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|Dec 21, 2010
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|Mar 21, 2007
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|Stephen John Blanchard, Emilson Ismael Netto, Daniel Ricardo Queiroz, Francisco Antonio Rimoli
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|Mcneil-Ppc, Inc.
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This application claims the benefit of provisional application 60/896,029 filed on Mar. 21, 2007.
This invention refers to a monofilament dental tape to be used as an interdental cleaning means, to remove bio-film (plaque) and food residues from the interdental spaces and a process for obtaining such monofilament dental tape.
The dental flosses formed by multiple filaments that are held together as a strand during their manual application in the interdental spaces are well known in the prior art. With the friction movement of the floss against the proximal walls of the teeth, the different filaments are progressively disaggregated or separated from one another, promoting a greater capacity of removing the food residues by the dental floss.
These multifilaments are held together until they are rubbed in the interdental spaces. Although they are widely used and easy to insert in the interdental spaces these multifilament dental flosses have the inconvenience of allowing the separation or disaggregation of the multifilaments during the rubbing or scraping operation in the dental surfaces, causing discomfort to the user, which shall be as great as the indentations of the user's teeth.
In addition to the inconvenience above, these multifilament dental flosses require the provision of relatively high amounts of binding agents. However, excessive amounts of binding agents may impair, at a higher or lower degree, the pliability characteristic of the flosses during the application in the interdental spaces, and they also require more raw materials per length unit.
Another construction of these interdental supplementary cleaning elements is defined by the known dental tapes, of rectangular cross-section, formed by a monofilament generally obtained from a film extruded from plastic material, such as polyolefin, polyamide, polyester and fluoropolymers such as polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE). Because they are monofilament and, therefore, united, these tapes do not have the inconvenience of tending to separate or fray when rubbed in the interdental spaces.
The known monofilament dental tapes have a smaller surface area in comparison to the interstitial surface area of the multifilament dental flosses. The smaller surface area reduces the capacity or efficacy of removing the biofilm and residues from the interdental spaces. Also, the reduced surface area, in interstitial terms, of these known monofilament dental tapes, reduces their capacity of aggregating binding agents to operate as vehicles for the incorporation of additives with abrasive, bactericide, flavoring functions, etc. In addition, because they are smooth, these monofilament dental tapes have grasping characteristics that are still poor and do not provide the user with the feeling that they are properly retained in the fingers during flossing.
The known monofilament dental tapes, with a smooth surface, have the characteristic of accepting only relatively reduced amounts of binding agents, in the form of light surface coatings consisting of, for example, different waxes having known gripping enhancing properties. The restrictions imposed by said smooth monofilament tapes to the amount of binding agents to be used in the formation of the surface coating lead to undesirable limitations in the amount of additional additives, with different active functions, such as flavoring, abrasive, bactericide, etc., to be carried by the binding agent.
A smooth dental floss having a friction enhancing wax-based surface coating, for example microcrystalline wax, to increase the gripping of the dental floss and also to operate as a carrier for different additives having active functions, is disclosed in U.S. Pat. No. 5,209,251. In such smooth dental flosses, particularly in monofilament dental flosses, the surface coating made of a binding agent is fundamental to allow imparting to the dental floss adequate gripping and also a desired capacity of rubbing and removing residues by means of additives having abrasive function, carried by the surface coating. The limitations in the amount of binding agent that can be stably incorporated to the tape undesirably restrict the efficiency of the surface coating in its function as a carrier of additives with active functions.
U.S. Pat. No. 4,646,766 (the '766 patent) discloses a dental tape constituted by a certain length of a monofilament of incipiently/slightly fibrillatable plastic film obtained from, e.g. a polypropylene film. Such films are coherent films that fibrillate spontaneously on rubbing against the surface of a tooth, and include films that have already been fibrillated and rendered temporarily stable. In this constructive solution, described in the '766 patent, the embossing operation to which the plastic tape is subjected is defined and adjusted with the purpose to provide the tape with the property to fibrillate or disaggregate in a reduced and pre-determined level, when subjected to the friction in the interdental spaces. Although such fibrillation increases the capacity of removing biofilm (plaque) and residues, such fibrillation inside the interdental spaces contribute to discomfort by the user.
In addition to the inconvenience related to the fibrillation, this prior art polymeric tape has the same disadvantages mentioned before regarding the monofilament tapes, as regard their limitations in the amount of surface binding agent which can be adequately and stably incorporated to the tape, in order to act as a gripping enhancing means and also as a carrier for additives with abrasive, flavoring, bactericide functions, etc.
U.S. Pat. No. 5,657,779 describes a method and a device to form elongated PTFE films, particularly for formation of dental tapes. The method described aims to produce a PTFE dental tape that reduces or avoids the tape fibrillation during its use and easily receives various coatings, for example, a wax carrying other additives, such as abrasives, bactericides, flavoring agents, etc. Although fibrillation is reduced during use, this prior art monofilament dental tape, with surface area limited to the cross section contour, also has the disadvantage of requiring the application of a surface binding agent to increase gripping, but in an amount which may constitute a limitation to the amount of different additives to be carried by the surface binding agent.
As noted above, while monofilament dental tapes are known, there still exists a need for monofilament dental tapes that are easily inserted into interdental spaces, provide improved gripping by the user, provide improved application and retention of additives to the tapes, with or without known binding agents, and maintain comfort by the user by avoiding fibrillation, all without compromising physical mechanical properties. The dental tapes of the present invention provide such characteristics.
The present invention includes monofilament dental tapes that comprise a core body having a first external face and a second external face opposite the first external face, wherein at least one of the first and second external faces comprises a plurality of indentations protruding into the core body of the dental tape. The plurality of indentations are provided in from about 5% to about 95% of the total area of the at least one of the first and second external faces. The indentations have a depth within the core body, in relation to the at least one of the first and second external faces comprising the plurality of indentations, corresponding to from about 0.1% to about 95% of the thickness of the core body, taken transversally to the at least one of the first and second external faces comprising the plurality of indentations.
The invention shall be described below, referencing the attached drawings, as examples of possible embodiments of the invention and in which:
The present invention provides a non-stretchable monofilament dental tape that can be easily obtained from an extruded plastic film. The dental tapes provide high mechanical strength and present good properties of pliability, easiness to be grasped by the user and also improved capacities of removing plaque and residues from the interdental spaces, without the occurrence of fibrillation in the monofilament in relation to the same characteristics of a similar monofilament tape without said indentations.
The invention also provides a monofilament dental tape that has a substantial increase in the surface area and the capacity to anchor a surface coating that may be required to provide the dental tape with functions other than those of interdental cleaning, such as flavoring, bactericide, abrasive, sensate, sialagogue, coloring, aromatizing, therapeutical, etc., in relation to the same characteristics of a similar monofilament tape without said indentations.
The general construction described above provides a monofilament dental tape of compact and smooth structure, which is pleasant to the touch, offers great grasping characteristics to the user and which presents a high capacity of removing biofilm and residues from the interdental spaces, due to the provision of indentations, which anchoring capacity allows an optional binding agent to be "stably" associated with the substrate of the dental tape.
As it has been previously stated, the present invention has the purpose to provide a dental tape 10, formed from a plastic film, preferably PTFE, through a simple and relatively low-cost process, which allows the production of a dental tape with good properties of cleaning, gripping, surface coating anchoring, and pliability.
Although PTFE is one of the preferred materials for the formation of the dental tape, it should be understood that other polymeric materials may be used, such as polyolefins, polyamides and polyesters, to be extruded for the formation of any continuous monofilament with polygonal cross section but which, in the attached drawings, is exemplarily defined as rectangular or substantially rectangular, having a core body with two opposite external faces, where the thickness of the core body is substantially inferior to its width. The core body may have an aspect ratio of greater than about 5:1, or greater than about 10:1.
As schematically illustrated in
In the illustrated example, the plastic film 3 is passed through a cooling roll 4 and a directing roll 5 to be fed to an embossing unit 20 which, in the embodiment illustrated in
The plastic film 3 should be fed to the embossing unit 20 under a certain tension, preferably free of folds and twists.
In the dental tape 10 exemplarily illustrated in
It should be understood herein that if it is desired to emboss the two opposed external faces 12 and 13 of the dental tape 10, as shown in
As illustrated in
The diagram of
In the embodiments illustrated in
It may still be observed in
It was also observed that indentations should present a depth within the core body, in relation to the tape surface in which they are provided, corresponding from about 0.1% to about 95%, or from about 0.1% to about 50% of the thickness of the tape 3, 3 a, taken transversally to said tape surface. These indentations allow the surface area of the monofilament 11 to be considerably enlarged, which increases its capacity of anchoring coatings to be applied onto the dental tape 10, as shall be explained ahead.
Indentations may have different shapes, as exemplarily illustrated in
Depending on the shape and the arrangement of indentations, their minimum and maximum dimensions may vary in order to guarantee the desired level of gripping, cleaning, pliability and surface coating anchoring.
As shown in
In the arrangement exemplified in
It should be observed that, independently of the design given to the indentations, they should be preferably configured to provide recesses in relation to the external face of the dental tape and also between their internal different surface portions, if existing.
The dimensioning and the configuration of indentations should be made so as to provide not only excellent gripping and cleaning characteristics in the dental tape, regardless the use of a binding agent and different additives with active functions, but also a high level of pliability to the product to be handled by the user.
As illustrated in
With the construction mentioned above, the dental tape presents surface elements, defined by the indentations, which although providing dental tape with a greater cleaning capacity, also allow the tape to be superficially and externally coated with a binding agent with the function to define a carrier to which different additives, such as the ones mentioned hereinbefore, may be properly mixed. Due to the greater anchoring capacity of the dental tapes proposed herein, they may carry a substantially greater quantity of a binding agent in relation to the smooth monofilament tapes, to ensure the aggregation of additives with active functions to the dental tape, allowing the proportion of these active additives in the mixture, with the carrier defined by the binding agent, to be much higher, whereby the dental tapes may carry, if desired, more additives with active functions, not impairing the desired high level of pliability of said dental tapes and considerably increasing the capacity to release more intensively the functional additives in the interdental spaces during the dental tape application.
With the advantage mentioned above, resulting from the great anchoring capacity produced by the indentations and, optionally by the projections, the binding agent in the dental tape may comprise from about 0.1% to about 40% of the mass of the monofilament without impairing pliability.
Although it has been so far described an embossing process by means of cylindrical steel rolls 21 and 22, it should be understood that the embossing of the monofilament 11 may be performed by other means, different than the mechanical means defined above. For example, the surface embossing of the plastic film 3 for the posterior formation of monofilament 11 may also be performed by ultrasound or even laser, using known techniques in these areas.
The invention also refers to a process for the formation of the dental tape discussed above, from the same extruded plastic monofilament film, to be posteriorly longitudinally divided into multiple tapes, each of them with a width corresponding to the dental tape to be sold to the consumer.
According to a way of carrying out the invention, the present process comprises the basic initial step of subjecting the plastic film 3, extruded from a polymer selected from the group previously defined in this disclosure, to an embossing operation, in order to provide a plurality of indentations 15 in at least part of the extension of an external face of the plastic film 3, which defines at least part of the cross section contour of the dental tape 10 to be formed.
The already embossed film is then longitudinally divided in multiple dental tapes 10, each presenting a width corresponding to the width of the dental tape 10 to be formed.
Optionally, the already embossed dental tape 10 is coated with at least one additive with an active function, selected from the group consisting of anti-plaque agents, bactericide agents, flavoring agents, sensates, sialagogues, coloring agents, aromatizing agents, therapeutically-active agents, abrasive agents and remineralizing agents, in order to deposit and anchor said at least one additive in said indentations 15, and then wind the dental tape obtained, as schematically illustrated in
As already mentioned,
In the illustration in
The following examples are provided to exemplify certain embodiments of the invention but are not intended to limit the scope of the inventions.
A series of monofilament dental tapes with a variety of surface indentations were processed as discussed below. For all tapes, the polymer used was polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE). The PTFE was supplied as a powder and was converted into a tape by an extrusion process. The steps were as follows:
1) The PTFE was stored under 19� C. and 40 percent Relative Humidity (RH).
2) Blending lubricant and filler were added to create a batch.
3) The batch was stored for about 24 hours for ageing prior to extrusion.
4) The batch was extruded to form a ribbon in a vertical extrusion process through a flat die.
5) Once extruded, the ribbon was calendered, dried and stretched to obtain PTFE tape with desired density and geometrical characteristics.
The PTFE ribbon was embossed by a mechanical embossing process. The mechanical embossing process can be a cold or hot nip provided by a pair of rolls; one provided with male protuberances and another provided with female recesses.
For hot mechanical processing, the rolls were heated under an individual temperature control. The temperature ranges can vary from 50� C. to 200� C. or even higher depending on the polymer from which the tape is made. The gap between rolls can vary from 0.01 mm to the tape thickness. The pressure between rolls can vary from 500 to 1,500 Mpa. The male or female rolls can be made from steel or rubber. If made from steel, the hardness shall be from 30 to 60 HRC, if made from rubber, from 50 to 100 shore A.
For cold mechanical processing, the rolls were not temperature controlled. The gap between rolls can vary from 0.01 to the tape thickness. The pressure between rolls can vary from 500 to 1,500 Mpa. The male or female rolls can be made from steel or rubber. If made from steel, the hardness shall be from 30 to 60 HRC, if made from rubber, from 50 to 100 shore A.
The pliabilities of several of the monofilament dental tapes made in Example 1 were determined by the following pliability test method. Note that all samples were taken from the same lot of material.
First, three specimens of 10 centimeters length were collected from a dispenser containing a sample of the desired dental tape. In each case, the first 50 centimeters at the beginning of the dental tape dispenser were discarded, as were 50 centimeters in between specimens. Then, 0.10-gram weights were fixed at both ends of each specimen. Next, each specimen was hung on a horizontal metallic pin having a diameter of 0.65 millimeter, so that both pending ends of each specimen were exactly the same distance from the metallic pin. The specimens were left to acclimate for two hours under preset conditions (22� C./50% RH). At this point, digital pictures were taken of the each specimen. The distance (d) between the pending "legs" of each specimen were measured in three different points spaced by 1 mm, at 20 mm below the metallic pin and using Leyca Qwin image analyzing software.
The distance (d) between the ends of each specimen being tested is the parameter used to evaluate the dental tape flexibility (or resistance to flexion). The greater the distance between the ends of the specimen, the higher its resistance, and therefore less flexible the product is.
The pliability test mentioned above was applied to dental tapes of the present invention having no embossing at all (Control), and the embossing patterns exemplified in
Pliability Results
Distance (d)
No embossing
As can be seen from Table 1 above, the embossing provided by the present invention leads to an increase in the pliability of the dental tape, that is, to a substantial reduction in the pliability distance of the embossed samples versus the unembossed control. With the exception of the "leather" embossing pattern, all embossing patterns resulted in statistically significant decreases in pliability distance of the embossed samples versus the unembossed control.
The small surface area of PTFE monofilament, as well as low surface tension and/or low coefficient of friction are responsible for poor performance in terms of biofilm removal in the interdental area when it is used as dental floss. A friction test was conducted to compare the embossed polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) tapes of the current invention with an unembossed control.
The test method was conducted using a Dynamometer type CRE, brand INSTRON, model 5869, in which two diabolo-shape pins were adapted to work as friction points for the dental tape. The test conditions were as follows:
The load cell measured the friction force of each dental tape surface against the two diabolo-shaped pins.
The friction test mentioned above was applied to dental tapes of the present invention having no embossing at all (Control), and the embossing patterns exemplified in
Coefficient of Friction Results
Force (N)
No embossing
Surprisingly, there is a significant increase in friction force after embossing process and consequently the embossed products are expected to have better performance in terms of mechanical removal of biofilm and/or food debris in the interdental space as well as have a better grip (or be less slippery) when compared with control (without embossing).
The tensile strength and elongation of embodiments of the embossed polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) tapes of the current invention were compared with an unembossed control. The test conditions were as follows:
1. 20�2� C. and 65�4 percent R.H;
2. Distance between gauges: 250 mm
3. Speed: 250 mm/min
4. Sample length: 400 mm; and
5. Five specimens were tested for each sample.
The tensile strength and elongation test mentioned above was applied to dental tapes of the present invention having no embossing at all (Control), and the embossing patterns exemplified in
Force (N)
@ Max. Force
No embossing
15.76 � 0.14
7.44 � 0.31
16.93 � 0.19
5.30 � 0.43
15.89 � 0.16
8.33 � 1.45
16.44 � 0.21
4.75 � 0.22
15.35 � 0.10
8.15 � 0.41
16.32 � 0.11
11.49 � 2.02
Surprisingly, the embossing process does not compromise the tensile strength of the tapes of this invention when compared to control (without embossing), which makes it suitable to be used as dental floss.
The ability of embossed polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) dental tapes to hold coatings was measured to determine the stability of coatings on the tapes.
A 1-inch wide PTFE sheet with a density of 1.2-1.7 grams/cm3, a denier of 1000-17000, and a thickness of 1.4-2.4 mils was using the "Honeycomb" pattern (see
The samples were then tested (n=10) for peel force according to following steps:
The average peel force and adhesive loss for the samples are shown on Table 4 below:
Results of Peel Force Test.
Peel Force
Loss (%)
The Table shows the peel force for both embossed samples was lower than that of the control. The indentations resulting from the embossing process allow the adhesive to penetrate below the surface of the tape. So, the amount available to bind to the cotton cloth was reduced, and the bonding with cotton cloth was weaker. The table also shows significantly higher adhesive loss for the control when compared to either of the embossed flosses.
Specific features of the invention are shown in one or more of the drawings for convenience only, as each feature may be combined with other features in accordance with the invention. Alternative embodiments will be recognized by those skilled in the art and are intended to be included within the scope of the claims. Accordingly, the above description should be construed as illustrating and not limiting the scope of the invention. All such obvious changes and modifications are within the patented scope of the appended claims.
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This is horrific…jut absolutely heart breaking. According to DDW, a South Carolina woman will be spending the next twenty years thinking about her mistakes in life. Former nurse Stephanie Greene, 39, was convicted in Spartanburg on Thursday of homicide by child abuse, involuntary manslaughter and unlawful neglect of a child.
What did she do specifically you ask? Well she reportedly took a severely high amount of morphine and transferred it to her infant daughter via her breast milk….which resulted in her baby girl's death.
Said Barry Barnette, Solicitor for the 7th Judicial Circuit,
"This is not an indictment on breast feeding. She loved her drugs more than she loved her baby."
Toxicology tests on 6-week-old baby Alexis found that a lethal amount of morphine and at least three other drugs were present in the baby's system.
Greene's defense argued that not enough of the drugs could have passed through her breast milk to kill the baby but no other evidence for the child's death existed according to the prosecutor.
A medical expert testified that a child receiving an overdose of morphine would not gain weight. When Greene's baby died, she weighed only four ounces more than her birth weight.
Barnette said,
"It fit the pattern. She's a nurse. She knew the dangers."
Greene will be forced to serve at least 16 years in prison under South Carolina law.
Barnette relayed that ,
"She still faces 38 charges of fraudulently obtaining drugs."
Again…we say some people shouldn't be allowed to have kids without taking a test first to ensure they're suitable. This could have saved a lot of heartache.


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The Journey to Pandora
In a surprising announcement, Walt Disney Imagineering announced today that a new land is coming to Disney's Animal Kingdom at WDW. You might be asking, "What is that new land?" and I would be tempted to trick you with Beastly Kingdom, but the truth is that Disney has teamed up with Lightstorm Entertainment to bring the world of Pandora (the mythical moon in James Cameron's "Avatar") to both parks. From the announcement:
We believe Disney's Animal Kingdom is a great fit for this project because it was created to give guests the opportunity to experience the worlds of animals and nature – real and mythical – in new ways. Disney's Animal Kingdom also celebrates adventure, living in harmony with nature and environmental stewardship – themes that are deeply rooted in the story of AVATAR.
Construction is slated to begin in 2013, with opening by 2016.
RE: Whether or not the world of Avatar belongs in Animal Kingdom, I present you this:
Welcome to a kingdom of animals… real, ancient and imagined: a kingdom ruled by lions, dinosaurs and dragons; a kingdom of balance, harmony and survival; a kingdom we enter to share in the wonder, gaze at the beauty, thrill at the drama, and learn. — Michael Eisner, Disney's Animal Kingdom Dedication, April 1998
In the Tiki, Tiki, Tiki, Tiki, Tiki Room
"In the tiki, tiki, tiki, tiki, tiki room, all the birds sing words and the flowers croon, in the tiki, tiki, tiki room"
Disney has finally confirmed that Walt Disney's Enchanted Tiki Room will (tentatively) reopen on August 15th in Walt Disney World's Adventure Land. This follows a nearly year-long refurbishment after a fire broke out in the attic of the show building, damaging many of the "Under New Management" animatronics. The new show will be a re-imagination of Walt Disney's original Enchanted Tiki Room show with Jose, Fritz, Michael, and Pierre returning to their rightful
posts, er, perches.
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Disney Shutters ESPN The Weekend
Straight from Disney: ESPN The Weekend has been cancelled. What had been a 3-day weekend event featuring ESPN personalities, professional athletes, and a load of interactive exhibits has now been deemed as excessive and unnecessary in light of the new re-branding of Disney's Wide World of Sports into the ESPN Wide World of Sports.
To justify the cancellation of the event that's been running for 7 years, Disney points out the increased presence of ESPN at Walt Disney World and the increased number of events, innovation, and athletes that have been brought to the Wide World of Sports. Turning from ESPN The Weekend, Disney looks to improve the ESPN RISE Games along with other experiences.
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WDW Monorail to Stop Running Earlier Than Normal
In an interesting move, Walt Disney World has decided to shorten the time the monorails run from the parks to one hour after the normal park closing time (this begins July 11 for the Epcot Monorail and August 1 for the Magic Kingdom Monorail). This change will affect those using the evening Extra Magic Hours for now as well as those attending Mickey's Not So Scary Halloween Party and Mickey's Very Merry Christmas Party, should the early bedtime continue into the Fall. For alternative means of transportation, seek out bus travel and the ferry (for return to the TTC and all resorts they reach to).
From Disney:
"From time to time, we make adjustments to our operations to accommodate for planned transportation maintenance. With that in mind, operating hours for the Epcot Monorail system will be modified to operate one hour after regular park close beginning July 11, 2011 and the Magic Kingdom Monorail system will also operate one hour after regular park close beginning August 1, 2011. At that time, watercraft (where applicable) and additional buses will be available to transport guests to their destination.
Return service from evening Extra Magic Hours in the parks will be supported by watercraft (where applicable) and bus transportation.
(Hat tip to The Examiner)
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Forum Update
Hey everyone!
I just shut down (temporarily) the message board forums. In the last several weeks they have been attacked with spam and ads (not sure how the people behind that think that some of those ads would be relevant to THIS audience, but whatever). I'll be working on cleaning/fixing them for the future.
… and I'm officially working on a new episode for the Netcot Podcast.
What do you mean "what's the Netcot Podcast?" Really? Has it been that long. Doh. I'm sorry! 😉
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Where I've been
Van here…
Hi. Its been a while. No, I haven't forgotten about you – trust me, I haven't. I've been busy — very busy. I've been working on some exciting new things in my professional life and I'm getting closer to a point where I can unveil what I've been working on, but not quite yet.
I just wanted to let you all know that I'm still around, doing well, and will be back in some capacity to the whole "Netcot" thing. It might not be as regularly as it used to be (at least for a while) but it will be just as much fun. So stay tuned, stop in from time to time and I'll try to give you all some fun updates whenever possible. In the mean time, I post something on Twitter just about every day – so feel free to follow me there.
So that's my story at the moment. How are you?
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Netcot #161 – World of Color
This week's episode is sponsored by Orlando Stroller Rentals.
This week's show features a (pro) look at the new World of Color attraction at Disney's California Adventure. It then features a (con) look at the new World of Color attraction at Disney's California Adventure. Its kind of like two episodes for the price of one.
Have you seen World of Color? What do you think?
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Disney Buys Marvel [Again]
According to The Deadline, Disney has agreed to purchase Iron Man 3 and The Avengers from Paramount Pictures for the tidy sum of $115 million. Under the new deal, Disney gets distribution rights for the two aformentioned films while Paramount will retain distribution rights over Thor [May 6, 2011], Captain America [July 22, 2011], Iron Man, and Iron Man 2.
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The nearly perfect WDW breakfast.
I firmly believe that Boma at Disney's Animal Kingdom resort offers one of the BEST breakfasts anywhere on the WDW property (perhaps even Disney resorts world-wide). Their selection of American and African inspired food is excellent. If you're an adventurous eater, you'll find something you like. If you like your breakfast basic, you'll find something you like. And either way, be sure to get the house juice and the chocolate chip muffins.
One of the best things on the buffet has to be the made-to-order omelets. Even if you ask them to cut the cheese in half (or 1/4th, as I do, in my attempt to make it much healthier) its one of the best omelets on property. However, ordering the omelet is anything but "Disney."
If you haven't been there, then imagine this: a long spread of buffet options spanning a VERY large room. A line so long it can easily accommodate the max. capacity of guests dining at the same time as you. But the smack dab in the middle of that line, in an area where the space behind you thins out as a decorative half-height wall curves in toward the buffet line … is the omelet station. A space that gets about 5 feet wide and is often overflowing with people trying to get their omelet from one or two chefs trying hard to manage the whole process and keep the large list of ingredients in order for each guest's individual order.
Why? Why so little space? Why so much chaos? Why do the cast members have to work so hard in this one little "flaw" of an otherwise near perfect restaurant?
I don't know, but I think I have a simple fix that could go a long way. The Which Wich Menu.
This little piece of brilliance is a simple, integral part of the Which Wich restaurant (which is like a make-your-own Potbelly, Subway kinda place). Fill out your name, the ingredients you want and your meal is made.
Boma needs a Which Wich menu for their omelets. A simple menu that would sit at your table and list all of the options for the omelet. It would also have an area where you could fill in your name and the table number, which would either be pre-stamped on the menu or easily identifiable from where you were sitting. You fill in the menu, hand it to the chef (so he can confirm you have your table # on there) and then you walk away. A few moments later, your server appears with your perfectly made omelet. You then sit back, enjoy and think to yourself: wow, Boma just went from near-perfect to perfect — thanks to Netcot and Which Wich.
Oddly enough, I've suggested this to a manager there once two years ago and was told "thanks, we'll consider it." But apparently Which Wich has the rights to a patent describing a menu with fill-in-the-blank options, because it has yet to appear at WDW (kidding, they don't hold the patent on that – to my knowledge, there is no patent for such a thing).
So there you go… my simple imagineering way to make a nearly perfect WDW breakfast spot, "perfect."
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Staying in touch
For those of you not getting enough Netcot-goodness, I'd like to take this time to provide two links which have much more frequent updates than Netcot.com has (thank you, social media … for ruining blogs! I … I mean… "for allowing us all to 'connect' in new ways" — yeah, that's it).
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The rumors…
…of my death have been greatly exaggerated. -Mark Twain.
Hey everyone! I'm still here – its just been a very busy year at work. More to come on that topic but for now I simply wanted to say "hi" and let you know there are some upcoming podcasts in the queue that will roll out shortly including features on World of Color and Hong Kong Disneyland. So stay tuned and of course, ROCK ON!
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Why DCA is getting an upgrade
I've seen this posted a few sites now and thought I'd share it for those of you who haven't yet seen it. Like it or hate it, their point is clearly well-taken by even Disney: there's room for improvement. Which is precisely why the $1B upgrade is underway.
I'd like to see these guys step inside Animal Kingdom. Just sayin'.
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Published: Friday, March 4, 2011 at 12:09 p.m.
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Mollie Garibaldi Ledet, 78, a native and resident of Houma, died at 4:50 p.m. Wednesday, March 2, 2011.
Visitation will be from 10 a.m. to funeral time Saturday at Falgout Funeral Home Chapel. Religious services will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday in the chapel, with burial in St. Francis de Sales Cemetery No. 2.
She is survived by her husband, Leonce J. "Neg" Ledet; one son, Craig Ledet, and wife, Gretchen, of Metairie; two grandchildren, Heather and Chad Ledet; two great-grandchildren, Shelby and Landon Ledet; one brother, Tony Garibaldi; and two sisters, Mary Gauthreaux of Dothan, Ala., and Judy Smith of Baton Rouge.
She was preceded in death by her parents, Antoine and Jean Contrantiches Garibaldi; two sons, Tommy and Jason Ledet; one daughter, Connie Ledet; and two sisters, Minerva Blanchard and Corinne Gautreaux.
She was a member of Central Congregation of Jehovah's Witness.
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Extended Family Issues
This past weekend I travelled to a family reunion in Lucinda, Pennsylvania, a tiny town a hundred miles north of Pittsburgh where there's still no sewer system, just a really stinky creek and an unprecedented density of people named Schmader. The most prominent attraction of Lucinda's main street: the large, multi-colored sign for local lumber company Schmader Hardwoods. (Insert single entendre here.)
My family time was fineGermans make good pie and like to drink, and I have lots of lovely aunts and uncles and cousins and brothers and nieces and nephews. Plus, a number of relatives who'd Googled themselves expressed gratitude for my Stranger-&-Showgirls-enabled installation of the Schmader name on the world wide web.
Due to work obligations and a natural bias against boring weekends, my fella Jake stayed home in Seattle. When I called from the airport, I learned he'd been wrangling with some extended family issues of his own. Specifically, the DNA-driven arrest of his aunt's ex-husband (Jake's ex-uncle) on charges of capital murder.
The details of the story are freakish and horrifying: According to prosecutors, Glenn Griffinwith whom Jake and I once shot an array of guns in the Utah desert, a leisure activity I now realize must have been in violation of the vastly troubled Uncle Glenn's parolehas been linked through DNA evidence to the 1984 slaying of Bradley Perry, a 22-year-old Brigham City man who'd recently returned from his Mormon mission and was working in an all-night gas station when the man who would be ex-Uncle Glenn allegedly stabbed him to death.
It gets worse, by which I mean stupider: The allegedly incriminating DNA evidence was retrieved from a bloody $1 bill, which police believe was given by Glenn as change to a customer who stopped in for cigarettes not long after the slaying. In addition to selling cigarettes, police also believe Glenn filled a couple customers' cars with gas, with one of the customers calling the cops after noticing blood on the would-be station attendant's arm.
With the capital murder charge, the state of Utah opens up the possibility of the death penalty should Glenn be convicted.
Obviously, this is horrible, and probably the closest I'll ever get to an (alleged) murderer. (At least until Megan snaps.)
I'll keep you posted.


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After reading this recipe, I thought the flavor of this drink might be a little plain. Boy, was I wrong! I loved everything about this drink, from the color to the pulp to the flavor! I used regular oranges, I kept the skin on my plum and loaded up on red grapes. Seltzer water was perfect for me while my MIL used filtered water in order to avoid the carbonation. If you don't like the pulp that this drink provides, you could easily strain it out before adding seltzer water. Thank you for a delicious and refreshing summer drink!


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What happened in a Newtown, Conn., school was a horrible crime, perpetrated by a young man who had serious problems, and should have been taken out of society, before something like this could happen.
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After seeing a kid with Tourette's Syndrome at the toy store, Cartman becomes obsessed with it. He finds out that with Tourette's, he can say whatever he wants without consequence. Naturally, he calls Dateline so he can get on National TV and take full advantage of his new found life.moreless
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At the Safari Toy Store, the character logo looks strangely similar to the Fruity Super Adventure Club leader from "Return of Chef."
When Cartman comes up with a lie to get him to not go on tv he says his grandma just died then says uncontrollably that his grandma is just fine but in the episode Cartmanland his grandma actually is dead.
There is a total of 168 swear words and inappropriate words and a total of 9 visible suicide gunshots.
Chris Hansen says that when he was on To Catch A Predator, a guy shot himself because he didn't want to be on DATELINE. But the guy would've said he didn't wanna be on "to catch a predator".
It appears that Thomas' Mom was holding the PS2 game Okami in the toy store.
If you look hard enough in the toy store, you can see the leader of the Super Adventure Club in a picture above the sales associate.
He is also seen in the in window of the shop in the very first shot.
There were more than 30 different obscenities and swear words used in this episode.
Craig's wishing he has Tourettes throughout the episode could be a reference to the many fans who thought that he had the disease
This episode is the first time we get to see the bathrooms of Whistlin' Willy's.
In the toy store there are many background toys that reference things like: World of Warcraft, Diablo, Star Trek, and Star Wars.
Cartman is to appear on "Dateline NBC" (as the tv announces); however, later in the episode, at the beginning of the Dateline show, there is an HBC turtle logo in the bottom left corner.
Contrary to popular belief, Craig apparently DOES NOT have Tourette Syndrome (he's always flipping people off). He said he wished he could have Tourettes so he could get away with saying bad words.
Cartman: ... ô I've got a golden ticket.. I've got a golden twinkle in my eye.. ô Ha ha haha!
Cashier: Hey, don't you wanna buy that toy?
Cartman: I don't need the toy! I've found something better! ô Cuz I've got a golden ticket! I've got a golden chance to make my way! ô
(runs off dancing)
Cartman: Hey Wendy. DUMB BITCH! Oh sorry.
Cartman: Excuse me, everyone. I guess you have all noticed my awkward ticks. ASSHOLE! PUSSY ASSHOLE! Ahhh. I just want you to know that I can't control it.
Principal Victoria: It's okay, Eric. We all understand, and we think you're very brave.
Kyle: He's faking!! (Pointing at Cartman)
Man: Poor kid
Casher: Yeah!
Cartman: (Turning around to see everyone) All right!! Hold on just a second here, are you telling me that if you have this Tourette Syndrome you can say what ever you want all the time and never get in trouble?
Cashier: It's a neurological disorder, he can't help it
Man: Yeah!
Thomas: ASSHOLE, ASSHOLE! (he covers his mouth)
Cartman: Wait, wait, wait, wow, wow, wow, you're telling me there is an illness that makes you blow out obscenities?
Cartman: (Pointing to the Ginger Kid) GINGER RETARD, ASSLICKER DICKFACE!!
Kyle: Dude, you better watch it, the principal's right over there.
Cartman: Good Morning, Principal Victoria. SHITBALLS!!
Principal Victoria: Good Morning Eric.
Kyle: Did Cartman just say shitballs to the principal?
Butters: You didn't hear? Well, Cartman has some mental disease called Tourette Syndrome or something.
Kyle: What?!
Craig: He is the luckiest kid in the world. if I could say shitballs to the principal I'd be so happy!!
Sexual Predator 1: Aw, I knew it. (shoots himself in the head)
Sexual Predator 2: There aren't really any brownies! (shoots self in head)
Thomas: Mom, can we go home now please!?
Thomas' Mom: It's okay Thomas, they understand.
Thomas: I want to go!
(They both walk away)
Thomas: SHIT FAG!
Chris Hansen: Why don't ya take a seat? Take a seat right over there.
Cartman: Finally, my wish of going public with my illness can come true. GODDAMN JEWS! SUCK MY ASS BARF!
Cartman: Yea! Piss off your ass right onto Kyle's mom's fat f**king Jew face!
Craig: If I could say "ass pussy" to the counselor, I would be SO happy.
Chris Hansen: It'd be a shame if we tracked you down and you (makes quotes with fingers) "shot yourself."
Cartman: Thank you everybody. SUCK MY BALLS!
Cartman: I'm going to blast the Jews Kyle.
Cartman: (To kid with Tourette's) Isn't having Tourette's awesome?
Mrs. Garrison: OK now what do we get when we add a negitive number?
Cartman: Dick Tits!
Stan and Kenny have only non-speaking cameos in this episode.
This is the Third episode to be aired uncensored(the exception being the F word). The first was "It Hits the Fan". The second was "With Apoligizes to Jesse Jackson".
Le Petite Mort:
The title: "Le petit Tourette" might also reference the French nickname for an orgasm: "La petite mort" (the little death). It would mean that this discovery is, in a way, highly exciting to Eric. Which there is obviously no doubt about.
When Cartman is waiting backstage to go on Dateline, the poster behind him resembles the NBC peacock (with rainbow feathers), except the animal is actually a turtle with a rainbow shell.
To Catch a Predator:
Louis Conradt, Jr commited suicide after being caught by the show To Catch a Predator. Much like the men in this episode did.
Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory:
Cartman's "I've got a Golden Ticket" song at the beginning and end of the episode is a parody of a song in Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory(1971).
Bugs Bunny:
When Kyle is forced to apologize to Cartman. Cartman cocks his head and blinks his eyes just like Bugs Bunny used to do.
Title: Le Petit Prince: The title is probably a reference to Antoine de Saint-Exupéry's novel, Le Petit Prince.
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Fifteen years ago, Congress ended months of hearings and discussion, including horror stories from taxpayers caught in snares by unreasonable auditors, by passing an IRS reform bill. President Clinton signed it, and official Washington seemed to feel it could happily check an item off its to-do list.
Now it is clear that abuses at the almost autonomous agency charged with collecting revenue and enforcing tax laws don't end so easily.
We appreciate President Obama's tone of outrage at Monday's press conference toward reports that the IRS targeted tax-exempt conservative groups during the 2012 election season. In this nation, laws are to be applied equally, not used as political weapons for retribution. In addition to giving extra scrutiny to groups that had "tea party" or "9/12" in their names, the IRS reportedly went after groups dedicated to ending government overspending and debt, reducing taxes, understanding the Constitution, or that lobbied to "make America a better place to live," according to the Wall Street Journal.
Outrage isn't enough; both major parties should initiate investigations. If the allegations are found to be true, high-ranking people should, at the least, lose their jobs. Criminal charges should be considered. And perhaps Congress should revisit that 1998 legislation and find stronger ways to rein in a revenue service that still has a much larger stick than a leash. The IRS has tried to pin the blame on low-level workers in Cincinnati, but plenty of reasons exist to believe it spreads farther than that.
IRS official Lois Lerner first acknowledged the abuses and apologized during her talk at a conference on Friday. People familiar with the news business understand the significance of that. With weekend deadlines pending, and with lower media viewership and readership at the start of weekends, Fridays are good days to spring bad news that might, with luck, attract little notice. In this case, a Treasury Department inspector general's report into the matter is about to be released. No doubt, IRS officials knew it contained damaging information and they were looking for ways to safely get ahead of the story.
But a draft of that report says senior officials at the IRS knew about the extra attention given to tea party groups as early as 2011, according to the Associated Press. That is problematic, considering the man who was IRS commissioner in 2012, Douglas Shulman, specifically assured Congress the agency was not targeting conservative groups, who by then were growing suspicious of the questions the IRS was asking.
In a blog this week, Newsweek and The Daily Beast correspondent Megan McArdle speculated that the IRS was growing concerned with the proliferation of 501(c)4 groups claiming tax exempt status. Those exemptions are for groups promoting education and social welfare, not politics and elections. They may have decided on filters to use that would help them mine thousands of applications and zero in on those worth extra scrutiny. When told to stop this, they came up with new filters having to do with limiting government or taxes, or educating people about the Constitution.
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Michael Peters, one of the world's foremost yacht designers, has a few gripes with the path naval architecture has taken recently. In essence, he believes beauty has been sacrificed for headroom. Read here to find out why that's a problem.Read Article
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In his Sightlines column Michael Peters takes aim at the good-old American sportfisherman and tries to figure out why they're designed the way they are. He's got his suspicions that they're not simply for catching fish. Read here for more.Read Article
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Car seizure leads to drug charges against four
Storm Lake Police reported four additional arrests Friday after executing a search warrant on a car impounded in February.
Police report that a search warrant was executed on the vehicle which Nicholas Amundson, 21, of Spirit Lake and other occupants were stopped in on Feb. 29 and seized additional marijuana and drug paraphernalia.
On Friday, police arrested Amundson, Cody Mowery of Spencer, Jalen Henningson of Alta and Tory Beger of Grand Junction.
Prices changed at Walmart, arrests pending this week
Police arrested two Storm Lake residents over a scheme to steal and misrepresent the price of items at Storm Lake Walmart.
On Nov. 3, police took a report at the Storm Lake Walmart Store of an alleged series of thefts and fraudulent practices conducted by a group of individuals at the Storm Lake store.
Storm Lake Police Chief Mark Prosser alleges that the group stole merchandise and switched price tags on items for lower prices in checkout.
Argument leads to arrest of two SL women
Police arrested two Storm Lake women Tuesday for engaging in an argument on West 7th Street.
At 6 p.m. Tuesday, police were dispatched to the 500 block of West 7th Street in reference to Kassandra Olamide, 27, and Laci Tornabane, 19, allegedly yelling and screaming at each other.
Police arrested both women and charged them both with disorderly conduct.
Both women were booked into the Buena Vista County Jail on a $300 bond each.
SL child struck with phone, SL woman arrested
Police arrested a Storm Lake woman Friday for striking a child with a cell phone as a form of discipline.
At 8:30 a.m. Friday, the Iowa Department of Human Services notified police of an instance of abuse against a child.
Police and DHS staff responded to 538 ½ Russell St. and met with Akrihna Daniel, 38.
SL residents charged after bust in October
Police charged three Storm Lake residents regarding an October arrest in Utah that yielded firearms and drug operation materials.
Duo arrested on weapons and drug charges
Police received information Friday morning of Duol Jock, 23, and Kiem Reat, 24, holding weapons and drug paraphernalia at a Seneca St. residence.
Police allege they found drug paraphernalia in Reat's possession and seized it.
Later that morning, the Storm Lake Police Tactical Entry Team supported by the Buena Vista County Sheriffs' Department, Emergency Response Team executed a search warrant at the Seneca Street address.
Mejia jailed for forgery, drugs
A drunk-driving stop early Monday led to meth and forgery charges in Storm Lake.
At 1:54 a.m. Monday, an officer stopped Henry Romero-Rodriguez, 29, near the intersection of Railroad St. and Lake Ave. and found him to be intoxicated.
Police arrested Romero-Hernandez and charged him with OWI, no driver's license and open container.
He was booked into the Buena Vista County Jail on a $1,600 bond.
A red 2008 Audi hit a Storm Lake police car (inset) at the
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Damages were estimated at $7,500 on each vehicle.
Luiz Mendez (inset) was sited for the chase.
A red 2008 Audi hit a Storm Lake police car (inset) at the
Storm Lake Airport, ending the high-speed chase Friday night.
Damages were estimated at $7,500 on each vehicle.
Luiz Mendez (inset) was sited for the chase.
Mendez pulls off from pot bust, crashes into squad car
Chase exceeded 100 mph on highway 110
A routine traffic stop led to a high-speed chase and crashes Friday night along the west side of Storm Lake.
Police stopped a vehicle on West Fifth St. near the intersection of Western Ave. for a traffic violation on Friday at 11:07 p.m.
Police find multiple bags of meth in SL home
Storm Lake Police announced the arrest of seven people in connection with a five-month investigation into the sale and use of methamphetamine and marijuana in Storm Lake.
Police assisted the Iowa Department of Corrections in checking a person on probation at 705B W. Ninth St. on Tuesday at 2 p.m.
Probation officers and police made contact with Joel Davis, 51, of Storm Lake, at the W. Ninth Street address. Police allege they observed drug paraphernalia inside his apartment.
Police sealed the apartment and took Davis into custody. Police acquired a search warrant and on Tuesday afternoon they seized additional drug paraphernalia.
Police charged Davis with possession of drug paraphernalia.
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