A process for cleaning fabric articles, especially articles of clothing, linen and drapery, with lipophilic fluid and water to provide improved cleaning of soils while providing excellent garment care, especially for articles sensitive to water.
This application a Divisional Application of co-pending U.S. application Ser. No. 10/237,337, filed on Sep. 9, 2002, which claims priority to U.S. Provisional Application Ser. No. 60/318,650 filed on Sep. 10, 2001.
The present invention relates to a fabric article cleaning system, especially a system for use in a consumer's home, utilizing a lipophilic fluid and a low level of water in an automatic laundry machine capable of delivering different levels of water to the wash medium based on the type of fabric articles being cleaned.
Recently, a non-aqueous solvent based fabric article cleaning system, especially a dry cleaning system, utilizing a lipophilic fluid, such as cyclic siloxanes (especially cyclopentasiloxanes, sometimes termed "D5"), has been developed. Such a system is particularly desired for cleaning textile articles without causing damage associated with wet-washing, like shrinkage and dye transfer. To maximize fabric article cleaning in such a system, especially to remove hydrophilic soils, it is highly desirable to use some water along with laundry additives for cleaning, softening, finishing, etc. However, the level of water which can safely be used in such methods varies significantly depending on the type of fabric articles being cleaned.
The present invention is directed to a convenient, safe and effective system for cleaning a variety of fabric articles (including dry clean only garments) which is especially useful for a consumer to use in the home.
The present invention relates to a method (process) for cleaning fabric articles in need of cleaning comprising contacting the fabric articles in need of cleaning with a cleaning composition comprising a lipophilic fluid and water; wherein the amount of water present in the cleaning composition is selected based upon the type of fabric articles being cleaned.
The present invention also provides a method (process) for cleaning fabric articles in need of cleaning comprising contacting the fabric articles in need of cleaning with a cleaning composition comprising a lipophilic fluid and water; wherein the amount of water present in the cleaning composition is selected based upon the amount of soil on the fabric articles to be cleaned.
In another aspect of the present invention, an apparatus, for example, an automatic laundry machine, preferably an automatic home laundry machine, is provided.
In yet another aspect of the present invention, a method wherein the fabric articles to be cleaned are contacted by the lipophilic fluid prior to being contacted separately by water is provided.
In still yet another aspect of the present invention, a method for cleaning fabric articles in need of cleaning comprising contacting the fabric articles with a cleaning composition comprising a lipophilic fluid and a lipophilic cosolvent, wherein the lipophilic cosolvent is present in the cleaning composition at a level of from about 0.1% to about 35% by weight of the cleaning composition, wherein the lipophilic cosolvent forms an azeotrope with water such that water can be incorporated into the cleaning composition as a third solvent in the cleaning composition; and wherein the water is present in the cleaning composition at a level of from about 0.5% to about 25% by weight of the cleaning composition.
Even though the amount of water may be selected based upon different characteristics; namely, fabric article type or amount of soil on the fabric article, the cleaning process and the apparatus used in the methods of the present invention are similar.
The features and advantages of such washing process using a lipophilic fluid and water will become apparent to those of ordinary skill in the art from a reading of the following detailed description and the appended claims. All percentages, ratios and proportions herein are by weight, unless otherwise specified. All temperatures are in degrees Celsius (° C.) unless otherwise specified. All measurements are in SI units unless otherwise specified. All documents cited are in relevant part, incorporated herein by reference.
The term "machine washable fabric articles", as used herein, means those fabric articles readily identified by the fabric industry and consumers as safe for laundering by a conventional aqueous automatic home laundry process. Consumers are frequently helped in this identification of fabric articles by manufacturer's tags identifying the fabric article as "machine washable" or some similar description.
The term "dry clean only fabric articles", as used herein, means those fabric articles readily identified by the fabric industry and consumers as unsafe for laundering by a conventional aqueous automatic home laundry process, and instead requiring special handling with a conventional non-aqueous solvent such as Perc. Again, consumers are frequently helped in this identification of fabric articles by manufacturer's tags identifying the fabric article as "dry clean only" or some similar description.
The term "cleaning composition" and/or "treating composition" used herein are intended to mean any lipophilic fluid-containing composition that comes into direct contact with fabric articles to be cleaned. It should be understood that the term encompasses uses other than cleaning, such as conditioning and sizing.
The term "insoluble in a lipohilic fluid" means that when added to a lipophilic fluid, a material physically separates from the lipophilic fluid (i.e. settle-out, flocculate, float) within 5 minutes after addition, whereas a material that is "soluble in a lipophilic fluid" does not physically separate from the lipophilic fluid within 5 minutes after addition.
The term "consumable detergent composition" means any composition, that when combined with a lipophilic fluid, results in a cleaning composition useful according to the present invention process.
The term "processing aid" refers to any material that renders the consumable detergent composition more suitable for formulation, stability, and/or dilution with a lipophilic fluid to form a cleaning composition useful for the present invention process.
The term "mixing" as used herein means combining two or more materials (i.e., fluids, more specifically a lipophilic fluid and a consumable detergent composition) in such a way that a homogeneous mixture is formed. Suitable mixing processes are known in the art. Nonlimiting examples of suitable mixing processes include vortex mixing processes and static mixing processes.
The present invention process may be described as follows. The present invention is a method for cleaning fabric articles in need of cleaning comprising contacting said fabric articles in need of cleaning with a cleaning composition comprising a lipophilic fluid and water (i.e., low level of water preferably less than 50%, more preferably less than 40% by weight of the cleaning composition), preferably in an automatic laundry machine. The amount of water in the cleaning composition is selected based upon the type of fabric articles being cleaned.
The level of water utilized can vary significantly depending on the fabric article to be cleaned. Limitations on the level of water to be used based on fabric article type are as follows: silks use less than about 1% water; rayon uses less than about 2% water; wools also use less than about 2% water; cottons and polycottons generally can safely be contacted with any level of water; the need for reasonable drying times (preferably less than 1 hour, more preferably less than 45 minutes); and reasonable limits on the amount of water that needs to be separated from the lipophilic fluid if the lipophilic fluid is to be cleaned and reused (which is highly desirable). In one embodiment, the amount of water used in the process is less than about 20% and/or less than about 10% and/or less than about 5% by weight of the cleaning composition.
In one embodiment, if the fabric articles to be cleaned comprise a fabric article selected from the group consisting of silks, wools, rayon and mixtures thereof, then the cleaning composition may comprise less than about 1% by weight of the cleaning composition of water.
In another embodiment, if the fabric articles to be cleaned do not include a fabric article selected from the group consisting of silks, wools, rayon and mixtures thereof, (for example they include a fabric article selected from the group consisting of cotton, polyester, nylon, and polycottons and mixtures thereof), then the cleaning composition may comprise less than about 50% water and/or less than 25% water and/or less than 10% by weight of the cleaning composition of water.
For wash loads that contain more than one fabric article type, the level of water used must be selected to safely contact the most water sensitive fabric article in the load. For example, a wash load containing both cotton and wool fabric articles must use a level of water less than about 2% as needed to safely contact the wool fabric articles in the load. If a silk fabric article is also present, then the water level selected would be less than about 1%. For loads that contain dry clean only fabric articles (with or without machine washable fabric articles also being present in the wash load), it is highly preferred to use less than about 1% water unless the load does not contain any silk fabric articles, then the water level selected may be 2%.
The preferred methods of the present invention use an automatic laundry machine preprogrammed to deliver a select level of water in combination with a lipophilic fluid based on the type of fabric articles to be cleaned. One method involves the use of a machine that automatically selects the level of water to be use. The selection of the level of water by the machine may be in response to a sensor in the machine which detects the types of fabric article being cleaned. For example, the machine may have a sensor that reads labels attached to the fabric articles in the wash load and selects the water level safe for all the fabric articles being cleaned or notifies the operator of problems with the machine options available for making such a selection.
The automatic selection may also be in response to information about the fabric articles to be cleaned provided to the machine by the operator (e.g., the consumer when the process is practiced in the home with a home laundry machine according to the present invention). The machine operator may also be able to select the level of water to be used from the preprogrammed machine options (for example, the machine may have a "silk load" setting, a "wool/rayon" load setting, and a "cotton load" setting that the operator can select based on knowledge of the fabric articles selected for cleaning; or "dry clean only fabric articles" and "machine washable fabric articles only" settings).
Because the fabric articles themselves may bring into the wash process different levels of water (e.g., wet towels versus dry towels being added to the automatic laundry machine), it is highly desirable that the automatic laundry machines used for the present invention process have a water level sensor which can measure the level of water present during the wash process when the fabric articles are contacted with the cleaning composition containing the lipophilic fluid. This sensor preferably limits the level of purposefully added water, if any, which is also introduced into the wash medium, such that if the water level is lower than desired for maximizing the cleaning of the fabric articles being contacted with the cleaning composition, then purposefully added water is metered into the wash process to the level selected for the fabric articles being cleaned. If the water level exceeds the level selected, then the machine preferably is designed to quickly and efficiently remove the water present in the cleaning composition to the selected level (e.g., by cycling the cleaning composition through a separator system designed to remove water and cycle the cleaning composition back into contact with the fabric articles).
Detergents (and/or other fabric article products) comprising one or more laundry additives is preferably added to lipophilic fluid and/or water either before or after the cleaning composition contacts the fabric articles in need of cleaning in the automatic washing machine. The cleaning composition may contain water added as part of the consumable detergent composition and/or by separate addition from a source of water connected to the machine. After the wash cycle, the cleaning composition is drained from drum of the machine and one or more of these laundry additives as well as the water present in the cleaning composition are separated from lipophilic fluid. Preferred mode of separation is extraction of additives into a water phase that is introduced during the process of purifying the lipophilic fluid for reuse by the machine. As such, water can be added during the separation step to enhance the extraction of additives and other contaminants. Together with this water one can add "extraction aids" such as hydrotopes and emulsifiers. Preferred hydrotrope is a short chain, low ethoxylated nonionic such as Dehydol TM Other modes of separation are filtration, coalescence, adsorption, centrifugation, and distillation. Removal of laundry additives is such that the lipophilic fluid is sufficiently clean of laundry additives and soil contaminants that it is ready for use with next load of fabric article to be cleaned. In a preferred system, the water phase containing laundry additives (and likely also some of the soil removed from the fabric articles) is substantially free of lipophilic fluid and is safe for disposal down the drain.
An automatic washing machine useful according to the present invention is any machine designed to clean fabric articles with a cleaning composition containing lipophilic fluid and water, and being capable of carrying out the wash process of the present invention by delivering different levels of water to the fabric articles based on the fabric articles to be cleaned. While the machine will typically have a rotating drum capable of contacting the lipophilic fluid and laundry additives with the fabric articles to be cleaned, for purposes of this invention any method for contacting the lipophilic fluid and water with the fabric article is envisioned, obviously as long as such contact permits the cleaning process to occur. Such machines must comprise a connection for supplying lipophilic fluid (alone or with the water and optionally the laundry additives already mixed therewith) into a chamber for contacting the fabric articles to be cleaned with the lipophilic fluid and selected level of water. Preferred machines also comprise a storage chamber for storing the lipophilic fluid to be supplied to the wash process carried out in the machine. Thus, these machines typically have a source of lipophilic fluid. The machines also comprise a separation system capable of separating the lipophilic fluid from the water and laundry additives during or after the fabric article cleaning process in order to reuse the lipophilic fluid. Further the present invention machines preferably comprise a connection for attachment to an aqueous waste removal system such that at least some (preferably all) of the water and laundry additives removed by the separation system are disposed of down the drain. Preferred machines also have a connection for attachment to a source of water, typically tap water, to provide a meter able source of water for addition to the cleaning composition at the desired level. If tap water is to be used, such water source preferably is filtered or otherwise treated prior to introduction into contact with the fabric articles to reduce the water "hardness" by removing dissolved materials. Such a water filter may be part of the machine or part of the home water treatment system. The present invention machines also preferably have the above noted sensors (to detect fabric article types in the wash load and/or to measure the water level present in the wash medium in contact with the fabric articles being cleaned) and/or are preferably preprogrammed to deliver the selected level of water based on the fabric article types being cleaned.
"Substantially free of lipophilic fluid", as used herein, means that the aqueous mixture to be disposed of down the drain does not contain unacceptably high levels (for example, no more than 5% and/or 3% and/or 1% and/or less than 1% by weight of the aqueous mixture to be disposed of down the drain) of lipophilic fluid as determined by both environmental safety and cost of replacement of the lost lipophilic fluid from the washing machine store of lipophilic fluid. Since it is highly desirable that essentially all the lipophilic fluid be reused in the current wash system, it is highly desirable that very little if any of the lipophilic fluid is disposed of down the drain with the above-noted aqueous phase containing laundry additives.
"Down the drain", as used herein, means both the conventional in-home disposal of materials into the municipal water waste removal systems such as by sewer systems or via site specific systems such as septic systems, as well as for commercial applications the removal to on-site water treatment systems or some other centralized containment means for collecting contaminated water from the facility.
Any nonaqueous fluid that is both capable of meeting known requirements for a dry-cleaning fluid (e.g, flash point etc.) and is capable of at least partially dissolving sebum, as indicated by the test method described below, is suitable as a lipophilic fluid herein. As a general guideline, perfluorobutylamine (Fluorinert FC43®) on its own (with or without adjuncts) is a reference material which by definition is unsuitable as a lipophilic fluid for use herein (it is essentially a nonsolvent) while cyclopentasiloxanes have suitable sebum-dissolving properties and dissolves sebum.
Lipophilic fluids can include linear and cyclic polysiloxanes, hydrocarbons and chlorinated hydrocarbons, with the exception of PERC and DF2000 which are explicitly not covered by the lipophilic fluid definition as used herein. More preferred are the linear and cyclic polysiloxanes and hydrocarbons of the glycol ether, acetate ester, lactate ester families. Preferred lipophilic fluids include cyclic siloxanes having a boiling point at 760 mm Hg. of below about 250° C. Specifically preferred cyclic siloxanes for use in this invention are octamethylcyclotetrasiloxane, decamethylcyclopentasiloxane, and dodecamethylcyclohexasiloxane. Preferably, the cyclic siloxane comprises decamethylcyclopentasiloxane (D5, pentamer) and is substantially free of octamethylcyclotetrasiloxane (tetramer) and dodecamethylcyclohexasiloxane (hexamer).
The level of lipophilic fluid present in the cleaning compositions according to the present invention may be from about 70% to about 99.99% and/or from about 90% to about 99.9% and/or from about 95% to about 99.8% by weight of the cleaning composition. The level of lipophilic fluid, when present in a consumable detergent composition useful for the present invention, may be from about 0% to about 90% and/or from about 0.1% to about 75% and/or from about 1% to about 50% by weight of the consumable detergent composition.
Detergent compositions useful herein comprise laundry additives. "Laundry additives" as used herein, means additives useful in a lipophilic fluid-based cleaning system, and preferably are selected from those materials that can be safely disposed down the drain within all constraints on environmental fate and toxicity (e.g. biodegradability, aquatic toxicity, pH, etc.). Although solubility in water or lipophilic fluid are not necessarily required, preferred materials are simultaneously soluble in both water and lipophilic fluid. The laundry additives can vary widely and can be used at widely ranging levels.
Some suitable laundry additives include, but are not limited to, builders, surfactants, enzymes, bleach activators, bleach catalysts, bleach boosters, bleaches, alkalinity sources, antibacterial agents, colorants, perfumes, pro-perfumes, finishing aids, lime soap dispersants, odor control agents, odor neutralizers, polymeric dye transfer inhibiting agents, crystal growth inhibitors, photobleaches, heavy metal ion sequestrants, anti-tarnishing agents, anti-microbial agents, anti-oxidants, anti-redeposition agents, soil release polymers, electrolytes, pH modifiers, thickeners, abrasives, divalent or trivalent ions, metal ion salts, enzyme stabilizers, corrosion inhibitors, diamines or polyamines and/or their alkoxylates, suds stabilizing polymers, solvents, process aids, fabric softening agents, optical brighteners, hydrotropes, suds or foam suppressors, suds or foam boosters and mixtures thereof.
A preferred surfactant laundry additive is a material that is capable of suspending water in a lipophilic fluid and enhancing soil removal benefits of a lipophilic fluid. As a condition of their performance, said materials are soluble in the lipophilic fluid. One preferred class of materials is siloxane-based surfactants. Such materials, derived from poly(dimethylsiloxane), are well known in the art. For the present invention, not all such siloxane materials are suitable, either because they are insoluble in the lipophilic fluid and/or because they do not provide improved cleaning of soils compared to the level of cleaning provided by the lipophilic fluid itself.
D″ is R6 2SiO2/2 wherein R6 is independently H, a monovalent hydrocarbon group or (CH2)l(C6H4)m(A)n-[(L)o-(A′) p-]q-(L′)rZ(G)s, wherein 1 is 1-10; m is 0 or 1; n is 0-5; o is 0-3; p is 0 or 1; q is 0-10; r is 0-3; s is 0-3;C6H4 is unsubstituted or substituted with a C1-10 alkyl or alkenyl; A and A′ are each independently a linking moiety representing an ester, a keto, an ether, a thio, an amido, an amino, a C1-4 fluoroalkyl, a C1-4 fluoroalkenyl, a branched or straight chained polyalkylene oxide, a phosphate, a sulfonyl, a sulfate, an ammonium, and mixtures thereof; L and L′ are each independently a C1-30 straight chained or branched alkyl or alkenyl or an aryl which is unsubstituted or substituted; Z is a hydrogen, carboxylic acid, a hydroxy, a phosphato, a phosphate ester, a sulfonyl, a sulfonate, a sulfate, a branched or straight-chained polyalkylene oxide, a nitryl, a glyceryl, an aryl unsubstituted or substituted with a C1-30alkyl or alkenyl, a carbohydrate unsubstituted or substituted with a C1-10alkyl or alkenyl or an ammonium; G is an anion or cation such as H+, Na+, Li+, K+, NH4 +, Ca+2, Mg+2, Cl−, Br−, I−, mesylate or tosylate.
Nonlimiting commercially available examples of suitable organosulfosuccinate surfactants are available under the trade names of Aerosol OT and Aerosol TR-70 (ex. Cytec).
A second preferred class of materials suitable for the surfactant component is organic in nature. Again, solubility in the lipophilic fluid, as identified above, is essential. Preferred materials are organosulfosuccinate surfactants, with carbon chains of from about 6 to about 20 carbon atoms.
Another preferred class of surfactants is nonionic surfactants, especially those having low HLB values. Preferred nonionic surfactants have HLB values of less than about 10, more preferably less than about 7.5, and most preferably less than about 5. Preferred nonionic surfactants also have from about 6-20 carbons in the surfactant chain and from about 1-15 ethylene oxide (EO) and/or propylene oxide (PO) units in the hydrophilic portion of the surfactant (i.e., C6-20 EO/PO 1-15), and preferably nonionic surfactants selected from those within C7-11 EO/PO 1-5 (e.g., C7-11 EO 2.5).
The surfactant laundry additives, when present, typically comprises from about 0.001% to about 10%, more preferably from about 0.01% to about 5%, even more preferably from about 0.02% to about 2% by weight of the cleaning composition combined with the lipophilic fluid for the present invention process. These surfactant laundry additives, when present in the consumable detergent compositions before addition to the lipophilic fluid, preferably comprises from about 1% to about 90%, more preferably 2% to about 75%, even more preferably from about 5% to about 60% by weight of the consumable detergent composition.
Non-silicone additives, if present, which preferably comprises a strongly polar and/or hydrogen-bonding head group, further enhances soil removal by the process of the present invention. Examples of the strongly polar and/or hydrogen-bonding head group are alcohols, carboxylic acids, sulfates, sulphonates, phosphates, phosphonates, and nitrogen containing materials. Preferred non-silicone additives are nitrogen containing materials selected from the group consisting of primary, secondary and tertiary amines, diamines, triamines, ethoxylated amines, amine oxides, amides, betaines, quaternary ammonium salts, and mixtures thereof. Alkylamines are particularly preferred. Additionally, branching on the alkyl chain to help lower the melting point is highly preferred. Even more preferred are primary alkylamines comprising from about 6 to about 22 carbon atoms.
Particularly preferred primary alkylamines are oleylamine (commercially available from Akzo under the trade name Armeen® OLD), dodecylamine (commercially available from Akzo under the trade name Armeen® 12D), branched C16-C22 alkylamine (commercially available from Rohm & Haas under the trade name Primene® JM-T) and mixtures thereof.
The non-silicone additive, when present in the cleaning compositions used for the present invention process, preferably comprises from about 0.001% to about 10%, more preferably from about 0.01% to about 5%, even more preferably from about 0.02% to about 2% by weight of the cleaning composition. Non-silicone additives, when present in the consumable detergent compositions for the present invention process, preferably comprises from about 1% to about 90%, more preferably from about 2% to about 75%, even more preferably from about 5% to about 60% by weight of the consumable detergent composition.
As noted before, optionally, consumable detergent compositions useful in the present invention process may contain water. When present in the consumable detergent compositions, water preferably comprises from about 1% to about 90%, more preferably from about 2% to about 75%, even more preferably from about 5% to about 40% by weight of the consumable detergent composition.
Optionally, the compositions useful for the present invention process may comprise processing aids. Processing aids facilitate the formation of the cleaning compositions by maintaining the fluidity and/or homogeneity of the consumable detergent composition, and/or aiding in the dilution process. Processing aids suitable for the present invention are solvents, preferably solvents other than those described above, hydrotropes, and/or surfactants, preferably surfactants other than those described above with respect to the surfactant component. Particularly preferred processing aids are protic solvents such as aliphatic alcohols, diols, triols, etc. and nonionic surfactants such as ethoxylated fatty alcohols.
Processing aids, when present in the cleaning compositions, preferably comprise from about 0.02% to about 10%, more preferably from about 0.05% to about 10%, even more preferably from about 0.1% to about 10% by weight of the cleaning composition. Processing aids, when present in the consumable detergent compositions, preferably comprise from about 1% to about 75%, more preferably from about 5% to about 50% by weight of the consumable detergent composition.
Perfumes and perfumery ingredients useful in the compositions for the present invention process comprise a wide variety of natural and synthetic chemical ingredients, including, but not limited to, aldehydes, ketones, esters, and the like. Also included are various natural extracts and essences which can comprise complex mixtures of ingredients, such as orange oil, lemon oil, rose extract, lavender, musk, patchouli, balsamic essence, sandalwood oil, pine oil, cedar, and the like. Finished perfumes may comprise extremely complex mixtures of such ingredients. Pro-perfumes are also useful in the present invention. Such materials are those precursors or mixtures thereof capable of chemically reacting, e.g., by hydrolysis, to release a perfume, and are described in patents and/or published patent applications to Procter and Gamble, Firmenich, Givaudan and others.
Bleaches, especially oxygen bleaches, are another type of laundry additive suitable for use in the compositions for the present invention. This is especially the case for the activated and catalyzed forms with such bleach activators as nonanoyloxybenzenesulfonate and/or any of its linear or branched higher or lower homologs, and/or tetraacetylethylenediamine and/or any of its derivatives or derivatives of phthaloylimidoperoxycaproic acid (PAP; available from Ausimont SpA under trade name Euroco®) or other imido- or amido-substituted bleach activators including the lactam types, or more generally any mixture of hydrophilic and/or hydrophobic bleach activators (especially acyl derivatives including those of the C6-C16 substituted oxybenzenesulfonates).
Detersive enzymes such as proteases, amylases, cellulases, lipases and the like as well as bleach catalysts including the macrocyclic types having manganese or similar transition metals all useful in laundry and cleaning products can be used herein at very low, or less commonly, higher levels. Laundry Additives that are catalytic, for example enzymes, can be used in "forward" or "reverse" modes. For example, a lipolase or other hydrolase may be used, optionally in the presence of alcohols as laundry additives, to convert fatty acids to esters, thereby increasing their solubility in the lipohilic fluid.
Nonlimiting examples of finishing polymers that are commercially available are: polyvinylpyrrolidone/dimethylaminoethyl methacrylate copolymer, such as Copolymer 958®, molecular weight of about 100,000 and Copolymer 937, molecular weight of about 1,000,000, available from GAF Chemicals Corporation; adipic acid/dimethylaminohydroxypropyl diethylenetriamine copolymer, such as Cartaretin F-4® and F-23, available from Sandoz Chemicals Corporation; methacryloyl ethyl betaine/methacrylates copolymer, such as Diaformer Z-SM®, available from Mitsubishi Chemicals Corporation; polyvinyl alcohol copolymer resin, such as Vinex 2019® available from Air Products and Chemicals or Moweol®, available from Clariant; adipic acid/epoxypropyl diethylenetriamine copolymer, such as Delsette 101®, available from Hercules Incorporated; polyamine resins, such as Cypro 515®, available from Cytec Industries; polyquaternary amine resins, such as Kymene 557H®, available from Hercules Incorporated; and polyvinylpyrrolidone/acrylic acid, such as Sokalan EG 310®, available from BASF.
The laundry additive may also be an antistatic agent. Any suitable well-known antistatic agents used in conventional laundering and dry cleaning are suitable for use in the compositions and methods of the present invention. Especially suitable as antistatic agents are the subset of fabric softeners which are known to provide antistatic benefits. For example those fabric softeners that have a fatty acyl group which has an iodine value of above 20, such as N,N-di(tallowoyl-oxy-ethyl)-N,N-dimethyl ammonium methylsulfate. However, it is to be understood that the term antistatic agent is not to be limited to just this subset of fabric softeners and includes all antistatic agents.
Preferred insect and moth repellent laundry additives useful in the compositions of the present invention are perfume ingredients, such as citronellol, citronellal, citral, linalool, cedar extract, geranium oil, sandalwood oil, 2-(diethylphenoxy)ethanol, 1-dodecene, etc. Other examples of insect and/or moth repellents useful in the compositions of the present invention are disclosed in U.S. Pat. Nos. 4,449,987; 4,693,890; 4,696,676; 4,933,371; 5,030,660; 5,196,200; and in "Semio Activity of Flavor and Fragrance Molecules on Various Insect Species", B. D. Mookherjee et al., published in Bioactive Volatile Compounds from Plants, ACS Symposium Series 525, R. Teranishi, R. G. Buttery, and H. Sugisawa, 1993, pp. 35-48, all of said patents and publications being incorporated herein by reference.
1. A method for cleaning fabric articles in need of cleaning comprising contacting said fabric articles in need of cleaning with a cleaning composition comprising a lipophilic fluid and water; wherein the amount of water in the cleaning composition is selected based upon the type of fabric articles being cleaned.
2. The method according to claim 1 wherein the fabric articles are contacted by the cleaning composition in a fabric article cleaning chamber of an automatic laundry machine capable of varying the amount of water present in the fabric article cleaning chamber.
3. The method according to claim 2 wherein the automatic laundry machine is preprogrammed to use a selected amount of water, based upon the type of fabric articles being cleaned, in the cleaning composition to contact the fabric articles during operation of the cleaning method.
4. The method according to claim 3 wherein the automatic laundry machine automatically selects the amount of water to be used.
5. The method according to claim 4 wherein the selection of the amount of water by the automatic laundry machine is in response to a sensor in the automatic laundry machine which detects the types of fabric articles within its fabric article cleaning chamber.
6. The method according to claim 5 wherein the sensor reads a label attached to the fabric articles and selects an amount of water safe for all the fabric articles being cleaned.
7. The method according to claim 4 wherein the automatic selection of the amount of water is in response to information about the fabric articles to be cleaned provided to the automatic laundry machine by an operator.
8. The method according to claim 3 wherein the operator selects the amount of water to be used from a preprogrammed option within the automatic laundry machine.
9. The method according to claim 1 wherein the fabric articles to be cleaned include a fabric article selected from the group consisting of silks, wools, rayon and mixtures thereof, and these fabric articles are cleaned in the automatic laundry machine with a cleaning composition comprising less than about 1% water by weight of the cleaning composition.
10. The method according to claim 1 wherein the fabric articles to be cleaned include fabric articles selected from the group consisting of cotton, polyester, nylon, and polycottons and mixtures thereof, and these fabric articles are cleaned in the automatic laundry machine with a cleaning composition comprising less than about 50% water by weight of the cleaning composition.
11. A method for cleaning fabric articles in need of cleaning, said method comprising contacting said fabric articles in need of cleaning with a cleaning composition comprising a lipophilic fluid and water; wherein the amount of water in the cleaning composition is selected based upon the amount of soil on said fabric articles being cleaned.
12. The method according to claim 11 wherein the fabric articles are contacted by the cleaning composition in a fabric article cleaning chamber of an automatic laundry machine capable of varying the amount of water present in the fabric article cleaning chamber.
13. The method according to claim 12 wherein the automatic laundry machine is preprogrammed to use a selected amount of water, based upon the amount of soil on said fabric articles being cleaned and optionally, based upon the type of fabric articles being cleaned, in the cleaning composition to contact the fabric articles during operation of the cleaning method.
14. The method according to claim 13 wherein the automatic laundry machine automatically selects the amount of water to be used.
15. The method according to claim 14 wherein the selection of the amount of water by the automatic laundry machine is in response to a sensor in the automatic laundry machine which detects the amount of soil on the fabric articles to be chamber.
16. The method according to claim 15 wherein the sensor reads a label attached to the fabric articles and selects an amount of water safe for all the fabric articles being cleaned.
17. The method according to claim 14 wherein the automatic selection of the amount of water is in response to information about the fabric articles to be cleaned provided to the automatic laundry machine by an operator.
18. The method according to claim 13 wherein the operator selects the amount of water to be used from a preprogrammed option within the automatic laundry machine.
19. The method according to claim 11 wherein the fabric articles to be cleaned include a fabric article selected from the group consisting of silks, wools, rayon and mixtures thereof, and these fabric articles are cleaned in the automatic laundry machine with a cleaning composition comprising less than about 1% water by weight of the cleaning composition.
20. The method according to claim 11 wherein the fabric articles to be cleaned include fabric articles selected from the group consisting of cotton, polyester, nylon, and polycottons and mixtures thereof, and these fabric articles are cleaned in the automatic laundry machine with a cleaning composition comprising less than about 50% water by weight of the cleaning composition.


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OpinionMUCH ABOUT HISTORY
Sorry -- the Apostle John was not black
Exclusive: Scott Morefield sees PCism run amok in casting of 'A.D. The Bible Continues'
By Scott Morefield
Published April 9, 2015 at 7:25pm
I don't have anything against black actors. In fact, some of my favorite actors are black, and I enjoy watching them in a tremendous variety of roles. From Idris Elba's gritty portrayal of London detective John Luther, to Dennis Haysbert's calm, cool and collected President Palmer in "24" (oh, to have a black president like THAT!), to Denzell Washington and Morgan Freeman in just about any role, black actors have enriched the big and small screens, adding richness, humor, depth and, well, color to our entertainment experience.
So why did I cringe a little when I first saw Gambian actor Babou Ceesay as the Apostle John and Chinese/Zimbabwean actress Chipo Chung as Mary Magdalene standing beside the mother of Jesus during Sunday's NBC broadcast of the first episode of "A.D. The Bible Continues"? Did my inherent, inborn "racism" as a Southern white dude (go ahead, insert your favorite toothless, ignorant redneck joke here) finally subconsciously kick in, robbing me of the rich, diverse, multicultural experience the filmmakers were obviously trying to bring me with their forward-thinking casting?
No sane Christian denies that we are all the same at the foot of the cross, so, in a metaphorical sense at least, it did seem fitting to see the ebony-skinned Ceesay standing and weeping beside others who followed and loved Christ. After all, thank God, His love and salvation doesn't depend on the color of our skin!
However, from a "suspension-of-disbelief" standpoint as it relates to historical drama, a black Apostle John makes about as much sense as a musical featuring a gay, lilly-white Genghis Khan leading a diverse cast of Indians, Somalis and Italians dressed in Mongol costumes on a West Side Story-style, multicultural romp across Asia.
He just looked out of place, like Al Sharpton at a Renaissance fair or Michael Moore at a gym.
Why must every historical movie these days, particularly those that deal with biblical topics, be subjected to a diversity "litmus test"? With apologies to Afrocentrists everywhere (OK, not really), while it's possible there were black people in the vicinity of Judea during the time of Christ, there is no way, absolutely no way, John the Apostle was black. No serious historian believes this.
But wait, there's more.
According to the Washington Post, several black leaders were less than impressed by the casting of Argentinian actor Juan Pablo Di Paca as Jesus, including the Rev. Darrel Watson, who told producer Mark Burnett, "Given latest scholarship, Jesus is more to be seen as black than anything else. This would have been great for us in 1980, but in 2015, we need to consider for accuracy sake Jesus having another type skin color."
"For accuracy sake …" mmm-hmm
Watson, completely ignoring the fact that Jesus (and John, but what do I know?) was JEWISH (news flash, with respect to Whoopi Goldberg and Ethiopian Jews across the Holy Land, Jews, particularly in A.D. 33, weren't black), decides instead to reference an apocalyptic passage in Revelation that describes Jesus as having hair "white like wool" and feet "fine like unto fine brass, as if they burned in a furnace" (Revelation 1:14-15 KJV).
First of all, the much more accurate ESV renders the passage, "The hairs of his head were white, like white wool, like snow." Secondly, and this is just for fun, are we to assume because the same passage describes his voice as the sound of many waters that perhaps Jesus was part mermaid, too?
See how easy it is to counter this nonsense?
Are we truly at a point in race relations where the only way some black people can relate to portrayals of iconic figures is for those figures to look like them? Really?
Have we come to a place where even casting directors aren't allowed to discriminate based on what race or ethnicity the historical character actually was? What insanity is next? How about Halle Berry as Queen Elizabeth, or … Leonardo DiCaprio as Martin Luther King?
Look, I'm not trying to enact casting "Jim Crow" policies to relegate blacks to the back of the casting director's bus. I just don't like having my history messed with for no better reason than to cater to political correctness.
You want to cast a black guy as a knight in a historical fantasy like "Merlin"? Knock your socks off. It's stretching it, because we darn well know black guys wouldn't have been knights (or even servants) in Medieval England even in a kingdom as open as Arthur's was portrayed to be, but at least it's just fantasy. But please stop, just STOP, rewriting history to appease people's hand-wringing, politically correct sentimentalities.
I don't like it when political correctness decides that John the Apostle was an Afro-Judean, not because I would be offended if it turned out that John (or Jesus, for that matter) was black, but because it's not true. But, when does truth ever matter to these people?
When discussing casting in front of a group of African-American pastors, producer Burnett said, "We realized that we could have made 'The Bible' better in terms of diversity, but we are getting the chance to do it again … and we manage to make this very Afrocentric in major characters."
Burnett then goes on to insist the African actors were selected "not because of their color but because they were the best for the job."
Yeah, right. The producers who aimed to make this an Afrocentric film didn't take color into account when selecting their actors. And I've got some oceanfront property to sell you in Zimbabwe.
As silly as that movie was, at least the producers of "Bruce Almighty" didn't cross any such nonsensical bridges when they cast Morgan Freeman as God, given that John 1:18 clearly states, "No one has ever seen God." But lots of men, and women too, saw Jesus, and John, and James, and Phillip, and Mary Magdalene, and the closest thing to black these historical folks were is a really dark suntan.
Scott Morefield
Scott Morefield is a news and opinion columnist for BizPac Review. In addition to his op-eds on WND, his work has also been featured on Townhall, TheBlaze, The Federalist, Breitbart, The Hill, National Review Online, and The Hill, among others. He is also the editor of Raising Godly Children, a Christian-centered parenting and marriage resource.
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Hong Kong, China (April 24, 2017) - SLR Magic extends it's full frame lens lineup with the SLR Magic CINE 25mm F1.4 wide angle lens. This product will be officially introduced during the upcoming 2017 NAB Show in the Las Vegas Convention Center. There will be a demo at the SLR Magic booth (Central Hall, C2663) during the NAB Show from 24 – 27th April 2017.
The field of view of the SLR Magic CINE 25mm F1.4 opens up many new creative composition opportunities, particularly in the fields of interior, architectural and landscape cinematography and photography.
The compact size of the SLR Magic CINE 25mm F1.4 wide angle lens also makes it a good choice of lens to be used with gimbals.
We place our highest priority in the development on our lenses to fulfill the demands of professional cinematographers and photographers. The design and build of the SLR Magic CINE 25mm F1.4 is solid and reliable.
quirky - they already have the 0.95 which is an amazing lens. Why this one? What they really need to launch is an 85 or longer length lens in the set.
I believe the .95 you speak of is for MFT sensors. This is Full Frame. Way different beast!


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Charlotte Hornets at Houston Rockets 11/27/21 - NBA Picks & Predictions
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Houston Rockets vs Charlotte Hornets
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Craig's 5 Free Betting Picks - Monday 1/17/22
The Charlotte Hornets complete a back to back on Saturday when visiting the Houston Rockets after hosting the Minnesota Timberwolves on Friday. Charlotte is 12-8 and third in the Southeast Division following a 106-99 victory over the Orlando Magic on Wednesday. Terry Rozier was the leading scorer for Charlotte with 27 points while Kelly Oubre Jr scored 21 points.
Miles Bridges is the leading scorer for Charlotte with an average of 20.3 points per game, while LeMalo Ball is the second-leading scorer, leading rebounder and leader in assists with averages of 19.9 points, 7.8 rebounds and 7.5 assists per game. Charlotte has five players averaging double figures in scoring and as a team is scoring an average of 111.9 points per game.
Houston looks for its second consecutive victory when hosting Charlotte on Saturday. The Rockets snapped a 15-game losing streak with a 118-113 victory over the Chicago Bulls on Wednesday. Danuel House Jr was the leading scorer for Houston with 18 points while Christian Wood scored 16. Houston is 2-16 and already 8 ½ games behind first-place Dallas in the Southwest Division.
Christian Wood is the leading scorer and rebounder for Houston with averages of 15.5 points and 11.0 rebounds per game, while Kevin Porter Jr is the leader in assists with an average of 5.3 per game. Houston has five players averaging double-figures in scoring and as a team the Rockets are scoring an average of 101.2 points per game.
Charlotte is 6-2 ATS in its last 8
The UNDER has cashed in 7 of the Hornets last 8
Houston is 1-6 ATS in its last 7
The UNDER has cashed in 5 of the Rockets last 6
Charlotte will defeat Houston on the road Saturday, but the play here is UNDER. The UNDER has cashed in seven of Charlotte's last eight and in five Houston's last six. Houston is scoring an average of only 101.2 points per game which is 27th in the NBA while the Rockets are shooting only 42.9% which is 25th. The total has finished under in five of the last seven that the Hornets have played in the second half of a back to back. Final Score Prediction, Charlotte Hornets win but our best play is UNDER 111-100.


At Paxon it is our people who drive business success and we pride ourselves on nurturing and developing talent. We strive towards creating an environment where people can flourish personally and professionally.
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The closing date for graduate applications is Sunday 31 March 2019.


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We love our community at Carousell. It is extremely important to us that you not only have a pleasant experience buying and selling on Carousell, but also that you feel comfortable and safe while doing so.
This Privacy Policy supplements our Terms of Service and explains how Carousell handles information collected and received in the course of your use of our websites, mobile application and services (including the 7-Eleven Cash on Delivery services, collectively, the "Services"). It also governs Carousell's collection, use and disclosure of your information.
Information we collect and receive
We may collect and receive information from you in the following situations:
When you register for an account with us ("Account").
When you choose to connect your Account with an external third party service or application, such as Facebook.
When you use the features and functions available on our Services, for example, by creating listings, interacting with other users through our chat feature, or transacting with other users.
If you contact us, for example, with a query or to report a problem, we will collect and receive the following types of information from you:
Data pertaining to your identity, for example, your name, address, telephone number, email address, information relating to your Facebook or twitter account, which will be provided by the operator of such platform when you use such account to log in to Carousell.
Data pertaining to your demography, such as your age, gender, date of birth, etc..
Data pertaining to your social activities, such as your interests, hobby, lifestyle, consumption patterns, etc..
Other types of data, such as email, the messages you left on certain websites, cookies.
You are under no obligation to provide the information to us. However, if you choose to withhold the information or to revoke permission for us to receive the information, we may be unable to provide our Services, either in part or in whole, to you.
By providing us with any information relating to a third party (e.g., information of your spouse, children, parents, and/or employees), you represent and warrant to us that you have validly obtained the consent of the third party to provide us with their information for the purposes specified herein.
We may collect and receive the following information. Please note that not all of our Services collect all of the information listed below:
Account credentials such as username.
Profile information such as, name, gender, email address, profile photo, mobile number, date of birth.
Information required for Carousell Protection (including payment and shipping services) such as credit or debit card details, bank account, NRIC/FIN number, address, mobile number.
Location information such as last known location, meet-up location.
Any other information disclosed by you in any of the above-mentioned methods and/or through the use our Services.
Aggregate data collected through the use of our Services.
Any communications between you and another user of our Services.
Your interactions with others
Our Services offer features which allow users to connect and communicate in groups which are public or semi-public, and to share information with each other to complete a transaction. Please use common sense and exercise good judgement when sharing information in these groups or with others. We generally do not monitor or remove the information which you share and such information may remain available on our Services after your Account has been deactivated, terminated or is otherwise closed. You are responsible for the information you choose to share in these groups or with other users.
Why we collect the information and how we use it
We may use the information collected and received from you for the following purposes:
To verify your identity, update our records and generally maintain your Account with us;
Provide our Services and customise the content shown to you;
Develop, operate, improve, deliver and maintain our Services;
To process transactions.
To process or arrange payment and/or shipping services.
To process or resolve any dispute arising from or in connection with any transactions, in accordance with our Terms of Service.
To detect or monitor any frauds or other prohibited content, businesses or activities.
Responding to your queries and resolving complaints.
To facilitate, confirm and/or provide updates or notifications in relation to any transactions.
Providing you with the 7-Eleven Cash on Delivery services and the third-party payment services.
Carry out polls, surveys, analysis and research on how our Services are being used and how we can improve them.
To update you on your listings and our Services (e.g. new offers, new chats, new feedback, new comments). These updates will be sent by email and/or through push notifications via the Services and you can choose to unsubscribe from these updates at any time through the "Settings" page of your Account.
To send you marketing and/or promotional materials on the latest products and services of Carousell or carefully selected third parties. These updates will be sent by email and/or through push notifications via the Services and you can choose to unsubscribe from these marketing communications via the link in the email you have received and/or through the "Settings" page of your Account. These marketing communications may also be communicated to you through text messages and/or voice calls if you have indicated that you wish to receive such updates through these methods;
To send you service-related messages including, without limitation, a welcome/confirmation email when you register your Account and to enforce our Terms of Service and other policies. These messages are not promotional in nature. These messages will be sent by email and/or through push notifications via the Services and you may not opt-out of receiving service-related messages from Carousell, unless you deactivate your account.
Perform functions or services as otherwise notified to you at the time of collection such as to publish and/or use for our marketing purposes, your feedbacks and stories.
To provide you a more tailored online advertising experience. Carousell has in place, tools and services are used to create advertisements, to deliver advertisements to devices on behalf of advertisers, to monitor the success of and manage advertising campaigns, and to present you with advertisements that are more likely to be interesting and relevant to you. Delivering relevant ads that are tailored to users' interests is known as "interest based advertising" (sometimes also referred to as "behavioural advertising"). For more information on the behavioural advertising, including to understand what opting-out means and your opt out choices for your devices, including computer browsers and mobile browsers and devices, please see the Section 10 "Carousell Opt-Out" below.
To provide and carry out cross-application and cross-device advertising (i.e.advertising across browsers and applications on a single device, as well as cross-device advertising), advertising delivery and reporting. Information include information described above and data collected from a particular computer, browser or device and may be used with another computer, browser or device that is linked to the computer, browser or device on which such data was collected.
To generate a "Lookalike audience" or "similar audience" of prospective users through the Facebook or Google advertising platforms and/or similar service providers. This allows us to deliver targeted advertisements on their networks to potential users, where such potential users may have shared interests or similar demographics to our existing users, based on the data of these advertising platforms. We typically do this by uploading a list of email addresses in a secured manner. Facebook's policy is to irreversibly hash (encrypt) such lists locally and prior to uploading. Facebook will then match the hashed data against their own user and generate the lookalike audience. The uploaded list will then be deleted and will not be used for any other purposes. Carousell will not have access to the identity of any user in the lookalike audience, unless such individual chooses to click on the advertisements we deliver. If you wish to opt out of "similar audiences" in Google, you can do so through your Google Ads Settings.
To comply with applicable Anti-Money Laundering and Countering the Financing of Terrorism regulations and other applicable laws and regulations.
When you register for an Account, the information which you make available on your profile may be viewed by other users of our Services. Other users of our Services would also be able to view the content which you upload and share on our Services.
We may share the information with third party service providers who assist us in performing certain aspects of our Services on our behalf, such as processing transactions, payment or shipping services, issuing invoices, fulfilling requests for information, receiving and sending communications, updating marketing lists, analysing data, providing support services or in other tasks. Such service providers will only have access to your personal information to the extent necessary to perform their functions.
Carousell may, for the purpose of providing the 7-Eleven Cash on Delivery and the third-party payment services to you, provide your personal data to the relevant partners, trust banks, and the relevant third parties such as the third-party service providers that assist Carousell in performing the Services, to the extent necessary for the delivery of the goods and the collection and payment of the purchase prices.
We may share the information with our related and associate companies and affiliates for the purposes of performing certain aspects of our Services and for the purposes as set out in this Privacy Policy.
We may share the information with our potential partners, investors and other parties with a view to a potential business partnership, collaboration, joint venture or otherwise in furtherance of our business.
We may share any information collected in accordance with this Privacy Policy with: (i) governmental and other regulatory authorities or the courts in any jurisdiction; (ii) any third party claimants or potential third party claimants; or (iii) your card issuing bank, financial institution and/or payment service provider, to process or resolve any chargeback, payment reversal and/or dispute arising from or in connection with a transaction using our Services in accordance with our Terms of Service.
In addition to other information described in this Privacy Policy, we may collect and share with third party data management platforms or advertising and analytics partners precise location information. This location information may be used by itself, aggregated, or combined with mobile identifiers (such as IDFAs and Android IDs), and shared with third parties for purposes related to advertising, analytics, attribution (e.g., measuring ad performance), analytics and market research. We have included the links to their privacy policies below.
We may disclose your personal information if required to do so by law or if we believe that such action is necessary to prevent fraud or crime or to protect our Services or the rights, property or personal safety of any person.
The third party data management platforms or advertising and analytics partners we work with are:
MobFox
MightyHive a Google Analytic 360 certified partner
Other third party service providers we work with includes:
Sift Science - for fraud detection and prevention services
Stripe - payment service provider
You may click on the names of these third parties to access their privacy policies.
We respect your privacy and we will not sell your personal information to any third party. To the extent permissible under the laws, we may disclose data and aggregate statistics about users of our Services and sales to prospective partners, advertisers, sponsors and other reputable third parties in order to describe our Services, deliver targeted advertisements or for other lawful purposes, but these data and statistics will not include information which can be used to identify you.
From the "Settings" page of your Account, you may opt out of us sharing the anonymous information listed above. For more information on how we share such information and your opt-out choices, please refer to this article.
By using our Services, you authorise us to use your information in Singapore, the United States, Taiwan and other countries where Carousell operates for the purposes mentioned above. We will ensure that your information is transferred in accordance with this Privacy Policy and protected in accordance with applicable laws on personal data protection.
The security of your information is important to us. We have security measures in place to protect against the loss, misuse and alteration of information under our control. We also follow generally accepted industry standards to protect the information transmitted to us over the Internet, both during transmission and once we receive it. Sensitive information (such as credit card numbers) is encrypted using secure socket layer technology (SSL). However, no method of transmission over the Internet, or method of electronic storage, is 100% secure. Therefore, while we strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect your information, we cannot guarantee its absolute security.
It is important that you protect against unauthorised access of your Account and information by choosing your password carefully, and keeping your password and Account secure (e.g. by signing out after using our Services).
Accessing and updating your information
You may access and update your information within our Services through the "Settings" page of your Account.
Where you provide personal information about yourself to us, you are responsible for providing accurate, not misleading, complete and up-to-date information about yourself and any other person whose personal information you provide us, and to update this personal information as and when it becomes inaccurate, misleading, incomplete or out-of-date.
In certain circumstances, you may need to provide to us personal information about someone other than yourself. If so, we rely on you to inform these individuals that you are providing their personal information to Carousell, to make sure they consent to you giving us their information and to advise them about where they can find a copy of this Privacy Policy.
If you wish to:
make an inquiry of and to review the information we hold about you;
apply for a copy of the information we hold about you;
supplement or correct the information we hold about you;
withdraw consent you previously provided to us to use, collect or disclose the information we hold about you; or
erase the information we hold about you,
please contact our Personal Data Protection Office at the contact details set out in Section 12 below.
Please allow us a reasonable period of time to respond to any request and effect any change. We may ask to verify your identity and for more information about your request. Where we are legally permitted to do so, we may refuse your request and may give you reasons for doing so.
Where you have requested for a copy of the information we hold about you, we may charge a reasonable administrative fee to cover the costs of responding to your request. If we decide to do so, we will provide you with a written estimate of such fee beforehand.
We use tracking technologies on our Services. These enable us to understand how you use our Services which, in turn, help us to provide and improve our Services. However, the tracking technologies do not access, receive or collect information which can be used to identify you. We have listed below some examples of the tracking technologies used on our Services:
Cookies. A cookie is a small data file sent from a website to your browser that is stored on your device. Cookies are used for a number of purposes, including displaying the most appropriate content based on your interests and activity on our Services, estimate and report our Service's total audience size and traffic, and conduct research to improve our Services. You can configure your device's settings to reflect your preference to accept or reject cookies. If you reject all cookies, you will not be able to take full advantage of our Services. For more information on cookies control, please see the Section 10 "Carousell Opt-Out" below.
Pixels. We may from time to time use certain Facebook Business Tools such as the Facebook Pixel. This tool allows Carousell to keep track of what users do after they see or click on a Facebook advertisement and enables us to monitor the effectiveness of Facebook ads for purposes of statistics and market research. Carousell will be able to better understand and deliver ads and make them more relevant to you. The collected data remains anonymous and Carousell cannot see the personal data of any individual user.
However, the collected data is saved and processed by Facebook. Facebook may be able to connect the data with your Facebook account and use the data for their own advertising purposes and in accordance with Facebook's Data Use Policy. Facebook has ultimate control of the information gathered through the Facebook Business Tools and communications. You can opt-out of Facebook's use of cookies and Facebook Pixel through settings on your Facebook Account or withdraw your consent here.
Clear gifs. We employ a software technology called clear gifs (a.k.a. web beacons or web bugs) to help us better manage content on our Services by informing us what content is effective. Clear gifs are tiny graphics with a unique identifier similar in function to cookies, and are used to track the online movements of web users. In contrast to cookies, which are stored on a user's computer hard drive, clear gifs are embedded invisibly on web pages and are about the size of the period at the end of this sentence.
Data collected in this way is anonymous to us, which means we cannot see the personal data of individual users. However, this data is saved and processed by Facebook. Facebook can connect this data with your Facebook account and use it for its own advertising purposes, in accordance with Facebook's Data Policy which can be found at https://www.facebook.com/about/privacy/. You can allow Facebook and its partners to place ads on and outside of Facebook. A cookie can also be saved on your device for these purposes.
Please click here if you would like to withdraw your consent https://www.facebook.com/settings/?tab=ads#_=_.
Flash cookies. We use Flash cookies (a.k.a local shared objects or LSOs) to store some of your viewing preferences on our Services. These are used to collect and store information, but differ from browser cookies in the amount, type and manner in which data is stored.
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We may deliver personalised and/or targeted advertisements (each, a "Targeted Ad") to you in the course of your use of our Services and/or through a variety of advertising networks and exchanges.
From the "Settings" page of your Account, you may opt out of behavioural tracking and/or interest-based advertising through our Platforms. Your changes to such opt-out settings may take 24 hours to become effective.
Please note that if you choose to "opt out", we will not use information we have collected about you to deliver Targeted Ads, but it does not opt you out of seeing advertisements. You will still see generic, non-targeted advertisements which are served without the use of any information we have collected about you. You may still be served advertisements for other reasons, such as:
General advertisements served to all users of our Platforms.
Personalised and/or targeted advertisements from other third parties and not delivered by Carousell through your mobile and/or web activities.
Please also note that even though Carousell does not share your personal data (other than hashed or device identifiers, to the extent they are personal data in some countries) with any advertising networks and exchanges without your consent or unless as specified in this Privacy Policy, when you view or interact with an advertisement via any of your devices, an advertiser or advertising network or exchanges can infer that you are within their target audience; or when you click on an advertisement, the publisher and/or advertiser will know you visited the page that you clicked on and may still be able to associate personal data collected by such third parties directly from you through their cookies and similar tracking technologies.
For more information on how you can manage your advertising preferences and opt out of receiving Targeted Ads please refer to this article.
We reserve the right to make changes to this Privacy Policy at any time and all changes will be posted here. If we believe that the changes are material, we will notify you of the changes by posting a notice on our Services or by email. You are responsible for reviewing the changes which we make to this Privacy Policy. Your continued use of our Services after the changes constitutes your acceptance of the updated Privacy Policy.
Third party sites and resources
Our Services may, from time to time, contain links to external sites or resources which are operated by third parties. We have no control over the content and privacy practices of such sites or resources. You are advised to review the privacy policies of these sites and resources operated by third parties and understand how your information may be used by those third parties.
If you have any questions, complaints, concerns or comments on our Privacy Policy, we welcome you to contact us by sending an email to dpo@thecarousell.com. Your indication at the subject header would assist us in attending to your email speedily by passing it on to the relevant staff in our organisation. For example, you could insert the subject header as "Accessing Personal Data".
This Privacy Policy is made in both Chinese and English; in the event of any inconsistency there-between, the Chinese version shall prevail.
Last updated on 19 November 2020
https://support.carousell.com/hc/en-us/articles/115008830488-Privacy-Policy-Taiwan-


Every aspect was clearly explained and any questions were answer in a very timely fashion even on weekends and off hours.
Being a Loan Officer is extremely rewarding! I am able to help people find their dream home and guide them through one of the most exciting times of their lives. The relationships made with clients as well as real estate agents are a large reason as to why this career is the perfect fit for me. I live in Fort Wayne, IN with my fiance and our three children; Braden, Skyy, & Kali. We enjoy all the city has to offer and witnessing the growth of the city. Fort Wayne has much to offer and we are growing evreyday! Please feel free to contact me anytime, I'm always available!
I don't have a typical customer per say. I work with all different buyers with the same goal, to walk away from the deal with a satisfied customer.
After gathering all of the information needed from the customer, I research which loan products would be most beneficial to them. I then present the different options to the customer, we discuss which loan product fit best and move to the application process.
A lot of borrowers believe they will need at least 20% down on a home to qualify. The reality is you could qualify for a home with no money down or as little as 3% down. Another misconception is that your credit needs to be perfect. Credit is a large factor when applying for a loan, but we offer many different loan types to fit the needs of the client. A lot of people believe when buying a home the buyer can save money by not using a real estate agent. This is false, the seller almost always pays the realtors commission. Your loan officer and real estate agent should be a team, getting you to the closing table as smoothly as possible.
Taking a homeownership counseling class can teach a first time homebuyer a lot of great tips for their first purchase. Your loan officer is a definite great resource for any questions or concerns.
Customer Satisfaction. It's a great feeling when the customer finds their perfect home and get the keys in their hands on closing day!


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Car Criticism
Consequences of oil addiction
The Energy Crisis
Autos on Welfare
Societal Costs of Cars & Highways
Anti-Car Books
Pro-Car & Anti-Bike Groups
Bad drivers get their licenses back?
Action Against Motorists
Costs of Car Ownership
Fuel Economy & Green Cars
Motorists Running Red Lights
Driver Impairment
Top Anti-Car websites
Other Anti-Car websites
Wars for oil are an obvious consequence of our addiction to oil. But there are lesser-known atrocities. Take the case of Ken Saro-Wiwa. He campaigned in Nigeria to stop Shell and Chevron from taking over native people's lands to drill for oil.
The oil companies, in bed with the Nigerian military, had him arrested and killed. This is the kind of thing we're putting in our tanks every time we fill out.
The Oil Crisis is coming. Life as we know it is about to change, forever. Believe it. (More: PeakOil.com, and Life After the Oil Crash)
How much energy we use. Overconsumption of oil means that more people will die as more wars are fought over an increasingly shrinking supply. The U.S. alone uses 46% of all the gasoline used in the world. (more…)
The true cost of gas. Americans whine about the "high" price of gas while not realizing what a sweet deal they're getting.
Gas Price Watch. While Rome burns, Americans gleefully search out the cheapest way to throw the proverbial gasoline on the fire.
Pollution by cars causes lung cancer, respiratory problems, urban smog, and acid rain. Greenhouse gases emitted by cars cause global warming, which is not just a concern for the future, it's happening right now. (more…)
While most motorists think that their gas taxes and registration fees pay for the roads and for other related costs, the truth is that infrastructure is financed mostly by general taxes paid by everyone, which means that those who don't drive are subsidizing those who do.
Societal costs of cars & highways. Our romance with cars, begun with enthusiasm more than 100 years ago, has, in fact, become a very troubled entanglement.
Today's relationship with the automobile inflicts upon us pollution, noise, congestion, sprawl, big expenses, injury, and even death. Yet we continue to live with cars at a growing cost to ourselves and the environment. (more…)
Books about the problems caused by cars.
Vehicle Choice. These nice folks explain why it's a bad idea to require cars to be more fuel-efficient and less polluting.
Quality Growth Coalition. The group made up exclusively of members of the highway lobby, made its debut with a comprehensive "Toolkit for Quality Growth". The toolkit draws a distinction between "quality growth" vs. "smart growth", and focuses on issues like traffic congestion and air quality.
Case studies explain why Los Angeles is a good model for development while Portland's "experiment" is a failure. The toolkit also includes recommendations for building a "quality growth" campaign. The road lobby gets organized.
We received some spam promising those bad drivers could legally drive again by getting an international driver's license, supposedly easy to obtain, and recognized in the U.S.
Not surprisingly, the U.S. government says that international drivers licenses are only for foreigners (duh) and that Americans wanting an IDL to drive in another country must already have a valid U.S. license.
Tracking License Plates. PublicData.com lets users find the owner of vehicles by typing in the license plate number. Their databases cover vehicles from Texas and several other states. Subscriptions start at $25/year. And PlateWire lets readers enter in a license plate and a description of reckless behavior by the driver.
Tagging SUV's. A citizen on the west coast has a project of putting bumper stickers on SUV's that say "I'm changing the climate!" East coast activists have also made "tickets" to put on SUV's. And Brooklyn activists have erected "No SUV Parking" signs, and then "ticketed" the offenders.
The typical American family spends almost $8000 a year to own and operate a car when you count the car payments, gas, oil, maintenance & repairs, licenses, parking, and insurance.
A good bicycle goes for $300, lasts for years, and costs almost nothing to operate.
If you took the money you'd save by getting rid of your car and invested it you could have $2.3 million by the time you retired.
The Green Car Club unites owners and enthusiasts of environmentally cleaner cars.
GreenerCars.com lists which vehicles get the best and the worst gas mileage.
The EPA's FuelEconomy.com is a similar reference, but of course, is not as opinionated as GreenerCars.
The first mass-produced, hybrid gas/electric cars started coming to market in 2000. First out of the gate was the Honda Insight, which boasts a whopping 70mpg on the highway and 61 in the city. The two-passenger car sells for about $20,000. The car also meets California's new strict standard for Ultra Low Emissions vehicles (ULE). For more information on fuel economy, check out the EPA's fuel economy website.
Motorists are quick to claim that cyclists don't deserve respect on the road unless they follow traffic laws. It would be nice if they applied that same litmus test to other motorists. While cyclists and motorists both break the law, when motorists do it they kill people. Here's a report about motorists running red lights.
Cell Phones. Studies have shown that cell phone use while driving poses as much risk as driving drunk, and that hands-free phones aren't any safer than handheld phones. European countries have banned cell phone use while driving for that reason. The Natl. Highway Traffic Safety Administration covers driver distraction in detail.
Driving While Drowsy. The Sleep Foundation also has a website about the problem of motorists driving while drowsy.
Auto-Saurus Commercial
Broadcast-quality ad by AdBusters.
Car Busters
International group based in Europe working towards a car-free society. They publish a hot magazine ("Car Busters") and email newsletter and sponsor World Car-Free Day every September.
These folks advocate for car-free cities in a well-researched and professional manner.
Car-Free City US
A group working to create a car-free city in the U.S.
(Planning a) Car-Free Day
A large, well-organized site which details how to plan a Car-Free Day in your city.
Documents the tremendous environmental, social and economic damage caused by endless road building. Also publishes Culture Change magazine (formerly Auto-Free Times).
Get out of the bike lane!
Posts vigilante photos of autos parked in the bike lane in Toronto, Canada.
Less Traffic
Recommends going beyond traffic calming to reduce the number and speed of cars on the streets.
National Park(ing) Day
Promotes the creation of temporary public parks in public parking spaces.
Reclaim the Streets (San Francisco, CA US)
A movement which advocates massive street parties, covertly painting bike lanes onto roadways, and other ways to subvert the car culture. Here is the RTS page for London.
Right of Way (New York City)
Local group asserting cyclist and pedestrian rights over motorist prerogatives. Has stenciled over 250 street memorials to car victims and published "Killed By Automobile" report.
Transportation Alternatives (New York City)
A local group promoting alternatives to car-based transportation. This website is HOT! It's a model for other groups to emulate.
Victoria Transport Policy Institute
Publishes a number of important studies and reports, such as one explaining how cyclists actually subsidize the cost of road-building for motorists, a Pavement Buster's Guide, and much more.
For activists who are ready to move beyond simply riding in Critical Mass rides and actually get something done in their communities, this site provides plenty of the ammunition they'll need.
NoSUV.org
News and information about the scourge of sport utility vehicles. They also offer "One less 4WD" stickers.
Screw the Hummers
Submit your picture of you flipping off a Hummer.
DumbAssDrivers.com is dead.
When DAD was running, they'd send a nasty postcard to a bad driver when you typed the driver's license plate number into their website. The site was started by a local (Austin) businessman, and an article about it appeared in the 3-21-00 Austin American-Statesman.


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News from The Woodlands
Conroe ISD board of trustees considers Senior Priority Pass Program, STAAR scores
CISD trustees consider $549.58M budget for 2019-20 school year
Montgomery County forensic department asks commissioners for death investigator to handle increased workload
Montgomery County Commissioners Court tabled a request for an additional death investigator position at its May 13 meeting.
Anna Lotz/Community Impact Newspaper
Montgomery County Commissioners Court tabled a request for an additional death investigator position at its May 13 meeting. (Anna Lotz/Community Impact Newspaper)
By Vanessa Holt | 4:28 pm May 15, 2019 CDT
Montgomery County commissioners deferred decision on a request from the county forensic director for an additional staff member May 14 after the department head said workflow there has increased since taking over death investigations from the justices of the peace.
Kathryn Pinneri, director of county forensic services, said the requested position would carry a salary of $54,665 and benefits.
"There has been a change in our workflow," Pinneri said. "This came about from [Precinct 3 Justice of the Peace Matt] Beasley, who noticed that the reporting requirements for justice of the peace are different from those of a medical examiner … the death of a person in the hospital within 24 hours for a JP by law is not reportable. However, those deaths a large number of the time are going to be people who fall under a JP case … but there are some that might get missed if those aren't reported."
Pinneri said the shifting of those investigations to the forensic department would result in increased workloads because hospital deaths would now be routed to forensic services instead of through the justices of the peace.
The commissioners voted 4-1 to defer the item, with Judge Mark Keough voting against the motion.
Beasley spoke at the meeting alongside Pinneri, stating that until a few weeks ago, justices of the peace were handling all of the death investigation calls, including hospital calls.
"I don't know the legislative intent on why JPs have a different responsibility when it comes to this, my assumption is that when the legislation was created for medical examiner's office they know it was for bigger counties and they could respond to these things." Beasley said.
Beasley said a "good amount" of the calls the justice of the peace office receives for hospital deaths did not need to be reported to the JP's office.
"Since we're not operating as an ME's office, I don't think we should halfway operate as an ME's office," Precinct 3 Commissioner James Noack said. "We either stick with the system … or we move towards a full ME's office."
Montgomery County currently has two death investigators.
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"As the population grows … the JPs are going to need help or the doctor's going to need help," Precinct 4 Commissioner James Mett said. "When someone is not walking around breathing anymore, you've got to find out why that is."
The caseload of deaths has been increasing even without taking on the justice of the peace death investigations, Pinneri said.
"Every year I've been here since 2016 has been a record number of cases," she said.
Discussion of converting the forensics department to a medical examiner's office was on the agenda for May 13, but deferred to a future session.
"That's something we have to do at some point and have to be considering," Noack said.
Vanessa Holt
A resident of the Houston area since 2011, Vanessa began working in community journalism in her home state of New Jersey in 1996. She joined Community Impact Newspaper in 2016 as a reporter for the Spring/Klein edition and became editor of the paper in March 2017.
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'A Rose Is A Rose Is A Rose' Opens
Kelcey Edwards and James Salomon at the Tom Sachs exhibit at Bridge Art Fair last summer.
On Sunday, August 25, from 5 to 8 PM six artists will come together at The Gallery in Water Mill for the opening reception of "A Rose is a Rose is a Rose." The exhibit, which will run through September 22, will showcase works from Sydney Albertini, Rachel Garrard, Terra Goolsby, Nicole Nadeau, Talia Levitt, and Jo Shane. Kelcey Edwards of Iron Gate East and James Salomon of Salomon Contemporary have joined efforts to bring the show to life.
How did the two of you meet?
James Salomon: Kelcey and I met through a mutual friend out east, and I knew immediately that she was someone special. She's a very talented writer, filmmaker, and curator. I believe in all her projects, which is why I am happy to sign on to this with her. "A Rose is a Rose" is mainly her concept, with me chipping in. I am the co-pilot. That being said, I have full faith in her flying skills and am excited to present this show with her.
What inspired the show?
Kelcey Edwards: We have been wanting to work together for quite some time. I first had the opportunity to collaborate with James when he asked me to write the catalog essay for a 10-person show he curated at the Berkshire Botanical Gardens in Stockbridge, MA. The show featured some incredible East End artists including Ned Smyth, Toni Ross, and Fitzhugh Karol. We had a great time and shared a certain kind of sensibility, and I've been looking for a chance to curate with him ever since.
Why the title "A Rose is a Rose?"
K.E.: The title is drawn from a poem written by Gertrude Stein in 1913. "A rose is a rose is a rose" is among her most famous quotations, meaning something along the lines of "things are what they are." However, in the case of the works in this show, things are not quite what they are, which is why we framed it as a kind of reimagining of the familiar.
Why did you pick these specific artists?
K.E.: Because I love them and their work. And I knew that shown together, the works would have a kind of synergy. To me, there is beauty, mystery, and a sense of play in all of the works in the show.
Describe the artwork that will be shown.
K.E.: There is a broad range of works, sculpture — multimedia, bronze, ceramic, yarn — some small, some large. There are installations and there are paintings in canvas and wood. It's just a spectacular show. Impossible to describe. You should come see it.
The Gallery @ Water Mill Square is located at 670 Montauk Highway in Water Mill. Visit www.irongateeast.com or www.salomoncontemporary.com to learn more.
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Guild Hall Members Exhibit
Can Art Influence Change?
Carly Haffner: In The Woods


Ms. Linda Bonnell is a Phoenix native and a graduate of Arizona State University. She received a specialized Bachelor's degree in Therapeutic Programming for Special Populations, with an emphasis in Art, Education, and Physical Education. She has worked primarily with children during the last 30 years. In addition to teaching Art at New Way for the last 13 years, Ms. Bonnell is highly involved in extra-curricular activities at school, leading Art Clubs, designing and implementing the school gardens, and rooting on all the New Way Sports programs.
Ms. Bonnell's hobbies include collecting vintage and antique treasures and refurbishing furniture. She also enjoys kayaking, camping with her kids, and traveling to Flagstaff on weekends.


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"Less is more" is becoming all the rage in electronics design. There is more demand than ever for components that consume as little power as possible in the design of automation systems, appliances, medical devices, and similar types of electronics.
Small devices aren't the only ones with low power demands. That's why Renesas Electronics has introduced the first products in a new family RX200 series of 32-bit microcontrollers. The company says its new RX210 chips allow for the development of high-performance electronics systems without high power consumption.
Enhanced with more Flash and RAM memory, the RX210 devices provide more freedom for software development by allowing designers to implement more features while retaining the power of previous Renesas microcontrollers, Haddad said. "For instance, they can embed more language variants of their user interface in a single device, simplifying the design and logistics of their products." Designers can also implement complex software stacks, like TCP-IP, file systems, and encryption, and they can use the additional memory to embed an RTOS, like Micrium RTOS and Middleware.
Cost and regulatory considerations are among the factors driving the industry's low-power trend. "By lowering the power consumption in active mode, for the same performance, the designer can reduce the current output need of its power supply, thus reducing the cost of the power supply design," Haddad said. Also, more regulations are being passed to reduce power consumption as part of the effort toward energy efficiency.
An integrated rich function set of 7 Uart, 8 SPI, I2C, comparators, 12-bit ADC, 10-bit DAC, and 24-bit ADC (RX21A), which will reduce system cost by integrating most functions.