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Day 1 – To Rangoon: Fly from London to
Rangoon, via Bangkok, with Thai Airways. (N)
Day 2 – Rangoon: Arrive in Rangoon and
transfer to the Belmond Governor's Residence
for 2 nights. (N)
Day 3 – Rangoon: Full-day tour of Rangoon,
including its colonial buildings, Sule pagoda,
Kandawgyi lake and the spectacular Shwedagon
pagoda at sunset. (B)
Day 4 – To Mandalay: Early morning flight to
Mandalay. On arrival, transfer to the Belmond
Road to Mandalay for a 7-night cruise on the
Irrawaddy river. Afternoon tour of Mandalay,
regarded as the centre of Burmese culture and
Buddhist learning. (B, L, D)
Day 5 – Irrawaddy river: After an early
breakfast, visit a local village for a walking
tour. The ship begins its journey south in the
morning. (B, L, D)
Day 6 – Pagan: Morning arrival in Pagan, where
more than 2,000 temples and pagodas are
scattered over a plain beside the river. Spend
the full day on a tour of the temples. (B, L, D)
Day 7 – Mount Popa: A full-day excursion to
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Day 8 – Pagan: Optional sunrise balloon ride
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List of drugs used to treat the medical condition called General Anesthesia. Click on the drug to find more information including the brand names,dose, side-effects, adverse events, when to take the drug and the price of the drug.
Encyclopedia section of medindia gives general information about General Anesthesia
Generic and Trade Names of Drugs for General Anesthesia
Atracurium is a neuromuscular-blocking agent, used as an adjuvant in anesthesia. This medication provides relaxation of skeletal muscles during surgery.
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Cisatracurium Besylate
Cisatracurium Besylate is a neuromuscular blocking agent, used as an adjunct to general anesthesia.
Desflurane is a general anesthetic, prescribed for induction of anesthesia during surgery.
Enflurane is a structural isomer of isoflurane, prescribed for induction and maintenance of general anesthesia.
Halothane is an inhalational general anesthetic, prescribed for the induction and maintenance of general anesthesia.
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Hyoscyamine is an anticholinergic agent, used as pain killer (Belladonna alkaloid). It blocks cardiac vagal inhibitory reflexes during anesthesia induction and intubation, used to relax muscles.
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Belladenal -In | Denpas | Femidol |
Isoflurane is halogenated ether, used for maintenance of general anesthesia.
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Ketamine is a hydrochloride salt, used as an anesthetic.
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Methohexital is a barbiturate anesthetic, prescribed for inducing anesthesia before surgery.
Propofol is a general anesthetic, prescribed for induction and maintenance of general anaesthesia.
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Rapacuronium is a neuromuscular blocker, prescribed as an adjunct to general anesthesia to facilitate tracheal intubations.
Rocuronium is a neuromuscular blocker, prescribed as an adjunct to general anesthesia for muscle relaxation and to provide skeletal muscle relaxation during surgery or external breathing.
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Sevoflurane is a halogenated hydrocarbon, acts as a general anesthetic during surgery either alone or combined with other medications. It is given by inhalation. This helps to produce more effective anesthesia in some patients.
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Succinylcholine is a depolarizing muscle relaxant, used for induction and maintenance of general anesthesia.
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Suxamethonium Chloride
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Thiopental is a barbiturate general anesthetic, prescribed for induction of anesthesia. It depresses the central nervous system, causing mild sleep.
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Full detailed profile on Starr Manning Played by Kristen Alderson on General Hospital Daytime Soap Opera.
(ABC/Donna Svennevik)
Birthday: 1991-05-29
Back in Llanview, as Blair welcomes Dorian back home, and asks if Clint is upstairs in his boxer shorts, Charlie appears to which Dorian introduces him as her new friend! Although Blair tries not to sound rude by disregarding Charlie, she fills Dorian in on Cole and Marty's disappearance. Shortly after, Charlie thanks Dorian for everything then accepts her information about his son: the address to the vineyard – the one his son owns! When Dorian heads back into the living room, she helps Blair convince Starr to go to school then rants to Blair about Clint and Nora and vows, "Nora is going to regret the day she ever crossed me!"
Blair and Todd arrive back in Llanview. After they bring Starr up to date on their search for Tommy, Starr tells her parents about the website she set up to help find Cole. After Todd promises to help the authorities find Cole, because he's someone Starr cares about, Starr goes outside to look at the stars – hoping Cole is too – leaving Blair to promise Todd they will all find what they are looking for soon.
Langston and Markko arrive at the mansion to find Starr still an emotional mess! Later, Antonio arrives to question the kids further about Cole to which Starr rehashes what happened on Halloween night – and how she saw the man wearing the 'Death' mask! To make the situation worse, Bo arrives to let the kids know that Cole's mother is missing too!
When Starr, Langston, and Markko arrive back to the mansion, Carlotta explains she'll be staying there while Dorian is in Texas. Although everyone tries to calm Starr, Starr snaps in a panic for fear the worst has happened to Cole! After everyone fills Carlotta in, she leaves to check on the diner, leaving Starr with a plan to find Cole! "Something is wrong," Starr says. "We all know it!" Trying to stop Starr from leaving, Markko and Langston convince her to get her computer and conduct their search from home!
Later, after emailing everyone she knows, looking for Cole, Starr stares at some of Cole's pictures online then says, "Something's wrong… and we all know it." Over talk of what to do next, Starr goes on, "I'm afraid if we don't do something soon, it's going to be too late." Suddenly, Carlotta rejoins them and urges the kids to stay put, sit and eat something! Through tears, Starr whispers to Langston, "What if Cole is already dead?"
From Cole's apartment, Starr, Langston and Markko explain Cole's disappearance then Starr points to the mask they found – the same one she saw on 'someone' Halloween night! After explaining that Cole's computer crashed, and that he was supposed to be working on a paper, they are all shocked to see Cole's computer is working just fine!
Once Bo hangs up with John, Bo asks the kids to give him a list of anyone who would want to hurt Cole or his mother then briefly takes a call from Blair. After Bo promises to call Starr with any news, he sends the kids home with a police officer then hears back from John – and about the man who confronted Marty in a death mask! John brings up Miles, thinks someone is using Cole to try to bring Marty back to Llanview then says he's on his way back too!
Back in Llanview, outside of Cole's apartment, Starr frantically raps on the door screaming Cole's name! When no one answers, Starr calls Cole's cell and can hear it ringing from within the apartment! Later, after Markko and Langston arrive at the apartment, at Starr's summons, Starr fears Cole may be in trouble then suggest they break in!
Once inside the apartment, Starr not only finds Cole's cell phone but the mask of 'Death' as well! After Starr explains that it was the same mask as she saw Halloween night, Langston and Markko convince Starr to call Marty with Cole's cell phone!
From the coffeehouse, Starr leaves a message for Cole asking him to call when he's done writing his paper. After she hangs up, Dorian appears to make sure Langston made it home before curfew. Expressing how she's in charge of Starr and Jack until Blair and Todd get back, Dorian states, "There's going to be some changes around here." Although Dorian starts ranting off new house rules, Starr can tell something else is wrong and asks, "It's your love life… Clint." After Dorian briefly fills Starr in about Clint – and not being able to accompany him to Texas – she changes the subject then persuades Starr to admit her own insecurities regarding Cole – and how much she cares for him.
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Let's hear it for New York, the backdrop for fun.'s night on the town in "Carry On." Although directed by Anthony Mandler, who also directed "Some Nights," the visuals for the group's latest single veers away from its Civil War themed predecessor. It's a tale of both sadness and hope. The slower verses tell the story of situations that could've broken them, while the upbeat chorus is about carrying on. And like the song, the video is two-fold.
NYC is a playground that fun. explores as they dine at Grand Central's Oyster Bar, trollop through the streets and bless patrons at bars with an impromptu performance. Grand Central Station's beauty was captured as fun. slid across the historic building's floor. Concert performances in front of eager fans is the second act so to speak. "Carry On" is fun, no pun intended. It represents how a random night in the big city can turn out–minus performing at Terminal 5. Actually, probably sans eating street meat too. We don't know anyone bold enough to eat that stuff even while inebriated. Other than those minor hiccups, it's totally a night that could really happen in the concrete jungle where dreams are made of.
Fun.'s 'Carry On' Video: Up All Night In The City That Never Sleeps [MTV]


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The operator of the Hamaoka nuclear power plant in central Japan begins the process of shutting down its reactors as part of an agreement with the government to temporarily suspend operations until it strengthens tsunami protections. See timeline of nuclear events, radiation levels and animations of how the reactors are damaged.
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Jil Sander's Spring 2011 collection is easily one of my favourite collections of the season.
From the colourful invitation I was expecting pops of colour, but I couldn't have imagine so much colour with shocking pink, purple, magenta, coral, red, electric blue, green, yellow and orange.
Floral prints, bold vertical and horizontal stripes broke up the solid palette.
We were presented with bold shapes, oversizing, layering and maximizing to create a new silhouette.
Simple white tees were paired with floor-length skirts. Some were fitted, had peplums at the waist or were tulips shaped.
Pants ranged from fitted to oversized. A navy pair took up the whole width of the runway.
Structured coats, blazers, parkas, mini dresses, maxi dress, and skirts make up the rest of this beautiful collection.
Key accessories included shoppers and bags in a multitude of materials, patterns and colours randomly layered.
Sunglasses with coloured frames and mirrored lenses.
Pumps, slingbacks and sandals gave us a glimpse of fluorescent sole.
Favourites: Orange peplum skirt and white ensemble with watercolour print
Who I See Wearing This Collection: Tilda Swinton, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Liv Tyler, Lily Cole, Chloe Sevigny and Katie Holmes


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This is one way of popping up on the collective radar. Aaron Carter has checked into a rehab center in South California, reportedly, "to heal some emotional and spiritual issues he was dealing with." The news came to E! by way of a source who revealed, "He was struggling recently and needed this." The last time Aaron was in the news was while he was on Dancing With The Stars.
Carter's manager Johnny Wright confirmed the story and gave a little background on the situation saying, "Aaron, understanding the challenges and hard work it would take to get himself back to the top, requested to take some time before we started to heal some emotional and spiritual issues he was dealing with. Therefore he has chosen to enter a facility where he feels he will get the guidance and cleansing he needs that will help him on the music journey he's about to take…"
Carter seems upbeat and positive while getting treatment posting messages on his Twitter account like, "The main thing in life is not to be afraid of being human." We're still not sure exactly what those issues are, but if he's having a hard enough time to voluntarily check into rehab, we wish him luck in sorting them out.


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Port Vale: Fans' views v Torquay
Posted: February 25, 2013|
IT wasn't great by any means, but it was a much-needed three points from a game that will be forgotten in a hurry by most fans.
Both sides looked pretty average and it may well have finished goalless had Calvin Andrew not got in the way of Doug Loft's shot.
Vale were again slow to get started and seemed over-run in midfield, with some players looking nowhere near their potential.
The referee was woeful. He seemed to give bizarre decisions for both sides and had no control on the game. Ashley Vincent is out of form at the moment and doesn't seem half the player he was earlier in the season. Maybe he needs a break as he's been sadly ineffective lately.
Supporters like to see passion from the players and no-one showed that more than Richard Duffy, who soldiered on manfully after having his head bandaged and then came up to fans after the game, fists clenched, shouting 'get in'. It shows just how much it means to them as it does to us.
Baddeley Green
THIS was a very scrappy game in which shots on target were few and far between. But if you don't shoot, you don't score and while Loft's shot took a fortunate deflection off Andrew to beat their goalkeeper, it was enough to get us back to winning ways.
Andrew and Pope worked their socks off up front while others, including Vincent, looked a long way off the pace.
Vale need to step up their game tomorrow night, when Exeter come to town.
WHILE we weren't quite firing on all cylinders, we did enough to continue our great away run.
The free-flowing football and scoring at will has been replaced by a steely determination to keep out the opposition and one goal conceded in five games is witness to the form of Chris Neal, Darren Purse and whoever partners him at centre-back.
Dan Jones continues to impress and Richard Duffy did well after sustaining a nasty head injury.
Referee Mr Hill saw very little wrong with Torquay's tackling despite various Vale players being left on the deck and instead seemed to take an instant dislike to Ryan Burge, whose booking was absolutely ridiculous.
Well done to Calvin Andrew, who linked play well. Tom Pope could do with a lucky goal like that to kick-start his season again.
May Bank
IT was a welcome three points after two poor displays.
Torquay were the better team in the first half and it was a great save from Neal to keep them out early on. Our defence was excellent again. Purse has added a lot to the back four and Duffy was excellent.
I was surprised Andrew got the nod ahead of Dodds, but his confidence grew after his goal and he did well, though Pope has now gone five games without one.
If we finish the busy spell of games we have in the next three weeks in the position we're in now, then I'm sure we won't be too far away from promotion.
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JOHANNESBURG - - Oscar Pistorius' track career is on hold indefinitely because of his murder charge in South Africa.
Pistorius' agent says he's been forced to cancel all future races, so Pistorius can concentrate on defending himself against allegations he murdered his model girlfriend by shooting her several times in his upscale house on Valentine's Day morning.
That reinforces the possibility that the double-amputee Olympian and disabled sports icon might never run again competitively on his famous carbon fiber blades.
Reeva Steenkamp died from gunshot wounds suffered inside Pistorius' Pretoria home in the predawn hours of Thursday. Pistorius was arrested and charged with her murder the same day. His family denies he murdered her.
The runner's agent says Pistorius' sponsorships, including with big-name brands Nike and Oakley, are safe for now. He says "all parties are supportive and their contractual commitments are maintained."
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Symon is a culinary genius. Why would he eat fast food anywhere, regardless of the beliefs of the owner!
I'm glad we live in a free, non-theocracy country, and Joel can do what he wants.
And its nice to hear positive messages, no problem with that.
However - Christianity involves so much more than just hearing some feel good message and going to bed. Sacrifice, confession, loving your neighbor in difficult ways, etc....But he likes to just talk about the be positive and you will be blessed with lots of money message. So sad.
They are hypocrites. They will be holding signs made with paper or wood, and those trees were killed in order for them to do their work.
nothing too crazy with this comment, but I'm adding him my list of "people who shout off their mouth" list with Elton John and Jimmy Carter.
alot of baseball caps are gang symbols. Everyone coming in the door with a baseball hat must complete a survey attesting to their knowledge of the team - which one it is, where its located, what division, what their record is, key players, etc - so that the casino will know its legit.
Rev - if God is all for homosexual marriage - wouldn't you think in that big long book we'd see a few examples of it? I mean commitment, marriage, etc, is a pretty big deal...
As the song goes, I guess a train will be carrying jobs to Cleveland (area) for once!
The comments at the start of this thread make me sick. Oh I wish it were the 90s. Oh I wish Ramirez and Thome were still here? Really? Move on folks! And the "dolan is cheap stuff" - is he in the world of the cleveland reniassance of the 90s before jobs went out of town and before the browns came back? No! - You know why attendance stinks? Because so many of us, me included, don't live in Cleveland anymore due to the jobs situation! - You should see an Orioles game, tons of Cleveland fans!!!
this isn't too much a cleveland thing or parma thing. People just don't shop at malls like they used to.
So the tribe is at 500 about where I expected them to be this year. If we can win 3-5 games over 500 that would be great. Don't want to be like PIT and have a double digit streak of losing seasons. Hope they can draw close to 2million at Progressive this year too.
At least they weren't embarassed and the majority of fans went home without seeing a loss....
would everyone calm down? He simply needed to fill up his gas tank at the place that does a discount for cash.
Many times the non-union workers are paid well, treated well etc. The union would want you to believe they are slave labor and don't follow OSHA.
Unions picket this stuff because they're mad that those workers aren't paying into the union - something needed long ago, not so much anymore...
The Church I go to has Micah 6:8 as its cornerstone - what does the Lord require of you? To do justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God.
As such we focus our time on helping the community, reaching out to others, finding ways to fight injustice like sex trafficking and live lives in obedience to Jesus and learn his message of redemption and love.
The above means we don't worry on a political level about if the current president will be in office, or if someone in local government leadership is gay or if there's an abortion clinic in our neighborhood. These are issues of the heart, not of some sign, rally, boycott, etc... It also means we don't spend time focusing on ceremonies, edicts from overseas etc....
Would everyone who calls the Dolans cheap put the Christmas Ale down please and remember they do not have the $ that Jacobs had to work with when the Indians were winning for the first time since the Eisenhower Administration, the park was selling out, (Remember, no Browns most of those days) etc...
I'm not saying he's the best owner ever, but things change people. (including the Cleveland economy, thanks Dems and Reps alike for messing that up and driving so many companies out, hence less suite sales)
Everybody get excited! Josh Mandel got on a plane and went to a meeting!!!
with all these issues with rising healthcare costs i'm sure glad obamacare addresssed that. Oh wait, it didn't...
video rental stores? Is there something wrong with the server and is this article from 1998?
Chipping lead paint in a house is bad. lead paint behind new layers of paint is not, just be careful when doing any renovations.
I am against this league not only because its disrespectful but i've seen pics from other teams and they are nasty looking..


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Nov. 18 — at Abilene High
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The 2011-12 high school girls basketball season tips off today with two Nolan County teams set to face off against each other.
Class 3A Sweetwater will entertain Class 1A Highland at 6:30 p.m. at Mustang Gym, right after a JV contest between the two schools at 5 p.m.
Today's game marks the debut of new Sweetwater girls coach Candice Wyatt, who was hired in May fol-lowing the resignation of ex-coach Jerry McSherry. Six players return from a team which finished just below .500 (16-17) overall but was only 1-7 in district.
The Sweetwater Police Department (SPD) received 144 calls for service, issued 19 citations and made 19 arrests from Nov. 4-6, 2011.
The SPD received 68, 911 calls.
Calls for service:
• Aggravated burglary — 1700 block of Hailey.
• Criminal mischief — 1500 block of McCauley.
• Theft — 400 block of NE Georgia.
Arrested by SPD:
• Adam Salazar, 21 — Warrant.
• Zamardrick Walker, 18 — Warrant.
• Raymond Spillers, 72 — Warrant.
• Lonnie Bell, 39 — Warrant.
• Santos Vera, 22 — Warrant.
• Juvenile, 13 — Evading.
• Joe Lozano, 51 — Warrant.
• Jaime Garcia, 25 — Warrant.
5:45 p.m. Update:
The state entered six pieces of evidence which the jury saw: a picture of the car the victim woke up in, a picture of the victim's bruised face, the picture of the blood stains on the victim's clothing while in Abilene, and the articles of clothing--his shirt, shorts and boxers which were later found. A video was also shown of the victim.
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Key Messages for Public Safety Answering Points (PSAPs), The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and the National Weather Service (NWS) will conduct the first-ever national-level test of the Emergency Alert System (EAS). The test will take place Wednesday, Nov. 9, 2011 at 1 p.m. CST. The test may be up to three and a half minutes in length.
AUSTIN, Texas — Federal disaster aid in the form of Public Assistance reimbursements has been approved in 12 more Texas counties affected by the wildfires of late summer, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) said Thursday.
Briscoe, Clay, Coryell, Edwards, Hall, Howard, Kimble, Menard, Montague, Nolan, Sutton and Wise counties join the 19 other counties approved for supplementary funding from FEMA under the latest amendment to the Sept. 9 major disaster declaration for the wildfires.
Nolan County USDA Farm Service Agency (FSA) Executive Director, Dennis Cumbie announced that 48 additional counties, including Nolan County are accepting Emergency Conservation Program (ECP) applications to restore permanent fences destroyed by wildfires.
"FSA is accepting applications in eligible counties, but there is currently a backlog for ECP funds," said Cumbie. "Producers are still encouraged to submit an application and will be notified as funds become available," he said.
Sweetwater Animal Control currently has two dogs available for adoption.
One of the adoptable pets is a black male Labrador (above). Another of the adoptable pets is a white female dalmatian mix (right).
According to Sweetwater's new animal control officer, Don Kite, animals that are picked up are kept for a minimum of three days, but he tries to keep them from a week to 10 days.
Dogs and cats are available for adoption for a $15 fee and the cost of getting the pet vaccinated for rabies.
The pets are required to have their vaccination before they leave to their new homes.
The Texas Constitutional Amendment Election is now upon us. There are several amendments for the Nov. 8 election seeking voter approval. Those amendments are:
• Proposition 1 "The constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature to provide for an exemption from ad valorem taxation of all or part of the market value of the residence homestead of the surviving spouse of a 100 percent or totally disabled veteran."


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NEW YORK (AP) Alabama is No. 1 when it comes to All-Americans.
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) Michael Snaer scored 19 points and freshman Aaron Thomas had a career-high 15 points as Florida State routed Maine 91-59 on Sunday.
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) Kenny Boynton and Mike Rosario both scored 14 points Wednesday night and No.
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) Manti Te'o got a call from Dick Butkus on Monday morning, letting him know he was voted the nation's best linebacker.
MIAMI (AP) What a weekend for Northern Illinois: Win a conference championship, lose a coach and bust the BCS.


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WikiLeaks: Snowden makes expanded asylum requests
Washington • National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden, believed to be in legal limbo in the Moscow airport, is expanding his requests for asylum to another 19 countries, including China, according to WikiLeaks.
WikiLeaks, the anti-secrecy group that has adopted Snowden and his cause, on Monday night posted a statement said to be from Snowden that slammed President Barack Obama for "using citizenship as a weapon."
"Although I am convicted of nothing, it has unilaterally revoked my passport, leaving me a stateless person," Snowden says in the statement. "Without any judicial order, the administration now seeks to stop me exercising a basic right. A right that belongs to everybody. The right to seek asylum.
"Their purpose is to frighten, not me, but those who would come after me."
WikiLeaks legal adviser Sarah Harrison delivered the requests for asylum to an official at the Russian consulate at the Moscow airport on Sunday, according to the website. WikiLeaks says some of the requests have already been delivered to the appropriate embassies.
The WikiLeaks statement said requests were made to China, Cuba, Nicaragua, Venezuela, India and several European countries. Snowden had planned earlier to seek asylum in Ecuador and has requested asylum in Russia.
The asylum requests reported by WikiLeaks and the Snowden statement could not be independently authenticated.
Snowden, who has been on the run since releasing sensitive NSA documents, is believed to have been in Moscow airport's transit zone since his arrival from Hong Kong on June 23. The U.S. has annulled his passport, and Ecuador, where he had hoped to get asylum, has been giving mixed signals about offering him shelter.
After Snowden applied for political asylum to remain in Russia, Russian President Vladimir Putin told reporters in Moscow that Snowden would have to stop leaking U.S. secrets if he wanted asylum there — and he added that Snowden seemed unwilling to stop publishing leaks of classified material.
At the same time, Putin said he had no plans to turn over Snowden to the United States.
The expanded requests for asylum come as the Obama administration contends with European allies angry about the release of documents that alleged U.S. eavesdropping on European Union diplomats.
Obama, in an African news conference with Tanzanian President Jakaya Kikwete, said the U.S. would provide allies with information about new reports that the NSA had bugged EU offices in Washington, New York and Brussels. But he also suggested such activity by governments would hardly be unusual.
"We should stipulate that every intelligence service —not just ours, but every European intelligence service, every Asian intelligence service, wherever there's an intelligence service — here's one thing that they're going to be doing: They're going to be trying to understand the world better, and what's going on in world capitals around the world," he said. "If that weren't the case, then there'd be no use for an intelligence service."
The latest issue concerns allegations, published in the German newsweekly Der Spiegel, of U.S. spying on European officials. French President Francois Hollande demanded Monday that the U.S. immediately stop any such eavesdropping and suggested the widening controversy could jeopardize next week's opening of trans-Atlantic trade talks between the United States and Europe.
"We cannot accept this kind of behavior from partners and allies," Hollande said on French television.
German government spokesman Steffen Seibert told reporters in Berlin, "Eavesdropping on friends is unacceptable." He declared, "We're not in the Cold War anymore."
Even before the latest disclosures, talks at the upcoming free-trade sessions were expected to be fragile, with disagreements surfacing over which items should be covered in or excluded from an agreement. The United States has said there should be no exceptions. But France has called for exempting certain cultural products, and other Europeans do not appear eager to give up longtime agricultural subsidies.
Obama said the Europeans "are some of the closest allies that we have in the world." But he added: "I guarantee you that in European capitals, there are people who are interested in, if not what I had for breakfast, at least what my talking points might be should I end up meeting with their leaders. That's how intelligence services operate."
Wikileaks letter attributed to Snowden slams Obama
A letter identified as being from NSA leaker Edward Snowden is slamming President Barack Obama for "using citizenship as a weapon.
The letter, posted Monday on the Wikileaks website, could not be independently authenticated as being from Snowden himself. Wikileaks is the anti-secrecy group that has adopted Snowden and his cause.
The statement with Snowden's name at the bottom said the Obama administration —quote — "has unilaterally revoked my passport, leaving me a stateless person."
Snowden, who has been on the run since releasing sensitive NSA documents, is believed to have been in Moscow airport's transit zone since his arrival from Hong Kong on June 23. The U.S. has annulled his passport, and Ecuador, where he has hoped to get asylum, has been giving mixed signals about offering him shelter.
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Rock-a/Psychobilly right on!
Gibraltar's gear is really well built. Nothing but good experiences in using it for me.
If you are playing harder, the FB stand will work just fine if the cymbals aren't way up there.
I use a 24" ride on my FB stands, and any brand I use works just fine (I crash/crash ride the 24 a lot).
With 10 & 12" toms, the FB stand might hold those size toms with a good leg placement.
Larger than a 12 I think is pushing your luck--especially if your band mates are "on the move" around the stage while playing. Even though the stands are pretty sturdy (with a cymbal), with a tom on them, it wouldn't take any big effort to knock it all over.
Something to think about also is if the cymbals are going to be in a good spot, with what the stand can do if a tom is on it.
A pic of the set up you use with your band would help in opinions from other FB users on if what you want to do would be practical, or worry free enough to go get all new hardware.
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Heelflip trick tip
The heelflip is the big brother of the kickflip. You flip the board with your heel instead of your toes, which most people find more difficult.
You don't need to know how to kickflip before you start learning the heelflip, but it helps if you do. Don't even think about learning this if you can't ollie.
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Start off like an ollie, with your front foot slightly more towards the tail, and your back foot a little more towards the nose.
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Crouch down and pop the board.
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Kick your front foot forwards and towards the nose. This should make the board flip.
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Lift your legs up to give the board room to make the full rotation.
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Lower your legs and stop the flip by catching your skateboard in midair.
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Bend your knees to absorb the impact of landing.
If you kick your board away, try to adjust by putting your back foot more towards the nose.
Flip hard and fast and catch the board before it's on the ground for a clean landing.
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• America East Rookie of the Week (09/04/12)
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• Played in 17 of 18 regular-season games and was in the starting lineup 11 times (spanning Aug. 26 to Oct. 7)
• Also played in both America East tournament games
• Did not play in the regular-season finale at Dartmouth (10/28)
• Recorded four goals and three assists for 11 points
• Played in all five America East conference games with two starts
• Tallied one assist – an assist at Fairfield (09/28) – in league action
• Also recorded an assist in the America East semifinal game vs. Fairfield (11/02)
• Career-high three points with one goal and one assist at Holy Cross (09/09)
• Recorded her first collegiate points with a goal at Brown (08/31)
• Scored her other goals against Pacific (09/14) and at 24th-ranked Boston College (10/14)
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• 2012 graduate of Mansfield High School, where she lettered in field hockey and ice hockey
• Sun Chronicle All-Star Team in 2010, 2011 and 2012
• Hockomock All-Star Team three straight years (2010-12)
• Hockomock Scholar Athlete in 2012
• Captain and Team MVP as a senior
• Also captain, top scorer and Team MVP of the ice hockey team
• High Honors student all four years at Mansfield
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Departing, who remained undefeated in three starts with his win in the $50,000 Texas Heritage Stakes at Sam Houston Race Park on March 2, is to run next in the Grade 2, $1 million Louisiana Derby, trainer Al Stall Jr. said Friday. The 1 1/8-mile race will be run at Fair Grounds on March 30.
Departing is based at Fair Grounds. He won his career debut at the New Orleans track Dec. 22, then won a first-level allowance in his two-turn debut there Feb. 1. Departing was then entered in the Grade 2 Risen Star at Fair Grounds, but after drawing post 14 was scratched and redirected to the Texas Heritage.
Departing won the one-mile stakes at Sam Houston by 2 3/4 lengths and earned a career-high Beyer Speed Figure of 97. He is a son of War Front and has been ridden in each of his starts by Brian Hernandez Jr., who last year won the Breeders' Cup Classic on Fort Larned.
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The invention relates to a paper machine clothing, notably an air-dry clothing (TAD clothing), in the form of a woven having a weaving design. According to the invention the relative depth of machine clothing cups which are open towards the contact surface of the paper is 20% or more, said relative cup depth being the quotient of the difference between the measurement height for which the bearing percentage is 30% and the measurement for which the bearing percentage is 60% on the one hand, and the sum of the diameters of a warp thread and a weft, on the other hand. The measurement height "0" is the outer limit of the paper machine clothing on the paper contact surface, the bearing percentage is the projected sectional area of the threads of the woven at a given measurement height in relation to the measurement surface, the section areas being parallel to the surface of the clothing. The invention also relates to a tissue paper product which is produced with such a clothing and is especially voluminous in direction Z.
1. A paper-making-machine fabric, in the form of a woven pattern, such as a through air drying (TAD) fabric, wherein
the relative pocket depth of pockets in the paper-making-machine fabric open towards the paper contact side amounts to 20% or more, where
the relative pocket depth is the quotient of the difference in height between the measuring height at which the bearing-area-percentage is 30% and the measuring height at which the bearing-area-percentage is 60% and the sum of the diameters of a weft wire and a warp wire,
the measuring height "0" is the outer limit of the paper-making-machine fabric on the paper contact side,
the bearing-area-percentage is the projected area of the sectional wires of the fabric at a specific measuring height divided by the measuring area wherein the sectional planes are located parallel to the surface of the fabric.
2. The paper-making-machine fabric as set forth in
3. The paper-making-machine fabric as set forth in
4. The paper-making-machine fabric as set forth in
5. The paper-making-machine fabric as set forth in
6. The paper-making-machine fabric as set forth in
7. A tissue-paper product produced with a paper-making-machine fabric as set forth in any of the
[0001] 1. Field of the Invention
[0002] The technical field of the invention relates to the production of tissue paper on a corresponding paper-making machine in which more particularly a through air drying (TAD) zone is provided. In this TAD zone a special imprinting fabric is employed.
[0003] 2. Prior Art
[0004] The sheet formation of the paper and the three-dimensional structuring of an already formed moist fiber felt which is still deformable, however, due to a remaining high water content, is usually done on backing woven fabrics stemming from textile weave processes.
[0005] Three-dimensionally structuring a moist paper web by forming zones of low density framed by dense zones is undertaken in modem tissue making machines in the course of predrying the sheet in a predrying section upstream of the yankee cylinder. Predrying the paper web occurs on the backing fabric by convection in forcing hot air through the paper web located on the backing fabric. This is termed through air drying (TAD).
[0006] Three-dimensional structuring is usually implemented in three steps mostly sited separately in sequence. The first step involves deflecting the fibers in the Z direction into the structuring depressions in the backing fabric made available by the TAD imprinting fabric systematically distributed over the surface area of the backing fabric contacting the paper. Deflecting the fibers in the Z direction is prompted by a flow of air and water, vacuum-assisted by one or more vacuum boxes arranged on the side of the backing fabric opposite the side in contact with the paper.
[0007] Deflecting the fibers in the Z direction into the interior of the depressions results in zones of reduced density in the paper sheet which are termed pillows. These zones of reduced density arranged in a pattern are dried in a second step on or in the interior of the backing fabric by the air flowing therethrough of one or more TAD cylinders and thus set in the existing distribution of the fibers, i.e. "freezing" the fiber distribution status.
[0008] Then, in a third step partial compression of the predried fiber felt takes place by pressing the backing fabric with the predried web of paper located thereon with the aid of a compression roller against the surface of the yankee cylinder. Compression of the paper web occurs in the raised portions of the backing fabric which may be formed by both warp and weft wires in the predefined portions of the backing fabric surface. The fibers located in the depressions of the backing fabric receive no compression. TAD imprinting fabrics as the backing fabric represent a special type of fabric comprising typical structurizing properties by their weave, choice of wire as regards material, diameter, cross-sectional shape and after-treatment, for example, heat setting and grinding of the surface.
[0009] Paper-making-machine fabrics are known for example from WO 96/04418, DE-OS 30 08 344, EP 0 724 038 A1.
[0010] The technical problem (object) of the invention involves providing a paper-making-machine fabric which is suitable and configured, as regards a tissue paper having an enhanced three-dimensional surface structure in the form of a sequence of pillows and pockets, to achieve a tissue paper of enhanced visual appeal, improved softness and greater volume in conjunction with an improved water absorption and better feel.
[0011] This problem is solved more particularly by the features of claim 1.
[0012] Due to the solution in accordance with the invention a paper-making-machine fabric is provided in which exceptionally deep pockets are provided with the result that more particularly in the TAD zone with this paper-making-machine fabric a paper and, more particularly, a tissue paper is producible which features an exceptionally large three-dimensional structure as regards an increase in the specific volume which makes the paper appear particularly fluffy and features in addition to exceptional softness also exceptionally good water absorption. In addition to this, an enhanced similarity to a woven structure and thus to the look and feel of cloth is achieved.
[0013] With the paper-making-machine fabric as described, a paper structure is producible having a large number of pillow-like zones of reduced density provided systematically distributed over the full surface area of the fiber felt. The extent of the pillow-like zones of reduced density in the Z direction, i.e. their thickness, is a maximum relative to their size in surface. Each low-density pillow-like zone is evidently separated from its adjacent pillow-like zone by a line-type frame of increased density, this line-type frame being formed continuously or discontinuously by interruptions. The line portions visually appearing continuous are characterized by a greatly increased, even density as compared to the low-density of the pillow-like zones. If the line portions are interrupted, the line portions in the region of this interruption feature a low density as compared to that of the continuously appearing line portions which, however is significantly higher as compared to that of the pillow-like zones.
[0014] The line-type frames dictate the surface-area extent of the pillow-like zones. The entirety of the pillow-like zones with their line-type frames furnishes a visually obvious macroscopic distribution pattern which is typical for TAD imprinting fabric used for structuring and its weave and finish.
[0015] In this arrangement the three-dimensional structure produced in the fiber felt with its typical pattern is the mirror image of the three-dimensional structure and distribution pattern of the fabric used in production. More particularly when employing TAD and more particularly when increasing the density as mentioned above is undertaken at the drying cylinder the tissue papers produced in accordance with the invention feature, as compared to non-structured tissue papers produced conventionally, a significantly increased specific volume with added fluffiness as well as an enhanced absorption capacity for liquids, especially water.
[0016] Also as compared to conventional TAD paper-making-machine fabrics the TAD paper-making-machine fabrics in accordance with the invention produce a paper having a significantly increased specific volume, added fluffiness and improved liquid absorption capacity.
[0017] Further aspects read from the sub-claims. A further increase in the depth of the pockets is achievable by the features of claim 2. From the remaining sub-claims a series of example embodiments materializes.
[0018] Illustrated in the drawings are example embodiments of the invention in which:
[0019]FIG. 1 is a schematic three-dimensional drawing illustrating the definition of the bearing-area-percentage;
[0020]FIG. 2 is an illustration showing the sensor of the measuring means and the measuring direction;
[0021]FIG. 3 is an illustration showing a fabric specimen under the triangulation sensor;
[0022]FIG. 4 is a rough drawing illustrating the actual cross-section of a TAD fabric with support material;
[0023]FIG. 5 is a rough drawing illustrating the measuring result;
[0024]FIG. 6 is a rough drawing illustrating the selected scaled contact plane;
[0025]FIG. 7 is a cross-sectional illustration defining relative area-percentage and the bearing-area-percentage as shown in FIG. 1;
[0026]FIG. 8 is a graph plotting the relative area-percentages for SCA 1 fabric;
[0027]FIG. 9 is a graph plotting the bearing-area-percentage for SCA 1 fabric;
[0028]FIG. 10 is an illustration of 30% and 60% bearing-area-percentage;
[0029]FIG. 11 is an illustration of the idealized fabric thickness;
[0030]FIG. 12 is an illustration of a BST-type comparison fabric as viewed from the paper side;
[0031]FIG. 13 is an illustration of a 44 GST type comparison fabric as viewed from the paper side;
[0032]FIG. 14 is an illustration of a 44-MST-type comparison fabric as viewed from the paper side;
[0033]FIG. 15 is an illustration of a SCA-1-type fabric in accordance with the invention as viewed from the paper side;
[0034]FIG. 16 is an illustration of a SCA-2-type fabric in accordance with the invention as viewed from the paper side;
[0035]FIG. 17 is an illustration of a SCA-3-type fabric in accordance with the invention as viewed from the paper side;
[0036]FIG. 18 is an illustration of a SCA-4-type fabric in accordance with the invention as viewed from the paper side;
[0037]FIG. 19 is an illustration of a SCA-5-type fabric in accordance with the invention as viewed from the paper side.
[0038] The system for measuring the fabric will now be explained by way of a SCA-1-type fabric in accordance with the invention. The term "screen" will be used thereby synonymously for fabric.
[0039] I. UBM Measuring System:
[0040] Triangulation sensor OTM2 of the Company Wolf & Beck
[0041] Controller: base unit RS 232 incl. sync socket
[0042] Table: (DC(Galil) motor controlled measuring table with 2 axes;
[0043] Travel: 50 mm; lateral resolution per axis <1 82 m
[0044] This system is furnished complete by the Company UBM Messtechnik GmbH (Ottostr. 2, D-76275 Ettlingen).
[0045] The triangulation sensor OTM2 is an optoelectronic laser sensor for non-contact distance measuring and comprising a sensor head and controller.
[0046] The sensor head is designed as a coaxial arrangement of emitter/detector optics. The emitter optics comprise a visible semi-conductor laser including collimator optics. The laser beam has a low aperture and emerges centrally from the sensor head. The light reflected diffusely from the surface is analyzed rotationally symmetrical (360�) and contributes primarily to the gain in result. A mechanical structure having no moving parts permits high acceleration of the sensor head also during measuring.
[0047] To avoid stray light interference the intensity of the laser beam is modulated at a high frequency. The emitted beam power is regulated as a function of the measuring conditions. Thus reliable measuring of surfaces greatly differing in reflectivity is ensured. The detected signals are conditioned and digitized in the sensor head to thus ensure high immunity of the communication between sensor head and controller to interference.
[0048] The controller contains a digital circuit for linearizing and time-filtering the measured data. The results being output via this interface.
[0049] Table 1 provides an overview of the general operating data, measuring accuracy and laser data.
[0050] The measured data are stored in a data file and are available for processing by the UB Soft 1.9 software. Exporting the data in Excel is not possible, however.
[0051] II. OPTIMAS 6.0 Software (Image Analysis)
[0052] This software is available from the Company Stemmer Imaging GmbH (Guten-bergstr. 11, D-82178 Puchheim).
[0053] III. Definition of Bearing-area-percentage
[0054] The bearing-area-percentage in the sense of the invention describes the respective percentage of the sectional area through the material relative to the total area. The bearing-area-percentage is then defined by the percentage of the area c�d relative to the total area a�b (FIG. 1). Fabrics having a very coarse structure feature only a slight increase in the bearing-area-percentage when the change therein is related to the change in height.
[0055] IV. Specimen Preparation
[0056] 1. A 50�50 mm large piece is parted from the fabric SCA 1 by means of a soldering iron so that the edge of the fabric does not fray and the specimen remains dimensionally stable. However, the size of the specimen is generally freely selectable. Selecting the area to be sensed and measured within the size of the specimen depends on the weave pattern of the fabric so that any edge interference distorting the results is practically eliminated. For an 8 shed fabric having thread diameters of 400�450 μm the area to be measured must thus be greater than 7�7 mm.
[0057] 2. The rear side (in contact with the glass plate serving as the support material) of the fabric is rubbed with emery cloth so that the contact surface area is uniform and protruding pieces of thread released due to parting of the specimen are removed.
[0058] 3. Clean fabric specimen with compressed air.
[0059] 4. Bond fabric specimen by double-sided sticky tape to a glass plate corresponding in size to that of the fabric specimen (50�50 mm). By it being fixed to the glass plate the fabric is prevented from corrugating and a flat surface is assured, i.e. the fabric remains dimensionally stable.
[0060] 5. Spray fabric specimen with Blow-Flag (a removable masking ink, US production) to ensure uniform reflection as needed for the laser sensor. Metering the corresponding amount of masking ink is necessary since spraying too much may clog the cavities in the fabric whilst too little diminishes the reflection.
[0061] 6. The specimen as prepared according to items 1 to 5 is then placed on the measuring table, taking into account the machine running direction of the fabric (see FIG. 2), so that the machine running direction of the fabric coincides with one axis (y-coordinate direction) of the 2-axes measuring table. Installed above the measuring table is the triangulation sensor (FIG. 2). Aligning the specimen in the machine running direction is done by eye and is thus not always exact. FIG. 3 shows the specimen under the triangulation sensor indicating the measuring range, working spacing and detection range.
[0062] V. UBSoft Software Settings (see FIG. 2)
[0063] 1. Measuring distance: 12 mm, point density: 50 points/mm in machine running direction and transversely thereto, i.e. 600�600 points are detected per measurement. The size of the measuring area to be selected is dictated by the repeat of the pattern. Thus, e.g. for an 8-shed fabric a surface area greater than 8�8 threads is measured.
[0064] 2. Measuring is done incrementally by automatic advancement of the measuring table with the specimen affixed thereto along the two advancement axes at a "scanning rate" which is independent of the measuring frequency. The scanning rate is 3 mm/s.
[0065] The travel of the specimen is indicated schematically on the right in FIG. 2. The starting point for measuring is the center-point (1), i.e. measuring starts at the center of the surface area. This is followed by an idle travel to the lower left-hand point of the surface area where actual measuring commences. On completion of measuring after approx 11 h in the top right-hand corner, an idle travel is instrumented to the starting point. The measuring direction in this procedure is "forwards", i.e. measuring is instrumented in forwards movement of the table in the traverse and machine running direction.
[0066] 3. Only the results of measuring the profile are recorded.
[0067] VI. Analysis Using UBSoft Software
[0068] 1. Since, despite utmost care, it is impossible to locate the specimen planoparallel under the sensor, the measured surface area needs to be initially aligned with the aid of mathematical methods on the basis of the measured results to ensure that it appears planoparallel. For this purpose two different tools (linear regression and contact surface area) are available.
[0069] The "linear regression" tool aligns a measuring sequence on the basis of a regression plane. The plane is generated by the least squares method from the points measured and plotted in the measuring graphics and then subtracted from the measured data file.
[0070] The "contact plane" tool aligns the measured area according to the three highest points.
[0071] For the SCA-1 fabric a height of 2638 μm is measured (maximum 1006 μm, min −1632 μm). The measured area is aligned by the "contact plane" tool, resulting in a height of 2628 μm (maximum: 0 μm, min: −2628 μm).
[0072] 2. Due to the open area or "holes" in TAD fabrics the graphical representation of the measuring result is not the same as the actual fabric (FIG. 4). As evident from FIG. 5 the optically closed area percentages of the fabric appear deeper or thicker than the spacing of the surface of the support material to the laser sensor as measured, whereby the surface of the support material serves as the reference plane. This results from the difference in the reflection factors of fabric and support material. The actual thickness of the fabric SCA 1 as measured by a thickness tester (as per EN 12625-3: 1999) is 1778 μm.
[0073] 3. Since pre-treating the fabric with Blow-Flag has ensured a uniform reflectivity of all wires of the fabric (screen) and only the differences in height between the surface of the warp and weft wires forming the fabric are of interest, mal-measuring the absolute spacing to the surface of the support material (reference plane) is irrelevant for all practical purposes and can thus be eliminated by scaling.
[0074] 4. Since the fabric "measuring height" (2628 μm) is substantially greater than the actual fabric thickness (1778 μm), the heights are firstly defined or scaled to 1900 μm (max: 0 μm, min: −1900 μm), this definition in the height being selected as a function of the actual fabric thickness. Should this amount to more than 1900 μm, all fabrics must be defined to a higher degree (FIG. 6). This is why comparing the established results must only be done on specimens defined to the same degree.
[0075] 5. Due to its internal analysis software and due to having suitably selected the measuring point spacing, the measuring system is able to "see" structurally associated values equi-spaced from the sensor (height, thickness). Structurally associated in this measuring procedure means that the measuring points to be analyzed are associated in each case to an explicitly defined surface, e.g. that of a single warp or weft wire.
[0076] Combining structurally associated points equi-spaced from the sensor (i.e. having the same height/thickness) produces the heights or contour lines forming the definition of the section plane to the fabric material, i.e. the warp and weft wires sectioned by the section plane in a specific height. It is from the spacing of contour lines of structurally associated elements of the fabric that the section areas assigned to a specific height and termed "bearing-area-percentage" can be computed. It is to be noted that as of the largest expansion of the warp or weft wires only the projected area and not the actual area is taken into account.
[0077] 6. Exporting the bearing-area-percentage curves from the UBSoft data file into another program is not possible with the existing facilities. This is why the aligned, defined areas are thus converted into the image data files (8-bit gray display, TIF format) for subsequent further processing by the OPTIMAS image analysis software.
[0078] VII. OPTIMAS 6.0 Analysis
[0079] 1. Making the conversion into an 8-bit TIF data file means that the 1900 μm difference in height is converted into 256 brightness levels (0 to 255), i.e. maximum: brightness level 255=0 μm; min: brightness level 0=−1900 μm). Using the PercentArea tool (rel. area percentage) the relative area-percentage of each of the 256 brightness levels is determined. This means that unlike the bearing-area-percentage not the structural elements of the fabric assigned to a section plane are established but the structural elements associated with a brightness level. Illustrated by way of example in FIG. 7 is a portion of the FIG. 1 as a two-dimensional drawing to show the difference between relative area-percentage and bearing-area-percentage. In this arrangement a1 to a5 are the structural elements of a brightness of 97 or height of −1177 μm. These structural elements of the relative area-percentage take into account only the brightness for a specific height or only the parts of the area appearing new since the previous section (for brightness 98 or height −1170 μm). The relative area-percentage for the corresponding heights is formed by summing the individual structural elements ai, i.e.
[0080] In FIG. 7 b1 to b3 represent the structural elements of the bearing-area-percentage for a brightness of 97 or height of −1177 μm. The bearing-area-percentage of this height or brightness is formed by summing the individual structural elements bi, i.e.:
[0081] By summing the relative area-percentages up to a specific brightness the bearing-area-percentage for this brightness or height can thus be computed, i.e.:
[0082] By summing the relative area-percentages from height 0 μm or brightness 255 to height −1177 μm or brightness 97 the bearing-area-percentage is likewise formed, i.e.:
[0083] To obtain the maximum bearing-area-percentage of 100% at the height −1900 μm or brightness 0 all relative area-percentages from 0 to 255 must be added. This is tabulated on the last page as an example for the fabric SCA 1.
[0084] 2. The resulting data are then exported to Excel.
[0085] 3. FIG. 8 plots the relative area-percentages as a function of the thickness as computable from the brightness levels for the fabric SCA 1.
[0086] 4. Summing the individual "relative area-percentages" equi-spaced from the sensor (same height or thickness) then computes the bearing-area-percentage. The difference in height is then plotted as a function of the bearing-area-percentage so that the change in height between various bearing-area-percentages can be read off (FIG. 9).
[0087] Since the measured fabric SCA 1 was not ground, heights or thicknesses can also be read off for a bearing-area-percentage of less than 30%. For use in the tissue machine the fabric was, however, ground to a contact surface area of 30%, resulting in the profile of the curve making no difference as of a bearing-area-percentage of 30%.
[0088] 5. To assess TAD fabrics one of the limit values of the bearing-area-percentage should be 30%. A bearing-area-percentage of 30% needs to be selected because TAD fabrics are usually ground. Expert opinion is that TAD fabrics must not be ground in excess of 30% contact surface area, corresponding to 30% bearing-area-percentage (FIG. 10). Although grinding effects the profile of the bearing-area-percentage between 0 and 30%, it has no effect above 30%, assuming not more than 30% contact surface area is ground. This means that for a certain fabric—irrespective of grinding—the bearing-area-percentage of a ground and non-ground TAD fabric above 30% should be precisely the same.
[0089] In comparing several, different single-ply fabrics, this means that the relative area-percentages and bearing-area-percentages in FIG. 2 are all scaled to 30% bearing-area-percentage of a fabric, i.e. the values of all other fabrics are shifted in the Table to a fabric bearing-area-percentage of 30%.
[0090] TAD fabrics have nearly always an open area or holes. This is why a bearing-area-percentage of 100% is not achieved in the fabric, at least in theory. Although 100% bearing-area-percentage is indicated in measuring, this is only achieved by incorporating the support material located under the fabric. To cancel out the effects of differing fabric thicknesses and structure of the support material employed when comparing different single-ply fabrics, the range of the bearing-area-percentage needs to be defined upwards (cf. FIGS. 5, 6 defining the result of measuring). The open area of the fabrics amounts to approx. 20 to 30% in most cases. When the bearing-area-percentage is defined to 60%, the result is sufficiently remote from commencement of the result being influenced by the open area (FIG. 10).
[0091] When considering only the difference in height between 30% and 60% bearing-area-percentage, the flat fabrics exhibit only a slight difference in height, whereas heavily structured fabrics exhibit a much greater difference in height especially in this range. Table 2 lists the results for analysing several TAD fabrics as in prior art, on the one hand, and as embodiments in accordance with the invention, on the other, and thus confirm this assumption. Structured fabrics exhibit a difference in height of more than 170 μm.
[0092] VIII. Relative Pocket Depth Percentage:
[0093] Due to the above definition the bearing-area-percentage is influenced very strongly by the warp and weft wire diameter employed, i.e. the thicker the wires the greater is the difference in height between 30 and 60% bearing-area-percentage. To eliminate this influence by the wire diameter it is good practice to relate the difference in height between 30 and 60% bearing-area-percentage to the sum of the largest warp and weft wire diameters and to term this classification characteristic the "relative pocket depth". The relative pocket depth is stated as a percentage. The relative pocket depth shows that highly structured fabrics exhibit high values, the borderline between conventional and new fabrics being the value of 20%. Estimated values, i.e. in accordance with the difference in height relativised in FIG. 11 are tabulated in Table. 2.
[0094] Tabulated in the Table on the next page are the relative area-percentages associated with the various heights computed from the brightness levels (as established by the PercentArea tool in the Optimas program) and the bearing-area-percentages computed therefrom for the SCA 1 fabric. It was with these numerical values that the plots as shown in FIGS. 8 and 9 were produced.
[0096] "Bearing-area-percentage" in the sense of the method of evaluation in accordance with the invention is defined as the surface to be measured which would contact planarly with an imaginary contact surface area having a geometrically ideal planar surface without the effect of a squeezing force when the warp and weft wires of the fabric cloth in coming from above from the highest point of contact are progressively reduced in thickness quasi continuously, with it having to be noted In this arrangement that due to grinding, the actual surface area, i.e. also the reduction in the warp or weft wire areas, is taken into account whilst a laser sensor below the largest contact surface area only "sees" their projection. For example, this theoretical consideration may be undertaken within the two limits 30% and 60% bearing-area-percentage.
[0097] As regards defining the projected section area the following is to be noted. In height measuring using e.g. a laser sensor it must be taken into account that the sectional area measured is not the true sectional area but the projected sectional area. This is a projected sectional area because measuring is done at right angles to the surface of the object measured from above downwards and the laser is unable to "see" contours concealed by overlaps e.g. such as those below the largest extent of a wire. This is why the "sectional area", e.g. of a wire, no longer becomes smaller when height ranges are measured located below the largest extent of the wire forming the contour. This optically necessitated section area is the projected section area.
[0098] The following further definitions are given for the relative pocket depth, measuring height "0" and bearing-area-percentage. The relative pocket depth is the quotient of the difference in height between the measuring height at which the bearing-area-percentage is 30% and the measuring height at which the bearing-area-percentage is 60% and the sum of the diameters of a weft wire and a warp wire. Measuring height "0" is the outer limit of the paper-making-machine fabric on the paper contact side. The bearing-area-percentage is the projected area of the sectional wires of the fabric at a specific measuring height divided by the measuring area, wherein the sectional planes are located parallel to the surface of the fabric.
[0099] When comparing conventionally woven and subsequently conventionally heat set, single-ply TAD fabrics to embodiments in accordance with the invention, it is obvious that conventional fabrics of this kind are clearly below a critical value whereas embodiments of the TAD fabrics in accordance with the invention are above this critical value.
[0100] The "characteristic critical value" of embodiments in accordance with the invention of single-ply TAD fabrics is defined as the "relative pocket depth" permitting an indication of the suitability of a TAD pocket in accordance with the invention irrespective of the selected warp and weft wire diameter of the fabric selected in each case. Relativizing the system in this way is done by relating the difference in height between the height for a bearing-area-percentage of 30% and the height for a bearing-area-percentage of 60% to the sum of the weft and warp wire diameters.
[0101] The "characteristic critical value" for selecting embodiments in accordance with the invention is a "relative pocket depth" of >/=20%, preferably >/=24% and most preferably >/=27%. Conventional TAD fabric specimen exhibit a "relative pocket depth" significantly below 20%.
[0102] Stipulating a "relative pocket depth" is good practice since the optimising method is intended to furnish a selection in comparing TAD fabric structures of equal weft and warp wire diameter, the added thickness for an increase in the weft and warp wire diameter being negligible by contrast.
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Whether you're a shooter fan, or perhaps more into the sporting games genre, glitches don't discriminate. Here's why we hate to love them
As the games continue to get better there's always been one constant, game glitches. Codings left with loose ends, accidental faults and shortcuts all leading to cars that fly, donkeys with wheels and plants with thumbs. Whether you find it frustrating or hilarious there's been real corkers and we've popped them into a list for your delectation.
Tiger Woods 2008 - The Jesus Shot
The EA Tiger Woods game franchise has not only provided hours of joystick pushing and pulling, meticulous shot placement and anger at that missed putt but the 2008 version also provided a new phenomenon. 'The Jesus Shot' as it was called by many, gave any player the ability to walk on water to play the game, due to a glitch in the EA Sports programming. As a follow up to this, EA fixed the glitch in the 2009 game, and created a response video which shows that even games publishers have a sense of humour.
Goldeneye - I'm Spinning Around...
The Nintendo 64 multiplayer game is regarded as one of the best multiplayer games ever, but also with one of the best glitches. Unexplainably, when the N64 game cartridge was leant on, would cause the in game characters to spin violently out of control. Consequently, if you're getting roundly owned by a mate this could be ended by simply giving the console a subtle nudge. One apologetic, innocent remark later and you're in the clear and your dignity remains intact. Sore losers, this one's for you…
Oblivion - So Many Watermelons...
Oblivion is probably the longest, most in-depth game in history and what better way to celebrate this by offering a glitch providing you with thousands of watermelons. More an easter egg than a true glitch it still leads to endless entertainment and a lot of watermelons.
Grand Theft Auto IV - The Swingset Glitch of Death
Right, Grand Theft Auto time. It's hard to have a glitch list without including at least one GTA game. The "Swingset glitch of death" as many refer to it, in Grand Theft Auto 4, entails swings in Liberty City, Alderney refusing to get run over, and instead catapulting the car at high speed across the city. This glitch is so famous, it has a Wikipedia page, as well as a GTA Wiki page .
Skate 2 - Skydiving
Skate 2 was both a combination of joystick twiddling and button bashing which led to hours of kickflips, grinding and ollys, and was ultimately quite good fun. This featured glitch is an example of the so called skydive which involves dropping your board and jumping miles and miles through the air, defying the laws of physics in the process. When you land painfully at the end, you respawn and return to the arena…
The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword - Thunder Dragon Game Breaker
Skyward Sword is Nintendo's sixteenth Legend of Zelda, and is by all accounts a great game. At least, it is unless you manage to stumble upon this glitch. During the 'Song of Hero' quest, if you decide to visit the Thunder Dragon first, and speak to a certain Golo the Goron both before and after your visit, none of the other events in the quest will occur. The result is that you have to return to a previous save or restart from the very beginning. And just three weeks after release too... oh dear.
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WASHINGTON, Feb. 23, 2001 (This is a summary of the American Forces Press Service news stories for the week ending Feb. 23, 2001)
Bush Says Raid Sends Message to Hussein
WASHINGTON, Feb. 23, 2001 -- President Bush said Feb. 22 that recent coalition air attacks against Iraq sent a strong message to Saddam Hussein that "this administration will remain engaged" in Southwest Asia.
Bush, speaking at his first White House press conference, also said the Feb. 16 raid was designed to get Saddam Hussein's attention and to degrade his capacity to harm coalition pilots patrolling the no-fly zones.
Bush said Secretary of State Army Gen. (Ret.) Colin Powell would address the issue of Iraq during an upcoming Middle East trip. "The Secretary of State is going to listen to our allies as to how to best effect a policy, the primary goal of which will be to say to Saddam Hussein, we won't tolerate you developing weapons of mass destruction, and we expect you to leave your neighbors alone," Bush said.
Bush said Powell would review the sanctions policy with Gulf states. He said sanctions that work are sanctions that "reflect the collective will of the region."
News reports indicate U.S. munitions missed several radars in the attacks around Baghdad. Reporters asked Bush about whether the mission was successful. "My job as Commander- in-Chief is to get input from the commanders in the field, and we will do everything needed to protect our pilots, to protect the men and women who wear the uniform," Bush said.
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Intelligence Chief Details Threats Facing America
WASHINGTON, Feb. 22, 2001 -- The world is in transition from the Cold War to something new and the top military intelligence officer expects the next 10 to 15 years to be "at least as turbulent, if not more so" as the past 10.
Navy Vice Adm. Thomas Wilson, the director of the Defense Intelligence Agency, testified before the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence Feb. 7. In his written statement to the committee he said the basic forces bringing stress and disorder to the world will continue.
"No power, circumstance, or condition is likely to emerge capable of overcoming these [forces] and creating a more stable global environment," Wilson said. "Within this environment, the 'Big C' issues – especially counter drug, counter intelligence, counter proliferation, counter terrorism … will remain key challenges for the United States."
Driving all, according to Wilson, is globalization. "Globalization is generally a positive force that will leave most of the world's people better off," he said. "But in some ways, globalization will exacerbate local and regional tensions, increase the prospects and capabilities for conflict and empower those who would do us harm."
The transfer of information and technology increases the dangers from weapons of mass destruction. Wilson said this trend "will increasingly accord smaller states, groups, and individuals destructive capabilities previously limited to major world powers."
Admiral OKs USS Greeneville Inquiry
WASHINGTON, Feb. 20, 2001 - The U.S. Pacific Fleet commander has ordered that a Court of Inquiry be convened next week to investigate the circumstances leading to the Feb. 9 collision between a Navy nuclear submarine and a Japanese trawler off Honolulu.
At a Feb. 17 press conference in Pearl Harbor, Admiral Thomas B. Fargo noted that he had completed his preliminary review of the collision between the USS Greeneville and the fishing vessel Ehime Maru. The submarine was conducting an emergency surfacing exercise when it struck the Ehime Maru about nine miles out from Diamond Head, DoD officials said.
"The Court of Inquiry is the Navy's highest form of administrative investigation and a formal hearing," Fargo said at Pearl Harbor. "I've elected this course of action after reviewing the facts, opinions and recommendations expressed in the preliminary inquiry, because a Court of Inquiry provides the necessary legal safeguards for the affected parties, complete subpoena power and a forum for public disclosure."
Fargo said the court would convene Feb. 26 at Pearl Harbor. It will not conflict with the ongoing National Transportation and Safety Board investigation, he said.
Military Researchers Working to Lower Rate of Combat Deaths
WASHINGTON, Feb. 21, 2001 -- Ninety percent of people who die in war die before they reach a medical facility, and military researchers are working to lower that number.
"We're looking for something to use on the battlefield that will make a difference," Dr. Jeannine Majde-Cottrell said. Majde-Cottrell is the program officer for casualty care and management with the Office of Naval Research in Arlington, Va.
She said nearly 50 percent of combat casualties die from bleeding, and most of them die between five and 30 minutes after injury. If researchers can develop products to treat these patients, they can cut down these numbers. But combat imposes practical limitations on what medics can use, Majde-Cottrell said.
In December, the Food and Drug Administration approved a new hemostatic dressing that works to reduce blood loss. Navy and civilian researchers developed a bandage impregnated with algal polysaccharide, which constricts blood vessels in the wound and traps red blood cells. "It promotes clot formation," Majde-Cottrell said.
Navy researchers are also working on a hand-held ultrasound cautery device. "This will allow us to deal with some internal injuries," she said. "We hope to be able to use ultrasound first to detect a bleed by a Doppler imaging system and then focus ultrasound in such a way that we can cauterize that bleed without having to (surgically) open the patient."


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GT reviews the blockbuster-in-waiting, Pride
As anyone who lived through the tumult of 1980s Britain will testify, they were times of enormous political and social upheaval. It was a period that saw communities torn apart, careers decimated, respectable men and women deprived of their livelihoods and minority groups pitted against one another like lions in a vast, media aggravated cage.
Margaret Thatcher had declared that there is no such thing as society. But though the miners' strike of 1984/5 brought towns to their knees, it never took them from one another. A sense of altruism and cooperation – ideas gravely unfashionable these days – were born of the struggle.
Miners were just one of many groups under siege from the cesarean birth of individualism. The poor, the destitute, the fringe, the intellectual, the idealistic; they all found themselves in a peripheral crevice of the 'society' they clung on to.
No group was more outcast than people like us. The gays. By 1987 the number of people who considered homosexuality to be "always wrong" had peaked at 64%. Just 11% considered being gay to never be wrong, so it's little surprise that it was within months of this frenzy of media pumped homophobia that Section 28 was introduced.
But as the saying goes, 'the enemy of my enemy is my friend'. The idea of a group of LGBT liberals from London, Lesbians and Gays Support the Miners (LGSM), having anything in common with a town of Welsh miners was pretty out there. And yet their lives had been defined by the same struggles: against Thatcher and against the mainstream media, but never against each other.
Neither party was particularly enamoured with the other originally. But in the face of a common enemy, the pursuit of solidarity saw the pillars of their prejudice fall. That's the story of Pride. Though the end was gay rights, the means were a matter of right and wrong true to so many pursuits of justice.
The story has such power given its brilliant comic value. It captures the rich warmth of those involved, as they find joy even in the most beleaguered situations. You will laugh as persistently as you cry – and there's a great deal of both.
Pride doesn't shy away from the realities of the hard-won fight for equality: the vigilante attacks on gay people and their families; the scorn of passers-by in the early pride marches; the brutality of Thatcher's army of police. They all rear their ugly head in this illuminatingly truthful film.
Pride is the story of a generation's struggle. When it goes to cinemas from 12 September, it will be the film of a generation. As iconic and important as Queer as Folk or Brokeback Mountain, Pride deserves every bit of the rapturous reception it will get.
GT gives Pride: five stars
Look out for our new issue, available from Friday, for interviews with some of the heroes of the film
Words: Benjamin Butterworth / @benjaminbutter
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Ugandan leader is reportedly ready to sign homophobic bill into law
President Museveni said he's ready to "go to war with the homosexual lobby" after taking advice from Ugandan scientists that homosexuality is not genetic, rather a "social behaviour".
Museveni had previously refused to pass the anti-gay bill until more scientific evidence that gay people are "made and not born" had been presented. A medical report prepared by scientists from Uganda's health ministry claims being gay is "not a disease, but merely an abnormal behaviour which may be learned through experiences in life". The report also warns that being gay "has serious public health consequences and should therefore not be tolerated". This, coupled with political pressure, has lead to Museveni saying he would now approve the controversial bill.
The anti-gay bill, also referred to as the 'Kill the gays' bill due to its original death penalty clause, is set to criminalise gay people in Uganda. The bill has been looming since 2009 and those convicted could face up to life imprisonment. If passed, it could mean those just talking about homosexual behaviour, or even heterosexuals who have knowledge of gay people but don't report them, could find themselves in trouble with the law. Many fear violence and forthcoming beatings in the wake of a law change.
President Barack Obama has warned Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni that signing any kind of anti-LGBT legislation could seriously hinder relations with the United States. Meanwhile, activists both at home and abroad continue to place pressure on politicians to not to let the Ugandan LGBT community fight alone.
You can read more on the state of LGBT rights in Uganda, and also the LGBT charities and organisations who are fighting against all odds for equality, in this month's GT. Download it: here
Read the official report from Ugandan scientists on homosexuality here.
See president Museveni discussing the bill here:
Words: Lee Dalloway (@Leeroydalvin)