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Youth Hostels Entraygues sur Truyere, France - The bed and breakfast used to be an auberge in the 16th century with changes being made during the 18th century, 60km from Rodez
Find a hostel in Entraygues sur Truyere France and save money on discount lodging. Hosteling in Entraygues sur Truyere France offers a different travel experience than staying at traditional accommodations. Youth hostels allow you to meet new people and learn from other international and worldly travelers. Most hostels are conveniently located in the center of the action close to public transportation, including buses and rails. Staying at a hostel in Entraygues sur Truyere France is a great option whether you are backpacking or traveling on a budget . Browse our hostels and plan your Entraygues sur Truyere France vacation today!

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Go iceclimbing or glacier...
Go iceclimbing or glacier walking near McCarthy in the Wrangell St. Elias National Park. Photo: That's me climbing on the Root Glacier in August 1996. For more see St. Elias This park is an isolated wilderness of 13.2 million acres - that's 6x the size of Yellowstone! This region contains more than 100 major glaciers and has the largest concentration of mountain peaks over 14,500 feet in North America. Nine of North America's 16 highest peaks are here. This trip into the park is really only recommended for those with a sense of adventure. The road conditions can be quite an ordeal and if your camping, you're provided with the bare minimum.
Hiking along the Root Glacier...
Hiking along the Root Glacier Trail. Glacier access from trail. Watch out for bears. Hike up to the satellite mines for great views.
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Daily Tech Deal: Lenovo ThinkPad SL500 notebook
We've brought you an interesting mix of tech deals this week with ones that hopefully cater for a variety of budgets and interests.
To round the week off, we have gone for the Lenovo ThinkPad SL500 notebook.
A classy all-rounder, the SL500 boasts a 15.4-inch screen, an Intel Core 2 Duo 1.8 GHz Processor, 160GB Serial ATA hard drive, 2GB RAM, integrated webcam, four USB ports, a 6-cell battery and Wi-Fi.
There are cheaper laptops to be had, but this ThinkPad has seen a drop in price recently and we've managed to find it on sale for just £459.99 at CCLonline, down from its review price of £650 back in November 2008.
In our review it scored a very respectable 8/10 and there is a link below so you can check all the specs and know exactly what you're getting.
We found that it was the build quality and usability that really set this machine apart, and at just over £450 offers value for money.
If you're in the market for a new laptop, have a look and see what you think, as well as the review there is a link that takes you straight to the CCLonline shop.
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Saturday, October 5, 2013
Short & Sweet
I got the confirmation from HR early this morning.
I go back to work, full-time (albeit as an at-will contractor for now) on Monday.
I am on the road back to financial independence.
I will be helping people in the health-insurance industry.
Yeah, I know. But it is in a good way this time.
I am scared, nervous, and excited.
I want them to want me- to have a long steady job. This place could even help lead to a career- they love to promote from within the company.
I have a commute of about 10 mins on the light rail and another 10 walking from my home to the LR stop. No worries about traffic, or parking for me in this case- which for now I am happy about. A month long metro pass is about the cost of a month of car insurance for me- but no gas, or constant working on my 17 year old (non working right now) SUV.
I am working to get myself to a better place, in a lot of ways.
It is a lot, but I think knowing I am doing good for other people who need help, who need the medical side of their life to be easier, will make me happy(er?).
At the least, for about 9 hours a day I hope to not feel quite so sad, so depressed.
It helps to have goals.
I still miss him. In different ways.
But I am trying hard to expand myself instead of withdrawing from the world. It hurts and it is not easy, but I feel it is something I have to do.
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So excited for you. My prayers are with you.ReplyDelete
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You are so correct-it is something you have to do despite the pain and the difficulty; good for you for seeing this. Also the decision to Help Others is always the wiser one. Good Luck, Tashi, May the road rise up to meet you and the wind be at your back. May each step we take lead the way to Peace.ReplyDelete
Congratulations. What wonderful news. You will bring something special to everyone you work with.ReplyDelete
Congratulations. Expanding yourself.. it's painful.. but it's awesome as well. You helped inspired me to travel abroad for the first time - albeit to Germany to visit a friend - but that was a step towards what I hope will be more adventures. We're now discussing going to New Zealand.. Thank you for the inspiration.. go take 'em on.ReplyDelete
My hat is off to you. And I'm very happy for you! You have much to offer and you will be a blessing to all who receive your help.ReplyDelete
Congratulations! Looking forward to reading about your new adventures! Hope your newfound independence lets you spread your wings like the bird in your last Israel post!ReplyDelete
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Old Fashioned Biscuits
9 Oct 2009
|All purpose flour
|2 Cup (32 tbs)
|1⁄3 Cup (5.33 tbs)
|Baking powder
|2 Teaspoon
|Baking soda
|1⁄2 Teaspoon
|1⁄4 Teaspoon
|1⁄4 Cup (4 tbs)
|Whipping cream
|1 Cup (16 tbs)
Insert metal accessory rack.
Preheat oven to 400°F.
In large mixing bowl, combine flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda and salt.
Using a pastry blender, cut in butter until mixture resembles coarse meal.
Add cream.
Stir until mixture forms stiff dough.
Turn dough onto lightly floured surface.
Knead to mix thoroughly.
Roll out dough to 1/2 inch thickness.
Using a floured 2 inch biscuit cutter, cut out biscuits.
Place on ungreased cookie sheet, 1 inch apart.
Bake for 7 to 9 minutes until biscuits are golden brown.
Repeat with remaining dough.
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Sesame Swirls
|2 Tablespoon
|Sesame seeds
|1⁄2 Cup (8 tbs)
|All purpose flour
|2 1⁄2 Cup (40 tbs)
|Baking powder
|2 1⁄2 Teaspoon
|1 Teaspoon
|1⁄2 Cup (8 tbs)
|Sour cream
|1 Cup (16 tbs)
|1⁄2 Cup (8 tbs)
|1 , lightly beaten
Melt the 2 tablespoons butter in a small frying pan over medium heat.
Add sesame seeds and cook, stirring, until toasted; set aside to cool.
In a bowl, stir together flour, baking powder, and salt until well blended.
With a pastry blender or 2 knives, cut the 1/2 cup butter into flour mixture until it resembles coarse crumbs.
In a separate bowl, stir together sour cream and milk.
Add to flour mixture, blending gently.
Turn out on a lightly floured board and knead gently about 5 times.
Roll out dough to a rectangle about 15 inches long, 12 inches wide, and 1/4 inch thick.
Brush with half the beaten egg, then spread with toasted sesame seeds.
Starting with long side, roll up jelly roll fashion; pinch edge to seal.
Cut roll with a floured knife into 1 inch slices and place slices, cut side up, on a lightly greased baking sheet.
Brush slices with remaining egg.
Bake in a 425° oven for about 15 minutes or until lightly browned.


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Save: $10.00 (11.1%)Why choose who gets to wake up using the vibrating bed shaker? When you both need to wake up silently, use the ClearSounds SW200 clock's two bed shaker ports. Combine or exclude the vibrating alarm with the loud audible alarm or flashing lamp option.
- Dual alarm settings with 2 bed shaker ports.
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- Built-in signaler lets you use the SW200 as notification for phone calls too.
- 520Hz Square Wave technology is proven to be more effective at waking people with hearing loss, children and deep sleepers.
- Large LCD display can be dimmed for better nighttime sleep.
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September 24th, 2005 #1
Fallen Angels vs Industrial Angels
yup new drawings and its all about angels...have fun
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Hey there!
Very dark, as always. Very gothic. I don't know why, but some of them looks a little unfinished though..? And I don't think because this Angels figures aren't finished in biologically sense.
These pic's look very spartan, It's just a coloured sketch, made for some concept. I dunno why, but Your previous 'Atropos' arts were a bit more dense. And I think that Your Industrial Angels need some of that density to look much better.
Nevertheless: I like Your style. And I know, that this advice sound horrible (for me too ) but I would like to see some of Your 'Real-Life' works.
Can't wait for more.
Ill be watching You..!
Seen mine sketches..? Just look here: .:locked'lines:.
September 24th, 2005 #3
oh thanx you for all yar edvices..i know maybe i need to add some view or something...i feel it too like something is missing...
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Book your room at InterContinental Paris Avenue Marceau
Superior RoomMax Occupancy: 2 guests (up to 1 child)
Executive, One King BedMax Occupancy: 2 guests (up to 1 child)
Executive Non-SmokingMax Occupancy: 2 guests (up to 1 child)
Classic, One Single Bed, Non-SmokingMax Occupancy: 1 guest
Get an overview of this hotelLuxury Paris hotel in 8th Arrondissement, walk to Arc de Triomphe
Located in 8th Arrondissement, this luxury hotel is within a 10-minute walk of Lido and Arc de Triomphe. Eiffel Tower and Grand Palais are also within 1 mi (2 km).
Hotel Features
This hotel features a restaurant, a 24-hour fitness center, and a bar/lounge. WiFi in public areas is free. Other amenities include a 24-hour business center, 24-hour room service, and conference rooms.
Room Amenities
All 55 soundproofed rooms provide free WiFi, free wired Internet, and iPod docks. Plasma TVs with satellite channels and DVD players provide a bit of entertainment, and guests will also appreciate thoughtful touches like espresso makers and pillow menus.Information missing or incorrect? Tell us!
Hotel Amenities
Hotel Amenities
InterContinental Paris Avenue Marceau features a 24-hour fitness center and complimentary bicycles. The hotel offers a restaurant. A bar/lounge is on site where guests can unwind with a drink. A computer station is located on site and high-speed wired and wireless Internet access is complimentary.
Business amenities at this 5-star property consist of a 24-hour business center, limo/town car service, and meeting rooms. Event facilities measuring 3196 square feet (297 square meters) include conference space. This luxury hotel also offers a terrace, tour/ticket assistance, and multilingual staff.
InterContinental Paris Avenue Marceau has designated areas for smoking.
- Free WiFi
- Free wired high-speed Internet
- Restaurant
- 24-hour fitness facilities
- Bar/lounge
- Supervised childcare/activities (surcharge)
- 24-hour business center
- Breakfast available (surcharge)
- Conference space
- Conference space size (feet) - 3196
- Conference space size (meters) - 297
- Number of meeting rooms - 3
- Meeting rooms
- Babysitting or childcare (surcharge)
- Free use of nearby fitness center
- Concierge services
- Dry cleaning/laundry service
- Laundry facilities
- 24-hour front desk
- Limo or Town Car service available
- Computer station
- Express check-in
- Free newspapers in lobby
- Tours/ticket assistance
- Multilingual staff
- Terrace
- Television in lobby
- Porter/bellhop
- Safe-deposit box at front desk
- Elevator/lift
- Luggage storage
- Designated smoking areas
- Number of buildings/towers - 1
- Number of floors - 5
- Total number of rooms - 55
Family Friendly Amenities
- Free Wi-Fi
- DVD player
- Rollaway/extra beds available
- In-room childcare (surcharge)
- Babysitting or childcare (surcharge)
- Soundproofed rooms
- Laundry facilities
Available in all rooms: Free WiFi , Free wired high-speed Internet
Available in some public areas: Free WiFi , Free wired high-speed Internet
Room Amenities
- Free WiFi
- Free wired high-speed Internet
- Minibar
- iPod docking station
- Room service (24 hours)
- Plasma TV
- Satellite TV service
- Pay movies
- DVD player
- Egyptian-cotton sheets
- Premium bedding
- Hypo-allergenic bedding available
- Bathtub or shower
- Rainfall showerhead
- Espresso maker
- Coffee/tea maker
- First-run movies
- Pillow menu
- Cribs/infant beds available
- Rollaway/extra beds available
- Daily housekeeping
- Turndown service
- Free newspaper
- Free bottled water
- Video-game console
- In-room childcare (surcharge)
- In-room massage available
- Hair dryer
- In-room safe (laptop compatible)
- Bathrobes
- Slippers
- Designer toiletries
- Free toiletries
- Phone
- Iron/ironing board
- Desk
- Blackout drapes/curtains
- Soundproofed rooms
- Air conditioning
- Climate control
- Private bathroom
- Individually decorated
- Individually furnished
- Connecting/adjoining rooms available
Where to Eat
Breakfast is available for a surcharge and served each morning between 6:30 AM and 10:30 AM.
M64 - Overlooking the garden, this restaurant specializes in French cuisine and serves breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Guests can order drinks at the bar and enjoy alfresco dining (weather permitting). Open select days.
Late night fare is available from 24-hour room service.
Nearby Things to Do
Recreational amenities at the hotel include a 24-hour fitness center and complimentary bicycles.
The recreational activities listed below are available either on site or nearby; fees may apply.
- Free bicycles on site
- Hiking/biking trails nearby
- Scooter/moped rentals on site
- Bicycle rentals nearby
To make requests for specific accessibility needs, complete the "Special or Accessibility Requests" section of "Trip Preferences" when you book your hotel.
- Accessible path of travel
- Accessible bathroom
- Roll-in shower
- Accessible parking
- In-room accessibility
- Accessibility equipment for the deaf
- Braille or raised signage
Hotel Policies
Check-in time starts at 3 PM
Check-out time is noon
Payment types
Children and extra beds
- Children are welcome.
- Rollaway/extra beds are available.
- Cribs (infant beds) are available.
You need to know
Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on hotel policy.
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card are required at check-in for incidental charges.
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges. Special requests cannot be guaranteed.
- A tax is imposed by the city: EUR 3.30 per person, per night
- Breakfast fee: EUR 24 per person (approximately)
- Valet parking fee: EUR 39 per day
- Rollaway beds are available for an additional fee
We should mention
The property has connecting/adjoining rooms, which are subject to availability and can be requested by contacting the property using the number on the booking confirmation.
National Rating
This hotel has received its official star rating from the French Tourism Development Agency, ATOUT France.


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Classic Enchiladas
22 Sep 2010
|For tortillas
|Cold water
|2 Cup (32 tbs)
|Corn meal
|1 Cup (16 tbs)
|All purpose flour
|1 Cup (16 tbs) (Pillsbury Best)
|1⁄4 Teaspoon
|For filling
|Lean ground beef
|1 Pound
|Chopped onion
|1⁄2 Cup (8 tbs)
|1⁄2 Teaspoon
|Garlic salt
|1⁄2 Teaspoon
|Chili powder
|1 Teaspoon
|For tomato sauce
|Chopped onion
|1 Cup (16 tbs)
|Cooking oil
|1 Tablespoon
|Tomato sauce
|16 Ounce (2 Cans, 8 Ounce Each)
|Hot pepper sauce
|1⁄4 Teaspoon
|Shredded cheddar cheese
|2 Cup (32 tbs)
With rotary beater combine water and eggs.
Add corn meal, flour and salt; beat until smooth.
Pour 1/4 cup batter into a hot greased 7 or 8-inch skillet, tilting to spread.
Cook until top is set and loses gloss (2 to 3 minutes).
Remove with spatula.
Repeat to make 12 tortillas.
Place one equal portion Filling on each tortilla; roll up and place in ungreased 13x9-inch baking pan.
Pour Tomato Sauce over tortillas; sprinkle with cheese.
Bake at 350° for 55 to 60 minutes.
Filling: Combine all ingredients.
Divide into twelve equal portions.
Tomato Sauce: In skillet saute'onion in oil until tender.
Stir in tomato sauce, chili powder, salt, garlic salt and hot pepper sauce.
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Necked nonwoven webs having improved cross-directional uniformity are made by a process which includes the step (prior to neck stretching) of corrugating the nonwoven web to reduce its width from an initial width A to a reduced corrugated width B. The cross-directional uniformity is optimized as the corrugated width B approaches the ultimate width C of the necked nonwoven web.
1. A process for making a necked nonwoven material, comprising the steps of:
providing a nonwoven web having a first width A;
corrugating the nonwoven web in a cross direction using a plurality of laterally spaced castor rollers to provide a corrugated nonwoven web having a second width B less than the first width A;
passing the corrugated nonwoven web in a machine direction through a necking station wherein the corrugated nonwoven web is necked causing machine direction extension of the nonwoven web and at least some reduction of corrugations do to consolidation of the nonwoven web in the cross direction;
to thereby provide a necked nonwoven web having a third width C which is less than the first width A.
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This invention is related to a process for making necked nonwoven webs and laminates having more uniform basis weights and stretching properties in the cross direction.
Necked nonwoven webs, including necked spunbond webs, meltblown webs, combinations and the like, are often made using a process which is schematically illustrated in
The necked nonwoven web 22 generally includes fibers which are closer together and more aligned in the machine direction than the fibers of the starting nonwoven web 12, which can be more randomly aligned. The necking may be performed with the aid of heat applied below the melting temperature of the fibers, for instance, by placing an oven or other heat source between the first and second nips. The necked nonwoven web 22 may also be heat set, either during or after the necking process, so that the necked web becomes somewhat stable. A nonwoven web which is stable in the necked condition is said to be "reversibly necked". A reversibly necked nonwoven web can be easily extended in the cross direction by applying a small extension force, and tends to return to its narrower, necked configuration when the extension force is released.
The starting nonwoven web 12 includes edge regions 13 and 15, and a central region 11. The necked nonwoven web 22 includes edge regions 23 and 25, and a central region 21. Because the necking causes the nonwoven fibers to become closer together and more aligned, without noticeably stretching or narrowing the individual fibers, the necked nonwoven web 22 generally has a higher basis weight than the starting nonwoven web 12.
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A second and independent cause of greater necking at the web edges results from the curvature of the web edges under tension. From biaxial stress analysis as shown in
Consequently, the fibers in the edge regions 23 and 25 of the necked nonwoven web are generally more aligned and closer together than the fibers in the central region 21. As a result, the necked nonwoven web may be nonuniform in the cross direction, having a higher basis weight in both edge regions than in the central region, and having greater cross-directional extendibility in both edge regions than the central region.
Various techniques for producing necked nonwoven webs having improved cross-directional uniformity are described in U.S. Pat. Nos. 6,803,009 and 6,900,147, both issued to Morman et al. The disclosed techniques involve modifications to the necking process and/or material being necked. There is a need or desire for a necking process which achieves cross-directional uniformity in a self-regulating and self-controlling fashion without requiring modification of existing necking equipment or compositional modifications to the material being necked.
The present invention is directed to a process for making a necked nonwoven web having improved cross-directional uniformity. The process includes the steps of providing a nonwoven web having an initial (first) width A in the cross-direction and reducing the width of the nonwoven web to a second width B without stretching the nonwoven web in the machine direction (i.e., prior to neck stretching the nonwoven web). This reduction in width is suitably accomplished by corrugating the nonwoven web in the cross direction.
Then, the corrugated nonwoven web is neck stretched in the machine direction to produce a necked nonwoven web having a third width C which is less than the first width A. The neck stretching is suitably accomplished by passing the corrugated nonwoven web through a first nip having a first surface velocity, and a second nip having a second surface velocity which is higher than the first surface velocity. The neck stretching reduces the corrugations but may not significantly change the width of the nonwoven web. The second width B is suitably closer to the third width C than to the first width A, and may be about the same as the third width C.
By reducing the width of the nonwoven web prior to neck stretching, and by minimizing the change in width during neck stretching, the nonuniformities that would result from a width reduction during neck stretching are also minimized. The resulting necked nonwoven web has a substantially uniform basis weight resulting from uniform neck stretching across its width. The substantial uniformity of the necked nonwoven web results in less waste material and higher quality end products.
The term "corrugations" includes pleats, waves, folds, wrinkles, ruffles and any other Z-directional distortions that can be imparted to a nonwoven web to reduce its width in the cross direction without increasing its length in the machine direction. The term "corrugating" refers to any process for forming corrugations in the nonwoven web.
The term "cross direction" refers to the width direction laterally perpendicular to the primary direction of travel of the nonwoven web in a process, and is typically perpendicular to the primary direction of manufacture of the nonwoven web and its fibers. The term "machine direction" refers to the length direction parallel to the primary direction of travel of the nonwoven web in a process.
The term "necked material" refers to any material which has been consolidated in one direction (e.g., a width direction) by stretching in a perpendicular direction (e.g., a machine direction).
The term "neckable material" means any material which can be necked.
The term "nonwoven web" means a web that has a structure of individual fibers of threads which are interlaid, but not in an identifiable repeating manner. Nonwoven webs have been, in the past, formed by a variety of processes such as, for example, spunbond processes, meltblowing processes and bonded carded web processes.
The term "spunbonded fibers" refers to small diameter fibers which are formed by extruding a molten thermoplastic material as filaments from a plurality of fine, usually circular, capillaries in a spinnerette with the diameter of the extruded filaments then being rapidly reduced, for example, by eductive drawing or other well-known spun bonding mechanisms. The production of spun-bonded nonwoven webs is illustrated in patents such as, for example, in U.S. Pat. No. 4,340,563 to Appel et al., and U.S. Pat. No. 3,692,618 to Dorschner et al. The disclosures of both these patents are hereby incorporated by reference.
The term "meltblown fibers" means fibers formed by extruding a molten thermoplastic material through a plurality of fine, usually circular, die capillaries as molten threads or filaments into a high velocity gas (e.g. air) stream which attenuates the filaments of molten thermoplastic material to reduce their diameters, which may be to microfiber diameter. Thereafter, the meltblown fibers are carried by the high velocity gas stream and are deposited on a collecting surface to form a web of randomly dispersed meltblown fibers. Such a process is disclosed, for example, in U.S. Pat. No. 3,849,241 to Butin, the disclosure of which is hereby incorporated by reference.
The term "microfibers" means small diameter fibers having an average diameter not greater than about 100 microns, for example, having a diameter of from about 0.5 microns, more specifically microfibers may also have an average diameter of from about 4 microns to about 40 microns.
The term "interfiber bonding" means bonding produced by thermal bonding or entanglement between the individual nonwoven fibers to form a coherent web structure. Fiber entangling is inherent in the meltblown processes but may be generated or increased by processes such as, for example, hydraulic entangling or needle punching. One or more thermal bonding steps are employed in most processes for forming spunbond webs. Alternatively and/or additionally, a bonding agent can be utilized to increase the desired bonding and to maintain structural coherency of the web. For example, powdered bonding agents and chemical solvent bonding may be used.
The "central region" of a nonwoven web is defined as the central 70% of the cross-directional width of the nonwoven web. The "edge regions" are defined as the outermost 15% of the width on both sides of the central region of the nonwoven web.
The term "elastic" refers to a material which can be stretched by about 50% of its original dimension in at least one direction and will, upon removal of the stretching force, recover at least 50% of the stretching. For example, an elastic material having a dimension of 100 cm may be stretched to a dimension of at least 150 cm without rupturing, and will recover to a dimension of 125 cm or less when the stretching force is removed. Many elastic materials may stretch by at least 75%, or at least 100%, or at least 200% of an original dimension without rupture, and may recover at least 60%, or at least 80%, or substantially all of the stretching when the stretching force is removed.
The term "extendible" refers to materials which exhibit the stretch properties of elastic materials but not the recovery properties (i.e., materials which can be stretched by at least 50% and recover zero to less than 50% of the stretching).
The term "reversibly necked material" refers to a necked material that has been treated while necked to impart memory to the material so that, when a force is applied to extend the material to its pre-necked dimensions, the necked and treated portions will generally recover to their necked dimensions upon termination of the force. One form of treatment is the application of heat. Generally speaking, extension of the reversibly necked material is substantially limited to extension to its pre-necked dimensions. Therefore, unless the material is elastic, extension too far beyond its pre-necked dimensions will result in material failure. A reversibly necked material may include more than one layer, for example, multiple layers of spunbonded web, multiple layers of meltblown web, multiple layers of bonded carded web or any other suitable combination or mixtures thereof, as described in U.S. Pat. No. 4,965,122, which is incorporated by reference.
Referring to
The desired reduced width B is best described with respect to the necked width C, which is the ultimate desired width of the necked nonwoven web. Referring to
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In summary, the cross-directional force during neck stretching increases toward the edges of the nonwoven web 12 and approaches zero at the center.
It should be apparent from
Moreover, in order to realize the benefits of neck stretching, the third width C should be at least 25%, or at least 50% or at least 75% less than the first width A. Accordingly, the second width B is advantageously at least 25%, or at least 50%, or at least 75% less than the first width A.
Referring again to
In the embodiment of
In the corrugating station 50 of
For purposes of illustration, the amount of bowing of the rollers or bars 52 and 54 is somewhat exaggerated in
As shown in
In order to permit rotation, bowed rollers 52 and 54 may be formed of a resilient (i.e., flexible) material, such as various types of rubber, and may be mounted to rigid rotatable end shafts 55. The rollers 52 and 54 may be separately powered or driven by the movement of nonwoven web 12. Alternatively, bowed bars may be used instead of bowed rollers. Bowed bars would not rotate, but would have smooth surfaces so the nonwoven web 12 can easily slide across them.
After passing between the bowed rollers or bars, the nonwoven web 12 is directed toward a castor roll assembly 60 which includes an upper row of castor rollers 62 mounted to an upper frame 64 and a lower row of castor rollers 66 mounted to a lower frame 68. Most of the castor rollers 62 and 66 are swivel-mounted and can pivot to the left or right. However, one or more castor rollers 63 and 65 in the center of each row may be rigidly mounted to avoid pivoting. Alternatively, all of the castor rollers can be rigidly mounted in directions aligned with the diverging web at each location across the nonwoven web 12.
The nonwoven web 12 is pulled between the upper row 62 and the lower row 66 of castor rollers in the direction of the small arrows 67. Because the upper and lower rows 62 and 66 of castor rollers are offset from each other, the nonwoven web is bent and folded by the castor rollers into a corrugated configuration including corrugations defined by a plurality of alternating peaks 70 and valleys 72. Because the nonwoven web is under slight tension as it is being pulled, the peaks 70 and valleys 72 begin to form immediately after the nonwoven web leaves the second bowed roller or bar 54. The nonwoven web 12 narrows, and the peaks and valleys 70 and 72 become more pronounced, as the nonwoven web 12 enters the castor roll assembly 60. The peaks and valleys 70 and 72 reach maximum height as the nonwoven web passes between the upper and lower rows 62 and 66 of castor rollers. The corrugated nonwoven web 17 then exits the castor roll assembly 60 and the corrugating station 50, and proceeds toward the necking station 30 (
In the case where the castor rollers 62 and 66 are swivel-mounted, they may pivot as needed to reflect the angles in the corrugations caused by the narrowing of the nonwoven web. It is advantageous to have one or more centrally located castor rollers 63 and 65 rigidly mounted to prevent pivoting, because the nonwoven web experiences its highest tension in the corrugating station 50 at the central location 21.
While it is possible to vary the lateral distance between castor rollers in the upper and lower rows 62 and 66, the primary purpose of the castor roller assembly 60 is to provide a nonwoven web of reduced width B which is corrugated as uniformly as possible. To this end, the castor rollers in the upper row 62 are suitably uniformly spaced from each other. The castor rollers in the lower row 66 are suitably uniformly spaced from each other and positioned halfway in between the nearest castor rollers in the upper row 62.
Referring again to
It should be noted that the corrugating station 50 is not limited to the apparatus described above. Any suitable corrugating apparatus may be employed.
The nonwoven web 12 may be any nonwoven material such as, for example, a spunbond web, meltblown web, bonded carded web or other fibrous web or film. If the nonwoven web 12 is a web of meltblown fibers, it may include meltblown microfibers. The nonwoven web 12 is made from any material that can be treated while necked so that, after treatment, upon application of a force to extend the necked material to its pre-necked dimensions, the material recovers generally to its necked dimensions upon termination of the force. A method of treatment is the application of heat. Certain polymers such as, for example, polyolefins, polyesters, polyamides and polycarbonates may be heat treated under suitable conditions to impart such memory.
Polymers suitable for making the nonwoven web 12 include those polymers known to be generally suitable for making nonwoven webs such as spunbond, meltblown, carded webs and the like, and such polymers include for example polyolefins, polyesters, polyamides, polycarbonates and copolymers and blends thereof. It should be noted that the polymer or polymers may desirably contain other additives such as processing aids or treatment compositions to impart desired properties to the fibers, residual amounts of solvents, pigments or colorants and the like.
Suitable polyolefins include polyethylene, e.g., high density polyethylene, medium density polyethylene, low density polyethylene and linear low density polyethylene; polypropylene, e.g., isotactic polypropylene, syndiotactic polypropylene, blends of isotactic polypropylene and atactic polypropylene; polybutylene, e.g., poly(1-butene) and poly (2-butene); polypentene, e.g., poly(1-pentene) and poly(2-pentene); poly(3-methyl-1-pentene); poly(4-methyl-1-pentene); and copolymers and blends thereof. Suitable copolymers include random and block copolymers prepared from two or more different unsaturated olefin monomers, such as ethylene/propylene and ethylene/butylene copolymers. Suitable polyamides include nylon 6, nylon 6/6, nylon 4/6, nylon 11, nylon 12, nylon 6/10, nylon 6/12, nylon 12/12, copolymers of caprolactam and alkylene oxide diamine, and the like, as well as blends and copolymers thereof. Suitable polyesters include poly(lactide) and poly(lactic acid) polymers as well as polyethylene terephthalate, polybutylene terephthalate, polytetramethylene terephthalate, polycyclohexylene-1,4-dimethylene terephthalate, and isophthalate copolymers thereof, as well as blends thereof.
In one embodiment of the present invention, the nonwoven web 12 is a multilayer material having, for example, at least one layer of spunbonded web joined to at least one layer of meltblown web, bonded carded web or other suitable material. For example, the nonwoven web 12 may be a multilayer material having a first layer of spunbonded polypropylene having a basis weight from about 0.2 to about 8 ounces per square yard (osy), a layer of meltblown polypropylene having a basis weight from about 0.1 to about 4 osy, and a second layer of spunbonded polypropylene having a basis weight of about 0.2 to about 8 osy.
Alternatively, the nonwoven web 12 may be single layer of material such as, for example, a spunbonded web having a basis weight of from about 0.2 to about 10 osy or a meltblown web having a basis weight of from about 0.2 to about 8 osy.
The nonwoven web 12 may also be a composite material made of a mixture of two or more different fibers or a mixture of fibers and particulates. Such mixtures may be formed by adding fibers and/or particulates to a gas stream in which meltblown fibers are carried so that an intimate entangled comingling of meltblown fibers and other materials, e.g., wood pulp, staple fibers or particulates such as, for example, superabsorbent materials occurs prior to collection of the fibers upon a collecting device to form a coherent web of randomly dispersed meltblown fibers and other materials such as disclosed in U.S. Pat. No. 4,100,324, the disclosure of which is hereby incorporated by reference.
If the nonwoven web 12 is a nonwoven web of fibers, the fibers should be joined by interfiber bonding using one or more of the bonding processes described in the foregoing "DEFINITION" of interfiber bonding.
The relation between the original width of the nonwoven web 12 to its width after tensioning determines the stretch limits of the necked material 22. For example, if it is desired to prepare a reversibly necked material 22 that can be stretched to a 150 percent elongation (i.e., 250 percent of its necked width) and can recover to within about 25 percent of its neckable width, a nonwoven web 12 having a width A such as, for example, 250 cm, can be corrugated to a reduced width B of about 100 cm, then neck stretched to an equivalent width C of about 100 cm for a percent neck of about 60 percent. While tensioned, it is heat treated to maintain its reversibly necked configuration 22. The resulting reversibly necked material has a width C of about 100 cm and is stretchable to at least the original 250 cm dimension A of the nonwoven web 12 for an elongation or percent stretch of about 150 percent. The reversibly necked material 22 may return to within about 25 percent of its necked width C of about 100 cm, (i.e., to a width of about 125 cm) after release of the stretching force for a recovery of about 83 percent.
Referring to
Second corrugated web 213 passes through a third nip 216 which includes nip rollers 214 and 218, turning at a third surface velocity; and through the above-described second nip 226, including nip rollers 224 and 228, turning at the second surface velocity. The second surface velocity is higher than the third surface velocity, thereby effecting necking between the nips 216 and 226. As illustrated, a heating device 217 is used to heat the nonwoven web.
To make the neck bonded laminate 230, a molten elastomer or other polymer is extruded through a die tip 134 to form an elastomeric or extendible film 136. The film 136 is deposited directly between the tensioned necked spunbond webs 122 and 222, and all three layers are brought together in the nip 226. The film 136 may contact the necked materials 122 and 222 within about 0.1-1.0 second after the film leaves the die tip 134, suitably within about 0.25-0.5 seconds, desirably within about 0.3-0.45 seconds.
The film 136 may be extruded at a temperature of from about 180-300� C., suitably of about 200-250� C.
Sufficient pressure is applied in the nip 226 to thermally bond the elastomeric or extendible film 136 (in a relatively untensioned state) to the tensioned necked, nonwoven webs 122 and 222. The nip rollers 224 and 228 may or may not be patterned, need not be heated, and may be chilled (e.g., to a temperature of about 10-30� C.) so as to quench the film 136 between the necked spunbond webs. The resulting neck-bonded laminate 230 can be stretched in the cross direction due to the extendibility of the necked nonwoven webs. Upon relaxation, the laminate 230 will return substantially to its original manufactured configuration due to the retractive influence of the film 136, if the film is elastomeric. Further details pertaining to the manufacture of neck-bonded laminates using a molten elastic film are provided in U.S. Pat. No. 5,514,470 to Haffner et al., which is incorporated by reference.
The film 136 may be made from any material which may be manufactured in sheet form. Generally, any suitable extendible or elastomeric film forming resins or blends containing the same may be utilized for the film 136.
Many elastomeric polymers are known to be suitable for forming extensible materials that are also elastic, i.e., materials that exhibit properties of stretch and recovery, such as elastic fibers and elastic fibrous web layers, and elastic film materials. Thermoplastic polymer compositions may desirably comprise any elastic polymer or polymers known to be suitable elastomeric fiber or film forming resins including, for example, elastic polyesters, elastic polyurethanes, elastic polyamides, elastic copolymers of ethylene and at least one vinyl monomer, block copolymers, and elastic polyolefins. Examples of elastic block copolymers include those having the general formula A-B-A′ or A-B, where A and A′ are each a thermoplastic polymer endblock that contains a styrenic moiety such as a poly (vinyl arene) and where B is an elastomeric polymer midblock such as a conjugated diene or a lower alkene polymer such as for example polystyrene-poly(ethylene-butylene)-polystyrene block copolymers. Also included are polymers composed of an A-B-A-B tetrablock copolymer, as discussed in U.S. Pat. No. 5,332,613 to Taylor et al. An example of such a tetrablock copolymer is a styrene-poly(ethylene-propylene)-styrene-poly(ethylene-propylene) or SEPSEP block copolymer. These A-B-A′ and A-B-A-B copolymers are available in several different formulations from Kraton Polymers U.S., L.L.C. of Houston, Tex. under the trade designation KRATON�. Other commercially available block copolymers include the SEPS or styrene-poly(ethylene-propylene)-styrene elastic copolymer available from Kuraray Company, Ltd., of Okayama, Japan, under the trade name SEPTON�.
Examples of elastic polyolefins include ultra-low density elastic polypropylenes and polyethylenes, such as those produced by "single-site" or "metallocene" catalysis methods. Such polymers are commercially available from the Dow Chemical Company of Midland, Mich. under the trade name ENGAGE�, and described in U.S. Pat. Nos. 5,278,272 and 5,272,236 to Lai et al. entitled "Elastic Substantially Linear Olefin Polymers". Also useful are certain elastomeric polypropylenes such as are described, for example, in U.S. Pat. No. 5,539,056 to Yang et al. and U.S. Pat. No. 5,596,052 to Resconi et al., incorporated herein by reference in their entireties, and polyethylenes such as AFFINITY� EG8200 from Dow Chemical of Midland, Mich. as well as EXACT� 4049, 4011 and 4041 from the ExxonMobil Chemical Company of Houston, Tex., as well as blends. Still other elastomeric polymers are available, such as the elastic polyolefin resins available under the trade name VISTAMAXX from the ExxonMobil Chemical Company, Houston, Tex., and the polyolefin (propylene-ethylene copolymer) elastic resins available under the trade name VERSIFY from Dow Chemical, Midlands, Michigan.
The film 136 may also be a pressure sensitive elastomer adhesive sheet. For example, the elastic material itself may be tacky or, alternatively, a compatible tackifying resin may be added to the extrudable elastomeric compositions described above to provide an elastomeric sheet that can act as a pressure sensitive adhesive, e.g., to bond the elastomeric sheet to a tensioned, necked nonelastic web. In regard to the tackifying resins and tackified extrudable elastomeric compositions, note the resins and compositions as described in J. S. Keiffer and T. J. Wisneski U.S. Pat. No. 4,789,699, filed 15 Oct. 1986 for "Ambient Temperature Bondable Elastomeric Nonwoven Web", the disclosure of which is hereby incorporated by reference.
The film 136 may also be a multilayer material in that it may include two or more individual coherent film layers. If the film is elastic, it may be stretched in the machine direction before being bonded to the necked nonwoven webs 122 and 222, to form a laminate which is elastic in both the machine direction and the cross direction. A similar laminate is disclosed in U.S. Pat. No. 5,116,662, which is incorporated by reference.
The necked nonwoven webs and laminates of the invention have improved basis weight uniformity due to the uniformity of the necking across the nonwoven web width. When the necked nonwoven webs are stretched to at least about 1.2 times, desirably about 1.25 times their initial machine direction length to cause neck stretching, each necked nonwoven web should have an average basis weight in its central region (defined as the central 70% of the width of the web) which is within about +7% of the average basis weight of the two edge regions (defined as the outer 15% of the width on each side of the web). Suitably, the average basis weight of the central region should be within about +5% of the average basis weight of the two edge regions. Desirably, the average basis weight of the central region should be within about +3% of the average basis weight of the two edge regions.
Various experiments have demonstrated that if a nonwoven web is corrugated prior to necking, to a corrugated width B about equal to the desired necked width C, then the necking will be more uniform across the width of the nonwoven web. In one instance, a corrugated polypropylene spunbond web necked 60.3% in the center and 61.9% at the edges. Without the corrugating step, the same spunbond web necked 47.5% in the center and 59.1% at the edges.
Also, a corrugated nonwoven web can be neck stretched to a higher level. In one instance, a corrugated polypropylene spunbond web broke at a necked width of 48.7 inches and a web from the same base roll (without corrugation) broke at a necked width of 61.5 inches. Both webs were subjected to increasing machine direction tension until breakage occurred.
While the embodiments of the invention disclosed herein are presently preferred, various modifications and improvements can be made without departing from the invention. The scope of the invention is indicated in the appended claims, and all changes that fall within the meaning and range of equivalents are intended to be embraced therein.
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Cook green beans in another large saucepan of boiling salted water until crisp-tender, about 5 minutes. Drain and transfer to a colander set in a bowl of ice water. Let cool; drain and set aside. Wipe saucepan dry.
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Whisk anchovies, shallot, parsley, lemon juice, mustard, chopped dill, and reserved poaching oil in a small bowl; season with salt, pepper, and more lemon juice, if desired. Add some vinaigrette to bowl with flageolet beans and toss to coat.
Break tuna into large pieces and arrange on a platter with flageolet and green beans, tomatoes, and olives. Top with a few dill sprigs and serve with remaining vinaigrette alongside.
DO AHEAD: Tuna can be made 1 day ahead. Return fish to cooled oil, cover, and chill. Serve at room temperature.


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I confess this was my first visit to the Good Food & Wine Show in a long time. With more than 200 stands in the vast CTICC venue over four days from Thursday 23 to Sunday 26 May, 2013, I was amazed at the event's growth over the last few years. The stalls, some far more fabulous than others in both product and appearance, offered everything from food and wine to everything in between that relates to the home.
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So i am hoping somebody here can assist me with this because i am out of ideas...
I got Fedora 8 Installed and fully updated with the newest Nvidia drivers for my 6800.
The PC is hooked up to my Samsung 1080P DLP TV from DVI->HDMI.
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I set the resolution to 1920x1080 and portions of the screen on all 4 sides of my TV are off of the screen. I am 99.9% sure this is due to Aspect ratio and it being a widescreen but i could be wrong and dont know how to change it.
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Elad Aflalo Farber and Roni Farber Aflalo on Sunday asked the Ramat Gan Family Court to recognize their agreement — the first time a legally married gay couple has done so, according to Haaretz. Previous recognitions of same-sex spousal support agreements involved common-law spouses.
The couple registered their marriage with the Population, Immigration and Border Authority, as they are entitled to based on an Israeli Supreme Court ruling. After they were married, they signed the agreement, which according to Israeli law needs to be validated by a family court.
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Iran has already been able to free up some 20% of its frozen assets, around $19 billion. At best, that's without doing anything, and at worse, that's while continuing to rush towards a nuclear bomb.
Egypt attacks jihadists with F-16 warplanes. Israel closes borders to Gaza and Egypt.
"The Donald" is in the number two spot, shared with Ben Carson, in Iowa and Michigan after a survey that already placed him in the second spot in New Hampshire.
Oren, now a representative of the Kulanu party in the Knesset, has moved on from diplomacy to politics.
Shin Bet foils attempt by Hamas to overthrow Palestinian Authority government in Judea & Samaria.
A demonstration and call for action against terror are scheduled for 6:30 p.m. Wednesday across from the official of residence of Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem. Government officials got on the soap box after Monday's night murder of Malachi Moshe Rosenfeld and spoke beautifully against Palestinian Authority incitement and terror. Action is something else. […]
Hamas claims the company, which just so happens to be headed by Abbas' honchos, is dodging taxes.
Malachi Moshe Rosenfeld, 26, was buried in Kochav HaShachar in Samaria early Wednesday afternoon after he succumbed last night to bullet wounds from Palestinian Authority terrorists. Bayit Yehudi (Jewish Home) chairman and Minister of Education Naftali Bennett was among hundreds of people at the funeral. He called Rosenfeld "a symbol of the State of Israel, […]
Some 70 Egyptian soldiers have been killed simultaneously in a multi-prong attack in Sinai.
An ancient mikvah is discovered beneath a Jerusalem living room.
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Oklahoma's Supreme Court says the 10 Commandments cannot stay at the state capitol.
Neo-Nazis vandalized a Talmud Torah in Boro Park, Brooklyn this week.
US Pres. Barack Obama said Tuesday he'll "walk away" from a bad deal with Iran. So far, he hasn't.
ISIS proclaims its next goal is to conquer Gaza, Israel and the Palestinian Authority.
More than 20 cars and buildings in a Jewish community in north London were vandalized with swastikas. The Nazi symbol was drawn on approximately 27 cars in the Osbaldeston Road area of Stoke Newington on Sunday night, The Daily Mail reported. An unnamed 32-year-old man was arrested in connection with the vandalism Tuesday. The neighborhood […]
New York State Assemblyman Dov Hikind called on the Jewish community to attend the funeral of an assassinated New York police officer. "The brave men and women of the NYPD risk their lives every day to protect us. We value them and stand with them," Hikind, a Democrat who represents Brooklyn, said in a statement […]
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Mississippi's Nunnelee determined to shrink federal government
WASHINGTON — Since he got to Washington, U.S. Rep. Alan Nunnelee has been adamant that voters sent him to shrink the size of the federal government and balance its budget.
As a freshman in 2011, the Tupelo Republican was appointed to the Appropriations Committee where he had the opportunity to oversee the roughly one-third of federal spending that's discretionary. That was a cool $1.028 trillion last year.
Earlier this month, he learned he'll now get to oversee the remaining two-thirds from a perch on the powerful Budget Committee, while holding his seat on Appropriations and some of its subcommittees overseeing military construction and veterans affairs.
"This is an extension of my work that I started at the state level when I was responsible for formulating the budget as chair of the (state Senate) Appropriations Committee," he said last week.
"As a member of the Budget Committee, I will at least be a part of establishing the framework" for the non-discretionary, mandatory spending, he said.
"If we're going to get control of our budget deficit, we've got to include the mandatory spending side of the equation," he said.
Nunnelee said he gets along well with the Budget Committee's chairman, former Republican vice presidential candidate Paul Ryan, who he says "has become a nationally recognized expert and voice" on budget matters. Ryan rode the notoriety he gained with controversial Republican budget proposals in the past two years to set the losing Romney campaign's domestic agenda last year.
Together, the GOP members of the committee plan to "come forth with a budget that will balance within the decade," Nunnelee said.
"Now, I understand there are people that are frustrated and say 'you need to balance it immediately,'" he acknowledged. But he said a 10-year glide path will involve "the most aggressive budget package that this nation has seen."
Whatever the plan, Nunnelee insists that a commitment to the current and future recipients of Social Security and Medicare will be kept. Of Medicare, he said: "We've also got to make sure it's there for the next generation."
Nunnelee had just returned from a meeting with the House Republican leadership and made the point, as many others were making, that the president was late submitting a proposed budget this year and has been late four of the five years he's been in office. Part of the reason the federal government has been working on a series of continuing resolutions, the last of which expires March 27, is that the Senate hasn't produced a budget blueprint for years.
Nunnelee said the whole budget process is "completely unworkable" and needs to be reformed.
Spots on the coveted Budget Committee opened up after House Speaker John Boehner removed two Republican Tea Party-affiliated members — Tim Huelskamp of Kansas and Justin Amash of Michigan — for perceived disloyalty after the November elections. U.S. Rep. Marsha Blackburn, whose district used to include parts of eastern Shelby County and the west Tennessee counties abutting Mississippi, got one of those seats in an announcement in December. Other Budget Committee Republican vacancies occurred when a member from New Hampshire, U.S. Rep. Frank Guinta, was defeated in November and member Todd Akin made an unsuccessful run for the Senate from Missouri.
House rules limit the length of time any one member of Congress can be on the Budget Committee and permit membership in no more than four in any six successive Congresses, or eight years.
Asked what he hoped — and then what he expected — President Barack Obama will say in his State of the Union address on Tuesday night, Nunnelee thought a moment.
"I would hope the President would address the economy, jobs and government spending," he said. "Those are the biggest issues facing America today."
"The only basis I have for making a judgment as to what I expect to hear would be his remarks at the inauguration," said Nunnelee, turning partisan again. "At the inauguration, the President said the most important issues facing America are gay rights, global warming, wind and solar energy and gun control, which I think is not addressing the major problems facing America."
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The development chief last night endured a rowdy reception from villagers who would lose their homes under his bureau's plan to turn their border suburb into a new town.
Paul Chan Mo-po, secretary for development, skirted around their demands for an exact date that he would visit the villages he wants to tear down - a promise he made months ago.
It was Chan's first face-to-face meeting with villagers, held at a North District Council venue in Fanling, on the controversial northeastern New Territories dual-town plan.
"You are exaggerating," the minister said in response to a Kwu Tung villager's criticism that the Development Bureau was "killing" the families whose homes fall under the plan.
"You are indeed destroying our homes, it's no different from killing us," said student Chung Xiaoqing, a Kwu Tung villager.
"I beg you, minister, to allow my 90-year-old mother to live out the rest of her days in her village," another woman said.
In another exchange at the meeting, which was closed to the media, Chan replied that: "The [new town] project is for Hongkongers."
That sparked boos all round from the 80 attending villagers. "What about us here? Who among us is not a Hongkonger?" one villager asked. "You are serving newcomers from the mainland," said another.
Chan refused to specify when he would visit the villages he planned to uproot, saying only that his colleagues would make future arrangements.
The development plan is intended to provide more public housing, Chan said. But an angry villager replied: "Can you tear down your residence and live in a public flat in the future?"
They argued officials lacked understanding of their communities, questioning how the existing transport network could cope with further population growth. "Come to Sheung Shui station one morning at 8am and try to take a train ride to Kowloon," said one villager.
Kwu Tong North village head Nam Siu-fu said: "From 2008 until now, we have just been told the same stuff.
"The government should address our demands instead of just repeating themselves."
Fellow resident Lee Siu-wah - whose home will become a space for flowers under the new plan - said: "Our demands are simple: keep our village, no relocation."
The HK$120 billion plan covers 333 hectares, with 60,700 flats to be built for 174,900 people.
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The saddest part of this article is that most of Hong Kong seems to have forgotten his past actions which even in the most terrible of Governments around the world would've required him to resign.
If he is actually keen on helping, just resign, I'd rather take a gamble to see how corrupted the next minister would be instead of someone who uses their wife like a shield and in this case uses their assistant like a shield, man up! You're not better than anyone else.
I wonder if this guy will turn around and give the development contracts to his cronies. Sleazy conflict-of-interest deals appear to be in his wheelhouse.
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Whereas if he continues on his corrupt ways, he'll just get a slap on the hand and if worst he'll just go, "my wife did it."
How do you suppose he still has his job, all the ministers are in their ivory towers and they protect each other while touting that they're doing it for the people.
F-15's and Aegis destroyers, Patriot batteries.
He should be investigated for corruption, up to 15 years after he leaves office for any income that cannot be explained. This is how HK works. Donald Tsang and his flat in SZ. After he leaves office. Best to end this man's career as is.
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Their stretching done and warm-up shooting over, Jamar Smith looked over at his teammates as they took to the basketball court Sunday afternoon and, with a slight shake of his head, declared, "last practice."
What began with the first practice in October and games in November and saw tragedy and success beyond any other season is coming to a close.
And, after Sunday's final practice, the year will culminate today with the final game of the season for the University of Southern Indiana men and the last of their collegiate career for five seniors.
"Really, it hadn't start to sink in until we got here today," one of those seniors, Isaac Stoll, said at Sunday's practice. "Last practice, tomorrow's the last game — it sucks, but that's life."
The No. 2 Eagles (23-3, 14-3) host Quincy (20-6, 11-6) at PAC Arena, tipping off at 7:30 tonight.
The Hawks can clinch the Great Lakes Valley Conference North Division title with a win; the Eagles lost their shot at a GLVC regular-season championship with Saturday's defeat at Bellarmine.
But they still have plenty to play for, Stoll said: "For us seniors, we just want to go out with a win — go out like we should."
In addition to Stoll, those seniors are Smith, Tyrone Bradshaw, Marvin Gray, Brandon Carr and Jeron Lewis, who died of a heart condition in January. Members of Lewis' family are expected to be on hand for the game.
"The season we've been through is one of the toughest seasons anybody could go through," Gray said.
It started with a new coach, Rodney Watson, and a postseason ban handed down by the GLVC.
The Eagles answered by winning their first 16 games, then lost Lewis. After winning seven more to start a school-record 23-0, they've now lost three in a row.
"It's just crazy," Gray said. "I'll remember all of it."
Including, the seniors hope, a win to finish it off.
"These guys are a special group of guys that I'll never forget," Stoll said, "and it's been a great season."
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THE BIGGEST LOSER Scores Strong Ratings in Key Demo
From 8-10 p.m. ET, "The Biggest Loser" (2.4 rating, 6 share in adults 18-49, 6.1 million viewers overall) equaled its highest 18-49 rating for a regularly scheduled episode since the "Biggest Loser 12" finale on Tuesday, Dec. 13, 2011 (2.7 from 9-11, excludes this season's Sunday premiere on January 6). Last night's "Biggest Loser" maintained 100 percent of its 2.4 ratings for both last week and the show's regular-slot premiere of two weeks ago. From its first half-hour to its fourth, "Loser" grew by 14 percent in 18-49 rating (to a 2.5 from a 2.2). In women 18-34, "The Biggest Loser" ranked #2 among ABC, CBS, NBC and FOX in the time period.
* Week three of "Loser" topped the show's year-ago third episode in 18-49 (2.3/6 on Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2012 from 8-10) and is up 9 percent versus last year's finale (2.2/7 on May 1, 2012), despite the move of the show from its long-time home on Tuesdays to a new night running head-to-head against ABC's "Bachelor," CBS's comedies and Fox's "Bones" and "The Following."
* From 10-11 p.m. ET, "Deception" averaged a 1.3/3 in 18-49, 3.6 million viewers overall. In women 18-34, "Deception" finished within 0.1 of a point of #1 among ABC, CBS and NBC (scoring a 1.7 rating vs. a 1.8 for "Castle," with "Deception" moving ahead among those networks in women 18-34 for the 10:30-11 p.m. half-hour).
In Late-Night Metered Markets Monday night:
* In Nielsen's 56 metered markets, household results were: "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno," 2.2/6 with an encore telecast; CBS's "Late Show with David Letterman," 2.2/6 with an encore; and ABC's "Jimmy Kimmel Live," 2.0/5 with an encore.
* In the 25 markets with Local People Meters, adult 18-49 Wednesday results were: "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno," 0.7/3 with an encore; "Late Show," 0.5/3 with an encore; and "Jimmy Kimmel Live," 0.7/3 with an encore.
* From 12:35-1:05 a.m. ET Wednesday night, ABC's "Nightline" averaged a 1.2/4 in metered-market households and a 0.4/3 in 18-49 in the Local People Meters.
* From 12:35-1:35 a.m. ET, "Late Night with Jimmy Fallon" (1.0/3 in metered-market households with an encore) trailed CBS's "Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson" (1.1/4 with an encore). In the 25 markets with Local People Meters, "Late Night" (0.3/2 in 18-49 with an encore) tied "Late Late Show" (0.3/2 with an encore).
* At 1:35 a.m., "Last Call with Carson Daly" averaged a 0.6/3 in metered-market households with an encore and a 0.1/1 in adults 18-49 in the 25 markets with local people meters.
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At the time, Sarah Palin announced that the parents-to-be planned to marry. She said that having a baby would make her daughter "grow up faster than we had ever planned."
Then Johnston showed up alongside Bristol Palin at the September 2008 Republican National Convention.
He quickly found the intensity of the political spotlight focused on every aspect of his life.
He came under early scrutiny when a MySpace page emerged on which Johnston was quoted as saying "I'm a f-----' redneck" and "I don't want kids." Johnston said that his friends created the page and that he had nothing to do with it.
But Johnston said all the extra attention he received from being in the center of a presidential race didn't ruin his life.
"I don't — that kind of came with dating Bristol. I mean, that came with the package, I suppose. You gotta know how to deal with it. But no, nothing has changed. I mean, nothing out of the ordinary I guess," said Johnston, who added he had no regrets.
"We've been dating for a long time, and I wouldn't take it back," he said.
Despite reports from tabloid publication Star Magazine last week that alleged Bristol Palin doesn't allow Johnston to see his infant son, Tripp, the teen father said he sees his son regularly and described how becoming a father had changed his life.
"I don't know where they got that from, but I can go over there whenever and she lets me take him. We're still really good friends. I mean, none of that was true," Johnston said.
"I'd give anything for [Tripp], to be with him," he added. "[There are] a lot of changes when you're a father, when you hold him for the first time, you know. I don't do a lot of things I used to anymore, I'll tell you that."
For now Johnston said he's concentrated on getting his life together and getting a job.
"Yeah, [I'm] growing up a lot," said Johnston, whose only images of his son are ultrasound pictures. "So, it's fun. It's good times."
Bristol Palin told Van Susteren that no one had pressured her to have the child.
"It was my choice to have the baby," the 18-year-old said. "It doesn't matter what my mom's views are on it. It was my decision."
While campaigning for governor of Alaska in 2006, Sarah Palin came out strongly against abortion and said that abstinence should be taught as part of sex education in public schools. Her decision to give birth to her youngest son, Trig, who was prenatally diagnosed with Down syndrome, has been held up by conservatives as exemplary of anti-abortion values.
Sarah Palin also discussed abstinence and teen pregnancy in the interview with Van Susteren.
"You get behind that, that ideal of, yes, abstinence, you know?" the new grandmother, 44, said. "Hey, don't get pregnant. Well, get beyond that when it happens, and then you deal with it. Life happens. Life happens and you deal with it, and Bristol's dealing with it wonderfully."
"Not the most ideal situation," she added. "Certainly you make the most of it."
In October, Johnston told The Associated Press he had been dating Bristol Palin since freshman year of high school and the couple had long planned to get married.
"We were planning on getting married a long time ago, with or without the kid," Johnston told the AP. "That was the plan from the start."
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>>>Here's a snapshot of what's making the audio.
As others have mentioned, it's an animated display of the Old Hag from Snow White, locked in a prison cage, anchored by ball & chain.
This was built in the 70's for the then brand new "Disneyana" shop on Main Street that was located across the street from where it is now, where the Jewelry Shop is now between the Watch Shop and the main Emporium.
It was built as a display piece for the shop, but soon after opening they decided to put a $15,000 price tag on her to see if anyone would buy her. After a year or two someone did step up to purchase it. Michael Jackson. But Disneyland decided then they wanted to keep her for the shop, so they built Jackson a new one.
After that sale, the powers-that-be decided they didn't want to sell such things anymore (too proprietary, I guess they thought) and so the pricetag was removed. Keep in mind this was in the days long before the Company started selling almost anything from the Parks to the public at collectible conventions and eBay and such. Don't know if they would put a pricetag on her now, but I suspect if you offered enough, they would build you one.
When Disneyana moved across the street [to where it is today]...I'm not sure if the Old Hag made the journey or not. I don't recall her ever being over there. She may have gone into storage for a bit of time.
Next time I saw her she was in the old Disney Villains Shop in Fantasyland. From there she went to the Le Bat en Rouge shop in New Orleans Square. I also heard that she made a brief appearance at Walt Disney World at one time, but can't confirm that. If anyone else spotted her at another location over the years, perhaps they'll speak up.
BTW...that [turning water into gasoline] line was a direct comment about the gasoline rationing, long lines at the pumps, and general energy crisis that was going on back then, when the Hag display was designed and created in the 70's.<<<
And with gas prices what they are today...it certainly would be timely to bring her back!


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Bali climate
Bali's climate is tropical monsoon with daytime temperatures hovering between 20 and 33 degrees Celsius. The wet season runs from October to March. Travellers taking cheap flights to Bali between these months should expect heavy showers and high humidity. The summer months (June through September) are the dry months, the days are hot but humidity is not a factor.
Getting around Bali
Travellers to Bali will discover that there are several ways of getting around the island. Bemos (small vans with a set routine) and buses are cheap if on the slow side. Taxis - chartered or metered - are convenient and inexpensive compared to other countries. Renting a car, motorbike or bicycle offers most independence. The most traditional mode of transport is a dokar (a horse and cart).
Bali insider information
- Kerobokan jail is a tourist attraction for many Australian visitors. Infamous inmates include Schapelle Leigh Corby, the Australian woman convicted of drug smuggling, Michael Loic Blanc, the French man convicted of drug smuggling, and the Bali Nine drug smuggling gang.
- Bedugul is where the Balinese flee during the very hot and humid weather. This retreat is tucked into the crater of an extinct volcano, 1,400 metres above sea level. The air is fresh, the countryside lush and the fruit and vegetables considered the finest in Bali.
- Ubud is Bali's fine-arts, dance and music centre (and a staple on the Eat, Pray, Love pilgrimage trail). The Ubud Writers and Readers Festival takes place towards the end of the year. It is considered to be one of the world's top literary festivals.


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