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Moho: Pasta restaurants
While looking around for a place to eat at the seaside it was a hard choice, there are rows of restaurants and they are all good in our opinion but most of them serves fish. We wanted something different for our first night I know it is not a place for pizza or pasta but we made a choice we're going for Italian food
Here, the waiter/waitress are very friendly and good with English, looking to the menu list they have dozens sort of pizza and pasta and it make us difficult to choose. As we look to the other table where other people order a pizza, we saw that portion of the pizza were very huge, so, we ask the waiter if we could have it as a starter we share the pizza and it is okay. I admit, the pizza was very tasty the topping were sprinkle with fresh vegetable and slice filet fish, I never ate this kind of pizza it was very delicious
For our main dish we choose tagliatelle pasta, I choose pasta with shrimp and my buddy pasta with olive, both were very delicious as well. In this restaurant , I didn't expect to have a very good pizza, they serve in big portion and is really worth it
Favorite Dish: The pizza were so good the topping is sprinkle with fresh vegetable
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Aquarium.: A big restaurant.
Aquarium is a large restaurant located on the main street of Opatija. It is not a nice place, but it isn' t ugly.
On the menu there is a selections of local or Italian dishes, as pizza and pasta if I remember correctly.
Favorite Dish: The first time I went there I had grilled squids with boiled potatoes. The second time I choose cevapcici ( = small meat balls) with boiled potatoes.
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Roko: Restaurant Roko
It is my favorite restaurant in Opatija. It has a small terrace but it is to close to the main road so, it is better to be inside. And the interior is to sweet :)
Food :) excellent
Staff :) nice, polite, professional
Prices - reasonable
Ambiance - excellent
Favorite Dish: You must try the creamy mushroom soup .... oooo
End my second favorite is hot-could salad with see food.
svety jakov: sumptuous surroundings
this place is by far and away the best restaurant in croatia that we visited, the staff, the setting and the ambience are fantastic.
i tried most dishes and the only thing on the menu i didnt fall for was the apple strudel,the rest was gorgeous
plus the prices in comparison to a similar restaurant in the uk were very good i would estimat a 3 course meal with wine to be about £25 a head which for this level of cooking is great
go there you wont be dissapointed
Favorite Dish: beef fillet with truffles was lovely,also being able to discuss the fish and pick the fish you wanted was a great bonus,and of course all the fish are landed daily in the harbour
i had a sea bass and it was great
speacial mention for waiter goran and maitre d' zorra
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Yacht Club: Yacht Club
We walked along the coast and found this lovely restaurant called Yacht Club.
Favorite Dish: We had a risotto and a pasta dish and both were quite good. However, we also tried the house wine and that was a mistake. Never in my life I had to try such a disgusting wine... please stick to the beer...
Skalinada: Household Fare, Prime Wine and Pleasing Ambience
I used to visit a little tavern Skalinada already in my student years since I've got some friends in the surrounding country. When I came back after some years I was pleasently surprised. The place was recently renovated. Interior design is handmade by Slovenian craftsman Miran Pesic who is famous for his simple lines and organic shapes.
The menu changes daily. It is made up of mediterranean dishes with the emphasis on local specialities. Food is traditionally prepared, based on ancient recipes. Local delicacies as cheese, olives, smoked ham and salamis come from different farms.
Wine card is really great, offering good quality wine from different parts of Croatia.
At the moment, website is only available in Croatian but they are working on English version, too.
Favorite Dish: From what I tried, my favourite dishes were:
- pearl barley with cuttlefish and rocket
- black pasta with shrimps, wild asparagus and cherry tomatoes
- chicory lasagne
Strawberry panacotta for dessert was delicious, too! And red wine Ivan Dolac 2004 (it comes from island Hvar) was just perfect to accompany the meal.
All the food was very tasteful and prepared with the greatest attention! I do hope to visit Skalinada again soon :)
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Restaurant Le Mandrac: Award Winner
Seadfood,meat and vegetarian dishes of the highest quality are served at this award winning eatery. With the sea close to the outside tables and a spacious interior, this place has it all. It has an extensive wine list and the staff are attentive without being too much so. There are a few other nice restaurants in the area but this one is by far the best.
Favorite Dish: Didn't get to sample all that was on offer but they do a Meze style seafood feast which was my favourite.
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Don't wait for this!!
OK, I did check into the hotel first, but then I was out 'n about and eager to relax with a great Croatian beer!
Favorite Dish: I had pasta and overall the ambiance was great. Be careful because restaurants on the main drag of Opatija are quite pricy.
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Istranka: local delights
A fairly rustic restaurant we mightn't have gone to if the receptionist at the hotel hadn't recommended it. What a pleasant surprise! Very good , friendly service. We had what the waiter recommended and we weren't disappointed. Very good value for money.
Favorite Dish: steak was buttery-tender and the fish full of flavour
Restoran Slatina: Too Expensive for low quality and quantity.
Located right on the main "Riva", with a nice view on the water.
But.... THe food was quite expensive, and the portions were very small. In Croatia, if you pay 10 € for calamari, you expect something well prepared, and from fresh, not frozen. Atmosphere was not great either.
Favorite Dish: Sopska salad was ok.
Restaurant and pansion Mali raj (Little Paradise) has a restaurant with an excellent a-la-carte menu, a terrace with a beautiful view over the Bay of Kvarner, a seaside coffee bar and it's own private beach - truly a little paradise.
It is open throughout the year.
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Gusto Grill: One of our best dinners in Croatia
We stopped at the Gusto Grill originally because of the sign that said rooms. After the man at the Gusto Grill got us set up with a room with a lady across the street we were thankful. The sweet old woman told us that although she had not eaten there (??) she had heard from everyone who stayed with her that it was great.... and so we went, more as a favor to finding us a room at the last moment.
It was late and there was only one other man there drinking a beer. We sat on the picnic tables outside and had the mixed grill of fish, squid and scampi that he suggested. We had a bottle of white wine, bread and salad that was fresh. When the food came out he brought potatoes with garlic and olive oil. After not thinking much of the place when we stopped there we were thrilled at how great and affordable the place was. The man who owned the place was sweet and gave us grappa afterwards. It was our first night in Croatia and for many nights afterwards we remembered our great dinner at Gusto Grill.
Favorite Dish: The mixed grill was excellent but the potatoes with garlic and olive oil brought it all together for me. Don't skip the salad it's refreshing and light as well.
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Same one as above...: And don't be in a hurry!
Well after all the walking you will have had done, you'll probably be in the mood for a slow, enjoyable dinner. I met very friendly people here, both locals as well as other tourists. It really was a pleasant way to cap off a long day!
Ah, but you need more than a day to enjoy this are, so do continue on with my story under SHOPPING!
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totel restaurant ISTRA tel,: +3850 51271299, fax : +385 0 51271826, just on the beach !!!!
......................you can also find a very good fish restaurant in VISKOVO, but no so closer from the sea :MARETINA KONOBA very good meals (fishes), typic place tel 051 256057 -Viskovo 24
Zlatni: Good Locals and Friendly
Excellent and friendly waiters-classy place at a decent price value
Favorite Dish: The steak was very good, and even had a touch of melted butter on top. They serve all good and fresh food here
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Diverted passengers continue journey
Passengers who were on board a plane that was diverted back to Newcastle Airport are now continuing their journey.
Flight LS597 was on route to Faro in Portugal when it experienced what operator Jet2 called a "minor issue."
Jet2 release statement over plane diversion
Passengers await replacement plane
Passengers are awaiting a replacement plane after their flight was diverted back to Newcastle Airport this morning.
Flight LS597 was on route to Faro in Portugal when it experienced a "minor issue."
Jet2 say that their customers will "depart for their destination later this morning."
Emergency crews have attended diverted plane
Emergency crews were called to assist a passenger plane that made an emergency landing at Newcastle Airport this morning.
Kelly Collier was on board the Jet2 flight LS597 to Faro when it experienced problems.
She told ITV Tyne Tees: "the air pressure dropped in the cabin and everyone had earache."
"Ambulances and fire engines were around us at the end of runway."
No one was hurt in the incident.
Plane diverted back to Newcastle Airport
A plane has been diverted back to Newcastle Airport after experiencing problems during the flight.
Kelly Collier, who was passenger on the Jet2 plane, told ITV Tyne Tees there was a loss of cabin pressure.
She said airport emergency crews were waiting for them as they taxied in, but no one was hurt.
Light aircraft crash in Northumberland
There are reports that a light aircraft has crashed at Pigdon near Morpeth in Northumberland.
It is not clear whether there are any casualties.
The Great North Air Ambulance is on route to the incident.
Newcastle Airport to train African airport firefighters
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The North East fire and emergency response team has built a strong reputation training units across the UK.
Flights diverted to Newcastle
Flights that have been unable to land at other UK airports have been diverted to Newcastle.
Last night two planes landed at Newcastle Airport after being redirected due to the weather.
Airport bosses say that their services are running to schedule.
Airport told to pay multi-million pound court costs
The company which runs Newcastle Airport has been told to pay the costs of a multimillion-pound legal dispute with a firm of solicitors, despite "formally" winning, lawyers say.
Airport chiefs had sued Eversheds in relation to contracts entered into with former chief executive John Parkin and former finance director Lars Friis in 2006, which allowed the two men to claim bonuses totalling £8 million.
In October 2012, a High Court judge dismissed a claim for damages.
But an appeal by the airport appeal was "formally" allowed, and Eversheds was ordered to pay ''nominal'' compensation of £2 because they should have provided a "memorandum" explaining a summary of changes to contracts.
Now a spokeswoman for Eversheds says that they have been awarded costs for both the first trial and the appeal, meaning the airport with have to pay both legal bills.
In a statement the airport said the decision on costs would not result in a "call" on the public purse because insurance was in place.
New 787 Dreamliner lands at Newcastle Airport
One of the most advanced passenger planes in the world has landed at Newcastle International Airport. The Boeing 787 Dreamliner has been specially designed to make it quieter and more fuel efficient than any other airliner in its class
The visit was the first time the aircraft has come to the North East. It is expected that the 787 will be used by Thomson's for holiday flights out of Newcastle next year.
Richard Wilson reports.

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you should go talk to plasma to use his lava for your mustafar map.
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This spring we'll be prepping and painting the bottom of our boat for the first time. Last year, when we bought the boat, it was 350 miles from home, so we had the yard do it. I realize there are many threads on bottom paint, but this is a little more specific.
The history of the bottom is that it had epoxy barrier coat about 8 years ago. The PO used a hard paint from Petit after that, but had it sanded every year, so there's not too much build up.
This past year, we used Petit Ultima SR (ablative), and it worked well, it looked good and was in tact when the boat was hauled. However, when the yard pressure washed, the result was that the paint chipped in places, especially on the keel and the strut, but also in other spots on the bottom. The paint does not appear to be "loose", just chipped.
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it's down to the barrier coat anywhere (at least on the fiberglass), because it's still a shade of blue (the paint has been blue since the barrier coat). On the keel, it's harder to tell.
What do I need to do to prep these areas so they are relatively smooth? I don't want to have to strip the bottom. Should I use a fairing compound and smooth it out? Would that be compatible with the existing paint?
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At least one labourer died and 15 others were injured when a major fire broke out in the Bhushan Steel Plant in Dhenkanal district on Wednesday.
According to official sources, the fire broke out around 10 am following three consecutive blasts in the blast furnace of the second phase of the steel plant.
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Home & Garden Festival to have unique crafts
Where's the fire ... extinguisher?
If you happen to be at the Kemp Center's Arts Alive! Home & Garden Festival, it's at Mike Cruciger's Metal Urges booth.
In fact, you'll see quite a few fire extinguishers at the Bridgeport, Texas, artist's booth — one of more than 200 vendor booths operated by more than 150 vendors at the two-day festival today and Saturday at the Multi-Purpose Events Center's Ray Clymer Exhibit Hall.
His fire extinguishers are hanging in a row in his booth, though you probably wouldn't know they were fire extinguishers at first glance.
Cruciger has taken the trademark red paint off of them, leaving the polished metal behind, gleaming and silver. Then he has cut off the nozzle end and has hung trinkets off the open end, turning them into enormous wind chimes of sorts.
Not only will you find fire extinguisher wind chimes, but metal butterflies made out of parts that will look familiar, particularly to car-lovers.
The butterfly is made out of a fuel injector and a disc from a disc plow.
"I used to be a mechanic," said Cruciger, a live-wire who was busily setting up his booth Friday afternoon for today's opening of the festival. He said if a car part wasn't the right part or something was wrong with it in some way, "They threw them in a pile. I thought, man, you don't throw that stuff away. You may not be able to use it, but you don't throw it away."
So Cruciger started turning those discarded items into art.
"I can't wait until the kids see this," he said, holding up cross to his chest that's almost bigger than his chest. It, too, is made from discarded metal parts. "Is this blue-collar bling or what?"
Cruciger found out about the Home & Garden Festival after his wife started taking stained-glass lessons, which led him to the Kemp Center for the Arts. Soon Cruciger found himself invited to show his artwork at the Shrimp & Wine Festival at the Kemp in the fall, and now he's at his first Home & Garden Festival.
This is the 12th year for the long-running event, a fundraiser for the nonprofit Kemp and other arts groups. The show raises about 40 percent of the art center's operational budget for the year.
Cruciger is showing his work in Artist's Alley, a new feature at the festival that showcases a number of other artists, including photographer Peter Graf, glass artist Tom Retz, and ceramics artist Carol Castro, among others.
Colleen Clemens was also busy helping set up a booth in the main vendor area at the MPEC Friday afternoon for the How Great Thou Art Kids Art Studio, which opened in October in Brook Village in Wichita Falls. It is owned by Rachel Liles.
The business teaches children's art classes, like a Monet class for 3- to 5-year-olds and a Young at Art class for those in kindergarten to third grade.
Clemens said the business definitely doesn't teach finger-painting.
"It's fine art in all media — painting, sculpture, collage and other forms of media."
Carol Sales, marketing and special events coordinator at the Kemp, said this year's Home & Garden Festival focuses a lot on energy efficiency, particularly considering the tough economic times. And the organization has been trying to incorporate more art into the show to remind those who visit that the event is a benefit for the arts.
In addition to vendor booths, the festival will feature lectures, demonstrations, the John Deere Ride-N-Drive area, antiques appraisals, the Mastic Home Exteriors Showroom (a house on an 18-wheeler) and more.
"We're going to have some kids activities," Sales said. "And we'll just have some beautiful booths."
About 10,000 to 12,000 people are expected to visit this weekend's festival.
Arts and entertainment editor Lana Sweeten-Shults can be reached at (940) 720-3462.
Don't miss it
What: The Kemp Center for the Arts' Arts Alive! Home & Garden Festival
Where: Multi-Purpose Events Center's Ray Clymer Exhibit Hall
When: From 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. today and from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday
Tickets: $6 at the door ($5 for active military). Children 12 and younger are admitted free and must be accompanied by an adult.
Information: (940) 767-2787 or www.kempcenter.org
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P.s. after fed demolishing him in Wimbledon I was surprised to see Murray rip him apart in the Olympics. For me I see the decline in Fed more evidenced in his in ability to stay in long rallies against the
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who are you referring to here? I'm pretty sure Fed and Djoker are the
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Have you forgotten about the marathon match Fed played against Delpo in the semis at the Olympics? If you don't think that had any effect on Fed's performance then you're sorely mistaken. Unlike Djoker, who has this superhuman ability to come back after a marathon match and play another and win, Fed is actually human. So, the question is...since Murray had a cakewalk of a draw and a QF he could have played blindfolded, will Fed's long match against Tsonga have the same effect on him as the Delpo match? Alternately, some mught say Murray hasn't been tested and may be in for a rude awakening. I don't know. Maybe that will help even out the playing field a bit (that and the fact that Murray hasn't played on RLA at night yet).
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Chef's Q & A: Peter Merek
Peter Marek
Executive Chef/Owner
Marek's Collier House Restaurant
1121 Bald Eagle Drive, Marco Island. Phone: 642-9948
Hours: Open for dinner at 6 p.m. Monday through Saturday,
Began working at present restaurant?
Thirteen years and a few days ago: It was actually on December 15, 1995.
Who or what inspired you to become a chef/cook?
I suppose it was that or defer to my parents' wishes and become an engineer. Actually, my parents lived in Kenya and sent me to boarding school in England and minors were required to have an appointed guardian. She was a marvelous Czech woman who loved to bake and her enthusiasm rubbed off on me.
What was your first restaurant job?
After graduating from Catering College, I started working as the prestigious Savoy Hotel in London.
How long have you been cooking professionally?
Oh, a long time – somewhere around 35 or 40 years.
Do food trends affect your cooking style?
Yes of course: You have to keep up with the times; otherwise you'd be making thick rich sauces with flour. Now we use cornstarch to cut down on the fat and also reductions.
Are you planning changes to your menu for the new season?
We're open 6 p.m. to closing as always. The menu gets updated, and we continually tweak it to reflect what's seasonal. Game is coming in, so I'll probably be doing venison and game birds or maybe bison which is naturally nice and lean and tender.
What is your most popular dish?
Fresh local fish — whatever is available. Cobia, grouper and yellowtail as well as mahi and shellfish are popular with our guests. We try to accommodate them.
What is your favorite wine/food?
I like foie gras with a muscadelle from Chateau Yquem if you can afford it!
Do you cook at home? If so, what would we always find in your pantry?
No, I don't believe in washing up pots and pans in the kitchen.
What is your secret ingredient? Why?
Truffle oil, because it enhances the flavor of anything
What would you like to be doing if you weren't a chef?
An artist, the professions are quite compatible — we also eat with our eyes.
What annoys you most in the kitchen?
I don't like to clean up and scrub.
What do you enjoy most about your profession?
The creative aspect. Earlier in my life, I loved the competitive excitement. Modesty aside, I won many top awards at prestigious European culinary events that are currently displayed in our restaurant.


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The configuration of an ink inlet through which flows ink into a chamber for expulsion from the chamber by a thermal process is such that a vapor bubble generated by the thermal process to eject ink from the chamber expands to simultaneously occlude the inlet, thereby to separate the ink within the chamber from ink within a channel that is in fluid communication with the inlet. The separation eliminates a liquid path between the chamber and the channel so that substantially no ink is blown back into the channel as the bubble expands, thereby improving the thermal efficiency of the process.
1. An ink-jet printhead for ejecting ink droplets, comprising:
a chamber member having a chamber defined therein, the chamber having an orifice through which ink is ejected from the chamber;
a heating member positioned within the chamber for selectively generating a vapor bubble within the chamber;
an ink inlet through which ink flows to the chamber, the ink inlet being arranged to be occluded by the vapor bubble;
wherein the inlet defines an inlet flow area across which ink flows into the chamber, and wherein the inlet flow area is contiguous with the chamber and wherein the inlet flow area provides an areal restriction to ink flow into the chamber; and
wherein the heating member has a length and the inlet is spaced from the heating member by a distance which is no more than about 25% of the heating member length.
2. The printhead of claim 1 further comprising a channel formed in the chamber member, the channel being in fluid communication with the inlet and wherein the inlet is smaller than the channel so that ink flow through the inlet into the chamber is restricted relative to ink flow through the channel.
3. The printhead of claim 1 wherein the heating member has an area, and wherein the inlet flow area across which ink flows into the chamber is less than about 120% of the area of the heating member.
4. An ink-jet printhead for ejecting ink droplets, comprising:
a chamber member having a chamber defined therein, the chamber having an orifice through which ink droplets are ejected from the chamber substantially parallel to a central axis of the orifice, the chamber member also having an inlet through which ink flows into the chamber along a flow path;
an angle is defined between the flow path along which the ink flows and the central axis of the orifice;
the angle between the central axis and the flow path being less than about 90 degrees so that the flow of ink from the inlet into the chamber is generally directed toward the orifice;
a heating member is positioned within the chamber for selectively generating a vapor bubble within the chamber; and
the heating member has a length and the inlet is spaced from the heating member by a distance which is no more than about 25% of the heating member length.
5. The printhead of claim 4 wherein the chamber member includes a substrate part to which a heating member is attached and through which the inlet is formed.
6. The printhead of claim 5 wherein the central axis and the flow path are substantially parallel.
7. The printhead of claim 5 wherein the substrate further comprises a channel formed therein, the channel being in fluid communication with the inlet for conducting ink to the inlet, the inlet being contiguous with the chamber and sized to be smaller than the channel so that ink flow through the inlet into the chamber is restricted relative to ink flow through the channel.
8. The ink-jet printhead of claim 5 wherein the inlet extends through the heating member.
9. A method of ejecting ink droplets from a printhead, wherein the printhead includes a heating member disposed within a chamber defined in the printhead, the heating member having a length, the chamber containing ink and having an orifice through which ink droplets are ejected from the chamber along a central axis, and an inlet through which ink flows into the chamber, and wherein a vapor bubble is created in the ink in the chamber when the heating member is heated by an amount sufficient to eject an ink droplet from the chamber, the method comprising the steps of:
configuring the chamber so that the inlet is occluded by the bubble;
locating the inlet adjacent to the heating member so that the bubble protrudes through the inlet to occlude the inlet; and
wherein the heating member is arranged in the chamber whereby the central axis of the chamber is generally normal to the length of the heating member.
10. The method of claim 9 including the step of defining a channel in the printhead so that the channel is in fluid communication with the inlet for conducting ink to the inlet, the inlet being sized to be smaller than the channel so that ink flow through the inlet is restricted relative to ink flow through the channel.
11. The method of claim 9 including the step of orienting the inlet so that the flow of ink through the inlet is directed toward the orifice.
12. The method of claim 11 wherein the orienting step comprises the step of defining the inlet so that ink flows into the chamber along a flow path that is less than 90 degrees displaced from the central axis.
13. A method of controlling the ejection of ink droplets from a chamber of an ink jet printhead, comprising the steps of:
providing the chamber with an orifice through which an ink droplet may be elected from the chamber;
providing an inlet through which ink flows into the chamber;
expanding a vapor bubble in the chamber by an amount sufficient to eject an ink droplet from the chamber and substantially simultaneously to occlude the inlet with the bubble.
14. The method of claim 13 including the step of refilling the chamber after the ink droplet is expanded with ink that flows into the chamber along a flow path that is directed generally away from the heating member and toward the orifice.
This application is a continuation-in-part of application Ser. No. 08/597,746 now abandoned, hereby incorporated by reference.
The present invention generally relates to the control of fluid flow within an ink-jet printhead as ink droplets are ejected from the printhead.
An ink-jet printer includes a pen in which small droplets of ink are formed and ejected toward a printing medium. Such pens include a printhead having an orifice member or plate that has several very small orifices through which the ink droplets are ejected. Adjacent to the orifices are ink chambers, where ink resides prior to ejection through the orifice. Ink is delivered to the ink chambers through ink channels that are in fluid communication with an ink supply. The ink supply may be, for example, contained in a reservoir portion of the pen.
Ejection of an ink droplet through an orifice may be accomplished by quickly heating a volume of ink within the adjacent ink chamber. This thermal process causes ink within the chamber to superheat and form a vapor bubble. Formation of thermal ink-jet vapor bubble is known as nucleation. The rapid expansion of the bubble forces a drop of ink through the orifice. This process is called "firing." The ink in the chamber is typically heated with a resistor that is aligned with the orifice.
Once the ink is ejected, the ink chamber is refilled by capillary force with ink from the ink channel, thus readying the system for firing another droplet.
As ink rushes in to refill an empty chamber, the inertia of the moving ink causes some of the ink to bulge out of the orifice. Because ink within the pen is generally kept at a slightly positive back pressure (that is, a pressure slightly lower than ambient), the bulging portion of the ink immediately recoils into the ink chamber. This reciprocating motion diminishes over a few cycles and eventually stops or damps out.
If a droplet is fired when the ink is bulging out of the orifice, the ejected droplet will be large and dumbbell shaped, and slow moving. Conversely, if the droplet is ejected when ink is recoiling from the orifice, the ejected droplet will be small and spear shaped, and move undesirably fast. Between these two extremes, as the chamber ink motion damps out, well-formed drops are produced for optimum print quality. Thus, print speed (that is, the rate at which droplets are ejected) must be sufficiently slow to allow the motion of the chamber to damp out between each droplet firing. The time period required for the ink motion to damp sufficiently may be referred to as the damping interval.
To lessen the print speed reduction attributable to the damping interval, ink chamber and ink channel geometry may be optimized. Specifically, ink channel length and area may be constructed to restrict the ink flow rate into and out of the chamber, thereby to reduce the reciprocating motion of chamber refill ink (hence, lessen the damping interval). In the past, ink channels have been relatively long with respect to the area, hence the length of the channel is a necessarily important consideration in optimizing damping characteristics of the channel.
Prior ink-jet printheads are also susceptible to ink "blowback" during droplet ejection. Blowback results when some ink in the chamber is forced back into the adjacent part of the channel upon firing. Blowback occurs because the ink in the chamber is not separated from the ink in the channel. Accordingly, upon firing, a large portion of ink affected by the expanding bubble within the chamber is blown back into the channel instead of out the orifice. Blowback increases the amount of energy necessary for ejection of droplets from the chamber ("turn on energy" or TOE) because only a portion of the entire volume of ink in the chamber is actually ejected. A higher TOE results in excessive printhead heating.
Excessive printhead heating also generates bubbles from air dissolved in the ink and causes prenucleation of the ink vapor bubble. Air bubbles within the ink and prenucleation of the vapor bubble result in a poor ink droplet formation and, thus, poor print quality.
Components of the printhead in the vicinity of the vapor bubble are susceptible to damage from cavitation as the vapor bubble collapses between firing intervals. Particularly susceptible to damage from cavitation is the resistor. A thin protective passivation layer is typically applied over the resistor. The application of a passivation layer over the resistor, however, increases the TOE necessary for ejecting droplets. Put another way, the trade-off in efforts to reduce TOE by thinning the passivation layer is reduction in the protection against cavitation damage of the resistor.
The present invention provides a printhead construction that situates an ink inlet contiguous with the camber and immediately adjacent to the resistor in each chamber of the printhead. The ink inlet defines the path through which ink passes from the ink channel and into the chamber. The inlet is sized and located so that as the vapor bubble expands to fire ink from a chamber, the bubble simultaneously moves into the inlet to separate the ink within the chamber from the ink within the channel, thereby occluding any liquid pathway between the chamber and channel as ink is ejected from the orifice. This occlusion of a liquid pathway between the chamber and the channel during firing minimizes blowback. In a sense, therefore, the vapor bubble acts as a valve as it expands to occlude the inlet, hence temporarily stopping ink flow out of the chamber (blowback) during the firing process.
The blowback resistance attributable to this bubble valving raises the system thermal efficiency, lowering TOE. A lower TOE reduces printhead heating. Reducing printhead heating helps maintain a steady operating temperature, which provides uniform print quality.
As another aspect of this invention, the flow length of the inlet, which is the distance between the ink chamber and ink channel through the inlet, is relatively short. Moreover, the volume of ink in the ink channel is substantially greater than that of the ink inlet. As a result, an amount of damping of the ink flow into the chamber may be optimized by consideration of only the area of the inlet.
As another aspect of the present invention, the inlet is arranged so that the ink flows into the chamber along a flow path that, in preferred embodiments, is substantially parallel to the central axis of the orifice, along which axis ink droplets are expelled from the chamber. As a result, the flow of the ink to refill the chamber, which flow commences as the vapor bubble begins to collapse, provides momentum for lifting the collapsing bubble from the resistor so that the eventual collapse point of the bubble is displaced from the resistor, thereby minimizing the damaging effects of cavitation on the resistor that would otherwise occur were the vapor bubble to collapse substantially on the surface of the resistor.
FIG. 1 is a perspective view of an ink-jet pen that incorporates a printhead that is configured and operated for carrying out the bubble valving of the present invention.
FIG. 2 is an enlarged cross-sectional view of the printhead of FIG. 1 taken across one of a plurality of ink chambers.
FIG. 3 is an enlarged top view of the pen showing a portion of a printhead, including two orifices that each have an associated ink chamber.
FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view, similar to FIG. 2, but showing an alternative embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 5 is a top view of the embodiment of FIG. 4.
FIG. 6 is a cross-sectional view, similar to FIG. 2, but showing another alternative embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 7 is a cross-sectional view, similar to FIG. 2, but showing another preferred embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 8 is a cross-sectional view, similar to FIG. 2, but showing another embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 1 depicts an ink jet pen 10 that incorporates a printhead 12 that is configured and arranged for carrying out the present invention. A preferred embodiment of the pen 10 includes a pen body 14 that defines an internal reservoir for holding a supply of ink. The ink is ejected from the printhead through a plurality of orifices 16 that extend through the exterior of the printhead 12, as shown in FIG. 1.
FIG. 2 is a greatly enlarged cross-sectional view taken through the printhead and through one of the orifices 16. In FIG. 2, it can be seen that the orifice 16 is formed in the outer surface 20 of an orifice member or plate 22. The orifice plate 22 is attached to a substrate 23. The substrate comprises a silicon base 24 and a support layer 25 as described more fully below. The orifice plate 22, silicone base 24 and support layer 25 comprise a chamber member 27.
The orifice 16 is an opening through the plate 22 of an ink chamber 26 that is formed in the orifice plate 22. The diameter of the of the orifice 16 may be, for example, about 12 to 16 μm.
In FIG. 2, the chamber 26 is shown with an upwardly tapered sidewall 28, thereby defining a generally frustrum-shaped chamber, the bottom of which is substantially defined by the upper surface 30 of the substrate 23.
It is contemplated that any of a number of ink chamber shapes will suffice, although the volume of the chamber will generally decrease in the direction toward the orifice 16. In the embodiment of FIG. 2, the orifice plate 22 may be formed using a spin-on or laminated polymer. The polymer may be purchased commercially under the trademark CYCLOTENE from Dow Chemical, having a thickness of about 10 to 30 μm. Any other suitable polymer film may be used, such as polyamide, polymethylmethacrylate, polycarbonate, polyester, polyamide, polyethylene-terephthalate or mixtures thereof. Alternatively, the orifice may be formed of a gold-plated nickel member manufactured by electrodeposition techniques.
The upper surface 32 of the silicon base 24 is coated with a support layer 25. The support layer 25 is formed of silicon dioxide, silicon nitride, silicon carbide, tantalum, polysilicon glass or other functionally equivalent material having different etchant sensitivity than the silicon base 24 of the substrate.
After the support layer 25 is applied, two ink inlets 42 are formed to extend through that layer. In a preferred embodiment, the upper surface 30 of the support layer is patterned and etched to form the inlets 42, before the orifice plate 22 is attached to the substrate 23, and before a channel 40 is etched into the base 24 as described below.
A thin-film resistor 34 is attached to the upper surface 30 of the substrate. Preferably, the resistor is applied after the inlets 42 are formed, but before the orifice plate 22 is attached to the substrate. The resistor may be about 12 μm long by 12 μm wide (see FIG. 3). A very thin (about 0.5 μm) passivation layer (not shown) is deposited on the resistor to provide protection from damage by cavitation. The overall thickness of the support layer, resistor and passivation layer is about 3 μm.
The resistor 34 is located immediately adjacent to the inlets 42. The resistor 34 acts as an ohmic heater when selectively energized by a voltage pulse applied to it. In this regard, each resistor 34 contacts at opposing sides of the resistor a conductive trace 36. The traces are deposited on the substrate 23 and are electrically connected to the printer microprocessor for conducting the voltage pulses. The conductive traces 36 appear in FIG. 3.
The preferred orifice plate 22 is laid over the substrate 23 on the upper surface 30 of the support layer 25. In this regard, the plate 22 can be laminated, spun on while in liquid form, grown or deposited in place, or plated in place. The plate adheres to the support layer 25.
The resistor 34 is selectively heated or driven by the microprocessor to generate a vapor bubble 50 (shown in dashed lines in FIG. 2) within the ink-filled chamber 26. Ink ejected from the chamber as a consequence of the expanding bubble 50 travels through the central axis 52 of the orifice.
An ink channel 40 is formed in the base 24 of the substrate 23 to be in fluid communication with the inlets 42. Preferably, the channel 40 is etched by anisotropic etching from the lower side of the base 24 up to the underside 29 of the support layer 25.
In accordance with the present invention, ink present in the reservoir of the pen body 14 flows by capillary force through each channel 40 and through the inlets 42 to fill the ink chamber 26. In this regard, the channel 40 has a significantly larger volume than the ink inlets 42. The channel may be oriented to provide ink to more than one chamber 26. Each of the channels may extend to connect with an even larger slot (not shown) cut in the substrate base 24 and in direct fluid communication with the pen reservoir. The base 24 of the substrate is bonded to the pen body surface, which surface defines the boundary of the channel.
All of the ink entering the chamber 26 is conducted through the inlets 42. In this regard, the lower end 43 of the chamber 26 completely encircles the inlets 42 and resistor 34.
The inlets 42, as mentioned, are located to be immediately adjacent to the resistor 34 and are sized so that, upon firing, the expanded bubble 50 occludes the inlets 42 and prevents ink within the chamber 26 from being blown back into the channel 40.
Specifically, the inlets 42 are contiguous with (not significantly spaced from) the chamber 26 and are located so that the junction of the inlet 42 and the chamber 26 is very near the resistor 34. In a preferred embodiment, each inlet is spaced from the resistor by no more than 25% of the resistor member length.
Moreover, the cross-sectional area of the inlet at the junction of the inlet and the chamber 26 is sized to be sufficiently small to ensure that the expanding bubble 50 is able to cover, hence occlude, the inlet area. Such occlusion is accomplished by the bubble 50 when the bubble moves into the inlets 42 and thereby eliminates any liquid-ink pathway between the chamber 26 and the channel 40. As noted earlier, elimination of this pathway prevents the ink within the chamber 26 from being blown back into the channel 40 as the bubble expands.
The elimination of the liquid pathway is best achieved when the bubble 50 completely penetrates the inlets 42 and expands slightly into the volume of the channel 40, as shown by the dashed lines in FIG. 2. In a preferred embodiment, the total area of the inlets should be less than about 120% of the area of the resistor.
It is noteworthy here that, although in the just described preferred embodiment two inlets 42 are depicted, it will be appreciated that fewer or more inlets may be employed while still meeting the discussed relationship of the spacing from the resistor and relative area of inlets and resistor.
Occlusion of the inlet(s) by the expanded vapor bubble may occur with printhead configurations unlike those just described in connection with a preferred embodiment. In this regard, the distance of the inlet from the resistor, or heating member, and the cross-sectional area of the inlet may be greater or less than that specified above, depending upon certain variables. Such variables include ink viscosity and related thermodynamic properties, resistor heat energy per unit of resistor area, and surface energy of the material along which the ink and vapor move.
Also affecting bubble formation or nucleation are the thickness of the passivation layers relative to that of the resistor and the associated thermal conductivity of those components. In the preferred embodiment, the resistor energy density is about 4 nJ/μm2, and the viscosity of the ink is about 3 cp, having a boiling point of about 100� C.
With reference to FIG. 2, it will be appreciated that the flow of ink through the inlets 42 generally follows a somewhat linear path indicated as arrow 54 in that figure. In this embodiment, the flow path 54 is generally away from the resistor 34 and toward the orifice 16. More particularly, the flow path 54 is generally parallel to the central axis 52 of the orifice 16.
As a consequence of this orientation of the inlets 42 (hence the orientation of the flow paths 54) ink flowing into the chamber 26 during refill provides flow momentum for lifting the collapsing bubble 50 so that the bubble finally collapses at a location (shown as the "X" 56 in FIG. 2) that is displaced from the surface of the resistor 34. As noted earlier, displacement of the final collapse point to the bubble substantially minimizes the damaging effects of cavitation that would otherwise occur if the bubble were to collapse very near the surface of the resistor.
The embodiment depicted in FIGS. 4 and 5 is much like that depicted in FIGS. 2 and 3 inasmuch as this latter embodiment includes an orifice plate 122 that is attached to a substrate 123 that comprises a base 124 and support layer 125 as described with respect to similarly named components in the FIG. 2 embodiment.
In the embodiment of FIG. 4, the inlet 142 (here shown as a single inlet) is oriented in axial alignment with a central opening 135 that is formed in the resistor 134. As a result, the flow path 154 of the ink flowing from the channel 140 into the chamber 126 is substantially coaxial with the central axis 152 of the orifice 116. The expanding bubble 150 in this embodiment immediately occludes the inlet 142 upon expansion. The collapse point 156 of the bubble is lifted by the flow momentum of the refill ink to a location spaced from the surface of the resistor 134.
While a substantially square resistor 134 having a circular, central opening 135 is depicted, it will be appreciated that any of a variety of resistor shapes and opening shapes may be employed.
The embodiment illustrated in FIG. 6 depicts an orifice plate 222 in which is formed a chamber 226 and orifice 216 in a manner as described with respect to the earlier embodiments. The substrate comprises a silicon base 224 and a relatively thick (for example, 8 μm) adhesive polymer layer 225 for securing the orifice plate 222 to the silicon base 224.
The ink channel 240 comprises an elongated slot etched into the silicon base 224 to a location very near (for example, 1 μm) one edge of the resistor 234. Accordingly, the inlet 242 is defined by the gap between the lower periphery 243 of the chamber 226 and the edge 229 defined by the upper surface 232 of the base and the end wall 231 of the etched channel 240. It will be appreciated that in plan view the inlet 242 in this embodiment is generally crescent shaped.
The cross-sectional area of the just-described gap or inlet is sized to conform to the preferred areal limitations mentioned above. The inlet 242 is also spaced very near the resistor 234. Consequently, the expansion of the bubble 250 upon firing causes the bubble to pass through the inlet 242 and occlude that inlet as ink is being ejected from the chamber 226 along central axis 252 of the associated orifice 216.
The flow path 254 of the refill ink into the chamber is, as in prior embodiments, directed away from the resistor and toward the orifice. In this embodiment, however, the flow path 254 of ink in the inlet is not quite parallel to the orifice central axis 252. Instead, the flow path 254 defines an acute angle (shown in FIG. 6 by reference numeral 253) with the central axis 252. In this arrangement, there remains enough flow momentum of the refill ink to lift the final collapse point "X" of the bubble from the surface of the resistor, thus providing the attendant protection from cavitation damage.
FIG. 7 depicts a cross-section of another alternative embodiment of the present invention, whereby a silicon base 324 is etched in a manner similar to the embodiment of FIG. 6 to define a slotted channel 340 that terminates very near the resistor 334. In this embodiment, the orifice plate 322 comprises a KAPTON tape or similar polymer tape as described earlier, which, prior to being bonded to the base, is laser-ablated from its underside 333 to define the chamber 326 as described next.
In this (FIG. 7) embodiment, the orifice plate 322 or tape is transported into a laser processing chamber and laser-ablated in a pattern that is defined by one or more masks, using laser radiation such as generated by an Excimer laser of the F2, ArF, KrCl, KrF, or XeCl type. The laser radiation is applied to define in the orifice plate 322 a generally annular recess 341 that serves as the extension of the ink channel 340 when the orifice plate 322 is mounted to the substrate base 324 as shown in FIG. 7.
The chamber 326 is formed to extend completely through the orifice plate 322 as shown in FIG. 7. Moreover, the laser radiation is masked and controlled so that the underside of the chamber is removed by an amount such that it is spaced from the resistor 334. As a result, the angular extension 341 of the channel and the chamber 326 define between them a tubular projection 345. It will be appreciated, therefore, that the space between this projection 345 and the resistor 334 defines the inlet through which refill ink flows into the chamber 326 from the channel extension 341. Moreover, the gap or inlet is occluded when the vapor bubble 350 generated by the heated resistor 334 expands to separate the liquid pathway between the angular channel 341 and the chamber 326.
A detailed description of a suitable process for the just-mentioned laser-ablation of orifice plate 322 is provided in U.S. Pat. No. 5,291,226, hereby incorporated by reference. It will be appreciated that although a substantially cylindrically shaped chamber 326 is depicted in the embodiment of FIG. 7, a frustrum-shaped chamber may also be produced using the laser-ablation process.
FIG. 8 depicts a cross-section of an alternative embodiment whereby the ink inlet 442 arises as a result of the positioning of an orifice plate 422 so that the central axis 452 of the orifice 416 is offset relative to the center of the resistor 434. In this embodiment, a silicon base 424 carries a thin-film resistor 434 that is connected, as described earlier, via conductive traces to the printer microprocessor for carrying voltage pulses that heat the resistor to expand a vapor bubble 450.
Between the substrate or base 424 and orifice plate 422, a barrier layer 425 is formed on the base 424. The barrier comprises a photosensitive polymer that is shaped by a photolithographic process to define on three sides of the resistor 434 a portion of the ink chamber 426. Where the barrier layer 425 is removed, there is defined an ink channel 440 for conveying ink from a distant slot 445 that is cut through the base 424 and is in fluid communication with the ink stored in the pen reservoir.
The orifice plate 422, which is preferably formed of electrodeposited nickel and is gold-plated, defines a smoothly tapered sidewall portion 428. The orifice plate 422 is laid over the resistors 434 so that the central axis 452 of the orifice 416 nearest the resistor 434 is displaced from the center of the resistor 434 to define the gap 442 as mentioned earlier. The gap, or inlet 442, is occluded by the expanding bubble 450 so that, as in other embodiments, the expanding bubble acts as a valve to temporarily close the inlet 442 for the advantages mentioned earlier.
Having described and illustrated the principles of the invention with reference to preferred embodiments, it should be apparent that the invention can be further modified in arrangement and detail without departing from such principles.
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Amusing, but surely he ignored most of the article. It wasn't about Notch making a version of Minecraft that can be sold/installed from the Windows 8 App store. It was about Windows 8 Certification... Certification of it's compatibility with the legacy Desktop. Well that's the idea I got from John's article.
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The article is about the technical feasibility of certifying Minecraft, which is largely irrelevant for Notch's stance on the matter.
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Penguins forward James Neal was suspended five games by the league on Monday for delivering a knee to the head of Bruins forward Brad Marchand during Saturday's game at TD Garden.
Marchand was getting up after being knocked to the ice when Neal delivered his cheap shot. Neal claimed after the game that the hit was not intentional despite video evidence that made it apparent he went out of his way to contact Marchand.
"While Neal does not kick or violently thrust his leg toward Marchand, it is our belief after reviewing this incident that this is more serious than simply not avoiding contact with a fallen player," NHL directory of player safety director Brendan Shanahan explained in a video review of the incident. "While looking down directly at Marchand, Neal turns his skates and extends his left leg, ensuring that contact is made with Marchand's head."
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Florida Marlins vs. San Diego Padres
Play: Florida Marlins
We're all OVER the Marlins who traditionally don't hit lefties well, but the Padres are a terrible .212 average vs lefties at home , looking at @ the Padres losing stretch it has reached the LONGEST for San Diego at Petco, The Padres bats have been silent the last 14 days & Randy Wolf has been getting tuned up big time , Looking @ San Diego they have has been outscored 49-22 during its home losing streak. Fla Marlins Hurler Andrew Miller has been getting it done lately & he get's it done tonight !!
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Florida Marlins @ San Diego Padres
PICK: Over
The Marlins beat the Padres last night 3-1, handing San Diego its NINTH consecutive home loss. The low scoring game was nothing new for the Padres, who own the third-lowest team batting average in MLB (.246) and are the majors' second-lowest scoring team (3.67 RPG). However, no team in MLB played more 'overs' than the Marlins did in 2007 (90) and in '08, the Marlins check in at 52-30-7 to the over, second to only Pittsburgh's mark of 53-30-5. The Marlins are 26-12-5 to the over in road games this year, scoring 5.63 RPG and allowing 5.16. There's little reason NOT to expect Florida to score tonight (Marlins lead MLB with 127 HRs), as Randy Wolf checks in on a four-game losing streak, while posting an 8.31 ERA. He's NEVER had any success against the Marlins, going 3-12 with a 6.24 ERA in 19 career starts (teams are 6-13). Now the Padres don't hit much (or often) but Andrew Miller should give them some 'relief.' Miller enters with a 5.51 ERA over his last three starts (he's 0-2 and the team is 0-3) and has allowed 106 hits in his 94 innings this year with a 4.98 ERA. The Padres are kind of desperate for a win these days (haven't lost 10 in a row at home since dropping 12 straight back in 1972!) and they know they'll have to score to win with Wolf on the hill. I'm taking a shot here and going 'over' the low number with the Marlins and the Padres.
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Florida Marlins @ San Diego Padres
PICK: San Diego Padres
While the Padres dropped yesterday's opener, I believe that they've got an excellent shot at evening up the series this evening. Wolf has made nine starts at Petco Park and the Padres have won six of them. Wolf's six wins represent nearly 30% of the team's 21 home wins this season. In other words, when Wolf has started at Petco, the Padres have been in one of their most profitable (+3.1 net games) roles. On the other hand, Andrew Miller has a 4.91 ERA and 1.594 WHIP in his nine road starts, with the Marlins losing five of those games. Their home/road K/W ratio's show how much more dominant Wolf has been. Miller has 27 K's and 22 walks in his 47+ road innings. Despite a rare sub-par effort in his last start here, Wolf still has 54 Ks and just 19 K's in 53+ home innings. Consider a play on SAN DIEGO
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Houston at Phoenix
Pick: Phoenix -5.5
Phoenix is an exciting team, and they have spent a good deal of their recent games on the road. They are coming off a successful 4-3 road trip, and the offense has taken center stage, but truly shining at home. The Mercury, now brings their running game home to feed it with even more energy. The Comets have lost games by an average of nearly nine points per game when they give up 80 points or more and the Mercury are almost a cinch for 80, so we like them here at home.
St. Louis at Philadelphia
Pick: St. Louis +1.5 runs -118
This is a St. Louis team that has been a lot more competitive than most thought at the beginning of the year. They are 10 games over .500 and their road play has been superb of late as they are 15-9 over their last 24 road games. Joel Piniero has not been great, but in nine of his 13 starts he has allowed three runs or less and is more than capable of keeping the Cards in the game. This is a rough spot for the Phillies to be such heavy chalk. The Phillies have been just 7-14 over their last 21 games and are currently in a three-game losing streak. The offense has gone cold producing less than four runs a game over their last 18. The Phillies also have a tired bullpen. When a team that starts a pitcher that strikes out more than five hitters a game and has a tired bullpen throwing 6+ innings in two straight games, they have been 10-30 at home to the -1.5 runline. This bodes well for the Cards here so we will play them on the runline.
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1* on Minnesota Twins +156
The Minnesota Twins should not be this heavy of an underdog Tuesday against the Boston Red Sox. Minnesota is 18-4 (+17.0 Units) against the money line vs. an average bullpen whose ERA is 3.75 to 4.50 this season. Boston's bullpen is far from spectacular this season, in fact it's their weakest link. Minnesota is 11-4 (+10.7 Units) against the money line vs. a starting pitcher whose winning percentage is better than 70% over the last 2 seasons. Minnesota is 14-3 (+13.2 Units) against the money line after allowing 3 runs or less 2 straight games this season. Twins' starter Nick Blackburn will keep this success going for the Twins tonight. Blackburn is 7-4 and flaunts a 3.78 ERA on the season. Take the Twins on the Money Line.
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1 Unit on Pittsburgh Pirates -118
We'll pick on the struggling Astros here with one of the better home chalk pitchers to back in baseball. The Astros are a terrible 4-14 in their last 18 road games, 3-12 in their last 15 games as an underdog of +110 to +150, and 2-10 in their last 12 during game 2 of a series. The 'stros are also just 2-9 in Backe's last 11 starts as a road underdog. The Pirates are an impressive 17-5 in their last 22 games as a favorite of -110 to -150, 10-1 in Snell's last 11 starts as a home favorite of -110 to -150, and 15-3 in Snell's last 18 starts as a home favorite period. The Astros are only 3-7 in the last 10 meetings in Pittsburgh and 6-13 in the last 19 meetings overall. Bet the Bucs.
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3* on Toronto Blue Jays -132
The Blue Jays are 14-8 in their last 22 home games against the Orioles. They won't be dropping this AL East battle tonight. Dustin McGowan has been excellent at home, going 4-2 with a 2.20 ERA in seven home starts this year. McGowan will get great help from his bullpen to close this one out. The Jays' bullpen has a 2.99 ERA in all home games this season. Toronto is 23-13 after scoring 1 run or less over the last 2 seasons. Baltimore is 21-44 vs. a starting pitcher whose gives up 0.5 or less HR's/start over the last 2 seasons. The Blue Jays get the bats going tonight while the Orioles get nothing off McGowan. Bet Toronto at home.
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1 Unit on KC Royals +114
The Sox are just 2-14 against the money line in road games vs. an AL starting pitcher whose ERA is 4.70 to 5.20 over the last 3 seasons and 5-19 against the money line in road games with a hot bullpen whose ERA is under 3.00 the last 10 games over the last 2 seasons. Davies is 6-0 against the money line after giving up 2 or more home runs last outing over the last 3 seasons and KC is 15-9 against the money line revenging a same season 3 game sweep at the hands of their opponents over the last 3 seasons. The Royals have been solid at home while the Sox have struggled on the road. We'll back the Royals at home showing great value.
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1 Unit on Atlanta Braves +133
The Braves will come out more hungry than the Dodgers after getting shut out by L.A. last night. Jair Jurrjens is just the starter who can get the Braves back in the win column Tuesday. Jurrjens is 8-4 featuring a 3.09 ERA in 2008. He's 1-1 with a 1.71 ERA over his last 3 starts as well. Jurrjens owns a career 1.29 ERA against the Dodgers, while Chad Billingsley has a career 7.20 ERA when facing the Braves. Atlanta is 17-5 against the money line after having lost 6 or 7 of their last 8 games over the last 2 seasons. The Dodgers are 2-8 in home games after allowing 3 runs or less 2 straight games this season. Jurrjens is 11-2 vs. poor power teams - averaging 0.9 or less HR's/game over the last 2 seasons. Cash in with the Braves as the underdog.
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Houston Comets vs. Phoenix Mercury
Play: Houston Comets
The Houston Comets come into today's game looking to keep their recent momentum going while the Phoenix Mercury are trying to regain theirs. The Mercury will host the Comets in a rare mid-week afternoon game.
The Mercury took all four in the season series last year en route to the WNBA championship. And after starting the season with championship hangover, dropping their first four games to start the season, the Mercury bounced back to win eight of the next eleven. That momentum was halted over the weekend with back to back losses to the Liberty and Sparks. The Mercury have struggled to live up to expectations at home all season going just 1-6 ats at home including 1-2 at home against teams above .500. They are just 1-9-1 ats in their last 11 home games.
They will face a resurgent Comets team who have won six of their last seven with the lone loss during the streak coming on the road without their leader Tina Thompson. Thompson will be in the lineup this afternoon and is coming off a 19 point outing againt the Monarchs. The Comets are 12-5 ats in their last 17 games as a road pup. They have brought the cash home for their backers on the road as well going 4-1 ats on the road against teams above .500 this season.Play on the Houston Comets for 1 unit.
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Atlanta at LA DODGERS -135
Got to like the Dodgers at home behind the surging Chad Billingsley in this one, as we all know the Braves are hardly consistent on the road, and neither is their starter Jair Jurrjens.
Speaking of Jair Jurrjens, he had a nice 3-start run going from mid-to-late June, but he quickly fell back to Earth in his last one, allowing 4 runs on 8 hits over 7 innings in a loss to the Phillies. He's been far less consistent away from Turner, going 3-3 with a 3.35 ERA on the road this season. Jurjjens did beat the Dodgers in his only career start against them, but that one was in Atlanta, and I expect the Dodgers will get the best of him in their second crack at the young righty.
The real problem for the Braves is facing the red-hot Billingsley at Dodgers Stadium, where he's 3-0 with a 2.63 ERA over his last 4 starts there! 3 of his last 4 starts have been quality efforts, and at this point, he's clearly one of the more consistent arms on this staff. The fact Hiroki Kuroda completely shut down this Braves offense yesterday, tossing a 1-hitter, doesn't bode well for Atlanta tonight, as they face another surging righty in this one.
Finally, while neither offense is hitting the ball particularly well right now, there's no question you give the edge to the Dodgers, who at the very least have won 6 of their last 7 games (5 of those win on the road). Look for them to build off yesterday's shutout win, as the Braves continue to sputter at the plate with Billinglsey on the mound tonight. In the end, the Dodgers remember well their sweep at the hands of the Braves back in April... And now its time to return the favor, as the Dodgers take the middle game of this series tonight!
Take the LA Dodgers behind Billingsley over Atlanta and Jurrjens in this MLB match up.
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Atlanta at Los Angeles
Atlanta is 22-4 UNDER their last 26 games as dogs of +110 to +150 and they are 12-4 UNDER vs. NL West teams. Starter Jair Jurrjens has allowed just 7 runs total in his last 4 starts. The Braves have gone UNDER in all 4 of those starts. Jurrlens is 11-5-1 UNDER on the year. Los Angeles is 19-7 UNDER their last 26 home games and they are 7-0 UNDER with Chad Billingsley vs. losing teams. Billingsley has allowed 6 runs total in his last 4 starts. 10* PLAY ON 'UNDER'
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Jason Lowry
Tampa Bay Rays vs. New York Yankees
Play: Tampa Bay Rays
We are taking the Rays in this one, as they send their ace in Kazmir to the mound where he is 15-7 against the money line when playing against a team with a winning record over the last 2 seasons, and the Rays are 21-11 against the money line after a loss this season. The Rays are 15-9 against left handed starters this season, and Yankees starter Andy Pettitte has an ERA over 5.00 at home this season. Take the Rays!
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We will back All-Star stud Tim Lincecum and the Giants at Shea Stadium in New York.
I get that the Mets are surging in the N.L. East and riding a three-game winning streak. But there's just no way I'm passing up Lincecum at a plus price. The guy is 10-1 with a 2.49 ERA in 17 starts (15 of which the Giants have won), including a perfect 7-0 with a 1.87 ERA on the road. And after a two-start hiccup in interleague play against the Tigers and Royals, the right-hander has delivered back-to-back quality starts against the A's and Cubs, allowing just three runs on 12 hits with four walks and 19 strikeouts in 13 innings! That's 15 quality starts in 17 tries this year.
Tonight, Lincecum's facing a Mets lineup that, while swinging much hotter bats of late, is still batting just .258 at home this year, an average that drops to .248 against right-handers. Also, going back to June 22, New York has registered nine wins (in 17 games), and here are the names of the nine starters they have faced: Adam Eaton, Kyle Kendrick, Jamie Moyer, Mitchell Boggs, Todd Wellemeyer, Darrell Rasner, Dan Giese, Miguel Batista and Greg Reynolds that's a who's who all right! In fact, New York has faced just two bona fide aces in the last three weeks, and it lost both games to Felix Hernandez and the Mariners (5-2, and Hernandez got hurt in the fifth inning) and Andy Pettitte and the Yankees (3-2).
Finally, for whatever reason, the Giants (who have the worst home record in baseball) have been solid on the road of late, winning 13 of their last 19 on the highway. The Mets at home this year An uninspiring 22-18, including 5-7 in the last 12. Gotta back Lincecum and San Francisco in this one.
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Tough call to make this morning at 4 a.m., when looking at the numbers and crunching them, but I have to side with the Mets over All-Star Tim Lincecum tonight. We're not going to list either starter, but let's just assume San Frans second-year right-hander is going to be on the hill. It won't matter, as the Giants come in off a series with their arch-rivals out of Los Angeles, and then came to the East Coast for a series with the Mets. And though they had a day off to adjust, they're still having to contend with an offense that has appeared to found a rhythm after hitting hit .346 with three homers and 23 runs in taking the last three games of a four-game series from NL East-leading Philadelphia.
I know New York played yesterday, but guys, it was an offensive display in a marathon game it held on to win. That's solid momentum to bring into a game that will feature arguably the best pitcher of the first half, out of the senior circuit. Let's not forget the Mets took two of three at San Francisco from June 2-4, so confidence will be brewing. And the kings of Queens are riding a three-game win streak right now, so that magical fourth is theirs for the taking tonight at Shea. Lay the low chalk here, as New York will get the best of the Giants and squeak by Lincecum and company.
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Plus un-kosher shenanigans, pre-game prayer, and more
• A blogger notes that toymaker Playmobil's new Egyptian-themed set doesn't include any Israelite slaves, and that the company has previously issued a line of armed Roman soldiers; she smells a conspiracy in the company's German origin, but she might be placated to know that Playmobil sued a creative pastor for the crucifixion of one of its figurines. [Forward]
• Elsewhere in German rat-smelling, an interfaith group is protesting a new World War II memorial in a German town that recognizes SS soldier (who, the town's mayor contends, was "never charged with any war crimes") alongside Jewish victims. [JTA]
• It's not exactly Madoff, but scam artists posing as Costco buyers bilked several exhibitors at the recent Kosherfest trade show out of money they claimed would ensure the kosher products got on the shelves at the megastore. [Kosher Today]
• If there's one thing that can get New Yorkers praying, it's baseball; Chabad reps set up shop at Thursday night's World Series game at the newly kosher-friendly Yankee Stadium and found some takers for tefillin wrapping and candle giveaways. [Chabad]
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Google Appealing To Higher Court Over Swiss Street View
Google announced on Wednesday that it would appeal to Switzerland's highest court against a ruling ordering the company to ensure that all people and cars pictured on its Street View service are unrecognizable.
The official Swiss data protection watchdog took Google to court in November 2009 after complaining on several occasions that the service's coverage of Switzerland flouted privacy rules.
"In the interest of Internet users and Swiss companies, Google will lodge an appeal …before the Federal Tribunal so that Street View can still be offered in Switzerland," the company said in a statement.
Google said it might be forced to shut down the facility for Switzerland even though it was used by "half of the Swiss population."
Google's global privacy counsel, Peter Fleischer said in a statement: "Ninety-nine percent of people are not identifiable."
"The decision of the Federal Administrative Tribunal requires us to guarantee that 100 percent of faces and license plate are not identifiable. We simply cannot comply with that."
Data protection commissioner Hanspeter Thuer accused Google of refusing to apply most of his recommendations, while Google claims it must rely on an automatic blurring system for faces and vehicle registration plates.
Last month, the Federal Administration Court ruled that all faces and number plates must be made unrecognizable before they can be published on the Internet.
Google said on Wednesday that about 1,000 Swiss companies had already integrated Street View into their websites, including property agents, the post office and city councils.
"We will try our very best to preserve Street View for Swiss users," Patrick Warnking, Google's country manager for Switzerland, said in a statement.
"I want to say clearly and unequivocally that we take data protection seriously," he added. "We have already taken measures to protect the identity of individuals and vehicles in Street View. And we hope that this will be appropriately recognized in the appeals process."
The administrative court concluded in a ruling on April 4 that the public interest in having a visual record and Google's commercial interests could not outweigh an individual's right over their own image.
It said "the pictures can be made more or totally unrecognizable, and this is a proportionate measure."
Google's Street View sparked similar privacy concerns and legal battles in other countries.
France's data privacy regulator imposed a record fine of $142,000 on Google in March for collecting privacy information while compiling photos for Street View.
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