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No news is bad news.
After the European conference we had hope that some new distributor would be announced. Instead we eventually got a PR (at least the company is trying!) talking generally about the positive reception and about the interest in partnerships, etc. Had PLC something tangible to announce, they certainly would have, instead of the puffy, but empty, PR.
And, unfortunately, the same for the San Francisco conference.
Every day without news from those conferences was/is a bad day.
The positive aspect is that the company, by trying to keep things alive, has put out a couple of positively slanted PRs; the bad news is that they have had nothing specific to announce. And had they *anything* specific, no matter how minor, they certainly would have added it to those PRs.
THis is all very disappointing (as it must be for management). The previous upward momentum has been lost, and we've been without new developments for distribution, funding, partnerships for too long, given the initial positive reports from the trials and presentations.
Yes, sure, it's always possible that the company is in ongoing negotiations with some potential distributors or partners--I certainly hope so!--but the days without news are ominous.
<<<Last I saw, heart disease death rates were dropping. Many of the therapies produce miraculous-seeming results. It isn't as if nothing was working.>>>
In 1984 approximately 645,000 Americans died from cardiac related ailments. Still the number one leading cause of death among Americans, back then. In 2008 750,000 Americans died from those same heart illnesses.
In 1984 The U.S. had a total population of 235m, compared to 300m in 2008. Therefore, the population increase from 1984 to 2009 was 28%.
The mortality rate from heart disease increased by a margin of 16.5% in absolute numbers, from 1984 to 2008. Which shows that after 24 years, the medical community and scientists have only managed to decrease mortality in cardiac patients by a mere 9% if you account for the changes in population growth. The death rate from heart disease was .0275% of the population in 1984 compared to .0250% of the population today.
A 9% reduction in deaths after the introduction of Angioplasty, Stents, Statin Drugs, Heparin, Aspirin, Pacemakers, Cardioversion technology, Portable defibrilators, and continued application of CABG procedures, Smoking Cessation products like patches and such, new exercise regimens and supposedly better dieting habits.
TMR should not be included in this list because it is not in the frontline as a treatment option like the rest of these guys, due to its narrow FDA labeling.
This is like commissioning 10,000 ants to kill an elephant.
So there's no slam dunk here with the starters.
I'm just saying that any reasonably intelligent coach would now begin to substitute the starters who have not performed in the game (judging strictly from the score, excluding hype), with the bench player who has yet to touch the ball.
I think you overstate the case against existing therapy. Last I saw, heart disease death rates were dropping. Many of the therapies produce miraculous-seeming results. It isn't as if nothing was working.
Yeah, the TMR studies were under-powered for financial reasons, which is a kind of self-fulfilling portent of doom. But realistically, the patient-acquisition problem I referred to above means that patients will only be sent for TMR in non-acute settings after everyone's wrapped their heads around the problem. So the late-line-of-defense label isn't necessarily all that bad. The roughly 3 years of no marketing at all was shameful, though. The way it stands, TMR is rarely considered even for model candidates.
TMR shouldn't be a dead issue at all. Certainly not with Heart disease still the #1 killer of Americans 24 and older. Over 700,000 deaths each and every year is caused by various heart ailments. And this is with all the treatment options currently made available to patients.
Granted, TMR is not yet indicated as a first line defense for the treatment of coronary artery disease--and someone should investigate why it isn't made more broadly available, considering that all the other treament options, including angioplasty, angioplasty with stents, CABG (Coronary Atery Bypass Graft), statin usage, aspirin usage, heparin (blood thinner) therapy, exercise, diet modifications, smoking cessation, etc., are not working to reduce the number, or the upward momentum of people dying from this disease.
TMR was only approved as a a last line of defense for recalcitrant patients showing no positive response to the above mentioned therapies, or displaying unstable angina.
PLCSF accepted what they were given, and never pursued a broader label for the heart laser and TMR. Loss of market capitalization, cash on hand, as well as a major stock exchange listing, forced them to relinquish their goals and aspirations to acquire the respect and ubiquity TMR deserved.
So because of lingering deep seated resentment towards Dr. Rudko, by the medical community, for being audacious and brash enough to introduce a product that could potentially undercut the windfall pay days that CABG bestowed, they buried the company, the CEO and the therapy in a siberian-like detention center of medicine.
TMR would have been a cheaper and less invasive procedure compared to CABG, and that was just too much for the cardiologists and surgeons to bear.
And while this David vs. Goliath battle plays out, with David pretty much out for the count, Americans continue to die enmasse, from blockage and ischemia, not just in the artery and heart muscle, but in the bureaucracy of medicine as well.
Hill, don't mind me. I too am disappointed in the stock. I just TRY to find a few positives in the sea of negatives here.
I've never owned CGCP and I'm long PLCSF. I am a little bit of a "hater" because this company has never done anything but disappoint me and I can't think of anything positive to say. I used to personally know quite a few folks at PLC and have nothing personal against the company, but as an investment it's been a stinker. RG could be quite lucrative, but until proven wrong I will remain a "hater". Oddly enough I was taking exception to P42's comment about no news being bad news. I was defending PLC's lack of momentum. Isn't that positive?
We are all pretty much in the same situation here. Everyone is long this stock... just with different time horizons and price expectations. Let's try and get along. Don't make me pull the car over you two.
Ladies, PLEASE!!
This back biting and bickering is not a constructive way of dealing with the frustration at the lack of news from PLC management. Honestly, they have ALWAYS SUCKED at communicating to us shareholders. How could you expect THAT to change when they are busier then ever -- and only as compentent at it as they have ever been? Ladies, these guys will never learn to put the seat down or change the roll for you. Boo-F'n-Hoo...
That is part of the "why" this stock sells at a 70% (plus) discount to intrinsic value -- our sub-mediocre management team. How could you expect any more then they are capable of?
Take a deep breath and relax. 5 years from now we'll still be complaining about the same things (am I the only married guy here?)... Only the stock price will be about $3 and I'll be @#$%en about how is should be $10.
What exactly were you expecting??? I sense your expectations and timeframes are rather unrealistic. A few weeks ago you were showering management with praise for a job for a job well done. The reality is the job is only 5% done. You seem to be missing the big picture in terms of what is required to successfuly bring a medical device to market and the time and expertise required. Much more will have to be done before you will see real momentum with this company. You also need to look at the current global economy and understand how it affects the medical device industry. Hospital capital budgets are still very constrained, captial investing is tight, etc.
Hill, you offer such a patronizing and inapt response: I wasn't addressing given stock price increments, in any given timeframe. I wasn't talking of the myriad aspects involved in bringing an fda-approved product to market in America: the trials, the approval, the marketing, etc.
I guess you have the right to conjure the contents of any post you want and then write a response to you contents that you imagined.
But, as I think I very clearly put forth, I was addressing the momentum that had built as a result of the Italian trial's positive initial results, their presentation and demonstation at the upcoming conferences, the announced addition of Asian distributors, , etc.; and the reasonable expectation that all of that would lead to one or more new distributors for some European countries in the successive weeks. And it was in relation to that prospect that I noted the absence of any news, and said that no news (no new distributors being announced) is bad news.
I didn't say that that was management's fault. Nor, do my observations contradict in any way my previous praise for the management's investigating CIN, conjuring and developing a product to deal with CIN, getting the European Mark for the product's marketing, getting involved with the Italian study, finding a few initial distributors, making the wise choice to attempt to utilize the European market and prove success and to leverage that into a means of finishing the American trials, instead of spending all the working capital and mortagaging the company's future by desperate financial measures in order to fund American trials before the company could sustain that pursuit.
My praise for all of that is the same, and is maintained in the same degree, as when I offered it several weeks ago.
But, Hill, my post didn't relate to the many obvious hurdles, trials, marketing, etc. that remain before Renal Guard reaches its full hoped-for success. And it didn't relate to any price expectations of the stock---today, or in a couple of months, or in a few years.
So you have no basis to say that my "expectations and timeframes are unrealistic," or that I'm "missing the picture...of what is required to successfully bring a medical device to market," etc., because I addressed none of those issues.
I was dealing in facts: initial partial postive trial results, announcement of Asian distributors, upcoming presentations and demonstrations at important conferences have not lead to a single announcement in regard to finding one new distributor. And, going forward, no news is bad news: it will mean that no European entity wants to distribute RG, or to partner with PLC, etc., at this stage.
And, it was not at all unreasonable to hope for a European distributor at this stage.
I'm sure that management as disappointed as us longs.
And as far as you are concerned, why not respond to a post that actually existed instead of one whose contents you make up in your own mind and then respond to.
Agreed, in general. We're back to looking for actual sales, quarter by quarter.
Just looking at my friends who have undergone CABG, the population of candidates for TMR ought to be substantial (partial loss of heart circulation long after grafting is almost the model indication for TMR). And probably more to the point, cath labs in Europe have been put on notice that there is an available treatment in Renal Guard that greatly reduces side effects of emergency procedures. So we can at least wait hopefully.
No, Jacosa, TMR has had over a decade to prove itself and, though utilized (and, more recently, with attempts and coordinated biologics), has only shown diminished, and diminishing, sales.
Indeed, PLC's 10k's for the last two years say outright the diminishing expectations for TMR income--for PLC, at least--in the future. (And, another company intensely devoted to TMR, and, unlike PLC, still devoted to developing newer, better aspects of TMR and TMR delivery, CGCP.pk, also cannot show profits).
Novadaq, PLC's TMR American utilizer, has shown no numbers to indicate good propects for future TMR expansion.
Yes, internationally, there is some TMR market, from which PLC can benefit directly, but it all seems marginal and limited.
So, bottom line, there is only one hope for PLC, and it is Renal Guard. ANd if it can't make it in Europe (which, fortunately, we can't say at this time--indeed there seemed hope coming off of the Italian trials, Europaen conference, etc), I don't see how it could/should make it in America.
So, I'd say the future hinges on finding new European distributors and partners for Renal Guard, and if we can't do that why would there be prospects in America worth spending clinical trial money on? On the other hand, should RG prove successful in Europe, clearly any money spent in America to get FDA approval would be well worth it.
So, no new news from Europe pursuant to the successful Italian trial, etc., and seems potentially grim to me.
Right now, I'm trying to grin and bear it. But, if it proves grim, as I suspect, I'm not sure I can bear it.
As I said, every day of no news, is bad news as far as the expansion and success of RG is concerned.


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Still, Office Space comparisons aside, for me the simple dimming of the four-square OLED, and the fact that these lights won't rape and pillage the environment like those nasty mercury-containing fluorescents we see everywhere today, were cool enough to warrant the wait.
Unfortunately, just like OLED HDTV screens, these lights are starting small and expensive (the prototype shown here is just 24-inches). Hopefully the $2 million Department of Energy grant awarded to manufacturer UDC in July 2008 (it's their prototype) will hasten the process, if only slightly. [YouTube via OLED Info]

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Laconia Youth Football and Cheer are holding sign-ups at the Laconia Community Center from 6 to 8 p.m. on Monday, April 6.
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Laconia Youth Football and Cheer are holding sign-ups at the Laconia Community Center from 6 to 8 p.m. on Monday, April 6.
MOULTONBOROUGH — The Lakes Region Ice Racing Club celebrated its 2015 season this past Saturday night with racers along with their friends and families gathering at the Moultonboro Lions Club. The 2015 champions were crowned and the hard work of the volunteers and the support of the sponsors was acknowledged.
The Lakes Region club races on oval tracks prepared on Lee and Berry ponds with 5 divisions of cars: Juniors, 4 Cylinder Front Wheel Drives, 4 Cylinder Rear Wheel Drives, V8 Stocks, and Modifieds. A champion for each division is determined based on the season points system.
The nearly hundred banquet attendees were treated to fantastic roast turkey buffet dinner prepared by Melody Martel. Entertainment was provided by the New England Country Boys band and dancing followed the awards portion of the program.
The evening's festivities were emceed by racers and club officials Mike Horsch and Jack Cook. After the awarding of the raffle prizes, the efforts of club volunteers, the plow guys, and the many race sponsors were acknowledged. A special Sportsman of the Year award was made to Dylan Cook of Moultonborough to acknowledge his dedication to the Club. Each of the divisions were then awarded trophies and prizes.
Trevor Greene, of Moutonborough, took the 2015 Junior championship by a mere 2 points driving his FWD Paquette Signs VW. Matt DeMond and Brett Burns finished the season as the second and third place Juniors, respectively.
Alley Ripley of Center Ossipee repeated as the V8 Stock class champion this year. Alley drove her big red, Ossipee Auto Parts Monte Carlo to several wins and good finishes to take the points lead. The runner up was Scott Burns followed by Tim Chase.
The 4 Cylinder Front Wheel Drive division champion was Justin Conway in his daSilva Motorsports VW. Chris Taylor was second in points with Cody Burns claiming the 3rd spot.
Faibian Smith of Meredith piloted his Scott Burns Landscaping S10 pickup to the 4 Cylinder Rear Wheel Drive division championship. Tim Chase and Jeff Vachon finished the year second and third in points.
A string of consistent finishes and a win gave Mike Horsch of Moultonborough driving his winged Horsch Garage Equipment car the 2015 Modified division championship. Second and third place went to Fred Fecteau and Jack Cook, respectively.
For the last 31 racing seasons the Lakes Region Ice Racing Club has hosted a special charity race called the Latchkey Cup. This year's Latchkey Cup was a great success, raising thousands of dollars for local charities. The Lakes Region Ice Racing Club gave 3 scholarships to local students, filled the oil tanks of 2 local residents who were in need, presented a check to Suzanne Taggett, and donated to NH Best Buddies in Team Chloe's name.
The Club would like to thank all the volunteers, racers, sponsors, and especially the fans that made the 2014 season a great success. Check the club's website at www.LRIRC.com and Facebook page for the latest club information, rules updates, photos and videos.
Local teen Kaleb Shumway will be heading to Copper Mountain in Colorado this month to compete in the National Championships sponsored by the United States of America Snowboard Association (USASA). Kaleb rank 2nd in New Hampshire Series for the 12-13 year-old snowboard slopestyle division and 55th out of over 280 competitors for the national rankings. This is Kaleb's first year working on his talents of freestyle snowboarding, with the help of Gunstock Freestyle Academy's coaches he was able to take it one step further to the competition side of the sport. "The first time I realized Kaleb's passion for learning freestyle moves on his snowboard was watching him do flips on our trampoline in the backyard, then in a friend's backyard doing backflips off a small jump they made. I knew I had to find someplace that would help him advance with his talents and take it one step further," said his mother Shelli Shumway. Kaleb spends five days a week riding at Gunstock Mountain, two of which involves training with the GFA coaches or competing at different events for the New Hampshire Series.
Brothers Finn and Will Baldwin, from Gilmanton, will be competing in the USASA national championships next month at Copper Mountain in Colorado. Both Finn, who's 14, and Will (16), compete in snowboardcross. Above, Finn races in an event at Ragged Mountain. (Courtesy photo)


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I am suffering from postevent fatigue, having just returned to my Sydney digs after a long couple of days preparing for the welcome Mass. I'm sure my feet are not there any more because I can't feel them. There are bits of my body are telling me off for using them too much, but some other part of me is brimming with energy.
Whenever you attend a big event, you can't possibly image why people go grey over organising it. Everything seems so simple. Yet someone has possibly shortened their lifespan by a few years getting it to that stage. I am sure that is the case for the organisers of World Youth Day.
Under the stage is a cavernous space sectioned off with black plywood and scaffolding. One light illuminates the sacristy. And from this small room, 150,000 people will be able to receive Communion. Tempers fray as the time for the Mass grows nearer. Things forgotten suddenly spring to mind. Errors become glaringly obvious. Time becomes your enemy. But outside you can hear the songs and the chants and general frivolity that comes with being on pilgrimage en mass.
Everything does end up going smoothly, no matter how disasterously you think you have done, and with the welcome Mass at World Youth Day it was the same.
So it was with great satisfaction that I climbed into my friends' car as they gave me a lift home. While we were pulled up at the lights, we looked into a bus which was packed to bursting with pilgrims. They hadn't been working, but they too looked a little deflated. "I bet you're glad you're not in that bus," my friend said.
My mind went back to trips I have made to India, where squeezing yourself into the tiniest voids between passengers is normal. You get sweaty, someone might stand on your toe, but it's a part of life. Just like it is here. And then I realised why I love being at an event like WYD. When I am in India, I know I am where I am supposed to be, and the small discomforts don't matter. I was born to work for the poor, so I guess you could call that mission, and it's that very same call that brings people from all over the world to Sydney. By the very fact they are prepared to show their face at a Catholic event they are willing to show their faith is important to them.
It struck me that they were on mission as well.
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E-cigarettes gain popularity with Oklahomans trying to quit smoking
Bob Clark didn't have any plans to quit smoking.
He smoked about 20 bowls of pipe tobacco a day and maybe 10 cigarettes, give or take a few.
But a recent visit to his doctor changed his mind.
"I wasn't a chain smoker — I was a heavy smoker," he said. "And I decided that enough was enough, especially when I found out that I had some precancerous cells on the bottom of my mouth."
Clark soon bought an electronic cigarette, or e-cigarette, a device some Oklahomans are using to try to quit smoking. And some e-cigarette researchers say within 10 years, e-cigarette users will surpass the number of smokers in the U.S.
E-cigarettes come in a variety of shapes and sizes. Essentially, they're a smokeless way to ingest nicotine, although some e-cigarette users choose products that don't have any nicotine.
The term "vaping" comes from the vapor that comes out when e-cigarette users use the device.
Nationwide, about 21 percent of adults who smoke traditional cigarettes had used electronic cigarettes, also known as e-cigarettes, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. That's up from about 10 percent in 2010.
They're becoming an increasingly more common choice for smokers trying to quit, but public health officials have not added e-cigarettes to their list of viable ways to kick the habit.
Rather, Jennifer Lepard, of the Oklahoma State Department of Health, said the research that's been performed on e-cigarettes isn't solid enough at this point to warrant an endorsement.
"We don't want to discourage anybody who is looking to quit smoking cigarettes," Lepard said. "We do, however, believe that there are more scientifically proven ways to quit."
Those ways include calling the Oklahoma Tobacco Helpline at (800) QUIT-NOW, which provides smokers with free nicotine patches, lozenges or gum, and also a free quit coach.
For now, people can use their e-cigarettes just about anywhere that will let them.
Oklahoma's current smoking law was mostly written in 2003, before e-cigarettes were popular in the state, Lepard said.
"There's a lot of debate right now as to what their proper place is in our law," Lepard said. "And there's nothing that would prohibit a company or private business from choosing to not allow them if they wanted to do so."
Remaining optimistic
Since he bought his e-cigarette, Clark is down to about two cigarettes a day and three bowls of pipe tobacco.
Clark is optimistic about the potential benefits of switching to an e-cigarette. He won't miss the mess of tobacco or the stains on his teeth. And he is hopeful that he won't have to repaint the inside walls of his home because of the stain from the smoke.
And the people around him will no longer have to deal with his secondhand smoke.
"Everybody that smokes probably would love to quit, and I think that each individual has to make that decision, and it's a hard one," he said. "It's not easy, but this vaping will make it easier for you."
Clark, 67, has smoked for the past 50 years. He remembered standing behind a barn, smoking with friends in seventh grade.
"I can remember smoking as early as back in the 1950s," he said. "When I grew up, it wasn't a big deal. If a kid had a quarter, they could probably buy a pack of cigarettes from a cigarette machine somewhere."
Researcher's opinion
Theodore Wagener isn't of the opinion that e-cigarettes are worse for people than cigarettes.
Wagener, a researcher at the Oklahoma Tobacco Research Center, said research has shown that e-cigarettes produce less toxic vapor than cigarettes — between nine and 450 times less toxic — and are more similar to nicotine inhalers, a product used to quit smoking, than to cigarettes.
The main reason for that difference is — the worst part about cigarettes is the burning of tobacco. Nicotine itself is not really that harmful, although it's not harmless, he said.
"If all smokers just completely used the nicotine lozenge or chewed nicotine gum for the rest of their lives, there'd be no grants, nothing to try to curb nicotine gum usage," he said. "Nobody would care because it's just not that harmful."
Compared to regular cigarettes, the amount of chemicals found in e-cigarettes that cause cancer — referred to as carcinogens — is "astronomically low," he said.
Some studies have shown trace amounts of carcinogens in e-cigarette vapor, but those carcinogens are found generally in anything with nicotine, even pharmaceutical products, like the nicotine inhaler.
That's because most nicotine used in patches, gum, lozenges, cigarettes or e-cigarette liquid is derived from tobacco, which causes trace amounts of carcinogens to be in the products.
Wagener and his team are in the midst of studying several aspects of e-cigarettes.
They recently looked at secondhand vapor from e-cigarettes and found "nothing scary." They focused their research on whether diethylene glycol was found in e-cigarette vapor, a chemical found in antifreeze that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration had found in e-cigarette vapor.
They didn't find it or any other surprising chemical. This is not to say e-cigarettes are harmless. Wagener said everyone would be better off not smoking or vaping anything.
But if given the option, e-cigarettes appear to be a cleaner means of delivering nicotine into a person's body.
"Initial reports show it's not completely harmless," he said. "It's a lie if someone says, 'Oh, this is just like nicotine and water.' When it's heated and delivered, it changes a little bit and these things aren't incredibly pure. But comparing it to the regular cigarette, way better. Comparing it to the nicotine inhaler, the nicotine inhaler is better."


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Is there any difference between Mac and Linux gives equal distro.Se which is the same language is used or which I believe ....
There is a difference if I can add that you have to pay at least while I'm going to distribute of wandering without violating any law at least. (add gnu is not free) in linux is not free.
and that is repeatedly heard that Linux is good copy of mac and at least say that when I pass the link and read this forum
I may seem silly but if you can add differences.


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NEX-7 Versus G5 still photo focusing speed.
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Re: NEX-7 Versus G5 still photo focusing speed.
The G5 is likely to be faster.
With that said, absolute focusing speed doesn't matter as much as people make it out to be because it only makes for a small portion of the whole picture taking process.
Remember that before an image is fully read by the sensor, the following happens:
1. You wake up or turn on the camera (optional)
2. You hold the camera to your face/eye.
3. You compose the shot.
4. You press the shutter button.
5. The camera auto-focuses.
6. The shutter screens move.
The steps from 1, 2, 3, 4 and 6 will take the most of the time needed for a shot. A focusing speed that's twice as fast doesn't mean you will get a shot twice as fast (from the moment you see something you want to photograph).
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In the first interactive story, Alma finds a doll while walking in the park and she wants to keep it, but discovers that her saddened owner is desperately looking for her. Before making the correct decision, Alma goes through several emotional states such as excitement, happiness and remorse. Because of that, she concludes what she has to do and joyfully discovers that it's worthwhile being honest.
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Ricketts Gets the Keys, Spring Training Update and Other Notes
- The Ricketts family are the new official owners of the Chicago Cubs and will have a press conference on Friday. Maybe they'll bring a new GM with them.
"My family and I are thrilled that this day has finally come and
we thank Commissioner Bud Selig and Major League Baseball owners for
approving our ownership," said Tom Ricketts. "Now we will go to work
building the championship tradition that all Cubs fans so richly
- It's hard to tell how much is Chris DeLuca taking educated guesses or basing his column off some sources, but he seems to expect much of the same for the next two years with Ricketts in charge. Certainly don't expect a big jump in payroll (he throws out $143M) and Hendry isn't getting a blank check to rid himself of the Bradley mess.
- Speaking of the sale, Paul Sullivan is as bitter as ever.
Tribune era is
officially over as Ricketts familly takes control of the Cubs. First
order of business: Get rid of Milton Bradley.
- Bruce Miles offers up some free advice for the new boss.
- While Florida keeps moving forward on their bid to try and lure the Cubs spring training home to Naples, Wittenmyer spells out why Arizona will likely keep the Cubs.
But working against any Florida bid is the lengthy spring travel in
that state -- especially in a location nearly three hours from the
Tampa area -- and a decadelong exodus of teams from Florida that will
put 15 of 30 big-league teams in Arizona next spring for the first time.
And considering the Cubs are the jewel of the Cactus League, the
state's biggest spring-training revenue producer, filling stadiums
across the Phoenix valley and owning almost every league attendance
record, Arizona is especially motivated even in a tough economy to
invest in the team's future there.
- Kerry Wood confirms the racist letters sent to some Cubs players. Stop making that shit up Milton.
- The Daily Beast says 5 of the top 10 richest baseball players including endorsement deals and so forth are Yankees. Competitive balance at its finest.
- Via Baseball Musings, some fun caricatures of the Yankees.
- Kevin "Tampering" Towers, who I must remind everyone is not the Padres GM anymore, has let it be known that it's just a matter of when the Padres will trade Adrian Gonzalez.
- After missing out on Manny Acta, the Astros have settled on Red Sox bench coach Brad Mills as their new manager.
- I generally scoff at these "this is how to fix the Cubs" articles, because ultimately the writer falls into the trap that there are no limitations and every player in the league is available and they're all dying to play for the Cubs. And while I don't think John Lackey is headed to the Cubs, Hendry's favorite contract toy - the backloaded deal - could possibly net the Cubs one decent free agent this offseason.
- Kevin Goldstein's recent take on Jeff Samardzija:
It's almost remarkable that the Cubs still think Samardzija can be an
effective starter in the big leagues. He's made no secret that he wants
to return to the rotation, but two late-season starts in the majors
were disasters, and now he's merely holding his own in Mexico, allowing
10 runs and 28 baserunners in 18 innings for the Aguilas. Turning 25 in
January, with each passing year, it seems that Samardzija will never
graduate from thrower to pitcher, and for most, his ceiling ends at
middle reliever.
I'm not really gonna argue against Samardzija detractors right now, but that's a leap on the definition of a disaster start. (5 IP, 3 ER versus the Brewers in his last appearance of 2009).
- Baseball Intellect takes a look at J.J. Hardy's swing and if he can bounce back in 2010. I still don't see any reasonable scenario that involves the Brewers willing to trade Hardy to the Cubs and the Cubs looking for a shortstop.
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Paul Sulivan either needs to drink more or quit storing his booze shoved up his ass.
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Re: that $143M number
Or they could save the money to take on a few nice players at midseason a la St. Louis 2009. Even without Bradley, one can construct a respectable 25-man roster from our "under control" guys plus maybe Grabow and/or Skinny Dick.
Just sayin
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yeah, for all the bitching about the team and flailing of arms the team still has 3-4 very legit starters and 3 very sold power hitters supported by fuku/theriot...and it's going to be hard for soto to do worse than last season.
the cubs don't have much to spend, but it's not like they have an overbearing need for anything. heck, even the pen had some decent arm action going on late. it'd be nice to have something more sure-thing in the pen, though.
it's a good place to start even if it ends up the team only has 10m or so to blow on bringing talent in...plus there's always the excess young talent they could trade.
should be an interesting offseason...even more interesting once cubs fans find out what milton is going to bring...a new teammate or a money dump.
Re: that $143M number
The more I think about it, the more I like it.
Soto, Hill
Lee, ARam, Riot, Baker, Blanco, Miles
Sori, Fuku, RJ, Hoff, Colvin/Fuld
Z, Lilly, Demp, Wells, Gorz
Marmol, Guzman, Marshall, Caridad, Ninja, two of Heilman/Stevens/Gaub/Berg/Atkins
Possibly Grabow in the mix.
Leaving Bradley and Fox as trade chips.
Then assess what the team needs after 75 games and trade for it.
Re: that $143M number
I left Fontenot off the list.
You never know. If Castro's ready in June and the Cubs signed a 2B, then you have a glut.
My bet would be there's enough offense there as long as Sori bounces back and that the pen is the question mark.
Re: that $143M number
I think it's OK to count on Castro as a September callup in 2010, and alright to count on Barney as a 26th man from Spring training.
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Since when does one "count on" a September call up? I mean, a prospect might count on being called up in September, but no GM is out there counting on a player not worth activating until rosters expand. It's the same as counting him out for 2010. Which I'm for.
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Sorry. My ability to read all of what is written got overwhelmed by my twitchy blogging finger/tendency for jackassitude. It would have helped if I'd noticed that you wrote "26th man in spring training" and not just "25th man" as I read it. It was integral to understanding your meaning.
Re: that $143M number
All this talk about Castro being ready to play in the majors this coming season is nonsense. He's 19. He's a kid. Even if he gets to Iowa and tears things up, expecting him to come to the majors and contribute much at 19 or 20 is crazy.
Re: that $143M number
Rob G. wrote: they're gonna need a 2b and either a CFer or RFer just like they need now...
They got four second basemen and Fontenot makes five. Hendry always makes sure we have plenty of second basemen. Do you want one who should start? Oh, that's different.
Re: that $143M number
It would be nice to get more than 94 rbi's out of RF/CF starters combined. And only 149 rbi if Soriano is included. So I wouldn't say they are without need. They need to get at least 1 starting OF who can drive in runs, and then fire Hendry for sticking us with Fuku/Bradley/Sori's contracts.
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Why overspend to fill holes in July ? Pick some low hanging, high upside fruit now.
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Cubs fans aren't racist, they booed Todd Hundley 9 years ago. Please get that through your thick skulls.
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yeah, it's just the FBI doesn't usually investigate people getting boo'd.
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Here we go again...Just because a single Cubs fan or a handful of Cubs fans are ignorant enough to send racist letters, that does not translate into "Cubs fans are racists." Are there some Cubs fans who are racist? Yes, I think there are. Are there some Seattle Mariner fans that are racist? Same answer. You can make the same claim of any team.
For better or for worse, hardcore Cubs fans tend to be more hardcore and passionate than most baseball fans. Plus, there seem to be more Cubs fans than fans for most other teams, so there are more idiots among Cubs fans than there are for other teams.
That was a long-winded way of saying that, while some Cubs fans are racists, it is wildly incorrect to say that Cubs fans are racist.
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that's the thing...no one's calling "cubs fans are racist" except those trying to defend "cubs fans are racist." cubs players get racist hate mail. that's all that's been said.
it may have to do with the cubs having nation-wide reach with their fanbase, but the cubs black players seem to get a lot of this stuff while saying they didn't have to put up with that volume of stuff on other teams. it is what it is.
i know minor league players who have gotten racist hate mail (not getting into that). it's weird stuff. hate is one thing, but to feel the need to express it in writing, even if anonymous, is just weird.
it exists, though.
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hell, it's not just them...
wrigley and fenway have some pretty rotten reputations for their treatment of black players with racist heckling. it's more than just something noticed around chicago players because the away team tends to get it much worse...they just don't get the hate mail.
baylor refuses to talk about it only to say you just got to accept it's there...dusty got so freaked out by all of it his family quit coming to the park (which also happened with j.jones mom, too)...speaking of j.jones, he got his cell phone # leaked while in chicago and got lots of interesting hate and racist-hate calls, he didn't specify how much was hate and how much was racist-hate, though.
and of course there's more specific incidents involving those guys, hawkins, etc...
it's a suck part of how the park's fans are perceived by some in the game like it or not. they know it's not everyone and they know it's a minority of voices, but it's not something some of them have to put up with elsewhere in such high volume.
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found the sun-times gordo witty article with a chunk of points above + a few other blurbs from others...and some m.bradley stuff that will make some of you laugh and some of you rage.
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I guess we can scratch Mike Cameron's name off of the list of potential free agent CF candidates, as if his likely salary demands hadn't done that already.
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Jacque Jones mom inserted her own foot into her mouth on why she stopped coming to the park.
When Jones missed a ball in the sun some fans around her were making fun of the fact. She got so mad that she pulled out the ultimate insult, that her baby boy would make more money than all you in your lifetime. Nothing endeers you more with fans than an uppity rich bitch telling us lowly fans how awesome you are by how much money a person makes.
And when Jones defended his mom, the party was over with the fans....
Dave van Dyck of the Chicago Tribune says Jones lost a ball in the sun in the top of the seventh, ruining Carlos Zambrano's no-hit bid. In the bottom of the inning, Jones was called out on strikes and a fan allegedly yelled, "The sun must have gotten in your eyes."
According to witnesses, the fan was berated by a finger-wagging woman wearing a replica of Jones' No. 11 jersey. It was Jones' mother, sitting two rows away.
"She took care of it," Jones, a San Diego High alum, told the Tribune. "She took care of it how every parent should. You shouldn't have to listen to that when you come to games."
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I am addressing why she stopped coming to the park. It had nothing to do with racism, it had to due with a lack of class by Jones mom.
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keep thinking that.
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"Nothing endeers you more with fans than an uppity rich bitch telling us lowly fans how awesome you are by how much money a person makes."
Funny how the term "uppity" gets used here when referring to an African-American woman.
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And they cheered for dozens of non-white Cubs players. Just to name a few...Sosa, DLee, Aram, Ernie Banks, Billy Williams, Lee Smith, Andre Dawson, etc., etc.
Bottom line, produce and you are loved. Suck and you are boo'ed. Regardless of color.
Now jackasses sending in racist threats is a different sort. Those people are just dumb fucks who should be euthanized.
I didn't like Jacque Jones or Latroy Hawkins, but I certainly didn't hate them or want them to get hurt. I even felt bad for Jacque when the trade to the Marlins went kaput and was leaked to the press.
Re: the evolution of K/9
pretty f'n neat.
not a big fan of a proposal to use it in the way pointed out, though.
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Just a conjecture, but maybe fans USE the racest thing to make their point more meaningful. Has Soriano gotten a ton of hate mail? He's black too, you know. Maybe he just throws it away, puts on his million dollar smile and say, "speak no Eingleesh." It's just his personality.
MB was hated before he got here, and the way Lou handled him did not help. If MB lands on the Cards or Angels with a manager who isn't sleeping, he just might do a Cedric Benson on us and it'll be 102 years.
It's a sad day when Cub fans, who had Williams and Banks, have to be shown how act colorblind by Yankee fans, and Joe Girardi can show Larry Rothschild how to handle pitchers. Payroll-to payroll just switch managers and Lou will mess the Yanks up. How Bradley got the blame is beyond me. Oh, excuse me, it was because he didn't have Jamarillo this year....
Here's to next year! Give the Phils the trophy and let's get on with it..
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Just a conjecture, but maybe the behavior of these "fans" keep players from wanting to play in Wrigley Field...such as good guy and level headed Torii Hunter who put the Cubs on his no-trade list because of such things...for instance.
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Or because he didn't want to crash into a brick wall when he made his "highlight" catches.
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The Cubs are stuck with two highly paid outfielders who are losers and another who is merely disappointing.
If you want the fans in the bleachers to be more respectful, either get better outfielders or wrap the bleachers around the infield. I don't think Lee and Ramirez will have much of a problem.
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yeah, they suck.
they deserve to be called niggers until they get it right at the plate. i 100% agree with you. you draft that up and i'll sign it. f'n hate underachieving niggers. don't you?
anyone else got a problem with these niggers?
...does that drive the point home a little more?
...btw, don't go thinking DLee hasn't seen his share of wrigley racism, especially early in his cubs career.
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Dude, please. I know you are trying to do Malcom X, but it kind of comes off like Michael Richards.
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yeah, when it's spelled out literally it's a bit more blunt.
mmmm blunts.
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PHIL: Thanks for the wrap. A 2010 early-ish round Hendry draft pick, why do you surmise the new management team just doesn't cut bait on Beeler? Not shown that much as a starter. Does he have a power arm when right? Is he another Schlitter? Or, is he rosyer filler while the org waits out the lower-level arms to surpass him?
Ryan Kellogg is still a fringy prospect despite being very old for low-A. He's putting up very good numbers no matter who he's facihg.
Great article on Yosh and Nobe. Thanks for including it Trans.
Phil, it looks like Kevonte Mitchell has made some progress this Spring. Your thoughts please, thanks.
so far ryan williams (AAA) is the only system prospect on the "could be ready soon" horizon doing well...that said, he's not very exciting and he's assumed to be an end-rotation talent at best.
paul blackburn is getting great early returns in AA, but he's getting surprisingly low K numbers doing it. he throws lot of low/sinking stuff with good control...also assumed to be an end-rotation guy, but he's got room to be better, especially given his control as base to build on.
Speaking of pitching -- another ugly outing for Underwood at AA. Through 6 starts: 5.19 ERA, WHIP 1.69. Yikes!
Man, do we need starting pitching depth. Our best hopes are still hanging with AZ Phil in Arizona. Very scary.
jeebus... that's terrible.
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Thanks AZ. If you like him, I like him.
Awesome report, and good to see Beeler on his way back.
I'm also very happy to hear about the bi-level bump for Daniel Lewis. In the Name of Theo, he was the Last of the Full-Season Cuts, and There Will Be Blood for those who unnecessarily slow his development. Sure, he might end up in independent ball pitching for Lincoln. But if everything breaks right, he may even have a shot at joining up with the Gangs of Chicago. I wouldn't bet My Left Foot on it, though.
CHARLIE: The Cubs did the same thing with LHSP Eric Jokisch last month, and it has nothing to do with needing the player's 40-man roster slot.
The hope is that another MLB club will claim the player, so that you aren't on the hook for any termination pay (which you would be if you release him) AND you pick up $20,000 from the claiming team, all for a guy you don't want going forward anyway.
Moosetacos, I like it. All I can think of is a bearded lumberjack dude operating a Mexican style taco truck with a Canadian accent.
How strange is this for May? Is it insignificant, or does it suggest some sort of trade might be in the works?
The Cubs have sent LHRP C. J. Riefenhauser outright to Iowa.
Cubs MLB 40-man roster now stands at 37 (three slots open).
yow...the a.gordon/m.moustakas collision now makes the schwarb collision look minor in scope.
gordon broke his wrist, expected to miss 4+ weeks...and today moosetacos has been diagnosed with a torn ACL. fun times in KC.
dodgers calling up julio urias for tommorow's game. neat.
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Material changes also took place right in the home that The New Republic's author described. In 1920, 35 percent of households had electricity. By 1930, that share was 68 percent. Electricity brought appliances into homes, including electric irons and washing machines. The old drudgery was reduced; women began to enjoy free time. They could even fool around with another great innovation, the typewriter. In short, being stuck in the middle class became more enjoyable in the 1920s.
To see America's 1920s middle-class experience in context, it helps to consider how we think of the rest of the world today. Specifically, it is important to ask what material benefit symbolizes arrival in the middle class elsewhere in the world. Indians have chosen their definition, one that makes sense to the rest of us: indoor plumbing. If a family has an indoor toilet, it is, or is becoming, middle class. The 1920s were the decade when America enjoyed the transformation that India has just enjoyed. At the decade's start, 2 in 10 American homes could boast indoor flush toilets. By 1930, more than 5 in 10 did.
But that is not all. As the decade progressed, there were other gains. Farmers languished, but those who moved to town did find jobs. Blacks still suffered, but the Ku Klux Klan faltered in the last third of the decade. Lynching did not disappear, but the Historical Statistics of the United States show that the rate of such murders dropped.
What made all this improvement possible? New ideas, and an environment that fostered them. Patents hit record rates. More important, companies began to use the new patented ideas to develop machines in factories that in turn made production much cheaper. The classic case of such improvement was the automobile tire. From 1910 to 1930, the cost per tire of driving 1,000 miles dropped from about $10 to about $1.
It hadn't always been true in the United States that good ideas found the capital needed to finance them. But in the 1920s, they did. The general sense was that if the rich prospered, the rest might do better than before. This attitude was validated by tax data. The Wilson, Harding and Coolidge administrations all cut tax rates. Following these cuts, more revenue than the authorities had expected flowed in. But, crucially, the wealthy also paid a greater share of the taxes.
Indeed, it might be useful to take some of the policies of the 1920s as models for today. Even those who share Fitzgerald's fatalism vis-à-vis the 1920s can certainly take pleasure in a simple reality. The past is not always bad.
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they w2ere all at epcot thats why it was so busy last night :)
I want to be there too.
beautiful picture
I've never been in a park that late, I need my sleep and I'm back in the room by 11 lol
*sigh* thanks for sharing your peaceful moment with us :) hope you're having a wonderful trip!
Reminds me of how quiet it was during the Pirate and princess Prty we didn't leave the MK until 1 am and we were THE last people to leave - it was the single happiest moment of my life
Although only an iphone photo, it was amazing because it was the first time we've ever been there when there were no people around. We just sat on those benches in front of the castle and enjoyed having it all to ourselves.
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bleys replied to chknwing's topic in Carolina Panthersmost likely that he's worth the practice squad but doesn't qualify.. so fug it, IR him...
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bleys replied to SCP's topic in Carolina Panthersit's wonderful to listen to that guy talk... I'd have to say Joe Person is about to get a better job reporting for the Bucs- before any of you.. amazing, I know... But they would be hiring exactly his skill set...
Comfortable with running backs?
bleys replied to raleigh-panther's topic in Carolina PanthersI definitely like Wegher's potential and am not too concerned with fractions of seconds... But I've only seen 40 times from 4.4 - 4.6.... Where have you seen he has legit 4.3 speed? I'd say he runs around a 4.5...
Olsen is a pro's pro. What else can you say?
bleys replied to top dawg's topic in Carolina PanthersTo be real, Olsen doesn't have anything to worry about anyway... From what I've heard of Shockey he is a good friend, although he does keep getting thrown into the media.. Maybe why he hasn't involved himself in certain businesses..
The Carolina Panthers player of the day is....
bleys replied to Jeremy Igo's topic in Carolina PanthersSad too. Had great potential..
The REAL reason Cam didn't get the Madden cover...
bleys replied to Cookie Lyon's topic in Carolina PanthersHas Adam Gold been fired yet? Amazing someone hired that guy... And wasn't fired for doing so...
You're telling me the Panthers sell beer at the stadium? Do all nfl stadiums do this? That's crazy....
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bleys replied to KB_fan's topic in Carolina PanthersYeah couldn't even get Worley to work on different browsers from the site itself... Weird.
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bleys replied to E CaT PanTHer 2's topic in Carolina PanthersThe major disconnect (although somewhat veiled) is that 1 player doesn't make a team.. Whether Gettleman says this or I just agree is irrelevant. These guys aren't signed up to play backyard ball and the fact of the matter is it's a business.. So I guarantee you that any players that feel this way will not need a clause in their contract because the FO will help free them regardless. This ain't sisters of the poor no more... Guys with the mentality of DWill aren't missed at all lol This almost sounds exactly like something DWill would say... And I guarantee you Cam Newton, alone, wouldn't put up with it.. You don't even have to focus on Gettleman at all...
lol wut?
Maybe JR said "we'll improvise and cover the expense" but I doubt it was actually "interest free".. Rarely is that true.... But congrats on getting some season tickets...
Happy 27th Birthday Cam!!!: A look into Panthers Super Bowl window...
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bleys replied to Saca312's topic in Carolina Panthersoh poo.. that used to be a thing back in the 80's.. Suddenly I see a correlation between a SLIIIIIIIIIIGHT generation gap... slight.... that's all....
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Age distribution represents the distribution of the population in Mountain Home Metro by age group. In Mountain Home Metro, the male-to-female ratio is 19,971:21,686, which is 4% lower than the ratio of Arkansas, which is 1,464,561:1,519,089. Age demographic data is sourced from census, 2015.
Crime rate index represents the average crime rate for a local area in comparison to nearby areas and the national average. A crime index of 100 represents the national average. Arkansas, has 17% more property crime than the national average, and has 13% more personal crime than the national average
Marital status represents the percent of residents in Mountain Home Metro that are single, married, widowed and divorced. In Mountain Home Metro, 82% of people are married and 18% of people are single. The percent of people married is 8% higher than the ratio of Arkansas, which is 73%. Marital data is sourced from census, 2015.
Household income distribution represents the distribution of Mountain Home Metro income brackets at the household level. Overall, the median household income for Mountain Home Metro is $33,349, which is 18% lower than that of Arkansas ($40,663). Income data for Mountain Home Metro is sourced from census, 2015.
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Any experience in Okinawa/Ryukyu Islands
Well, I am going to be stationed in Japan for the next few years and will be sailing out of Kadena and Naha. Just wondering if anyone has Japanese Island sailing experience. That includes on the Ryukyu chain, as I don't plan on being up north by main land Japan.
You might find the information in the Rodger Henry Files by Alvah Simon of interest. Starting at The Roger Henry File | Cruising World
Here is a good primer. My boat is in Ginowan Marina right now and we've done the Kerama trip a couple of times.
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I expect you have long ago gone off.
But we sailed from the Philippines to Ishigaki, to Okinawa and up the chain to Kagoshima and up the west coast of Kyushu. Eventually wintered in Korea, then sailed back through Japan's inland sea and arrived home last summer in Victoria.
Any questions, just shoot.
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Like buoytalk said, I'm sure you're long gone by now, but I, too, am moving to Oki next May and wanted to see what the boating/sailing scene is.
Are you still there?
Mrs. and I are planning on getting our license there (Class 1 or ?) and buying a nice weekender to explore the islands with.
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It's been WAY to long ago for me to provide any useful sail boat info. BUT, I can tell you the SCUBA diving was GREAT there. We had to pass a "dangerous marine life" course before diving, but it sure was GREAT!
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We will! We're super stoked to get there and start the water fun. I haven't heard a bad thing about Oki yet!
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I have never sailed there. I have flown over a few times though and both are beautiful and worth the visit :)
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If anyone's interested, we sailed the Naha to Kerama Islands route last month. PM me if you'd like details on where to moor, anchor, snorkel and catch mahi mahi :)
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The present invention generally relates to apparatus and methods for extruding thermoplastic filaments and, more particularly, apparatus for melt blowing multi-component or single component filaments.
Melt spinning techniques, such as spunbonding or meltblowing techniques, for extruding fine diameter filaments find many different applications in various industries including, for example, in nonwoven material manufacturing. This technology generally involves extruding a thermoplastic material from multiple rows of discharge outlets extending along the lower surface of an elongate spinneret. Spunbonded and/or meltblown materials are used in such products as diapers, surgical gowns, carpet backings, filters and many other consumer and industrial products. The machines for meltspinning such materials can be very large and include numerous filament discharge outlets.
For certain applications, it is desirable to utilize two or more types of thermoplastic liquid materials to form individual cross-sectional portions of each filament. Often, these multi-component filaments comprise two components and, therefore, are referred to as bicomponent filaments. For example, when manufacturing nonwoven materials for use in the garment industry, it may be desirable to produce bicomponent filaments having a sheath-core construction. The outer sheath may be formed from a softer material which is comfortable to the skin of an individual and the inner core may be formed from a stronger, but perhaps less comfortable material having greater tensile strength to provide durability to the garment. Another important consideration involves cost of the material. For example, a core of inexpensive material may be combined with a sheath of more expensive material. For example, the core may be formed from polypropylene or nylon and the sheath may be formed from a polyester or co-polyester. Many other multi-component fiber configurations exist, including side-by-side, tipped, and microdenier configurations, each having its own special applications. Various material properties can be controlled using one or more of the component liquids. These include, as examples, thermal, chemical, electrical, optical, fragrance, and anti-microbial properties. Likewise, many types of die tips exist for combining the multiple liquid components just prior to discharge or extrusion to produce filaments of the desired cross-sectional configuration.
One problem associated with multi-component extrusion apparatus involves the cost and complexity of the manifolds used to transmit liquid(s) to the spinneret or extrusion die. Typical manifolds are typically machined with many different passages to ensure that the proper flow of each component liquid reaches the die under the proper pressure and temperature conditions. These manifolds are therefore relatively complex and expensive components of the melt spinning apparatus.
For these reasons, it would be desirable to provide a meltblowing apparatus having a manifold system which may be easily manufactured while still achieving the goal of effectively transmitting the heated liquid or liquids to the die tip.
The invention generally provides a lamellar meltblowing die apparatus for extruding a heated liquid into filaments and directing air at the filaments. The apparatus is constructed with a plurality of plates each having opposite side faces. At least two of the side faces confront each other and have a liquid passage positioned therebetween for transferring the heated liquid. At least two of the side faces confront each other and have an air passage positioned therebetween for transferring the air. At least two of the side faces confront each other and have a heating element passage therebetween. A heating element is positioned within the heating element passage for heating at least one of the liquid and the air. An extrusion die is coupled with the plurality of plates and communicates with the liquid passage and the air passage for discharging the heated liquid as multiple filaments and for discharging the air at the filaments. The air may, for example, be heated or unheated process air with or without quench air.
The liquid passage is preferably formed by respective first and second recesses on adjacent plates that abut one another. Likewise, the air passage is formed by respective third and fourth recesses on adjacent plates that abut one another, and the heating element passage is formed by respective fifth and sixth recesses on adjacent plates that abut one another. Recesses from different ones of these pairs of recesses may, for example, be located on opposite sides of the same plate. In the preferred embodiment, multiple heating element passages are positioned between two of the plates and multiple heating elements are respectively contained in the heating element passages. The heating element passage or passages are preferably located between the liquid passage and the air passage.
The liquid passage and the air passage each include an inlet portion and an outlet portion with the outlet portion being wider than the inlet portion. The outlet portion of the liquid passage forms an elongate liquid outlet slot. A plurality of distribution passages communicate with an elongate air outlet slot in one of the plates and the distribution passages further communicate with the air passage. The extrusion die includes an elongate liquid inlet slot and an elongate air inlet slot respectively aligned in communication with the elongate liquid outlet slot and the elongate air outlet slot.
The invention further contemplates methods of meltblowing liquid filaments, such as single or multiple component thermoplastic polymeric filaments, in general accordance with the use of the apparatus described above.
Various advantages, objectives, and features of the invention will become more readily apparent to those of ordinary skill in the art upon review of the following detailed description of the preferred embodiments, taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings.
As shown best in
Respective liquid passages 54, 56 are formed between plates 16 c, 20 and 18 c, 20 and, again, are formed by respective pairs of coat hangar recesses 58, 60 and 62, 64 that align with each other in abutting surfaces of these plates 16 c, 20 and 18 c, 20. As shown in
Also in accordance with the invention, heating elements 74, 76 are respectively contained in passages 80, 82 between plates 16 b, 16 c and 18 b, 18 c. Each passage is again preferably formed by respective pairs of aligned and abutting recesses 84, 86 and 88, 90 in plates 16 b, 16 c and 18 b, 18 c. These heating elements 74, 76, which are preferably electrically operated heating elements, may be advantageously situated between the respective air and liquid passages 27, 54 and 29, 56 so as to heat both the liquid and the air traveling to extrusion die 14. Sufficient heat may also be supplied to heat the extrusion die 14 itself to the appropriate operating temperature.
As further shown in
While the present invention has been illustrated by a description of various preferred embodiments and while these embodiments has been described in some detail, it is not the intention of the Applicant to restrict or in any way limit the scope of the appended claims to such detail. Additional advantages and modifications will readily appear to those skilled in the art. The various features of the invention may be used alone or in numerous combinations depending on the needs and preferences of the user. This has been a description of the present invention, along with the preferred methods of practicing the present invention as currently known. However, the invention itself should only be defined by the appended claims, wherein we claim:
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|2 Mar 2006
|6 Sep 2007
|Nordson Corporation
|Apparatus and methods for distributing a balanced air stream to an extrusion die of a meltspinning apparatus
|5 Oct 2007
|9 Abr 2009
|Spindynamics, Inc.
|Attenuated fiber spinning apparatus
|Clasificación de EE.UU.
|Clasificación internacional
|Clasificación cooperativa
|Clasificación europea
|28 Ago 2003
Owner name: NORDSON CORPORATION, OHIO
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|7 Nov 2006
Owner name: AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT ADOLPH SAURER, GERMANY
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Effective date: 20061003
|30 Nov 2009
|Maintenance fee reminder mailed
|25 Abr 2010
|Lapse for failure to pay maintenance fees
|15 Jun 2010
|Expired due to failure to pay maintenance fee
Effective date: 20100425