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The invention relates to a method for recovering nylon from a nylon-containing material by contacting the nylon-containing material with an alkanol-containing solvent at elevated temperature and at a pressure higher than the equilibrium pressure of the alkanol-containing solvent at the elevated temperature, thereby dissolving the nylon in the alkanol-containing solvent, removing the alkanol-containing solvent containing dissolved nylon from any undissolved solids, and decreasing the temperature of the alkanol-containing solvent containing dissolved nylon to precipitate the dissolved nylon.
1. A method for recovering nylon from a waste material comprising nylon, comprising:
contacting the waste material comprising nylon with an alkanol-containing solvent at an elevated temperature between 130� C. and 155� C. and at a pressure higher than an equilibrium vapor pressure of the alkanol-containing solvent at the elevated temperature, and between 400 psig to 600 psig, and maintaining the pressure for a dissolution time sufficient to dissolve the nylon, thereby dissolving the nylon in the alkanol-containing solvent, wherein the combination of the pressure, temperature and the dissolution time provide a desired yield of nylon of at least 82%;
removing the alkanol-containing solvent containing dissolved nylon from any undissolved solids;
decreasing the temperature of the alkanol-containing solvent containing dissolved nylon to between 120� C. and 130� C. to precipitate dissolved nylon to generate precipitated nylon in remaining solution; and separating the precipitated nylon from the remaining solution.
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This application claims benefit of provisional U.S. application Ser. No. 60/245,006, filed Nov. 1, 2000, the entire contents of which are incorporated by reference.
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to improved processes for extracting nylon from waste materials, including mixed waste materials such as floor coverings, such that degradation of the nylon polymer into lower molecular weight polymers, oligomers, and monomers is decreased. The process involves contacting the waste materials with polar solvents, or mixtures thereof at high pressures.
2. Description of Related Art
Nylon is widely used as a fiber, both in the production of textile cloths, and in the production of floor covering materials, such as broadloom carpet and carpet tile. When used in floor covering materials, the nylon is usually predominantly present as part of one or more layers of a multilayered product. Large quantities of floor covering materials are replaced each year, with the resulting used materials often discarded to landfills. Because of environmental and economic concerns about this waste material, there has been a need for an economical process for recovering and reusing used or discarded floor covering materials. However, because these materials often contain complicated composites or laminates that are difficult to separate into their constituent components, recycling processes for these materials too often result in conglomerated products whose value is considerably lower than that of their individual constituents. In some cases, the value of the product of recycling may be equal to or less than the value of the original starting material. Downcycling of this nature is both environmentally and economically wasteful. Because the downcycled product is not as valuable as the original starting material, or even of the original inputs to the production of the original waste material, economic value is lost. Because the downcycled product does not make the best use of its constituents, additional constituent materials must be produced and used, generating an additional environmental burden made particularly heavy because these constituent materials are often based on petrochemicals.
As a result of these considerations, there is a need in the art for processes that can economically separate and recycle one or more of the components of floor covering materials. In particular, there is a need in the art for processes that allow for the separation and recovery of nylon used in floor covering materials, and in particular, of nylon used in the topcloth or facecloth layers of these floor covering materials, in such a way that the value and usefulness of the nylon is not degraded.
Processes for recovering nylon tend to fall into two distinct categories. In one category are processes where the nylon is deliberately depolymerized into monomer or oligomers thereof, which can then be reused by repolymerization. In general, the goal is to reduce as much of the polymer to monomer as possible, in order to make reuse more predictable. However, processes in this category are disadvantageous because depolymerization is expensive, and can lead to side reactions that decrease the amount of monomer available, reducing efficiency, and requiring additional depolymerization and energy consumption to make up for the loss. In addition, depolymerization of nylon 6,6 requires the separation of hexamethylenediamine (HDMA) and adipic acid, or further reaction to convert adipic acid to HDMA, which is difficult and expensive.
In the other category are processes where the nylon is recovered without depolymerization, so that it can be reused without repolymerization. In general, the goal of such processes is to extract or dissolve the nylon with minimal polymer breakdown. The nylon is then generally obtained in solid form so that it can be reused. Conventional dissolution or extraction type processes can be difficult, if not impossible, to use without downcycling the value of the nylon. At least part of the reason for this is that some polymer breakdown almost always occurs.
For example, nylon fiber that is to be subjected to a dissolution or extraction type recovery process will have had its molecular weight reduced by the original extrusion process, due to the high temperatures involved. Molecular weight will be reduced further during the conventional extraction or dissolution process, and will be even further reduced if the nylon is to be re-extruded back into fiber. This cumulative breakdown will render the molecular weight of the nylon inappropriate for reuse as fibers.
Another disadvantage of both types of nylon recycling processes is their need for relatively pure nylon feedstocks. In the case of composite products, such as floor coverings like carpet and carpet tile, the presence of fillers, backing materials, adhesives, etc. can complicate the nylon recycling effort, requiring that these materials be physically and/or chemically separated from the nylon prior to any nylon-specific processing.
There is therefore a need in the art for a nylon recycling process that does not require depolymerization, that does not significantly degrade the molecular weight of the nylon polymer recovered, and that is useful to prepare nylon suitable for extrusion into fiber using as a feedstock nylon that has previously been extruded into fiber, and in particular, nylon that has been obtained from floor covering material, without the need to delaminate or otherwise physically separate other components from the feedstock.
The process of the invention fulfills this need. Nylon, which may be obtained in the form of waste material, such as waste or scrap floor covering material (obtained, e.g., from used carpet, carpet tile, or other floor covering, or as selvedge produced in the manufacture of carpet or carpet tile), is contacted with a solvent or solvent mixture containing an alcohol at an elevated temperature, and at an elevated pressure. The use of an elevated pressure has been found to unexpectedly decrease the temperature at which the nylon in the waste material will effectively dissolve in the solvent mixture. At least in part as the result of this decrease in dissolution temperature, the nylon can be dissolved with a substantially decreased degradation of its molecular weight. This preservation of molecular weight allows the process to be effectively used with nylon that has been extruded into fiber, such as that found in floor coverings, and produces nylon that can again be extruded into fiber, for use in floor coverings. In effect, the process of the invention allows the nylon present in floor coverings to be recycled without being downcycled. Although the process can be used with nylon that has been separated from other composite material components, this need not occur with commonly used floor covering materials.
The invention can be viewed as a method for recovering nylon, including:
contacting the nylon with an alkanol-containing solvent at elevated temperature and at a pressure higher than the equilibrium pressure of the alkanol-containing solvent at the elevated temperature;
removing alkanol-containing solvent containing dissolved nylon from any undissolved solids;
decreasing the temperature of the alkanol-containing solvent containing dissolved nylon to precipitate the dissolved nylon. The recovered nylon can then be further processed by filtration, washing, etc., and reused.
The increase in pressure of the nylon and alkanol-containing solvent mixture can be accomplished by introducing inert gas into the dissolution vessel, which is desirably a pressure vessel. Alternatively, the increase in pressure of the solvent mixture can be accomplished by increasing the head pressure of the solvent mixture pumped into the reactor. For instance, the vessel through which solvent is introduced to the reactor could have a cross-sectional area that exceeds that of the vessel through which solvent is withdrawn from the reactor, creating a pressure head in the reactor sufficient to lower the nylon dissolution temperature, and thus the reactor temperature, as described herein.
The method of the invention is suitable for recovering nylon from waste materials, and is particularly suitable for use with nylon-containing floor covering waste materials, such as used or scrap carpet or carpet tile, or selvedge obtained during production of these materials. In particular, use of the method with carpet tile has been found to be very beneficial, since these materials are typically composite structures having a number of laminated layers. The method of the invention provides the additional benefit of making separation of these laminated layers easier, and in many cases the waste materials emerge from the dissolution process with the nylon removed and the remaining layers of materials already separated. This confers apparent advantages in making the recycling of these additional components much more efficient.
The invention involves the use of a solvent or mixture of solvents, containing a lower alkanol, to dissolve nylon, which is desirably in the form of nylon 6,6, but which may include other nylons or combinations thereof. The nylon, which may be ground, comminuted, chopped or otherwise modified in size, may be added as waste or scrap floor covering material, such as carpet or carpet tile, or as some other composite material, or as essentially pure nylon, is contacted with the solvent or solvent mixture in a pressure vessel. The pressure vessel is heated to a temperature of about 130� C. to about 155� C., more particularly to about 145� C., and held at this temperature for a period of time sufficient to dissolve the desired yield of nylon. Surprisingly, this use of increased pressure allows operation at temperatures below 160� C.
The pressure vessel is maintained at a pressure higher than the equilibrium pressure for the solvent system at the selected temperature. One technique for increasing the pressure is to introduce a sufficient quantity of inert gas, such as nitrogen, argon, etc. into the pressure vessel. For example, at a temperature of about 150� C., the equilibrium pressure of an ethanol/water solvent system will be approximately 100 psig. This pressure can be increased by an amount ranging from about 250 psig to about 600 psig, more particularly from about 250 psig to about 400 psig, by adding inert gas, such as N2, to the pressure vessel prior to reaction. Alternatively, the pressure in the vessel can be increased by increasing the head pressure of the solvent system entering the reactor. This can be done, e.g., by removing liquid from the reactor through a vessel having a smaller cross-sectional area than the vessel delivering solvent to the reactor. This increased pressure allows increased and faster dissolution of the nylon into the solvent system as compared to the dissolution level and rate at the equilibrium pressure for that temperature. Put another way, for the same dissolution level, the invention allows the process to be operated at a lower temperature than would an equilibrium pressure process, or even a slightly elevated (e.g., 50 psig) pressure process. Degradation of the nylon is thus decreased, resulting in a higher quality product that is suitable for extrusion into fiber.
In addition, the process of the invention results in a nylon product that is enriched in high molecular nylon, as compared to conventional processes that are not carried out at increased pressure. As the nylon/solvent solution is cooled, high molecular weight nylon will precipitate first, and can therefore be filtered from the solution while maintaining the temperature of the solution between about 120� C. and about 130� C. This allows the low molecular weight materials, resulting from the previous extrusion or what little degradation in molecular weight does occur, to remain in solution and excluded from the nylon product. The solution also retains some soluble components that may be present in floor covering materials, such as plasticizers, lubricants, and coating materials.
Suitable solvents and solvent mixtures include lower alkanols, mixtures thereof, and mixtures of lower alkanols with water. More particularly, suitable lower alkanols include methanol, ethanol, propanols, butanols, and mixtures thereof. Mixtures of methanol and water or ethanol and water have been found to be particularly suitable. In particular, mixtures of ethanol and water are desirable because of the decreased environmental and regulatory concerns associated with using ethanol as compared to using other alkanols. When mixed with water, the alkanols are generally used in proportions ranging from about 40% to about 90% of alkanol:water. In particular, a 80% mixture of ethanol and water has been found to be suitable for most applications. Desirably, the solvent or solvent mixture is substantially free (i.e., does not contain more than about 1%) of glycols or other polyols.
After dissolution of, e.g., carpet scrap, in the pressure vessel, the mixture is removed from the pressure vessel, and the hot solution is filtered from the undissolved components, and is cooled to about 120� C. to about 130� C. to precipitate out the dissolved nylon. The nylon is filtered from the remaining solution, leaving in solution any high molecular weight oils, lubricants, plasticizers, and lower molecular weight nylon fractions as described above. The solvent mixture can be recovered by evaporation and/or distillation. The precipitated nylon can then be washed with a clean, hot alkanol/water mixture and dried, e.g., in a vacuum oven.
It has been found that the use of increased pressure allows the use of dissolution or extraction temperatures below 160� C., while maintaining the relative viscosity (an indicator of molecular weight) of the nylon at a level acceptable for use in fiber extrusion. While not wishing to be bound by any theory, it is believed that this effect results at least in part from better or more complete dissolution of low molecular weight nylon fractions, which then remain in solution as the higher molecular weight nylon fractions precipitate out.
The invention can be more clearly understood by reference to the following Examples, which are not intended to limit the scope of the invention in any way.
A series of tests were conducted wherein nylon yarn or nylon chips were tested to determine a baseline relative viscosity. Nylon chips were also dissolved in a methanol/water mixture, the nylon recovered, and its relative viscosity measured. A number of nylon-containing carpet tiles (designated as Sample Nos. 1-6) were chopped up and placed into a pressure vessel to which 400 ml of an alkanol solvent and 100 ml water were added as indicated below, and the mixture heated and pressurized as indicated below. The solution was removed from the pressure vessel into another vessel, where it was cooled until nylon precipitated. This nylon was then tested for relative viscosity using the same method that was used for the nylon yarn or chips. The results are indicated below.
A similar procedure to that used in Example 1 was followed, using two samples from the same carpet tile or broadloom carpet, and varying the pressure thereof. The results are reported below. Where �Methanol� and �Pure Ethanol� are indicated, 400 ml. of these solvents were mixed with 100 ml of water. Where �100% Methanol� is indicated, water was not included in the mixture. Samples 1 and 3 were taken from carpet tile, Sample 2 was taken from broadloom carpet, and Sample 4 was taken from hot-melt precoated carpet.
An 80% mixture of ethanol and water was preheated to the temperatures indicated below, and added all at once to a vessel containing nylon fiber in sufficient amount to provide a 3.5 wt % mixture of solvent and nylon. The mixture was pressurized to the pressure indicated below, and held at pressure for the time indicated below. The liquid was removed from the vessel and cooled in a jacketed vessel to a temperature of 120� C. The resulting cooled liquid was filtered to removed precipitated nylon. The undissolved nylon remaining in the first vessel was measured, and a yield of dissolved nylon to total nylon added to the mixture was computed.
This description of specific embodiments of the invention is intended to enable those of skill in the art to more easily understand the nature of the invention, but not to limit the scope of the appended claims or the range of equivalents thereof.
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Sobering visit: Detox unit quite a scene at Shelby County Jail
Nighttime drunkenness and policing have always been shaken and stirred together in Memphis history.
Samuel Brown, the city's first sheriff, kept a tavern in one of the first log cabins built here. The Pinch's Bell Tavern, the watering hole for Davy Crockett and Sam Houston, doubled as a gambling den until its drunken patrons, embittered by Lady Luck and Jack Frost's harsh winter of 1832, burned all but the bar room for firewood.
For drunk Memphians, of which there are many during the 10 p.m. to 6 a.m. shift at 201 Poplar, jail is the city's most exclusive nightclub (fewer than 100 get in on a typical night).
Admission is no reward, to be sure, but boy, oh, boy, is it a scene. To find out exactly what happens inside, The Commercial Appeal spent a night in the drunk tank. Well, at the drunk tank, during the graveyard shift that chief jailer Robert Moore calls "high tide."
The scene includes folks such as Ricardo Valenzuela-Casas, 26, arrested for driving drunk on Interstate 40 without his license. Also locked up is Colton Ray Beesley, 23, a strawberry-blond out-of-towner who was unable to pay his $46 tab at Beale Street's Coyote Ugly. And Samer Sakaan, 18, charged with vehicular homicide and DUI after allegedly running a man down in the front yard of his Cordova home.
On this night, the staff was still rattled by an incident a few nights earlier when one man was so enraged and empowered by his intoxication that he bit a police officer's forearm down to the bone.
The intoxicated come in wearing T-shirts that read "Mr All Night," "Ten Years of Trouble," "I Am The Enemy" and "Believe Memphis."
Most of the intake is like Beesley, generally harmless but maybe a bit too boisterous for their own good. When Beesley, who was clad in dirty overalls, removed his shoes, flooding the holding room with odor, he earned the nickname "Pepé Le Pew" and was sprayed down by an officer with the Ocean Paradise-scented variety of Fabuloso, a household cleaner not meant for human use.
"I've been tasered before. I know the drill," he said flatly. "But can I have some water please?"
Another rabble rouser, brought in after 5 a.m., was Jonathan Henderson, 32, a Harbortown waiter arrested for drunken driving after crashing into a utility pole.
"I'm not going to give any fingerprints," he told a police officer confidently. "And so we're going to have a tough time. Certain things I'm just going to say, you know what? Kiss my ..."
Inmates are processed through a series of rooms and cells, stripped and dressed in navy jail clothes and black Croc-like shoes. They have the freedom to use a phone, drink water, go to the bathroom and watch two television channels. One shows a looping orientation offered by the sheriff and chief jailer; the other is cable television -- on this night, a BET showing of "Asunder," a 1999 movie in which Blair Underwood plays a man who goes crazy when he loses everything. The inmates were riveted by it, occasionally shushing each other during dramatic scenes.
The bedlam of bureaucracy gives way to the quiet solitude of pods on the second floor and sub-basement, narrow hallways of 17 single-person cells with their own bathrooms. Inmates who do not post bond are held there to detox for three days, five for harder drugs such as heroin or Xanax. The halls are across from pods that keep mentally ill criminals, where fly strips thick with bugs dangle over tile floors sloshed with fresh urine.
"They don't think of it as jail," said officer Rachel Ciaramitaro, 37. "It's clean for them. It's quiet. They get their own room, three hots and a cot." (Baked chicken was included in the meals until an inmate stabbed another with a broken chicken bone.)
Many drunk inmates, though, are scared.
"They're criminals but they're scared to be around criminals," said Sgt. Tony C. Masters Jr., who watches over them. "They try to be put somewhere else so they say they're suicidal. That's not smart."
Those cases get moved down the hall, to cells that are much less hospitable -- cement beds, for example -- where they are stripped except for suicide-proof smocks. The cells are nicknamed "the butt nekkid rooms." The walls, floors and ceilings of that hall are caked with feces that inmates have thrown out of spite, desperation or boredom.
The workers themselves have inverted day clocks, but get paid about $22 an hour, bringing home as much as $60,000 per year with overtime.
Officer Connie Davis, 49, who prays before entering the jail, sleeps at noon. She's up at 3 p.m. to prepare dinner for her daughter and in bed again from 6 to 8:30 in the evening. After her shift ends, as the sun is rising, she heads home for a bath, then television: Maury Povich and Steve Wilkos. By the time "The Price is Right" is on, she's nodding off.
"We've had everyone," said Davis, while playing with her teal fingernails. "We've had rappers. We've had Grizzlies. We've had cops. Everyone drinks. And it's never too early or too late to get drunk."
Mostly, the officers treat the inmates with respect. Partly that's professionalism, but also practicality.
"We see these guys every day everywhere," said Ciaramitaro. "Behind you in the bank, next to you in the grocery. If someone waves to me, my daughter asks me if they are one of the drunk people from jail."
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OTTAWA, June 17, 2011 /PRNewswire/ - Bridgewater Systems (TSX: BWC), ("Bridgewater" or the "Company") the global leader in intelligent broadband controls, today announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to be acquired by Amdocs Limited (NYSE: DOX) through a plan of arrangement for C$8.20 per share in cash (the "Arrangement"), valuing the Company at approximately C$211 million.
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By SYDNEY SCHWARTZ The Marshfield and Scituate waterways commissions will be honored by the North and South Rivers Watershed Association for their work in support of a no-discharge zone.
CARVER - The National Cranberry Festival will be held Saturday through Monday at Edaville USA in Carver. The festival will include train rides through the cranberry bogs, music and dance performances, cranberry cooking demonstrations, crafts and amusement rides.
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Vienna loan will help with Tyson Foods expansion.
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Spring frost damage :(
We had a brief warm up here in Cleveland in early March and then some frost. I should have covered my hydrangeas--but it snuck up on me and I did not. My Sister Therese is looking rather worse for wear. Her leaves are brown on the tips. All of my endless summers and blushing brides are the same. I am sure I killed buds on the Sister Therese but am hoping the endless summers will still bloom alright on new wood. Silly question I know, but are the leaves doomed to look brown like this all summer, or as it continues to grow will new leaves fill in and replace the browning ones?
New leaves will replace those damaged and mostly browned out. Partially browned out leaves are a toss up; the plant will decide that for itself. Those are some tough shrubs so they will recover.
You could always prune some of the ugliest leaves (cut the petiole that links the leaf and the stem). Depending on the location of some of these damaged leaves, new growth and existing leaves could hide them as well. All things being equal, you should see new growth in 2-4 weeks.
Joann - I'm in the Cleveland area as well and feel your pain. I actual did go out there every night there was a frost and covered with burlap and I have the same damage on my endless summer, burning embers, and another I cant recall the name of. All have the burnt scraggly looking leaves except for on new growth. We'll see how it goes.
Wow, many NE Ohio people here. I think calling it frost was an understatement.....LOL....That warm up triggered everything to grow in March and we had multiple FREEZES!! I had coneflowers setting buds in March and even killed off all my foliage on my smoke bush, butterfly bushes, etc. Let alone the mass devastation it did to the macrophylla (big leaf) hydrangeas and spring flowering bulbs. Although it seems everything now is recovering pretty well. I didnt cover anything either and left it in mother natures hands. Done running around the yard with burlap,sheets,towels and anything I can find to cover things in spring. Tired of the all the neighbors goofy looks I get...lol...This is why I replaced all my big leaf hydrangeas with reblooming hydrangeas. I am waiting longer before removing ugly foliage and letting the hydrangeas work it out on their own for a little longer. I have flower buds on many and especially on my blushing brides and twist n shout hydrangeas that should start blooming soon. I love hydrangeas and these newer reblooming varieties are great for people like us. Although with these warm winter we had it looked like many buds set last year were going to make it. Deep down I knew that was to good to be true in our area, something had to give...lol. But I know I will still have a great show in summer, so hard to argue with that!


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Potentially Harmful Snail Found In Port Of Baltimore
An alarming first for the Port of Baltimore. The USDA confirms a pest known as the succinea costaricana was discovered March 27 on the exterior of a shipping container from Guatemala.
Motorcycle Caribbean Cruise Sets Sail From Baltimore
Kick stands up! Some unlikely passengers boarded a cruise ship sailing out of the Port of Baltimore on Monday. Almost 20 motorcycles boarded the Royal Caribbean Enchantment for the open seas of the Caribbean.
FBI Probing Baltimore Cruise Ship Death
Suspicious death. The FBI is now investigating what happened to a woman who died on board a Baltimore-based cruise ship this weekend.
FBI Investigating Suspicious Death On Cruise Ship That Set Sail From Baltimore
Mysterious death on the high seas. A female cruise ship passenger was found dead inside her cabin. That ship has now returned to Baltimore.
2012 A Record Year For Port Of Baltimore
A record year for the city's seaport. The Port of Baltimore handled more cars and machinery in 2012 than any other U.S. port.
Large Cranes Mean More Cargo & Jobs At Port Of Baltimore
A $40 million investment is starting to pay back at the Port of Baltimore. After six months of installation and training, four immense cranes are up and running.
100 Cruises Sailed From Baltimore In 2012
Nearly a quarter million passengers set sail from Baltimore on cruises last year.
Strike Averted For Now At Port Of Baltimore
There will be no strike at the Port of Baltimore this weekend. Hundreds of workers threatened the action, which would have had a major impact on one of Maryland's vital economic engines.
Looming Longshoremen Strike Threatens Baltimore Economy
They deliver everything from clothes to toys to electronics for businesses across the country. But a looming strike by longshoremen in Baltimore and nationwide could bring the economy to a standstill.
Port Of Baltimore Sees Record Number Of Cruise Passengers
Million-mark milestone. Record passenger numbers have turned Baltimore's cruise port into a popular departure point.
Port Of Baltimore Has 1 Millionth Cruise Passenger
The Port of Baltimore has seen its 1 millionth passenger sail on a cruise ship.
Port Of Baltimore Community Sends Donations To Those Affected By Sandy
They've hauled supplies to the hardest hit areas and now members of the Port of Baltimore community are uniting for victims of Superstorm Sandy.


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Created by Darren Marks one of the UKs leading hypnotherapists and trainers. Darren spent many years working for the South East Cancer Help Centre where he demonstrated hypnotherapy for HRH the Prince of Wales during a visit to the centre. Over the years his work has featured in both the specialist and popular media.
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Pts Plus Weight Diary +
We have 50,000 + users who have downloaded this app for a reason. Diet watchers unite!
Updated for tablets and larger devices.
Works with both NEW AND OLD point systems.
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→ 150+ restaurants with menu items
→ Combine any of the points you have added to the application into 'meals' (groups of points) and save time.
→ Includes automated time stamping to easily see what you have eaten and when is a snap. Full ability to go back historically and make changes. Makes watching your weight easy and shows you historically how you succeeded.
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→ Optionally categorize your pt entries as Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner, or Snacks. View graph of category usage
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→ Optionally have app adds to weekly points for daily overages.
→ Includes nursing and partially nursing mom's calculations. Also includes maintenance pt allowance for those that are in maintenance mode.
→ For true point watchers - as you lose weight your target points change. You will get alerted with a new value when entering your weight loss.
BODY MEASUREMENTS - for goal watchers
→ Simple choice of pounds or inches and kilograms or centimeters for weight and height. Perfect for non USA buyers.
→ Diet watchers - see your weight progress charted visually
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→ Save your data when you are changing handsets.
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I Can Make You Thin McKenna
All your decisions about what you eat and how much you eat, take place in your mind.
This app is designed to psychologically reboot your life by altering your thoughts, habits and patterns related to weight loss. Over seven life-changing days, I will serve as an interactive virtual hypnotherapist, guide and mentor, with customized coaching to serve your needs and help you stop overeating, control cravings and feel totally motivated to take exercise.
Everything that I would do in a personal session to help you lose weight is on this system and I will introduce you to cutting-edge psychological techniques that will help you to change your relationship with food for ever.
There are no diet plans and no calorie counting. My system has taken decades to develop and now it's your turn. This weight-loss system has already been used by millions people worldwide and you can use it again and again as I work with you to easily re-pattern your thoughts, attitudes and beliefs about food, your body and yourself.
Take control and lose weight.
Paul McKenna, PhD. is an international best-selling author whose books have sold more than seven million copies and been translated into 32 languages. He is the number one hypnotherapist in the world, and is renowned for helping people overcome problems that usually take months to work through, in a matter of hours. Recognized by The Times of London as one of "the world's most important modern self-help gurus,"
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Money Magnet Hypnosis Program
Hypnosis and Audio Entrainment Program - Brought to you by internationally recognized Brainwave Audio Entrainment Specialist Leigh Spusta, this program has been specifically created to create lasting changes at the deepest level.
Are you ready to step up to the next level of earning income? Have a desire to become financially independent? Would you like to remove blocks to your receiving greater abundance and prosperity?
This program guides you into a state of hypnosis in order to access the subconscious mind, allowing you to be receptive to new beliefs about money and prosperity, thereby creating lasting changes at a deep level. By changing limiting beliefs about wealth and abundance, you can begin to attract ideal circumstances, people, and situations that will bring prosperity into your life. The best results will occur if you listen to this recording for a minimum of 21 days, in order to strengthen and reinforce the changes, so that you can begin automatically attracting the positive results you desire.
This 22 minute recording will bring you into an altered state of expanded consciousness, so you are advised to not listen while driving. This app streams using 3G or wifi connection. This recording has been produced utilizing the proprietary PsimatiXª audio entrainment methods to create powerful results.
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Hypnotic Gastric Band McKenna
A Gastric Band is a radical, surgical operation that reduces the available space in the stomach.
My Hypnotic Gastric Band is a psychological procedure that can help to convince the unconscious mind that a gastric band has been fitted, so the body behaves exactly as if it were physically present.
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The 7 Day System consists of an introductory explanation and then a hypnotic trance that helps your unconscious mind and your body to believe your stomach is smaller. It will provide complete support for physical and psychological change whilst you lose weight. There's no physical surgery, no scarring and no forbidden foods. Just follow all the instructions and let me help you lose weight.
Over seven life-changing days, I will serve as an interactive virtual hypnotherapist, guide and mentor, with customized coaching to serve your needs with easy to follow steps each day.
Paul McKenna, PhD. is an international best-selling author whose books have sold more than seven million copies and been translated into 32 languages. He is the number one hypnotherapist in the world, and is renowned for helping people overcome problems that usually take months to work through, in a matter of hours. Recognized by The Times of London as one of "the world's most important modern self-help gurus,"
Find out more at www.paulmckenna.com
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Anxiety affects all of us at some stage in our life - whether that be because of an upcoming presentation, social anxiety or something completely different.
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End Anxiety Hypnosis was designed to completely remove the inner response that triggers anxiety. It's easy to use and takes merely seconds to start the hypnotherapy - just adjust the settings to suit you and begin the therapy - it's as easy as that.
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"A Pleasant Surprise"
Dean Koontz usually tells such strange and chilling stories that I shy away from reading them. The editors review of the story line interested me, so I took a chance. It turned out to be a good mystery/ghost story without all the gore and I really enjoyed hearing it. It is one of those stories that I would go back in the future and listen to again,or maybe a sequel.
Thank you Mr Koontz.
"Something from the Nightside"
I can't decide which was worse the typical story,bad writing or the terrible narrator.
"Atlas Shrugged"
This is a interesting story that seems to reflect the attitude of today in our society. It rightly predicts the ultimate out come of such a pitiful mind set. I could have given it a higher rating if it had less preaching and long unnecessary descriptions. By the time I reached the 5th section I was ready for it to end. By the 7th I had to make myself finish it.
This book reads like a story written by a first year writing student. Did you find it among your school notes Mr Koontz? I expected better from one of my favorite authors.
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How can I make hybrid beans?
I planted a Navy Bean one month ago and this month I planted a Pinto bean & I planted them by each other . Now the the roots are crossing with each other .
Now how can I get hybrids?
It is not easy. You have to open the flower and hand transfer pollen from one flower to the other. Technically to get a pure hybrid you have have to remove the pollen from the flower you wish to pollinate (to keep it from self pollinating) (That why there are no hybrid beans for production)
I am a firm believer that all named beans are either stable hybrids or mutations
There are just too many varieties to think otherwise
Very few resemble their wild ancesters
The catalogs are filled with new varieties each year.
They had to have been crossed by someone or insect.producing a hybrid
The word hybrid does not always mean crossing different species
A stable hybrid is an OP. Lots of professionals do hybridize beans but only for the purpose of creating new varieties. It is very labor intensive. Once a hybrid is created then it is grown out for multiple generations until it is stable. Just not feasible at this point to make hybrids (and we are talking F1) in mass. Fortunately if you can create a couple of lbs of seeds, then you can commence the grow out and selection process. 7-9 generations to get an OP.
Super Marconi did well last year and is a complete bust this year besides we do not care for the taste as we do the white seeded
If I wanted to hybridize beans I would cross the black seeded varieties that was bred for the gulf coast states with the white seeded varieties bred in Holland, Germany and cooler areas


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Stella McCartneys New Site
Veg designer Stella McCartney launches a new website, complete with sustainable information.
Veg high-end fashion designer Stella McCartney has redone her website to feature more information on living a sustainable life and promoting the vegan lifestyle in the fashion industry, especially in the section "Green Me." Specifically, McCartney explores both the ethical and ecological effects of fur and leather in fashion, saying, "Raising animals whose skins eventually become leather creates waste and pollution." Additionally, McCartney includes a Q&A section, which discusses both the benefits and challenges of designing and creating high-quality items without leather. Additionally, McCartney encourages others to "Do the right thing," which for her means being vegetarian and leading the most sustainable life possible.
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First look: Apple's Clock app comes to iPad with iOS 6The iPad will gain a new native application when users upgrade to iOS 6: The Clock software previously found on the iPhone.
The Clock application has been found on the iPhone since it first launched in 2007. But when Apple debuted the iPad in 2010, Clock was one of the applications that didn't make its way over to the iPad.
Apple has corrected that with iOS 6, as the Clock will become available on the iPad when the software update launches this fall. Developers were provided with a preview build of iOS 6 after Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference keynote on Monday.
Like on the iPhone, Clock for iPad will allow users to set an alarm on their device. It also features a "World Clock" mode with a map of the globe featuring weather and times in different locales.
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Cuba Today
by Ferida Wolff
My backyard really expanded last week — all the way to Cuba!
We had the opportunity to visit the island that is so close to us, a mere ninety miles from Miami, and yet so far from our ability to interact, at least until recently. We went with Grand Circle Foundation, one of the licensed groups that lead people-to-people cultural exchange tours. What we found was a resourceful culture, friendly people, and music that enlivens everything.
Much of what you see is reflective of the 1950s (oh, those cars!) when Cuba was a booming tourist destination. But all was not well in the coastal paradise. There was a large class discrepancy. In 1959, Fidel Castro ousted Fulgencio Batista who, when it looked like he would be voted out of power, had taken over total control of the government. Most privately owned businesses and properties became state-owned. Cuba became aligned with the Soviet Union and communism and estranged from the United States. This relationship lasted until the USSR was officially dissolved in 1991. The dissolution left Cuba in crisis. Without the economic support the USSR had provided, food was scarce and poverty reigned.
Cuba is still struggling. There are remnants of functional Soviet architecture but also of the grander architectural styles that came with Spanish colonization. Much of that, unfortunately, is in need of repair, which is too costly for most Cubans. Buildings occasionally fall down, sometimes with the people in them. Many of the buildings have black mold on them, something that is hard to control in such a humid climate.
Cuba's new leader Raul Castro, Fidel's brother, is beginning to loosen some restrictions. We visited a cooperative organic farm. The land is still state-owned but the produce can be sold privately. We ate in a few paladars, small, privately owned restaurants located in homes. They provide a chance to practice both Spanish and English, depending on which side of the menu you're on. Our tour was a busy one, but it left us time to wander the cities and interact with local residents who are eager to connect.
And yes, we did see nature in various forms. We saw cranes looking for lunch in Cienfuegos, a city that is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. We visited a family that owns a tobacco farm where there was a variety of livestock, lots of chickens and a rooster who was intent on getting us to feed him some of the bananas we were eating (there were three delicious local varieties). We went through a nature preserve and learned about trees that are native, and some invasive, to Cuba. There was el Malacón, the miles-long promenade in Havana, a great place to see the harbor and a popular venue to stroll along.
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Bridging the Gap Between Algebraic Specification and Object-Oriented Generic Programming
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Although generics became quite popular in mainstream object-oriented languages and several specification languages exist that support the description of generic components, conformance relations between object-oriented programs and formal specifications that have been established so far do not address genericity. In this paper, the authors propose a notion of refinement mapping that allows to define correspondences between parameterized specifications and generic Java classes. Based on such mappings, they put forward a conformance notion useful for the extension of CONGU, a tool-based approach they have been developing to support run-time conformance checking of Java programs against algebraic specifications, so that it becomes applicable to a more comprehensive range of situations, namely those that appear in the context of a typical Algorithms and Data Structures course.
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"The narrator redeems this audiobook experience"
This listening experience of this audiobook was the best part of reading this book. If it had not been for Scott Brick's charming performance of this novel, I would have put the novel down almost halfway through it.
Scott Brick did a fantastic job with the Midwestern voice given to most of the characters from Smallville, but Brick really shined with the one character I felt the author got right: Lex Luthor.
I was very disappointed in a novel called "It's Superman!" that barely had the titular character in the story. The supposedly major characters felt like underdeveloped supporting characters while De Haven spent much of his time developing the original "supporting" cast, who felt more like the main characters.
This is definitely a novel to avoid if you are hoping to read a novel about Superman. I would rather recommend "The Last Days of Krypton" by Kevin J. Anderson.
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