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Panetta lands in Afghanistan to meet with leaders
U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta arrived in Afghanistan on Wednesday to meet with troops, commanders and Afghan government officials just days after a U.S. soldier allegedly went on a deadly shooting spree.
Another San Diego gas station robbed
An armed man robbed a Shell gas station on Clairemont Mesa Boulevard near Convoy Street Tuesday night, and struggled with a clerk who chased him, police said.
Over 800 miles of bike lanes approved in LA County
Los Angeles County officials have voted to build 831 miles of new bikeways over the next two decades.
Prep scoreboard (March 13 results)
San Diego Section high school scores
US Defense Secretary Panetta arrives in Afghanistan for meetings with President Karzai, troops...
US Defense Secretary Panetta arrives in Afghanistan for meetings with President Karzai, troops
Religious voters give Santorum edge in Alabama
Santorum had a huge lead among voters in both states seeking a candidate who is a real conservative, winning just over half of their votes. He also captured more than 6 in 10 of those in each state preferring a candidate with strong moral character, rewarding a contender who spoke unhesitatingly about the importance of family and faith.
Rutgers webcam spying trial is heading to jury
After nearly two weeks of testimony, the case that kick-started national conversations about gay youths and Internet privacy is going to a jury that must decide whether Dharun Ravi is a criminal or just a young man who was confused by seeing two men kiss.
Billionaire family offers Mass. campus for free
A billionaire family from Oklahoma has turned a no-stoplight town in Massachusetts into an essential destination for Christian institutions nationwide with one extraordinary promise.
Cameron, Obama meeting on tricky global issues
President Barack Obama is welcoming British Prime Minister David Cameron to the White House with all the pomp of a state visit.
Wife's tip led FBI to man held in Congress threats
A Vancouver, Wash., man accused of sending letters containing white powder to members of Congress fell under FBI scrutiny after his wife told an officer that he laced the envelopes with a mixture of celery salt and corn starch.
Chinese Premier Wen calls for political reforms
Wen Jiabao, entering his final year as China's premier, called Wednesday for vague political reforms to forestall chaos and solidify growth as the nation's legislature approved a budget aiming to boost domestic consumption in the face of weak demand for exports.
NH town votes to change name of Jew Pond
Residents of a rural New Hampshire town have voted to rename a fishing and skating spot that's been called Jew Pond since the 1920s.
Autopsy: NJ girl, 2, found in septic tank drowned
An autopsy has determined that accidental drowning caused the death of a toddler whose body was found inside a septic tank behind her home, just hours after being reported missing by her mother.
PREP BOYS BASKETBALL: La Costa Canyon ambushes Inglewood, reaches SoCal final
LA COSTA — For six seasons, the 2006 boys basketball team at La Costa Canyon High stood as the best in school history.
La Costa Canyon, Lincoln ready for rematch
Matt Shrigley and his La Costa Canyon teammates had a start beyond belief and a finish to relish in the Division II Southern California Regional boys basketball semifinals.
'Twin Connection' on the mark for Torreys
Maya Hood calls it the "Twin Connection."
Senate ready to pass highway programs overhaul
In a rare display of deal-making between Republicans and Democrats in a bitterly partisan election year, the Senate was poised to pass an overhaul of highway and transit programs that would give states more flexibility in how they spend federal money and would step up the pace of road construction by shortening environmental reviews.
Police say 28 dead in Swiss bus crash
A bus carrying Belgian students returning from a ski holiday crashed into a wall in a Swiss tunnel, killing 22 Belgian 12-year-olds and six adults, police said Wednesday.
Downtown San Diego bank robbed
A man wearing a green jacket with the hood pulled over his head robbed a Bank of America Tuesday afternoon on B Street near Fourth Avenue, the FBI said.
Belarus' Azarenka undefeated but still trying to get better
As she went about the Indian Wells Tennis Garden on Tuesday, Victoria Azarenka was wearing a T-shirt bearing the message, "I Got This."
GOP, Dems urge US 'stick to plan' in Afghanistan
Republicans and Democrats alike insist the United States should stay the course in Afghanistan, sticking to President Barack Obama's timetable for withdrawing American troops despite the massacre of Afghan civilians and the burning of Qurans _ two offenses blamed on the U.S. military that have stoked anti-American anger.
Lawmakers debate pay cutoff for budget gridlock
Even the top sponsor of a bill that would cut off lawmakers' pay if they can't _ or won't _ pass a budget blueprint admits many of his colleagues think it's just a political talking point instead of a serious idea.
Wen: Further rise by China's yuan unlikely
China's premier suggested Wednesday the rise of its yuan against the dollar has ended, possibly fueling tensions with the U.S. amid complaints the tightly controlled currency is undervalued and distorts trade.
Police: 28 dead in crash of bus carrying Belgian children in Swiss tunnel...
Police: 28 dead in crash of bus carrying Belgian children in Swiss tunnel
Fiji ruler ends chiefs council, 130-year tradition
Fiji's military commander on Wednesday disbanded the Great Council of Chiefs, a leadership tradition on the Pacific island nation that existed more than 130 years.
Iona blows 25-point lead, loses to BYU 78-72
Almost nothing went wrong for Iona in the first 16 minutes of its first-round game against BYU.
LOCAL SCOREBOARD: March 13 results
Results of Tuesday's prep and local college games:
Police say bus carrying Belgian children crashes in Swiss tunnel...
Police say bus carrying Belgian children crashes in Swiss tunnel
Bright helps Stanford beat Cleveland State in NIT
Josh Owens didn't change his approach to shooting. He just had better results Tuesday night.
Iran parliament begins questioning Ahmadinejad
Iran's parliament began Wednesday to question President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad over a long list of accusations, including that he mismanaged the nation's economy and challenged the country's supreme leader.
Iranian parliament begins questioning of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad....
Iranian parliament begins questioning of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.
Pretrial hearing delayed in Ceres torture case
A pretrial hearing has been delayed for a man accused of torturing his pregnant girlfriend a month before she survived a Modesto triple slaying at her home.
US considers Afghan trial site for accused shooter
No decision has been made yet about whether to hold the trial of the soldier accused of killing 16 Afghan civilians in Afghanistan, a U.S. military spokesman said Wednesday.
CHARGERS: Bolts win some, lose some
SAN DIEGO — The Chargers opened free agency with a bit of damage control.
Official: Chinese bank cold on Iran-Pak gas deal
A state-owned Chinese bank that had agreed to finance the Pakistani section of a gas pipeline from Iran that is opposed by the United States is no longer interested in the project, a Pakistani finance ministry spokesman said Wednesday.
PREP BOYS BASKETBALL: Coleman powers Alemany past Cathedral Catholic
Marqueze Coleman of Mission Hills Alemany High scored a game-high 31 points to lead the Warriors to an 84-64 victory Tuesday night over Cathedral Catholic in the CIF Southern California Regional Division III semifinals.
Australia commits to hosting giant radio telescope
Australia said Wednesday that it remains committed to beating South Africa to host the world's largest and most sensitive radio telescope, which will address fundamental questions about the universe including how the first black holes were formed.
Wig-wearing man robs bank
A man that witnesses described as wearing a black neck-length wig robbed a Vons Tuesday inside a Vons grocery store on Clairemont Drive.
Nadal, Federer, Azarenka advance at Indian Wells
Roger Federer outlasted hard-serving Milos Raonic 6-7 (4), 6-2, 6-4 under the lights in the fourth round of the BNP Paribas Open on Tuesday night, extending his run of winning 35 of 37 matches since last year's U.S. Open.
LAKE ELSINORE: City manager fired
After seven years on the job, Lake Elsinore City Manager Bob Brady's tenure ended Tuesday when three of five City Council members voted to fire him, despite protests by dozens of residents and the threat of a recall campaign.
Drew Doughty leads LA Kings' rout of Red Wings
Drew Doughty had a goal and his first assist in 19 games, Anze Kopitar had a short-handed goal and an assist, and the Los Angeles Kings stayed in the thick of the playoff chase with a 5-2 victory over the injury-depleted Detroit Red Wings on Tuesday night.
CARLSBAD: Three-year downtown revitalization effort launched
Clipboard-carrying consultants will soon cruise Carlsbad's downtown Village sidewalks questioning shoppers about what they enjoy about the area and what they think can be improved.
US-Myanmar search for WWII MIAs could improve ties
Forced to skim the ground under a 100-foot (30-meter) cloud ceiling, fighting rain and wretched visibility, the C-47 Skytrain probably proved an easy target for Japanese gunners. Packed with ammunition, the aircraft exploded, plunging into a jungle that swallowed it up for 57 years.
MENIFEE: Commission grants approval to BJ's Restaurant
BJ's Restaurant and Brewhouse got the green light Tuesday to build in Menifee's Countryside Marketplace and to sell its own brewed beer for off-site consumption.
ESCONDIDO: Looser signs rules endorsed to boost merchants
Planning commissioners reluctantly agreed to support a proposal Tuesday night that aims to loosen some of Escondido's sign regulations without turning the city into a visual circus.
Middle-schooler grabbed by man in Bonsall
A 14-year-old girl said a man tried to lure her into his pickup and then got out and grabbed her as she was on her way home from school, the Sheriff's Department said Tuesday.
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Food warehouse supplies 400 restaurants and is open to public
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Warriors beat Kings after agreeing to trade
On an emotional evening that marked the end of leading scorer Monta Ellis' time in Golden State, the stunned Warriors did the unexpected: They played with considerable hustle and emotion.
CHARGERS: Inside the Robert Meachem signing
The Chargers agreed to terms with New Orleans receiver Robert Meachem late Tuesday night on a four-year contract worth about $25.9 million with $14 million in guaranteed money, which went a long way in satiating the team's need for a receiver and the fans' desire for a big-name free agent.
Chargers (finally) make splash, reach deal with Meachem
Addition of former Saints wide receiver Robert Meachem makes an exciting finish to lackluster day.
Local analysis: Sam Popkin on Alabama, Mississippi
There's no reason to believe former Pennsylvania Gov. Rick Santorum isn't going all the way to the convention. And the length of the primary will not be a problem within the Republican Party.
Stajan scores in OT, lifts Flames over Sharks
Matt Stajan scored 4:20 into overtime, and Jarome Iginla reached 30 goals as the Calgary Flames beat the San Jose Sharks 3-2 on Tuesday night in a pivotal Western Conference matchup.
Fresno County enforces injunction on Sanger gang
Fresno County authorities say they have begun enforcing an injunction against a street gang in Sanger they claim is responsible for a series of violent crimes throughout the city.
China premier says reforms needed for economy
Premier Wen Jiabao repeated his calls Wednesday for political reforms, saying they were needed to ensure there was no repeat of the chaos that rocked China during the Cultural Revolution.
CHARGERS: Jackson takes his talents to Tampa Bay
SAN DIEGO — The Vincent Jackson saga is finally over.
TEMECULA: Overland Drive extension spending plan approved
The City Council on Tuesday approved a spending plan to help relocate the businesses that will be displaced when Overland Drive is extended to Diaz Road.
LAPD sergeant charged with texting threats to ex
Prosecutors allege that a Los Angeles police sergeant made threatening phone calls to an ex-girlfriend and threatened to kill her male friend in text messages.
BYU overcomes 25-point deficit to beat Iona 78-72
BYU pulled off the biggest comeback in NCAA tournament history on a wild opening night.
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A former member of an elite Guatemalan military force extradited from the United States last July was sentenced to 6,060 years in prison for his role in the killings of 201 people in a 1982 massacre.
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August 3rd, 2011 #1
Search forum showing the same results independent of the word used
Is there some problem with the forum searc or am i doing it wrong?
in all searches i get basically the same result, sometimes with little differences and no relevance.
I always use the first search field "Search Forums".
with advanced options i get slightly different results but the majority have no relevance
With Google Site Search i got better results http://www.google.com/sitesearch/ but i can not do a site search on conceptart.org using the site search button on Google Toolbar, it's grayed as if blocked to use here
Hide this ad by registering as a memberAugust 4th, 2011 #2
Yeah, the forum search is not the best. Google site search is better.
I don't know anything about the button on the Google Toolbar.
August 4th, 2011 #3
This is the option
but does not work here, the button is inactive, grayed but in other forums it works normal.


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Mariah Carey is having serious anxiety about her age. She recently turned 41, but don't you dare wish her a happy birthday--she may bitch slap you if you do!
Mimi, who is preggers with her first child, admits she's a little cuckoo when it comes to getting older.
"I don't have birthdays," she said. "Literally. If anyone wished me happy birthday, I'd be like, 'Who are you talking to?' It's about not being tied down to anything."
"Honestly I don't think I'm normal," she added. "I don't think my life has been quite normal. I disregard time, you don't see me wear a watch."
Pretending you don't have birthdays isn't going to reverse time sweetheart. You ain't no Benjamin Button.


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Jet Ski Rental in Cinque Terre or Sorrento
My husband and I would like to rent Jet Skis while we are in Italy this summer... either in Cinque Terre or Sorrento... any advice?
My husband and I would like to rent Jet Skis while we are in Italy this summer... either in Cinque Terre or Sorrento... any advice?
I just got back from a trip to Cinque Terre a little over a week ago, and did not see any Jet Skis, either on the water or in shops. During a trip to the the Amalfi coast(July) & the Greek Islands (April) 9 and 10 years ago, I didn't see any Jet skis either. Maybe they are an American thing (North & South America)?
A Google search "Jet Ski Rental Sorrento Italy" will give you three hits. However these are all Hotels that may offer this service only to guests. You have to ask them, if you are not with that hotel.
While in Sorrento in 2007, we didn't see a single Wave Runner or Jet Ski. And we didn't see any at the harbors or the beaches.
There are small outboard boat rentals, 50HP, 16-18 foot center console type boats for rent at about 175 Euros for the day at Marina Grande These appeared to all be detuned to run slow: They barely plane. I couldn't get a straight answer from two different proprietors exactly what the rental terms were. Especially when it came to gas usage and if that was included. I sensed hidden charges, so we passed on it.
P.S. As an avid boater, both sail and powerboats, I have strong opinions of Jet Ski and Wave Runners..... opinions best left unsaid here.
We saw no jet skis in the CT - just lots of kayaks. A quieter alternative.
Hi Jen ~ I wanted you to see the reply to my complaint to the RS folks about the replies you received. I hope you decide to try again. There really are some helpful people out there.
I wanted to let you know that we do take such offenses very seriously. The offenders have been issued a warning as this is a first time offense. That thread has been cleaned up so that only the responses pertaining to the question remain.
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Wow! What did I miss? Am I guessing correctly that some respondents went off topic and asked why the heck people would want to use jet skis in the CT and Sorrento? 'cause that was my impulse.
Am I the only one who's remembering a thread not too long ago here where someone was bemoaning the fact that you can now rent jet skis in the CT? I would think Monterosso would be the most likely place, but I can't find that thread.
I'm thinking jet skis might not be welcome in CT because it's a national park. I didn't see any while I was there. If they have them, I would expect them at Monterosso or near the edges of the park on either end.
I haven't been to Sorrento so can't say.
Here it is, Michael http://www.ricksteves.com/graffiti/helpline/index.cfm?topic=8867


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There is provided a laminate of a thermoplastic backing to a fibrous web. This laminate, for example, could be used as a loop laminate for use in a hook and loop fastening system or an intermittently bonded elastic fibrous laminate. The laminate comprises a thermoplastic backing layer, having a first face and a second face. The backing layer has a plurality of projections extending from at least the first face of the backing. A fibrous web is attached to the backing at the location of at least some of the projections. The thermoplastic material of the backing, at the location of the projections, penetrates into the fibrous web encapsulating at least in part fibers of the fibrous web. The fibrous web preferably penetrates into at least some of the projections. The fibrous web is generally not attached, or very lightly attached, to the backing layer over at least some portion of the distance between adjacent projections. This allows for a low cost fibrous web laminate that can be directly extrusion formed with a backing without compromising the fibrous web's performance between the attached projections.
1. A fibrous web laminate comprising;
a thermoplastic backing having a first face and a second face opposite the first face, the first face comprising at least one thermoplastic resin;
a plurality of thermoplastic continuous ridges extending from and integral with the first face of the backing and formed at least in part of the thermoplastic resin comprised in the first face of the backing; and
a continuous fibrous web attached to at least some of the continuous ridges such that said continuous fibrous web penetrates into the thermoplastic resin of the continuous ridges and at least a portion of the continuous fibrous web has a thickness above the top surface of the continuous ridges, wherein the continuous fibrous web extends between at least two adjacent continuous ridges, and wherein the continuous fibrous web is in contact with the backing between at least some of the continuous ridges but is unbonded to the backing between the continuous ridges.
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at least one of the elastic region or inelastic region having a plurality of thermoplastic continuous ridges extending from and integral with the first face of the backing and formed at least in part of the thermoplastic resin that comprises the first face of the backing;
a fibrous web attached to at least some of the continuous ridges such that said fibrous web penetrates into the thermoplastic resin of the continuous ridges, with the fibrous web extending between at least two adjacent continuous ridges, and wherein the fibrous web is in contact with the backing between at least some of the continuous ridges but is unbonded to the backing between the continuous ridges.
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a thermoplastic backing comprising a thermoplastic resin and having a first face and a second face opposite the first face,
a plurality of integral thermoplastic continuous ridges extending only from the first face of the backing and formed at least in part of the thermoplastic resin at the first face of the backing; and
a continuous fibrous web penetrating into the second face of the backing at locations of at least some of the continuous ridges, with the continuous fibrous web extending between at least two adjacent continuous ridge locations, wherein at least a portion of the continuous fibrous web has a thickness above the second face of the backing, and wherein the continuous fibrous web is in contact with the backing between at least some of the continuous ridge locations but is unbonded to the backing between the continuous ridge locations.
The present invention relates to a laminate such as could be used as a loop material for a hook and loop fastener having at least one sheet of flexible fibrous web material intermittently extrusion bonded to a structured backing, which backing is generally a film. The invention further relates to methods for producing these laminates.
Fibrous laminates for use as loops and the like formed by lamination of nonwovens to films are known. Such laminates are used often in disposable garments and articles where a fibrous surface is desired. To create a loftier fibrous surface the fibrous material is often intermittently bonded to the backing. With elastic laminates this is desired so as to allow the laminate to more easily extend. For loop laminates intermittent bonding is desired to keep the fibrous material open for attachment of a suitable hook. For example, in U.S. Pat. No. 5,032,122 a backing of orientable material is provided in a dimensionally unstable state. A plurality of filaments are secured to the backing at spaced, fixed regions along each of the filaments. The fixed regions define between each pair of fixed regions, an unsecured catching region. The orientable material recovers along one direction to its dimensionally stable state thereby shirring the filaments at the catching regions to form fibrous elements projecting from the backing between the fixed regions. This is used as a loop fabric.
U.S. Pat. No. 5,547,531 describes forming a loop by a method comprising the steps of providing a first lamina comprising an elastomeric, pressure-sensitive adhesive film having a first adhesive surface and a second adhesive surface opposed to said first adhesive surface; a relaxed orientation and an elongated orientation; stretching said first lamina from said relaxed orientation to said elongated orientation; contacting a second lamina comprising a nonwoven web with said first surface of said first lamina in said elongated orientation, thereby directly joining said second lamina and said first lamina to form a laminate; and relaxing said first lamina such that said second lamina is shirred to form catching regions capable of entangling the hooks of a complementary male fastening component.
U.S. Pat. No. 5,595,567 also uses a nonwoven web, which is preferably joined with a backing while the backing is in its elongated unstable orientation. Construction bonds form a bond pattern joining the nonwoven web to the backing. When the backing is contracted from its elongated orientation to its relaxed orientation, the unsecured regions of the nonwoven web become shirred and extend outwardly from the backing to form catching regions that are capable of entangling the engaging elements of a complementary male fastening component.
U.S. Pat. No. 5,256,231 describes a method of providing a sheet of loop material adapted to be cut into pieces to form loop portions for fasteners of the type comprising releaseably engageable hook and loop portions and incorporated into items such as disposable garments or diapers. The sheet of loop material includes a sheet of longitudinally oriented fibers having anchor portions and arcuate portions projecting in one direction away from the anchor portions, and a layer of thermoplastic backing material extruded onto the anchor portions to bond to the anchor portions forming at least a portion of a backing for the loop material.
The invention is directed at a laminate of a thermoplastic backing to a fibrous web. This laminate, for example, could be used as a loop laminate for use in a hook and loop fastening system or an intermittently bonded elastic fibrous laminate. The laminate comprises a thermoplastic backing layer, having a first face and a second face. The backing layer has a plurality of projections extending from at least the first face of the backing. A fibrous web is attached to the backing at the location of at least some of the projections. The thermoplastic material of the backing, at the location of the projections, penetrates into the fibrous web encapsulating at least in part fibers of the fibrous web. The fibrous web preferably penetrates into at least some of the projections. The fibrous web is generally not attached, or very lightly attached, to the backing layer over at least some portion of the distance between adjacent projections. This allows for a low cost fibrous web laminate that can be directly extrusion formed with a backing without compromising the fibrous web's performance between the attached projections.
The present invention is further described in reference to the accompanying drawings, where like reference numerals refer to like parts on several views, and wherein:
The invention fibrous web laminate may be formed by providing a thermoplastic backing having a plurality of upstanding projections, then embedding a flexible fibrous web within the thermoplastic material forming the backing at the location of at least some of the projections. This is termed a selective extrusion bonding process. This selective extrusion bonding, at the location of the backing having the projections, is generally due to the greater polymer mass at these locations of the backing. This greater polymer mass allows the polymer to remain fluid-like longer in these regions. This then allows the fibers of the fibrous web to selectively penetrate into the polymer forming the backing at these locations. The fibrous web preferably is embedded within the thermoplastic polymer of the projections themselves but it is possible that the fibrous web is embedded within the backing face opposite the face having projections at the location of projections. This is possible as the greater thermal mass created by the projections will slow cooling of the backing polymer on both faces of the backing, allowing selective bonding by fiber embedding into the polymer on both faces, but fibers of the fibrous web would naturally embed much better on the projection containing face. The fibrous web between the projections is in contact with the backing, but preferably is not bonded or very lightly bonded.
The backing layer can be any layer which can be selectively extrusion bonded to a fibrous web by provided projections. As such the backing layer could be a film, which could be a continuous film, or a discontinuous film or strips or it could be a suitable fiber able to be provided with projections available for selective extrusion bonding in accordance with the invention. Generally the backing would have a plurality of spaced apart projections with intermediate zones of the backing without projections between at least some of the spaced apart projections. For example, a net structure could be extrusion formed that could have projections on the intersecting strands of the net. Some locations in a netting would have projections with intermediate zones of backing material between the projections (e.g. projections on a stand forming the netting). At some locations of the netting there would be no intermediate zones of backing material between projections, but rather the holes of the netting.
The backing could be an inelastic and/or elastic thermoplastic material and in some embodiments the projections are formed in part of a different thermoplastic polymer or blend than the backing in areas without the projections. The backing could also be a set of discrete elements. For example, the backing could be a series of discrete elements each provided with more than one projection, preferably three or more projections. If a backing were formed of discrete elements where each was provided with only one projection the discrete elements would tend to pivot away from the fibrous web and not provide any meaningful support. The backing thickness on average between the projections would generally be at least 10 microns, or 20 microns and sometimes thicker than the projections over the backing, such that the backing provides support for the fibrous web between the attachment points created by the projections. The backing is in one embodiment, as shown in
The fibrous web laminate can be made by a method such as shown in
This gap 2 can be any suitable width. If a discontinuous backing is desired the gap could also be eliminated in zones by having portions of the forming tool 4 engage the backup surface, such as the roll 20.
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Optionally, the fibrous web laminate 10 after formation, can be length or width oriented as is known in the art. If such orientation were done in a direction transverse to the extent of any extrusion bonds the laminate could elongate between the extrusion bonded points (by points it is meant any discrete bond, which could be a continuous bond running along the laminate) without elongating the extrusion bond points due to their greater thickness and strength. With an inelastic backing this could produce a fibrous web having a basis weight that could not be directly laminated coupled with stable high strength bond points. Low basis weight film nonwoven laminates with lofty fibrous web fabrics are difficult to manufacture directly. This is in part due to the low strength and handleability of low basis weight films and/or nonwovens. It is also in part due to the destructive nature of conventional heat or sonic point bonding techniques, which can weaken and burn through low basis weight laminates or the individual films or fibrous webs forming the laminates. Length orientation, for example, could be between two pairs of nip rollers driven at different speeds, or use of incremental ring rolling techniques. Widthwise elongation could be done by a transverse diverging web path or incremental ring rolling techniques. Further, the fibrous web laminate could also be stretched in the length and transverse directions to provide a biaxially oriented fibrous web laminate.
If the backing is elastic then orientation as described above could be used as a method to activate the elastic fibrous web laminate by weakening the fibrous web between the bonded locations of the elastic backing, allowing the laminate to elastically recover and subsequently easily elongate in the direction and to the extent of the orientation. When an elastic backing recovers, the attached fibrous web would become loftier and have more fibers projecting out from the backing surface. In this case, the fibrous web may be loftier between the bonded locations than at the bonded locations due to elongation and therefore lofting not occurring at the bonded locations. This lofting effect could also be used to create loftier fibrous web laminates for use as loops.
An alternative method for forming a backing is shown in
An alternative method for directly forming a film backing for use in the invention, using an extrusion die 42, is schematically illustrated in
The insert is shown in the embodiment discussed above as a separate element located within the die as shown in
In a preferred embodiment, a profiled die lip as shown for example in
The melt stream is redirected or redistributed at the insert inlet. The material(s) forming one or more layers or regions of the precursor melt stream are redistributed or redirected in a direction, which can be in the cross direction and/or other dimensions relative to the initial predetermined material flowpaths or forms. The redirected flow is caused at least in part by disruption or interruption of a portion of the material flow at the insert inlet. The insert redistributes portions of the incoming polymer melt flow stream according to the die lip structure.
A die insert can be easily fitted into a conventional die such as a coat hanger die as shown in
The insert inlet region, as shown in
The insert inlet opening (or portions thereof) can also be characterized by the ratio of the perimeter of a section of the insert inlet opening to an equivalent rectangular die insert opening (an opening having the same length and same average width dimension P). The ratio of the perimeter of the invention insert inlet opening to the perimeter of an equivalent rectangular insert inlet opening is the perimeter ratio, which can be between 1.1 and 10 or greater than 1.1 or 1.5 or 2.3 but generally less than 8 or 5. Structures with larger perimeters or perimeter ratios are considered more highly structured openings. With more highly structured openings there is generally a more dramatic redistribution of the melt flow from the incoming initial melt flow stream, such as a multilayer or multicomponent flow stream. This is generally due to more possible alternative flowpaths for a given interrupted flowpath. However, with a very large perimeter ratio with a relatively low level of closed areas not much of the melt is significantly redistributed. More closed areas (lower percent open area) leads to more dramatic redistribution of at least some portion of the incoming melt flow stream, particularly when coupled with more highly structured continuous openings or discontinuous openings.
Generally, some material at given points in the melt flow stream is forced to find alternative flow paths due to the closed areas 11, as shown in
Generally, a die insert inlet opening is characterized by having elements on a given region of the die insert extending between at least a portion of the top boundary 98 to bottom boundary 99 for that region. These elements 93 have a height, which can be less than the distance "H" between the top and bottom boundaries and are generally 10 to 100 percent of "H" or 20 to 90 percent of "H". The elements can extend at an angle β from 2 to 90 degrees or 5 to 80 degrees, or 10 to 90 degrees from the mean flowpath extending between the top and bottom boundaries. In
With oscillating inlet openings such as shown in
With three or more material layers, the partitioning will be dictated by the relative proportions of the precursor material extrudate layers and the shape of the opening 104 of the insert 100. With an insert having a regularly oscillating opening, the partitioning can result in a backing 43 as shown in
An alternative to the above method of forming a projection containing backing is shown in
The backing formation method could advantageously also be used in combination with other extrusion methods to produce backings having different regions with different properties. For example, with laminated fibrous elastic backings used in disposable garments and articles, such as disposable hygiene products or gowns, it is often desirable to have inelastic regions. These inelastic regions often serve as attachment points to join other elements or to join the elastic fibrous laminate to the article. For example, elastic panels, ear or tabs used on diapers or other hygiene articles often need to have a stable surface for attachment to the article and/or to attach fastener elements, such as mechanical fasteners or adhesives. These inelastic regions of the laminate could be directly formed by providing an inelastic region next to an elastic region on a backing. The inelastic regions and the elastic regions could be formed on a single continuous backing or could be separately formed. Each could be provided with projections or if only one region needs to be intermittently bonded only that region needs to have projections. The inelastic region could be formed of an inelastic thermoplastic polymer or alternatively the inelastic region could be formed of a thermoplastic elastomer continuously bonded to the fibrous web. If a continuous backing is desired this could be done by using conventional side-by-side extrusion methods, coupled with the above exemplary projection-containing backing formation methods. Alternatively the method described for the embodiment of
Suitable polymeric materials from which the extruded backings or fibrous webs of the invention can be made include any thermoplastic resins. The thermoplastic resins may include either or both of nonelastomeric or elastomeric thermoplastic polymers. A nonelastomeric thermoplastic polymer is one that is repeatably melt processable and which does not exhibit elastomeric properties at ambient conditions (e.g., room temperature and pressure). As used in connection with the present invention, "nonelastomeric" means that the material will not substantially resume its original shape after being stretched. Further, the nonelastomeric polymers may preferably sustain permanent set following deformation and relaxation, which set is preferably at least about 20 percent or more, and more preferably at least about 30 percent or more of the original length at moderate elongation, e.g., about 50% (for those materials that can even be stretched up to 50% without fracture or other failure). Some examples of nonelastomeric or inelastic thermoplastic compositions that may be used in connection with the present invention include, but are not limited to, polyurethanes, polyolefins (e.g., polypropylenes, polyethylenes, etc.), polystyrenes, polycarbonates, polyesters, polymethacrylates, ethylene vinyl acetate copolymers, ethylene vinyl alcohol copolymers, polyvinylchlorides, acrylate modified ethylene vinyl acetate polymers, ethylene acrylic acid copolymers, nylons, fluorocarbons, etc. Generally polyolefins are preferred, e.g., polypropylene and polyethylene and the like and copolymers and blends thereof.
An elastomeric (or elastic) thermoplastic polymer is one that melts and exhibits elastomeric properties at ambient conditions (e.g., room temperature and pressure). As used in connection with the present invention, "elastomeric" means that the material will substantially resume its original shape after being stretched. Further, the elastomeric polymers may preferably sustain only small permanent set following deformation and relaxation which set is preferably no greater than about 30 percent and more preferably no greater than about 20 percent of the original length at moderate elongation, e.g., about 50%. The elastomeric thermoplastic compositions of the present invention can be both pure elastomers and blends with an elastomeric phase or content that will still exhibit substantial elastomeric properties at room temperature. U.S. Pat. No. 5,501,679 (Krueger et al.) provides some further discussion regarding elastomeric materials that may be considered for use in connection with the present invention.
The elastomeric thermoplastic materials can include one or more elastomeric materials which can be extruded into a backing such as a film or form a film layer or a fiber or the like, which include ABA block copolymers, polyolefin elastomers, polyurethane elastomers, metallocene polyolefin elastomers, polyamide elastomers, ethylene vinyl acetate elastomers, polyester elastomers, or the like. An ABA block copolymer elastomer generally is one where the A blocks are polyvinyl arene, preferably polystyrene, and the B blocks are conjugated dienes specifically lower alkylene diene. The A block is generally formed predominately of monoalkylene arenes, preferably styrenic moieties and most preferably styrene, having a block molecular weight distribution between 4,000 and 50,000. The B block(s) is generally formed predominately of conjugated dienes, and has an average molecular weight of from between about 5,000 to 500,000, which B block(s) monomers can be further hydrogenated or functionalized. The A and B blocks are conventionally configured in linear, radial or star configuration, among others, where the block copolymer contains at least one A block and one B block, but preferably contains multiple A and/or B blocks, which blocks may be the same or different. A typical block copolymer of this type is a linear ABA block copolymer where the A blocks may be the same or different, or multi-block (block copolymers having more than three blocks) copolymers having predominately A terminal blocks. These multi-block copolymers can also contain a certain proportion of AB diblock copolymer. AB diblock copolymer tends to form a more tacky elastomeric film layer. Other elastomers can be blended with a block copolymer elastomer(s) provided that they do not adversely affect the elastomeric properties of the elastic material. A blocks can also be formed from alphamethyl styrene, t-butyl styrene and other predominately alkylated styrenes, as well as mixtures and copolymers thereof. The B block can generally be formed from isoprene, 1,3-butadiene, ethylene-butylene or ethylene-propylene monomers.
The thermoplastic compositions used in connection with the present invention can also be combined with various additives for desired effect. These include, for example, fillers, viscosity reducing agents, plasticizers, tackifiers, colorants (e.g., dyes or pigments), antioxidants, antistatic agents, bonding aids, antiblocking agents, slip agents, stabilizers (e.g., thermal and ultraviolet), foaming agents, microspheres, glass bubbles, reinforcing fibers (e.g., microfibers), internal release agents, thermally conductive particles, electrically conductive particles, and the like. The amounts of such materials that can be useful in the thermoplastic compositions can be readily determined by those skilled in the art of processing and using such materials.
A multilayer construction can utilize any multilayer or multicomponent film extrusion process such as disclosed in U.S. Pat. Nos. 5,501,675; 5,462,708; 5,354,597 and 5,344,691, the substance of which are substantially incorporated herein by reference. These references teach various forms of multilayer or coextruded elastomeric laminates, with at least one elastic layer and either one or two relatively inelastic layers. A multilayer film, however, could also be formed of two or more elastic layers or two or more inelastic layers, or any combination thereof, utilizing these known multilayer multicomponent coextrusion techniques.
Suitable processes for making nonwoven fibrous webs that may be used in connection with the present invention include, but are not limited to, airlaying, spunbond, spunlace, bonded melt blown webs and bonded carded web formation processes. Fibers can also be formed into suitable fibrous webs by knitting, weaving or forming nettings. The fibrous web could also be formed of discrete non-entangled fibers such as continuous substantially parallel filaments or yarns. Spunbond nonwoven webs are made by extruding a molten thermoplastic, as filaments from a series of fine die orifices in a spinneret. The diameter of the extruded filaments is rapidly reduced under tension by, for example, by non-eductive or eductive fluid-drawing or other known spunbond mechanisms, such as described in U.S. Pat. No. 4,340,563 (Appel et al.); U.S. Pat. No. 3,692,618 (Dorschner et al.); U.S. Pat. Nos. 3,338,992 and 3,341,394 (Kinney); U.S. Pat. No. 3,276,944 (Levy); U.S. Pat. No. 3,502,538 (Peterson); U.S. Pat. No. 3,502,763 (Hartman) and U.S. Pat. No. 3,542,615 (Dobo et al.). The spunbond web is preferably bonded (point or continuous bonding).
The nonwoven web layer may also be made from bonded carded webs. Carded webs are made from separated staple fibers, which fibers are sent through a combing or carding unit which separates and aligns the staple fibers in the machine direction so as to form a generally machine direction-oriented fibrous nonwoven web. However, randomizers can be used to reduce this machine direction orientation.
Once the carded web has been formed, it is then bonded by one or more of several bonding methods to give it suitable tensile properties. One bonding method is powder bonding wherein a powdered adhesive is distributed through the web and then activated, usually by heating the web and adhesive with hot air. Another bonding method is pattern bonding wherein heated calender rolls or ultrasonic bonding equipment are used to bond the fibers together, usually in a localized bond pattern though the web can be bonded across its entire surface if so desired. Generally, the more the fibers of a web are bonded together, the greater the nonwoven web tensile properties.
Airlaying is another process by which fibrous nonwoven webs useful in the present invention can be made. In the airlaying process, bundles of small fibers usually having lengths ranging between 6 to 19 millimeters are separated and entrained in an air supply and then deposited onto a forming screen, often with the assistance of a vacuum supply. The randomly deposited fibers are then bonded to one another using, for example, hot air or a spray adhesive.
Meltblown nonwoven webs may be formed by extrusion of thermoplastic polymers from multiple die orifices, which polymer melt streams are immediately attenuated by hot high velocity air or steam along two faces of the die immediately at the location where the polymer exits from the die orifices. The resulting fibers are entangled into a coherent web in the resulting turbulent airstream prior to collection on a collecting surface. Generally, to provide sufficient integrity and strength for the present invention, meltblown webs must be further bonded such as by through air bonding, heat or ultrasonic bonding as described above.
A web can be made extensible by skip slitting as is disclosed in, e.g., International Publication No. WO 96/10481 (Abuto et al.). If an elastic, extensible laminate is desired, the slits are discontinuous and are generally cut on the web prior to the web being attached to any elastic backing. Although more difficult, it is also possible to create slits in the nonelastic web layer after the nonelastic web is laminated to an elastic backing. At least a portion of the slits in the nonelastic web should be generally perpendicular (or have a substantial perpendicular vector) to the intended direction of extensibility or elasticity (the at least first direction) of the elastic backing layer. By generally perpendicular it is meant that the angle between the longitudinal axis of the chosen slit or slits and the direction of extensibility is between 60 and 120 degrees. A sufficient number of the described slits are generally perpendicular such that the overall laminate is elastic. The provision of slits in two directions is advantageous when the elastic laminate is intended to be elastic in at least two different directions.
A nonwoven web used in connection with the present invention can also be a necked or reversibly necked nonwoven web as described in U.S. Pat. Nos. 4,965,122; 4,981,747; 5,114,781; 5,116,662; and 5,226,992 (all to Morman). In these embodiments the nonwoven web is elongated in a direction perpendicular to the desired direction of extensibility. When the nonwoven web is set in this elongated condition, it will have stretch and recovery properties in the direction of extensibility.
As used herein, the term "fiber" includes fibers of indefinite length (e.g., filaments) and fibers of discrete length, e.g., staple fibers. The fibers used in connection with the present invention may be multicomponent fibers. The term "multicomponent fiber" refers to a fiber having at least two distinct longitudinally coextensive structured polymer domains in the fiber cross-section, as opposed to blends where the domains tend to be dispersed, random, or unstructured. The distinct domains may thus be formed of polymers from different polymer classes (e.g., nylon and polypropylene) or be formed of polymers from the same polymer class (e.g., nylon) but which differ in their properties or characteristics. The term "multicomponent fiber" is thus intended to include, but is not limited to, concentric and eccentric sheath-core fiber structures, symmetric and asymmetric side-by-side fiber structures, island-in-sea fiber structures, pie wedge fiber structures, and hollow fibers of these configurations.
Fibers suitable for forming a fibrous fibrous web can be produced from a wide variety of thermoplastic polymers that are known to form fibers. Suitable thermoplastic fiber forming polymers are selected from polyolefins, polyamides, polyesters, copolymers containing acrylic monomers, and blends and copolymers thereof. Suitable polyolefins include polyethylene, e.g., linear low density polyethylene, high density polyethylene, low density polyethylene and medium density polyethylene; polypropylene, e.g., isotactic polypropylene, syndiotactic polypropylene, blends thereof and blends of isotactic polypropylene and atactic polypropylene; and polybutylene, e.g., poly(1-butene) and poly(2-butene); polypentene, e.g., poly-4-methylpentene-1 and poly(2-pentene); as well as blends and copolymers thereof. Suitable polyamides include nylon 6, nylon 6/6, nylon 10, nylon 4/6, nylon 10/10, nylon 12, nylon 6/12, nylon 12/12, and hydrophilic polyamide copolymers such as copolymers of caprolactam and an alkylene oxide, e.g., ethylene oxide, and copolymers of hexamethylene adipamide and an alkylene oxide, as well as blends and copolymers thereof. Suitable polyesters include polyethylene terephthalate, polybutylene terephthalate, polycyclohexylenedimethylene terephthalate, and blends and copolymers thereof. Acrylic copolymers include ethylene acrylic acid, ethylene methacrylic acid, ethylene methylacrylate, ethylene ethylacrylate, ethylene butylacrylate and blends thereof. The projections are, in a preferred embodiment, formed from a polymer that is compatible with at least some of the fibers forming a fibrous web such that they are capable of autogenously bonding.
Generally, a fibrous web will have a basis weight of from 10 to 100 g/m2, preferably 10 to 50 g/m2 and in some embodiments, comprise at least in part, thermoplastic fibers suitable for autogenously bonding. Generally at least 10 percent of the fibers are of the bondable thermoplastic type, and in specific embodiments are from 20 to 100 percent bondable thermoplastic fibers. The majority of the individual fibers forming the fibrous web are preferably on average 1 to 70 μm in diameter. The backing layer generally has a basis weight of from 15 to 150 g/m2, preferably from 20 to 50 g/m2. If a nonwoven is used, the total nonwoven laminate in a preferred embodiment has a basis weight of from 30 to 300 g/m2, preferably 40 to 100 g/m2.
Preferably, a fibrous loop web should have a relatively low basis weight so that there will be adequate space between the fibers of the loop web for the hook heads of a mating hook fastener to penetrate between open areas of the fibers.
A loop web is preferably comprised of relatively long fibers. The longer the fibers, the easier it is to bond these fibers to each other and to the backing layer projections. If extremely short fibers are used, there may be an excessive number of unbonded loose fibers or partially bonded fibers (e.g., fibers with only one of their ends bonded). Such fibers will be incapable of entangling and holding the hook heads of the hook fastener. The lengths of the fibers in a nonwoven web depend upon the type of process used to make the nonwoven loop web. For instance, if a carded nonwoven web is used, the fibers that comprise such a web can have lengths that can range from about 0.5 inch to about 5 inches (from about 1 cm. to about 13 cm.). Preferably, the fibers are between about 2 inches and about 3 inches (between about 5 cm. and about 8 cm.) long. If, on the other hand, a spunbonded nonwoven web is used, the fibers or filaments of such a web will typically be continuous in length.
The diameter of the fibers is one factor that determines the strength of a loop web and the engageability with suitable hook heads. A common measure of diameter is known as denier. (Denier is a unit of fineness of a yarn weighing one gram for each 9,000 meters, thus a 100-denier yarn is finer than a 150-denier yarn). Generally, the larger the diameter of the fiber, the stronger the fiber, but the larger the hook head overhang 49 needed to engage the fiber. The maximum fiber diameter that can be used depends in part on the size of the opening between the fibers and the fiber engaging overhang (49) of the hook heads (46) as shown in
The amount of inter-fiber bonding between the fibers of a nonwoven loop web determines in part the amount of open area between the fibers available for hook head penetration as well as the nonwoven loop web integrity. The bond sites created by the bonds between the fibers, either internal fiber-to-fiber bonds or point bonds of the web as a whole, will tend to reduce the degree of freedom for the fibers to spread so as to accommodate the hook heads. But increased bond sites will increase web integrity and reduce the number of loose fibers. The degree of inter-fiber bonding depends on the type of nonwoven material used to form the loop and the degree of point bonding used to increase the web integrity. The nonwoven web could be initially unbonded and then later point bonded during the process of manufacturing the laminate, either prior to bonding to the projections or by the bond sites with the projections. The degree of bonding is generally selected to allow the web and/or fibrous web laminate to be of sufficient integrity to be handled in the manufacturing process as well as to provide integrity to the web. The hook heads engage with individual fibers. These individual fibers are bonded or entangled at, at least, two points so that the hook must not easily pull the engaged fiber out during disengagement of the hook fastener, whether the fibrous web is a nonwoven or any other type of fibrous web. Generally with nonwoven fibrous webs, the inter-fiber bonds should occupy less than about 10%, preferably less than about 6%, and most preferably less than about 2.5% of the area of the nonwoven fibrous web. This will assure that the space occupied by the inter-fiber bonds will not interfere with the penetration of the hook heads of the mating hook fastener. If the nonwoven fibrous web material is provided by carding, Rando webs, airlaid webs, spunlace webs, spunbond webs, or the like, the nonwoven fibrous material is preferably not prebonded or consolidated to maximize the open area between the fibers. However, in order to allow preformed webs to be handled, it is necessary on occasion to provide suitable point bonding and the like which should be at a level only sufficient to provide integrity to unwind the preformed web from a roll and into the forming process for creating the invention fibrous web laminate.
Generally, the portion of the fibrous web that is unbonded to the backing projections for a loop laminate, is from 99.5 to 50 percent of the surface area of the backing, providing bonded areas of from 50 to 0.5 percent of the surface area of the nonwoven web, preferably, the overall bonded area of the nonwoven web is from 20 to 2 percent. The bonded areas include those areas of the sheet of fibers bonded to the backing layer projections as well as any prebonded or consolidated areas provided to improve web integrity. The specific bonding portions or areas bonded to the projections of the backing layer generally can be any width; however, preferably are from 0.01 to 0.2 centimeters in its narrowest width dimension (as measure at the base of the projections). Adjacent bonding projections are generally on average spaced from 50 μm to 1000 μm, and preferably 50 μm to 500 μm apart.
In order to maintain the desirable softness of the fibrous web laminate, a film-like backing layer or layers generally has a thickness apart from the projections of from 10 to 300 microns, preferably from 20 to 100 microns providing a soft fibrous laminate. The laminate has sufficient tensile strength in order to be reliably used in continuous manufacturing techniques requiring a dimensionally stable material, generally having a tensile strength of at least 0.5 kg/cm, preferably at least 1.0 kg/cm.
The term "hook" as used herein, is used to designate the engaging elements of the hook fastener. The term "hook" is non-limiting in the sense that the engaging elements may be in any shape known in the art so long as they are adapted to engage a complementary loop material. The hook fastener comprises a base layer having a first surface and a second surface and a plurality of hooks extending from at least the first surface of the base. Each of the hooks preferably comprises a stem supported at one end on the base and an enlarged head positioned at the end of the stem opposite the base. The hook fasteners used with the fibrous web laminate of the present invention can be conventional, commercially available hook materials.
A coextruded profiled nonwoven/elastic laminate web was made using apparatus similar to that shown in
A profiled nonwoven/elastic laminate was produced using a system similar to that shown in
The doctor blade 4 was forced against the smooth roll with a pressure of 93 pounds per lineal inch (163 Newtons per lineal cm) (a pressure which allowed the molten polymer to create a gap 2 between the blade 4 and the roll 20 which defined the thickness of the base film). The doctor blade was maintained at a temperature of 246� C. and the smooth roll was maintained at a temperature of 4� C. by circulating cooled water through the interior of the roll.
The bottom side of the doctor blade 4 (the side facing the smooth roll), was machined to have a series of grooves 7 (5 mm spacing, 0.25 mm deep, 0.98 mm wide) as shown in
The thick ridges in the extrudate took longer to quench than the thinner continuous base film, and thus the ridges were still sufficiently soft or molten to form a good bond with the nonwoven at the upper surfaces of the ridges. The thinner base film did not bond to the nonwoven. The resulting laminate is shown schematically in
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A railroad train is traveling at 25.0 m/s in still air. The frequency of the note emitted by the locomotive whistle is 400 Hz. What is the wavelength of the sound wave (a) in front of the locomotive and (b) behind the locomotive? What is the frequency of the sound heard by a stationary listener (c) in front of the locomotive and (d) behind the locomotive?
Problem 2
Two identical taut strings under the same tension F produce a note of the same fundamental frequency f0 . The tension in one of them is now increased by a very small amount F. (a) if they are played together in their fundamental, show that the frequency of the beat produced is fbeat = f0 (F/2F ). (b) Two identical violin strings, when in tune and stretched with the same tension, have a fundamental frequency of 440.0 Hz. One of the strings is retuned by increasing its tension. When this is done, 1.5 beats per second are heard when both strings are plucked simultaneously at their centers. By what percentage was the string tension changed?
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A manufacturing firm has hired your company, Acoustical Consulting, to help with a problem. Their employees are complaining about the annoying hum from a piece of machinery. Using a frequency meter, you quickly determine that the machine emits a rather loud sound at 1200 Hz . After investigating , you tell the owner that you cannot solve the problem entirely, but you can at least improve the situation by eliminating reflections of this sound from the walls. You propose to do this by installing mesh screens in front of the walls A portion of the sound will reflect from the mesh; the rest will pass through the mesh and reflect from the wall. How far should the mesh be placed in front of the wall for this scheme to work?
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Get prepared for the next September Heisman and October National title talk.
*ichigan spring game on BTN Now 2-4p.m.
I tried watching,but I got bored. Those ho-hum announcers about put me to sleep.
Hahaha, in the scrimmage part, Gardner throws a terrible pick on the first play.
Funchess is going to be a nightmare to cover if Gardner can ever get him the ball.
Funchess was not as sure-handed last season, so he will be working on that. Jake Butt doesn't seem to have that problem and will catch a lot of balls this year. The real question is whether some WRs step up now that Gallon and Dileo are gone.
I expect Michigan to be improved on offense this season, although they won't be great, and the Buckeyes will be more improved on defense.
"All I've known at Michigan is FAILURE"
Michigan's offense is looking really awful. Damn.
When I walked in this morning and saw the flag was at half mast I thought, "Alright, another bureaucrat ate it." but then I saw it was Li'l Sebastian. Half mast is too high. Show some damn respect.
It's packed! RT @umichfootball: #UMSpringGame pic.twitter.com/0VKPNnhv8q
— Dustin Fox (@DustinFox37) April 5, 2014
Not much to be excited about when you run for -48 yards against MSU,
must have done another donut give away to get that many people there.
We were born to love Ohio State and hate that team up north.
Dustin Fox for the mother fucking win.
Class of 2010.
I know it is Spring practice...but watching this is hilarious.
won't be the Gardner show for much longer…will be interesting to see if the young guys can play for them or not. Could really go either way for Michigan this year: Be right in the mix for the B1G till the very end or bury themselves to 4th/5th in the Division.
Canteen Boy?
That was awful. One yard and a cloud of dust? Gonna be a long year in AA.
Good God. They couldn't even move the ball on that broke-ass defense they have.
TSUN should just move Gardner to WR and have Shane Morris develop. Gardner is hopeless at QB.
That hopeless QB threw for 451 yards and 4 TD's vs OSU.
Gardner threw for 294 yards and 4 TD's vs. Notre Dame who had the 15th best passing defense.
I could list all the games and ranks of the defenses he played against...but he only had one bad game vs. Iowa....in which he still threw 2 TD's and no picks.
When did I say he should name a trophy after him?
Go back and look at his production. It was pretty solid. My point is.....Gardner is HARDLY hopeless.
Gardner certainly made a lot of poor decisions while under pressure last year. Still, I'm reluctant to rag on the guy after what happened in AA at the end of last season.
Yeah...that is exactly wrong...the play called was a read pass option play, the left side of the field was completely open and if Devin could have run he would have easily scored a touchdown, but when you play half the game with a destroyed ankle that is not an option at all. One thing lost that game, and it was Al Borges' and Brady Hoke's complete fucking incompetence to call a correct play at a critical juncture, let alone change the play when a time out was called. Hence I am elated this is the Jokes last year in AA so we can finally get rid of pizza boy when he makes his run for governor, MSC retires, and we can hire a competent HC unlike the stop gap hoke has been form the very beginning...
"His fucking fake foot injury happened in the first half."
Then you go on to say...
"but the heat coming and his lack of mobility freaked him out"
And no...I said he WASN'T going to run, hence the bad play call. Are you illiterate, or completely functionally retarded? Either way, truly sorry.
Can't argue with stupid, so I'm not going to try. Thanks though, "Senior."
Yes non-educated football doucher that played at a high division level in high school, in college, and coaches as well, but you're right...I know nothing.
Truth is I have forgotten more about football than you will probably ever know. Sorry bud.
Than you go on to say...
Are you illiterate,
"YOLO" = I'm about to do something extremely ignorant/stupid & I need an excuse to do it.
"Erratic" might be a good word to describe him. I could also throw out "enigmatic".
Ever since he put on that ugly 98 he hasn't been worth a dime.
Talked with a few UM guys this morning. To say they were less than thrilled would be a terrible understatement. I'm beyond elated.
Disaray and no passion - I'm loving it