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Gordon Bethune resorts to the `you don't understand' ploy
Former Continental Airlines CEO Gordon Bethune has been stumping for United on the battle over international flights from Houston's Hobby Airport. Even though he said he's not working for the company, he showed up with airline officials at the Chronicle's editorial board meeting last week to wax nostalgic about the deal he and former Mayor […] [Read More]
The Great American Foreclosure Song
The folks at ProPublica have taken a concise explanation of the housing crisis, the robo-signing scandal and the loan modification mess and set it all to music. Enjoy. [Read More]
Hostess execs find their paychecks have less filling
After creditors accused Hostess Brands of padding executive salaries ahead of the company's Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing, the maker of Twinkies and Ding Dongs has roll back the pay packages — at least for now. Gregory Rayburn, a restructuring expert who took over as chief executive last month, said the top four Hostess executives reporting […] [Read More]
What is United so afraid of?
United is going to great length to influence public opinion in the battle over international flights from Houston's Hobby Airport. [Read More]
Poll: Should Southwest be allowed to begin international flights from Houston?
Should Southwest be allowed to expand internationally at Hobby, a move that even United acknowledges will lower fares on routes where the two airlines compete? [Read More]
Extreme filling: Twinkie makers' execs accused of padding pay before bankruptcy
Hostess Brands may have boosted executive salaries in the months leading up to the company's Chapter 11 bankruptcy. [Read More]
Penney cuts staff, adding to irony of 'fair and square'
A week after JC Penney revealed it had showered new chief executive Ron Johnson with a $53.3 million pay package for his first six months on the job, the company announced plans to cut 600 employees from its corporate headquarters in Plano. The cuts, which represent about 14 percent of the headquarters staff, will be […] [Read More]
Have you heard the one about the airline that buys a refinery?
If Delta's looking for a way to make its losses more consistent and pervasive, buying a refinery might be the ticket. [Read More]
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Why I Don't Volunteer At My Kids' School
I will admit to having some Big Feelings about the fact that I don't volunteer at my kids' school. In this episode of Mama Said, Sarah and I talk about the difficulties of volunteering on both the schedule and our sanity.
Do you volunteer at your child's school? How do you make it work? Do you ever feel conflicted about it?
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Minors: Miracle's Knudson, Vargas homer in 4-1 win over Bradenton
The Fort Myers Miracle spoiled the Bradenton Marauders home opener with a 4-1 victory at McKechnie Field on Friday night.
Miracle starter Jason Wheeler tossed five shutout innings and earned his first win in the Florida State League. Wheeler (1-0) allowed a base runner in four of five innings, but scattered four hits while striking out three and walking one.
Marauders starter Nick Kingham set down the first nine Miracle batters. Fort Myers touched Kingham (0-1) up in the fourth when Angel Morales led off with a double. Eddie Rosario followed with a single, his first hit in with the Miracle, and Kingham then walked Miguel Sano to load the bases.
Gonzales and Rosario scored on back-to-back wild pitches for a 2-0 lead.
Fort Myers added a one-out home run from Kyle Knudson in the fifth. Kennys Vargas launched a towering home run to right field in the seventh.
The Miracle (2-0) play at home against Bradenton on Saturday night at 6:05, with fireworks following the game.
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First Posted: Friday, February 10, 2012 -8:43 a.m.
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POTTERSVILLE At a recent gathering of both local and regional emergency officials and firefighters, Douglas Howe was named 2011 Firefighter of the Year by the Pottersville Volunteer Fire Department.
Howe was given a standing ovation by the 70 people attending the annual awards banquet of the fire department, held Jan. 14.
In the award presentation, Howe was hailed for his commitment to the fire company since he joined at age 16. It was noted that he regularly manned the firehouse when others weren't available, and was faithful in attending training sessions and helping lead company drills.
It was noted that for his relatively young age, he was knowledgeable about firefighting, and even veteran firefighters sought his advice. He was also honored for setting an example of dedication for other company members.
Also, Pottersville First Assistant Chief Kevin Feldt presented gag awards for unusual accomplishments by members through 2011.
These were followed by fire company service awards. Frank Meade took first place for most training classes and drills attended, followed by Doug Howe, Izzy and Kathleen Modert, Delvin Wheeler and Jon Barney. The Pottersville firefighters participated in a total of 997 training hours in 2011.
Awarded for the most incident responses during the year was Kevin Feldt, followed by Rico Lopez, Eugene Carman, Doug Howe and Delvin Wheeler. Longevity awards were presented to Eugene Dutcher for 38 years; Gene Carman, 36 years; Frank Meade, 31 years; Kevin Ferguson, 27 years; as well as Kevin Feld and Doug Howe.
Area fire and emergency officials attending included Horicon Fire Chief Jim Hayes, Chestertown Fire Chief Jack Crossman, Riverside Fire Chief Bob Frevelle, Schroon Lake Fire Chief Rodney Secor and North Warren Emergency Squad President Kevin White. Also attending were Warren County emergency officials Ted Little, Scott Combs, Amy Drexel, and county dispatcher Blair Davies.
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Participating in the Firefighter of the Year awards presentation recently are Pottersville Fire Department members (left to right): First Assistant Chief Kevin Feldt, Firefighter of the Year Douglas Howe, Chairman of District Commissioners Eugene Dutcher, and Fire Chief Guy Swartwout.
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Harrah's Hotel and Casino Las Vegas
- Free WiFi and free parking
- Airport within 5 mi/8 km: Las Vegas, NV (LAS-McCarran Intl.)
Main amenities
- 2,526 guestrooms
- Casino
- 6 restaurants and 4 bars/lounges
- Full-service spa
- Nightclub
- Breakfast available
- WiFi in the lobby
- Seasonal outdoor pool
- Health club
- Conference center
- Limo/town car service
- 24-hour front desk
What's around
- In The Strip
- Las Vegas Convention Center (1.7 mi / 2.7 km)
- Fashion Show Mall (0.7 mi / 1.1 km)
- University of Nevada-Las Vegas (2.3 mi / 3.8 km)
- Thomas and Mack Center (2.4 mi / 3.9 km)
- The Auto Collections (0 mi / 0.1 km)
The room was clean, the service was great. And we loved the location.
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Hotel Info: 866-539-8117from $34
- No Resort Fee Mini Suite
- No Resort Fee Classic
- Classic Room Two Queen Beds
- Harrah's Executive Suites
- Classic Room
- High Roller View Deluxe King
- Luxury Room
- Deluxe Room
- Classic Room Two Queen Beds
- High Roller View Deluxe Two Queens
- Classic Room
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Key facts
Hotel size
- This hotel has 2,526 rooms
- Check-in time starts at 4 PM
- Check-out time is 11 AM
Required at check in
- Credit card or cash deposit required
- Government-issued photo ID required
- Minimum check-in age is 21
Travelling with others
- Pets allowed (dogs only)
- Specific rooms only *
- 2 per room (up to 50 lb)
Extra people
- Roll-away beds available, charges may apply*
- Free wired Internet access in public areas
- Free WiFi and wired Internet access in rooms
- Free valet parking
- Accessible parking
In the hotel
- Breakfast (surcharge)
- 6 restaurants
- 4 bars/lounges
- Coffee shop/café
- Poolside bar
- 24-hour room service
- Outdoor seasonal pool
- Health club
- Full-service spa
- Spa treatment room(s)
- Golfing nearby
- Casino
- Nightclub
- Spa tub
- Sauna
- Business center
- Conference space
- Conference space size (feet) - 25000
- Conference space size (meters) - 2323
- One meeting room
- Conference center
- 24-hour front desk
- Limo or Town Car service available
- Dry cleaning/laundry service
- Hair salon
- Wedding services
- Elevator/lift
- ATM/banking
- Safe-deposit box at front desk
- Disabled parking
- Accessible path of travel
- Braille or raised signage
- Accessibility equipment for the deaf
- Accessible bathroom
- In-room accessibility
- Roll-in shower
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- Climate control
- Air conditioning
- Minibar
- Iron/ironing board
- Hypo-allergenic bedding available
- Blackout drapes/curtains
- In-room massage available
- Shower/tub combination
- Free toiletries
- Hair dryer
- Pay movies
- Cable/satellite TV channels
- Desk
- Free WiFi
- Phone
- Daily housekeeping
- In-room safe (laptop compatible)
Special features
From the moment you step into the Spa at Harrah's world-class spa, you'll be pampered. Luxuriate in a relaxing aromatherapy or Swedish massage, which promote the release of stress or enjoy a facial, like the deep-cleaning classic European facial or a hydroptima treatment, which is the ultimate professional hydrating treatment for dry and sun-damaged skin.
Treat yourself to a body treatment like the Jojoba Silk Body Glow, which blends jojoba microspheres and essential oils to exfoliate and invigorate the skin, or an Ocean Essential Body Wrap, which promotes detoxification and remineralizes the skin.
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You'll be asked to pay the following charges at check in or check out:
Deposit: USD 100 per day
- Resort fee: USD 28 per accommodation, per night
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Facility access costs USD 10-25 per person, per day. Facilities include fitness facilities, a sauna, and a spa.
Rollaway beds are available for USD 30.00 per day
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D-backs' Daniel Hudson not fond of baseball card that shows reaction to injury
There's little doubt that Arizona Diamondbacks pitcher Daniel Hudson is not happy about an elbow injury that forced him to miss most of the 2012 season.
Hudson tore the ulnar collateral ligament in his right elbow on June 26, 2012 in a game against the Atlanta Braves, which is likely a moment Hudson will remember forever.
And if there was a chance he wasn't going to, it's all but a certainty now that the moment was captured on Hudson's 2013 Topps baseball card.
Thank @toppscards for using a close up of me right after my elbow blew out! Card will be around forever as areminder! twitter.com/DHuddy41/statu�— Daniel Hudson (@DHuddy41) March 24, 2013
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A sheet which is a blend of water-insoluble fibers and pieces of film of a dry material which converts to a gel quickly on contact with a large amount of water. The blend is formed by suspending the fibers and film pieces in air. The sheet is useful in structures designed for absorbing body fluids, e.g. disposable diapers.
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United States Patent [151 3,661,154
Torr 51 May 9, 1972 54 WATER-ABSORBING MATERIAL 2,600,882 6/1952 Kellett et al. 1 28/290 I 3,055,369 9/1962 Graham, .lr. .....128/285 [72] Invent oyster 3,073,309 1/1963 Mosier 128/290 3,078,849 2/1963 Morse 128/290 [22] Filed: May 26, 1969 3,344,789 10/1967 Arnold et a1 ..128/287 3,386,441 6/1968 De Merre... 128/290 X APPI- 830,205 3,386,442 6/1968 Sabee ..128/287 Related Apphcauon Dam Primary Evaminer-Charles F. Rosenbaum [63] Continuation-impart of Ser. No. 784,699, Dec. 18, Anorney-Abner Sheffer 1968, abandoned,
[ ABSTRACT A Sheet which is a blend of watepinsoluble fibers and pieces of film ofa dry material which converts to a gel quickly on con- [58] Field of Search ..128/284, 285, 287, 290, 296 wet with a large amount of water. The blend is formed y suspending the fibers and film pieces in air. The sheet is useful [56] References Cited in structures designed for absorbing body fluids, e.g, disposa- UNITED STATES PATENTS ble diapers 1 ,702,5 30 2/1929 Williams 128/290 6 Claims, 3 Drawing Figures WATER ABSORBENT A/R FILM PIECES CELL (/4055 Ill/AIMEE 2 04p MILL WATER-ABSORBING MATERIAL This application is a continuation-in-part of my application Ser. No. 784,699 filed Dec. 18, 1968 now abandoned.
This invention relates to the production of structures designed for absorbing body fluids, e.g. diapers, catamenial devices such as sanitary napkins or vaginal tampons, pads for protecting the bed against wetting, surgical sheets and surgical and medical applications.
In one aspect of this invention, there is produced a sheet comprising a blend of water-insoluble fibers and pieces of film of a dry material which on contact with water (e.g. on contact with l0, 15, or more preferably 20 or more, times its weight of water at 25 C.) loses its film-like character within a very short period of time (e.g. less than a minute) and forms a soft plastic gel. The invention'is particularly useful when the water-insoluble fibers are cellulose fibers and, especially, short cellulose fibers such as woodpulp cellulose (e.g. bleached sulfite or sulfate pulp) and when the absorbent product is a diaper, most preferably a disposable diaper. Thus, unlike ordinary diapers made wholly of cellulose, which can give up their absorbed urine when pressed or squeezed, diapers containing the fibers of this invention retain the moisture in the form of the soft non-fibrous gel and are therefore more comfortable in use. The gel is harmless and inert to the body of the wearer.
In the accompanying drawing is F IG. 1 is a schematic representation of a suitable process,
FIG. 2 is a schematic view, in cross section, of one form of disposable diaper, and
FIG. 3 is a schematic plan view of a disposable diaper having lines of weakness for easy tearability of the product.
To form a substantially uniform blend of the pieces of film and the fibers, the film pieces and the fibers are suspended together in air or other gas and a layer of the mixture is deposited from the suspension. About I to 50 parts of the film pieces are used per 100 parts of the cellulose fibers; in one preferred form the proportion of the film pieces is on the order of about 5 to parts per 100 parts of the cellulose fibers. In one embodiment a mass of wood pulp fibers is broken up in a hammer mill 11 (FIG. 1) and then the fibers are conveyed from the mill with a current of air to an airseparating zone such as a cyclone type of separator 12, at the bottom of which the blend of fibers and film pieces is continuously collected in fluffy form and continuously deposited as a sheet, 13 of substantially uniform thickness, of said blend on a continuously moving belt 14. The deposited sheet may be a batt whose thickness is, say, about A to 1 inch. Alternatively the airstream carrying said blend of fibers and film pieces is blown against a moving continuous screen to form the sheet directly.
The film pieces may be fed to the airstream in any suitable manner. For instance, they may be metered into the cyclone (e.g. by means of a feed screw, or by conveying them while dispersed in another current of air which is fed to the cyclone chamber, e.g. at the top thereof, and which may be at a somewhat higher pressure than the air pressure in the cyclone which itself may be at substantially atmospheric pressure. The cyclone may be operated under such conditions that the film pieces, or at least those pieces of larger size, are broken up to form smaller film pieces therein by the action of the rapidly moving air, turbulence, and impacts against the cellulose fiber, against the walls or any baffles of the chamber or against I other film pieces. The film pieces may also be metered into any conveyor in which the fibers are transported from the mill to the air stream. They may also be pre-dispersed in the same airstream used to take up the fibers; that is an airstream carrying the film pieces can be used to pick up the fibers from the outlet of the mill. A higher pressure airstream carrying the film pieces may be discharged in a countercurrent or transverse direction into a main airstreamcarrying the fibers so as to create a localized zone in which the turbulence and the particle impacts are increased, to produce a blend which may then travel in the general direction of the main stream of suspended fibers.
To improve the adhesion of the film pieces to the fibers the mixture thereof may be humidified, preferably by injecting steam (e.g. saturated steam) into or onto the mixture. Thus a current of steam may be directed atthe deposited sheet 13 e.g. at 16 in FIG. 1) or at the stream of collected fiber-film piece blend at the bottom of, or just below, the cyclone (e.g. at 17 in FIG. 1), from one or both sides. The pressure, temperature, speed and width of the steam current or currents is preferably such as to cause the surfaces of the film pieces to become adhesive without destroying their integrity; such conditions can be readily determined by simple experiment with each particular product.
After deposition of the blend in sheet form the sheet may then be compacted into the desired thickness (e.g. /a to 1 inch, preferably about onefourth to one-half inch) as by passing it between pressure rolls and may then be cut to a width suitable for the final product (e.g. for a diaper the width may be, say, 6 to 24 inches).-
The sheet (compacted or uncompacted) may be assembled with other layers to form the final product. For instance, in a typical diaper this base sheet 19 (FIG. 2) may be covered with a thin water-permeable layer of soft non-woven fabric 21 (e.g. of bonded cellulose fibers) or woven or knitted fabric, to form the body-contacting side of the diaper, and may be covered on its other side with a water-impermeable or water-repellant material, which may be, for instance, a preformed film 22 (e. g. of polyethylene) or may be a coating of water repellant material which may or may not be air permeable.
To give additional absorbency there may be superimposed, directly on the base sheet, an additional thickness of a sheet 24 of cellulose fiber material (or, more preferably, of the blend of fibers and film pieces). This additional sheet may be narrower than the base sheet (e.g. it may be 3 to 12 inches wide) and it may be disposed along the center portion of the diaper at the area most likely to be wetted. It may be the same thickness as, or thicker or thinner than, the base sheet.
In one embodiment of this invention, the diaper or other product may be made more readily disposable by having predetermined tear lines (i.e. lines where the product, or merely the base sheet, is weaker, such as lines along which the product is scored, perforated, partly cut, or merely much thinner). Preferably there are a plurality of such tear lines extending across the sheet. In one example, the tear lines 31 (FIG. 3) form a cross made up of two intersecting perpendicular lines each of which is parallel to a side of the diaper; of course there may be more than two such lines. The housewife may then tear the diaper, after use, easily into a number of smaller, and more easily disposable, portions.
To produce the filmpieces, a solution of the highly absorbent material may be cast as a layer onto any suitable casting surface and then dried and stripped from the casting surface. The casting surface may be a rotating drum which may be heated to drive off the solvent (which is preferably aqueous). The film may be stripped intact and then (with or without rolling it up for intermediate storage or transit) sent to a zone where it is broken mechanically, or cut, to form pieces of substantially the same thickness as the original film. Or the film may be broken or cut up during the stripping operation or during the solvent removal. The film may have visible pores; in one form it has substantially uniformly distributed fine holes, about one-half mm or less in diameter, extending through the film and has the appearance of a network having a total hole area of the same order of magnitude as the solid material of the film, e.g. a hole area one-third to twice the solid area. Or the films may be substantially nonporous to the naked eye.
The areas of the film pieces which are fed to the air stream may be, for instance, from about one-twentieth or one-fourth square inch (e.g. a square piece about one-half by one-half inch) to about 20 square inches (e.g. a rectangular piece about 5 by 4 inches). In the airstream the larger pieces (particularly when the film is relatively brittle) are broken up by impacts, as previously described, and the smaller pieces may also be broken.
Starch (particularly cooked or gelatinized starch) has been found to be a very suitable material for making the film. An excellent material is starch which has been cooked in dilute aqueous acetic acid and then cast from the same solvent. Starches of various types, e.g. potato starch, corn starch, rice starch, tapioca starch, etc. may be used, Another suitable material is guar which is a natural gum of polysaccharide character, soluble in cold water. Chemically guar is a galactomannan and is believed to consist essentially of a straight chain of d-mannose units, linked to each other by means of beta (1-4) glycosidic linkages, the chain having single-membered d-galactose side branches; the branches are found on alternate mannose units. The guar may be the natural product or a chemically modified type such as the self-complexing guars. The guar may be admixed with other hydrophilic materials, e.g. with a proportion of a cold-water-swelling starch such as pre-gelatinized starch or a chemically modified starch.
It is within the broader scope of the invention to employ as all or part of the film material other polysaccharide gums, pectin, algin or highly water-absorbent polymeric materials which form gels quickly on contact with large amounts of water. Also the polysaccharide gum may be of the chemically modified type; among the known chemical modifications are oxidation, esterification such as acetylation, carboxylation, etherification such as methylation, amination, phosphation or sulfation; other possible derivatives contain carboxyalkyl, cyanoalkyl or hydroxyalkyl substituents.
The following examples of the preparation of films given to illustrate this invention further. Allproportions are by weight unless otherwise indicated, in the examples and in the rest of the application. In the examples all pressures are atmospheric unless otherwise indicated.
EXAMPLE 1 5 to grams of raw potato starch powder (standard food grade) are dispersed with agitation in 100 grams of water at room temperature and the resulting translucent mixture is heated to a temperature just below the boiling point (e.g. 93-98 C.) and maintained at that temperature for 4 hours during which time the mixture becomes viscous but is still pourable. It is cast onto a glass plate to form a thin layer of the material and thoroughly dried in an oven, in air, at about 50 C. The resulting dry film is stripped, while remaining intact and flat, from the plate with the aid of a scraper (e.g. a spatula).
Various thickness of films (ranging from about 0.001 to 0.02 inch) are produced according to the above method by varying the thickness of the casting on the plate. The thinner films, in this particular experiment, are visibly (and substantially uniformly) porous, while the thicker ones are nonporous to the naked eye.
EXAMPLE 2 Example I is repeated using dilute acetic acid (e.g. of l to 5 percent concentration) in place of water. In comparison with Example 1, the resulting product has an increased water-absorption and forms a firmer gel with water.
It will be appreciated that in the cyclone separator the gaseous dispersion of fibers and film pieces is whirled to cause the mixture of fibers and film pieces to separate from the air and settle in fluffy form.
The process of this invention has shown a remarkable ability to combine the dry polymeric material of high water absorption (e.g. the film pieces of the starch material) with the cellulose fibers. Thus in a run in which starch film pieces were supplied to the cyclone separator together with the cellulose fibers, the final product appeared to be quite uniform, without any detectable separation of, or even any readily visible evidence of the presence of, the starch. In this process the starch or other polymeric film pieces of high water absorption may be replaced in whole or in part by short fibers or filaments of the same material. Such fibers or filaments may be obtained by extruding the material in a thick viscous condition (e.g. a viscous aqueous solution of the starch material, which may be a chemically modified starch) through fine orifices and passing the extruded filaments into, for example, a heated evaporative zone; for instance the viscous solution may be extruded into air and onto a moving belt which conveys the extruded filaments into a drying oven. The resulting substantially dry fibers or filaments may then be cut to the desired length, e.g. one-eighth to one-half inch or more. The diameters of these fibers or filaments may be, for instance, about 0.0005 to 0.002 inch or more. An extruded film of the starch or other polymeric material (which may be plasticized) may also be cut into thin strips to form filaments of the desired width (e.g. 0.005 to 0.2 inch or more).
The cellulose fibers used for making the sheet are usually relatively short, e.g. about one-sixteenth to one-half, preferably about one-eighth to one-half inch in length. Wood pulp fibers such as bleached sulfite pulp or wood fluff are suitable, for instance. It is within the broader scope of the invention to use other fibers, such as non-cellulose fibers which retain their fibrous structure when wet, alone or in admixture with the cellulose fibers. In the sheet the fibers are preferably non-aligned.
The humidification technique described above may be applied to blends of fiber and the particulate watebabsorbing material in which the latter is in a form other than film pieces, e.g. spray-dried beads, granules, powder, fibers, etc., instead of, or in admixture with, film pieces. The humidified (e.g. steamed) blend may be suitably dried in various ways, as by passing it through a spray tower, or in an oven, and/or by a stream of hot air.
It is advantageous to assembly the humidified blend with the other layers previously mentioned (for example with the waterproof layer 22 and/or the layer 21) before the blend is dried, or after only partial drying. At this stage the blend tends to adhere to said other layers; this avoids, or reduces, slippage between the cellulose fiber layer containing the somewhat tack, moist, particulate water-absorbing material (in the form of film pieces, beads, granules, powder, fibers, etc.) and the waterproof layer 22. The preferred waterproof layer is of polyethylene film and may be of the type whose surfaces (or at least the surface which is in contact with the blend of cellulose fiber and water-absorbing particulate material) have been pretreated in well known manner to make them printable (e.g. by corona discharge treatment) and more wettable. The precise residual moisture content for best adhesion can be determined readily by experiment. In making the assemblage the layers can be brought together in any suitable fashion as by passing the layers together between pressure rolls, after which the assemblage may be dried.
The water-absorbing particulate materials of types other than film pieces (e.g. beads, granules, powder, fibers, etc.) may be combined with the cellulose or similar fibers by the same techniques and in the same proportions as described above for the film pieces.
Another technique for obtaining a blend of the cellulose fibers and the water-absorbing material is by spraying a mist of a solution of the water-absorbing material in a liquid solvent into the suspension of cellulose fibers in the airstream. For instance, a 5 percent aqueous solution of a mixture of equal parts of guar gum and starch may be injected into the cyclone previously described, in such proportions as to provide, say, 2 to 5 percent of the water-absorbing, solid material based on the weight of the cellulose. It will be understood that more concentrated solutions may be used, particularly when the solutions are heated so as to reduce their viscosity prior to spraying. The resulting blend may be dried partially so as to obtain a moist mixture having superior adhesion to the adjacent layers (e.g. the waterproof layer).
Another technique for combining the cellulose fibers and the water-absorbing material is by combining a foamed solution of the water-absorbing material with the cellulose fibers. The foam may be prepared, for example, by beating a gas into the solution (e.g. in an Oakes device, to produce a foam having very fine air bubbles). The cellulose fibers may be mixed with the solution prior to foaming or after foaming and a sheet may be formed of the foamy mixture, or the foam of the solution of water-absorbing material may be applied to one -or both sides of a layer of cellulose.
It is understood that the foregoing detailed description is given merely by way of illustration and that variations may be made therein without departing from the spirit of the invention. The abstract" given above is merely for the convenience of technical searchers and is not to be given any weight with respect to the scope of the invention.
I claim:
1. Process for making water-absorbent products which comprises forming a blend of cellulose fibers and solid particles of a material which on'contact with times its weight of water loses its shape rapidly and forms a soft plastic gel, and humidifying said blend by injecting steam into said blend to improve the adhesion of said particles to said fibers, the proportion of said particles in said blend being about l to 50 percent.
2. Process as in claim 1 in which said particles are pieces of film of said material.
3. Process as in claim 1 in which said particles comprise starch.
4. Process as in claim 1 in which said humidification is effected by injecting a current of steam into said blend.
5. Process as in claim 4 in which the steam injection is such as to cause the surfaces of said particles to become adhesive without destroying their integrity.
6. Process as in claim 5 in which said particles comprise guar.
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Myriad Editions was founded in 1993 as the producer of the award-winning State of the World Atlas series. In 2000, the company moved to Brighton and a couple of years later we published an anthology to celebrate the city. The Brighton Book, with its mix of fiction, reportage, photography and graphics, was supposed to be a one-off. In fact, we went on to publish three of the authors included in that book: Martine McDonagh's novel, I Have Waited and You Have Come, Lesley Thomson's crime thriller, A Kind of Vanishing, and Woodrow Phoenix's brilliant graphic road book, Rumble Strip. We then justified publishing two non-fiction books because they shared the political sensibilities of the atlases -- Kate Evans' Funny Weather and Michael Norton's 365 Ways to Change the World and, before we knew it, we had organically grown a completely new strand to Myriad's core publishing activity. Earlier this year, we were fortunate enough to receive an Arts Council England grant which means that we can continue in earnest what we've started -- seeking out and nurturing new writers and showcasing original, home-grown talent.
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Despite reading other posts on twinview, I can't get it to work on the second display- I want a single X screen over 2 x 1280x1024. I have a Quadro4 900XGL, and have loaded the latest nvidia driver (it looks to work OK). The OS is RH7.3. I am using the DVI to VGA adaptors as I am driving CRTs. Before trying Twinview option, I had the same screen on both displays, so hardware is OK. I'm fairly sure it is a metamode or syntax type problem, can anybody point out what this old idiot is doing wrong?
It looks like you have incorrect values sync values specified in XF86Config. You may want to double check the values. since you have EDID disabled.
What you have for monitor0;
HorizSync 31.5-48.5
VertRefresh 50-70
What the card sees;
(II) NVIDIA(0): Monitor0: Using hsync range of 30.00-82.00 kHz
(II) NVIDIA(0): Monitor0: Using vrefresh range of 50.00-75.00 Hz
For the second monitor
What you have;
Option "SecondMonitorHorizSync" "30-82"
Option "SecondMonitorVertRefresh" "50-75
What the card indicates;
Default mode "1280x1024": 135.0 MHz, 80.0 kHz, 75.0 Hz
Here is what I have with a 750 XGL connected to two CRT's
Option "TwinView" "true"
Option "TwinViewOrientation" "LeftOf"
Option "SecondMonitorHorizSync" "30.0 - 78.0"
Option "SecondMonitorVertRefresh" "50 - 130"
Option "MetaModes" "1280x1024, 1280x1024"
That fixed the problem!! I had copied half of the config file from a working dual-TFT file, but naively thought it wouldn't matter.....many thanks!!
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Given the massive, and increasingly -- embarrassingly -- international outcry over Canadian GSM monopoly and thus de facto iPhone 3G exclusive carrier, Rogers' expensive and decidedly limited pricing plans, is it any wonder they've gone into full blown PR panic mode?
(If the below is legitimate, of course).
Thanks to sister site'r Crackberry Kevin for sending this our way!
Hello. My name is [redacted] and I'm writing on behalf of Rogers to give you some additional information about the Rogers rate plans available for the iPhone. The iPhone 3G bundles released June 27 are not the only price plans available to customers, they are the high value plans that allow Rogers customers to use the device to its fullest and offer considerable savings over separate voice and data plans that exist in market today.
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That said, Rogers customers have more choices available to them and can use their existing voice and smartphone data plans if they wish. For example, they can select from the new data pricing (ranging from $30 for 300MB to $100 for 6GB or $50 Flex Rate plan) and add a voice plan, or they can choose a combined voice and data plan to best suit their individual needs. Customers are not required to take the value packs, and can order most other features a la carte, such as $7 for Caller ID. Existing customers can keep their existing voice service plan and pick a separate data plan (not in the iPhone 3G bundle) to meet their needs. They will need to check their upgrade eligibility, but any customer with a monthly service fee that is over $30 can upgrade to an iPhone 3G at $199 (for the 8GB model). Other options outside the iPhone bundle may be available depending on the customer's individual information.
My take? Even if legit, please keep the heat on. Where there are cracks, there will be breaks!
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iPhone 3G in Canada: Rogers Spinning in PR Panic?
Rogers has now denied access to "ruinediphone.com" because the protest was becoming so huge. What gives them the right to deny access to sites???????
Who do they think they are????????
Now I am really pissed!
I was going to wait and get the ipone from the new carrier, but now i am going to cancel my existing Rogers phone too - let the jerks sue me for the "contract pemalty" If enough people do this, they will have to back off - they cant sue everyone!
When i signed the petition there were 19,000 petitioners - when i left the screen, there was over 21,000 gaining at a rate of 13 to 15 per minute!
unknown the devise in canada hahaha you have fun the companys are going to make so much money off you and there data charges the devise runs on higher data then they offer i can say i know this for a fact so you spend like 135 a month plus over useage in the data which can add $1000 +++++ there have been people in the states wil unlimeted which means 2gb so u have fun or sign the petitions to get a better data packeg and if rogers goes unlimted it will only bee about a GB more so BECAREFULLY ALL U IPHONE WANA B'S
and it was rogers and they were generating 50+ a minute and it was up to 22548 when i checked last befor it crashed
Holly crap. What an uproar. The reality is they always planned to let existing customers keep their plans and just add data.
In anticipation, the just moved the $60.00 for 30MB to $30.00 for 300MB.
Ironically, it is the Blackberry customers on the Blackberry Enterprise Service that should be protesting. They are still stuck on old pricing while individual users can take the new, much cheaper data pricing.
I am a Rogers dealer who just spent the day clearing out his store after 14 years after Rogers not renewing my contact. I hate them more than anyone but these are the facts.
Rogers has done it again! No UNLIMITED Data plan for iPhone
Well Rogers has done it again, showing it's yellow monopolistic teeth! 2GB of Data per month with the $115 Package? This is highway robbery! Are these corporate bloodsuckers for real?
All this is stemming from he fact that there are no competition for Rogers in Canada! No other GSM Service Provider! I was planning to at least buy 3 iPhone 3Gs, but I changed my mind! No iPhone till Rogers stops this draconian pricing for their data plan! What is hard to understand is this: Why Rogers has such a problem with DATA? Why? At least can they stop issuing decrees and actually explain to their clients why they are so stingy with their data bandwidth? May be also explain to us why the majority of Service Providers selling iPhone can sell their phones with an unlimited data plan?
Only 2GB a Month? This is a disgrace and it shows what Rogers really thinks about their Canadian Customers! They truly think that we are stupid & ignorant and that we neither know - nor are we capable of learning anything! Well I have news for you, Rogers: WE ARE NOT! I am canceling my plans for purchasing 3 iPhone 3G, until they offer UNLIMITED Data Plan! I am sure that most people, after finding out what Rogers is really doing, will cancel their plans as well. So I guess it was all for nothing to wait a full year for the arrival of iPhone to Canada! :(
Knowing about Rogers underhanded decision not to offer UNLIMITED data plan, Apple should have NEVER given iPhone sells rights to Rogers in the first place! Unlimited Data has been the cornerstone of Apple's agreement for allowing a Service Provider to sell iPhone. Rogers held out for a full year, knowing that they have the monopoly on GSM market, and Apple gave up, which is very uncharacteristic of Apple. I guess Apple doesn't care about their it's Canadian Clients either!
Looks like www.ruinediphone.com is no longer accessible. Seems Rogers, along with RAPING it's customers, has decided that it won't tolerate voices of dissension or criticism either.
I know "Robbers" operates like a communist monopoly but limiting our right to "free speech" is over the top!
What can done about this?
I also sent in a verbal tirade re the data plans and here is the response I received:
Dear (...),
Thank you for taking the time to write to us, we appreciate your use of online customer service.
In your recent email, you have informed us that you are unhappy with the Price Plans available for the iPhone.
We would like to address your concerns with our rate plans. We think that for the service we offer, our rates are comparable to that of other service providers.
Each carrier has a different pricing strategy. Rogers has designed a pricing structure that offers high-value, flexible voice and data packages so that Canadians can make the most of their iPhone 3G experience.
The majority of carriers offering iPhone 3G worldwide offer similar pricing and some carriers have even implemented a "soft cap" so their plan isn't truly "unlimited". For example, in France the soft cap is
500MB where we have a plan that includes 4 times that amount in your bucket. Unlimited plans could end up costing you more for what you don't use. Also, you can upgrade or downgrade your plan at any time without
Our iPhone 3G plans will more than accommodate the vast majority of customers. Rogers customers get 4 times the data on our $60 entry level plan (400 MB) and 20 times the data on our most comprehensive plan. The price plans for iPhone 3G have been specifically created to deliver the best value to customers and an optimal voice and data experience. However, if requested, you may use iPhone 3G on your existing voice plan provided that you add a data plan. The device may not be used on voice-only plans.
We hope you will reconsider and please do not hesitate to contact us again if you have any further questions or comments, or you can call us at our Customer Care Department at 1-888-ROGERS1 (1-888-764-3771) any
We do appreciate your feedback.
For future correspondence with respect to this e-mail, please quote reference number 38980255.
Jennifer W.
Rogers Online Customer Service
Rogers is now blocking access to http://www.ruinediphone.com/
I can access this site via proxy but it is not available directly.
Dude, I got the exact same email, word for word! Did the name of that person have the initials N.B.?
Rogers is blocking access to ruinediphone.com. Anyone using their Internet service should call in and ask them WHO gave them permission to filter our content? This is not right. I use a lot of Rogers services for my home and business, including 4 types of high speed Internet. I'm canceling all my contracts immediately.
http://www.ruinediphone.com seems to be back up, kicking Rogers and taking names, with a new host, and hopefully an even greater impact. (I'm in Quebec, and not on Rogers, so I don't know if it's being blocked for anyone else, but it's coming through fine for me.)
@iPhone in Canada: It looks like Rogers is doing a full PR press. I've now seen almost identical letters from 4 or 5 staffers, including the VP of Rogers.
What a PR nightmare, made all the more sickening by the simple fact that all Rogers ever had to do was be fair to Canadians and not try to lock us in for a longer term (3 as opposed to 1.5 to 2 years in other countries) at worse rates (expensive data with caps, compared to reasonable data without caps -- or at least just reasonable data -- in many other countries).
Apparently they are going to offer the iPhone for less than a 2 year contract but only if you pony up 800 bucks.... at that amount the cancellation fee is actually cheaper anyway.
Thing that irks me the most is the non-unlimited data plans.
I was planning on getting the iphone and moving to rogers; but now I've decided to just stick to my telus blackberry where i'm paying a total of 60/mo (voice+unlimited data). Moving to the iphone at these prices would mean paying double and limiting myself to only 2GB.
BTW a telus insider has mentioned that they are in "full retention mode" and will drop their prices to just about anything to keep you - bottom line stick with telus if you want value.
I also find it hilarious that the rogers rep said "there is confusion in the marketplace". Truth is she is right; there is confusion because us canadians have been so bewildered by all the hidden fees, network access fees, and aggressive nickle and diming techniques from all these companies, that when rogers finally puts a bottom line price out there for voice+data, we can finally compare apples to apples with other countries and realize how much we've really been ripped off all these years.
the official "Rogers Ruined Iphone" are in
I wanted to make one other point: Rogers really has one of two options at this point.
1)They can hire PR firms, spend a ton of money and effort trying to convince the canadian public that their current plans "provide value". It doesn't even matter if what they are saying is the truth or not; they aren't going to change the perception of Canadians no matter how much money they throw at a PR firm. July 11th will come and go like any other day, and iPhone sales will essentially be a dud.
2) They can smarten up and revise their pricing, and give customers "real" value. If they do this right, July 11th could be the day they took the Canadian mobile industry by storm; people will line up/camp out for the iphone, it will sell out quickly and the demand will continue as it did for the wii. Rogers will poach many customers from their competitors and will have a stranglehold on the next generation of phones.
Rogers really has an opportunity to trounce their competition with this revolutionary phone and they are sincerely botching it.
A group of us here in Vancouver have rented out 4 Mobile Billboards that will display comparative information regarding these new Rogers/Fido iPhone plans.
How these plans compare to those in the USA
-the fine print details on what the plans involve.
-sample data from a 2 month period iPhone user in the USA and compare that with the new plans.
-Rogers claims that its top data plan — 2 GB per month for $115 — is enough to download 16,000 webpages. But users point out that a single Facebook page can account for 1.2 MB, which reduces browsing from 16,000 pages per month to 1,600.
We will drive these mobile billboards around University Campuses and Skytrain Stations, Robson Street (major shopping district) places with high traffic areas.
We will also park these billboards in key locations around the city.
Die, Rogers, Die! See the end of http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=DJMtRSwZSrQ for a huge rail-off! There will be a huge all-Rogers-and-Canadian-telco video coming soon...
An email I got from Elizabeth Hamilton.
I apologize as I don't have your full name, but thank you for your email and your interest in iPhone 3G. As an existing customer you nmay well be able to carry over your voice and data plan that you have today. If you are interested in other plans, aside from those announced on Friday, you can in fact select from other voice and data smartphone plans in market. Please check your eligibility with our customer service. There are a variety of options for you. Thank you, L
Sent from my BlackBerry device on the Rogers Wireless Network
Envoyé de mon BlackBerry par le biais du réseau de Rogers Sans-fi
I wrote an email to Fido politely showing my disappointment with the announced iPhone Plans. Here is the reply;
We would like to thank you for visiting our website and allowing us the opportunity to assist you. My name is Irven.
We are sorry to learn of your disappointment with the iPhone offering.
However, with unlimited and free WiFi access, included Visual Voicemail, 3G speed and generous data buckets, we believe that the iPhone packages and prices will be affordable and accessible to the Canadian market.
Should you wish to discuss this issue further, you may contact Customer Service at 1 888 481-3436 (FIDO) weekdays from 8 AM to 9 PM and weekends from 9 AM to 5 PM. Our representatives will be pleased to assist you.
Thank you for choosing Fido.
ok the fact is the iphone 3G is going to be going to alot of teenagers. they are the ones who would be buying it. im a teenager and me and all myfriends were going to get one. i dont have a job and my paents pay for my cell but i cant get it because my parents wont pay. they should lower the prices by like 15 dollars or something. its rediculous and i sined that petition too. and rogers blocked all of their internet subscribers from signing it. thats deniing us freedom of speech. someone should sue THEM!
Rogers did not block any website from the public... The website went down due to too much traffic, and they had to get a new host.
DNS replication issues are causing some to not get the site at the moment.
Try www.opendns.com if you prefer to have a custom DNS service rather than the one your ISP provides... It's free, and updates much more regularly.
Update - July 2 - I got a further update re: Fido using existing plans:
"We received information today that if requested, a customer may use the iPhone 3G on their existing voice plan and should be strongly advised to add a data option. If the customer should choose not to add a data option, ensure they are made aware of pay per use charges.
Thank you.
Irven | Consultant on fido.ca | Solutions Inc. "
This is good news at least for those grandfathered with cityfido and unlimited data plans...
Sorry, I just want to confirm one thing...
I am using Rogers for my cellphone(not a pda or ppc), and my plan is just $30 per month. The last time I talked to a Rogers representative, she said that I can do upgrades.
My question is that can I upgrade to an iPhone 3G? Do I need to sign a new 3-year contract? Will I still be able to use my old $30 plan, and then add a data plan to it?
My story:
I have been a rogers wireless customer for over 14 years and I have 3 family cell phones with them also. During this 14 year period I have paid between $30K-$40K for all wireless services. This does not include my HD box, HD PVR, Cable+, cable Internet etc.
I am shocked that after waiting well over a year for the iphone release to find out that after spending this much money in the past , Rogers wants me to "sign" a contract for 3 years. I will never sign a new contract for any reason, hell customers like myself should be rewarded for all the money we have spent in the past. After all this I get the same plan and rate any newbie right of the street will get. WOW gee thanks Rogers...er NO THANKS!
Anything less than an option to outright buy the phone without a contract will lose myself as a customer as well as others like me. Its the point and I am now willing to wait for another provider (sure to come next year with the competition rules changing in Canada) and spend my money elsewhere.
Wake up Ted, at present you are a monopoly seller of subscription based services and before long you to will become like Bell Canada. Remember these words...How the mighty have fallin.
I have a question for anyone out there with previous versions of the iphone that have been hacked/jailbroken etc...
Can you get an iphopne from another country and "Break" it to work on the Bell Network? And such use their better plans?
@Mountainjest: No, the iPhone runs on GSM networks, of which there is only Rogers (and their subsidiary, Fido) in Canada. Bell and Telus are CDMA networks and aren't compatible.
@Dave: You can buy the iPhone without a contract, its up to each individual store to decide if they'll sell it like that, however, and it will be expensive (~$700+)
@Steve: You will likely have to sign a new 3-year contract to get the $199 price, or eat the premium price like @Dave above if you find a rep willing to sell it (they make money on the contract, so some might be unwilling)
Hi. .. I already have an Iphone. Took it to Europe and could and have only been able to access the Internet/email' via Wi-fi. Expensive as each hotspot u have to ps
pay extra if u move to a other area or have access to ur own wireless Internet services and u have authorization or account. I was eagerly waiting for an unlimited data/surfacing package so I could get rid off 'unable to connect to EDGE' comments. Although glad Rogers has Iphone disspointed with costs and terms of their PLA NS. I WONT sign a contract or pay more for I e of their plans. Even though I love my Iphone I can go back to a regular cell phone AND wait it out until more reasonable plans r available. Yep phones and rate pla a are cheaper worldwide than Canada. Too bad for us
The following is a site designed to concisely communicate how badly the Rogers plans compare to those in the US and UK:
It also aims to raise public awareness of Bill C-555.
If you're unhappy with Rogers, please take a look, and if you think the site is worthwhile, please forward the link.
All Canadians please sign this petition for fair cell phone pricing:
Also...do not buy the iPhone (yet). Let Ted Rogers sit on his expensive supply of phones until he decided to provide fair and unlimited data usage the way the iPhone was meant to be used.
Supply and Demand. If demand goes down so does the price. Boycott the iPhone in Canada and Ted will have no choice to lower plan rates to sell his Apple wares. If he wants people to sign a three year contract which is already unfair...make the price reasonable and competitive to our U.S. counterparts (AT&T)!!!
Wi Fi is NOT free. I learnt this the hard way. Even with coffee shops u have to pay for THAT particular spot. If u go to another hotspot or u r time expired - u have to pay again or billed to u cell bill. I found out that Many hotspots that advertise Free WiFi are Down/not working a lot.
Most people who have WiFi (wireless Internet) have it locked and u need THEiR password to access. The only FREE WiFi I have is in My home or office where I pay for the wireless Internet anyway and I might as well use my wireless laptop computer. As I said I love my I phone but if I knew what I know now about lack of support services and extra services expenses I Would NOT have bought it.
WIFI IS NOT readily available and it is NOT FREE nor can u always have or allowed access to it.
U would need EDGE (same system as u cell phone) to acres the Internet where there is No WiFi, you don't or can't have access to wifi cause you don't subcribe-have account p
or pay for WiFi- which is most places outside ur home. ie to totally use the Iphone as its intended, anywhere u can use ur cell phone - then u need the phone company's EDGE. Then u can surf the net anywhere at anytime without paying extra if u have the Unlimited Data Plan. This is why most people r complaining that it would cost a lot if the cell phone plans are NOT unlimited - which is true. Wifi supplements Edge- NOT the other way around. Hope this info helps.
I tried to get Cell Internet from Rogers for my Notebook in May 2008 and it ended costing me $261 just for the time to do my initial setup, not including the Cell Card and reg fees. After numerous discussions with Rogers personnel, I made a decision to totally disconnect my service from Rogers. I was not allowed to return the Cell Card because they said I used too much time on it. I had to buy the Cell Card that is totally useless to me at $500. Total bill? $950!! And Rogers wants me to get their service for the iPhone? Are they kidding. If Rogers was the last service provider in the world, I would pack up my internet junk and be done with it.
I use the internet for business in addition to keeping contact with friends and relatives all over the world. I do not need this kind of abuse. Nobody does.
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