is slightly improved by increased coating amounts; -- a most preferred range for coat weight of salicylic acid derivative used herein being about 0.15 to about 0.30 gram per square meter. Above about 0.4 gram per square meter, there is slight improvement with increased coat weight.
Active material coat weight considerations must always include evaluation of the relative amounts of salicylic acid derivative and zinc compound. In all cases, and regardless of the point or method of coating application, the salicylic acid derivative and zinc compound materials are present in a weight ratio of about 1:1 to 1:6 and, preferably, about 1:2 to 1:4, respectively.
All designations of percent, which follow, refer to percent, by weight, unless specified otherwise.
The coated substrate is dried and calendered, if such is desired, and is then ready for use as the record sheet of this invention. The sensitized record sheet can be used in conjunction with sheets coated on one side by microcapsules containing a liquid solution of chromogenic material, or, after the calendering step, the sensitized record sheet itself can be coated, on the same or another surface, by such microcapsules. Of course, the sensitized record sheet can also be marked directly by a colorable ink comprising chromogenic materials.
Chromogenic compounds which are eligible for use with the sensitized record sheet, herein, are well-known and include, generally, phthalides, fluorans, leucauramines, acyl auramines, and the like; -- a listing of exemplary chromogenic compounds being presented in U.S. Pat. No. 3,672,935.
All ratios, compositional parts, or percent composition figures herein are parts, by weight, or weight percents, unless otherwise indicated.
In this example, a coating composition is prepared for use in manufacturing the sensitized record sheet of this invention. The active components are 3,5-di-tert-butylsalicylic acid, zinc oxide and ammonium hydroxide.
As a first step, the active materials, that is, the salicylic acid derivative, the zinc compound and the ammonium hydroxide, are combined. The composition is then completed by adding whatever fillers, inactive pigments, and binders are required or desired.
About 10 parts of salicylic acid derivative -- in this Example, 3,5-di-t-butylsalicylic acid -- and about 30 parts of zinc compound -- in this Example zinc oxide -- are dispersed together in about 210 parts of water. A few parts of a dispersing agent can be used, if desired. About 16 parts of aqueous ammonium hydroxide solution (28-30 weight percent NH3) is added to the combination with agitation. For best results, the system is permitted to stand for about 16 hours.
About 70 parts of that dispersion is added to about 210 parts of 35 percent inactive kaolin clay in water and thoroughly mixed. To that mixture is added 100 parts of 10 percent, aqueous, cooked starch binder and 12 parts of 50 percent, aqueous, styrene-butadiene latex binder. The clay, the starch, and the latex are inactive materials and do not serve functional purposes insofar as the record sheet sensitivity is concerned. The clay is used as a filler material and the starch and latex are binder materials. The amount of any of those components is not critical and can be varied to a large extent. The filler materials are used as a matter of coating convenience and an improved and operable sheet is made if those materials are omitted altogether.
In the first step, after addition of the ammonium hydroxide, the pH of the dispersion is above 8.0. After the inactive clay and all of the other, additional, materials are combined, the pH is about 9.6.
For testing purposes, the formulation is coated onto sheets to achieve a dry coating weight of about 7.5 grams per square meter.
When a sheet is made with only binders and active material and without inactive clay and other inactive filler pigments, the coating weight is only about 2.3 grams per square meter.
Here will be described a capsule-coated transfer sheet for use in testing the receiving sheets prepared in examples which follow. The capsules contain a liquid solution of chromogenic material and are prepared, as follows: An aqueous emulsion having oil droplets of 2 to 3 microns diameter is prepared by mixing the following materials at 55� centigrade. (All water used herein is deionized water.)
200 grams of the selected capsule contents
200 grams of 10 percent aqueous gelatin solution
50 grams of water
With continual stirring and maintenance of the temperature at 55� centigrade, the pH of the stirred emulsion is adjusted to 6.5, and the emulsion is treated with 133 grams of 10 percent aqueous gum arabic solution and then diluted with 700 grams of water.
The stirred mixture is then treated with 12 grams of 5 percent aqueous poly(methylvinylether-co-maleic anhydride) solution, added dropwise. About 15 milliliters of 14 percent acetic acid are added to adjust the pH to about 4.5. With continued stirring, the mixture is cooled to about 15� centigrade, treated with 10 milliliters of 25 percent aqueous glutaraldehyde and allowed to stir at room temperature for about 48 hours. An aqueous slurry of the capsules is made up having the following composition:
______________________________________ Parts (Wet) (Dry)______________________________________Capsules 485 100Arrowroot starch granules 24 24Cooked cornstarch 50 10Water 41 --______________________________________
Paper sheets are coated with the above slurry with a No. 15 Mayer rod to give a dried coating weight of about 4.5 grams per square meter.
For this Example 1(a) transfer sheet, the capsule contents include a solution mixture of substantially water insoluble liquids dissolving a mixture of four chromogenic materials. The liquids are about 60 percent of ethyl diphenyl methane, 30 percent of a saturated hydrocarbon oil with a distillation range of about 190�-250� centigrade, and 10 percent of heptyl undecyl phthalate. The chromogenic materials are dissolved in the liquid in total amount of about 3.3 percent of the liquid. The chromogenic materials are about 1.70 percent of crystal violet lactone, 0.50 percent of benzoyl leuco methylene blue, 0.55 percent of 2'-anilino-6'-diethylamino-3'-methyl fluoran, and 0.55 percent of 3,3-bis(1-ethyl-2-methylindol-3-yl)phthalide.
The dried capsule coating is made to be about 3.0-3.7 grams per square meter.
The formulations of the following Examples are tested against the transfer sheets of Example 1(a). A capsule coated sheet surface is placed against a receiving sheet surface from the examples and the capsule coated sheet is struck in an image pattern using an electric typewriter. The capsules are ruptured and a colored image is formed where the released chromogenic materials contact the receiving sheet coating. The resulting pattern images are tested for print intensity by use of a reflectance spectrophotometer (opacimeter). Typewriter intensity indexes are reported here for the receiving sheets described in Examples 1-6. A typewriter intensity index (TI) of 100 indicates no detectable print and the lower numbers indicate more intense prints, showing greater contrast with the background. Generally, a typewriter intensity index of less than 60, for a black print, indicates a print which is sufficiently intense to be esthetically pleasing and readily read by the human eye.
Initial typewriter intensity is designated as (ITI). The typewriter intensity of a mark after aging 24 hours is designated as (ATI). A mark exposed for 24 hours to ultraviolet radiation is designated as (UVTI). A mark made using a receiving sheet which has been exposed for 24 hours to ultraviolet light before marking is designated as (UV Sheet).
To commence the comparisons, the sheet of Example 1, which is the preferred sheet of this invention, exhibited the following values:
______________________________________Example ITI ATI UVTI UV SHEET______________________________________1 56 56 78 62______________________________________
The same formulation is made in this example as was described in Example 1 with the exception that the salicylic acid derivative is 3,5-di-iso-propylsalicylic acid. The pH of the final composition is 8.9.
When no salicylic acid derivative is used the pH of the final composition is 10.1; and when unsubstituted salicylic acid is used the pH is 7.1 (Designated as Example 2(a)).
______________________________________ UVExample ITI ATI UVTI Sheet______________________________________1 56 56 78 622 63 57 76 842(a) 85 83 92 90______________________________________
The use of 3-tert-butyl-5-methyl salicylic acid provides results comparable to those of 2. Increasing the pH when using unsubstituted salicylic acid does not appreciably alter the results of 2(a).
The same formulation is made in this example as was described in Example 1 with the exception that sodium hydroxide is substituted for the ammonium hydroxide. The pH of the final coating composition is adjusted to be about 9.8.
______________________________________ UVExample ITI ATI UVTI Sheet______________________________________1 56 56 78 623 79 68 89 88______________________________________
Sodium hydroxide is an unacceptable pH adjusting material. Similar results are obtained from potassium hydroxide. It is believed that ammonium hydroxide is especially suited for the coating system of this example because it is volatile and it is removed when the coating is dried.
The same formulation is made in this example as was described in Example 1 with the exception that, for purposes of the test, twice the amount of zinc oxide was used (60 parts in this example) and a varying amount of ammonium hydroxide was used.
The varying amounts of ammonium hydroxide and the coating system pH, are designated as follows, along with the test results.
______________________________________ UVExample Parts NH.sub.4 OH pH ITI ATI UVTI Sheet______________________________________1 16 9.6 56 56 78 624(a) 0 7.2 83 78 90 854(b) 4 8.2 71 64 84 714(c) 8 8.7 56 56 77 624(d) 12 9.3 60 58 82 664(e) 16 9.6 59 58 79 624(f) 20 9.8 59 59 82 64______________________________________ Note that Examples 4(c), 4(d) and 4(e) yield very good results and that Examples 4(b) and 4(f) yield results which are acceptable.
The same formulation is made in this example as was described in Example 1 with the exception that, for purposes of the test, a varying amount of 3,5-di-tert-butylsalicylic acid is used.
The varying amounts of salicylic acid derivative, and the resulting coating system pH, are designated as follows:
______________________________________ Parts SalicylicExample Acid Derivative pH ITI ATI UVTI UV Sheet______________________________________1 10 9.6 56 56 78 625(a) 0 10.1 89 88 93 905(b) 4 9.7 73 70 88 835(c) 10 9.6 59 58 79 625(d) 16 9.3 55 56 74 615(e) 22 8.8 55 56 73 59______________________________________
The same formulation is made in this example as was described in Example 1 with the exception that, for purposes of the test, a varying amount of zinc oxide is used. The pH for the resulting coating system is constant within a narrow range of about 9.4 to 9.6.
The varying amounts of zinc oxide, and the resulting weight ratio of zinc compound to salicylic acid derivative are designated as follows:
______________________________________ Ratio of Zinc Compound to Parts Zinc Salicylic AcidExample Compound Derivative ITI ATI UVTI UV Sheet______________________________________1 30 3 56 56 78 626(a) 0 -- 72 72 91 916(b) 10 1 60 61 83 666(c) 20 2 60 59 82 686(d) Example 1, repeated 56 56 78 626(e) 40 4 59 58 80 626(f) 50 5 58 59 -- --6(g) 60 6 59 58 79 62______________________________________
In the test of this example, a capsule transfer sheet is used which has capsules in an amount, and of a size, similar to those of Example 1(a), above. The substantially water insoluble liquid is a 2-to-1solution mixture of 2,2,4-trimethyl-1,3-pentanediol diisobutyrate and the hydrocarbon oil of Example 1(a).
The same formulation is made in this example as was described in Example 1 with the exception that, for purposes of the test, different zinc compounds are used.
The different zinc compounds are designated as follows:
______________________________________Example Zinc Compound ITI ATI UVTI UV Sheet______________________________________1 zinc oxide 57 54 64 567(a) zinc phenol sulfonate 66 59 71 697(b) zinc carbonate 60 55 67 567(c) zinc phosphate 76 66 77 79______________________________________
While the different zinc compounds do not yield test results as good as the preferred zinc oxide, they are acceptable. Combinations of the zinc compounds can be used. Materials with cations other than zinc are not found to be acceptable for use in this invention.
As an additional matter of comparison, the zinc phenol sulfonate tested against the sheet of Example 1(a) yielded the following test results: ITI-58; ATI-58; UVTI-83; and UV Sheet-70.
In this example, test receiving sheets are prepared using a specially-prepared salicylic acid/formaldehyde polymer in the place of the salicylic acid derivative of Example 1. The polymer is prepared by reacting 138 parts of salicylic acid and 325 parts of formalin in 250 parts of 12 N sulfuric acid at 95� to 97� centigrade for one hour. Twenty parts of the resulting polymer are combined with 300 parts of ethanol and 100 parts of one of three, below-identified metallic compounds. This formulation is applied to sheets to yield coatings of about 5-6 grams per square meter.
The above receiving sheet coatings are tested against the transfer sheet of Example 1(a) and the results are compared with the test results of the receiving sheet of Example 1, herein. The sheets of this Example 8 contain more than even times as much salicylic acid polymer as there is salicylic acid derivative in the sheets of Example 1. Moreover, the sheets of Example 8 contain more than ten times as much metallic compound.
The different receiving sheets, identified by metallic compound, are set out below. The Typewriter Intensity Indexes are provided for several time periods to show the speed of print development.
______________________________________Example Metallic Compound ITI 20 minutes 16 hours ATI______________________________________1 zinc oxide 56 -- -- 568(a) zinc oxide 84 79 78 768(b) calcium carbonate 88 81 78 768(c) zinc carbonate 84 80 76 74______________________________________
The receiving sheet formulations can be applied by several methods, as previously disclosed. In this example, several methods of such application are discussed.
The receiving sheet of this invention can be made by adding components of the formulation of Example 1 at selected positions on a paper making machine. For instance, the zinc compound can be added at the head box and the salicylic acid derivative can be added at a size press on the machine. An appropriate head box formulation is:
______________________________________ Parts______________________________________Hardwood Kraft pulp 125Softwood Kraft pulp 125alum 1.25modified starch (cationic) 1.75water soluble rosin 1.00Calcium carbonate 16.7-20.9Zinc oxide 4.2-8.4Acrylamide retention aid 0.1-0.2______________________________________
Water is added to the pulp with agitation to a consistency of 3.0-3.3 (percent oven-dry fiber in water) and this suspension is refined to a Freeness of 340�20 (milliliters). Then the alum, rosin and fillers are added, and the pH is adjusted with ammonium hydroxide. Starch and retention aid are finally added.
An appropriate size press formulation is:
______________________________________Starch gum 4 parts3,5-di-tert-butyl salicylic acid 2.5-5.0ammonium hydroxide (28%) 1-2water 90______________________________________
Sheets made using the above head box formulation and coated at the size press yield test results comparable to the sheets of Example 1. Analysis of the coating, as applied above, shows that the salicylic acid derivative is present at 0.2 to 0.4 gram per square meter and that zinc oxide is present at 1.0 to 1.8 gram per square meter.
Alternatively, the entire receiving sheet formulation can be built into the web at the head box or can be added to the web at a size press. For either alternative, care must be exercised to assure that the ratio of salicylic acid derivative to zinc compound is within the previously described ranges.
An increased amount of active materials is required in the head box application to make up for loss of materials through the web, during web formation. The size press formulation may require an additional amount of adhesive binder.
As another alternative, the coating formulation of Example 1 can be applied onto a moving paper machine web from a curtain coating apparatus. In such an operation, the formulation is substantially as previously disclosed with the exception that additional water may be used for better control of the coating weight.
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Saying jobs and the economy must become central to the economic debate, and responding to continued high levels of unemployment, the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) launched a "For the People" Jobs Initiative Monday, including nationwide job fairs and town hall meetings.
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Hi all,
Got a creak on every revolution of a HOPE Pro 3 hub on Mavic Open Pro wheel.
LBS cannot work it out, I cannot work it out, so thought I'd test the STW massive
Anyway, I have a creak > only under load
Bearings = Perfect
Freehub = Less than 8 months old, as new
QR = changing makes no difference to creak
Dropouts = Greased
EVERYTHING is fitted together as it should be, just a damned annoying creak every revolution.
Using a different wheel, the creak stops.
Any help, please!


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Barney Rock takes a trip down memory lane as son Dean prepares for final
Son Dean prepares to add another chapter to the Rock family history
Blues legend Barney takes a trip down Croke Park memory lane as his son Dean prepares to add another chapter to the family history
DATELINE: September 23, 1973. The dressing-room of All-Ireland football champions Cork.
Bedlam. Shouts, hurrahs, 'go on ye boy ye', bodies squeezing into the cramped space to celebrate the Rebels achievement.
Amid the mayhem, stands a skinny 12-year-old kid from Finglas, Dublin.
His name is Barney Rock. He's there because his uncle Joe is one of the stewards who looks after the changing rooms.
So, the kid is there in the middle of it. The finest Cork team for a generation. Already pundits are tipping them to dominate the game for the next five years at least.
Big Ray Cummins spots young Barney. "Would ye like something?" he asks.
Barney nods. And Cummins, the legendary dual player, hands Rock his shorts.
A treasured memento in days of innocence. No matter that two or maybe three Barney Rocks would be needed to fill the shorts.
These were an All-Ireland winner's togs. And there's more. Denis Long, free taker and hero to the Barney, tosses him his socks.
"Denis Long's socks."
Now that was something to boast about to your pals, a precious memento from one of your idols.
Dateline: September 26, 1983.
The dressing-room of All-Ireland winners Dublin.
A 'game of shame', say critics – and some say it to this day.
But the facts are that a Dublin team which finished a contentious, ill-tempered encounter with only 12 players, defeated a Galway side that closed out the match with 14.
In the dressing-room occupied by the champions, there's more mayhem and madness. Barney Rock is in the middle of it, this time as part of the Dublin team.
The emotions are powerfully echoing around the room.
Exhaustion, relief, disbelief at the whole messy affair which was marred by a half-time confrontation between Dublin and Galway players.
There's anger, too, particularly on behalf of their spiritual and physical leader Brian Mullins, sent off after 25 minutes for a moment of recklessness in which he decked Galway's Brian Talty.
But Rock is a winner. Dublin are winners.
Their first All-Ireland victory since 1977. And absolutely nothing can change that.
Dateline: September 22, 2013. The All-Ireland winning dressing-room?
Well, we eagerly await the coming Dublin v Mayo clash to find out which county will be doing the whooping and hurrahs, and which changing- room will be a silent tomb of lost dreams, vanquished hopes.
There is only one certainty: three generations of the Rock family will have a role to play on and off the pitch.
Blink and it's 1973. Barney the schoolboy. Blink again, it's 1983. Barney the senior football star. A few more more blinks and Barney is the Da with a proud career behind him, while the focus of the Rock clan is on 23-year-old Dean.
Truly, the apple doesn't fall far from the tree.
The pedigree is well established. Barney, nerveless on the frees for so many years for Dublin; Barney the opportunist who saved Dublin's bacon with a vital injury-time equalising goal against Cork in the '83 semi-final to force a replay; Barney the assassin who caught the misplaced ball from the Galway goalie in '83, and promptly despatched it back over Michael Conneely's head for the only goal of that final.
But, now it's Dean's turn. A couple of years ago, he was a skinny beanpole edging his way on to the Dublin squad.
The surname, of course, engaged a higher level of interest than might have been applied to other young emerging talent.
Dad Barney downplayed the Rock inheritance, anxious for Dean to make his own mark on the game without the pressure of being compared to his oul' fella. There wasn't much to talk about. Dean has kept himself out of the limelight, while injury sidelined him for virtually the whole 2011 season.
Pat Gilroy did not require young Dean's services for the Dubs when the business end of the 2012 season arrived.
Now? It's so, so different.
Dean is an O'Byrne Cup winner with DCU and an All-Ireland U-21 medal winner under Jim Gavin's guidance.
He's physically imposing and most importantly, Dean has shown that he possesses the coolness required for the highest level of inter-county football.
Barney reckons Dean is technically a better kicker of the ball than he was.
He approves of Dean's vision and willingness to pass the ball to a player in a better position.
The Da admits he was impressed with the son's performance when, after being sprung from the bench into the cauldron of the Allianz League final against Tyrone, Dean damped the rising tide of Ulster defiance with two beautifully-taken points.
Since then Rock junior has been utilised in that impact-sub fashion to great effect by Gavin.
This was not a role that Barney filled very often, if at all.
In his time, as he recalls ruefully, Dublin players would be called ashore, usually after only making a couple of mistakes.
And, while he has to acknowledge that it's a different game nowadays, Barney is relieved that there wasn't so much player rotation when he wore the No 14 jersey for the Dubs.
"I wouldn't have found it easy to do what Dean has done, coming on from the bench and having to adjust to the pace of the game straight away.
"In my time, you'd be worried they'd take you off if you made a few mistakes, but now it's definitely a 20-man game.
"They seem to make substitutions to maintain the pace of a match and to keep the team driving on.
"Who'd have thought you'd see the day when Bernard Brogan would be taken off, but that's the way it is now," said Barney.
You have to wonder how tense the father will be in advance of the throw-in at Croke Park for this final, as opposed to all the finals he has played in and watched in his lifetime.
"I'd say I'll be fairly calm about it. Dean has worked really hard on his game for years and he looks after himself, which is the most important thing for a young fella.
"If I get the chance, I'll go and have a word with my uncle Joe, who's still looking after the Dublin dressing-room. And then I'll just be there watching the game and just hoping Dublin win," he said.
Barney is 52 years young now, and he probably has more All-Ireland 'appearances' under his belt than any player over the last 45 years.
That's because the Rock family have been part of the Croke Park experience for almost a century.
Barney's grandfather William was a long-serving member of the match-day staff and was on duty on that day of infamy that was Bloody Sunday, November 21, 1920.
"William would have died around 1970 and I remember my own father, Willie, saying that his dad never talked about Bloody Sunday.
"My uncle Joe started out picking up orange skins off the pitch as a six or seven-year-old kid in the days when the teams stayed on the pitch at half-time, and he's still involved at Croker.
"My father and uncle Christy worked on the stiles and my uncle John managed the scoreboard at the Canal End.
"When I was a kid, I used to be brought down to Croker by my dad, and he'd send me over to uncle Joe in the dressing rooms. That's how I was there in 1973 when I got Ray Cummins' shorts and Denis Long's socks.
"That was a big, big thrill. In those days, when we'd be playing out on the green, we all wanted to 'be' Denis Long, or Jimmy Barry-Murphy or Tony McTague.
"It's the reason I was playing and if a kid said: "Barney, any chance of a pair of knicks or stockings,' I just gave it to them. Those are little things, but they mean a lot to a kid,"
Of course, there is nothing like an All-Ireland win to inspire the youth of any county, but when he recalls the 1983 final, Barney can see, with the passage of time, how close Galway came to swinging the match their way.
"Maybe if the conditions hadn't been so bad, it might have been a classic, but funny enough, I don't think the conditions helped Galway when they were chasing the game.
"We had a six-point lead at half time and against the wind, we just had to keep so many players back behind the ball, especially when it got down to 12 against 14. I remember at one point clearing a ball off the goal line for a '50' as it was then. And Galway didn't punish us with that '50'.
"When you're involved in a game like that, you don't have time to think, you just keep going, and keep reacting to the play as it unfolds.
"If it happened nowadays, I don't think we'd have got out of it with a win. Back then, you didn't have corner-backs and full-backs that could come forward and get scores.
"No disrespect to the Galway lads who played in those positions against us that day, but if you saw a back coming forward to have a shot you weren't too worried.
"In the modern game, the scores can come from any sector of the field, but sure we were just delighted to hang on in there and get the win," said Barney.
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Bernie Ecclestone doubts Michael Schumacher will stay in F1 next year if he continues to get poor results.
Ecclestone joins Sir Jackie Stewart in tipping Schumacher for retirement in 2011, after a third consecutive lacklustre performance by the Mercedes driver dropped him 54 points behind team-mate Nico Rosberg.
"If Schumacher doesn't perform I doubt whether he will want to stay," Ecclestone told City AM
Although the F1 CEO insists it is not Schumacher who is at fault for the poor results.
"He is obviously fit, motivated and talented but the car hasn't been up to him," he added.
Ecclestone said he had been very impressed by Red Bull that he believes "deserves to win" this season and he still tips Sebastian Vettel for the title.
"Red Bull bought a team that was no good, it's not like they bought Ferrari," said Ecclestone.
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More than a week after President Obama was given another opportunity to lead the country, most pundits agree that how voters in states like Michigan and Ohio felt about the federal bailout of the auto industry played a huge role in the campaign's outcome.
When it comes to auto loan portfolio acquisitions, some might see credit unions as the equivalent of little fish being circled in waters full of sharks–banks and other lenders.
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|Look up deficit in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
A deficit is the amount by which a sum falls short of some reference amount.
In economics, a deficit is an excess of expenditures over revenue in a given time period; in more specific cases it may refer to:
- Balance of payments deficit, when the balance of payments is negative
- Government budget deficit
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Difference between VisualC#.NET and C#
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there really isnt any difference - its just termonology. C# is .NET based language. Visual C# would be I guess, the WinApps/Winforms application (Visual) developed in C#
C# is a .NET based/developed language - its a language used to develop on the .NET platform and is available through .NET framework
- Proposed as answer by Horizon_Net Tuesday, December 27, 2011 1:36 PM
absolutely. You may find that the Visual C# would refer to mainly Winform applications, not Console (known as C# sometimes also) - it is sometimes a "loose" term, C#, Visual C#, C#.NET....My understanding to be more accurate is:
Visual C# - often refers to Winform applications or perhaps even ASP.NET applications
C# - the main language itself, either with Winforms or console apps
C#.NET - same as above
- Edited by Brent Serbus Wednesday, December 28, 2011 11:09 PM html fix
Hi john, you may find that a C# text focus's more on the language it's self, not really looking at GUI design concepts to later chapters. While a book labeled Visual C# will focus more on the IDE features and development of visual application within the context of C#.
So really it's up to you which book to take, but if it was up to me I would pick up the Visual one (after first having a skim through it). The language dependent ones tend to go into detail more on variable types and general OOP design then using the language.
Most people I know that want to start a language just want to get their hand dirty as soon as possible.
C# is a langauge. It is not, intrinsically, specific to any vendor or platform (provided garbage collection is available)
Micrsoft Visual C#.Net is one compiler for that language, one written by Microsoft for use creating .Net applications (Console, WinForm & WebForm)
Essentially, it's the difference between a "Car" and a "Ford Tarsus".
The one really caveat to that is the fact that Micrsoft Visual C#.Net is nearly the only implementation of a compile for C# (althought the Mono Project does have one), and it was designed by Microsoft for use with ,Net
"Essentially, it's the difference between a "Car" and a "Ford Tarsus"."
Yeah, C# is a language, whereas VC# is a product that implements the language (compiler as well as other dev goodies).
"The one really caveat to that is the fact that Micrsoft Visual C#.Net is nearly the only implementation of a compile for C# (althought the Mono Project does have one), and it was designed by Microsoft for use with ,Net"
An important caveat. In reality, C# is what VC# implements.
Thanks to all for your valuable inputs.
What is the relation ship between C# , CLR and dot net framework. How dependent are those to one another?
What happens if try to learn , code some samples with out dot net framework installed on the system? If not possible with dot net framework, then Why and what is the reason?
The reason for these questions are, I am trying to learn C# and I would like to have a clear concept on hand.
Any links which explains the clean concept on C# and Dot Net or how C# is associated with dot Net would be helpful for me to build the concept before jumping in to C# Learning.
Thanks in Advance
C# runs on the .NET Framework. inside the .NET Framework there is a CLR - common language runtime where VB.NET/J#/C# code gets compiled down to so its under "one" language, in a sense. They are very dependant on each other. It's like a car, without the engine it can't run right? Same thing here :-)
If you learn code samples without having .NET Framework on your system - the only advantage being is you will have some knowledge/understanding however in order to run .NET Developed apps, you must have the correct version of the .NET Framework installed - with Windows Vista, .NET 3.0 will be shipped as standard and I believe XP SP2 and Windows Server 2003 have .NET 1.1 installed
- Proposed as answer by Horizon_Net Tuesday, December 27, 2011 1:37 PM
Hello Ahmed & All,
One more question,
In real time what kind of projects (Application, S/W) can be developed using C# ? and Why?
In real time what kind of projects can be developed using C++? and Why?
Also can some one give link to C# Interview questions? Written and Oral? Hope the answers will open my eyes :-)
Hello Ahmed and All,
1. In real time ,what kind of projects (Application , S/W ) can be developled using C#? and Why?
2. In real time ,what kind of projects can be developled using C++? and Why?
Does any one has the interview questions for C# ?Written and Oral? Hope the answers will open my eyes :-)
1) any type almost! I guess it depends. for example ALOT of websites these days, especially these forums, are created in ASP.NET, most likely C# for code behind. There are many projects/solutions out there that are created on the .NET platform with either VB.NET, C# or a combination of both as code
Microsoft internally use C# and VB.NET (mainly C#) to develop other software, such as small tools or other projects.
Publically, Windows OneCare for example requires the .NET Framework, so therefore I believe that some of it is developed in .NET. the actual language itself, C#, is a user preference thing - the thing that really counts is the .NET Framework itself (core)
2) any software can be developed in C++. From OS's (Operating System) to any large scale projects.
As for interview questions - not as far as I know, try doing a search :-)
- Proposed as answer by Horizon_Net Tuesday, December 27, 2011 1:38 PM
dotnet is a framework used to develop and executing distributed applications in any .net awared language.
and C# is a programming language that has been designed specifically to work with dotnet.
The reason for this is twofold-
First, C# was initially designed by Microsoft to create code for the .net framework.
Second, the libraries used by the C# are the ones defined by the .net framework.
i know it is too old topic but i got benefit from it
I have a small question related to the same topic
If I found a c# code can I use it in the class library ???
If yes what are the changes I have to make on the code to be suitable?
- Edited by Azhaar Tuesday, December 27, 2011 4:23 AM
Visual C# is actually referring to the C# editor hosted by Visual Studio (VS), VS supports many languages and to distinguish between the editor and language (I think) that Microsoft choose this convention.
Here are few of the editors that are titled by Microsoft Visual Java, Visual C++, Visual Basic and Visual F#
When referring to the compiler you will generally say "C# Compiler".
The .NET framework is language agnostic, meaning, you can write your own compiler for whatever language, even make one your own and the reason you can do it is because a compiler that you design to target the .NET framework will produce output that the run-time expects and it uses IL which stands for Intermediate Language.
So the relationship between C# and .NET is really nonexistence because if it was then it wasn't a language agnostic framework.
Eyal (http://shilony.net), Regards.
- Edited by Eyal SolnikModerator Tuesday, August 13, 2013 5:25 PM
mmm still i did not get an answer to my question :-)
i mean class library of c#.net
- Edited by Azhaar Tuesday, December 27, 2011 4:42 AM
- Proposed as answer by Pratiyush92 Saturday, December 22, 2012 2:29 PM
- Unproposed as answer by Pratiyush92 Saturday, December 22, 2012 2:29 PM
Hello All, Please Correct "if Wrong or Modify required"
I think, if you want to (C# Application) Assemble PC(Known as IBM Compatible),
But, you have left with Main Option(Motherboard+CPU)
1. Intel (MS C#) 2. AMD (.Net based)
To Complete the project You Only Option for parts like be HDD, RAM, TFT etc are same as .Net specification
Im not sure that even makes any sense. How old are the books you are reading? IBM compatible? AMD and INTEL are both x86 and you can write programs for either one. You could write a Linux app if you really were determined to. And throwing TFT in with hard drive and Ram is just silly.
Hello All, Please Correct "if Wrong or Modify required"
I think, if you want to (C# Application) Assemble PC(Known as IBM Compatible),
But, you have left with Main Option(Motherboard+CPU)
1. Intel (MS C#) 2. AMD (.Net based)
To Complete the project You Only Option for parts like be HDD, RAM, TFT etc are same as .Net specification
Eyal Shilony


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Who's tired of turkey leftovers? Not the Harmons! For lunch today (and probably for dinner tonight), I sauteed onions and mature mung bean sprouts in olive low at a low temperature. Then I added shredded turkey and seasoned it all with salt and pepper. I filled corn tortillas with the mix and topped it all… [by Wardee Harmon]
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Nut Crust for Pumpkin Pie
Following Tammy's procedure and proportions in her Pecan Nut Crust, I used half hazelnuts and half almonds to create the nut crust for pumpkin pie yesterday. I pre-baked it for 10 minutes at 325 degrees. Then I filled it with the pumpkin pie filling. Just delicious! Thanks for a great recipe, Tammy! [by Wardee Harmon]
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Last night we feasted on vanilla ice cream sundaes. This chocolate syrup is amazing, just incredible. Goopy, thick, drizzly, sweet, dark… It includes the healthiest forms of all ingredients, but still is an indulgence! Use it as a glaze, or make chocolate milk by mixing it with nut milk. Chocolate Syrup makes 2 cups 1… [by Wardee Harmon]
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A., in a sweet and unassuming way, has been asking and asking and asking me to redo the Banana-Carob Muffins into a gluten-free snack, so we did that this morning. She helped me. Note: This recipe is not yet adapted for soaking — if you do so, please let others know in the comments how… [by Wardee Harmon]
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Today we'll be making Pumpkin Muffins for the Baking Week at the T2CHK Message Board. This is a variation of the Sweet Potato Muffins, using pumpkin puree for the sweet potato puree. (Also see the gluten-free variation.) Here are a couple of things to keep in mind: *If you would like to use eggs, use… [by Wardee Harmon]
Cranberry Relish
My mom makes this relish every year. She has made it for so many people, who all love it. It is really easy. You will need either a manual or electric grinder, or a food processor. If you only have a blender, you can use that too, but what you'll want to watch is that you don't liquefy the fruits. If you're using a blender, chop small batches of fruit and use brief pulses of chopping to prevent liquefying the fruit.
Allergy-Friendly Carrot Cake {dairy-free, egg-free, & gluten-free!}
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Darth Vader actor in hospital
Star Wars actor David Prowse has been taken to hospital after losing the use of his legs.
The actor, who played Darth Vader in the first three Star Wars films, had been suffering from partial paralysis in his arms after being struck down by a mystery illness.
The actor lost the use of his arm in February and was taken to hospital but had been recovering and regaining weight in recent weeks.
His spokesman Phil Day said today: "He's looking very gaunt and very thin. Things aren't looking too good."
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He was taken to Mayday Hospital in Croydon, south London on Friday and has been confined to bed.
The former Mr Universe contestant is still popular at science fiction conventions for his role as Darth Vader.
He is also well-known as the Green Cross Code Man for his appearances in 1970s public information films.
Mr Day said: "I spoke to him on Thursday and he told me he could not move and then he was taken to hospital the following day.
"The doctors found the abscess but obviously at the base of the spine there is concern because it's dangerously close to the vertebrae. He's going to be in hospital for quite some time."
It is believed the abscess was also the cause of his earlier problems.
Mr Day added: "At the moment they are taking samples to find out what it is made of before they can work out what to do."
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