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|Publication number
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|Application number
|Publication date
|Nov 16, 1982
|Filing date
|Feb 25, 1981
|Priority date
|Feb 25, 1981
|Fee status
|Publication number
|Carl W. Schroeder, Joseph R. Webster
|Original Assignee
|Shell Oil Company
|Export Citation
|BiBTeX, EndNote, RefMan
|Patent Citations (3), Referenced by (36), Classifications (18), Legal Events (8)
|External Links: USPTO, USPTO Assignment, Espacenet
1. Field of the Invention
This invention is directed to a new composition useful as the heat-sealable layer in a retort-sterilizable pouch, and to a process for forming such a retort-sterilizable pouch.
2. Description of the Prior Art
The retortable pouch is a sterilizable, flexible, long shelflife food package intended to compete with the conventional tin can. The pouch for foodstuffs is typically a laminate consisting of three plies, namely 0.5 mil polyester on the outside, 0.35 mil aluminum foil in the middle and 3.0 mil polypropylene copolymer or modified high density polyethylene film on the inside. Such laminated retort-sterilizable pouchs have been available for many years. See, e.g., U.S. Pat. No. 4,190,477 and U.K. Patent Application GB 2,027,391A.
One means to reduce costs and improve the product would be to extrusion coat the heat-sealable, polypropylene-based composition directly onto the aluminum rather than purchase film and carry out a laminating process. However, in order to achieve proper economics, it would be necessary to be able to deposit a 3 mil film at a coating speed of over about 400 feet per minute. In contrast, before now it has only been possible to achieve speeds of about 120 ft/min using conventional polymers or blends before uncontrolled surging (draw resonance) occurs. What is needed is a polymer composition that can be extruded at high speeds and that will result in a retort-sterilizable pouch having acceptable property values.
The present invention broadly encompasses a novel composition having improved flow properties, making it especially useful in retort-sterilizable pouches. The composition comprises the cracked product of the blend of a polypropylene copolymer and an ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer wherein:
(a) the melt flow of said cracked product is between about 15 and about 50 grams per 10 minutes, (ASTM D1328 condition L);
(b) said polypropylene copolymer is a propylene-ethylene copolymer comprising between about 1 and about 10 percent by weight ethylene and has a melt flow of between about 0.05 and about 15 grams per 10 minutes, (ASTM D1328 condition L); and
(c) said ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer has a vinyl acetate content of between about 15 and about 30 percent by weight, and has a melt flow of between about 1 and about 30 grams per 10 minutes, condition E.
Also contemplated herein are the process for extrusion of a polymer film on a substrate employing such a polymer composition and a retort-sterilizable laminated structure containing such a polymer composition as the heat-sealable polymer layer.
Compositions according to the present invention have been coated on substrates at speeds of greater than 400 feet per minute without evidence of any surging or draw resonance. Further, the property balance of polymer-metal laminates or retortable pouches containing such polymer compositions has been excellent. The use of compositions according to the present invention results in laminates having more than acceptable peel strength (adhesion), heat seal strength and impact resistance.
There are two basic polymer components in the compositions of the present invention: a propylene-ethylene copolymer and an ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer.
The propylene-ethylene copolymer (which may be random, block, or any combination thereof) preferably contains between about 1.0 and about 10 percent by weight ethylene, preferably between about 2.0 and about 6.0 percent by weight ethylene. Typical melt flow values are between about 0.5 and about 15 grams per 10 minutes, ASTM D1328 condition L, preferably between about 1 and about 10 grams per 10 minutes. These polypropylene copolymers are preferred over high density polyethylene since they can be retorted or sterilized at 120� C. versus 110� C. for high density polyethylene.
Preferred commercial polymers include Shell 6675 and 7522 copolymers and DN 6009, a developmental Shell grade.
The ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymers which are to be used in the compositions of the invention correspond to the general formula ##STR1## The actual occurrence of the acetate substituents along the hydrocarbon chain is of a random character and thus the letter m denotes the average number of ethylene units per vinyl acetate unit in the molecule rather than the presence of regularly recurrent units having the composition given within the above brackets. The percent by weight vinyl acetate in the copolymer ranges from about 15% to 30%, preferably from 18% to 28%. The most useful melt indicies range from about 2 to about 12 grams per 10 minutes. An excellent copolymer is DuPont's Elvax 360 which has a melt flow of 6.0, condition E, and contains about 25% w vinyl acetate.
The ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer (EVA) is essential in order to give impact strength to the compositions. Accordingly, the compositions preferably contain between about 5 and about 20 percent by weight EVA, more preferably between about 6 and about 15 percent by weight EVA, the remainder consisting of the propylene-ethylene copolymer component.
The above polymer blends are then cracked to a melt flow of between about 15 and about 65 grams per 10 minutes, condition L. Preferred melt flow values are between about 15 and about 50 grams per 10 minutes, more preferably between about 15 and about 35 grams per 10 minutes.
Cracking of the polymer blend refers to subjecting the blend to thermal and/or chemical processes to crack the heavier components therein narrowing the molecular weight distribution and increasing the melt flow indicies. Among the various cracking processes which may be useful herein include high temperature thermal cracking, peroxide cracking, and radiation cracking. Thermal cracking involves subjecting the blend to temperatures above about 315� C. at elevated pressures for a sufficient time to increase the melt flow to the desired range. Radiation cracking includes both election beam and cobalt 60 methods. Standard techniques for the peroxide cracking of polymers in an extruder are well known and include the processes disclosed in U.S. Pat. No. 3,144,436 and U.S. Pat. No. 3,887,534. Preferred peroxides are aliphatic peroxides. The amount of peroxide and the cracking temperature depend upon the melt flows of the starting polymers and the desired melt flow of the final composition. Illustrative Embodiment I discloses the effect of varying peroxide content on melt flow. Typical amounts of peroxide are between about 300 parts by weight per million parts by weight total polymer (ppmw) and about 1500 ppmw. Typical cracking temperatures are between about 175� C. and about 300� C.
The cracked product is especially useful as the heat-sealable layer in a retort-sterilizable pouch. The overall construction of such pouches is disclosed in U.S. Pat. No. 4,190,477 and U.K. Patent Application No. 2,027,391A. One basic difference between the process according to this invention and the process disclosed in the above two cited patents, is that in the present invention the heat-sealable layer is formed by direct extrusion onto the aluminum foil or sheet, whereas in the two patents the heat-sealable layer is first formed into a ply which is then laminated onto the aluminum sheet.
The invention is further illustrated by reference to the following Illustrative Emdodiments, which are given for the purpose of illustration only and are not meant to limit the invention to the particular reactants and conditions employed therein.
Illustrative Embodiment I discloses the effect that varying the amount of peroxide has on the melt flow of the resulting cracked product. In each case the polymer composition comprised a polypropylene copolymer and varying amounts of a vinyl acetate copolymer. The polypropylene copolymer was Rexene 32S5 containing 1% ethylene and having a melt flow (condition L) of 5. The ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer was Elvax 360 having a nominal vinyl acetate content of 25% by weight and a melt flow (condition E) of 6.2.
The peroxide was added to the polymer blend in two different manners. In some cases the cracking was carried out using a peroxide-polyethylene masterbatch containing 4% active peroxide. In other cases the cracking was carried out using 100% liquid peroxide. In all cases the peroxide employed was an aliphatic peroxide.
The cracked product was obtained by extruding the polymers and the peroxide in a 21/2 inch MPM extruder using a melt temperature of 205� to 232� C. The results are presented below in Table 1.
TABLE 1______________________________________CRACKING OF POLYPROPYLENE CONTAININGETHYLENE/VINYL ACETATECOPOLYMER WITH PEROXIDEPercent Peroxide Concentration, ppm Melt FlowNum- by weight 4% Peroxide in 100% Liquid Cond. Lber Elvax 360 Polyethylene Peroxide g/10 min.______________________________________1 5 0 -- 6.22 5 700 -- 27.03 5 850 -- 28.54 5 1000 -- 36.65 5 1000 -- 38.16 10 0 -- 6.07 10 1000 -- 31.88 15 0 -- 6.09 15 1000 -- 30.016 10 -- 0 6.217 10 -- 500 24.218 10 -- 800 31.7______________________________________
In Illustrative Embodiment II, various compositions were prepared based on Shell DN 6005 (a polypropylene-ethylene copolymer), which contains about 1.9% by weight ethylene and has a melt flow, condition L of about 8. The other component in the blends was either Shell 0300 Polybutylene or Elvax 360 ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer. The product compositions were made by extruding mixtures of copolymer powder with polybutylene or EVA pellets on a 21/2 inch Prodex extruder. The homogeneous blends were then coated with 100% liquid peroxide and re-extruded on the Prodex extruder to produce the cracked products. The products submitted for evaluation were as follows:
______________________________________ Peroxide MeltNumber Blend Component ppmw Flow______________________________________WRS 5-295 10% w. Polybutylene 0300 None 9WRS 5-296 10% w. Polybutylene 0300 450 49WRS 5-297 10% w. Elvax 360 900 62______________________________________
The results (Table 2) obtained on the cracked products were highly encouraging. A speed run was made first on paper substrate at maximum screw rpm (150) to determine how fast the substrate can be run before surging (draw resonance) occurs. Since three mil films are required for testing, the films obtained during the speed test are usually too thin. After the speed test, aluminum foil was introduced to the system and coated at a screw speed of 90 rpm and a substrate speed of 100 ft/min to obtain a three mil coating.
For prior art compositions, coating speeds of only about 125 ft/min are achievable. The data on Table 2 show that an amazing substrate speed of 400 ft/min was achievable with compositions according to the present invention.
TABLE 2__________________________________________________________________________EXTRUSION COATING OF ALUMINUM WITH POLYPROPYLENEFOR EVALUATION IN RETORTABLE POUCHES Melt Flow Polypropylene Condition L Substrate Speed CoatingNumber Type dg/min Screw rpm ft-min Melt Temp. �F. Uniformity__________________________________________________________________________WRS5-295 DN 6005 (1.9% Et) 9 150 250 520 surgingWRS5-295 plus 10% Poly- 150 200 520 satisfactoryWRS5-295 butylene 0300 90 100 520 excellentWRS5-296 DN 6005 (1.9% Et) 49 150 400 500 excellentWRS5-296 plus 10% Poly- 90 100 500 excellent butylene 0300WRS5-297 DN 6005 (1.9% Et) 62 150 400 470 excellentWRS5-297 plus 10% Ethylene 90 100 470 excellentWRS5-297 Vinyl Acetate 150 400 500 excellentWRS5-297 Copolymer 90 100 500 excellentWRS6-75 Rexene 13S-51 5 150 120 520 excellentWRS6-76 Rexene 13S-51 5 150 200 520 poorWRS-74 Rexene 23S-2(6313)2 75 150 300 470 excellent__________________________________________________________________________ 1 Random copolymer w. polypropylene postblock: 2.1% ethylene. 2 Random copolymer w. polypropylene postblock: 2.5% ethylene.
Table 3 presents the evaluation of retortable pouches made from the compositions of Table 2. In the table, ND means not determined. Peel Strength, Heat Seal Strength and Drop Test are all standard tests in the industry. In the Drop Test, 10 pouches are dropped in each cycle. The product specification is that after 6 cycles, only 40% or less should fail.
From Table 3, it is clear that the low flow, uncracked polybutylene product, high flow, cracked polybutylene product and high flow, cracked EVA product all passed the peel strength and heat seal strength tests. However, the high flow, cracked polybutylene product clearly failed the drop test, while the other two products came very close. Since the low flow, uncracked polybutylene product cannot be coated at high speeds, it is clear that the cracked, high flow EVA product according to the present invention is superior to any of the other products. It is important to also point out that unmodified polypropylene polymers clearly failed the drop tests.
TABLE 3__________________________________________________________________________EVALUATION OF RETORTABLE POUCHES MADEFROM SHELL POLYPROPYLENE Drop Test Heat Seal Strength lbs % Failed Peel Strength Before After Cycle NumberNumber lbs/in Retort Retort 1 2 5 6__________________________________________________________________________WRS5-295 4.6 21 6.0 0 0 0 80WRS5-296 5.0 21 12-13 0 80 ND 100WRS5-297 3.0 17 12-13 0 0 0 60WRS6-75 3.0 ND -- 100 ND ND NDWRS6-74 3.4 17 -- 40 ND ND 100Product Minimum 2.5 12 -- 0 -- -- 40__________________________________________________________________________
Illustrative Embodiment III was conducted in a similar manner to Illustrative Embodiment II except for three basic modifications. These modifications were:
(a) raising the ethylene content in the copolymer from 1.9 to 2.4%,
(b) circulating air over the pellets in the Whitlock dryer to remove volatile cracking components, and
(c) raising the concentration of modifier from 10% to 12.5% in the case of EVA and from 10% to 20% in the case of the polybutylene.
The results of the coating trials (Table 4) were as follows: All the products passed the heat seal minimum. The 75 MF, EVA-containing product had exceptional adhesion; the others passed.
The extruder had been refitted and could be run at a maximum rpm of 250 rather than 150. A three mil coating could be obtained at an rpm of 250 and a substrate speed of 250 ft/min rather than the previous 90 rpm and 100 ft/min substrate speed.
As usual a speed-run on paper was made first to determine how fast the substrate speed could be run without obtaining surging (draw resonance). Aluminum foil was then introduced and conditions were set to give a 3 mil film. In this case an rpm of 250 and a substrate speed of 250 ft/min gave the desired thickness. The 75 melt flow EVA-modified product ran at a phenomenal rate of 600 ft/min without surging. The 50 MF, EVA product was only taken to 500 ft but probably could have been taken to 600 ft/min also. All of the polybutylene-modified products gave problems in that the overcoat (polymer beyond the substrate) stuck to the chill roll causing takeoff problems.
Evaluation of the pouches (Table 5) showed the following: Heat seal strength after retorting dropped below minimum specification. The 50 MF EVA modified product performed the best, giving a strength of 15 lbs. Competitive products pass this test but none of them can be coated at speeds above 300 ft/min.
Taste was much improved over previous samples and was close to being satisfactory. Taste is presumably due to peroxide fragments or by-products of cracking. These data indicate that distasteful by-products can be removed.
None of the products passed the minimum drop test specification. The 50 MF, EVA-modified product however came way close to passing with zero failures after 4 drops and only 6 failures after 6 drops vs. specification of a maximum of 4 failures out of 10 pouches after 6 drops.
TABLE 4__________________________________________________________________________EXTRUSION COATING OF ALUMINUM WITH MODIFIED RANDOM COPOLYMER1 Sub- ThicknessModifier % W Screw strate Lbs Coating Strength PropertiesNumberEVA Melt Melt Speed Speed Per Unifor- Adhesion Heat SealWRS6 360 PB0300 Flow Temp. Ft/Min ft/min Substrate Ream Mils mity Lbs Lbs__________________________________________________________________________91 12.5 -- 75 500� F. 75 90 Paper -- -- -- -- --91 12.5 -- 75 500� F. 240 250 Paper 35 2.5 exc. -- --91 12.5 -- 75 500� F. 250 250 Paper 39 3.0 exc. -- --91 12.5 -- 75 500� F. 250 600 Paper -- -- exc. -- --91 12.5 -- 75 500� F. 250 250 Aluminum 39 3.0 exc. 6.8, 25.590 12.5 -- 50 500� F. 250 5002 Paper -- -- exc. -- --90 12.5 -- 50 500� F. 250 250 Aluminum 39 3.0 exc. 3.5, 24, 2589 -- 20 50 500� F. 250 250 Paper -- -- (3) -- --89 -- 20 50 500� F. 250 250 Aluminum -- -- exc. 3.5, 21-2488 -- 20 50 500� F. 250 250 Paper -- -- exc. -- --88 -- 20 9 500� F. 250 300 Paper -- -- prob. ok -- --88 -- 20 9 500� F. 250 500 Paper -- -- surging4 -- --88 -- 20 9 500� F. 250 250 Aluminum -- -- exc. 4.5, 22.5, 23MinSpec 3.55 225__________________________________________________________________________ 1 E6005 type with 2.4% random ethylene 2 Appeared capable of 600 ft/min 3 Overcoated section stuck to chill roll giving appearance of surgin 4 Operator estimated maximum speed without surging to be about 300 ft/min 5 Former minimums were 2.5 lbs for adhesion and 12 for heat seal
TABLE 5__________________________________________________________________________ALUMINUM COATED WITH MODIFIED RANDOM COPOLYMER -EVALUATION ON RETORTABLE POUCHES Maximum Heat Seal Slide Drop Test1 Extrusion Strength, lbs. Number of Failures AfterNumberEVA Polybuty- Melt Speed Before After Number of Drops TasteWRS6 360 lene 0300 Flow ft/min Retort Retort 1 2 3 4 5 6 Test__________________________________________________________________________91 12.5 -- 75 600 25 12 0 1 1 4 8 10 very slight close to o.k.90 12.5 -- 50 >500 25 15 0 0 0 0 2 6 very slight close to o.k.89 -- 20 50 250 23 11 0 2 3 6 8 10 o.k.88 -- 20 9 300 22 12 0 0 0 2 5 9 o.k.Speci- -- 300 22 20 0- -- -- -- -- 4 o.k.fication min min min 0.52 max__________________________________________________________________________ 1 Ten waterfilled pouches are dropped. 2 Zero out of 10 is preferred. If one breaks, a second ten are tested. None of the second ten may fail.
From Illustrative Embodiment III it can be seen that seal strength and drop test are improved without sacrificing coating speed when the melt flow is dropped from 75 to 50. This suggests that a 25 melt flow material should give better seal strength and drop resistance and might still give high coating speeds. Accordingly, in Illustrative Embodiment IV the amount of peroxide was decreased from the amount used in WRS6-90 from Illustrative Embodiment III, resulting in a product (WRS6-93) having a melt flow of 25.
______________________________________Polymer Number WRS6-93% w EVA 12.5Melt Flow 25Peel Strength lb/in 5Heat SealBefore retort lb 25After retort lb 18Slide drop testFailures after 6 drops 2______________________________________
These data show that properties were indeed improved without sacrificing extrusion speed by lowering the melt flow to 25.
According to FDA regulations (Federal Register Vol 45 No. 10 Tues. January 15, 1980, pages 2842-2844) the EVA content of retortable pouches cannot exceed 10% w. A product was therefore manufactured to meet these specifications as follows:
______________________________________Polymer Number WRS6-101Propylene ethylenecopolymer with 2.4%ethylene 90.1%EVA 360 9.9% WMelt Flow of product 27______________________________________
The above product (WRS6-101) was run on commercial equipment and the following results were obtained:
______________________________________Extrusion speed satisfactoryPeel Strength lbs/in 5Heat Seal Strength lbs.Before retort 28After retort 27Slide drop testFailures after 6 drops 2Burst strength lbs. 75 (min 55)Retortability at 250� F. passRetortability at 275� F. pass______________________________________
This illustrates that a fully satisfactory product meeting FDA regulations as well as the customer specifications can be produced.
A composition was prepared containing 90.1% w of a propylene-ethylene copolymer containing 4.4% w of ethylene and 9.9% w of EVA 360. This product was cracked to give a product with a melt flow of 30. This product when extrusion coated on aluminum foil gave the following results:
______________________________________Product Number WRS6-102Peel Strength lbs/in 6Heat Seal Strength, lbs.Before retort 25After retort 20Retortability at 250� F. passBurst strength lbs. 70 (min 55)______________________________________
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Automatic generation of hexahedral meshes for volumes with non-planar surfaces using the multi-sweeping method
Document typeConference report
Date issued2010
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One of the most used algorithms to generate hexahedral meshes for extrusion volumes is the multi-sweeping method. The algorithm decomposes the geometry into many-to-one sub-volumes and then meshes each sub-volume separately. However, the quality of the final mesh depends on the decomposition process. First, the location of inner nodes created during the decomposition process may induce bad quality elements. To avoid this drawback, we propose a three-stage decomposition process to locate those nodes. Second, the imprinting process is not robust when dealing with non-planar surfaces. For this reason, we introduce the new concept of the computational domain. The computational domain is a planar representation of the levels of the geometry. In this way, we improve the operations needed to perform imprints.
CitationRuiz, E.; Roca, X.; Sarrate, J. Automatic generation of hexahedral meshes for volumes with non-planar surfaces using the multi-sweeping method. A: International Conference on Engineering Computational Technology. "The Seventh International Conference on Engineering Computational Technology". València: 2010, p. 1-19.
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Almost every digital capture can benefit from some amount of sharpening in Camera Raw. Just to make up from any loss of sharpness in the capture process. So let's take a look at this image here of the cannon and we'll use Cmd+R or Ctrl+R in order to open that into Camera RAW. Now depending on whether or not you have your shadow and highlight clipping warnings on, you might see some little red overlays or some blue overlays. So let's go ahead and turn both those off by clicking on them in the histogram. Now we're going to move over to the detail panel and take a look at the sharpening.
What Camera Raw is automatically adding, and what we can see here for the amount being 25, that is what we're going to call input or capture sharpening, as opposed to output sharpening. And the goal here in Camera Raw is to add as much sharpening as needed, to simply make the image look good on the screen here. This is not where you would add sharpening for a specific output device, that's handled later in the workflow when you actually save a file from Camera Raw or by using something like the un-sharp or smart sharpen filters in Photoshop before you print. So when your looking at how much sharpening to add you want to make sure that your viewing your image at 100% so I'll use the keyboard shortcut command option zero or control alt zero to automatically zoom to 100%. I just want to mention that if you're following along with your own images and they happen to be JPEG images.
You'll notice that the amount is actually set to zero. And that's because Camera Raw assumes that if you're capturing with JPEG, there's been some kind of default amount of sharpening that's already been added to that image, so Camera Raw won't automatically add additional sharpening. And this amount, this 25 that you see in the camera RAW settings, that's actually a different number under the hood for each camera. So, even though you might bring up 10 different images from 10 different cameras.
And the slider is always set to 25 as a default for each of those files, you should just know that camera raw is actually changing the amount of sharpening that's applied to each image because the quality of the camera and the sensors change from one model to another. Now let's talk about the four sliders. The Amount slider is the amount of contrast that you're going to be adding to your image. As we move it over to the right, you can see that there's been a lot of contrast added to the image. So the amount is simply the amount of contrast, because when Camera Raw finds an edge, and it adds this amount to the edge, it's trying to fool your eye into thinking that the image is sharper. By adding that added contrast.
The radius slider determines how many pixels the amount is added to when camera raw finds an edge. So as you move the radius slider to the right you'll notice that you'll get kind of thicker and thicker edges to your sharpening. Now, obviously this is too much, so let's back off on the radius. Usually you want to keep that between about one and two, and I'm going to also back off on the amount of sharpening. I think it's really handy to keep one hand on the P key, because that will toggle on and off the preview here, so you can see the before and after when you're adding your sharpening.
It might be a little bit difficult for you to see once the video is compressed, but if you move these values yourself I'm sure you'll be able to see the added contrast that's being added with the amount slider. So again toggling with a P, that's before and after. You just want to make sure that you don't start seeing any halos. So lemme hold down the space bar and move over to this area right here. What I'm looking at is the bottom of the cannon here. If I increase the amount slider and we increase the radius. Can you see that light halo on this side of the cannon.
And then the darker halo that is being formed at the very base area there and the darker areas. That halo is caused by two great an amount as well as too great of a radius. So again I'm going to bring that radius down, as well as the amount, I wanted to point that out because it's important that you look at your entire image when you're adding sharpening because there might be some areas that the sharpening is more noticeable than other areas. Alright, let's increase the sharpening and the radius again, all the way because I want to show you what the detail and masking sliders do.
If we move the detail slider all the way over to the right, to 100. That says to put the emphasize on sharpening all of the little details, and you can see now how everything in the image is being sharpened. As I move the Detail slider over to the left, now the areas that had less contrast, like for example kind of the flatter areas here in the spokes or the sky area back here, you'll notice that the sharpening is being suppressed in those areas of lower contrast and it's only being applied in the areas of higher contrast, or where there's more of an edge.
Again, we'll turn that up to a 100% and everything's being sharpened. As we move it down toward 0, we're saying don't sharpen all those areas of lower contrast. All right. I'll move it all the way up again so we can take a look at the masking slider. As I move the masking slider, it works kind of in the other direction. As I move the masking slider over to a hundred percent, it has been suppressing the values in the image that have less contrast. So, you might be wondering what's the difference between these two sliders. The difference is in the way they are suppressing it.
If I hold down my option key, and I start dragging the detail slider, you can see the mask that Camera RAW is creating in order to apply the amount and radius to. And as I move it over to the left, you can see that those areas like the sky and the spokes Aren't being sharpened. When I move it over to the right you can see that everything in the image is being sharpened. Now if I let go of that but hold down the Option or the Alt key again when I drag the masking slider we can see that the mask that it creates is a much more organic mask, and again we can see those areas where the sharpening is being applied and where it's not. So wherever the mask is black here, the sharpening is not being applied. Wherever it's white, the sharpening is being applied. So this masking slider is actually the preferred slider for me when I'm sharpening something that is more organic, something like a person's face. If I'm going to be sharpening a landscape like this, that has lots of leaves or trees or small details, then I prefer to use the Detail slider in order to suppress the amount of sharpening.
Alright. So let's go ahead and back off on the Amount here, get it a little bit more realistic. Same with the radius, I usually try to keep my radius down between one and two and then just increase the amount until I think the image looks good. Again, we can tap the p key to preview. And that's before, and after. So, you can see that I'm not over sharpening. I really don't have any halos showing in the image. And, at the same time, I've got the correct amount of suppression, so we're not seeing that sharpening occur in the sky or in these areas that are rather flat, like these spokes at the wheel, here.
As we can see, adding the correct amount of sharpening is really quite easy once you know what each of these sliders does. Go ahead and click Done, return back to the Bridge, and since it was sharpening that we changed, we probably won't see that preview updated, but it actually has been.
- Using Bridge to batch rename files and add keywords and metadata to photos
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James Taylor created CALCITE-1384: ------------------------------------- Summary: Add freemarker templates to parser for "ALTER SYSTEM ..." calls Key: CALCITE-1384 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CALCITE-1384 Project: Calcite Issue Type: Improvement Reporter: James Taylor Assignee: Julian Hyde
In Phoenix, we'd like to add some Phoenix-specific commands in support of our UDF implementation. For example, we'd like to add commands like to manage the jars containing the implementation of the UDFs (see this[1] comment): - {{ALTER SYSTEM ADD JAR ...}} - {{ALTER SYSTEM LIST JARS}} To accomplish this, we need to add freemarker templates to parser for "ALTER SYSTEM ..." calls and then leverage these templates in Phoenix. [1] https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/PHOENIX-3242?focusedCommentId=15512529&page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:comment-tabpanel#comment-15512529 -- This message was sent by Atlassian JIRA (v6.3.4#6332)


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Hi All,
I've got my tickets to Peru arriving on 18th Dec. Looking for travellers to catch up there and head towards Bolivia.
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Hi everybody
My girlfriend and I are from Belgium (30y and 27y) and we would like to do a Ausangate 5D/4N trek in the beginning of October. We'll arrive in Cusco at the 29th of September. We can start the tour a couple of days later. We are looking for more people to join the trek, so we could split the price.
If anyone's interested, please let us know!
i have some question about money in peru:
Is it possible to use there Prepaid-Cards (with Master-Card-logo) - it means cards at which I paid some credit at home before - esp. from "Reisebank" or other compagnies to get money from ATM in Peru ?
Can I use travellers cheques in Peru ?
We are about to get our train and bus tickets for Peru, and just now we realised that on Inca Rail website it says how credit card, which was used for purchase, must be presented. That got me thinking if the same is maybe also for Movil buses, just as the website is in spanish, it could be that we haven't seen this. Does anybody know what the situation with Movil is?
(Peru rail on the other hand doesn't say anything about possesion of CC)
I personally find this ridiculous, because, just a simple…
hello fellow travelers. i'm trying to find out all i can about walking the train tracks from hydroelectrica to aguas calientes. mainly the distance but i would love to hear any thoughts or personal insight that one might have to offer.kind regards to all.
Hello all - I have posted a couple of times and due to my time constraints and all of the helpful suggestions on here I've come up with the following itinerary:
Day 1 Arrive Lima 9pm
Day 2 Lima -Miraflores airbnb
Day 3 fly from Lima to Cuzco catch taxi to Pisac and stay 2 nights
Day 4 Pisac
Day 5 Pisac - Ollantaytambo stay 2 nights
Day 6 Ollantaytambo
Day 7 Ollantaytambo - Cuzco
Day 8 Cuzco
Day 9 Cuzco - MP via train
Day 10 Cuzco back to Lima to catch flight in morning
Day 11 fly home
Can you please let me know if the itinerary I am thinking (Of course reading a lot of ideas in forums and guide books) make sense or need some modification? Also if possible reply few question.
I will keep posting only the part of itinerary in respective forums, like here will post for Peru Part only.
18-Oct - Arrive Lima and Stay somewhere near Airport (We will arrive evening and no flight it seems for Cusco)
19-Oct - Fly to Cusco and Visit Sacred Valley and stay in Olyantambo
20-Oct -…
Hi all,
Can people who have done circuit treks in Peru offer estimates on how much I should plan to spend on
-- a 12 day circuit trek of the Cordillera Huayhuash, and,
-- a 5 day circuit of Ausangate?
If I make the arrangements in Huaraz and Cusco, instead of from outside of Peru.
I was in Peru two years ago. I saw that the prices for doing walk-ups to the summits of Misti and Chachani were roughly half the price if you got it together in Arequipa, instead of booking it over the internet…
I will be working in rural towns in Chumbivilcas on a training contract. Wondering what clothes would be appropriate for a woman working with many community groups and stakeholders. I would like to appear professional but also approachable. Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
**Hello all nice travelers and Peruvians! :)**
In one and half month I am heading off to Peru with my three friends. We will try to travel lowcost. But. I have just found out on many travel sites not to travel lowcost companies. It is definitely much safer travel by recommended companies instead of lowcost.
Can you give me any advice to reliable and safe bus companies
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Hilton Hurghada Resort, Hurghada
- Free breakfast and free WiFi in lobby
Main amenities
- 401 guestrooms
- On a private beach
- Marina
- 4 restaurants and 2 poolside bars
- Full-service spa
- Indoor pool and 3 outdoor pools
- Free children's club
- 24-hour health club
- Beach umbrellas
- Self parking
- 24-hour business center
- Airport shuttle
Feel at home
- Free cribs/infant beds
- Babysitting or childcare
- Supervised childcare/activities
- Children's pool
- Children's club
- Playground on site
What's around
- In Village Road
- New Marina (5.5 mi / 8.8 km)
- Hurghada Mosque (8.5 mi / 13.8 km)
- Hurghada Marine Museum & Aquarium (9.5 mi / 15.3 km)
- Makadi Water World (17.6 mi / 28.3 km)
- Church of St. Mary and the Archangels (22.2 mi / 35.8 km)
- Hurghada (HRG-Hurghada Intl.) 9-min drive; 3.9 miles/6.2 km
- Self parking (surcharge)
- Airport shuttle (surcharge)
Hilton Hurghada Resort, Hurghada
Hotel Info: 855-239-9397from $35
- Corner Suite
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- Deluxe Room
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Also popular with travelers from the USA
At a glance
Key facts
Hotel size
- This hotel has 401 rooms
- This hotel is arranged over 3 floors
- Check-in time starts at 2 PM
- Check-out time is noon
Required at check in
- Credit card or cash deposit required
- Government-issued photo ID required
- Minimum check-in age is 18
- Minimum Spring Break check-in age is 18
Travelling with others
- Children (12 years old and younger) stay free when occupying the parent or guardian's room, using existing bedding
- Babysitting/childcare *
- Free children's club
- Pets allowed (dogs and cats only) *
- 2 per room (up to 91.00 lb)
- Free WiFi in public areas
- WiFi in rooms *
- Airport shuttle *
- Self parking *
Other information
- All-inclusive rates available
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In the hotel
- Children's club (free)
- Supervised childcare/activities (free)
- Free breakfast
- 4 restaurants
- 4 bars/lounges
- 2 poolside bars
- Coffee shop/café
- 24-hour room service
- Barbecue grills
- On private beach
- Beach umbrellas
- Number of outdoor pools - 3
- Indoor pool
- Fitness facilities
- Outdoor tennis court
- Full-service spa
- Playground on site
- Racquetball/squash on site
- Scuba diving on site
- Water skiing on site
- Windsurfing on site
- Snorkeling nearby
- Marina on site
- Beach towels
- Children's pool
- Tennis on site
- 24-hour business center
- Conference space
- One meeting room
- 24-hour front desk
- Concierge services
- Limo or Town Car service available
- Dry cleaning/laundry service
- Laundry facilities
- Hair salon
- Luggage storage
- Multilingual staff
- Number of buildings/towers - 6
- Year Built 1995
- Elevator/lift
- Garden
- Terrace
- Accessible bathroom
- In-room accessibility
- Roll-in shower
In the room
- Air conditioning
- Minibar
- Coffee/tea maker
- Bathrobes
- Iron/ironing board
- Separate sitting area
- Balcony
- Private bathroom
- Bathtub or shower
- Free toiletries
- Hair dryer
- Satellite TV channels
- Desk
- Free newspaper
- WiFi (surcharge)
- Daily housekeeping
- In-room safe
- Connecting/adjoining rooms available
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All inclusive
All-inclusive room rates at Hilton Hurghada Resort are available. These rates are higher because they include onsite food and beverages in the room rate (some restrictions may apply).
Guests can indulge in a pampering treatment at the resort's full-service spa.
On Site
- Fitness facilities
- Marina on site
- Outdoor tennis court
- Tennis on site
- Playground on site
- Racquetball/squash on site
- Scuba diving on site
- Water skiing on site
- Windsurfing on site
- Snorkeling nearby
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Also known as
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The property has connecting/adjoining rooms, which are subject to availability and can be requested by contacting the property using the number on the booking confirmation.
Only registered guests are allowed in the guestrooms.
Mandatory fees
Pet deposit: USD 25 per night
Optional extras
Early check-in can be arranged for an extra charge of USD 30
Late check-out can be arranged for an extra charge of USD 30
The sauna is accessible for an extra charge
Self parking costs USD 6.00 per night with in/out privileges
Cribs/Infant beds are available for an extra charge
Babysitting/childcare is available for an extra charge
Pets are allowed for an extra charge of USD 25 per pet, per night
Airport shuttle service is offered for an extra charge of USD 25.00 per vehicle (one way)
WiFi is available in guestrooms for USD 25 per day (rates may vary)
We have included all charges provided to us by this hotel. However, charges can vary, for example, based on length of stay or the room you book.
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Good 3.8 /5 from 62 reviews
hotel location ,, quality of service ,,
Excellent hotel. Last time we stayed in the lowest priced room and the bathroom was disappointing. This time we stayed in a room that was just a couple dollars more and it was excellent. Service in the hotel is excellent, with little touches like the housekeeping leaving fresh flowers in the room. Very good value. Will definitely stay again.
first time in Hilton with very bad experience bad room not clean food is very bad and the front disk was not friendly i left one day early from the hotel and went to another hotel and was no refund for me from hotels.com
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The personnel were amazing they wanted to help us all the time of the stay? Special thanks for chef Essam and chef Hany for their delicious food...
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Fitch Park Was Land of the Giants Today
Hector Mercedes roped a two-run triple to highlight a three-run 6th and Randy Ortiz tripled and singled, scored two runs, and stole a base, leading one squad of Giants to a 9-3 victory on Field #2, and Cristian Otero smacked a two-run triple, singled twice, and scored three runs, Alberto Robles drove-in two runs with an RBI double and an RBI single, and Ryan Jones doubled twice, stole a base, and scored a run, leading the other squad of Giants to a 9-2 victory on Field #3, as the Cubs were swept in a Cactus League Extended Spring Training doubleheader played this morning at Fitch Park in Mesa, AZ.
Garrett Schlecht (two-run triple and a walk), Jacob Rogers (solo HR), Shawon Dunston Jr (single, triple, and a run scored), and Jose Dore (RBI triple and a run scored) provided what Cub offense there was.
Here are the box scores from the two games (Cubs players only):
1. Frandy de la Rosa, SS: 0-3 (6-3, K, 5-3)
2. Bryant Flete, 2B: 0-3 (5-3, 6-4 FC, 6-3, SB)
3. Kevin Encarnacion, DH #1: 1-3 (4-3, K, 1B, R)
4. Jeffrey Baez, CF: 0-3 (F-8, F-9, K)
5. Jose Dore, 1B: 1-3 (E-6, F-9, 3B, R, RBI)
6. Rashad Crawford, RF: 0-3 (E-6, K, 5-3, R)
7. Garrett Schlecht, LF: 1-2 (3B, 4-3, BB, 2 RBI)
8. Luis Acosta, 3B: 0-3 (K, 4-3, F-8)
9. Wilfredo Petit, C: 0-2 (K, K)
10. Alberto Mineo, DH #2 1-2 (1B, 4-3)
1. James Pugliese: 2.0 IP, 2 H, 1 R (1 ER), 0 BB, 0 K, 21 pitches (17 strikes), 2/4 GO/FO
2. Carlos Martinez: 2.0 IP, 2 H, 3 R (0 ER), 2 BB, 1 K, 44 pitches (22 strikes), 5/0 GO/FO
3. Jasvir Rakkar: 2.0 IP, 3 H, 4 R (3 ER), 1 BB, 2 K, 39 pitches (27 strikes), 1/3 GO/FO
4. David Cales: 1.0 IP, 3 H, 1 R (1 ER), 0 BB, 2 K, 22 pitches (14 strikes), 1/0 GO/FO
1. 3B Luis Acosta - E-5 (two-base throwing error allowed batter to reach 2nd base safely - eventually scored unearned run)
2. 2B Bryant Flete - E-4 (dropped throw after 5-4 FC allowed runner at 3rd base to score unearned run)
3. 2B Bryant Flete - E-4 (fielding error allowed batter to reach base safely)
2. 3B Luis Acosta - E-5 (throwing error allowed batter to reach base safely - eventually scored unearned run)
Wilfredo Petit: 0-1 CS, 1 PB
1. Shawon Dunston Jr, CF: 2-3 (5-3, 1B, 3B, R)
2. Danny Lockhart, 2B: 1-3 (1B, 2-3, 4-3)
3. Dong-Yub Kim, DH #1: 1-3 (1B, 5-3, 5-3)
4. Yasiel Balaguert, DH #2: 0-3 (6-4-3 DP, 5-3, K)
5. Xavier Batista, RF: 0-3 (K, L-6, K)
6. Jacob Rogers, 1B: 2-3 (HR, 1B, K, R, RBI)
7. Reggie Golden, LF: 0-2 (K, 5-4 FC, BB)
8. Carlos Penalver, SS: 0-3 (6-3, 6-3, F-9)
9. Neftali Rosario, C: 0-2 (5-3, F-7)
10. Mark Malave, 3B: 1-2 (1B, F-8)
1. Paul Blackburn: 3.0 IP, 3 H, 2 R (1 ER), 0 BB, 2 K, 1 HBP, 1 WP, 51 pitches (32 strikes), 3/4 GO/FO
2. Tyler Bremer: 2.0 IP, 4 H, 3 R (3 ER), 1 BB, 2 K, 46 pitches (31 strikes), 3/1 GO/FO
3. Hunter Ackerman: 1.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 1 K, 14 pitches (10 strikes), 2/0 GO/FO
4. Daniel Adrian: 0.2 IP, 4 H, 3 R (3 ER), 2 BB, 0 K, 1 BALK, 31 pitches (17 strikes), 1/1 GO/FO
NOTE: Adrian's inning was stopped with two outs when he reached his pre-planned max pitch limit
CF Shawon Dunston Jr - E-8 (three-base fielding error on line single allowed batter to circle the bases and score unearned run)
Neftali Rosario: 0-2 CS
WEATHER: Partly cloudy and VERY breezy with temperatures in the 70's
Phil -- Jacob Rogers had a
Phil -- Jacob Rogers had a .913 OPS last year at Peoria (.300/.493/.420) last year and was .326/.462/.507 overall between the rookie league and Peoria. Any idea why he's back at Extended Spring Training instead of with one of the full season minor league clubs?
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[email protected] with 40 combined Ks through 13...MLB record is 43 (7/9/1971 A'[email protected], 20 innings)
DET wins in 14, 2-1...40 Ks
DET wins in 14, 2-1...40 Ks total.
guessing Ryan vs Hunter in
guessing Ryan vs Hunter in that game.
Probably no game today either
Probably no game today either.
Can't lose if you don't play!
Can't lose if you don't play! They should fly the W flag.
Via MLBTR:In an interview
Via MLBTR:
In an interview with Mut & Merloni of WEEI, ESPN.com's Buster Olney said that he sees the Cubs as the most likely team to trade for the Rays' David Price with the Cardinals also in the mix. In Olney's estimation, the Cards can blow everyone else out of the water if they decide to dip into their farm system to pull off a trade.
Isn't that the opposite of
Isn't that the opposite of rebuilding?
Depends on whether you
Depends on whether you consider bold moves like those made this winter by Toronto and Kansas City to be one possible culmination of rebuilding or not.
Good call. The CULMINATION
Good call. The CULMINATION of rebuilding.
I don't think the Cubs are quite at that stage are they?
I can't imagine they are
I can't imagine they are spending all this effort rebuilding the farm system only to spend them all on a guy who they'll have to give a horrible contract to. It's just some guy talking. Doesn't mean a thing. BS as in bullshit speculation.
Yeah, that's kind of my
Yeah, that's kind of my thought on it.
I would be astounded if that
I would be astounded if that were to happen. They blew a big chance with Darvish. That was a head-scratcher. Of course with Ricketts debt, we REALLY don't know what the deal is.
My guess is they will finally draft a #1, bona-fide starter and sign Garza below market. Just don't think they will get the prospects they want.
Which means - Jackson can maybe work on the Mike Marshall new-team-every-year method.
Shierholtz and Castillo seem
Shierholtz and Castillo seem to be, almost officially, the whole fucking offense. Too bad they're not good enough to carry a team even when they're hot.
a little love for welly, yo.
a little love for welly, yo.
4-4 today...hitting .425 unf.
4-4 today...hitting .425
I'd like to interrupt the
I'd like to interrupt the breathless anticipation of the dawn of the Cody Ransom era to call attention to some pleasant news from the minor leagues:
West Tennessee is 7-6, with good performances from the outfield of Rubi Silva, Matt Szczur, and Jae-Hoon Ha. These guys all have shortcomings--Ha and Szczur don't hit home runs, and Silva doesn't walk, but it would be nice if a couple of them get to Iowa this year or next so Mike Wellman doesn't have to watch AAAA retreads in the outfield. Eric Jokisch, he of the most unfortunate name, is 2-0 and reliever Brian Schlitter hasn't given up a run yet. Feel free to invent future headlines involving these two gentlemen.
Daytona is also 7-6, having crushed Clearwater 13-2. Baez hit his third homer- his average is crappy but he's still hitting for power- and perhaps most impressive is the ELEVEN walks the D-Cubs drew to go with 12 hits. Outfielder John Andreoli, who I guess will battle DeVoss and Easterling for playing time when Soler returns, had three of them, bringing him to 12 for the year in 13 games to go with a .348 BA in the early going. Last year he walked 75 times and stole 55 bases. He's a 22-year-old drafted out of college, but maybe he'll be the answer to the question many of us had: "What would Campana be like if he ever drew a walk?" He's not little, but as a fast white outfielder who doesn't hit homers, he's a candidate for the future Scr***y Cub du jour. Don't remember what AZ Phil has said about him. Yao-Lin Wang and Austin Kirk have pitched well in just a few innings.
Kane County plays in the Rain and Snow League, so I guess we'll have to wait for good news from them.
Hey nice! Another Al Yellon
Hey nice! Another Al Yellon deserter. :)
Wasn't sure what you meant, E
Wasn't sure what you meant, E, especially since I never visit Yellon's site, so I went over there to look. Whoops. So what's the equivalent of 3/34 for when another Cub site said pretty much the same thing? 1.5/17?
Haha - just kidding Old Style
Haha - just kidding Old Style guy. Its "3/44" - Jason Schmidt - who is also most similar in stats to...
Big Z
So I was walking out of work
So I was walking out of work and I realized "D'oh! It's 3/44, not 34!" Sigh. Darn job, distracting me from my Cubs websites...
Hah. Just WHAT are your
Hah. Just WHAT are your priorities, sir?
"West Tennessee is 7-6."
"West Tennessee is 7-6."
Not to quibble, but the home of the Tennessee Smokies--Sevierville, or more broadly, Knoxville--is about five hours east on route 40 of where Murton and Pie and all the other West Tenn Diamond Jaxx (rebranded the Jackson Generals) used to play.
Two walks for Castro and a
Two walks for Castro and a Rizzo HR. good day so far.
triple, wild pitch, walk,
triple, wild pitch, walk, homer, homer, ground out...bye ogando
That's b/c they are awaiting
That's b/c they are awaiting the rain cancelling?
That Rizzo bomb was massive.
That Rizzo bomb was massive.
475 ft longest in mlb this
475 ft longest in mlb this year
Tony Four Sacks- # 4
Tony Four Sacks- # 4
What, he's Italian/American
What, he's Italian/American Indian?
taka reassigned to AAA.
taka reassigned to AAA.
marmol had control + filthy
marmol had control + filthy slider today.
2 strikeouts, first one was a 3-pitch K.
Sure. 4-run lead on GetAway
Sure. 4-run lead on GetAway Day. Sounds about right.
"marmol had control..."
Props to Charlie Newtown for
Props to Charlie Newtown for another strong outing. I might learn to really like this guy.
Bears schedule
Bears schedule
- vs. Bengals
- vs. Vikings
- @ Steelers (Sunday Night)
- @ Lions
- vs. Saints
- vs. Giants (Thursday)
- @ Redskins
- Bye
- @ Packers (Monday Night)
- vs. Lions
- vs. Ravens
- @ Rams
- @ Vikings
- vs. Cowboys (Monday Night)
- @ Browns
- @ Eagles
- vs. Packers
Paul [email protected]
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Hayden Simpson, Cubs' first round pick in 2010, signs with Southern Illinois of Frontier League.
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"Cubs designated INF Alberto
"Cubs designated INF Alberto Gonzalez for assignment."
I don't know how to search
I don't know how to search comments, but I called that shit. Bam.
i'm still waiting for my
i'm still waiting for my parade for dumpster/TEX... :[
...shame he got a "meh" return, though.
Future third baseman
Future third baseman
"Matt Garza (lat) will make
"Matt Garza (lat) will make his first rehab start next Wednesday with Double-A Tennessee."
A-ball start today scratched because of poor field conditions.
Recent comments
Hate to give the Mets credit, but they did everything right tonight in what had to be a very tough game for them to play. As Hollandsworth said on the Cubs post-game -- if you watched the game, you saw Mets players consoling Marlins players who were in tears during the game. Between that and the way Molina handled the Ross farewell -- maybe the Mets and Cardinal players aren't pure evil. Just the fans.
New York Mets @Mets
Dee Gordon lead-off home run. #AintEvenMad #BiggerThanBaseball 1-0 Miami.
7:25 PM - 26 Sep 2016
Amazing effort by Gordon -- truly remarkable.
Cubs get 100, KB gets 100, Hendricks gets below 2.00, Cards get absolutely destroyed by the Reds -- all good, other than some Rondon concern. Hopefully, he can get a few outings in this week and find his groove. Also, I guess Soler is still struggling with his right side. Hmmmm. Too bad Joe didn't let Addy bat with the bases loaded in the 7th -- great RBI opportunity.
I assume all the relievers are on a set schedule this week, but it seems strange Chapman pitched back-to-back.
Barry Rozner article interviewing Greg Maddux (with comments on Kyle Hendricks).
"I like watching him pitch," Maddux said of Hendricks. "I like guys that rely on movement and location. I can relate to him. That's what I had to do. "I'd rather watch him pitch than some lefty throwing 95 mph."
cubs win #100. neat.
Chapman in to stop the bleeding.
they're falling apart late in WAS...damn.
Wilson Ramos may be hurt badly. Carried off the field. Looks like the knee.
Hendricks 6 shutout innings, ends night with an ERA of 1.99
in case it hasn't been mentioned yet, Twins are hiring Indians 32-year old Derick Falvey from the Cleveland Native Americans organization.
Suppose McLeod could still be asked by another organization but likely staying put.
Well put, both your remark, and Crunch's.
I saw the Gordon HR. It was like a funeral where the mourners were made to play baseball. So sad...
i wanted to watch more of it, but it started to feel like i was going beyond witnessing a human experience that isn't often seen into an uncomfortable voyeurism. these guys are in pain.
wow I am glad I missed the start of the MIA game. I would have been sobbing.


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go play in traffic
Certainly though, 3 hours from now you'll still be a turd on a message board with apparently very little to do.
but we sure feel sorry for your mamma
jefferson, do you have a link to the meeting?
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Kia moved upscale during the 2000 model year with its midsize Optima sedan, which was based on Hyundais front-wheel-drive Sonata. The Optimas styling differed from the Sonata, but they share engines and other major components.
For 2002, the Optima got a new 2.7-liter V-6 engine, but the 2.4-liter four-cylinder also remained available. For 2003, the Optima gets fresh front-end styling, new wheel and wheel cover designs, and a new console and seat fabrics. Kias Sportmatic automatic transmission is now available in four-cylinder models, but the four-cylinder SE sedan with the manual shift has been dropped. Both LX and SE models get some equipment changes.
Kia is owned by Hyundai, South Koreas largest automaker, but the companies maintain totally separate brand identities and dealer networks. Warranties cover the entire vehicle for five years/60,000 miles and major powertrain components for 10 years/100,000 miles.
Even though Kia borrowed some styling touches from the Hyundai Sonata and the two share some major components, the Optima has a unique nose with a crosshatch grille. Thats the main visible difference between the two cars. Both the Sonata and Optima have a 106.3-inch wheelbase, but at 186.2 inches long overall, the Optima is a tad shorter than the Sonata and a few inches shorter than the Honda Accord and Toyota Camry.
The front bucket seats and a three-place rear bench allow the Optima to seat five occupants. A folding rear seat expands maximum cargo space beyond the trunks 13.6-cubic-foot capacity.
Standard equipment for the base LX model includes air conditioning, a cassette stereo, and power windows, door locks and mirrors. The SE sedan adds a power moonroof, remote keyless entry, cruise control, and a 120-watt stereo system with cassette and CD players, among other features. An eight-way power drivers seat in the SE includes lumbar support.
Under the Hood
Both the LX and SE have a choice of engines: a 138-horsepower, 2.4-liter four-cylinder or a 170-hp, 2.7-liter V-6. Sedans with the four-cylinder may be equipped with either a four-speed-automatic or five-speed-manual transmission. The V-6-equipped model is available only with the automatic, which incorporates adaptive logic and a provision for manually selected gear changes.
Antilock brakes are optional on models equipped with the V-6 engine. Side-impact airbags are standard, which places Kia ahead of some competitors.
Driving Impressions
A smooth and easygoing ride leads the list of merits in Kias top model, which glides neatly past moderate bumps without transmitting much commotion to occupants. But rougher surfaces begin to impair its composure. The Optima is easy to maneuver and offers excellent stability on the highway. Acceleration with the V-6 power plant reaches well beyond adequate, and the automatic transmission responds well, even though an occasional abrupt downshift can occur at lower speeds.
The seats are somewhat firm but comfortable. All told, few faults come to mind after a lengthy drive. In overall competence, Kias midsize model comes surprisingly close to the level of the Honda Accord and Toyota Camry. Throw in its modest price, and the Optima serves as an appealing contender.
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