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Laminar thermoplastic films are provided which exhibit improved heat seal strengths as well as heat seal temperature ranges. The laminates comprise a predominantly propylene-based polymer substrate or core, the propylene core layer being coated with continuous skins, the skins being fabricated from ethylene based resin with a density of less than 0.939.
1. A heat sealable, biaxially oriented, coextruded thermoplastic film laminate comprising a core layer, at least one surface of the core layer having laminated thereto a skin layer, said core layer comprising a member selected from the group consisting of (1) ethylene/propylene copolymers; (2) blends of ethylene/propylene copolymer with an aliphatic diene copolymer; and (3) blends of polypropylene homopolymer with an aliphatic diene copolymer, said skin layers comprising an ethylene based polymer having a density of from about 0.910 to about 0.939 and a melt index of from about 0.3 up to about 20.0 and an ethylene content of at least about 80 percent; said laminate being further characterized wherein said core layer has a relatively higher melting point than said skin layer.
2. A heat sealable biaxially oriented, coextruded thermoplastic film laminate in accordance with claim 1 wherein said skin layer comprises a member selected from the group consisting of polyethylene, ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer and ethylene-4-methylpentene-1 copolymer.
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to laminar thermo-plastic film structures which are formed by coextrusion of the molten laminar layers through a single die orifice and particularly such laminar structures that are solidified after extrusion and passed onto an orientation or stretching operation to produce a biaxially oriented laminate film. The film is characterized by having good heat seal strengths, broad heat temperature ranges and excellent impact resistance.
2. Description of the Prior Art
Oriented polypropylene films have become useful and widely employed packaging films primarily because of their good moisture barrier properties, stiffness, improved machine-ability, high strength characteristics and excellent optical properties such as high gloss and minimal haze. Such biaxially oriented polypropylene films are quite difficult to seal because of the tendency of such films to deorient, pucker or tear at the requisite sealing temperatures. Consequently, in order to achieve satisfactory heat sealability, coatings of various types have been applied to the polypropylene film surface to lower the requisite heat seal temperatures. Generally, such coatings are applied in a separate operation after the film has been formed and oriented. Many times the coatings must be applied from solution in an organic solvent media. This separate operation for application of relatively expensive coatings which dictate employment of solvent recovery systems is quite costly. Examples of such coatings which have been employed in the past to impart heat sealability and other desirable characteristics to the polypropylene film include saran and acrylic multipolymer coatings.
An alternate method for imparting improved heat sealability to oriented polypropylene film, and one that is less costly than post orientation coating, comprises the coextrusion of surface layers of a lower melting resin onto the surface of the higher melting polypropylene core prior to orientation. Following orientation a product is obtained which has a relatively thick polypropylene core sandwiched between two relatively thin layers or skins of the low melting resin. However, as practiced in the prior art, this procedure has associated with it certain deficiencies. For example, in an instance where it is desirable to form a laminar structure comprising a thermoplastic core sandwiched between layers of a lower melting point material such as an ethylene propylene copolymer to provide heat sealability, the resulting laminar structure exhibits desirable high heat seal strengths but because of the relatively high melting point of such a copolymer layer, the heat sealing range, defined by the temperature at which usable seal strengths are formed and that temperature where undesirable film shrinkage occurs, is narrow.
In other instances in the prior art when a coextruded film comprising a low melting skin material is employed as the coating or skin layer, e.g., a medium density polyethylene resin produced by the high pressure, free radical catalyst process, a product is produced which exhibits a much wider sealing range than that of the hereinabove described coextruded film, however, its seal strengths are undesirably low. Additionally, since very low machine direction stretch ratios must be employed, such films are oriented only to a slight degree in the machine direction and as a result the film's toughness or impact strength is not as high as would be desired. Improvement of the toughness characteristics of the film, by imparting a greater machine direction stretch to the film while maintaining the heat seal advantages of the polyethylene skin could not be achieved because the higher temperatures which would be required to permit greater machine direction stretching would also cause undesirable sticking of the polyethylene skin to the stretching rolls.
The present invention is directed to the manufacture of a biaxially oriented film that is heat sealable over a wide range of temperatures and which has high heat seal strength. Such films are obtained by the coextrusion of a surface layer of a polyethylene resin or predominantly ethylene based copolymer surrounding a core of a predominantly propylene-based polymer, the core composition being selected so that the temperature required for machine stretching, i.e. orientation in the machine direction, will not be so high as to cause sticking of the laminar film skin surface to the surface of the orientation or stretching rollers. Additionally, the laminar film structures show exceptionally high heat seal strength when contrasted to prior art film laminations, superior optical properties includng haze and gloss, and high strength and toughness characteristics. Suitable core compositions include either (a) a random ethylene/propylene copolymer, (b) a block ethylene/propylene copolymer, (c) a mixture of polypropylene with a glassy, compatible resin of low softening temperature, or (d) a mixture of a random or a block ethylene/propylene copolymer with a glassy, compatible resin of low softening temperature. The glassy compatible resins of low softening temperature may be those resins which are described in U.S. Pat. Nos. 3,865,903 and 3,937,762, the disclosures of those patents beng incorporated herein by reference. It will be noted that such glassy resin compositions as disclosed in those patents comprise essentially an aliphatic diene material such as pentadiene which has been copolymerized with at least one other olefinically unsaturated comonomer. These glassy resins serve essentially as high temperature plasticizers. Since they are highly compatible with the core resin they do not impair the optical properties of the laminar product and in most instances they have been found to improve the optics of the final laminar product.
The present invention includes a method for the production of the hereinabove described heat sealable coextruded films, which comprises the coextrusion of a high melting point core layer which is coated on at least one or both surfaces with a lower melting, relatively thin skin layer based on polyethylene. The laminate structure is subsequently oriented in both the machine and transverse direction and the resultant laminar film may be heat sealed at temperatures below which disorientation of the core material occurs.
The preferred stretch ratios employed in the present invention to obtain satisfactory machine direction orientation levels are from about 3.0:1 up to about 10.0:1 and preferably from about 4.0:1 up to about 7.0:1.
Uncoated, homopolymer, polypropylene resins which are machine direction oriented to the desired levels hereinabove defined must be heated to temperatures on the order of from about 285° F. up to about 305° F. Hence, if an unmodified polypropylene core were coated with a low melting point resin, e.g. low density polyethylene and stretched at ratios high enough to achieve satisfactory levels of machine direction orientation (necessitating temperatures on the order of 285° to 305° F.) the lower melting polyethlyene casting melts and sticks to the stretching rollers making high level machine direction stretch ratios with such a laminar combination impossible to achieve.
The method of the present invention includes the employment of a core or central resin layer which has a composition such that machine direction orientation temperatures can be employed which, while permitting a desirable degree of machine direction orientation to be carried out, will not be so high as to cause sticking of the lower melting film surface layers to the machine direction stretching rollers. Although such machine direction stretching temperature may vary dependent upon the exact compositions of the laminar core and surface or skin layers, temperatures on the order of from about 200° F. up to about 240° F. have been found to be generally suitable, the preferred machine direction stretching temperature range being on the order of from about 215° F. up to about 235° F.
Accordingly the thermoplastic film laminates of the present invention comprise a single core layer, the core layer being coated with relatively thin skin layers on one or both surfaces thereof, the core layer comprising a member selected from the group consisting of (1) ethylene-propylene copolymers; (2) blends of ethylene-propylene copolymers with an aliphatic diene copolymer; and (3) blends of polypropylene homopolymer with an aliphatic diene copolymer; said skin or surface layers comprising polyethylene and copolymers of ethylene with olefinically unsaturated comonomers.
In the case of the laminar film constructions of the present invention the lower melting point skin or surface layers are considerably thinner than the central or core layer, each of the skin layers constituting from about 1% up to about 10% of the overall thickness of the laminate. The polyethylene homopolymer or copolymer which comprises the skin layer should have a density of from about 0.910 up to about 0.939 and a melt index range of from about 0.3 up to about 20.0 and preferably from about 3.0 to about 6.0. In the case of the employment of ethylene copolymers as a surface or skin layer the ethylene content of the copolymer should be at least about 80% and preferably 90% or more. Typical examples of such copolymers include ethylene copolymerized with lower alkyl acrylates, butene, pentene, hexene, octene, α-β monoethylenically unsaturated carboxylic acids including acrylic and methacrylic acids, methyl pentene, vinyl acetate and the like.
In accordance with the present invention, the laminar film structures thereof are made by the coextrusion of the skin resin and the core composition simultaneously, utilizing any of the prior art methods of coextrusion. The extrudate is solidified by cooling it in a water bath or on a casting roll. The solid base sheet is reheated and stretched in the machine direction utilizing a series of rotating draw rollers, in accordance with the prior art and finally the machine direction oriented film is stretched in the transverse direction by employing well known transverse direction stretching apparatus for film orientation such as a tenter. Specific examples of the present invention are described hereinbelow and are presented for illustrative purposes only and, accordingly, should not be construed in a limitative sense with respect to the scope of the present invention.
A three layer coextrudate was produced comprising a core of a random ethylene/propylene copolymer having a melt flow rate of 5.4; a density of 0.90 and an ethylene content of 3.0% by weight, and surface layers of a copolymer of ethylene and 4-methylpentene-1, identified by the manufacturer as a linear low density resin. The copolymer was produced by the utilization of a low pressure polymerization process and is characterized by having a 4-methylpentene-1 content of 1.07 mole percent, a melt index of 3.0 and a density of 0.935. Each surface layer constituted approximately 6% of the overall thickness. The base film was quenched on a casting roll having a surface temperature of 110° F. and was subsequently reheated to 218° F. The preheated base sheet was drawn 5 times in the machine direction between heated rollers which were driven at an approximate speed differential and subsequently tentered or stretched in the transverse direction 7.5 times at a temperature of about 285° F.
The machine direction orientation assembly comprised a series of 4 sequentially positioned preheating rollers which preheated the film to about 218-220° F., followed by a set of two stretching rollers, the second of which is driven at a speed higher than the first or slow roller. Film stretching or orientation in the machine direction occurs between the closely positioned stretching rollers. In the present example in order to achieve a stretch ratio of 5:1 the surface speed of the first stretching roll as 10 ft./min. while the second or fast roller had a surface speed of 50 ft./min.
The procedure of Example 1 was followed except that the surface layer or skin material comprised an ethylene/4-methylpentene-1 copolymer skin resin having a 4 methylpentene content of 2.0 mole percent, a density of 0.925 and a melt index of 3.0.
The procedure of Example 1 was followed except that the surface layers comprised a polyethylene homopolymer resin produced by the high pressure, free radical catalyzed process, and having a density of 0.935 and a Melt Index of 3.0.
The procedure of Example 3 was followed except that the core material comprised a mixture of 84% polypropylene homopolymer and 16% of a glassy, compatible, random interpolymer resin. The interpolymer resin was prepared by anhydrous aluminum chloride catalyzed interpolymerization in toluene of a mixture comprising by weight 55.3% of a piperylene concentrate; 9.7% of a mixture comprising dipentene and β-phellandrene present in a weight ratio of about 2:1, respectively; and 35.0% of α-methylstyrene.
______________________________________Melting Point, ° C. 79 - 80 (Ball and Ring)Molecular Weight 1442 (Weight Average) 1034 (Number Averge)Bromine No. 6 - 10Iodine No. 75 - 80Acid Value <1Specific Gravity 0.978 - 0.980Percent Crystallinity 0Tg (Glass Transition Temperature) 32° C.Saponification No. <1Viscosity f to g (in toluene -- 70%)Color Gardner 5 - 7 (50% toluol solution)Decomposition Temperature 205° C. (in nitrogen)______________________________________
The resinous interpolymer, when heated under nitrogen at a rate of 10° C., per minute, had an initial decomposition temperature of 205° C.; a 0.0% weight loss at 200° C. a 12.8% weight loss of 300° C.; and a 90.0% weight loss at 400° C.
The polypropylene homopolymer resin employed was identified by the manufacturer as Tenite-612, having a melt flow of 4.0 to 5.0 and a molecular weight of 340,000 to 380,000 (weight average) and 34,000 to 39,000 (number average). The polypropylene resin was also characterized by the following physical properties:
______________________________________Crystalline Melting Point (° F.) 330 - 340Inherent Viscosity 1.4 - 1.6Density 0.910 - 0.890______________________________________
The procedure of Example 4 was followed except that the surface layers comprised an ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer having a vinyl acetate content of 4.5 mole percent; a melt index of about 1.0; and an apparent density of 0.927.
For comparison purposes a multilayer laminate was prepared utilizing the process as shown in Example 1, except that the skin comprised an ethylene/propylene random copolymer, having an ethylene content of approximately 3% by weight, and the core comprised a polypropylene homopolymer. The ethylene-propylene copolymer and the polypropylene homopolymer resins employed were the same as those identified in Examples 1 and 4 respectively. The Example 1 process was modified to the extent that the present temperature of the laminar base film prior to machine direction orientation was increased to 275° F.
For comparison purposes another coextruded film was prepared in a similar fashion to that of Example 1 except that it was only drawn 1.4 times in the machine direction prior to stretching it 7.5 times transversely. The film comprised a polypropylene homopolymer core resin (as described in Example (4) having surface skins consisting of a mdeium density polyethylene resin that was produced by the high pressure free radical cartalyzed process and that was additionally characterized by having a density of 0.935 and a melt index of 3.5. It is noted that attempts to achieve a higher machine direction draw with this laminar combination, i.e. by increasing the machine direction preheat temperature up to about 275° F. resulted in the polyethylene skin layers sticking to the machine direction orienting rollers whereby production of satisfactory film was not possible.
The heat seal properties of the laminates which were prepared in accordance with Examples 1 through 6 are set forth in the following Table I. It can be seen that the heat seal characteristics of the laminar films of the prior art, i.e. films made in accordance with Examples 5 and 6, are inferior to the laminates of the present invention as described in Examples 1, 2, 3, 4 and 4-A. While the prior art film of Example 5 provides a high heat seal strength, it only does so at a high sealing temperatur eand therefore the temperature range over which high seal strengths can be attained with this lamination is narrow. As can be seen from the data set forth in th following Tables, the laminar film structures of the present invention consistently exhibit wide heat seal ranges and toughness which are superior to the prior art film laminates. Such wide sealing ranges and toughness characteristics are essential in the packaging end use applications for the laminar film constructions of the present invention. Additionally in certain packaging applications, high heat seal strength characteristics are particularly desirable. Utilizing the film laminates of this invention, in addition to the hereinbefore described toughness properties and wide sealing ranges, in many instances high heat seal characteristics are also obtainable. Additionally, as illustrated in Table 2, the laminated films of the present invention, in contrast to those of the prior art, i.e. Examples 5 and 6, provide improved optical properties, including reduced haze and higher gloss.
The beneficial effect on film toughness, e.g., impact strength which is achieved with the higher machine direction orientation which is made possible by the provisions of the present invention is shown by the data as set forth in Table 3. It will be seen that the prior art film of Example 6 is substantially less tough than the films of Examples 1 through 4-A.
TABLE 1______________________________________Film Laminates ProducedIn Accordance With:Sealing Temper- Seal Strength (grams/linear inch)ature ° F. 240 250 260 270 280 290 300______________________________________Example 1 0 20 300 475 530 555 --Example 2 65 235 590 730 805 680 --Example 3 0 0 145 125 125 150 --Example 4 60 180 180 200 270 340 --Example 4-A 200 230 200 205 250 220 --Example 5 0 0 0 0 0 200 600Example 6 0 0 190 260 245 305 --______________________________________
TABLE 2______________________________________Laminates Produced InAccordance With: Haze* Gloss**______________________________________Example 1 2.4 79.8Example 2 1.3 83Example 3 1.2 79.5Example 4 2.0 85Example 4-A 2.0 80Example 5 4.4 73.6Example 6 6.5 60______________________________________ *ASTM - D 1003-61 **ASTM - D2457-70
TABLE 3______________________________________Laminates Produced In Ball BurstAccordance With: cm-kg./mil______________________________________Example 1 27.0Example 2 28.1Example 3 20.9Example 4 20.0Example 4-A 20.0Example 5 22.0Example 6 3.0______________________________________
Although the present invention has been described with preferred embodiments, it is to be understood that modifications and variations may be resorted to, without departing from the spirit and scope of this invention, as those skilled in the art will readily understand. Such modifications and variations are considered to be within the purview and scope of the appended claims.
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MobBase Android apps require the Android Eclair (2.1) operating system and above. If your phone doesn't meet those requirements, then you wont be able to find the app in the Android Market. However, some third-party Android app stores will still list your app, although you will be unable to install it.
Why can't I see which countries my Android installs are coming from?
Unfortunately, the Android Market does not provide country information for their install stats. If they do start providing this information, we will certainly make it available to you.
iPhone/iOS App Submission Policy
What is the approval process for my iPhone/iOS app?
iPhone/iOS apps must be approved by Apple prior to being released. Once a native app has been launched and approved it cannot be resubmitted for 2 months, so make sure that your app is complete before proceeding.
What if my app is rejected by Apple?
In the event that your app is rejected, you can resubmit your app up to 3 times at no additional charge. We'll let you know why it was rejected, and you can use your MobBase dashboard to make any necessary changes. If you would like our help in modifying and resubmitting your app, you can purchase premium support and you'll get our hands-on support to help your app pass the smell test. See our Terms of Service for the terms and conditions governing submission of your application.
Why is iPhone/iOS app activation more expensive than other platforms?
Apple has changed its policy and is now requiring a unique iOS Developer Account for each new app submitted to the iTunes App Store. Because of this, we will no longer be able to administer your app through the MobBase iOS Developer Account. This requires each customer to set up their own Developer Account, with fees paid directly to Apple. It also requires extra steps and hours of work for our team around processing, submitting,updating and tracking your app. We are absoring much of this extra work and associated cost, and are passing on just a portion to you.
What is Apple's new policy regarding iPhone/iOS apps and how does this affect me?
The change in policy means that build-your-own-app companies, including MobBase, can no longer submit apps to the iTunes App Store under the MobBase master iOS Developer Account. Because of this, you will need to create your iOS Developer Account before we can sumbit your MobBase app to iTunes. The cost for this is $99/year, which is payable directly to Apple. There will also be an increased MobBase iPhone/iOS Activation Fee of $250 because of the extra work involved. Other fees listed on the pricing page, including Android and Desktop app fees, will not change.
Do I need my own iOS Developer Account to launch a MobBase iPhone/iOS app?
Yes. Apple now requires that you set up your own iOS Developer Account prior to launching your iPhone/iOS app. This cost $99/year. However, when your apps are released in iTunes, they'll be released under the developer name that you selected, and not under "MobBase".
How do I set up an iOS Developer Account?
There are 2 steps that you need to go through to setup your iOS Developer Account. First, you need to register as an Apple Developer by going to http://developer.apple.com/programs/register. Then, you need to register for the iOS Developer Program by going to http://developer.apple.com/programs/ios, which cost $99. When registering for the iOS Developer Program, be sure to enroll as a Company so that you can then add us to your account; otherwise, we won't be able to submit your iPhone/iOS app. We're very experienced at this and are ready to help, so contact us before setting up your account!
After I set up my iOS Developer Account, how do I launch my MobBase iPhone/iOS app?
Once you set up your iOS Developer Account, please email firstname.lastname@example.com to initiate the publishing process.
Can I submit multiple apps under my own iOS Developer Account?
Yes. Please contact firstname.lastname@example.com for more details about this.
Selling Your App
Can I sell my app?
Native iPhone/iOS apps can be sold through iTunes and native Android apps can be sold through the Android Market. If you choose to sell your app through these stores, you may be subject to an additional monthly commerce fee. HTML5 mobile web apps cannot be sold at this time.
When selling my app, how much of the app's revenue is taken by each store?
Each app store determines their own percentage to charge on app sales. Currently, every store charges 30%.
If I sell my app, when do I get paid?
If you're selling your app, the monthly revenue that you earn will be credited against your account balance, once we receive financial statements for the sale of your app(s) from iTunes, Android Market, etc. If after paying your monthly account balance, you are owed $100 or more, we will pay you via PayPal or check, provided that we've been paid for your app sales. If you haven't accrued $100, you'll get paid as soon as you have accumulated $100 from the sale of your app since its launch, after paying that month's account balance. If you're owed payment and haven't received it, it's probably because we haven't been paid yet.
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How can I update my app after it's launched?
To update the app once it's launched just add content to the various feeds you have provided us (RSS, Shows, Videos, Photos, Twitter, etc.). If you want to add new music to your app, change the layout and customization of the app, or add new feeds, photo album/sets, and videos, you will need to make those changes in your MobBase dashboard. Then, click the "update app" button on the upper right hand corner of your dashboard and go through the publishing process to push the changes to your app. As part of this, you will need to resolve any issues with your app on the Checklist page, and then you can continue through the publishing process by clicking "Continue" in the lower right hand corner of the Checklist page. Once you have completed the publishing process, you will see the changes in your app within 24 hours.
If I update my app after it's live, what updates require resubmission?
Only a few of the changes will require resubmission of a native app: the app name, app icons, loading image, search keywords, app cost, and app store description.
How often can I request my app be resubmitted?
If you need to request resubmission you can do so free of charge 2 times per year. After that, it costs $20.00 per platform. Please note, apps can only be manually resubmitted once every 2 months, so please make sure that you are happy with the parts of the app that require resubmission. If you need to resubmit your app sooner, you will be required to pay a $50.00 priority resubmission fee.
How long does it take for updates to appear in my app?
Assuming your updates don't require resubmission, you will see them in your app within 24 hours after going through the publishing process on MobBase.
I updated my app, but the screen shots of my app don't reflect my updates. Why?
The screen shots of your app cannot be automatically changed with your updates; rather, new screen shots must be submitted manually. iTunes and the Android Market require that the screen shots match the app that was published, which is the original app that you submitted (without any of the updates). For this reason, new screen shots require resubmission of the app.
How often can I update my app? Can I update it more than once a day?
You can update your app two times every 24 hours. If you try to update your app again in a given 24 hour period, then the update will automatically be scheduled to go out on the following day.


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Kuwait remained South Korea's No. 2 crude oil supplier in August, with its shipments rose 5.9 percent from a year earlier to 10.56 million barrels, or 341,000 barrels per day (bpd), according to latest data released by the state-run Korea National Oil Corporation (KNOC). Kuwait provided 14.5 percent of South Korea's total crude oil imports in August, compared to a 13.2 percent share in the same month of 2010 and 13.6 percent in July.
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Joanne Yolles and I Get to the Core of the Matter and Bake the Ultimate Tarte Tatin
This appeared in my column "Dish" in the Toronto Star in 2004.
I baked my first Tarte Tatin late last fall.
I had come across the recipe in Kitchen Wisdom (Knopf, $29.95), Julia Child's latest cookbook and a nifty, compact collection of her favourite recipes.
Save the date (March 8, 2011) for Kitchen Sisters: A Fundraiser Feast
For 18 years, as food editor and food columnist for the Toronto Star, I shared my passion for things culinary.
Most important and gratifying was the joyous connection it gave me to people who enjoy and prepare food – from the Filipino taxi driver who enthusiastically described how his mother makes Chicken Adobo to the firefighters with whom I cooked and then ate a luscious, convivial meal of grilled chicken and rhubarb crumble at their downtown Toronto firehall one lovely evening.


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New Mexico is now 1-1-1 two days in to the Arizona Fall Classic, having tied (tournament games have a two hour time limit) with Pima Community College and defeating Cypress College on Friday.
The Lobos' four hits came from four different players--Chelsea Anaya, Shenise Cox, Kaity Ingram and Stefanie Carramusa.
In the circle for New Mexico was Kaela DeBroeck. The junior threw six innings, striking out two and allowing nine hits. As a team, the Lobos committed five errors in the field.
New Mexico's Carramusa was first to cross home plate and put the Lobos up 1-0 in the top of the second inning. The junior shortstop reached on a walk and was driven in by an Anaya double to left field.
The lead was short lived. Arizona answered right away, using a lead-off home run and a two-run homer to claim the 3-1 lead before the end of the second.
The Wildcats didn't look back, scoring two runs in the third inning, three in the fifth and one in the sixth.
Despite falling behind early on, the Lobos fought until the end.
"Overall I'm really happy with how the team compete," New Mexico head coach Erica Beach said. "We never gave up a big inning and made some good contact on offense. We did have some miscues on defense, which we will learn from. Arizona was a great challenge to see where we stand and we will use the game to make ourselves better."
Down 5-1 in the top of the fifth with two outs on, New Mexico's Shenise Cox singled to left field. The senior then stole second and was advanced to third off of a single up the middle by Ingram. However, the Lobos' third out of the inning came shortly after as Ingram was caught trying to steal second.
New Mexico faces Phoenix and Central Arizona at 9 a.m. and 11 a.m., respectively.


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Women's Woodstock Cycling Grand Prix
Saturday, May 2nd, 2015 in Woodstock, NY a road race just for Women! Distances covered: 60 and 35 mile for all categories, Prizes also for Masters, Juniors and Under-23's. Only a couple of days left to pre-register at https://www.bikereg.com/wwcgp Cycle On! [Read More]
Saratoga 300 KM Brevet
Thank you for your interest in the Saratoga 300 KM Brevet. This ride is part of the Saratoga Brevet Series, and the ADIRONDACK CUP and is sanctioned by Audax Club Parisien and Randonneurs USA. We will follow their rules and regulations. We will be using an out and back route to Elizabethtown, which is a […] [Read More]
Hollenbeck's Spring Classic May 3rd!
The 35th annual Hollenbeck's Spring Classic RR will be held Sunday, May 3rd in Virgil, NY! Registration is on BikeReg. Pre-registration ends Thursday, April 30th at 11:30 pm so we can determine how many Ithaca Bakery cookies to order. https://www.bikereg.com/hollenbecks-spring-classic-road-race There is a new Master 55+ category this year. Spread the word! Cycle On! [Read More]
Bike to Work Day Workplace Challenge
Friday, May 15, 2015 Bike to Work Day 2015 is Friday, May 15th! The Capital District Transportation Committee (CDTC) and Bikeatoga will once again sponsor the Capital Region Bike to Work Challenge for Albany, Rensselaer, Saratoga, and Schenectady Counties. Beginning in March, links for sign-ups will be available here. Trophies will be awarded in each […] [Read More]
Tour of the Battenkill April 18th – 19th
America's largest one-day Pro/Am cycling race. Racers compete over 65+ miles of rolling terrain on both dirt and paved roads as they travel through the world famous Battenkill Valley. Set in early spring, the race courses includes covered bridges, family farms, and rural villages along the many challenging backcountry roads that traverse Southern Washington County, […] [Read More]
Mohawk-Hudson Cycling Club
The Mohawk Hudson Cycling Club consists of 700 (or so) members who mostly live in the Capital District area of eastern New York State. MHCC sponsors road bike rides for beginning through experienced riders within an approximate 80 mile radius of the Albany-Troy-Schenectady area. Visit the website, which is run on behalf of MHCC. Paid […] [Read More]
Trooper Brinkerhoff #3 is Saturday, April 11th
The Trooper Brinkerhoff Memorial Race Series #3 will be held Saturday, April 11th. Pre-registration for the A, B & C Fields is $32, Field D is still $25. Juniors race for free (Pre-register for $10, get a refund if you start the race). As always, if you volunteer to marshal one of the races, you […] [Read More]
Days away from the Tour of the Battenkill
2015 Tour of the Battenkill Drivers Needed! Thanks to all who have already signed up to drive the Tour of the Battenkill. However, WE NEED ABOUT 3 WHEEL CARS AND 10 PACE CARS on Saturday, April 18!Please let me know soon if you are available to drive again. Also, please spread the word! We'd love […] [Read More]
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The invention concerns polypropylene compositions with high impact strength adapted to the manufacture of car components such as bumpers or dashboards, characterized in that they contain:
(a) 50 to 97% by weight of isotactic polypropylene
(b) 2 to 49% by weight of elastomer
(c) 1 to 30% by weight of linear low density polyethylene, of a density up to 0.935.
1. Polypropylene compositions of high impact strength, in which the polymeric component consists essentially of:
(a) from 50 to 97% by weight of isotactic polypropylene
(b) from 2 to 49% by weight of elastomer which is a rubber of the EPM or EPDM type
(c) from 1 to 10% by weight of linear low density polyethylene formed by low pressure polymerisation in the gaseous phase in a fluidized bed and having a density of up to 0.928.
2. The compositions of claim 1, wherein all or part of the elastomer is incorporated in the composition by carrying out one or more stages of statistical copolymerisation of a mixture of ethylene and propylene, containing about 20% to about 70% by weight of propylene, at the end of or during the synthesis of the isotactic polypropylene.
3. The compositions of claim 1, wherein the linear low density polyethylene is obtained by copolymerising, 80 to 96% by weight of ethylene with 4 to 20% by weight of one or more upper alphaolefins containing 3 to 8 carbon atoms, selected particularly from propylene, 1-n-butene, 1-n-hexene, 4-methyl-1-pentene or 1-n-octene, the copolymerization being carried out at a pressure below 4.106 Pa.
4. The compositions of claim 1, with inorganic fillers added to them in quantities of up to 100% of their weight.
5. A method of preparing the compositions of claim 1, comprising mixing the constituents in the melted state.
6. The method of claim 5, wherein the constituents are first mixed in powder form, then mixed in the melted state in the normal type of extruder.
7. A process for the manufacture of various articles with high impact strength, comprising using a composition according to claim 1 for the preparation of said article.
8. A process according to claim 7, wherein said article is a bumper for cars.
9. A process according to claim 7, wherein said article is a dashboard for cars.
10. A polypropylene composition of high impact strength, in which the polymeric component comprises
(a) from 80% to 97% by weight of isotactic polypropylene,
(b) from 2% to 14% by weight of elastomer which is a rubber of the EPM or EPDM type, and
(c) from 1% to 6% by weight of linear low density polyethylene formed by low pressure polymerization in the gaseous phase in a fluidised bed and having a density of up to 0.928.
This application is a continuation of application Ser. No. 319,146, filed Nov. 9, 1981, now abandoned.
The invention relates to polypropylene compositions of high impact strength, which can be prepared with ordinary extruders. More particularly, it concerns polypropylene compositions for the manufacture of industrial parts, such as car components or servicing equipment.
Articles made of isotactic polypropylene are known to have relatively little impact strength at the temperatures at which they are commonly used, and in particular to be very breakable at temperatures below 5° C.
Various methods have already been employed to overcome this disadvantage. In particular, the incorporation of various elastomers in the polypropylene, such as amorphous copolymers of ethylene and propylene, is known to give a substantial improvement in impact strength, especially at low temperatures. It has also been proposed to prepare ternary mixtures comprising polypropylene, polyethylene and elastomers, which are stronger than the binary mixtures mentioned above. As described e.g. in French Pat. No. 1 456 359, the ternary mixtures generally comprise from 70 to 94% by weight of isotactic polypropylene, from 5 to 20% by weight of elastomer, of the amorphous ethylene/propylene copolymer type, and from 1 to 25% by weight of polyethylene of high density, preferably from 0.95 to 0.97.
All these known mixtures including an elastomer have properties which improve, the more intimately the constituents are mixed. It is therefore recommended to provide a very effective mixing action in their preparation, an action which can be provided only by machines of the internal mixer type, such as Banbury mixers, which involve high capital costs and high energy consumption. Unless this can be done the mixtures obtained will have relatively poor mechanical properties, especially as far as impact strength is concerned.
With a view to improving the blending of the constituents and at the same time the mechanical properties of the products obtained, it has been proposed (French Pat. No. 2 113 130) to prepare ternary mixtures of the same type as those mentioned above, by dissolving the constituents of the mix in an appropriate solvent, then by removing the solvent from the solution through vaporisation by expansion, under pressure and temperature conditions such that a mixture of melted polymer almost free from solvent is obtained. However, the technique is difficult to carry out. In particular it involves using autoclaves which can continuously agitate viscous polymer solutions.
Applicants have now discovered compositions essentially comprising isotactic polypropylene, elastomer and some copolymers of ethylene and of one or more upper alpha-olefins, of the type generally referred to as linear low density polythene (LLDP). These compositions have mechanical properties and particularly impact strength which are far superior to the previously known ternary mixtures mentioned above. Furthermore they can be prepared very easily, simply by mixing them in the melted state in the normal type of extruder.
The invention thus concerns polypropylene compositions of high impact strength, essentially comprising:
(a) from 50 to 97% by weight of isotactic polypropylene (b) from 2 to 49% by weight of elastomers (c) from 1 to 25% by weight of linear low density polyethylene, of a density of up to 0.935.
In accordance with the invention the isotactic polypropylene used may have a mean molecular weight between 50,000 and 500,000. It is possible to use the normal, commercially available grades of polypropylene, which are virtually isotactic and suitable for the common applications of injection or extrusion.
A wide variety of products may be used as the elastomers, e.g. butyl rubbers, PIB and SBS. However, it is preferable to use elastomers of the "EPM" type, which are rubbery copolymers of ethylene and propylene containing approximately 30 to 70% and preferably approximately 40 to 60% by weight of groups derived from propylene. it is also advantageous to use rubbery terpolymers of ethylene, propylene and a diene such as dicyclopentadience, ethylidene norbornene or 1-4-hexadiene; these terpolymers are generally referred to as "EPDM" elastomers.
It is equally possible for all or part of the elastomer used in the compositions of the invention to be replaced by a copolymerisation sequence, applied to a mixture with an equivalent weight of ethylene and propylene, containing from 20 to 70% by weight of propylene, the statistical copolymerising sequence being carried out e.g. between two propylene-synthesising sequences or preferably when the synthesis is just over.
The linear low density polyethylene used can be obtained by copolymerising 80 to 96% by weight of ethylene with 4 to 20% by weight of one or more upper alpha-olefins containing 3 to 8 carbon atoms and selected particularly from propylene, 1-n-butene, 1-n-hexene, 4-methyl-1-pentene and 1-n-octene. Copolymerisation of the mixture of monomers is carried out by one of the known low pressure processes, and particularly at a pressure below 4.106 Pa in the presence of a catalytic system of the Ziegler type.
The linear low density polyethylene may preferably be obtained by copolymerisation in the gas phase. In particular, it may advantageously be prepared by the method of copolymerisating ethylene and an upper alpha-olefin in a fluidised bed, as described in French Pat. No. 2 405 961.
It has in fact been found that linear low density polyethylenes prepared by this method of copolymerising in a fluidised bed have a very special structure and give the compositions of the invention remarkable advantageous properties.
The special structure can be demonstrated particularly by differential enthalpy analysis. This shows the low linear density polyethylenes prepared in a fluidised bed to have a crystalline phase with a melting point above 115° C. and a relatively large amorphous phase with a fairly broad fusion range situated below 115° C.
The constituents of the compositions of the invention should preferably be blended in the melted state. An effective method comprises first mixing the constituents in granular or powder form, then mixing them in the melted state in the usual type of machine, such as single screw or twin screw extruders, and following up these operations with a granulation stage. In some cases it is possible to carry out mixing in the melted state directly from the granulated or powdered constituents, in the machines for converting them to finished articles (extruders, injection presses).
Various inorganic fillers such as talc, calcium carbonate or mica may be included in the compositions of the invention, to a maximum of approximately 100% of their weight.
The compositions of the invention, possibly with fillers added, are particularly suitable for manufacturing various car components, such as bumpers or dashboards.
Without being restrictive, the examples which follow bring out the advantages of the mixtures according to the invention over previously known mixtures. In the examples the linear low density polyethylenes used are prepared by a method of copolymerising in a fluidised bed. They have the following properties:
Melt index at 2.16 kg and 190° C: 2
(Standard NF T 51016--Method A)
Density (Standard NF T 51063): 0.920
Content of groups derived from propylene: 12% by weight.
Melt index at 2.16 kg and 190° C.: 1.5
(Standard NF T 51016-Method A)
Density (Standard NF T 51063): 0.928
Content of groups derived from 1-n-butene: 6.7% by weight.
The polyethylenes which are used as a comparison in example 1 have the following properties:
Density: 0.960
Melt index at 2.16 kg and 190° C.: 0.6
Density: 0.920
Melt index at 2.16 kg and 190° C: 2
Two compositions A and B are prepared on a twin screw Werner 28 granulator. Each comprises (a) 80 parts by weight of homopolymeric polypropylene "Napryl 61200 AG" (Melt index of 3 at 2.16 kg and 230° C.) and 14 parts by weight of EPDM elastomer "Nordel 1500" (Du Pont) and (b) respectively 6 parts by weight of "Natene BD 302" and 6 parts by weight of "Natene BD 403". Similar compositions are made as a comparison, with the "Natene BD 302" or "BD 403" being replaced by "high pressure" polyethylene (composition C), then by a "high density" polyethylene of the trade mark "Natene 60060 AG" (composition D).
The mechanical properties of the slabs moulded from these four ternary compositions are set out in table I, where they are compared with those of a binary mixture "Napryl 61200 AG"/"Nordel 1500" in proportions of 85/15 (composition E). Under these conditions the four ternary compositions substantially correspond to a dilution of the binary mixture with four polyethylenes of different types.
The four ternary compositions are found to have tensile strength and elongation at break which shows no change from that of the binary mixture "Napryl 61200 AG"/"Nordel 1500". On the other hand the Charpy impact strength of the ternary compositions containing 6 parts by weight of LLDP ("Natene BD 302" or "Natene BD 403") is far higher than that of the other ternary compositions containing 6 parts by weight of "high density" polyethylene ("Natene 60060 AG") or "high pressure" polyethylene, and far higher than that of the binary mixture "Napryl 61200 AG"/"Nordel 1500". This advantage is particularly evident near room temperature.
A composition according to the invention containing the following constituents is prepared by passing it through a twin screw Werner 28 extruder:
90 parts by weight of sequenced copolymeric polypropylene "Napryl 51351 AG", with a melt index at 2.16 kg and 230° C. of 3.5; this comprising, for 90% of the weight, a propylene homopolymerising sequence which is followed, for 10% of the weight, by a sequence of copolymerising a mixture made up of 70% by weight of ethylene and 30% by weight of propylene;
10 parts by weight of LLDP "Natene BD 302"
As a comparison, "Napryl 51351 AG" is treated alone, on the same extruder and under the same conditions.
Table 2 shows that the composition containing "Natene BD 302" has far higher impact strength than that containing polypropylene alone; moreover the loss of rigidity represented by the reduction in tensile strength is only slight.
TABLE 1______________________________________Mechanical properties of the various mixturesCompositionsor mixtures A B C D E______________________________________"Napryl 61200 AG" 80 80 80 80 85(parts by weight)"Nordel 1500" 14 14 14 14 15(parts by weight)"Natene BD 302" 6(parts by weight)"Natene BD 403" 6(parts by weight)HP polyethylene 6(parts by weight)"Natene 60060 AG" 6(parts by weight)Tensile strength 24 24 24 24 24(MPa)Elongation at 650 650 650 650 650break (%)Charpy impactstrength (KJ/m2)at 23° C. 16 13 8 11 10at 0° C. 5 5 4 4 4______________________________________
TABLE 2______________________________________"Napryl 51351 AG" 100 90(parts by weight)LLDP "Natene BD 302" 0 10(parts by weight)Tensile strength (MPa) 24.5 22.5Elongation at break (%) 600 500Charpy impact strength(KJ/m2)at 23° C. 11 16at 0° C. 5 7.5______________________________________
The various properties quoted were measured in accordance with the following standards:
______________________________________ French standard (NF)______________________________________MeasurementsMelt index NF T 51016Density NF T 51063Tensile strength NF T 51034Charpy impact strength NF T 51035Special measurements on filmResistance to tearing NF T 54108Resistance to perforation NF T 54109______________________________________
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Get an overview of this hotel3.5-star motel with restaurant and bar/lounge
Located in the heart of Katoomba, this motel is within 1 mi (2 km) of Three Sisters and Katoomba Scenic World. Sublime Point Lookout and Wentworth Falls Lake are also within 6 mi (10 km).
Property Features
A restaurant, a bar/lounge, and meeting rooms are available at this motel. Free WiFi in public areas and free self parking are also provided. Additionally, dry cleaning, laundry facilities, and express check-in are onsite.
Room Amenities
All 21 individually furnished rooms feature free WiFi and minibars. Guests can appreciate conveniences like refrigerators and coffee makers, and other amenities include room service and satellite TV.Information missing or incorrect? Tell us!
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Hotel Amenities
The motel offers a restaurant. A bar/lounge is on site where guests can unwind with a drink. High-speed wireless Internet access is complimentary. Event facilities measuring 646 square feet (60 square meters) include meeting rooms. This Katoomba motel also offers a terrace, tour/ticket assistance, and barbecue grills. Onsite self parking is complimentary.
3 Sisters Motel has designated areas for smoking.
- Front desk (limited hours)
- Total number of rooms - 21
- Bar/lounge
- Barbecue grill(s)
- Tours/ticket assistance
- Free WiFi
- Laundry facilities
- Number of floors - 1
- Meeting rooms
- Garden
- Terrace
- Picnic area
- Restaurant
- Conference space size (meters) - 60
- Conference space size (feet) - 646
- Free self parking
- Dry cleaning/laundry service
- Express check-in
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- Designated smoking areas
- Luggage storage
- Safe-deposit box at front desk
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- Free Wi-Fi
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Available in some public areas: Free WiFi
Free self parking
Room Amenities
- Air conditioning
- Premium TV channels
- Refrigerator
- Minibar
- Coffee/tea maker
- Hair dryer (on request)
- Iron/ironing board
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- Climate control
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- Shower only
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Where to Eat
3 Sisters Motel has a restaurant serving dinner only.
Room service is available.
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The recreational activities listed below are available either on site or nearby; fees may apply.
- Bicycle rentals nearby
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Check-in time ends at 8:30 PM
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Children and extra beds
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Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on hotel policy.
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card or cash deposit 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.
Optional extras
- Crib (infant bed) fee: AUD 15 per night
- Rollaway bed fee: AUD 35 per night
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Star Ratings Australia assigns an official STAR Rating for accommodations in Australia. This Motel property is rated 3.5 stars.


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Klein, KSU hope to buck SI cover jinx
Kansas State's jump into the No. 1 spot in this week's BCS standings has caught the attention of the nation's top sports magazine. The Wildcats and quarterback Collin Klein are featured on the cover of Sports Illustrated this week. It's a mark of the growing national awareness of KSU, but it comes with a price. Appearing […] [Read More]
NCAA sub-regional games coming to San Antonio in 2014
San Antonio will see its role as a host for NCAA men's basketball touranment games expand as second- and third-round games will come to the AT&T Center in 2014. The NCAA announced Monday that San Antonio will be a site for those sub-regional men's basketball games for the first time on March 21 and 23, […] [Read More]
A&M remains solidly atop 'Dirty Dozen'
Texas A&M is coming perhaps the school's most dramatic victory since claiming the Big 12 title in 1998. Their triumph at Alabama keeps them first on top of this week's "Dirty Dozen," too. Here's a look at this week's rankings of the FBS teams in Texas. 1. Texas A&M (8-2, next game Saturday vs. Sam Houston […] [Read More]
Five quick thoughts from Saturday's Big 12 games
Before going to bed tonight, here are five quick thoughts about Saturday's Big 12 games. 1. It's clear that the Big 12 brethren were still following Texas A&M, even during a big game involving Kansas State and TCU. As the Aggies' game ended, a noticeable buzz went through the TCU crowd. KSU obviously was the biggest […] [Read More]
End of third quarter: TCU 23, KSU 0
FORT WORTH — Kansas State quarterback Collin Klein added a 34-yard touchdown run, helping boost the Wildcats to a 23-0 lead over TCU after three quarters. Klein has accounted for both KSU touchdowns with 52 rushing yards. He's also completed 10 of 17 passes for 129 yards. But the real story has been the KSU […] [Read More]
Halftime: KSU 13, TCU 0
FORT WORTH — Anthony Cantele added a 20-yard field goal with 20 seconds left in the first half to boost Kansas State's halftime lead to 13-0 over TCU. Cantele's field goal was set up when freshman Deante Gray fumbled a punt that was recovered at the TCU 5 by Jonathan Truman. Three plays later, Cantele […] [Read More]
First quarter: KSU 10, TCU 0
FORT WORTH — Collin Klein has played solidly in the first quarter to help boost Kansas State to a 10-0 lead over TCU in the first quarter. Klein has rushed for 32 yards, including a 7-yard touchdown which gave the Wildcats an early 7-0 lead. It was his 18th rushing touchdown of the season. The […] [Read More]
Klein ready to start for KSU
FORT WORTH — Kansas State quarterback Collin Klein will be in the starting lineup for the Wildcats tonight in their game against TCU. Klein was throwing along the sidelines and appeared ready to go after he apparently sustained a concussion in the Wildcats' victory over Oklahoma State last week. The No. 2 Wildcats desperately need […] [Read More]
Tuberville gets physical with Tech graduate assistant Kevin Oliver
Texas Tech coach Tommy Tuberville wasn't happy when his team was penalized for having 12 men on the field in their game today against Kansas. Unfortunately, Tech graduate assistant Kevin Oliver was a little too close to Tuberville immediately after the play early in the third quarter. Shortly after the penalty, Tuberville and Oliver briefly […] [Read More]
Big 12 picks: Expect a tight game in Fort Worth
The Big 12 season is quickly wrapping up. Kansas State's trip to Fort Worth Saturday night against TCU appears to be the Wildcats' biggest stumbling block to a potential Big 12 title and ultimately a berth in the BCS title game. It will be the most attractive of the five Big 12 games that will […] [Read More]
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Episode PremiereFebruary 13, 2012
DistributorABC Family
Show Period2011 - 2013
Production CompanyAlloy Entertainment, Warner Horizon Television
Cast and Crew
DirectorMichael Grossman
ScreenwriterJustin Lo
Main Cast
- Alexandra Chando as Emma / Sutton
- Blair Redford as Ethan Whitehorse
- Alice Greczyn
- Allie Gonino
- Sharon Pierre-Louis
- Kirsten Prout
- Andy Buckley
- Charisma Carpenter as Ann Rebecca Sewell / Rebecca Sewell Rybak
Additional Cast
- Gil Birmingham
With Thayer's help, Emma explains her and Sutton's lying game to Mads. Mads is relieved to know the truth and thanks Emma for being such a good friend to her. On the ranch, Ethan's father Ben gets a visitor-a woman, who buys horses from him every year... and harbors a not-so-secret crush on him. Sutton and Ethan bond while watching Ben awkwardly interact with her. Ethan and Sutton invite her to dinner, and Sutton tries to soften the mood with an icebreaker game, which ends badly. After dinner, Sutton tells Ethan that she wishes she would have been honest with him about her twin from the beginning and that things would be different between them. Sutton's apology prompts Ethan to confront his father, and they share a sweet moment.
Justin tries to help Laurel work on writing a new song, but she isn't ready to show it to him. They are interrupted by Rebecca, who tells Laurel that she found a pro that wants to produce a demo for her band. Laurel shares the news with her parents-Kristin is thrilled for her daughter, but Ted makes it clear that he is uncomfortable with the situation. Laurel confides in Emma that her new song is about the darker parts of her relationship with Justin, so Emma urges Laurel to be honest with Justin. When Justin shows up after Laurel's recording session, she tells him that she can't see him anymore because she doesn't trust him.
At the police station, Emma and her friends meet with Dan, who tells them that Alec has become obsessed with trying to find Ethan. With a little research, Thayer learns that the college kid, who Derek was dealing to, is in the same fraternity that Alec belonged to. Emma, Thayer and Mads crash a party that the frat is throwing, where they learn a pledge named Jesse saw Alec at Derek's garage the night of the murder. Alec's date with Rebecca is interrupted when he receives a phone call about Ethan.
Mads and Emma try to crack Alec's alibi by having lunch with Rebecca, but a worked-up Ted breaks up their meeting, telling Rebecca to stay away from his family. Kristin confronts Ted about his fight with Rebecca, telling Ted she is tired of the lies and wanting to know why he acts so strange around Rebecca. Alec takes Rebecca on a nice date, and she tells Alec that Mads and Sutton were asking questions about him.
Sutton and Ethan have a heart-to-heart by the fireside, and Ethan thanks her for getting him to open up to his father. Sutton then tells Ethan that she loves him, and they kiss. Shortly after, FBI agents burst into the house and arrest Ethan, leaving a hidden Sutton on her own.


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Chocolate Brownie Sandwich Cookies with White Chocolate Ganache and Strawberry Preserves
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About 16 sandwich cookies
½ cup all-purpose flour
all purpose flour
½ teaspoon baking powder
baking powder
½ teaspoon kosher salt
kosher salt
3 cups semisweet chocolate chips (18 ounces)
semisweet chocolate chips
¼ cup (½ stick) unsalted butter
unsalted butter
3 large eggs
⅔ cup sugar
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
vanilla extract
White Chocolate Ganache Filling
⅓ cup whipping cream
whipping cream
2 cups white chocolate chips or 12 ounces white chocolate, coarsely chopped
white chocolate chips
Strawberry Preserves
½ cup strawberry preserves
strawberry jam
About 1 teaspoon finely grated lemon zest
lemon zest
White Chocolate Drizzle
3 ounces white chocolate, finely chopped
white chocolate
Lollipop sticks, optional
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Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F. Line 2 large rimmed baking sheets with parchment paper.
Whisk the flour, baking powder and salt in a small bowl.
Stir the 2 cups chocolate chips and butter in a medium bowl over a saucepan of barely simmering water until the chocolate mixture is melted and smooth. Remove the bowl and set aside. The mixture may be thick.
Combine the eggs, sugar and vanilla in a large bowl. Beat the egg mixture using an electric mixture, until light and fluffy, about 5 minutes. Add the melted chocolate mixture and beat until well blended. Add the flour mixture and beat until just incorporated. Stir the remaining 1 cup chocolate chips into the batter. If the batter is very soft, chill for 15 to 20 minutes to allow the batter to firm up slightly. The batter can be prepared 1 day ahead. Let the batter stand at room temperature at least 1 hour before continuing.
Using a small cookie scoop, drop the batter in rounded tablespoonfuls onto the baking sheets, spacing 1 1/2-to-2-inches apart. Bake the cookies until slightly firm to touch and crackled all over tops but still soft in the center, 12 to 15 minutes. Cool the cookies on the sheets.
White Chocolate Ganache Filling
Bring the cream to simmer over medium heat in a heavy small saucepan. Remove the pan from heat and add the white chocolate chips. Stir until melted and smooth. Chill the ganache until firm enough to spread, 1 to 2 hours. The ganache can be prepared 1 day ahead. Cover and keep chilled. Let the ganache stand at room temperature 2 hours to soften slightly before using.
Strawberry Preserves
Mix the preserves and the lemon zest in a small bowl.
White Chocolate Drizzle
Place the white chocolate in a small bowl over a saucepan of barely simmering water. Stir occasionally until the chocolate is melted and smooth. Drizzle the melted chocolate over the top of one side of each sandwich cookie, using a fork. Chill until the chocolate has set, about 10 minutes. The drizzle can be prepared 1 day ahead. Store airtight in the refrigerator.
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So you want to know who or what is Fox Country Fish. We can best sum up our reason for being in business by saying we believe in leaving it better then you found it.
The Wagner family founded Fox Country Farms in 1986 with it's experiments in grass fed cattle. In 2009 after years of examining possible ways to raise freshwater fish for human consumption (while making a profit) we jumped in with both feet. Under Heather Knox (daughter of James Wagner) and her husband Rob Knox Fox Country reoriented it's goals to raising food quality freshwater fish. Heather decided after much research that the hybrid bluegill was ideal for Ohio. Harrison County appears to be one of the best locations in the entire world to raise this species of fish. Heather remembered how much she enjoyed eating bluegill as a child. Quality taste made a perfect fit for her entry into raising hybrid bluegill. Our first food fish were purchased in 2009. Five ponds were in full production using all existing farm practices. By the fall of 2009 it was evident that the current supply of fingerlings grew but making money just didn't seem likely. Rob went into research mode. After traveling to the south where most hybrid bluegill fingerlings are raised Rob had 250 thousand fingerlings shipped to the farm. In the spring of 2010 18 new ponds were now in service and things looked better with improved fingerlings. 2010 saw a feed study with 6 feeds being tested. Ohio State University assisted Fox as we narrowed the feeds down to the one that Fox would use in the future. After two years of research aeration was improved to a level unmatched elsewhere in Ohio. Great food, great fingerlings and exceptional water quality have come together to equal exceptional fish. Hybrid bluegill, largemouth bass, striped bass and triploid grass carp have come together to make fish farming profitable in Ohio. Visit us for a tour of the farm or call with questions. If we can help you raise better fish, or get into the fish business, it will make our day. We strive to leave it better then we found it.
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A year in a writer's garden with Molly Glentzer
Yearly Archive for 2008
New Year, Old Gloves
MOLLY GLENTZER… Gloves, about this time last year. If you want to see how a gardener's year has gone, look at her gloves. I groused a bit about this time last year, as this blog began, on the impermanence of gardening gloves. January gloves are so full of optimism. Clean, unblemished, awaiting the call to […] [Read More]
Gilded gift
MOLLY GLENTZER… A gift from the garden. Sunday brought a gift from the garden: One of the apricot lilies I bought a few months ago at the bulb mart is suddenly blooming — a magnificent concoction of orange that fades to dark pink, like a glass of sangria in which the fruit, bulging with liquid, […] [Read More]
Cooking Weeds
MOLLY GLENTZERCoffee makings? As cold front tries to wheedle its way into town, the on-and-off warm rain is discouraging me — and encouraging the oxalis and dandelions that are carpeting every square foot of the yard. Perhaps that's why one of the new books on my desk caught my eye. It's The Bedside Book of […] [Read More]
Happy Holidays
MOLLY GLENTZER Light balls in the garden. We are holiday light-challenged at our house. It's an old place, and out front there is only one electrical outlet. Rather inconveniently, it's up high, on the side actually, so we have to take out the driveway spotlight to accommodate Christmas lights. We run an extension cord down, […] [Read More]
MOLLY GLENTZER Ivy in the window. How much is that ivy in the window? With so little green left under the mattress, one yearns for at least a little of it somewhere, and a windowsill isn't a bad place for it. I bought these itty-bitty pots years ago during a fit of bonafide insanity in […] [Read More]
Old Man Winter
MOLLY GLENTZER Male or female? What does it say about civilization that spring and summer are always personified as female, while winter is a grizzled Old Man? Yes, Mother Nature's at her busiest when there's reproduction and growth happening, but is she not allowed to age? Just wondering on this cold morning as I contemplate […] [Read More]
Adios, zinnias
MOLLY GLENTZER Goodbye, zinnias. Those Apricot Blush zinnias I've been carping about since mid-summer turned almost florescent with cooler temperatures and came through last week's snow and cold just fine. But they had to go to make way for the lighted balls we set along the front garden rocks yesterday — about as much holiday […] [Read More]
Glistening in the snow
MOLLY GLENTZER Bench, Wednesday evening. What a difference 12 hours makes. This morning at 8:30, I was marveling at how long this fall the peacock gingers have lasted. Normally, they go dormant with the first serious cool front. MOLLY GLENTZERPeacock gingers, 8:30 a.m. December 10. This evening at 8:30, they were being blanketed with snow. […] [Read More]
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Lauren Golden practices in the areas of litigation, bankruptcy, and creditors' rights. She joined Ellis & Winters in 2012 after serving as a law clerk to the Honorable J. Rich Leonard, United States Bankruptcy Judge for the Eastern District of North Carolina.
Prior to her clerkship, Ms. Golden received her J.D., magna cum laude, from Campbell University Law School. While in law school, Ms. Golden was the Chief Articles Editor for the Campbell Law Review, and won first place in the 2011 American Advocates for Justice's Regional Trial Team Competition in Washington, D.C. She also spent a summer working for the Honorable Linda Stephens at the North Carolina Court of Appeals, and served as a research assistant for Professor Richard Lord, the editor of Williston on Contracts. Ms. Golden graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill with a B.A. in Political Science and a minor in Business Administration.


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The debate about ritual slaughter appears to be about to erupt in Britain in a significant fashion. Already pundits there are beginning to discuss the matter in terms of religious freedom, which may seem sensible given the very real way in which this matter pertains to Jewish and Islamic practices. Yet, if anyone in Britain is hoping to make the case in defense of ritual slaughter by invoking the value of religious liberty then they are wasting their time. In recent years law makers and the courts in the United Kingdom have displayed a profound disinterest in religious liberty if and when it conflicts with the left-liberal values that Britain's elites adhere to with a sense of conviction as strong as any religious faith.
With Denmark having recently outlawed ritual slaughter, the conversation has now come onto the agenda in Britain also. The London Times has given over its front page to a piece highlighting calls by John Blackwell, the president-elect of the British Veterinary Association, to either have ritual slaughter reformed, or if not, banned outright. Blackwell places the emphasis on the notion that slaughter without stunning causes unnecessary suffering to animals. Yet, this is an immediately problematic argument even according to the terms that it sets for itself. Since no doubt vegetarians would retort that all forms of slaughter cause unnecessary suffering to animals. Similarly, one might just as well say that the farming of battery hens causes unnecessary suffering to the birds in question. But the public likes their eggs cheap, so it goes on.
Writing at the Telegraph Christina Odone aptly titles her piece on the subject; I don't want to live in a Britain that prizes its cows more than its Jews. But for sometime now Britain has prized a great many things over and above its religious groups. In the rights agenda that now plagues most western democracies, minorities are continuously competing to have their demands met under the banner of human rights. Yet, increasingly religious minorities are losing out in this struggle.
In recent years there have been no shortage of lawsuits where religious individuals have been stripped of their freedoms in the name of advancing human rights. Perhaps just a couple of examples will suffice here. While in 2002 Britain changed the law to allow same-sex couples to adopt, in 2011 the High Court sided with social workers who were preventing certain Christian couples from being allowed to foster if they refused to endorse homosexuality as a lifestyle to the children they were fostering. When throwing out the case of a specific Pentecostal couple the judges stated, "we live in this country in a democratic and pluralistic society, in a secular state not a theocracy."
In 2009 it had been the turn of the Jewish community to be subjected to this kind of thinking. That year Britain's newly formed Supreme Court ruled that Jewish schools were practicing racial discrimination by following their tradition and only admitting children who were Jewish by religious law; be that according to matrilineal descent or Orthodox conversion. But in hyper-politically correct modern Britain, once this was framed as racism, the schools didn't stand a chance.
Of course, those coming out in support of a ban on ritual slaughter claim that they are in no way motivated by hostility to either Jews or Muslims. Yet, in a country where one can still go shooting deer for sport, it is surely legitimate to question the motives of those driving this campaign. Indeed, in another opinion piece featured in the Telegraph, this time by Harry de Quetteville, there is a rather striking anomaly. The article primarily consists of a fairly gritty description of an unauthorized and ad hoc slaughtering of sheep by a group of Muslims, witnessed by the author, behind some apartment buildings in Paris. What then to make of the fact that the image accompanying the piece is a photograph showing two ultra-Orthodox Jews in a darkened abattoir?
Britain, like the rest of Europe that is moving to outlaw ritual slaughter, is increasingly not only a secular but also a decidedly anti-religious place. There the interest in environmentalism and animal welfare is becoming infused with a neo-Darwinism that holds that man is really just one of the animals in any case. Ritual slaughter like circumcision, which also faces being outlawed in Europe, seeks to make a clear distinction between the animal and the human by ritualizing and elevating that which would otherwise be entirely animalistic.
Those promoting the notion of religious freedom in an attempt to defend these practices can do so all they like, but Britain and Europe now consider themselves subject to a 'higher' system of values.


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Posted by Michele C on 05/06/2015
I have dined here many times and have always had great food, service and a friendly staff. Anytime I have had new friends come with me they have also enjoyed it!
Posted by Madalyn on 07/28/2014
The service was poor! Server never rang in our food. 30 minutes after we ordered the hostess came back to tell us they were out of what we ordered. The 2nd time we ordered my food came 10 min after my boyfriends. It was cold and full of sauce I sent back and didn't eat there. That was just 1 event during our meal that motivates me to write this review.
Posted by Ks on 04/20/2014
Nice atmosphere but pricey and left hungry. We ordered two appetizers and salmon. After paying 21.00 for salmon would expect it would come with a side or salad- nada. Next time well be sure to eat before coming.
Posted by Steph and Dave on 02/13/2014
We dined here based on reviews we read on Yelp...some good...some not so good...well....we are on the "great" reviews list! We arrived last evening about 8:30pm and were asked if we wanted a table under the awning or inside. We opted for under the awning outside....as New Yorkers experiencing a "Killa" winter and grateful we were in FL when the Noreaster of the decade was barreling down at home, sitting outside was a luxury! As we began our meal the skies opened and there was a downpour...the staff asked if we wanted to move indoors or they could move our table further back....we opted for further back and actually enjoyed watching the heavy rain beyond the awning! Ok...that being said....as other reviewers suggested we ordered the roasted Brussels sprouts, bacon wrapped dates and fried chicken (which BTW we never order or eat at home!)....OMG...every dish was absolutely delicious! Whoever thought dates wrapped in bacon could be so good?! What we loved best was that as we usually order an appetizer and entree to share.....this was perfect for us! Our server ...Katie...and I hope I remembered her name correctly....was fantastic. If I have my way...we will dine there again tonight!
Posted by Deb on 01/19/2014
Hubby and I tried it out last night after 2 different friends suggested. The beer was WAY overpriced ($10 for a draft) but the food was fun, unique and delicious! We love that the menu is seasonal and the atmosphere is fun and kitchy. The outdoor "garage doors" were left open so the smoke from outside was coming in, but it wasn't worth complaining about. I can't wait to go back and try it out again!


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n several recent researches, the scholars investigated and discussed the importance of the expressive gesture in music performance. These expressive gestures affect the music perception of the audience. Sometimes, it can be more informative than sound in the perceiver's understanding of performer's expressive intentions. In this piece, visual component will magnitude the performer's gestures using webcams, and project those gestures to the screen through visual effects manipulated by audio. As a result, audience can understand and enjoy not only musical elements but also the intention of the expressive gestures.
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Yemin Oh is a composer who is always looking for fascinating and captivating music. He graduated from Kyung hee University in Seoul with a Bachelor's degree of Music Composition. At the end of undergraduate days his curiosity of electronic sound was piqued, after he was awarded some prizes in various music competitions. After graduating from Kyung hee University, he attended University of Hartford for a Graduate Professional Diploma of composition, and he got a Master's degree of Music Technology at Georgia Southern University. Currently he is pursing PhD in Experimental Music & Digital Media at Louisiana State University where he continues the search for fascinating electronic sources of sound for his music. His several works were selected or invited to perform at SEAMUS 2010, 2011 conference, Electronic Music concert 2011 at Stonybrook University, Channel Noise 2011 at Georgia Southern University, NIME 2012, EMM 2012 festival, NIME 2013, and ICMC 2013.


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