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Skip to comments.Are You Happy Now, John Roberts?
Posted on 07/03/2012 4:32:02 AM PDT by scottfactor
There is no silver lining to last weeks lawless and illegitimate decision by Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts and the other four commie liberals to uphold the unconstitutional individual mandate in Obamacare as a tax (something the Court is not supposed to be allowed to dore-write a law). Any conservative who speculates that Roberts grossly wrong-headed majority opinion is somehow good for our side is pathetically grasping at imaginary straws.
The fact is that this is perhaps the second-worst Supreme Court decision in American history, next to Roe v. Wade. The two decisions, while concerning very different topics, both lead to terrible consequences. Roe v. Wade has led to the legalized murder of millions of pre-born babies. The Obamacare decision will lead to tyranny against the American people on a scale never before seen in our nations history.
Only idiots do not see that Obamacare is a thing born in the fiery pit of hell. Only idiots believe that now health care is FREE! The rest of us understand that this is not about free health careit is not about health care at all. It is about controlling the people. It is about stealing much more of our hard-earned money. It is about Washington goons determining who will live and who will die. It is about enslaving us under the all-powerful fist of the federal government.
By now you have likely heard about Jan Crawfords report for CBS News that stated Roberts had initially decided to correctly strike down the unconstitutional individual mandate, but later did a one-eighty and joined the liberal, anti-Constitutionalists on the Court. Although Jan Crawfords report is based on hearsay of two unnamed sources reportedly familiar with the Courts deliberations, it is a very plausible possibility, one that almost explains the unexplainable, horrendous decision of John Roberts.
In part, Ms. Crawford wrote,
as Roberts began to craft the decision striking down the mandate, the external pressure began to grow. Roberts almost certainly was aware of it.
Some of the conservatives, such as Justice Clarence Thomas, deliberately avoid news articles on the court when issues are pending (and avoid some publications altogether, such as The New York Times). They've explained that they don't want to be influenced by outside opinion or feel pressure from outlets that are perceived as liberal.
But Roberts pays attention to media coverage. As chief justice, he is keenly aware of his leadership role on the court, and he also is sensitive to how the court is perceived by the public.
There were countless news articles in May warning of damage to the court - and to Roberts' reputation - if the court were to strike down the mandate. Leading politicians, including the president himself, had expressed confidence the mandate would be upheld.
Some even suggested that if Roberts struck down the mandate, it would prove he had been deceitful during his confirmation hearings, when he explained a philosophy of judicial restraint.
It was around this time that it also became clear to the conservative justices that Roberts was, as one put it, wobbly, the sources said.
In his quest to make the leftist media like him, John Roberts has instead made himself perhaps the second-most-despised man in all of America, next to Barack Obama (or whatever his name is). Roberts single-handedly destroyed what little semblance of authority the United States Constitution still held. He has ensured that the Supreme Court is now nothing more than the communist Obama regimes puppet. I really wonder how in the world he can look at himself in the mirror after he wrote that senseless, convoluted opinion that guaranteed tyranny for the American people.
I find it sickening to think that the Supreme Court Chief Justice is so weak that he could be swayed by the threat of unflattering media reports, if that is what happened. Where are the real men anymore? Where are the men who understand what our Founding Fathers gave up to establish this once-great Republic? Where are the men who are willing to defend it, come hell or high water?
The sickness I felt in my heart last Thursday when this wicked ruling came out still lingers, and I am certain it will only get worse as the realities of this awful, illegal law are put into effect. I have no illusions that Republicans will reverse this bad law, even if they re-take the Senate, keep the House and take the presidency. I believe it would take a miracle for the Republicans to have the guts to do the right thing and kill this evil law, regardless of what Mitt Romney keeps swearing he will do on his first day in office.
There very few real men any more, and of those few, even fewer seek higher office. Most conservative politicians are simpering, shrinking violets who say the right things while campaigning, only to lie down like little women when they get in office and face the first bit of pressure from the radical Left in the media and across the aisle.
Last Thursday, when the Court issued its ruling, Ann Barnhardt had some serious, strong words about it. From her blog entry titled, Surprised? Nope. Solution? Junta. Likely? Nope,
Am I surprised at this morning's news? No. The only thing that is the least bit surprising is that it was Roberts, who was heretofore considered a constructionist, and not Kennedy, who finally put the last nail in the coffin of the First American Republic. The corpse inside said coffin has been dead for years. Let's call GWB's administration the terminal illness, Obama's usurpation in November of 2008 as the actual moment of death of the First American Republic, the last 3.5 years as one long funeral dirge, and today as the final graveside interment service. The First American Republic done got low, and now is taking the long dirt nap. It's all over except for the rotten, rotten descendents sniping over the estate like buzzards.
Bottom line: since I fully understand and accept that the Republic is dead and the Constitution is no longer in force, and that the Rule of Law is dead, nothing surprises me.
Mark Levin said this morning that the SCOTUS decision was lawless. Well, no kidding, Mark. The Republic is dead, and has been for quite some time now. What do you expect? What is it going to take for people to acknowledge objective reality?
It may seem harsh to some people to declare that America is dead, but where do we go to regain our God-given freedoms once they are decided away by lawless judicial, legislative and executive branches of our federal government? Who will restore our Constitutional Republic? I keep hearing people say, In November, the People will make it right. It may well be that conservatives will turn out in huge numbers in November, but will they be able to overcome the voter fraud by the Left and vote machine hacking that has been reported by Obamas Energy Department to be as easy as pie? It is an election stolen for Obama that I believe is coming, no matter how badly Obama loses.
Meanwhile, we are still reeling from the blind-side, left hook Chief Justice John Roberts delivered to Americas jaw. Did he really make that detestably wrong decision because of media pressure, or was it an even more sinister pressure (because I am certain that he knows better than what he ruled)? Whatever his reason, he has betrayed his country. He is a turncoat of the lowest order. He just shredded the very Constitution that it was his job to uphold. He has joined the dark club of the anti-Constitutionalist liberals in the judiciary.
Was it worth it to you to stab your country in the back, John Roberts? Are you proud to have become just another lowlife killer of our precious Constitution? Are you happy now, John Roberts?
Why the heck has this ruling not been appealed yet?
I would say that this is the second-worst Supreme Court decision in American history, next to Dred Scott. It's also likely, unless reconsidered or repealed, to lead to the same complications as the worst Court decision in history.
If this smirking, dimpled, little twit thinks his actions of joining the enemies of America by issuing forth a marvelous jurisdictional achievement by completely ignoring the tattered Constitution then he is wrong!
Roberts will go down in history as having joined the side who are killing America. He deserves being labeled a villain who has accomplished more in one fell swoop than the assorted Obama gang has in over three years of sodomizing this nation!
Crawl into a corner, Roberts as America will continue to review your treachery for what's left of its history.
The enormity of Robert's action is mind-boggling. America is outnumbered by our fifth columnists and Roberts will be infamous for leading the pack!
Our Constitution means nothing to the majority of the Supreme Court....America is doomed unless something happens to the people who do love their country that will scare our internal enemies to death.
Unfortunately, those enemies include a vast number of Americans who know nothing about the nation, but occasionally vote to the nation's detriment.
Additionally, we shouldn't forget that we don't know who all our enemies are when we consider that G. W. Bush appointed this fool who thinks he is the Court's PR man.
Appeal to who? The USSC is the highest court in the land...
Why not appealed yet? Good question. Last night on Greta's show, some GOP rep was talking about how it would take three - yes 3 or so very long weeks to file that CIVIL suit against Holder in DC court. Greta's answer was - that is simple and why isn't it filed yet.
The dance that young fellow did was amazing. In other words, the GOP - boner's house gop'ers - were WAITING to give the DOJ just a teeny weeny little more time to come clean.
Greta went balistic, almost. Get on with it folks. Hit them on all sides - not just tap them on the hand and ask polite questions. We just got hit with the Chicago way in the Supreme Court. This country is being smothered with 1,000 cuts since Obama got in office and the problems this administration and czars have put into place may never be untangled. And OUR so called GOP is just sitting on their hands. We need a bigger event than a T.E.A. party folks. Let's get on it.
Indeed, if the political strategy would have to make Democrates single handedly carry all the waters of evil on their own shoulders, Roberts has basicaly taken that burden off of their shoulders and washed their hands.
It's not that Roberts made a mistake or is responsible for Obamacare so to speak, it is that he went to them submissive and admirative enough to wash their hands off of this blood and take on for them in grotesque self sacrifice the task of evil and responsability for them, saving this crap and disaster for them.
And OUR so called GOP is just sitting on their hands
I'll add one more thing. I'm fortunate to have a very good GOP group in my county / state of Wisconsin, however we are NOT left of center. These RINOS that are everywhere calling themselves GOP are sickening. DC is chock full of RINOS.
Conservatives need to take control and it's not easy.
"But Roberts pays attention to media coverage. As chief justice, he is keenly aware of his leadership role on the court, and he also is sensitive to how the court is perceived by the public."
The press spin, again, reframing reality for us. Roberts was threatened by Dear Leader in some way.
Am I right in that 26 states filed this law suit, but there are other states that did NOT partake so as to come at this law with a DIFFERENT law suit to push up to the Supreme Court.
Will a lawyer please comment here? It's like the suit that has many aspects to try, but each suit only takes a portion so in case they lose, they can come back from a different angle? Yes ???
Under a Republican President and Senate, Chief Justice John Roberts ought to be impeached. He made this decision due to outside forces as reported by CBS News, he described his purpose as to find some way to find the law constitutional. This is not carrying out justice "without fear or favor".
Impeach and replace.
I'm sorry Aces, but I'm not sure who we'd appeal to. Perhaps to common sense but that doesn't have anything to do with the 3 branches of FedGuv these days. Appeal to God, perhaps.
However the SCOTUS is the highest court in the land. I believe the ruling is final.
We are all there hurting with you. Let's pray we are partying the day after the November election.
Hang in there!
A Supreme Court ruling can't be appealed, but it can be overturned in a later case.
I think that somebody got to Roberts and that he clearly made his decision out of fear
While slavery is a terrible thing, murder is still worse. Both Dred Scott and Roe v. Wade are bad, but Roe "legalized" killing pre-born babies.
He has violated constitutional principles for political purposes.
Roger Goodell maybe?
That may be, but the Kelo decision is right up there.
Roberts is getting so much negativity and I am not sure it is fair. Kennedy who was nominated by Ronald Reagan does not get near the anger and he has been against us much more than Roberts. Roberts score is 100 to 2....Why is he getting so much grief when Kennedy does not????????
The seeds for a second American revolution are now sprouting up.
The USSC took the case and rendered a decision. I doubt that they will take the case up again, at least not until there is a shift in the make-up of the court.
The USSC chooses what cases to accept.
Yes. But it does not take five to pick the case, or as they say "to grant cert". Four is plenty to do that.
Would not surprise me if someone doing the "Chicago way" may have either threatened him or his spouse/children. He does have children and may had to look out for their safety.
Revolution is coming and coming soon.
Yes, it only takes 4 to grant cert. But, until the law actually takes affect in, what, 2014, can there be anything materially different that the court did not just rule on. So, the earliest this COULD be revisited would be 2016 or 2017. And there would need to be a philosphical shift in the court driven by a change in the make-up of the court for them to re-visit this anytime in the near (10 years or so) future, IMHO. I do not see the court wanting to see this on the docket again.
Basically the court ruled that if you want to dismantle the law, you need to do it politically, in congress. And let the electorate decide.
Because Roberts' decision is one of the very worst in American history, and it will have unimaginably bad consequences. This decision puts us on a sure path to tyranny by basically granting the federal government unlimited power.
I am more than a little annoyed that a short lived majority that came about due to a crisi is able to burden the American people for generations to come.
Second, he sides with with the conservative side 75% of the time in 5-4 decisions.
Most of the decisions where he sided with liberals were not nearly of the consequence of this decision (Kelo excepted - but even there he wrote a separate concurrence limiting the scope of the liberal majority).
To use a criminal analogy, most of Kennedy's liberal votes were misdemeanors, where Roberts vote is a major felony.
Not likely. Levin read from a nine page article in which Roberts was interviewed. It was a frightening read because Roberts revealed himself to be just as he voted. Levin said that not once did Roberts state that his role was to uphold the Constitution.
Roberts is an extremely evil human being. He did what he did with his own free will. Don't many ANY excuses for this subhuman scum.
The damage this evil cretin Roberts will do to our Republic is incalculable.
What a pathetic fool Roberts is. I am disgusted. If I said what I want to say, I would be getting a visit.
No doubt someone's got pictures of the homosexual.
Believe me, if I wrote what I truly felt I would be getting a visit too.
I have a vast library of Liberty and economic books. I have read extensively on the Founders.
The Founders biggest fear was an all powerful central government. They looked at government as a necessary EVIL. They knew clearly the type of men attracted to such power. They tried their best to limit the ability of the government to grown.
Jefferson was extremely fearful of the judiciary. He rightfully stated that if true tyranny is to reign in our Republic it will be through the judiciary.
If our Founders were alive today they would advocate Revolution to restore our Republic. They would understand we are too far gone for legislative solutions at the Federal level.
The only way a second American Revolution an occur is through the several States leading an effort to remove from the Federal government all current powers outside the Constitution. Currently I can't see that happening. We will have to keep resisting the evil push towards an all powerful State.
The RINOs will without a doubt disappoint us. Very dark days lie ahead for our Republic.
I just read The Harbinger. It explains Isaiah 9:10 prophecy and our country turning from the compact of our Founding Fathers with God, how America has received the same warning as Ancient Israel when it turned from God.
Just in the last week, obama hand wrote a verse from this very prophecy on the top girder for the new Freedom Tower, (rebuilding the World Trade Center) and the fool does not even know (or maybe he does and is proud of himself) it is about God's judgement on a fallen, arrogant people.
I did not realize that the St. Paul's church, at Ground Zero is where George Washington dedicated our country to God immediately following his inauguration ceremony.
Good question, ace! And what's the bottom line of the silver lining?
Shrinking violets are pulling at straws!
Roberts is there to keep the Court pristine so that Justice Ginsburg can wear her little ruffled dickey in an authoritative manner, as the socialist majority arrives at a collegial and apolitical consensus.
Pull my finger.
That scrawney old hag and those other two waterbuffalo are a disgrace to womanhood, let alone the Supreme Court!
Now we see that the Chief Justice is a bitter disappointment and a disgrace to the nation!
Less Vital PING.
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Whilst it is possible to unlink other computers through the web interface, as slhck noted, this leaves all of your files where you don't want them. Depending on the sensitivity of your files (and how much work you want for yourself) you can: Back up all Dropbox files locally Delete any sensitive files from your Dropbox Wait for the sync to remove these ...
On Linux, the Dropbox client is subject to a default system limit on the number of directories it can monitor for changes. There is a warning regarding this, along the lines of: Unable to monitor filesystem Please run: echo 100000 | sudo tee /proc/sys/fs/inotify/max_user_watches and restart Dropbox to correct the problem. This comes up often ...
Dropbox supports sharing content across multiple accounts. On the Dropbox website, using the account you wish to share from, create a new folder (e.g. "my project") In the top toolbar, select "Invite to folder", enter the email addresses for the recipients (make sure it's the email they already use for their Dropbox account). Each recipient will get an ...
In the web interface click repeatedly the second column header, i.e. Type until it shows Size - then you will see the size of all the items in the current folder.
Go to https://www.dropbox.com/account#security and here under My devices, unlink the machines you no longer own: Note that the computer, according to Dropbox: will no longer stay in sync, but it will keep a copy of any file it currently has.
I don't think you can actually share the Public folder, just files inside it. Drop a file into the folder, right click it → Dropbox → Copy Public Link. If you have delete the public folder by mistaken then create new one and that's all. One more time: Files must be in the public folder for you to share a url You probably want to look at shared ...
If your files are of a very sensitive nature then you should already be taking measures to secure them regardless of any promises or the good reputation of the service. If however these files are of 'normal' sensitivity then the risk of bad press will usually be enough to guarantee they're good behaviour, after all your files are probably worth less to ...
This is pretty easy. Simply check the check box next to the folder(s) you want to download and then go to More Actions > Download Folder You can also do this to download multiple files within a folder. Check all the items you want to download and then go to More Actions > Download Items
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As of the moment the following is possible: Go to your shared folders overview, select the folder you want to download -> a context menu appears at the top of the list with a download button. This downloads the whole folder as a zip.
There doesn't seem to be a way to do this at the time. Using Windows shortcuts is one possibility to make it as though the files are located in the same folders, however, it seems like it would get a bit complicated if there are a lot of folders. There is a feature request for this exact issue, which you can vote on. Other features you may want to look for ...
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The link generated for a file is something like this: https://www.dropbox.com/_someRandomStrings_/_theNameOfTheFile If you replace www with dl it will take you directly to the respective file. Alternatively, adding ?dl=1 at the end of the link above, will redirect it to the dl.dropbox.com URL. Now, if you have the link to a folder and you add ?dl=1 at ...
The above mentioned solutions do not work anymore. Instead, open the folder you want to download and click to select individual files, or press Ctrl+A to select all files. A row of buttons will appear above the list of files, click the Download button to download the selected files as a Zip compressed archive. EDIT: Matthew Crumley's solution works as well,...
This is how I get around it Create a new windows account Create a shortcut to DropBox on your desktop Hold shift and Right click the shortcut and click Run As Different User Type YourPcName\YourNewAccount for UserName and your password A new DropBox window will open up now and ask for your email/password. You should now have two dropboxes in your task ...
I'm afraid it comes out of both of your quotas: https://www.dropbox.com/help/59
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It appears that the files were not mine to delete after all. Right clicking on the folder brings up the context menu - the first option of which is Shared Folder Options. Clicking on that option shows the following dialog: In this case I'm the only member on the list so it's safe to delete the folder. In the other folder there were more names on the list ...
If that user has set the shared file/folder to sync to their computer then yes, it will stay updated when their dropbox syncs. Keep in mind, though, that there are many ways that the file/folder could be out of sync: Other person hasn't turned on their computer Other person hasn't turned on syncing for that file/folder Other person has Dropbox setup to ...
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Just to expand on Dez's answer, whilst you may not be able to change the directory that the photos are uploaded to originally, you are able to move the photos into different directories, or have directories within the Camera Uploads folder, meaning that you are still able to organise the photos as you wish. Once uploaded, according to the dropbox website: ...
Sign in to dropbox. From the Dropbox webpage: go to the "Camera Uploads" folder and click on the ones you want deleted. (You can use cntrl+a to highlight all on that page). Then click on "delete" in the top menu.
No it doesn't move it to the trash/recycle bin. It stores it though under the Dropbox/.dropbox.cash/ directory (on MacOS and Linux, and I guess something similar on Windows) for at least 3 days. So you can either browse this directory and find your deleted files or simply restore the deleted files from the Web UI and then files that are in the cache will ...
Answer by Moo at Serverfault: Dropbox uses a binary diff algorythm to break down all files into blocks, and only upload blocks that it doesn't already have in the cloud. All of this is done locally on your computer. Dropbox doesn't just use your files that you have already uploaded, it aggregates everyones files into one database of blocks, ...
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|Jul 10, 1973
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|Oct 29, 1971
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|G Smedberg
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|Du Pont
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United States Patent Oifice 3,745,054 HIGH FILLER CONTENT HOT MELT BACKSiZE ADHESIVE COMPOEITIONS George E. Smedberg, Wilmington, DeL, assignor to E. ll. du Pont de Nemonrs and Company, Wilmington, Del. No Drawing. Filed Oct. 29, 1971, Ser. No. 194,025 Int. Cl. D05c 17/02; C08f 45/52 U.S. Cl. 16167 11 Claims ABSTRACT OF THE DESCLOSURE BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION Field of the invention This invention relates to carpet backsizing, and more particularly, it relates to high filler content hot melt backsize adhesive compositions of ethylene/vinyl ester copolymer base.
Description of the prior art For many years the production of backsized tufted carpet has been accomplished by an aqueous latex method. This method involves preparing a tufted structure by stitching a primary backing material (primary scrim) with yarn in such a manner as to form on the top surface of the material a pile composed of numerous closely-spaced erect loops of fiber bundles, i.e., tufts of yarn. If desired, the loops can be cut. After forming the tufted structure, the bottom surface thereof is coated with a latex containing a polymer binder such as a styrene-butadiene copolymer and a secondary backing material (secondary scrim) is applied thereto. The structure is then passed through an oven to dry the latex. By such a process, the tufts of yarn and secondary scrim are bonded to the primary scrim. Also, the individual fiber filaments making up the fiber bundle are bonded together at the primary scrim. While such a process for preparing carpets has been satisfactory from the standpoint of performance, the necessity of a drying step is a severe disadvantage from a cost standpoint and limits the production speed.
Recently, however, there has been developed a new approach to the preparation of tufted carpets. It has been found that carpets could be prepared using a hot melt adhesive backsizing composition instead of an aqueous latex. By the use of a hot melt, the necessity of oven drying the carpet is obviated. While such a hot melt method is quite appealing from the standpoint of cost, some difiiculties have been encountered in preparing completely satisfactory carpet.
Previous patents, such as US. 3,583,936, disclosing hotmelt formulations for carpet finishing taught the use of 3045 percent by weight filler in the formulation. Due to the characteristics of the other ingredients in the formula the addition of more than 45 percent filler produces a hot melt blend having too high a viscosity.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION According tothe present invention there is provided a composition having a softening point of at least about 200 F. comprising (A) about 3-15 weight percent ethylene copolymer having a melt index of about 6 to 800 and 3,745,054 Patented July 10, 1973 comprising about weight percent copolymerized ethylene and about 25 weight percent copolymerized vinyl ester wherein the acid moiety contains 1 to 4 carbon atoms, (B) about 0.3 to 1.5 weight percent of a 149 F. AMP fully refined paraifin wax, (C) about 21 to 47 weight percent of a mixture of (a) a microcrystalline wax, (b) an aliphatic thermoplastic hydrocarbon resin substantially free of polymerized aromatics prepared from diene and olefin monomers of 5 to 7 carbon atoms and having a softening point of about 155 F.-240 F., (c) a polymer resin derived from the alkylation of aromatic compounds with dicyclopentadiene and having a softening point of about 40 F. to 105 F., and (d) an antioxidant, the weight ratio of (b) to (c) being about 1, and (D) about 50 to 75 weight percent filler.
Also provided according to the present invention are carpets comprised of a primary backing material stitched with closely spaced erect loops of yarn to form a tufted structure, the bottom surface of the tufted structure having, as a secondary scrim and/or tuft bonding backsize adhesive coating, the above composition.
DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Hot melt blends containing 30 percent calcium carbonate filler has been used for several years. Such blends, for example, contained 15 percent ethylene/vinyl acetate (EVA) copolymer of 25 percent VA content and 2 melt index, 30 percent calcium carbonate filler, and 55 percent of a formulated resin precursor as follows:
10.2 percent microwax 1.8 percent polyethylene AC 8 (Allied Chemical Corp.-240 F. melting point polyethylene wax, having an average molecular weight of 3500) 17.2 percent Piccopale SF (Pennsylvania Industrial Chemical Corp.s aliphatic thermoplastic petroleum hydrocarbon resin, softening point 225 F.235 F., specific gravity 0.97)
25.6 percent Piccovar AP 25 (Pennsylvania Industrial Chemical Corp.s dicyclopentadiene alkylation polymer, softening point 71 F.-83 F., specific gravity 0.97)
0.2 percent antioxidant.
It has been found that for ease in handling in the mill and optimum finishing results the best operating range of viscosity is from 10,000 to 15,000 cps. at 310 F.
In view of the lower cost of finishing tufted carpets with a latex type backsize adhesive, cost reduction in the formulation of hot melt backsize adhesives became very important. Attempts to reduce hot melt costs by the use of lower cost extenders other than filler have met with failure. It is a well-known fact that to lower the cost of any formulation the most effective cost reduction is obtained by replacement of the more costly ingredients with the lowest cost ingredient. In the case of hot melts the filler is the lowest cost ingredient.
However, it was found that by increasing the filler content above 4045 percent resulted in blends having excessively high viscosities. For example, the viscosity at 310 F. of a 60 percent filled blend containing 10 percent EVA copolymer of 25 percent VA content and 2 melt index and 30 percent of a resin precursor of the same proportions as indicated above is 49,000 cps. On the other hand, it is well known that if this EVA copolymer was replaced with a 19 or 400 melt index EVA coploymer at the 30 percent filler loading, the blend viscosity would be lowered so far that poor scrim bonds and excessive strike-through of the blend would occur. Furthermore, due to the lower molecular weight of these latter copolymers, it was expected that their use in order to lower the viscosity would result in poor blend strength.
Surprisingly it was found that by increasing the filler content to about 50-75 percent and using EVA copolymers of 25 percent VA and 19 or 400 melt index, blends of reduced cost were obtained which when used in backsize carpets, resulted in carpets of unexpectedly improved hand and reduced strike-through, thereby improving the overall appearance of the carpet, while maintaining good strength properties. Slightly changing the ratio of resins in the resin precursor resulted in a further improvement in physical properties of the carpet produced. The lower cost of the higher filler blends permits the production of unitary carpets (carpets with no secondary backing, often embossed for esthetic and non-skid purposes) at reasonable cost. The blends permit the use of the main blend alone or in conjunction with a precoat (latex base or hot melt) as a based coating for subsequent application of jute or synthetic scrims or latex, vinyl on hot-melt foams. In addition, previous formulations also required the preparation of a precoat in the mill by adding 4 percent of the 2 melt index EVA copolymer to the main blend resin precursor. With the new higher filler blend it was found that the resin precursor can be used directly as a precoat eliminating a mixing step in the mill resulting in lower operating and equipment costs.
The ethylene copolymers discovered to be most useful in the present invention are ethylene copolymers with vinyl esters of lower carboxylic acids. Such ethylene/ lower vinyl ester copolymers can be prepared by known techniques, such as illustrated in US. Pat. 2,200,429 to Perrin et al. and US. Pat. 2,703,794 to Roedel. While an ethylene/vinyl acetate copolymer is preferred, other ethylene copolymers, such as those of vinyl formate, vinyl propionate, and vinyl butyrate, are useful as well. The ethylene copolymers have melt indexes, as measured by ASTM 1238-52T, of about 6-800, preferably about 20 to 400, with polymerized ethylene content of about 75 weight percent. correspondingly, the polymerized ester content of useful ethylene copolymers is about 25 weight percent. Additionally, ethylene copolymers containing minor amounts (i.e., up to about 3 weight percent) of polymerizable comonomers, such as acrylic acid, methacrylic acid, itaconic acid, acrylamide, beta dimethylaminoethyl methacrylate, beta hydroxyethyl acrylate, diallyl maleate, diallyl phthalate, diallyl ether ether or ethylene glycol dimethcrylate, are useful as well.
Regarding the wax component, it is necessary that it have a melting point sufliciently high to give adhesive compositions with a softening point of greater than about 200 F. Accordingly, the wax component can be either solely a Fischer-Tropsch wax or blends of high melting point petroleum waxes and low molecular eight polyolefin waxes wherein the polyolefin wax is at least 15 weight percent of the wax blend. The preferred high melting point petroleum waxes are those customarily known as microcrystalline waxes which have melting points in excess of about 160 F. or paraflin waxes having melting points in excess of 140 F. Preferred low molecular weight polyolefin waxes are polyethylene waxes having a molecular weight of less than about 5,000 and melting points of 220 F.250 F.
Additionally the resin precursor contains a base resin and a modifying resin. It has been discovered that the use of this blend in an ethylene copolymer-wax composition produces an adhesive backsizing composition with extraordinarily high toughness. Useful base resins are aliphatic thermoplastic petroleum hydrocarbon resins such as described in Canadian Pat. 531,202 issued Oct. 2, 1956 to Ward. As therein set forth, the resins are prepared from reactive olefins and diene monomers having low carbon atom content (-7 carbon atoms), and are substantially free of polymerized aromatics. Of the resins therein described, those having molecular weights of about 800- 1750, iodine numbers of about 40 66, and ring and ball softening points (ASTM 03-32-26) of about 155 F.- 240 R, and especially above 215 F., are preferred.
Such useful base resins are available under Pennsylvania Industrial Chemical Corporations trade name Piccopale.
Modifying resins useful in the present invention are low molecular weight dicyclopentadiene alkylation polymers having ring and ball softening points of about 40 F.- F. Dicyclopentadiene alkylation polymers are described in US. Pat. 3,023,200 issued Feb. 27, 1962 to Epstein and Gangemi. As therein defined, the term alkylation refers to the formation of a carbon to carbon bond between an aromatic nucleus and a dicyclopentadiene nucleus. Also, this patent describes how dicyclopentadiene alkylation polymers can be prepared with desired softening points and molecular weights. Particularly useful modifying resins have specific gravities of about 0.90-1.1, melt viscosities of about 1 poise over the temperature range of about F.265 F., and softening points of about 65 F.90 F.
The use of an antioxidant and/ or pigments, plasticizers may also be desired.
To attain superior toughness, the weight ratio of base resin to modifying resin is about 1. At higher ratios the resulting adhesive composition is too brittle for use in carpeting applications. On the other hand, the use of lower weight ratios results in adhesive blends that are excessively soft.
The proportional amounts of the ethylene copolymer and precursor resin in the adhesive composition is important. In general, the ethylene copolymer is present in an amount of about 3-15 weight percent, based on the total weight of the filled blend. At lower copolymer contents, the adhesion and toughness characteristics of the blend are diminished while at higher copolymer contents the viscosity of the blend at application temperatures becomes too high. correspondingly, the precursor resin content is generally from about 21-47 weight percent. The use of lower proportions of this ingredient tends to increase melt viscosity at application temperatures, while higher amounts diminish the adhesives toughness.
Suitable fillers useful in the present composition are well known; examples of which include clay, talc, calcium, and magnesium silicates, calcium carbonate, wood flour, hydrated alumina, etc. Filler content ranges from about 50 percent to about 75 percent by weight, based on the total composition, while amounts between about 52 and 60 percent are generally considered most preferable.
The particular manner in which the ingredients are added to formulate the composition of the present invention is not critical and can be accomplished by any of the well known techniques. In general, the wax is initially melted, usually in the presence of an antioxidant, and thereafter the resin extenders are uniformly blended in. Subsequently, the ethylene copolymer, generally in a solid form, such as pellets, and filler are blended into the wax/resin mixture.
The following examples, wherein all parts and percentages are by weight, except where otherwise specified further illustrate the advantages of the present invention.
EXAMPLES 1-4 Blend No. 1 containing 45 percent filler was prepared using 12.6 percent EVA copolymer (25 percent VA, melt index 19), 1.4 percent of a 149 F. AMP melt pointfully refined paraflin wax and 41 percent of a precursor resin of following composition:
1 50/50 ratio.
This blend had a viscosity of 6 500 cps. at 310 It did not produce satisfactory carpet due mainly to the low blend viscosity.
Two lower cost higher filled blends containing the percent VA, 19 melt index EVA copolymer and 52 percent and 60 percent filler have been prepared (Blend No. 2 and 3, respectively). Another blend containing a 25 percent VA, 400 melt index EVA copolymer and 75 percent tiller, Blend No. 4, has also been prepared. The physical properties of the blends are summarized in Table III and compositions are given in Tables I and II. Physical properties of the carpet finished with the 30, 52, 60 and 75 percent blends and having a jute primary backing are shown in Table V.
The 60 percent and 75 percent filled blends before the filler is added have a low enough viscosity to permit their shipment as a liquid. This would reduce blending costs in the mill since only the filler need be added and equipment costs would be reduced since no storage facilities would be needed for the EVA copolymer pellets. The viscosity of the 75 percent filler blend Without the filler is given at different temperatures in Table VI.
The precursor used in the percent filled blend was used in initial experiments during development of the higher (60 percent) filler content blends. It was found that the resistance to pilling of the finished carpet was poor (Table IV). To overcome this the ratio of Piccopale 100 SF to Piccovar AP 25 in the precursor was changed from /60 to /50. This change produced a stifier blend which improved the pill resistance of the carpet. Thus a special additive blend was prepared which when added to a blend having a 50/50 ratio of 100 SF/AP 25 would produce an even stifier (60/40, 100 SF/AP 25 ratio) blend. The addition of 26 pounds of the following blend to 100 pounds of the 50/50 ratio precursor will produce a 60/40 ratio precursor blend:
[Percent Polyethylene AC8 4.3 Microcrystalline wax 18.1 Piccopale 100 SF 77.2 Antioxidant 0.4
This material can be supplied as a flake or liquid. The liquid has a viscosity of 280 cps. at 310 F.
Pill resistance of the finished carpet was determined by the wire brush method as described in Table IV, and by the random tumble pill test. For the purposes of this latter test, pills are defined as bunches or balls of tangled fiber ends which are held to the surface of a carpet by one or more fibers. Cable pills are entangled fibers which cannot be untangled by passing a pick through the tangled area. Bunches or balls of fibers are not present in cable pills.
The tumble pill tester consists of a Norge home dryer, Model AE-620, modified by: replacing the timer switch with an on-oif switch, using a Lucite door to retain the specimen in the drum, using stainless steel reinforcement for the basket liner and providing for a positive exhaust system.
The tester is loaded with the following materials:
(1) Thirty gum rubber sheets, 18 /2" X 5%" X & of durometer hardness 40:5 weighing approximately 12 lbs.
(1) Five Neoprene sheets. Acme #2615, 17%" x 5% it A8" of durometer hardness :5. The sheets are to be punched with 24 1" diameter holes forming eight rows of three holes each. The total weight of the sheets should be approximately 2.8 lbs.
(3) Six fabric balls, approximately 5" diameter, /2 lb. each, made of cotton rag wrapped with 80 x 80 cotton print cloth and held by masking tape. Print cloth is supplied by Test Fabrics, Inc., 55 Vandam St., New York 13, N.Y., catalog No. 400.
(5) A minimum of twelve or a maximum of eighteen carpet specimens. The specimens are prepared by cutting three 8" x 8" squares from each carpet sample, selected from the two sides and center of the sample. Two specimens are then stapled back-to-back with a polyethylene stifiener (6%." x 6% it Ma" 45 mils low density poly- 6 ethylene sheet, Franklin Fiber-Lamtex Corp, Wilmington, Del.) between them. The carpet specimens are conditioned at 75:2 F. and 50:5% RH. in moving air for a minimum of 16 hours prior to testing.
The tester is started and the exhaust blower is turned on. At the end of 10 hours of tumbling, the specimens are removed from the tester and the staples holding the specimens to the stiffener are removed. The specimens are vacuumed lightly and the loose edges are trimmed.
The specimens are rated for pilling against the reference standards that the specimens most nearly resemble in color. Carpet pilling standards for out and loop pile carpets are prepared with the following rating bases:
5no pilling 4slight pilling 3-moderate pilling 2-considerable pilling 1severe pilling TAB LE I Viscosity, cps.
Percent filler Precurso 7 7 resin 0 52 0 60 0 75% Blend 30% Blend Blend Blend No. 1 filler No. 2 N0. 3 N0. 4
178 35, 200 42,100 39, 200 43, 250 Composit percent EVA copolyrner 1 15. 0
EVA copolymer 2 10. 8 8. 1
EVA copolymer 3 3. 6 149 F. AMP melt point fully refined parafifin wax 1. 2 0. 9 0. 4
Polyethylene AC8". 4.0 1. 8 1.44 1.3 0. 84
Microcrystalline wax 17. 4 10. 2 6. 26 5. 8 3. 65
Piccopale" 1OOSF 39.15 17. 2 14. 09 12.1 8. 22
Piccovar AP25--..- 39.15 25. 6 14.09 12.1 S. 22
BHT antioxidant- 3 0. 2 0. l2 0. 2 0. 07
Filler 30. 0 52. 0 60.0 75. O
l 25% VA, 2 melt index. 1 25% VA, 19 melt index.
5 25% VA, 400 melt index.
TABLE IL-BLEND COMPOSITION Blend Filler, Precoat No. percent. composition Main coat composition 30 47 EVA copoly- 157 EVA copolymer, 55? RB 9. 2317;, 168? 30% filler. 0 2 52 Precursor resin 10.8% EVA copolyrneryf 1.2%
of Blend 149 F. AMP melt point; fully N0. 1 i refined parafiin wax 36% proggsofiluresin of Blend No. 1,
a 60 do 8.1% 'hvA copolymer, 0.9%
149 F. AMP melt point fully refined parafiin wax, 31% preggstglfesin oi Blend N 0. 1,
4 15 do 3.6% lava copolymerfl 0.4%
149 F. AMP melt point fully refined paraffin wax, 21% precursor of Blend N o. 1, 75% filler.
TABLE III Tensile Elonga- Viscosity,
Blend Filler, strength. tion, Elastic Ring & cps. at No. percent lbs. percent modulus ball, F. 310 F.
TABLE Iv (d) $.12 antioilgidantl, the1 weight ratio of (b) to c einga out an m Pm X 52 (D) about 50 to 75 Weight percent filler. a o S P P ec a a coa a e val e 2. The composition of claim 1 wherein said ethylene 40/60 139 225 NM 5 copolymer has a melt index of about 20 to 400. 50/50 3. The composition of claim 2 wherein resin (13) has Measured by 20 strokes ofawire brush and subjectively compared for a Softenlng P0111t of about 215 F. to 240 F. and resin fuzz with follow ng ratings: 0=no fuzz; N=noticcable fuzz; M=moderate (c) has a softening point of about 65 F, to 90 F, fuzz;A=appreciable fuzz. Fuzz rating ofO, N, orMis acceptable. 4 The composition if claim 2 wherein the vinyl ester TABLE V is vinyl acetate.
5. The corn osition of claim 4 wherein the melt index Blend add-on, P B1 (1 Flu oz./yd. Tuufltli, ficri u w b h of the ethylene copolymer is about 400.
en 1 er, on ire rus N0. percent Precoat Mam 1W3 Value 6. The compositlon of claim 4 wherein the weight per cent of filler (C) is about 52 to 60 percent.
23 2:2 2 $8 g g 7. A carpet comprised of a primary backing material 60 5.7 18.4 10.5 18.1 Noticeable. stitched with closely spaced erect loops of yarn to form 75 12 3 a tufted structure, the bottom surface of the tufted structure having, as a tuft bonding backsize adhesive coating TABLE VI the composition of claim 1.
viscosity 8. The carpet of claim 7 wherein a secondary scrim W is bonded with said backsize adhesive coating to the bottom surface of the tufted structure. 412 5 Hg 9. A carpet comprised of a primary backing material 2 1:320 stitched with closely spaced erect loops of yarn to form fgg-g 35g 25 a tufted structure, the bottom surface of the tufted struc- 11715 535 ture having, as a tuft bonding backsize adhesive coating, the com osition of claim 4.
l Saybolt Universal Seconds; 10. The carpet of claim 9 wherein a secondary scrim I claim: is bonded with said backsize adhesive coating to the 1. A composition having a softening point of at least bottom Surface of the tufted Structure about 200 F. comprising 7 11. A carpet comprised of a primary backing mate- (A) about 3-15 weight percent ethylene copolymer rial stitched with closely spaced erect loops of yarn to having a melt index of about 6 to 800 and comprisform a tufted structure, the bottom surface of the tufted ing about 75 weight percent copolymerized ethylstructure having as a tuft bonding backsize adhesive coatene and about 25 weight percent copolymerized ing, the composition of claim 5. vinyl ester wherein the acid moiety contains 1 to 4 carbon atoms, References Cited (B) about 0.31.5 weight percent of a 149 F. AMP UNITED STATES AT N S fully refined parafiin wax,
3 390 035 6/1968 Sands 156-72 C b 21-47 ht t t a gf gfi gigfgj a 3,551,231 12/1970 Smedberg 156-72 (b) an aliphatic thermoplastic hydrocarbon resin 3,583,936 6/1971 Stahl 260-887 substantially free of polymerized aromatics pre- 3,676,280 7/ 1972 Sands 161 67 pared from diene and olefin monomers of 5 to 3,684,600 8/1972 Smedberg 156-72 7 carbon atoms and havin a softenin oint of about F, g g P WILLIAM J. VAN BALEN, Primary Examiner (c) a polymer resin derived from the alkylation Us Cl XR of aromatic compounds with dicyclopentadiene and having a softening point of about 40 F. to I117--1'61 UZ; 156-72, 334; 161234, 2 47; 260-28.5 F., and AV, -887
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Keep in mind that while years ago, most "organic" foods you found at your neighborhood health food store came from small, local farms, this is now more the exception than the rule. Today, organic foods are big business, sold in chain groceries and often produced by multinational companies and then trucked across the country.
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Organic foods generally cost more because the lack of pesticides means growing them is more labor-intensive, and the crop yield is not always as good. But, experts say a good place to spend your organic dollars is on fresh produce. Fruits and vegetables are conventionally treated with pesticides and fertilizers to enhance growth and prevent infestation, and are likely to contain pesticide residues.


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At work, we are thinking of getting a TV for presentation/showing things. I had the idea that we could connect a PC, to stream our screens (wirelessly) through it, to the TV (like inverse screen sharing). Is this possible?
Both Windows and Mac users would need to share their screen.
Screen sharer PC --[wifi]--> PC --[HDMI]--> TV


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Wonder Woman - sans her typical uniform. Thought I'd put her in a greek-style dress. More experimenting with PS2. Fun!
I plan on painting Bruce next. We'll see how that goes...
I plan on painting Bruce next. We'll see how that goes...
She looks just like a goddess.
I love it!
Wonderful artwork!
and sorry i use your picture for profile i have no idea it belongs to you if you want i can change it.
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Nice work, Serena
wow its truly amazing. the way you drew her she reminds me of this actress her name is Sandra Echeverria
She's lovely I love her dress
Do you recall when Wonder Woman didn't have her powers and she ran around all dressed in white? It was during the late 60s early 70s.
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Oh btw can there is a superman/wonder woman art group. We would love to host this image.
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Living Frugally on a Budget
Living on a frugal budget is where the art of proper money management tools are used to control ones spending. Living on a frugal budget calls for a lifestyle change and a major awareness of how you are spending and saving. It is not just important that you create a budget, it is also important that you stick to it. Living frugally on a budget means you have to review your spending routine. This means making major spending changes resulting in extra savings, which allows for a more comfortable life.
Money management tools are designed to help you keep track of all your spending through your personal accounts. For example your debit and credit cards. The tools you can use now are much better than they once were. They allow users to upload all their financial data for quicker analysis. These tools allow you to see and control how you use your money. The tools are designed to meet each individual need. A number of tools now exist, so you can choose the one most suitable for you and your family. I'll only mention a couple. For example, Penny minder is suitable for families with multiple spenders, because it allows users to see other family members spending and jointly manage a household budget. You Need A Budget is focused on people living close to their budget and trying to control their debts.
For most individuals and families, money is spent on bills, groceries, and clothing. Sometimes it may seem as if it is impossible to cut back on these expenses, but with a budget you can. First, with bills, the less you use, the more you save. That is, turn off lights when not in use and other things of that nature. Consider your clothing, try to take care of your clothes and follow proper washing and ironing instructions and re-wear when possible. As for groceries, buy what you need instead of what you want. The old saying to save money groceries is to never go grocery shopping hungry. Try to find an easy way to combine your meals. Buy what will last for a while and always check the expiry dates. A frugal lifestyle doesn't mean you live a boring life. It allows you to see what your money is going towards. You will see a rise in your personal savings and more money allotted for things that matter. So its a great idea to develop the art of proper and wise budgeting. Surprisingly, not only your savings will increase, but also a sense of awareness and responsibility.
Adapt to Frugal Living
The Frugal lifestyle should be habitual. If it is maintained it will lead to tremendous success. Money well spent will take an individual a long way, and will lead to a prosperous future. Based on the state of today's economy, this practice would be an asset to possess. With the rise in the cost of living, it is essential to be able to budget correctly. While an individual can benefit from these practices, the same goes for a family. Budgeting is affordable and easily accessible to each and everyone. Limiting the amount you spend on a daily or monthly basis is very important. This means for example, putting a limit on your credit or debit cards is also a good decision, as this allows you to control and save your money easier than you ever thought you could. There are benefits associated with this lifestyle. Improved health is a major gain. For example; when you worry about not having enough money for the bills, or when the money for grocery is low, you tend to lose your rest. However, on a frugal lifestyle this is avoidable. Saving money can also save you time and with that, your overall health. A better relationship is also a note worthy benefit. Whether married or in a relationship, if both parties are not well off financially then arguments are probably always about money. Hence, when a couple decides on a frugal lifestyle, the arguments decrease and their success as a frugal couple will strengthen, their bond will as well. Single folks who have friends and families who support their lifestyle decisions, will also tend to develop calm and love. Appreciation is also a benefit. When you choose to live with the little you have, then you will gradually respect it. You begin to cherish and take care of the things you own, and this attitude allows you to become more appreciative of the important people around you, and the importance of life itself. The sense of accomplishment is another major benefit. When one achieves a goal, whether for little or nothing, the feeling is normally heart wrenching. Thus, the feeling of satisfaction that occurs when you get the things you need for less or seeing the results of your efforts such as a fifty percent decrease in your utility bill or a growing garden of fruits cannot be denied. The most rewarding benefit is that of financial security. There is no doubt that living frugally can result in increased savings and financial comfort. Every dollar saved and every dollar invested, keeps you further away from getting into financial difficulties.
Start Saving with a Frugal Lifestyle
A frugal lifestyle is not just a way of living, it is also a way of life. This lifestyle may allow you at times to feel like an outcast, but just think of the long term reward. Because of the strategies involved for example: cutting back on food and clothing, may sometimes cause you to hang down your head. Every dollar saved on such expenses is a dollar gained in your savings account. It easy to see that the smartest decision one could ever make is to become penny wise, and that is to develop the art of living a frugal lifestyle, as only positive results are available. Based on the financial fluctuations in today's economy, one must ensure financial stability. This can result from many practices, but the most sure, the most rewarding, the most reliable is that of the practice of Living on a Frugal Budget.


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Use Internet Explorer 9? It may be sending your entire browsing history to Microsoft. Or, it may be automatically blocking tracking websites. It's all in how you tweak Internet Explorer's privacy settings.
When installing an application on a Terminal Server, because multiple people will be using the application at once, there is actually a special method that you should use to install the applications. Here's two methods to do it the right way.
Despite the advances in wireless technology the cable-free future we've all been waiting for hasn't arrived yet. Whether you're wrangling network cables, peripheral cables, or a nest of charging cables, we want to hear your cable clutter busting tips and tricks.
Have you ever wondered what snowflakes look like as they form and grow? Ever wished that you could watch one form in front of your eyes? Then sit back and enjoy these two videos that show snowflakes forming right in the lab.
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I want to know why we should use MVVM to implement Silverlight app. What're it's advantages?
We don't do Unit Test for ViewModel, so I want other reasons.
Below are my questions about some advantages people usually say:
1.Loosely Coupled : When we use MVVM , a view rely on ViewModel but not a view, why it's loosely coupled?
2.If I provide public methods in a code-behind, they can also provide reusability.


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In an effort to relieve the suffering of surgery patients, Dr. Thomas Bolton painstakingly develops an opium-based anesthetic, to which he gradually becomes addicted. In order to provide a continual supply of chemicals to continue his experiments and support his addiction, he falls in with a den of murderers who use his signature to sell cadavers to the local hospital.- Written by Doug Sederberg <email@example.com>
In 1840, distinguished surgeon Thomas Bolton is convinced there must be a way to undertake painless surgery. He is a caring man and even runs a free clinic for the poor and underprivileged. He is particularly concerned about patients who are operated on without the benefit of anesthetic. His experiments lead him to the discovery of nitrous oxide but his first attempt at a demonstration to his colleagues goes very very wrong. He is also experimenting on himself, which affects his health and his surgical abilities. When he is banned from the hospital, he turns to a tavern keeper for help in getting the chemicals he needs to continue his experiments. In return, he is forced to help them by providing false death certificates from which they make a pretty penny murdering people and selling the bodies to the hospital. The police are soon on to them.- Written by garykmcd
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XIII. Theatre in Europe & the U.S. During Early 19th Century
In the early 19th century, a large theatrical movement known as Romanticism began in Germany. August Wilhelm Schlegel was a German Romantic writer who considered Shakespeare one of the greatest dramatists and translated seventeen of his plays. Another big fan of Shakespeare was Ludwig Tieck who was responsible for familiarizing Germans with the works of Shakespeare. One of Tieck's famous tragedies was the play Kaiser Octaveous.
Other German playwrights of the early nineteenth century were writers such as Henrich von Kleist who was known as the best playwright of the time, Christian Grabbe who wrote Don Jaun and Faust, Franz Grillparzer who was considered Austria's first serious playwright, and Georg Buchner who wrote Danton's Death and Leoce & Lena.
In England, the Romantic movement was fueled by the impressive works of Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Henry James Byron, Percy Bysshe Shelley , and John Keats . With plays such as Remorse by Coleridge, Marino Fanceiro by Byron, and The Cinci by Shelley, England became a strong player in making popular the notion of Romanticism. Another English actor, dramatist, and writer was James Sheridan Knowles who gained popularity with Virginius and confirmed his place in theatre history with the popular play William Tell.
In France, the popular novelist Victor Hugo wrote the play Hernani which was produced in 1830 at the Comedie Francais. The Moor of Venice was a play written by Alfred de Vigny and was an adaptation of Othello. Henri III and his Court and Christine were written by Alexandre Dumas pere and were other very popular plays at the time. The French Romantic Alfred de Musset wrote A Venician Night and No Trifling with Love.
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Yes. You read that title right. MTV is putting the M back in Music Television and we are already bebopping along to the music. Like everything, MTV experienced changes throughout the years; adapting to new audiences, adding and subtracting shows, and changing their platform. However, with a little help from good ol' popular demand, MTV is welcoming 6 new music based shows. Our excitement is through the roof - join us in this celebration!
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I'm running Windows 7 and for a while it accepts anonymous FTP login ok. Then after some time it begins to fail as follows:
C:\>ftp localhost
Connected to MY-MACHINE,
220 Microsoft FTP Service
User (MY-MACHINE:(none)): anonymous
331 Anonymous access allowed, send identity (e-mail name) as password.
530-User cannot log in.
Win32 error: A specified logon session does not exist. It may already have been terminated.
Error details: An error occurred during the authentication process.
530 End
Login failed.
I get the same response if I attempt it from another machine rather than using localhost.
So far I have found that rebooting the machine will fix this I can log in again. Also if I modify the FTP settings under IIS and change it to use an actual account rather than IUSR for the anonymous login, it begins to work again.
Does anyone know why this would occur and how I can prevent it?


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Thursday, March 19, 2015PSW Staff 03/19/15 10:58 AM,Victory Preparatory Academy in the Denver suburb of Commerce City, Colorado is a new charter school for middle school and high school students. To ensure the growth of its recently-kindled school spirit, school district officials hired Audio Visual Colorado to design and install a high-impact sound reinforcement system in its combination gymnasium/auditorium. AV Colorado obliged, giving VPA a pair of high-fidelity Danley Sound Labs SM-100F full-range loudspeakers, whose excellent pattern control keep energy on the students in the bleachers… and… View this story
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Wednesday, March 18, 2015PSW Staff 03/18/15 02:19 PM,High school football is serious in Valdosta, Georgia, with the Lowndes High School Vikings regularly filling the 12,000-plus seat Martin Stadium. To support the team and improve the game day experience for fans, the school recently raised funds for a new Jumbotron and, to go with it, a modern collegiate-grade sound reinforcement system. Ashly Audio NE Series signal processing and KLR-Series amplifiers support the new system, which provides extensive auto-mixing capabilities and, via a simple Ashly wall-mounted fader bank, intuitive… View this story
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Thursday, October 02, 2014PSW Staff 10/02/14 01:56 PM,Beavercreek High School in the Dayton suburb of Beavercreek, Ohio is the third largest high school in the Buckeye State and supports an exceptionally active athletics program including a girl's basketball team that has been especially successful. Until recently however, poor sound system intelligibility put a damper on home games and dulled the excitement of award ceremonies. That's all changed for the better with a new gymnasium sound reinforcement system centered on cost-effective Ashly Audio ne4400 Protea digital processing and… View this story
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Tuesday, May 20, 2014PSW Staff 05/20/14 12:22 PM,Lake Local High School, home of the Blue Streaks in Uniontown, Ohio, started the year with 12 channels of wireless audio gear comprised of incompatible equipment from a variety of manufacturers with zero frequency coordination capability. The result was drop outs, crackling, and unsatisfactory sound quality during the school's talent shows, concerts, theater productions, and presentations. While the school budget required a degree of frugality, Lake Local High School needed a new solution for the widely used and often rented—by… View this story
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Tuesday, May 13, 2014PSW Staff 05/13/14 08:25 AM,Located forty miles west of St. Louis, St. Charles County is the fastest growing county in Missouri and ranks among the fastest growing counties in the nation. The Wentzville School District is responsible for public education in the area, and with space in its two high schools reaching maximum capacity, the district drafted plans to build a third high school. Now finished, Liberty High School has reliable technology in the classroom, sports facilities, and for extracurricular activities, including a comprehensive… View this story
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Tuesday, April 01, 2014PSW Staff 04/01/14 07:00 AM,The American School Foundation, located in Mexico City, is an academically rigorous, international, university preparatory school that prides itself on dedication to the three A's of education: Academics, Arts and Athletics. Recently, in support of the arts, the school built the Ángeles Espinosa Yglesias Fine Arts Center which includes a 650-seat theater that includes box seats and a balcony. An art gallery is also located on the second floor of the building. When it was time to determine sound reinforcement… View this story
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Tuesday, December 17, 2013PSW Staff 12/17/13 01:02 PM,Dayton High School in Springfield, New Jersey, recently completed their new football field with sound reinforcement provided by loudspeakers from One Systems. Scott Hibbard Audio, located in nearby Florham Park, New Jersey, was brought in to design and install the new system. "Jonathan Dayton High School had been renting a near-by high school football field for home games while their new sports complex was under construction," explains Scott Hibbard, owner of Scott Hibbard Audio. "We had installed One Systems loudspeakers… View this story
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Monday, October 28, 2013PSW Staff 10/28/13 01:25 PM,When the new school year started at Los Angeles County High School for the Arts (LACHSA), the 600-student community started classes with a dramatically new on-campus theater. Supporting the school's visual and performing arts training curriculums, the premier public arts high school turned the top level of its building into a state-of-the-art black box theater. Used for classes, performances, and, at times, a gallery space, the new facility features detailed lighting and an intricate microphone design to accommodate the day-to-day… View this story
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Friday, October 04, 2013PSW Staff 10/04/13 10:11 AM,Scotch Plains-Fanwood High School is a comprehensive regional public high school serving the Township of Scotch Plains and the Borough of Fanwood in north central New Jersey. Scotch Plains-Fanwood has an active athletic program. Its Raiders football and soccer teams enjoy back-to-back playing fields with large bleachers, new turf, a common press box and a new audio system covering both fields with Community R-Series loudspeakers. "The old audio system failed on homecoming day in 2012," said contractor Scott Hibbard of… View this story
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Monday, August 19, 2013PSW Staff 08/19/13 08:55 AM,Located a few miles from Texas A&M University, the gleaming new campus of College Station, Tex.-based College Station High School features a wealth of cutting-edge AV systems. More than 130 Meyer Sound loudspeakers are installed in 14 separate systems in the school's classrooms, athletic facilities, and main theatre. These systems were designed by Houston-based HFP Acoustical Consultants. "There were several factors driving the selection of loudspeakers," says Bill Schuermann, project consultant at HFP. "The school wanted consistency and musicality for… View this story
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Our vacation was a 25-year wedding anniversary trip. On arrival hotel was pleasantly surprised us with cake.
The room was clean and basic, and met our expectations.
Only a construction disturbed us in the morning.
The biggest thanks goes to the hotel staff, who were friendly and cared.
On the sixth day, I had an accident and broke my leg.
This required several visits to the hospital and nearly ruined our vacation.
The hotel staff did everything that we are still enjoying the holiday.
Every time asked how are you and offered to help. I got the feeling that they really did care.
The hotel location was not a problem before the injury, but after that, when leaving the hotel,
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Unfortunately, we had to go home earlier.
Thank you so much everyone!
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