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1. A liquid crystal display comprising:
first and second substrates;
a liquid crystal layer formed between the first and second substrates;
an alignment layer formed on at least one of the first and second substrates; and
a blocking layer formed between at least one of the first and second substrates and the alignment layer and including a water soluble conductive polymer and a clay.
2. The liquid crystal display of claim 1, wherein the water soluble conductive polymer and the clay form a nanocomposite.
3. The liquid crystal display of claim 1, wherein the water soluble conductive polymer includes a self-doped water soluble polypyrrole graft copolymer.
4. The liquid crystal display of claim 3, wherein the self-doped water soluble polypyrrole graft copolymer is represented by the following Chemical Formula (I):
5. The liquid crystal display of claim 1, wherein the number of polypyrroles in the copolymer is in a range of 2 to 400.
6. The liquid crystal display of claim 1, wherein the blocking layer further includes a silane coupling agent.
7. The liquid crystal display of claim 1, wherein the alignment layer is water insoluble.
8. The liquid crystal display of claim 1, further comprising:
a plurality of gate lines and data lines formed on the first substrate and crossing each other;
a plurality of thin film transistors respectively connected to gate and data lines; and
a pixel electrode connected to each of the thin film transistors.
9. The liquid crystal display of claim 8, wherein the pixel electrodes include a cutout.

The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.

1. A method for handling the use of multiple 802.11n channels in a location where there are a small number of available channels, the method comprising the steps of:
tracking a number of requests to hold back 802.11n traffic received over a designated period of time from one or more clients located in an overlapping coverage area between access points; and
switching a standard of operation from using a 802.11n standard to a standard that uses a lower bandwidth if said number of requests to hold back 802.11n traffic exceeds a threshold.
2. The method as recited in claim 1 further comprising the steps of:
receiving a request to hold back 802.11n traffic; and
incrementing said tracked number of requests to hold back 802.11n traffic received over said designated period of time by one.
3. The method as recited in claim 2 further comprising the step of:
comparing said incremented tracked number of requests to hold back 802.11n traffic received over said designated period of time to said threshold.
4. The method as recited in claim 3 further comprising the step of:
switching said standard of operation from using said 802.11n standard to said standard that uses said lower bandwidth if said incremented tracked number of requests to hold back 802.11n traffic exceeds said threshold.
5. The method as recited in claim 1 further comprising the step of:
holding back 802.11n traffic if said number of requests to hold back 802.11n traffic does not exceed said threshold.
6. The method as recited in claim 1, wherein said standard of operation is switched from said 802.11n standard to one of 802.11a standard, 802.11b standard and 802.11g standard if said number of requests to hold back 802.11n traffic exceeds said threshold.
7. A computer program product embodied in a computer readable medium for handling the use of multiple 802.11n channels in a location where there are a small number of available channels, comprising the programming steps of:
tracking a number of requests to hold back 802.11n traffic received over a designated period of time from one or more clients located in an overlapping coverage area between access points; and
switching a standard of operation from using a 802.11n standard to a standard that uses a lower bandwidth if said number of requests to hold back 802.11n traffic exceeds a threshold.
8. The computer program product as recited in claim 7 further comprising the programming steps of:
receiving a request to hold back 802.11n traffic; and
incrementing said tracked number of requests to hold back 802.11n traffic received over said designated period of time by one.
9. The computer program product as recited in claim 8 further comprising the programming step of:
comparing said incremented tracked number of requests to hold back 802.11n traffic received over said designated period of time to said threshold.
10. The computer program product as recited in claim 9 further comprising the programming step of:
switching said standard of operation from using said 802.11n standard to said standard that uses said lower bandwidth if said incremented tracked number of requests to hold back 802.11n traffic exceeds said threshold.
11. The computer program product as recited in claim 7 further comprising the programming step of:
holding back 802.11n traffic if said number of requests to hold back 802.11n traffic does not exceed said threshold.
12. The computer program product as recited in claim 7, wherein said standard of operation is switched from said 802.11n standard to one of 802.11a standard, 802.11b standard and 802.11g standard if said number of requests to hold back 802.11n traffic exceeds said threshold.
13. A system, comprising:
a memory unit operable for storing a computer program for handling the use of multiple 802.11n channels in a location where there are a small number of available channels;
a processor coupled to said memory unit, wherein said processor, responsive to said computer program, comprises:
circuitry for tracking a number of requests to hold back 802.11n traffic received over a designated period of time from one or more clients located in an overlapping coverage area between access points; and
circuitry for switching a standard of operation from using a 802.11n standard to a standard that uses a lower bandwidth if said number of requests to hold back 802.11n traffic exceeds a threshold.
14. The system as recited in claim 13, wherein said processor further comprises:
circuitry for receiving a request to hold back 802.11n traffic; and
circuitry for incrementing said tracked number of requests to hold back 802.11n traffic received over said designated period of time by one.
15. The system as recited in claim 14, wherein said processor further comprises:
circuitry for comparing said incremented tracked number of requests to hold back 802.11n traffic received over said designated period of time to said threshold.
16. The system as recited in claim 15, wherein said processor further comprises:
circuitry for switching said standard of operation from using said 802.11n standard to said standard that uses said lower bandwidth if said incremented tracked number of requests to hold back 802.11n traffic exceeds said threshold.
17. The system as recited in claim 13, wherein said processor further comprises:
circuitry for holding back 802.11n traffic if said number of requests to hold back 802.11n traffic does not exceed said threshold.
18. The system as recited in claim 13, wherein said standard of operation is switched from said 802.11n standard to one of 802.11a standard, 802.11b standard and 802.11g standard if said number of requests to hold back 802.11n traffic exceeds said threshold.

1. A glazing system for a barrier comprising:
a panel having an opening therethrough;
an impact glazing having a plurality of over-sized apertures extending therethrough and positioned around a periphery thereof, said impact glazing disposed over said opening and having an inner surface and an outer surface;
a plurality of fasteners, each fastener having a fastener head extending from a fastener shaft, each said fastener shaft passing through a corresponding one of said over-sized apertures and into said panel such that a full circumferential gap is formed between said fastener shaft and said impact glazing;
a plurality of elastic washers, each said washer positioned between a corresponding one of said fastener heads and said glazing; and
an outer bezel covering the periphery of said glazing on said outer surface, said outer bezel being positioned over said fastener heads and including a channel to receive said fastener heads, wherein said outer bezel is secured to said glazing by an adhesive disposed between said outer bezel and said outer surface of said impact glazing.
2. The glazing system according to claim 1, wherein said apertures are uniformly sized and uniformly spaced about the periphery of said impact glazing.
3. The glazing system according to claim 1, wherein said apertures have a diameter that is between approximately 1.4 and approximately 1.6 times the diameter of said fastener shafts.
4. The glazing system according to claim 3, wherein said apertures have a diameter that is approximately 1.5 times the diameter of said fastener shafts.
5. The glazing system according to claim 3, wherein said washers have an inner diameter approximately equal to but greater than the diameter of said fastener shafts, and said washers have an outside diameter that is at least 1.5 times the diameter of said apertures.
6. The glazing system according to claim 1, wherein said impact glazing has an inner surface and an outer surface, and wherein said fasteners pass through said impact glazing from said outer surface such that said fastener heads are positioned proximate said outer surface of said glazing.
7. The glazing system according to claim 1, wherein said impact glazing is made from polycarbonate.
8. The glazing system according to claim 1, further comprising:
an inner bezel covering the periphery of said impact glazing on said inner surface.
9. The glazing system according to claim 8, further comprising:
an adhesive disposed between said inner bezel and said panel adjacent the outer periphery of said inner bezel.
10. The glazing system according to claim 1, further comprising:
a bead seal between said outer bezel and said barrier adjacent the outer periphery of said outer bezel.
11. The glazing system according to claim 9, wherein said panel is insulated, and said inner bezel includes a first portion and a second portion substantially perpendicular to one another, said first portion having said adhesive secured thereto, and said second portion extending into said opening.
12. The glazing system according to claim 9, wherein said panel is un-insulated, and said inner bezel includes a body portion with a channel to receive an exposed portion of said fasteners protruding through said panel, a flange extending outwardly from an outer periphery of said inner bezel with said adhesive secured thereto, and a support portion extending from said body portion and toward said impact glazing.
13. The glazing system according to claim 1, further comprising:
a structural sealant disposed between said panel and said impact glazing.
14. The glazing system according to claim 13, wherein said structural sealant is received in said apertures and surrounds said fastener shafts.
15. A method of constructing a glazing system in a barrier comprising:
providing a panel with an opening therethrough;
providing an impact glazing with a plurality of over-sized apertures around its periphery;
positioning said impact glazing, which has an inner surface and an outer surface over said opening;
securing said impact glazing to said panel in said opening with fasteners, wherein each said fastener has a shaft, each fastener shaft extending through a corresponding said over-sized aperture such that a full circumferential gap is formed between said fastener shaft and said impact glazing, each fastener having a fastener head positioned adjacent to said outer surface, wherein an elastic washer is positioned between each said fastener head and said impact glazing;
securing an inner bezel over the periphery of said inner surface of said impact glazing using an adhesive tape positioned between the outer periphery of said inner bezel and said barrier; and
securing an outer bezel over said fastener heads and around the periphery of said outer surface of said impact glazing using another adhesive seal positioned between the inner periphery of said outer bezel and said outer surface of said impact glazing.
16. The method of constructing a glazing system according to claim 15, further comprising:
providing a bead seal between said outer bezel and said barrier adjacent the outer periphery of said outer bezel.
17. The method of constructing a glazing system according to claim 15, further comprising:
securing said impact glazing to said panel by inserting said fastener shafts
through said apertures from said outer surface of said impact glazing.
18. The method of constructing a glazing system according to claim 15, further comprising:
inserting said fasteners having a shaft diameter less than a diameter of said corresponding aperture so as to form said circumferential gap therebetween.
19. The method of constructing a glazing system according to claim 15, further comprising:
securing said impact glazing to said panel by applying a structural sealant therebetween, wherein said structural sealant is received in said apertures.

The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.

1. A computer memory comprising computer executable instructions that, when executed, direct a client device to:
receive user submitted input through a user interface on the client device, designate, based on the user submitted input, the client device as a public machine prior to user authentication;
remove a plurality of web service account descriptions stored for the client device corresponding to web service accounts with a plurality of service providers, the web service account descriptions being locally generated and used to generate a login user interface having at least one portion corresponding to each web service account of the web service accounts, the web service account descriptions being accessible to the client device to output the login user interface and selectable to cause authentication of the client device to the each web service account;
prevent the client device from storing web service account descriptions;
store a public machine designation in a browser readable object associated with the client device, the public machine designation being generated by the client device, the storing the public machine designation enabling the client device to prevent storing web service account descriptions until the public machine designation is deselected; and
disable a remember option for authentication data for the web service accounts with the plurality of web service providers.
2. The computer memory as recited in claim 1, wherein the descriptions include references to user customized data associated with the web service accounts.
3. The computer memory as recited in claim 1 further comprising instructions directing the client device to remove the designation as a public machine.
4. A method comprising:
under control of one or more computing systems configured with executable instructions,
designating a client device as a public machine prior to user authentication; and
in response to the designation:
removing access to customized user information that is stored for the client device and corresponds to web service accounts associated with one or more service providers, the customized user information including user credential data and user preferences for text and graphics, the customized user information being locally generated and enabling to generate a user interface that has at least one portion corresponding to each web service account of the web service accounts, the customized user information being accessible to the client device to output the user interface and selectable to cause authentication of the client device to the each web service account;
clearing the customized user information currently stored on the client device,
preventing the client device from storing the customized user information, and
storing a public machine designation in a browser readable object associated with the client device, the public machine designation being generated by the client device, the storing of the public machine designation enabling the client device to prevent storing the customized user information until the public machine designation is deselected; and
disabling a remember option for authentication data for the web service accounts associated with the one or more web service providers.
5. The method as described in claim 4, wherein the customized user information is accessible to the client device from storage on a server via a network.
6. The method as described in claim 5, wherein the client device utilizes locally stored descriptions of the web service accounts to determine where to obtain the customized user information.
7. The method as described in claim 6, wherein the removing access comprises deleting the locally stored descriptions.
8. The method as described in claim 4, wherein the removing access comprises deleting the customized user information stored on the client device.
9. The method as described in claim 4, wherein the customized user information comprises user selections from a group consisting of: a user tile; a user name; an alias; text; graphics; a color selection; audio; an image; animation; and video.
10. A method as recited in claim 4, further comprising:
storing on a client device descriptions of the authentication data corresponding to the web service accounts, wherein each the portion is selectable to cause communication of corresponding authentication data to authenticate the client device to the respective web service account; and
in response to the designation, removing the descriptions of the authentication data from the client device.