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With Hurricane Matthew causing so much damage to Haiti, the Bahamas, and many parts of the US, Rick and John ask what is the worst weather you've been through and what weather scares you the most. John went through Hurricane Andrews and is afraid of tornadoes. Rick went through a rough snow storm. We went around the room and Paul and Jahi both are afraid of tornadoes. Listen to hear what terrible storms the rest of the room went through.
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In broad terms, the draft amendment regulations (the "Draft Regulations"), which amend the Local Government Pension Scheme Regulations 2013 (the "2013 Regulations"), require employees who are compulsorily transferred from local authorities and other employers listed in the 2013 Regulations are to be given continued access to the LGPS .
Click here to access the consultation document and the Draft Regulations.
The consultation will close on 20 August 2016. With less than a week left to respond, we set out below a brief summary of the key changes proposed by the consultation in relation to the New Fair Deal principles and those points which respondents may wish to consider when formulating a response to the consultation.
The most significant changes to the current framework proposed by the consultation are outlined below:
- Transferring employees must
have access to the LGPS : a new category of employee and
employer are to be introduced: a "protected transferee"
and a "protected transferee employer".
A protected transferee employer will be required to enter into an admission agreement to provide all protected transferees with access to the LGPS . The option for a contractor to offer membership of a broadly comparable scheme will be removed. Any compulsory transfer of a protected transferee to a different employer will trigger the new provisions. Any transferring employees who are eligible for the LGPS but did not join prior to their transfer will remain eligible to join the LGPS post-transfer.
- Obligation does not extend to the re-tender of a contract where the incumbent contractor has a broadly comparable scheme: on a re-tender of a contract where employees have already been transferred out to a broadly comparable scheme, it is proposed that the new employer (or incumbent contractor) would not be required to participate in the LGPS (though such an employer could choose to seek admission). This is contrary to the New Fair Deal. The consultation states this is because of the difficulty of legislating for a bulk transfer of accrued rights from the broadly comparable scheme to the LGPS . The consultation asks for views on whether this is the correct approach; this position could therefore change.
- Return of surplus funds on exiting the LGPS : where an employer exits the LGPS because they no longer employ any active members, the LGPS will be required to pay a credit to the employer if there are surplus assets in respect of the employer's notional LGPS fund.
The Draft Regulations also propose various 'tidying up' amendments to the regulations governing the LGPS , including options for using additional voluntary contributions.
Key considerations in formulating a response to the consultation
Set out below are the points which, in our view, contractors and other respondents may wish to consider when responding to the consultation:
- Employees already a member of a broadly comparable scheme: the requirement to provide access to the LGPS will apply to all first generation transfers (except if it would result in an individual bidder being materially disadvantaged to the extent they would not have a fair prospect of success in the procurement process) but will only apply to a re-tender of an existing contract if the incumbent contractor was an admission body. Re-tenders where the incumbent contractor has a broadly comparable scheme are not covered by the Draft Regulations. This is inconsistent with New Fair Deal and continuing to have two different regimes is not desirable. Where the regimes overlap, this could cause further difficulty.Ā
- Direct statutory
protection: the consultation envisages the implementation
of the New Fair Deal principles through the Draft Regulations,
which hard-wire the protection into legislation.Ā This is in
contrast to other public service pension schemes, where the
regulations set out the mechanism by which the pension protection
is to be provided, e.g. Direction Employers in the NHS Pension
Scheme. For these (non- LGPS ) schemes, the legal requirement to
provide the pension protection contemplated by New Fair Deal is
only a contractual and not a statutory obligation.
The Draft Regulations therefore potentially put contractors at risk of being subject to overly prescriptive requirements. It also means that even though a contract with a new employer may not reference the New Fair Deal obligations, the new employer will nonetheless be subject to these requirements. In hard-wiring the protection, the Draft Regulations essentially create a new form of statutory pension.
- Risk: the proposals do not alter the fact that an LGPS admission body remains responsible for the financial consequences of participating in the LGPS (e.g. varying employer rates, early retirement strain and exit payments). This risk is exacerbated if the contracting authority does not provide adequate information to bidders early on in the tender process. It is also arguable that the contractor's bargaining power is weakened as a result of the statutory nature of the obligations.
- Wide definition of
"Protected Transferee": the proposed definition
of "protected transferee" is wide. There is no
distinction made between employees who transferred from local
government and are active LGPS members and new employees of
admission bodies, who have simply been offered LGPS benefits. There
is also no consideration of the background to the admission body
and whether that body would be caught by the principles of New Fair
Deal on a compulsory transfer of staff.
There are admission bodies with no connection to a public sector contract, for example charities (admitted under the former communities admission body regime), who would be outside of the requirements of New Fair Deal but are covered by the proposed provisions. Staff compulsorily transferred from such bodies, on an outsourcing or business sale, would be covered by the proposed provisions which are therefore broader than envisaged by New Fair Deal.
- Two regimes under the legislation: it seems that the existing category of admission body under paragraph 1(d) of Part 3 to Schedule 2 (a body that provides services as a result of a transfer of the service) is similar to the proposed definition of protected transferee employer. Further clarification on whether this category of admission body status will still be awarded e.g. on a re-tender where the incumbent had a broadly comparable scheme would be helpful and also whether all provisions that apply to 1(d) admission bodies will also apply to protected transferee employers, for consistency.
The consultation raises several points which will affect organisations that enter into, or are party to, contracts involving local government employees. Please contact us if you would like to share your thoughts or to discuss any of the points above in more detail. We will send a full update when the consultation response is announced and final regulations are laid.
The content of this article is intended to provide a general guide to the subject matter. Specialist advice should be sought about your specific circumstances.

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Ford Fiesta Zetec 1.0 Turbo 5dr
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Ford Fiesta Zetec 1.0 Turbo 5dr
- Body Type: Hatchback
- Gearbox: Manual
- Registered: 2017
- Fuel Type: Petrol
- Mileage: 12860
- Engine Size: 998
- Finished in: White
Vehicle Description
Vehicle benefits from:
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Body Glass
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Quickclear Heated Windscreen
Rear Wiper
Tinted Glass
ESP + Traction Control
Hill Start Assist
Boot Carpet
Driver Aids
Electric Power Steering
Driver Information
SYNC Emergency Assistance
Trip Computer
Driving Mirrors
Body Colour Electric Adjustable Heated Door Mirrors
6 Speakers
Auxiliary Input Socket
DAB Radio/CD And Ford SYNC Bluetooth Connection With Voice Control
Steering Wheel Mounted Controls
USB Connection
Exterior Body Features
Body Colour Door Handles
Body Colour Tailgate Handle
Chrome Beltline
Chrome Surround For Front Fog Lights
Upper Front Grille Chrome Surround
Body Colour Bumpers
Body Colour Rear Spoiler
Solid Paint
Exterior Lights
Courtesy Headlamp Delay
Front Fog Lights
LED Daytime Running Lights
Manual Air Conditioning
Pollen Filter
Interior Features
3 Spoke Leather Steering Wheel
Cloth Upholstery
Illuminated Glovebox
Leather Trimmed Handbrake Handle
Rake/reach Adjustable Steering Wheel
Interior Lights
Ambient Lighting
Footwell Illumination
Front Map Reading Lights
Load Area Light
3 Point Rear Seatbelts X3
Curtain Airbags
Driver And Passenger Airbags
Drivers Knee Airbag
Front Passenger Airbag Deactivation
Front Side Airbags
MyKey System
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60/40 Split Folding Rear Seat
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Wheels - Alloy
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18 November 2017
A little trip down memory lane on my 80th birthday.
From left - Colin Pearce, young JTH, Andrew Miles, Karen Tregonning and Christian Sim - at Rosstown Hotel.
Taken by one of the hotel staff on 16th November 2017. There are still other diners in the background (above Karen).
The gaming area with the pokie machines was busy as usual.
11 November 2017
I've had the above CD of English pianist Benjamin Grosvenor for several years, but it's only this weekend that I became interested in the works of a composer of several tracks on this CD.
Alexander Nikolayevich Scriabin (1871-1915) was a Russian composer and pianist, who was influenced early in his life by the works of Frédéric Chopin. Many of Scriabin's later compositions are characterised by a highly tonal idiom. In other words, they can be difficult when first listening to them.
Fortunately, much of his work is simply beautiful. Here is one such piano piece, from the above CD.
Benjamin Grosvenor playing Valse in A-flat major, Op. 38
14 August 2017
Crunchy Solaris
Well, I just couldn't resist adding Crunchy Solaris to welcome the return of using Dreamweaver for this website. The music was recorded in Propellerhead Reason while I improvised playing on my ccomputer keyboard, with a software synthesizer and other tracks in the sequencer including drums and guitar.
The following video was recorded using a Korg 3 octave USB mini keyboard (mini in this case means smaller keys than normal).
The video is best seen full screen, and at 1080p (at which it was recorded) which can be selected in Settings in the video bottom.
27 December 2016
Dreamweaver is back, as of this morning.
After using Serif WebPlus Pro for the past 6 months, all the project files suddenly disappeared without a trace. Literally!
I searched the whole computer using Directory Opus, by name and by file extension, and nothing was to be found, except a couple of files I created in the first few days of using WebPlus Pro.
The application itself could not import the existing file from the internet, because it has no facility to do so. Unfortunately, the program cannot import, use or show HTML files because it's really a variation for the web of Serif PagePlus X9, a WYSIWYG desktop publishing program.
I tried using HTMLPad and BlueGiffon to reconstruct the home page (index.html) after importing the code into those programs, but found it too difficult, because of the unconventional way that WebPlus Pro deals with content and converts it to HTML only during the publishing stage.
After several weeks of frustration, I decided life was too short (especially at my age), to spend my time and energies on such silly problems, when there was a simple solution available - good old Dreamweaver CC, now in a new 2017 version.
Yes, it still annoys me that I have to rent Dreamweaver, now $304 a year, with GST - about four times the price of each of the other programs mentioned - but what price sanity and the pure enjoyment I get from using it. It's like therapy to me.
However, I must point out here, that HTMLPad is an outstanding program, and it's cheap. But I'm more comfortable using my old workhorse with which I have 18 years experience and have read several books explaining how to use it.
1 September 2016
Alas, poor Dreamweaver! I knew it.
21 July 2016
Today I updated Dreamweaver CC to Release 2015.3 which is a little bit sad because in about 6 weeks my subscription will expire and I will uninstall Dreamweaver.
The new up-to date release confirms that nothing of any interest or use to me has been added or improved. It tends to confirm my thoughts that Adobe are no longer able to issue new releases each year with features that users will need or want enough to pay for an upgrade.
Adobe has made it so that users have to subscribe each year to be able to use the product otherwise it will cease to operate. The $000's of dollars that loyal customers like me have spent over two decades buying the software and updates will amount to nothing.
Maybe one day Adobe will be taken over by a progressive company that is more interested in service to users and their needs.
21 April 2016
I have moved the main contents of JTHonline to the WordPress site. If you are a newcomer here, there is a link at the top of the navigation bar to the left of this column.
The main reason for doing this is to avoid the monthly and annual subscription rates that Adobe has introduced for Dreamweaver - the program I used from version 1 onwards to create this site.
Apart from that it now seems like a good idea to keep all my new online work in the one place and focus on the posts and pages in that place.
By the way, 90th Happy Birthday to you today, Your Majesty, if you happen to be reading this page.
This is very similar staging to when I saw Dame Joan Sutherland performing in the Lucia di Lammermoor when in was performed in Adelaide in the 1970's. This is the Mad Scene ('Eccola!'), after she has just come downstairs after killing her bridegroom in the bridal bed upstairs.
There's nothing like a Dame
I enjoy this short video clip I made from the first five minutes of a YouTube recording of the Royal Variety Performance in 2013.
It has the narrator voice of Mr Carson from Downton Abbey, and Jessie J, a judge in The Voice (Australia) this year, in the line-up of artists greeting Prince Charles and Camilla before the show commenced. I think the video is a real gem.
And of course the photo below shows Prince Charles meeting the young Miss Jessica Cornish (Jessie J).
Elders IXL/Foster's Art Collection
The slideshow I made some years ago is still available and the link to it is at the bottom of the sidebar on the left.
18 August 2015
While looking through my old files today I came across this video which I had downloaded in 2013.
The quality of the video is quite good, so click the 4 direction icon in the controls to go full screen.
16 January 2013
Until this month the last time I wrote on this web page was on 23 April 2011 with an update on 25 September.
It's so long ago that I'd forgotten how the CSS code works, and every time I hit Return it drew a green line across the page.
The thing I like about Dreamweaver CS5 is that when confusing things happens I can go into Code View (or Split View) and can sort it out and see the result at the same time.
I've had a second website for over two years that is dedicated to WordPress and photo galleries. But it had never been developed until I made my first real post on 23 December 2012 to show a video slideshow I had made and published on YouTube.
Since then I've changed the theme for one designed by Felix Rich who also designed the theme for my WordPress Blog site. With the new theme, the site is now starting to go ahead.
(Update: I closed the Pics site in early 2016.)
YouTube is a great way to share videos. But I also like Flash slideshows, and I used Flash for the Art Collection Slideshow in the left sidebar of this page (the link is at the bottom). But it was created years ago and I've forgotten how to do it.
5 January 2013
Sir Robert Menzies once famously quoted as a function attended by the Queen at Parliament House, Canberra, in 1963, "I did but see her passing by, and yet I love her till I die".
It was from the Elizabethan poet Thomas Ford. Here is the poem in full:
There Is a Lady Sweet and Kind
There is a lady sweet and kind,
Was never face so pleas'd my mind;
I did but see her passing by,
And yet I love her till I die.
Her gesture, motion, and her smiles,
Her wit, her voice, my heart beguiles,
Beguiles my heart, I know not why,
And yet I love her till I die.
Her free behaviour, winning looks,
Will make a lawyer burn his books;
I touch'd her not, alas! not I,
And yet I love her till I die.
Had I her fast betwixt mine arms,
Judge you that think such sports were harms,
Were't any harm? no, no, fie, fie,
For I will love her till I die.
Should I remain confined there
So long as Phoebus in his sphere,
I to request, she to deny,
Yet would I love her till I die.
Cupid is winged and doth range,
Her country so my love doth change:
But change she earth, or change she sky,
Yet will I love her till I die.
Thomas Ford
11 August 2010
For the past six weeks the home page of my blog has looked the following screen grab, which I've reduced in size to fit this column width.
As of today the WordPress blog now looks a bit of a mess and is a work in progress, or "under construction" as they like to say.
So please bear with me for the time it takes to develop my new WordPress theme from the newly released RichWP Framework.


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"Warning: A technological revolution is unfolding that promises, in the words of its creators, to redefine what it means to be human. Face-to-face communication ("F2F" to those in the know) is quickly"
As millions of computer users plug into the Internet, access online services, play computer simulation games and explore virtual realities, abstract communication replaces firsthand experience, entertainment becomes mere spectatorship and ordinary human contact is devalued, declares Slouka. His thoughtful, provocative critique deflates the giddy, messianic claims of digital-revolution proponents. A lecturer in English and popular culture at UC San Diego, Slouka deftly skewers the notion that universal access to an information superhighway will empower the weak and foster community. Attacking cyberspace enthusiasts who envisage a ``digital hive'' wiring together countless computer buffs into a ``global mind,'' Slouka argues that such fantasies betray a collectivist mentality and a deep distrust of the individual. His withering broadside makes a compelling case that the so-called digital revolution is distraction on a grand scale. $25,000 ad/promo; author tour. (Aug.)


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|Publication number
|Publication type
|Application number
|Publication date
|Oct 16, 1984
|Filing date
|Nov 8, 1983
|Priority date
|Jul 12, 1982
|Fee status
|Also published as
|Publication number
|Frank G. Osburn
|Original Assignee
|Hollister Incorporated
|Export Citation
|BiBTeX, EndNote, RefMan
|Patent Citations (16), Referenced by (102), Classifications (58), Legal Events (4)
|External Links: USPTO, USPTO Assignment, Espacenet
______________________________________Ingredients Parts by Weight______________________________________EVA copolymer resin 10 to 30polyisobutylene 30 to 50hydrocolloid 20 to 50______________________________________ p1 said EVA copolymer being an uncrosslinked copolymer of ethylene and vinyl acetate containing from 25 to 65% by weight of vinyl acetate, said hydrocolloid comprising a particulate water-absorbng, wet-tack-providing vegetable hydrocolloid gum;
This application is a continuation-in-part of copending application Ser. No. 397,184, filed July 12, 1982 and now abandoned.
The general field of this invention relates to skin barriers for ostomy, wound drainage, incontinence, and similar uses. For such applications, the barriers are used in the form of molded rings, sheets, or strips, which are applied to protect the skin from the bodily fluid being discharged and to provide a liquid seal. The desirable physical properties of such barrier compositions are diverse, and it has been difficult to achieve all of the desirable properties in combination.
The skin barrier should be soft and flexible, while at the same time providing a degree of elasticity and having the ability to maintain its shape. For initial application, the barrier should have "dry tack", so that the barrier will provide an initial adhesive adherence to the skin. The adhesiveness should also be maintained while the barrier is in contact with an aqueous fluid, such as urine, intestinal or fecal fluids. This is usually referred to as "wet tack".
Skin barriers should also provide mechanical endurance when subjected to bodily fluids. Absorption of the fluid is desirable, but the amount of absorption should be controlled so that undue swelling of the composition does not occur. Excessive swelling can distort the form of the barrier causing it to separate from the skin and break the moisture seal so that the barrier can no longer effectively perform its sealing function. However, if no swelling occurs fluid accumulates between the barrier and the skin and again a separation of the barrier from the skin may occur. Further, penetration of fluid between the barrier and the skin can increase the amount of skin irritation.
Another important consideration is that the barrier should have as long a useful life as possible. This permits the user to leave the barrier in place for a number of days, or in some cases for a week or longer. Moreover, frequent replacement of the barrier increases the cost and inconvenience to the user, and can contribute to irritation of the skin in the area to which the barrier is applied.
For many years there has been a continuing search for improved barrier compositions. One of the early successful compositions was composed of a gelled mixture of karaya gum and glycerin. This composition is still in commercial use, especially in intestinal ostomy applications (viz. ileostomies and colostomies). Such compositions are also used in the form of wound barrier blankets for wound drainage applications, and have been marketed in irradiation-sterilized form for this purpose. However, when karaya is subjected to gamma irradiation, such as for the purpose of sterilization, the irradiation degrades the karaya, decreasing its mechanical strength. To compensate for this effect, in applications where sterilization is important, it has been proposed to incorporate a polyacrylamide resin in the karaya-glycerin formula. See U.S. Pat. Nos. 4,306,551 and 4,307,717. Polyacrylamide resin has also been formulated with glycerin or other polyol, and cross-linked by irradiation, as disclosed in U.S. Pat. No. 4,258,715.
Skin barrier compositions composed of mixtures of elastomers and hydrocolloids are also known, and have been used commercially. See, for example, U.S. Pat. Nos. 3,339,546 and 4,253,460. With this type of barrier composition, the elastomer, which may be a natural or synthetic rubber, or mixtures of such rubbers, comprises the continuous phase, and the hydrocolloid is dispersed therein in particulate form. Both natural hydrocolloid gums such as karaya, pectin, and gelatin, and synthetic hydrocolloids such as carboxymethyl cellulose have been used in varius admixtures. The elastomer such as polyisobutylene provides the compositions with an adhesive dry tack characteristic. The dispersed particles of hydrocolloid absorb water, and also when wet acquire a wet tack adhesive characteristic. Such formulations have been sterilized by gamma irradiation, but such sterilization degrades the polyisobutylene which does not cross-link. Sterilization is thus accomplished at the expense of downgrading desirable physical properties. Such downgrading due to loss of strength by irradiation has tended to limit the marketing of barriers in sterile forms.
This invention is based in part on the discovery that skin barrier compositions of superior properties can be prepared by using a cross-linked polymer network with a water-insoluble dry tack-providing elastomer dispersed there through. The polymer network utilizes as a principal ingredient the copolymer resin of ethylene and vinyl acetate (EVA). The EVA may be employed in combination with a lesser amount of a hydrophilic polyacrylamide (AA), or other hydrophilic resin cross-linking with the EVA, or such additional cross-linker may be omitted. In one embodiment, for example, a homogeneous mixture is prepared of the EVA and AA resins and the elastomer such as polyisobutylene. This mixture after being formed into the desired shape is subjected to cross-linking gamma irradiation which forms the polymer network. A minor amount of a hydrocolloid such as karaya is also preferably incorporated. The resulting cross-linked molded product has a combination of properties not heretofore achieved with respect to skin barrier compositions; being soft, flexible, and pliable or stretchable, while providing good mechanical strength. Elastic recovery when distorted from a molded shape may also be achieved. Moreover, the fluid endurance of such formulations is greater than any formulation previously tested. This is especially important in applications where the barrier is in contact with urine, such as urostomy and male incontinence applications. Further the barrier composition can be sterilized by the cross-linking irradiation while at the same time improving the mechanical and fluid endurance properties.
The cross-linked composition can also exhibit controlled swelling while still being adequately water-absorbing and providing satisfactory wet tack. The swelling is limited by the cross-linking with the EVA resin, and by the presence of the continuous elastomer phase. If greater water absorption and wet tack is desired, this can be provided by adding more dispersed particles of a hydrocolloid like karaya, or other water absorbing particulate substance.
A principal ingredient of formulations prepared in accordance with this invention is the EVA resin, which is a copolymer of ethylene and vinyl acetate. Where such copolymers contain relatively large amounts of vinyl acetate, they are sometimes also referred to as VAE resins, but for the purpose of this invention the class of such copolymers will be referred to as EVA resins. In general, the EVA resin may contain from 25 to 65% by weight of vinyl acetate the amount of ethylene present being correspondingly from 75 to 35%. In certain embodiments, EVA resins containing relatively large amounts of vinyl acetate are used, such as EVA resins containing from 40 to 60% by weight of vinyl acetate. Suitable EVA resins are available from a number of commercial sources. For example, "ULTRATHENE" and "VYNATHENE" are sold by U.S.I. Chemicals Co., Division of National Distillers and Chemical Corp., New York, N.Y. The VYNATHENE copolymers contain from 40 to 60% vinyl acetate.
In accordance with one embodiment of the present invention, the EVA resin is used in combination with a hydrophilic resin such as polyacrylamide resin which is capable of cross-linking with itself, and/or with EVA to form a polymer network. The polyacrylamide resin may be non-ionic, or may contain cationic or anionic groups. Anionic carboxylic acid groups may be introduced by copolymerizing acrylamide with sodium acrylate, and cationic groups introduced by copolymerizing an acrylamide with beta-methacryloxyethyltri-methylammonium methyl sulfate. Non-ionic, anionic, and catonic acrylamide resins can be used for the purpose of the present invention, but in certain embodiments the cationic acrylamide resins appear to be the most desirable. For example, the acrylamide resins sold as "RETEN" polymers by Hercules Incorporated, Wilmington, Del. can be used. For conciseness such resins will be referred to herein as AA resins. Among the important physical properties provided by the cross-linked network of the EVA and the hydrophilic resin are urine resistance and elastic recovery.
Where the composition is to be irradiated to provide the cross-linked network of the EVA or of the EVA and the AA or other hydrophilic polymer, in certain embodiments from 0.1 to 0.5 parts by weight of the hydrophilic resin or more can be used per part of the EVA resin. In other embodiments, the amount of AA or other hydrophilic resin will range from 0.25 to 0.4 parts by weight per part of the EVA resin. By way of specific example, 31 parts of an EVA resin containing 51% vinyl acetate may be combined with 10 parts of a cationic polyacrylamide resin to produce a cross-linked network.
In embodiments where the cross-linked network is formed of the cross-linked EVA alone, it has been found to be desirable to employ larger proportions of the hydrocolloid, or a mixture of the hydrocolloids, in proportion to the EVA. For example, the EVA may comprise from 10 to 25% by weight of the total formulation, while the hydrocolloid may comprise from 20 to 50% by weight of the formulation. In such embodiments, the polyisobutylene may comprise from about 25 to 55% by weight of the formulation, such as preferably from about 30 to 50%. Instead of polyisobutylene, in certain embodiments, other elastomers can be employed in whole or in part, such as the synthetic rubbers which have heretofore been used in skin barrier compositions. Such elastomers are water-insoluble, and provide an adhesive, dry tack characteristic. See U.S. Pat. Nos. 3,339,546 and 4,253,460 which further describe suitable elastomers. The elastomer is dispersed in homogeneous admixture with the network forming ingredients. Polyisobutylene is the preferred elastomer, but other elastomers or mixtures of elastomer having similar properties can be used. The amount of elastomer can range from as little as 30% by weight of the total composition up to 65% by weight. A presently preferred range is from 40 to 60% of the composition.
One general formula for compositions of the present invention is:
______________________________________Formula AIngredients Parts by Weight______________________________________EVA copolymer resin 20 to 50Hydrophilic cross-linker resin 3 to 20Polyisobutylene 30 to 65______________________________________
Formula A as set out above may be modified by incorporating from 3 to 30 parts by weight of dispersed particles of a water-absorbing wet tack-providing hydrocolloid or other water-absorbing particulate substance providing a wet tack characteristic. The hydrocolloid may be a natural vegetable hydrocolloid gum, or mixtures of such gums, such as karaya, gelatin, pectin, guar, etc. Synthetic hydrocolloids such as sodium carboxymethyl cellulose can be used but are less desirable. Natural hydrocolloids are especially suitable for purposes of the present invention.
A formula incorporating the four ingredients described above is:
______________________________________Formula BIngredients Parts by Weight______________________________________EVA copolymer resin 25 to 35Hydrophilic cross-linker resin 5 to 15Polyisobutylene 40 to 60Hydrocolloid 5 to 15______________________________________
In certain embodiments the cross-linked polymer network is provided entirely by the EVA, a representative general formula is as follows:
______________________________________Formula CIngredients Parts by Weight______________________________________EVA copolymer resin 10 to 30Polyisobutylene 30 to 50Hydrocolloid 20 to 50______________________________________
For example, in specific embodiments of the above formula, the EVA may contain about equal parts by weight of ethylene and vinyl acetate, and the hydrocolloid may be a mixture of hydrocolloids, such as gelatin, pectin, and sodium carboxymethyl cellulose.
In the manufacture of compositions of this invention mixtures of the foregoing ingredients can be prepared in a known manner, such as the procedures described in U.S. Pat. Nos. 3,339,546 and 4,253,460. Roll mills, banbury mixers, and similar mixing apparatus can be used to blend the ingredients. The mixing should be continued until a substantially uniform or homogeneous mixture is obtained.
More specifically, the polyacrylamide resin, if used, and the hydrocolloid gum will usually be in the form of dry powders. These can be first dry blended to form a dry mix for later addition to the other ingredients. The elastomer and the EVA resin are first combined in a kneading-type mixer (or other suitable mixer), and are mixed to substantial homogeneity. The mixing is then continued with the slow addition of the dry powder blend. Mixing is continued until a substantially homogeneous final mixture is obtained. The mixture thus prepared may be stored for later use in preparing the molded products.
The thus prepared mixture may be formed into the desired shape (strip, ring, square, etc.) by any number of the means commonly used for converting plastics and elastomers to such shapes. These means include compression molding and injection molding. Calendering and extrusion of the mixture in sheet form, followed by die cutting into the desired shape may also be used. The latter procedure has manufacturing advantages for producing products from formed sheets.
With compositions of this invention, improved properties are obtained by subjecting the compositions to cross-linking irradiation. A source of ionizing radiation is used, as described in U.S. Pat. No. 4,115,339 for cross-linking high molecular weight vinyl polymers. For example, a Cobalt-60 radiation source can be used to provide suitable ionizing gamma irradiation. The level of radiation is not highly critical but is selected to obtain a satisfactory degree of cross-linking without excessive degradation of the elastomer and the hydrocolloid. In general, this can be accomplished within the range from 0.2 to 8.0 megarads. A presently preferred range is from about 2 to 4 megarads. Lower levels of irradiation can be used to obtain a lesser degree of cross-linking which may be desirable in certain products. At radiation levels of about 2.8 megarads and higher sterilization can also be obtained.
The practice of the present invention in specific and the results obtained thereby are illustrated by the following examples.
In an illustrative embodiment, a skin barrier composition is prepared in accordance with the following formula:
______________________________________Formula IIngredients Weight %______________________________________EVA copolymer resin 31.0AA resin 10.0Polyisobutylene 48.0Gum karaya powder 11.0 100.0______________________________________
With reference to Formula I, as set out above, the EVA copolymer resin may contain from 45 to 55% vinyl acetate. For example, the EVA resin may be VYNATHENE EY 905 resin (51% vinyl acetate) of U.S. Industrial Chemicals Co., Division of National Distillers & Chemical Corp., New York, N.Y. The AA resin may be a cationic acrylamide resin, such as RETEN 210P resin of Hercules Incorporated, Wilmington, Del. The polyisobutylene may be obtained from Exxon Chemical Co., Elastomer Dept., Houston, Tex., as "VISTANEX" Grade LM-MH, or Grade LM-MS, or the "OPPANOL" products (B-10 to B-18) of BASF Wyandotte Corp., Holland, Mich. Such polyisobutylenes have a viscosity average molecular weight within the range from about 36,000 to 58,000 (Flory). The gum karaya powder is preferably in finely divided form, such as smaller than about 140 mesh, and containing from about 10 to 18% moisture.
As a specific example of compounding, the ingredients of Formula A, the AA resin and the gum karaya, both being in powder form, are mixed to produce a dry blend. A ribbon blender or other powder mixer can be used for this purpose. Using a kneading-type or comparable mixer, the polyisobutylene is mixed for approximately one minute, the EVA resin is added, and mixing is continued for about five minutes. The dry blend is then added incrementally while mixing is continued and until all of the powder has been uniformly dispersed in the other ingredients. The completed homogeneous mixture is then discharged and formed into loaves for further processing. The loaves may be stored on trays until ready for use in forming the molded products.
The foregoing compositions and other compositions of this invention may be formed into sheets by passing the material through a calender having a pre-set gap, or the sheets may be formed by compression in a mold cavity of the desired depth. The composition may also be formed by passing the mixed material through conventional extrusion equipment equipped with a slot or tape die set to extrude a ribbon of approximately the desired thickness. If necessary the extruded ribbon can be further compressed in thickness by passing it through one or more sets of compression rollers. The currently preferred mode of preparation consists of extruding a ribbon of the desired width and thickness directly onto release paper, which is then cut into stock "preforms". If desired, the preforms can be covered, on their exposed sides, with one of several types of backings, either porous or non-porous films being used. Among the available backings, it is preferable to use a plastic film, porous or non-porous, with or without a contact adhesive; non-woven as well as woven fabrics; porous or non-porous types of contact adhesive backed tapes. The backings may be applied by hand or in conjunction with the compression rollers referred to above.
The completed products are then packaged in suitable sealed containers such as plastic envelopes. The packaging material is desirably selected so that the product can be irradiated after packaging to provide the cross-linking and sterilization described above. For example, Mylar is a suitable flexible packaging material. Irradiation is then carried out at a level of around 2.5 to 3.0 megarads to cross-link the resins, and from about 2.8 megarads and above to also sterilize the product.
Skin barrier products manufactured as described herein provide a remarkable combination of properties. The molded products in the form of sheets, strips, rings, and the like are soft, stretchable and exhibit better elastic recovery than any previously known products of this kind. The outstanding properties of stretchability and elastic recovery are particularly evident when the composition is in the form of thin sheets or strips. These properties are believed to be due to the cross-linked polymer network which provides the soft elastomer with structural coherence. The products also provide good dry tack and wet tack properties, and controlled water absorbency. The endurance of these products in contact with degradative fluids such as urine and intestinal fluid far surpasses the best prior compositions for ostomy, wound drainage, and incontinence uses. The fluid endurance to urine is illustrated by the following examples.
Formula I compositions before and after irradiation were subject to a urine endurance test. The procedure used was as follows: A simulated urine was prepared as described in Remington's Pharmaceutical Sciences, "Urine", pg. 598-9, Ed 15 (1975). The endurance test apparatus including a tank for containing the simulated urine, and a plurality of tripod testing fixtures, which may be placed in the tank in contact with the solution. The tank was provided with a heater and thermostat control for maintaining the urine solution at a selected temperature, which for this comparison was 38� C. The testing fixture has a platform at the top with a sample-receiving recess. The center portion of the recess is cut-out to provide an opening through the platform. When placed in test position, the test samples bridge the openings. U-shaped weights are then placed over the samples. These weights are in the form of steel hooks weighing approximately 7.4 grams. In use, the hooks are placed over the samples so that when the hooks break through the samples they would fall freely through the openings in the platforms. Nylon strings are attached to the upper cross-arm portions of the inverted U-shaped hooks and the strings are attached to the operating levers of micro switches, the lengths of strings being selected so that when the sample is broken, the micro switch will be activated, and a timing clock for the particular sample will be stopped. In starting the test, after the samples have been placed in the tank and the strings attached to the microswitch levers, the simulated urine is added to the tanks to a level above the position of the samples, and the timing clocks for each sample are started. The elapsed time for breakthrough of each sample is thereby automatically recorded.
The samples for the endurance test were die cut using a steel rule die to a size of 28�10>1.5 mm. The center portions of the samples were engaged by the weighted hooks. The measured time for breakthough was corrected by multiplying the measured time by 1.0 grams of the sample divided by actual weight of the sample.
TABLE A______________________________________Endurance to Simulated UrineDescription of Samples Endurance Time (hrs.).sup.(a)______________________________________Formula A before irradiation less than 72Formula A after irradiation over 780______________________________________ .sup.(a) Averages of the actual times of multiple runs.
In a presently preferred formulation for use as a sterile ostomy barrier, the ingredients are combined according to the following formula:
______________________________________Formula IIIngredients Weight %______________________________________Polyisobutylene 39.0EVA copolymer resin 21.0(51% ethylene)Gelatin 18.6Pectin 11.8Sodium carboxymethyl 9.6cellulose 100.0______________________________________
As will be noted, in the above formula, a mixture of three hydrocolloids is employed, the total of the hydrocolloids present in the mixture being 40% of the formulation. All of the hydrocolloids are used in particulate, finely-divided condition. Approximately two parts of the hydrocolloid by weight are present per part of the EVA, and approximately equal amounts of hydrocolloids with the polyisobutylene. The ingredients are combined in the manner previously described, and after molding, the molded composition is irradiated at a level of about 2 to 3 megarads. The irradiation sterilizes the composition and forms a cross-linked polymer network from the EVA.
Where it is desired to provide greater water absorbency, a minor amount of a particulate polymer of high water absorbency can be included, such as a starch polyacrylonitrile graft copolymer. Such polymers may be formed from granule starch as described in U.S. Pat. No. 3,661,815, or from gelatinized starch using either an acrylonitrile monomer, as described in U.S. Pat. No. 3,997,484, or a mixture of acrylonitrile monomer with other acrylic comonomer as described in U.S. Pat. No. 4,134,863. Highly water absorbing synthetic polymers can also be employed.
In general, the particulate water absorbing polymer should be capable of absorbing at least 50 times its own weight of distilled water, and such polymers are available which absorb over 200 times their weight of distilled water. The formulas set out above may therefore be modified by incorporating from 1 to 20% by weight (based on the total formula) of a highly water absorbing particulate polymer, such as, preferably, from about 5 to 15% by weight based on the total composition.
When the water absorbing polymer is used, the amount of hydrocolloid may be reduced, or in some cases, entirely eliminated. The degree of water absorption can thereby be controlled by increasing or decreasing the amount of hydrocolloid and/or water-absorbing polymer. Further, as the amount of the cross-linked EVA is increased, the degree of water absorption will tend to be reduced. Therefore, for example, when it is desired to reduce water absorbency, the amount of EVA can be increased and the amount of hydrocolloid and/or water absorbing polymer can be correspondingly reduced.
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Discussion in 'Shotguns' started by wally, Oct 31, 2011.
Competition fort he Saiga. Any one shot the MKA-1919 AR look-alike shotgun?
Priced like a Saiga too.
Don't think it's hit the market yet.
Run a search. I think there's at least one guy here on the forums who's got one and has done a couple of short writeups on it.
Yes I have one:http://www.thehighroad.org/showthread.php?t=608036
Ive seen em for sale, cant remember where it was though. Not my cup of tea, but to each his own.
Gunbroker also has a few for sale.
Centerfire Systems has them according to their last flier. Thanks for the link, a search for MKA-1919 came up empty which is why I posted.
It has been out for some time actually.
I plan to get one. Some of people whose opinions I really respect, like the guys at Tromix, have had good things to say.
I'd avoid the first run of them because their top rail is not a standard rail. They changed that on the second batch of them. The aftermarket is coming along nicely. Right now I'm not sure what the availability of extra mags is. Without mags a mag fed shotgun loses the things that makes it appealing.
Various 922r compliance parts are out or under development. Once higher capacity mags are available I plan to get one for an SBS project. I had planed an SBS Saiga 12 but the MKA seems like a better option to me.
I'm not wild about the factory look, but a tromix stock adapter does wonders IMHO.
I have not found higher capacity mags yet but have not been chasing them either. Centerfire systems usually has the MKA 1919 along with Atlantic Firearms.
I do not believe higher caps have been offered by anyone. I'm fairly certain I would have head if that were the case. I have heard rumors of some options that are coming though.
Yes we have the MKA 1919 in stock , there are no hi cap mags out yet however there are a few firms working on them now but we do not know anymore details .
Is there anywhere to get extra 5 round mags?
I see the extra mags every where that carries a good supply of the MKA.
here is just one example. http://centerfiresystems.com/search.aspx?find=mka
but I am sure Atlantic will have them if not now very shortly, Atlantics customer service is very good from my experience.
Higher capacity magazines (first 10 rounds, later 14) are in the works, as are a lot of other after-market modifications.
This gun has gotten the attention of a lot of people in the 3 gun community.
Ouch $40 for five rounders. I'd hold off for the higher capacity mags which I can't imagine being more.
Yes i have an mka-1919 it is fun to shoot and is well worth the money. It is reasonably priced and cant wait for more after market parts
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Savannah and Erin's cooperative class project for Mrs. Hialeah becomes the talk of the school and even has the Principal discussing and Mr. Neil watching from afar.
Sydney surprised as ever to see her best friend Savannah finally make peace with her class rival in the auditorium, is moved by the moment, and takes a risk herself with Landon. With the ongoing feud now mutually over between Erin and Savannah, Thea tries to overshadow it by bringing Erin in on what she thinks is inside info on Sydney and Landon's age difference relationship. Erin has clearly grown beyond the underclassmen style of gossip and walks out on Thea with her older sister by her side. Bogroe is busted by blabbing neighbors revealing the truth of his money making and is literally foot chased by his roommates.
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Recent family tragedies trigger traumatic experiences and even some meaningful dreams of past memories for Hayley. The Sundin's lean on support from Dillon and the Annie's Hope/Bereavement Center for their grief. Savannah and Erin move closer to making amends with their fractured relationship. Jake makes a heartfelt move to solidify his relationship with Sydney. Griffin proclaims his love for Erin, knowing she is leaving for acting school in Ireland for the upcoming summer. Suspicion of Borgoe's secret side life become more evident when Landon texts Brody to come over and discuss posted pictures with their freeloading roommate.
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Bogroe officially introduces his girlfriend Gem, who cooks a masterpiece of food and charm. With Borgoe gone more, Dillon and Landon begin to wonder about a possible money making mystery when Bogroe is smiling, mocking, and sure of himself when asked about applying to the 10 jobs a week. Bogroe applies for jobs under Landon's ultimatum. However, Landon and Dillon are even more suspicious when they ask neighbor Brody if he knows something they don't about Bogroe latest act. Savannah and Erin endure their required school project together. Mr. Neil's covering for Mr.Stu's accused class wrongdoings are brought to the forefront by Hialeah who believes he's interfering with an upcoming school board hearing about his best friends recent dismissal from teaching duties.
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Kaidence meets Jaris at home for the first time and the two quickly become friends.
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A show-choir competition before the state finals reveals Ellie is giving Ms.Fritz pointers from her previous championship year before transferring. The group show-choir competition between East Valley Academy and Mount Vernon High-school appear flawlessly performed with the cliffhanger results left to be read by Principal Guidry.
Landon cracks down on Bogroe's laziness. Erin gets accepted to a prestigious acting school in Ireland, to the dismay of Savannah, who's already devastated from being cheated on by Shane. Kaidence reaches out to comfort Savannah, one on one, as well as Khalil, who is bummed about the results of the show choir. The teens involved in the schools madrigal show choir, ie. Savannah, begin to encounter moral and ethical dilemmas in the high school setting. Confident and armed with sheet music, Savannah in a change of heart, in what seems to be a good gesture, tells the show choir teacher, Fritz, she wants to sing a solo lead. Particularly boasting of her vocal talents, she takes Hialeah's advice giving the solo to her best friend Sydney in the first show choir performance. Londyn tries to build herself up in front her and her sister Berlin's friends by charging off in a blaze of glory with her ex-boyfriend, then demanding her sister lie to their parents about her whereabouts.
Singled out by Mrs. Hialeah and standing front and center in class as do not do examples, the school's most popular girl and smartest girl have gone too far in their obvious hate for each other. Mrs. Hialeah's philosophy of student discipline goes too far in they eyes of Avril, Erin's mom, as she makes an in school visit to confront the teacher and Principal Guidry. Meanwhile Savanna's best friend Sydney and Ellise (Ellie) meet on her behalf with Londyn to discuss who the highly sought after guy Shane considers his girlfriend. Meanwhile Bogroe successfully sets up Landon on a blind date to entice him to leave his current girlfriend Tara so he can have her. Unbeknownst to Landon this blind date, Vanessa, Bogroe's former high school Ex, is in on the fun with Bogroe. Tara questions Landon's unusual behavior when she suspects something is going on.
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i try to update my drivers..but i dont know how to do it manually..all the softwares i googled asking me to pay for it..any help how to search for latest drivers manually and how to know the exact driver to doenload and any websites that provide it?
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Sure, that is not a problem. Go into Device Manager, find the device you want to update, and right-click on it.
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First off go to device manafer nd check and see what devices have a yellow triangle on them those you'll need to take care of first. then go to manufacturers site and look for those devices and download the latest driver avalibel. If vista or XP are only the ones use the correct bit of your OS system 32 or 64 then install in compatibility mode Vista or Xp like thishttps://www.sevenforums.com/ Welcome and lease post back. Fabe
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First off go to device manafer nd check and see what devices have a yellow triangle on them those you'll need to take care of first. then go to manufacturers site and look for those devices and download the latest driver avalibel. If vista or XP are only the ones use the correct bit of your OS system 32 or 64 then install in compatibility mode Vista or Xp like thishttps://www.sevenforums.com/ Welcome and lease post back. Fabe
the name is base system device
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The drivers for this device are not installed. (Code 28)
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Jammu, Mar 9 (UNI) People's Democratic Party (PDP) today expelled its former minister and sitting MLA Ghulam Hassan Mir from the membership of the party.
The disciplinary committee headed by senior PDP leader Abdul Aziz Zargar announced the expulsion of Mr Mir, who was accused of ''indulging into the anti-party activities.'' There have been strong differences between the PDP leadership and Mr Mir, who was once aspiring for the Deputy Chief Minister's post.
The former Tourism Minister in the PDP-led coalition government in J&K, who represents Tangmarg constituency in the Legislative Assembly, has been criticising the policies and programmes of the PDP.
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We got orders to move that day up forward to a place called Shuri Castle, apparently there is an ancient castle there which I never saw; but our toughest battle area for the first Marine division and the division was assigned to take that area It wasn't simply the castle but the area around it. We packed all of our gear into the truck and hooked up our guns and off we went.
It rained being the rainy season, the road got to be mud and sometime knee deep where you couldn't get one foot out ahead of the other and it was just too hard to describe. Trucks were getting stuck even the tanks had to be reequipped with wider treads to be able to move in the mud. I think this area was the most depressing because the offensive to take Shuri Castle area had become a stale mate and every morning we would start out with the same thing, a big barrage which we would keep up for about a half hour or so, with very intense firing. Our infantry would try to move up and they would be blown away and that lasted for a week or longer.
At the end of an offensive at about three or four o'clock in the afternoon when we were given orders to start firing smoke we knew that the offensive had failed. That went on day after day so it was very depressing. The smoke was to put up a shield in front of our troops so they could pick up the wounded and bring them back. The very most depressing sight I saw was a truck coming past us that had a canopy on it. The back end of it from where we could see into the back of the truck was just piled high with our dead. Their feet were all sticking out and wobbling around as the truck went by. A gruesome sight and it really made you think.
I always felt sorry for the infantry because they were having a tough time and I sometime felt guilty for not being with them; but I guess I was lucky when I look back. On the guilt thing, at one point it was heartening because there was a company of Marines coming back for a rest. They all looked as if they had never slept in their lives, they were just utterly exhausted. A couple of them would stop at the gun and give it a pat because I think that they realized that we were really helping them out and that we saved them on a few occasions so it was heartening. The other guys sat around and we always had some coffee around which we gave them and maybe a cigarette and then off they went for a rest probably to return in a few days.
I think Shuri Castle lasted probably two weeks; but the Japanese finally broke and we were in charge of the area. Some nights later, we were given orders to move to another position it was to be done at night. Again, we packed up our gear hooked up the guns, jumped in the truck. There were probably eight or ten of us in the truck and we started out at night going down the roads. The rains had subsided and it was reasonably dry now as we were headed toward the capitol city of Naha.
We traveled at a slow pace at night with no headlights and it seemed like a long excruciating trip because of the slow pace. At one point, at about one o'clock in the morning we came to a wooden bridge where we slowed down because there was somebody out there, maybe one of the officers or NCO's with a tiny flash light. Accordingly, the trucks put on their real low beams that made it barely possible to see the bridge. Even with this little amount of light you could also see that the bridge was in semi decrepit condition because a lot of the cross boards were broken, the only safe way to go across the bridge was by these two beams that miraculously seemed to match the width of the wheels of our truck. The truck drivers started across at intervals, one truck at a time. The bridge was not terribly wide, probably about forty or fifty yards and the river wasn't too deep; but it went out to the ocean.
We were told that on that little peninsula which stuck out to our right there was a Japanese gunner in a cave and he could blast us off that bridge if he was aware of what was going on. Fortunately that didn't happen but that was one of the tense moments of that trip. We finally made it across, primarily due to the skill of the drivers. It was slow and tedious and we all were tense because we didn't know if we would make it. Thankfully we did and a little while later we came into the city of Naha.
Naha was completely devastated. Everything had been blown apart. There was a full moon so everything looked like a ghost town because there was this gray dust settled on everything. There were bodies scattered here and there that hadn't been picked up. One, I recall was an old Okinawan woman who had been hit by a fallng wall and she looked like a pancake. It was eye popping! We went on through the town very quietly. It was a ghostly convoy going through there. We passed through Naha and went on further south and got into a position probably at three o'clock in the morning and Immediately set up our guns.
My gun, Number 1 gun, was on the right flank and there was a house about a hundred yards down the line just off the road right in front of my gun and when we registered to fire I had to look through the bore to see that it cleared the roof of the house. By this time it was kind of late and we were dead tired from the ride and everything else so we all laid down to sleep on the ground and thought we'd be able to rest for a part of the morning. That wasn't the case.
We were awakened at 6 o'clock in the morning after about an hours sleep and it was a fire mission. We proceeded to fire a few rounds and then quit. That morning we were waiting around for the next fire mission and up ahead at the house we heard this explosion, it was fairly loud. All of us from our section ran up to the house and here were two Marine infantrymen. One was laying flat on his face and as I looked I was horrified. He must have had fifty holes along his entire back. I don't know if he was alive or dead but they were all from hand grenade fragments, those little half- inch squares of steel that caught him in the back. We had no idea how it happened right at the moment.
The other guy was lying down, his leg was split right down the middle on the backside and there was no blood because it looked like it had been cauterized from the explosion. We immediately started yelling for the corpsman and our two corpsmen came up with their chest full of medical supplies. I remember lighting a cigarette for one of the wounded guys who seemed to be in a state of shock but; he took the cigarette, sat there in a kind of a daze smoking. Our corpsman cut off his pant leg and poured sulfur along the whole wound. Someone had called for a jeep ambulance and in about five or ten minutes there was the jeep ambulance and both these guys were loaded onto stretchers onto the jeep and taken back to the rear.
I don't know what ever happened to them. I am pretty sure that the guy with all the grenade fragments was probably dead by the time they got to the hospital because he had a greenish color—not a great thing to see. At first we thought that they had maybe gone into the house and hit a booby trap but from the few things that the fellow with the split leg had said it sounded as if a grenade which they normally hung on their belts had come loose and they had both tried to dive out of the effect of the grenade and hadn't quite made it. That set up the day for us. It was a situation I'll never forget.
I think it was in this position that a short distance away we found what looked like a quarter master depot for the Japanese. There were supplies all over the place. They weren't anything to brag about; but there were maybe twenty five cases which contained leather saddles they were very nice saddles and a couple of guys said, "I'm taking one and mailing one of these home." A lot of these fellas came from places like Texas where they had owned horses; but I don't know if they actually did what they said they would do, although they were beautiful new leather saddles, a real temptation to own.
A funny thing happened while we were standing there. We looked up and there was a girl on horseback, an Okinawan girl, and what was strange was that she was wearing a tee shirt on which was printed "University of Hawaii". She talked to us in English and said, "Hi, how are you guys doing, etc,."
After chatting for a few minutes we speculated whether she was a spy or whether she had really gone to the University of Hawaii, she spoke in good English and that was as far as we found out about her. She turned around and rode off and that was the end of that story.
I want to correct something I said earlier about the landscape. It really wasn't flat, maybe it was where we landed; but generally speaking the entire highland was very hilly. There were forests and some of the hills were coral like and other areas were pretty fair farmland. The farmland was set up in patches as most of the oriental countries are. It stepped down to take advantage of taking the maximum advantage of the use of the land for whatever they grew. Sometime there were flat areas that had rice or some sort of grain growing on them. I wanted to make that correction.
We had occasional leisure moments when we weren't firing but generally it was always a fire mission or sometime a whole lot of them during the day. Not generally at night but sometime we did have them at night. One of the times I recall, we had a kind of a tense moment. We were getting orders to bring our gun level down to zero which meant firing by sight instead of the aiming stakes and to load up with canisters and to have our small arms ready. It sounded pretty much like there had been a banzai attack or one was in progress and if they broke through we would have to handle them. We had everything primed and ready and waited for about a half hour and then again we lucked out and were told to unload and forget about it. We went back to our standard firing conditions.
When we weren't firing we would take the time to take care of our weapons and our 105's, cleaned them and oiled them so they were ready to fire again. We took very good care of our equipment and kept everything in good shape.
A couple of fellas in our gun section managed to pick up a couple of chickens. I forget whether they were a rooster or hens but they were a cantankerous lot. We kept them though because periodically one would lay an egg and then one of us would get a chance to enjoy an egg - probably about one every other week. That was kind of fun. Our good fortune of being in the artillery was that we always had loose powder bags that were left over from the shell casings and we would drive in three steel rods from the ammunition packages and throw some of this powder into the bottom of the bags light them and have an instant fire. You could keep it going indefinitely because we had a tremendous amount of this gunpowder.
By this time when we loaded the truck we looked like a caravan of gypsies because the truck was full of all sorts of boards and anything we could pick up and the chickens, so we were a motely group sitting on the truck pulling the gun behind us. We knew it was a temporary combat condition and nobody said anything but we certainly didn't look like a well- trained bunch of Marines coming down the road.
We moved further south again, I think this was the last position we were finally in. The Japanese had been pushed further and further south until they were confined to the southern most side of the island. We were being used less and less for support so that we had a little more leisure time. At one point I remember, Capt. Crotinger was taking some of us up the side of the hill for patrol. Apparently there were sightings of stragglers of Japanese soldiers. Neal Vincent, who always seemed to walk into some kind of problem, found a sleeping Japanese soldier lying under an outcropping of rock. The guy was sleeping and Neal woke him up and shot him and took his revolver as a souvenir, I guess. In Neal's favor, he had a dreadful hate of the Japanese, his brother had been killed in the Navy in Pearl Harbor, so I think he was bound for revenge and seemed to come upon these situations at odd intervals.
There were a couple of more stories I'll tell about Neal one of which is at another time, Ken Smith and Neal went out I think for a little bit of scavenging and souvenir hunting and they happened to be walking down a narrow road and ran into a Japanese or Okinawan who had a kimono on and Neal was telling me that the guy looked too young to not be in the Japanese army or some sort of service so he stopped the guy, Ken and Neal both had rifles, and Neal tried to question him. The Japanese looked at him very arrogantly. Neal took exception to that so he took his rifle butt and hit him across the face and the guys expression changed very quickly. He made him open his kimono and sure enough there was a Japanese uniform underneath. The guy gave Neal no more problem and they took him over to headquarters where he became a prisoner of war. Surprise was that he didn't have any grenades or anything. Otherwise it was a dangerous thing to take a Japanese prisoner because they did not like to give up.
At this last position we were having a lot less to do than we used to, less fire missions. There were very few so we were at odds as to what to do. We improvised and just let the days pass. What we found out was that the Japanese had been pushed down to the south where some of them were trying to get through our lines and were trying to get back up north. They would come in small groups or as isolated individuals.
We redoubled our outpost and created one on the far flank not too far from our gun section but up front. They asked for volunteers to man that post at night. Having nothing better to do, I volunteered with Karl Jahn and of course, Neal Vincent.