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A method of producing high modulus and high strength products of polyethylene and other thermoplastic polymers by swelling with a suitable solvent a melt crystallized, or compacted powder morphology to form a pseudo-gel, drying the pseudo-gel, compressing it, and drawing it. The optimum process involves swelling the initial morphology in the form of a tape/ribbon/rod/monofilament/sheet/tube in a non-volatile solvent at temperatures near the polymer crystalline melting point, cooling the morphology under controlled conditions, lightly compressing it to remove the non-volatile solvent, extracting the non-volatile solvent by volatile solvent, removing the volatile solvent by evaporation or vacuum, compressing the morphology between rolls, and then stretching it at temperatures below the crystalline melting point of the polymer to obtain tapes, ribbons, monofilaments, sheets or tubes with improved mechanical properties. Products from the method include improved dental floss, fishing line and numerous other applications.
1. A method for making a thermoplastic tape, ribbon or line material comprising the steps of:
a--providing a melt crystallized precursor polyethylene tape having a MW over 300,000;
b--immersing the precursor tape in a liquid bath around 130� C. for a time sufficient to cause said tape to swell into a pseudo-gel state;
c--compressing the swollen tape lightly to remove the bath liquid;
d--treating the tape in a solvent to remove all residual bath liquid;
e--heating the tape to remove all residual solvent and thereby provide a dried porous product with higher porosity than the original melt crystallized tape;
f--compressing the porous product under 100-30,000 psi depending on the thickness for a preselected time period;
g--stretching the tape while at a temperature of 80�-130� C. to obtain a drawn product with increased mechanical properties including a modulus in the range of at least 0.5 GPa to 100 GPa and a tensile strength in the range of at least 0.1 GPa to 2 GPa.
2. The method of claim 1 wherein the precursor tape is formed by skiving a solid block of polyethylene material.
3. The method of claim 1 wherein the precursor tape is obtained by a melt extrusion process.
4. The method of claim 1 wherein the precursor tape is prepared by powder compaction at a temperature range of 80� C. to 240� C. and under a pressure of 1000-60,000 psi.
5. The method of claim 1 wherein the precursor tape is prepared by powder sintering at a temperature range of 145� C. to 240� C. and under a pressure of 1000-60,000 psi.
6. The method of claim 1 wherein said precursor material has a thickness in the range of 0.001 to 0.1 inch.
7. The method of claim 1 wherein the liquid bath is paraffin oil maintained at a temperature 130�-160� C. for a period of 1 to 5 minutes.
8. The method of claim 4 including the step of predrawing the precursor tape to a draw ratio of around 6 before the final stretching step at a temperature 80�-130� C.
9. The method of claim 1 wherein the weight of the liquid taken by the precursor tape is about 3 to 5 times the weight of the tape.
10. The method of claim 1 wherein said precursor material is frozen with liquid nitrogen and then is exposed to a solvent at room temperature to cause said material to swell into a pseudo-gel state.
11. The method of claim 10 wherein said solvent is xylene.
12. The method of claim 1 wherein the swollen tape is compressed lightly between rolls.
13. The method of claim 1 wherein the compressed swollen tape is treated in hexane at room temperature for up to 10 minutes to remove residual bath liquid.
14. The method of claim 1 wherein the dried porous product is compressed at a temperature range of room temperature to 130� C. before the product is stretched.
15. The method of claim 1 including the step of combining said porous products with an additive material before the step of compressing it.
16. The method of claim 15 wherein said additive material is a flavor enhancing material.
17. The method of claim 15 wherein said additive material is a medicinal material.
This invention relates to improved high molecular weight polyethylene tape, ribbon or line products with continuous and coherent structures having high modulus and tensile strength properties and particularly adaptable for use as dental floss, fishing line and other line products. The invention also relates to a novel method for processing ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene (UHMWPE) morphologies and other polymers for producing such products having high modulus and tensile strength properties.
Ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene (UHMWPE) is a unique polymer with outstanding properties. It can be compression molded to obtain products which have high abrasion, wear, and fatigue resistance and strength. Also, it can be processed by solution techniques and drawn to form ultra-high modulus and strength multifilament fibers. Specially prepared single crystal morphologies of this polymer can be extruded and drawn to produce fibers with a modulus approaching theoretically predicted values. UHMWPE is intractable by conventional melt processing techniques such as extrusion and injection molding because of its extremely high molecular weight and melt viscosity, and is processed by powder sintering techniques used for ceramics and metals, and by ram extrusion.
Information in the prior art is available separately on the swelling behavior of crosslinked systems in the presence of a solvent, the dissolution of polymers, and the diffusion of solvents into amorphous polymers. However, there is only limited information in the literature on simultaneous kinetics of swelling and dissolution in polymers. Ultra-high molecular weight polymers are unique in the respect that significant swelling can occur without dissolution, even though the polymers are uncrosslinked and are crystalline in nature. This phenomenon occurs because of the long reptation and relaxation times of the molecular chains and the high molecular chain entanglement concentrations in these systems.
There has been extensive investigation on producing high modulus and high strength products from flexible and linear commodity polymers. In Zachariades U.S. Pat. Nos. 5,030,402 and 4,820,466 solid-state deformation processes are disclosed for achieving high modulus products. Smith et al (P. Smith and P. Lemstra, J. Mater. Sci., 1980, Vol. 15, 505 and P. Smith and P. Lemstra British Polymer Journal, 1980, 212) among others reported the gel processing route for the manufacture of high stiffness and strength ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene fibers. This process required the polymer to be dissolved in a solvent, extruded, quenched, freed of the solvent and then subsequently hot drawn. In U.S. Pat. No. 4,413,110, Kavesh et al also described gel spinning from a solution to make ultra-high modulus and strength polyethylenes using 2-5% UHMWPE in paraffin oil. Such a process uses too much solvent making processing difficult. Tapes made from melt crystallizing UHMWPE exhibit draw ratios of only about 8, resulting in final properties of Young's modulus about 1-2 GPa and tensile strength of 0.1-0.3 GPa.
Zachariades in his earlier patent, U.S. Pat. No. 4,655,769, differentiated between pseudo-gels and true gels used by other researchers, and described a process for making ultra-high polyethylene tubular products employing pseudo-gel states covering the following salient step points:
Dissolving a starting material of UHMWPE powder in non-volatile solvent at 140�-170� C. to produce a solution; cooling the solution to 123� C. to prepare a pseudo-gel in sheet form; extracting non-volatile solvent by a volatile solvent; compressing the pseudo-gel at 123� C. to form a thin gel-like film which is wrapped around a mandrel; evaporating the volatile solvent while the pseudo-gel film is wrapped on the mandrel; and then drawing the tubular product at around 5� at 135� C.
Also, others have attempted to develop polymer products with high strength characteristics. In Sano et al U.S. Pat. Nos. 4,879,076, 5,026,511, 4,996,011, 4,760,120 and 5,002,714, a selected polyethylene obtained using a specific catalyst was drawn at temperatures lower than the polymer melting point, in order to make high modulus and high strength fibers or films. In some cases this specific polyethylene was compression molded, immersed in solvent, solid-phase extruded or rolled, and finally drawn. Their process is similar to an earlier process, (See 1. M.P.C. Watts, A. E. Zachariades and R. S. Porter, "New Methods of Production of Highly Oriented Polymers" in "Contemporary Topics in Polymer Science", Ed: M. Shen, Plenum Press, 1979, p. 297-318 and A. E. Zachariades U.S. Pat. No. 4,820,466). Kobayashi et al in their U.S. Pat. Nos. 5,106,555 and 5,200,129 describe a process for continuous production of polyolefin material by feeding the powder between a pair of belts under compression rolling and stretching the compression-molded olefin.
Mackley and Solbai in their published paper (Mackley, Malcolm R., and Solbai, Somad, "Swell Drawing: A new method of manufacturing high performance polyethylene structures", in Polymer J., 1987, Vol. 28, 1115-1120) present a process of swell drawing to manufacture high modulus and high strength ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene (UHMWPE) tapes. Their process includes the following steps:
1. Preparing a precursor UHMWPE material stock (Hoechst Celanese GUR 415) without orientation using sintering by ram extrusion. Preparation of tapes of thickness 0.010 inch by skiving the UHMWPE stock.
2. Swelling the skived tape in decalin or xylene at 100�-130� C. for 1 to 10 minutes to an extent that the weight of the solvent to weight of the polymer Ws/Wp, was up to 20.
3. Cooling the swollen tape down to room temperature under uncontrolled conditions to crystallize the swollen UHMWPE.
4. Evaporating the volatile solvent from the polymer at 80� C.
5. Drawing the dried tape under isothermal conditions at 4 inch/min (100 mm/min) in the temperature range of 90�-120� C.
The present invention is different from the aforesaid prior art including Mackley and Solbai's process and produces a different and improved result because it uses different precursor morphologies to form a pseudo-gel, different swelling conditions, different polymers, and different processing steps.
The present process includes the formation of a pseudo gel state in the form of a swollen tape (or ribbon), using a non-volatile solvent, the compression of the swollen tape, the extraction of non-volatile solvent with a volatile solvent from the pseudo-gel state, the evaporation of the volatile solvent from the pseudo-gel state to form a dried tape, compression deformation of the dried tape between rollers, and then high temperature drawing or stretching to obtain high modulus and high strength products. The present process does not deal with dissolution of the polymer or fluid processing, as has been described by earlier authors and patents, but deals with the controlled swelling of a thermoplastic polymer as it forms a pseudo-gel with a crystalline structure while the solvent is incorporated in the polymer, then removing the solvent to produce a more crystalline morphology, then compressing this crystalline morphology between compression rolls, and finally solid state deforming (e.g. by stretching) the crystalline morphology from the pseudo-gel precursor to obtain products with high modulus and strength properties. The starting material in the present process can be in the form of skived tape from a melt crystallized material stock, melt crystallized tape as produced by melt extrusion, compacted powder morphology or sintered powder morphology. Depending on their width, we observe that tapes obtained by skiving of melt crystallized stock often exhibit surface defects along the length of the tape which can be detrimental in the subsequent drawing (stretching) step of the process.
The amount of swelling during the formation of the pseudo-gels can also be controlled by the degree of crystallinity of the starting polymer profile. A lower crystallinity, associating with a higher amorphous region, allows more swelling. A major advantage of the present process is that use of solvents for the formation of the pseudo-gel state by swelling a polymer is limited to small amounts and does not require so-called "solution processing" of the polymer. Upon swelling of a polymer in a solvent around the crystalline melting temperature of the polymer, the density of the molecular chain entanglements is reduced, thus making it easier to extend the molecular chains on stretching the polymer to a high draw ratio after the removal of the solvent from it and producing e.g. tapes and ribbons with high modulus and strength. To attain high modulus and strength performance with a draw ratio, upon stretching in the solid state, it is important that the molecular chains between adjoining crystal be intertwined together just enough to enable efficient drawing and extension of the molecular chains to take place without the chains slipping on one hand or without the molecular entanglements preventing their draw. In an analogy to cooked spaghetti which is mixed up with sauce, under the condition of the limited amounts of solvent and short times allowed for solvent treatment in our process, the molecular chains become "lubricated" and disentangle to an extent which is controlled by the degree of crystallinity of the pseudo-gel state. The "solvent-lubrication" process is reversible in that it does not occur when the solvent is removed from the polymer.
In summary, the present invention provides high modulus and high strength tape, ribbon or line products from thermoplastic linear polymers capable of being swollen in a suitable solvent to form a pseudo-gel state and, upon removal of the solvent by extraction or evaporation, of being solid state deformed by compression (e.g. extrusion or rolling), and then by tension (stretching). Not all thermoplastic polymers are capable of being swollen with a solvent and forming a pseudo-gel state, namely a state with time dependent elastic properties, and in addition of being solid state deformed into high modulus and strength fibrous products. Polymers which meet these requirements must be linear and have a very high molecular weight or polar groups in the chain backbone such as the polyamides. By polymers having a very high molecular weight, it is meant, a polymer resin having a molecular weight (as measured by viscometric techniques) of at least 300,000 and up to 5-6 million. Polymers which can be used under the scope of this invention include polymers such as polyethylenes including the UHMWPE meeting the specification of ASTM D4020-81, polypropylene, poly(L-lactide), poly(vinyl alcohol), polyacrylonitrile, poly-4-methyl- 1-pentene, poly(ethylene terphthalate), polyamides and polysaccharides, and others of the above mentioned type of polymers being copolymers, linear/branched, and compounded compositions of the above with or without additives e.g. for adhesion, surface modification or fire retardation. In the present invention, the polymer is used in the form of a suitable precursor profile such as a tape or ribbon. The terms tape or ribbon are used herein to describe a unitary filament preferably in the form of a narrow strip of material with continuous coherent structure unlike the multifilament fibers obtained by e.g. solution spinning. For some applications, the precursor profile can be a monofilament, sheet or tube. For all embodiments, the precursor material is placed in a non-volatile solvent at high temperatures, near the polymer crystalline melting point for 1-5 minutes to form a pseudo-gel. Then cooling the pseudo-gel e.g. tape profile under controlled conditions to ambient temperature, lightly compressing the tape between rolls to remove the non-volatile solvent by squeezing action, removing the residual solvent from the tape by extraction with a volatile solvent and then by evaporation or vacuum, and then compressing the profile between rolls to remove defects on the tape, balance its porosity, increase its crystallinity, by up to 10%, improve its coherence and continuity, and then increase its tensile properties by predrawing to a draw ratio of 3-6 and eliminate necking. The processed tape precursor is then stretched to a certain draw ratio at temperatures below the crystalline melting point of the polymer in order to obtain certain desired mechanical properties. Resulting products could then be used in single filament form or be braided, knitted, or woven, and also incorporated into composite products.
The final fiber products of our process can be used as dental floss, fishing line, sail cloth, ropes, threads, bondable tapes, porous membranes, structural and reinforcing material, in catheters and balloon materials, etc. They can also be used in composite materials with glass, carbon, mica, aromatic polyamide fibers, steel, silicon, boron nitride, and other inorganic and ceramic fibers for impact resistance and as bullet-proof or ballistic resistant materials.
Other objects, advantages and features of the invention will become apparent from the following detailed description including examples of product development according to the invention.
In accordance with the present invention the precursor material is a thermoplastic polymer meeting certain requirements i.e. the polymer must be linear with molecular weight greater than 300,000 to 6 million and be capable of being: a) solid state deformed into high modulus and strength fibrous products, and b) swollen with a solvent and forming a pseudo-gel state. Polymers suitable for precursor material include polyethylenes, polypropylenes, polyamides, polyesters, polymethyl pentene, polyvinyl alcohol, poly acrylonitrile, polysaccharides, and variation of such polymers, including copolymers, linear/branched, compounded compositions with or without additives. In one form, the precursor material may be prepared by melt crystallization using compression molding and skiving or direct melt extrusion into tapes and ribbons. Here, a continuous solid piece of material is formed from either of these approaches.
The precursor material could also be prepared by powder compaction under selected temperature and pressure conditions. For polyethylene, suitable temperatures are in the range of 80� C. to 240� C. and pressures from 1000 psi to 60,000 psi. Our process can use either an ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene powder or mixtures of powders which can be fed through a converging conical die, or between extrusion rolling dies or rolls, to produce continuous and coherent structures. For example, UHMWPE HiFax 1900; Mw=3-4�106, reactor powder was compacted under a pressure of around 2,000 psi at 110� C. into 1 mm thick and 10 mm wide tapes. The so prepared tapes were then drawn to a draw ratio 6 by compression at 124� C. through a pair of rollers.
The precursor material originally provided as described can be processed directly into a tape, ribbon, sheet, rod, monofilament, tube, and any other geometrical profile by skiving or by ram or melt extrusion.
After forming the original precursor material, it may be drawn into an oriented ribbon/tape/sheet/rod/monofilament of a desired size and cross section as was described briefly above.
Now, the tape/ribbon/sheet of the previous step is fed into a solvent (volatile or non-volatile) unoriented or after orientation by stretching or compression drawing through rollers to form a swollen pseudo gel structure. The solvent could be paraffin oil, mineral or vegetable oils, decalin, xylene, and kerosene. Preferably the tape/sheet is swollen at 130�-160� C. in paraffin oil to provide a change in weight Ws/Wp (weight of solvent to weight of polymer) of about 3 to 5, and not exceeding 10 when swollen for longer times. For example, swelling of a precursor polyethylene tape with paraffin oil at 130� C. for 5 minutes, provided a change in weight of 170%, a change in length of 50%, a change in width of 15%, and change in thickness of 20%. Depending on the thickness, the solvent can go across the thickness of the tape/ribbon/sheet, or only at the surface. Thus, the process does not involve formation of a solution. Under the employed swelling conditions, the molecular chain mobility is restricted by molecular entanglements and crystals (the swollen polymer has a residual crystallinity of up to 18%), resulting in a semicrystalline state which has a reduced molecular entanglement density. The amount of swelling to make pseudo-gels can also be controlled by the starting crystallinity of the polymer profile. A lower crystallinity, resulting in a higher amorphous region, allows more swelling. It has been observed that when the precursor tape/ribbon/sheet is frozen using liquid nitrogen, and then exposed to a solvent, say at room temperature, it swells faster to form a pseudo-gel structure described above.
The swollen tape/ribbon/sheet in its pseudo-gel state is then cooled down below 70� C. by quenching or slow cooling to recrystallize on present crystals and crystal nuclei.
Subsequently, the swollen pseudo-gel material is lightly compressed to remove the non-volatile solvent by mechanical means such as rolling the tape/ribbon/sheet between soft rolls. For example, after swelling at 130� C. for 5 minutes, almost 90% of the paraffin oil will be removed by this light compression step.
Thereafter, the tape/ribbon/sheet of the previous step is fed in a volatile solvent, e.g. hexane. For example, after the swollen tape has been in paraffin oil at 130� C. for 5 minutes, and is then compressed, it is fed in a hexane bath at room temperature for up to 10 minutes to remove any residual paraffin oil. Higher temperatures can be used for faster removal of this oil, if desired.
In the next step, any residual volatile solvent is removed by evaporation or vacuum to provide a dried tape.
Now, the dried tape is compressed between rolls at suitable temperature (room temperature to 130� C.) and pressure (100 to 50,000 psi) conditions without or with stretching it to a deformation ratio of about 6 to produce a uniaxially oriented tape before its final hot stretching.
Compression-rolling the dried tape before final stretching gives the following desired characteristics: removal of defects in the tape, provides balance porosity and better homogenization and increases crystallinity (by about 1-10%) which is known to result in better mechanical properties. Also, pre-drawing the tape to a draw ratio up to 6 gives the precursor tape better strength and mechanical stability before its final drawing, and results in a fibrous tape product with better mechanical properties. Compression-rolling also makes a more coherent and continuous structure. In addition, predrawing makes the precursor tape more coherent and provides a continuous structure. It also eliminates necking thus enabling one to better draw and obtain higher final properties.
Thereafter, the compressed tape/ribbon/sheet may be stretched at 80�-130� C. at different draw rates from 0.5 to over 100 of feet/min using single or multiple stages in conventional drawing apparatus. The compression and drawing steps of the processed material accomplishes the orientation, unfolding and extension of the molecular chains and provides a unitary filament end product with exceptional strength and high modulus characteristics.
The single filament products resulting from the previous method steps may also be braided, knitted, or woven, as commercial materials, and also incorporated to form composite products.
The filament products provided by the aforesaid process steps can be used as dental floss, fishing line, sail cloth, ropes, threads, bondable tapes, porous membranes, structural and reinforcing materials, catheters and balloon materials, etc.
Braided, knitted or woven products made from combinations of single filaments can be used as composite materials in combination with glass, carbon, mica, (Kelvar�), steel, silicon, boron nitride, and other inorganic and ceramic fibers for impact resistance and as bullet-proof or ballistic resistant materials.
The following examples illustrate various implementations of the method according to the present invention including examples of products resulting from different application of the method.
A new dental floss product with a unique combination of properties, was made of a very high molecular weight (MW) polyethylene, preferably with MW greater than 300,000 and even better with MW greater than 1,000,000. It was discovered that such polyethylenes, particularly those with molecular weights greater than 1 million have self-lubricating properties and can be drawn into highly oriented and extended tape products suitable as dental floss. Such products are fibrillar, but unlike the conventionally available products, are not multifilament and they exhibit remarkable resistance to shredding. The properties of such fibrillar products vary depending on the degree of chain extension as effected by the draw ratio, and on other processing conditions according to the method.
Healthy gums and bone anchor teeth firmly in place. Gingivitis occurs when toxins from bacteria-laden plaque irritate the gums, causing them to be red and tender and to bleed. Periodontitis is the more advanced stage. Toxins destroy more tissue, gums become detached from the teeth, roots and bone are exposed, leading to tooth loss. Plaque is constantly forming on tooth surfaces. If not removed daily, plaque can cause cavities and gum disease. Toothbrushing alone cannot remove plaque from all tooth surfaces. Flossing helps remove plaque between teeth and below the gums.
Dental floss products heretofore developed and available in the market have well known problems and disadvantages such as: shredding of the floss on use into separate filaments resulting in ineffective flossing and breakage; slippage of the fiber between teeth making it hard to use and making flossing ineffective. Most of the prior art floss products are made from nylon, polyamides, or teflon and suffer disadvantages in mechanical properties compared to newer materials.
In order to hold the fibers from shredding, many prior art floss products were coated with wax. More recently a polytetraflouroethylene type of material was produced with slipping characteristics. This material did not shred readily, but, it had a very low tensile strength in comparison to other floss materials.
As indicated, the present invention provides a new dental floss tape product with a unique combination of properties. The dental floss is made of a very high molecular weight (MW) polyethylene, preferably with MW greater than 300,000 or preferably with a MW greater than 1,000,000. Such polyethylenes, particularly those with molecular weights greater than 1 million have self-lubricating properties and can be drawn into highly oriented and extended tape products. Such products are fibrillar. However, they exhibit remarkable resistance to shredding. The properties of such products may vary somewhat depending on the degree of chain extension as effected by the draw ratio, and also on the processing conditions.
The new dental floss tape product of this example was made in accordance with the method steps of the present invention using a polyethylene capable of being swollen into a gel-like state in volatile or non-volatile solvents and having an average molecular weight of 0.8 to 3 million. In accordance with the invention, useable polyethylenes can be of a homopolymer nature, copolymer, or mixture of different molecular weight characteristics, e.g., a mixture of a resin of MW 800,000 and MW 3 million. Here, the dental floss product was prepared from a melt crystallized precursor tape of such a polyethylene which was first swollen into a gel-like state with paraffin oil at 130� C. for 1 minute, then was compressed (squeezed) lightly to remove the paraffin oil. It was then immersed in hexane for 5 minutes to dry the tape and remove all residual paraffin oil. Thereafter, the tape was heated to around 70� C. to remove all residual hexane to produce a porous tape product with higher porosity than the original melt crystallized tape. Next, the porous tape was compressed under 100-10,000 psi using die rollers to balance the material physical properties, e.g., percent crystallinity, and pores uniformity. After compression, the tape was stretched with conventional drawing apparatus at a temperature of 80�-130� C. to obtain a drawn product with desired mechanical properties for dental floss.
As stated, swelling the polyethylene prior to drawing makes it porous. This porosity can be controlled by the applied swelling conditions and by the compression conditions between the die rollers before stretching the polyethylene. By making the polyethylene porous, one can incorporate different additives such as flavor enhancers or medicinal materials either while it is being swollen by placing the additive in the paraffin oil or subsequently after the solvent has been removed.
The product of this invention is a tape acting like a monofilament in sharp contrast to the multifilament dental floss products heretofore available. Thus, the product is easier and more convenient to use, has a higher resistance to tearing, does not fibrillate into smaller filaments, thereby making flossing more convenient and effective.
In summary, a product formed from high molecular weight polyethylene material according to the invention, provides several advantages:
1. Since our floss product is in the form of a ribbon/tape, as opposed to a fiber, it makes flossing much easier. The product will not shred into filaments on prolonged use between teeth.
2. An extended range of Young's modulus and tensile strengths are available, e.g. the floss can be made precisely with Young's modulus in the range of 0.5 GPa to 10 GPa, and tensile strengths of 0.1 GPa to 1.2 GPa, thereby allowing a wide window for specific floss properties.
3. The floss can be made in any desirable range of widths, e.g. from 0.01 inches to 0.25 inches and more.
4. The floss can be made in any desirable range of thickness, e.g. from 0.001 inches to 0.005 inches and more.
5. The floss can be made in a range of flavors such as neutral, mint, chocolate, strawberry, almond, orange, lemon, banana, maple, etc.
6. The floss can be treated or permeated with medicinal materials such as peroxide which disinfects the material and makes it safer for use in the mouth, and/or attack the residual bacteria between the gums and thus prevent plaque formation.
7. The resulting porosity of the dental floss tape can be used to incorporate additives, flavors, anti-bacterial agents, anti-tartar agents, and drugs for periodontal diseases.
8. Another advantageous property of the dental tape or floss made in accordance with the invention is that it is not coated with a waxy solid but is self lubricating and is highly effective in use.
A new fishing line with a unique combination of properties, was made of a very high molecular weight (MW) polyethylene having a MW of about 1.45 million. The starting profile was a rod of diameter 0.020" and was swollen in paraffin oil for 2 minutes at 130� C., then lightly compressed to remove the paraffin oil, then dried in hexane to remove any remaining paraffin oil, and finally drawn at 130� C. to a desired diameter by drawing to different extents.
The fishing lines used currently are made of nylon or dacron. For the same diameter of line, the fishing line made in accordance with the present invention is stronger and has lower elongation at failure.
In particular the fishing line made in accordance with the present invention provides several important advantages and features. It provides a line with a small diameter yet high strength, light weight, and having a low stretch factor. The line can be easily knotted, will float, and casts well. It does not absorb water or swell on the reel, is self-lubricating, and does not fray. Following are comparative strength versus size comparisons with samples made from nylon.
______________________________________Strength versus SizeDiameter Nylon Present Invention______________________________________0.009 inch 8 lbs 25 lbs0.012 inch 10 lbs 40 lbs0.017 inch 15 lbs 70 lbs______________________________________
Nylon 25-35% elongation at failure
Present Invention 5-10% elongation at failure
A highly oriented tape of a very high molecular weight polyethylene (Mw˜1.45 million) was obtained by the process described in Example 1. However, the stretching step involved drawing the tape to different extents. The drawn tape was twinned and braided into a line incorporating four filaments. For the purpose of this example, the tape was twinned first by twisting slowly the tape on a lathe and then by braiding the twisted tapes into a four component structure.
A precursor powder material having a MW of 1.45 million was used. This powder was compressed at 200� C. and 10,000 psi to make a cylindrical billet. Tapes of width 0.25 inches and thickness 0.010 inch were skived from this block. The tape was swollen in paraffin oil for 1 minute at 130� C., lightly compressed to remove paraffin oil, dried in hexane to remove remaining paraffin oil. The dried tape was compressed under 20,000 psi, and then stretched at 130� C. The stretched tape had a draw ratio of 42, and the final material properties included a Young's modulus of at least 55 GPa and tensile strength of at least 1.2 GPa.
Precursor material in the form of a UHMWPE Hoechst Celanese GUR 412 powder was compacted into a tape under 3,000 psi at 120� C. The tape was swollen in paraffin oil at 130� C. for 2 minutes. The change in weight was 190% increase in length 13%, in width 8%, and thickness 30% on swelling. The tape was then lightly compressed to remove paraffin oil, the remaining paraffin oil was extracted by hexane, and the tape was stretched at 130� C. to a draw ratio of 18, resulting in final properties of Young's modulus of 12 GPa, tensile strength of 0.5 GPa, and percent elongation at break of 5%.
Precursor material in the form of a UHMWPE HiFax (Himont 1906; Mw˜3-4 million) reactor powder was compression molded at 2,000 psi at 110� C. into 1 mm thick and 10 mm wide tapes. The so prepared tapes were compression deformed at 124� C. to a draw ratio 6 by rolling through a pair of rollers rotating at a speed e.g. 30 cm/min. The so prepared pre-drawn tapes by rolling, were then stretched uniaxially at 130� C. to a final fibrous tape product with a Young's modulus of at least 68 GPa and tensile strength of at least 1.3 GPa. The Table below lists the properties of the precursor compacted powder before and at different stages of draw by compression rolling and stretching.
TABLE______________________________________Physical and Mechanical Properties of Himont 1900UHMWPE precursor compacted powder before and duringdifferent stages of draw by compression rolling andstretching. Crystal- Melting linity Temp. Y.M.# T.S.##Item/step Draw % (�C.) (GPa) (GPa)______________________________________1. Compacted 1 73.4 142.4 * * powder2. Hot 6 67.9 141.8 2.8 0.38 rolled3. After hot 73 81.7 145.1 68 1.3 stretching______________________________________ *Too fragile to measure #Young's modulus ##Tensile strength
An ultra-high molecular weight polypropylene tape was skived from a block made by melt crystallization during compression molding. The untreated tape had a melting temperature of 163� C. This 0.005 inch thick tape was swollen in paraffin oil at 160� C. for 2 minutes to form a pseudo-gel and the paraffin oil was then extracted by hexane. During swelling, the change in weight of the tape was 166%, increase in length 12%, increase in width 8%, and thickness 33%. The dried tape was stretched at 130� C. to a draw ratio of 7, resulting in final tape properties of Young's modulus of at least 3 GPa and tensile strength of at least 0.3 GPa.
A precursor material with a 800,000 molecular weight polyethylene powder, was compressed at 200� C. and 10,000 psi to make a cylindrical billet. Tapes of width 0.25 inches and thickness 0.010 inch were skived from this block. The tape was swollen in paraffin oil for 1 minute at 125� C., lightly compressed to remove paraffin oil, dried in hexane to remove remaining paraffin oil, compressed under 20,000 psi to even the material, and stretched at 125� C. The stretched tape had a draw ratio of 38, and the final material properties included a Young's modulus of at least 32 GPa and tensile strength of at least 0.8 GPa.
The same procedure as in Example 7 was used with a precursor material of 500,000 molecular weight polyethylene herein are purely illustrative and are not intended to be in any sense limiting.
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Numerous inmates, including journalist Naveen Soorinje, of the Mangalore District Prison staged a hunger strike on Wednesday demanding better food, end of harassment by prison and police officials, and a provision of escorts to keep court dates.
According to officials in the prison, around 90 inmates from Ward A of the prison staged a sit-in in front of the kitchen and refused to eat until the Deputy Commissioner or the Principal Sessions Magistrate met them. However, the Deputy Commissioner was busy with the visit of the Governor and other ministers to the city, and the Magistrate said the escorts issue did not come under the jurisdiction of the judiciary.
The inmates called off the stike at 3 p.m. after they were asked to submit their complaint in writing to the Deputy Commissioner.
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In the interim, visitors to the prison were sent back throughout the day. The prison houses 330 inmates in two blocks, including Mr. Soorinje who was arrested in connection with the telecast of the assault on college students in a boarding home on the outskirts of the city on July 28.
The prison officials maintain that the issue started after prison officials raided the jail between 2 a.m. and 4 a.m., targeting history-sheeter Rashid Malabari and his associates, who were suspected of harbouring weapons in the prison. "We got a tip-off around midnight, and then organised a search of Ward A and a cell of Block B. We did not find weapons, but found five mobiles and three chargers. This agitated Malabari, who said he was being harassed and targeted," he said.
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The announcement of results of the Kolathur constituency, where Deputy Chief Minister M.K. Stalin won a close contest with Saidai Duraisamy of the AIADMK, was preceded by hours of uncertainty and tension after counting was suspended on the basis of complaints by a section of the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam cadre.
The AIADMK party cadre complained that officials did not carry out the counting in accordance with the instructions of the Election Commission.
The presiding officers, on the day of polling, did not press the 'close' button in respect of three ballot units, they said, and demanded suspension of the counting.
At around 5.30 p.m. AIADMK party cadre started damaging furniture at the counting hall on the Loyola College campus after the completion of the 18{+t}{+h} round of counting. Mr. Stalin was 2,277 votes ahead of Mr. Duraisamy when this happened, said P. Babu, a DMK counting agent. The AIADMK party cadre prevented the General Observer from discharging his functions, the agent added.
The AIADMK cadre heckled the general observer, said a micro observer who left the counting centre before the counting was completed.
Following the disruption of counting, the police had compelled people to leave the premises.
S. Kandaswamy, an independent candidate, said "I received blows from the police. I was scared and moved away from the area."
However, AIADMK cadre continued to raise slogans demanding suspension of counting.
As the police could not control the situation, most of the counting supervisors, assistants and micro observers left the counting centre.
The police also chased away people near the counting hall. District Election Officer D. Karthikeyan said the counting resumed after 8 p.m.
Chief Electoral Officer Praveen Kumar said that the results could be declared only after the data in Form 17C and that in the machines were found to match.
This was later done and the results were declared late in the night.


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Apr 29 2015
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I love reviewing my Instagram photos from time to time and posting them here. It's a nice way to sum up a week, month, or several-month period at a time. Plus, it's a great way to avoid doing the dishes. Here's my month of January! (Give or take a day or two.) Alex [...]
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I found Jean Boenish's philosophical musings less than persuasive. And I don't think my fear of heights was the reason for my bias.
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Historic Occasion: The Little Rock Nine will be awarded the Lincoln Leadership Prize on May 18th in Chicago
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"If you remember the '60s, you weren't there." - Dennis Hopper Yeah, but those were the late '60s. Everybody remembers the early '60s, that season of innocence when a man could be named Chubby Checker and yet still be a star. The early '60s were before the Beatles, LSD, Vietnam and hippies. They were in fact a lot like the late '50s, except that the cars were not as stylish and people were joining the Peace Corps, and, in every town large enough to support a TV station, there was a version of "The Hop." "The Hop" was the name of the show on Channel 3 in Champaign-Urbana, where I grew up. It had other names in other towns, but it always had the same format: a studio full of pimply faced teenagers in ducktails and ponytails, pumping away to midstream rock music under the benevolent supervision of the local Dick Clark clone.
Everybody I knew watched "The Hop." Nobody I knew ever appeared on it. Where did they get these kids? Did they hire professional teenagers from other towns? Nobody I knew dressed as cool or danced as well as the kids on "The Hop," and there was a sinking feeling, on those long-ago afternoons in front of the TV, that the parade had passed me by.
John Waters' "Hairspray" is a movie about that time and those kids and the sinking feeling. It takes place in 1962 in Baltimore, where a program known as "The Corny Collins Show" is at the center of many local teenage fantasies. The kids on Corny's show are great dancers with hair piled in grotesque mounds atop their unformed little faces.
They are "popular." They are on the Council, a quasi-democratic board of teenagers who advise Corny on matters of music and supervise auditions for kids who want to be on the show.
One kid who hungers to be on the show is Tracy (Ricki Lake), who is fat, but who can dance better than Amber (Colleen Fitzpatrick), who is not. Tracy dances in front of her TV set and knows all the right movies and is tolerated in her fantasies by her parents, who are played by Jerry Stiller and Divine.
The plot of the movie loosely involves Tracy's attempts to win a talent show and win a place on the Council and the attempts made to stop her by Amber and her ambitious parents (Sonny Bono and Debbie Harry). It is some kind of commentary on the decivilizing '80s that Stiller and Divine and Bono and Harry, who would have qualified as sideshow exhibits in the real '60s, look in the context of this movie like plausible parents.
The supporting case includes various local weirdos, including Pia Zadora as a "Beatnik Chick" (I quote from the credits). If noth ing else is worth the price of admission to this movie, perhaps you will be persuaded by the prospect of Zadora reading from Allen Ginsberg's "Howl." The movie carries a social message as sort of a sideline: "The Corny Collins Show" is racially segregated, and Tracy and her black friends help to change that situation, gate-crashing a Corny Collins day at the local amusement park. But basically the movie is a bubble-headed series of teenage crises and crushes, alternating with historically accurate choreography of such forgotten dances as the Madison and the Roach.
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PNOC unit, Aussie firm allot P1B for oil drilling
Palawan prospect seen holding as much as 977M barrels
Australian firm Nido Petroleum Ltd. and PNOC Exploration Corp. are investing $25 million or (roughly P1 billion) to tap as much as 977 million barrels of gross, "unrisked" oil-in-place within the Baragatan prospect off northwest Palawan.
In a regulatory filing, Nido Petroleum said the prospect, covered by Service Contract 63, holds "risked recoverable" oil volumes of about 115 million barrels, with an upside potential of 166 million barrels.
"The joint venture is progressing activities to secure a jack-up rig for the drilling of the exploration well and will drill the well as soon as practicable. The SC 63 joint venture, through PNOC-EC, has already secured the Strategic Environmental Plan Clearance (SEP) from the Palawan Council for Sustainable Development (PCSD) for its exploration activities within the block," said Nido Petroleum managing director Philip Byrne.
According to Nido Petroleum, the SC 63 joint venture was planning to spud the Baragatan well as soon as possible, subject to securing appropriate government approvals and rig availability. The partners have already secured long lead items needed for the drilling activities.
For this particular venture, Nido Petroleum will be the technical operator during the drilling phases. Nido and PNOC-EC each hold a 50-percent stake in SC 63.
Apart from the Baragatan area, SC 63 covers several other prospects, including the Apribada block, which reportedly has a prospective resource potential of a billion barrels of oil; the Aboabo site, which was estimated to contain a resource potential of 370 million barrels, and the Pinta Flores prospect, with 150 million barrels.
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Mayor Bloomberg is suing his former rival, City Comptroller Bill Thompson, for blocking his plan to re-open a Brooklyn jail. Thompson has refused to sign off on a $34-million contract to renovate the Brooklyn House of Detention, a project he calls flawed, wasteful, and a "product of favoritism."
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BECKER: This contract is going to lay the groundwork for exactly that sort of investigation that those who said there should be this environmental review.
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This course will provide students with an understanding of the relationship of social roles on human behaviors and how interpersonal relationships, attribution theories, attitudes, group behaviors, and stereotypes affect human behaviors. (3 hours lecture)
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LEXINGTON – Entering the postseason portion of the outdoor track and field season, the Texas A&M women's squad enters the SEC Championships as the defending team champion while the Aggie men seek to improve upon a third-place finish from last season.
"This is a different kind of track meet, it's a tough one," said Texas A&M head coach Pat Henry. "The toughness of the league is what makes our sport very good. Across the board the Southeastern Conference has shown itself to be the dominant force in our sport. This is a league of champions which demands greatness in order to be successful."
With a national ranking of No. 4, the A&M women are among six SEC programs currently ranked among the top 10 in the nation. Florida is No. 1 with Kentucky at No. 5 followed by No. 6 Georgia, No. 7 LSU and No. 8 Arkansas. Also ranked among the top 25 are No. 14 Missouri and No. 18 Mississippi State.
The Aggie men's team ranks No. 2 nationally behind No. 1 Florida and ahead of No. 3 Arkansas. There are six SEC programs among the top 10, which also includes No. 5 Georgia, No. 9 LSU and No. 10 Alabama. Other conference schools amid the top 25 are No. 18 Kentucky, No. 19 Mississippi, and No. 21 Tennessee.
"On the men's side you always have to look at Arkansas, because their depth is so good," noted Henry. "They just have a different formula than we do and they have a team of 30 men that they will put on the track who will be very good. The Florida men are very good as well.
"On the women's side Florida is a team that has shown itself to be very good and you can never count LSU out of anything. There are a number of teams in this conference that are prepared to do some things at this championship."
Each school competing in the SEC Championships, held from Thursday, May 15 to Sunday, May 18, can field a team of 30 athletes per gender. Scoring in each event follows a 10-8-6-5-4-3-2-1 formula among the 21 events contested per gender.
Action from the conference meet is available on ESPN3.com on Saturday, May 17 from 2:40 p.m. to 5:50 p.m. CT as well as on Sunday, May 18 from 12:50 p.m. to 4:50 p.m. CT. A two-hour broadcast of the SEC Championships will air on ESPNU starting at 7 p.m. CT on Thursday, May 22.
Three defending SEC champions for the A&M women include LaQue Moen-Davis in the long jump, Shelbi Vaughan in the discus as well as the 4x100 relay. There were also four runner-up performances last season with Jennifer Madu (100), Kamaria Brown (200, 400), and Moen-Davis (triple jump) and well as a pair of third-place finishers with Ashton Purvis (200) and Madu (long jump).
Defending champions for the Aggie men include Deon Lendore in the 400, Wayne Davis II in the 110m hurdles and the 4x400 relay. There are also a trio of third-place finishers returning in Isaac Spencer (steeplechase), Dalton Rowan (discus) and the 4x100 relay.
"I think our group knows they are surrounded by other good people," stated Henry. "That kind of demeanor about themselves helps the whole team get ready to compete. We try to create an environment where they are dependent upon each other to succeed.
"You don't win this meet, though, with just first-place people, you need as many scorers in second through eighth place as you can get. It's about everybody making a contribution to the team."
Lendore, undefeated in each of the 10 conference races he has contested in the 400 and 4x400 relay over the past three years, leads the collegiate list and is ranked sixth in the world with a 44.90 this season. He seeks a sixth consecutive conference title in the 400 and his third straight sweep of indoor and outdoor titles in both the 400 and 4x400 relay. After sweeping Big 12 indoor and outdoor titles in 2011 and 2012, Lendore achieved the same feat during the 2013 season in the SEC.
Having already claimed the 2014 SEC Indoor title with a world-leading time of 45.03 as well as anchoring the 4x400 which produced a collegiate record of 3:02.30, Lendore would join Florida's Jimmy Hackley as the last sprinter in the SEC to achieve a sweep of indoor and outdoor conference 400m titles in consecutive years.
The Gators will feature the main challengers to Lendore in the 400 with Arman Hall (45.19), Hugh Graham, Jr. (45.45) and Najee Glass (45.55) along with LSU's Vernon Norwood (45.64).
Florida is the current collegiate leader in the men's 4x400 this season with a 2:59.73 while the Aggies rank second at 3:02.64, as LSU is third at 3:02.81 and Arkansas fourth with a 3:03.89. Texas A&M has won four straight conference 4x400 titles outdoors, three in the Big 12 from 2010 to 2012 and the 2013 SEC title.
Davis seeks a third consecutive conference title in the 110m hurdles, having won the 2013 SEC title and the 2012 Big 12 race. A time of 13.46 into a 2.1 headwind claimed the SEC title a year ago while Davis equaled the A&M school record of 13.37 for his Big 12 victory in 2012.
This season Davis is the collegiate leader, under all-conditions, with a windy 13.24. He is undefeated through five finals, including a pair of wins over rival Eddie Lovett of Florida (13.45w) at the Texas Relays and LSU Invitational.
Another contender in the 110m hurdles could be Arkansas frosh Omar McLeod, the NCAA Indoor winner over 60 hurdles, who ran his first 110 hurdle race a couple of weeks ago during the Drake Relays and clocked a 13.90 in the prelims and a 13.91 in the final.
Vaughan enters the conference weekend as the collegiate leader in the discus with her school record mark of 199-3 that betters the rest of the nation's throwers by 10 feet. Challengers within the SEC for Vaughan include shot put favorite Kearsten Peoples of Missouri (188-0) and Kentucky's Beckie Famurewa (177-3).
Moen-Davis is currently sixth in the SEC with her long jump best of 20-7.25 while LSU's Keri Emanuel leads the nation with a 21-6.25 with Georgia's Chanice Porter second best among collegians this season at 21-5.25. A third SEC jumper over 21 feet is Mississippi State's Rochelle Farquharson at 21-3.25.
The Aggie women's sprint relay leads the collegiate ranks with a 43.11 winning time from the Penn Relays. Texas A&M has won seven consecutive conference titles in the 4x100 dating back to 2007, which includes six from the Big 12 and last year's SEC title. Challengers include Florida (43.41), Kentucky (43.65), LSU (43.72) and Alabama (44.15).
As runner-up in two events last season, K. Brown finished second to a pair of defending champions in the 200 and 400 meters. During the indoor conference meet she won both events with career best marks of 22.50, the indoor world leader as well as Aggie school record, and 50.94 in the grueling double.
Moen-Davis also finished second in the SEC triple jump last season and recently won the Penn Relays title with a mark of 44-1.5 that ranks fourth in the nation and second in the conference to a 44-6.75 by Florida's Ciarra Brewer.
Aggies entering the SEC meet as conference leaders include Gregory Coleman in the 400 hurdles with a 50.57 and freshman Shamier Little in the women's 400 hurdles at 56.55, which is second best collegiately. Little also ranks second in the SEC 400 with a 52.26.
Last season in the SEC final a disqualification for Coleman eliminated a 50.49 that would have placed him second in the 400 hurdles. Little finished third in the 400 at the SEC Indoor and repeated that finish at the NCAA Indoor. In the 400 hurdles she is the current leader on the world junior list.
In addition to Little, other Aggie newcomers who could make an impact for the A&M women in the SEC Championships include Aaliyah Brown, who has posted an 11.20w and 11.31 in the 100; Katie Willard, who sports a 2:07.41 in the 800; Karis Jochen, who clocked 34:41.86 in the 10,000 meters; and Alison Ondrusek with an 182-9 in the hammer.
Aggie newcomers on the men's side who may factor in scoring team points includes sprinter Shavez Hart, who sports season best times of 10.18 and 20.39 in the 100 and 200 meters; Cameron Villarreal, among the top 10 in the SEC at 1,500 meters with a 3:46.96; Austin Wells, who ran 29:53.90 in the 10,000 and is one of six to post a sub 30-minute time in the SEC this season; Jeffery Prothro with a 50-8.25 in the triple jump; and Austin Cook, who has thrown the hammer 199-2.


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The schools are so old that they've each changed names and had graduates fight in both World Wars.
The football programs are so storied that no one's even sure how many games they've won -- only that no other school in California has won more.
The latest meeting between Long Beach Poly and Bakersfield happens at 7 tonight at Griffith Field, and it should do the schools' history proud: Both teams come in ranked in Cal Hi Sports' state top 20, and both have state-championship aspirations.
"Everybody's excited, there's no doubt," Bakersfield coach Paul Golla said. "I think our kids believe that, if we do what we do, we'll be all right. If we try to do more than that, we'll be in trouble."
Long Beach Poly (2-1) comes in as the state's No. 9 team after beating then-No. 2 Corona-Centennial 35-28 last week. Bakersfield (2-1) is No. 20 and coming off a 56-7 win against Garces.
"Our kids clicked and played at a high emotional level," Golla said. "It was exciting to see that."
The historical tale of the tape is just as fascinating:
* Bakersfield High School opened in 1893 as Kern County Union High School. The Drillers have 35 section championships and six state championships, both California records. They have 738 all-time victories -- if you count rugby from 1910-14, when the sport was played because football was considered too dangerous. If you don't count rugby, the total is 726.
* Long Beach Polytechnic High School opened in 1895 as Long Beach High School. The Jackrabbits have 19 section titles, and they won the first state championship game, in 1919. They have 723 all-time wins, second-best to Bakersfield.
Neither school has won a state title since the CIF implemented its bowl system in 2006.
Mike Guardabascio, preps editor for the Long Beach Press-Telegram and author of a book on Long Beach football history, said the similarities between the schools go beyond that.
"I think it's so cool," he said, "I'm so glad they're playing these games, looking into history, because it's not like they're the winningest schools because they were just good in the '30s and '40s and then haven't won. They've been consistently good for a century."
Guardabascio said the Jackrabbits, who play their home games at Long Beach City College, also enjoy a passionate fan base and tend to draw in anyone in the city who didn't attend one of the other schools.
Poly has an enrollment of more than 5,000 and boasts famous alumni in wide-ranging areas, from Snoop Dogg to DeSean Jackson, from Billie Jean King to Tony Gwynn, from John Wayne to Cameron Diaz. Poly has had more football players reach the NFL than any other high school in the country.
And yet, Bakersfield beat Poly 29-6 last year and is 3-2-1 against the Jackrabbits all-time (only two meetings, a Poly victory in 2010 and Bakersfield's win last year, have come in the past 70 years.)
"Last year, we matched up well," Golla said. "They might have guys with faster 40 (yard dash) times, but football speed is different from track speed. We'll find out in a hurry."
All four starters in Poly's defensive backfield have scholarship offers from Division I programs, including senior safety John Smith and junior cornerback Iman Marshall, both of whom recruiting services have ranked among the top five defensive backs in the country for their respective class.
Bakersfield will counter with its option offense. Dual-threat quarterback Asauni Rufus, running backs Jeremiah Reddick, Johnathan Malone and Derrick Vickers and wide receiver Kevin Hayes have taken turns making big plays as the Drillers have averaged 47 points per game this season.
And so, two schools who have gotten awfully used to winning football games get together tonight for a big one. It's high school football at its very finest.
"It's exciting to play a (top 10) team in California," Golla said. "We want to play No. 1. It's great for our program, good for our kids. It's all pluses. It's No. 1 in all-time wins vs. No. 2 in wins, and it's exciting."
But that's not all
While Bakersfield carries the flag for the Central Section against a big-name opponent, three teams from the Drillers' Southwest Yosemite League take on teams from the section's other dominant league, the Tri-River Athletic Conference.
Frontier (2-1) hosts Clovis North (2-1) in a game between the defending SWYL champion and the defending Division I section champion. The Titans and Broncos have both lost one game on the road against a Southern Section opponent.
Stockdale (1-1) travels to defending TRAC champion Clovis (2-1), looking to avenge lopsided losses in this series each of the past two seasons.
And Liberty (3-0) is at Clovis-Buchanan (0-2), trying to keep its record unbeaten after a big triple-overtime road win against TRAC opponent Fresno-Central two weeks ago. The only other meeting between the leagues so far was Clovis' 28-21 win against Centennial last week.
Elsewhere, Ridgeview (2-1) travels to face state No. 21 Newhall-Hart of the Southern Section, Tehachapi (1-2) is at Arvin (2-1) and South (2-0) tries to remain unbeaten at home against East (1-1).


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Juelz Santana & Lil Wayne's long, long awaited collaborative album, I Can't Feel My Face, has been a topic of conversation since the project was first proposed way back in '06. Though the LP remains in limbo, fans' main concern is simply hearing the music. In response to Internet leaks, Santana recently offered up the finished versions of several tracks, including the newly-released By Myself. A hook sampled from Stevie Wonder's mournful They Won't Go When I Go and a string-driven instrumental by an unknown producer set the stage for a downbeat cut driven by darkly reflective rhymes. While Santana's verses smolder with braggadocio (and feature a few implied jabs at unfaithful colleagues), Weezy comes off as both whimsical and unsettlingly tired as he meditates on his own death. The combined effect is oddly compelling, and should get listeners even more curious about what other surprises ICFMF holds. The LP, of course, has no release date, but stay tuned to the Booth for more details if and when they surface.
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We already know (since myself and a sexy internet stranger asked) that this announcement WILL NOT be the stuff japan already leaked.
So, what do YOU think it'll be?
Characters? (who specfically?)
Stages? (in a bundle with the characters like last time or flying solo?)
More costumes?
Come on, folks, speculate like there's no tomorrow. Though, if there isn't, there's no reason to speculate!
Personally, I'm only thinking one thing this afternoon. BEARSONA! WOO TAA!
Talking about users: ToS Violation
Talking about Smash, inFAMOUS, feminism, and hacking: A-OK
I bet 20 butts on that fellow over there.
"They never understood you like I did, Snake. You're human, so its only right you go by your real name: David Hayter." *flips table*
kingtrace posted...
I would cry manly tears of joy if Teddie or Yu or any of the other Persona 4 gang showed up as a playable character.
If Ted or the Brotag is a playable character, though, who would their rival be? And Minion? :O The speculation~~!
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Zeus, Ryu Hayabusa, and a Hekseville stage.
Characters! I don't even care who they announce, more characters is always great.
I'll be cool with stages and costumes if they only announce those too.
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kingtrace posted...https://twitter.com/sethkillian/status/306476022235295744
If they're cool, which superbot has shown skill in not being, but if they are, Nanako, probably. If not, the character's persona.
As for rival, I would assume another JRPG character. Any other JRPG character, really. Rivals don't have to make too much sense.
Talking about users: ToS Violation
Talking about Smash, inFAMOUS, feminism, and hacking: A-OK
I'll be on the pessimistic side of things and say they'll only be announcing the patch they've been working on. (which would still be a good thing, but they've never had to announce patches before so it would be disappointing if that was the announcement)
Jumping Flash!'s Robbit needs to be in Playstation All-Stars as DLC! Sign the petition for him here:
On a serious note, Probably not something major
I'll be happy if it's anything but costumes.
Not sure why people care about costumes so much, you're paying for something purely aesthetic that adds nothing to the gameplay.
If you care about costumes, Brawl is your game lol. With mods you can have 1000s of free costumes in the game. I didn't care much for that let alone this.
I'm really curious about what it'll be. MY money is on stages or costumes though, I'd hope for characters but I'm expecting an announcement for them for march.
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