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Reading Together. Best short-film reflecting the ideals of UNESCO at Ciak Junior Festival
Since 2001, UNESCO Venice Office collaborates with Gruppo Alcuni in supporting Ciak Junior - The Cinema made by Children, a creative approach aimed at promoting the future generations (school-aged youth) of film actors, screenwriters and directors. Youth are the main users of multimedia technology and youth-oriented media are the instruments of the future. During the XXII edition of the Ciak Junior Festival in May 2011 in Treviso, Italy, a selection was made of the movie representing and reflecting best the core values of UNESCO.
The Ciak Junior award for the Best Film went to "Reading Together" (Kollektivlesen) from Germany, a film produced by Bavaria Film GmbH. It is the story of Laura and of her daily rituals; every morning getting on the school bus and reading the newspaper of a male passenger. One day, she realizes that she may be more than just interested in his newspaper. Watch the film on Youtube.
The Gruppo Alcuni international TV project "Ciak" Junior is aimed at initiating children, aged 10 to 15, to the language of audiovisuals. It encompasses both the making and broadcasting of short films (10 minutes each) written by children and produced by the TV networks of participating countries. Stories written by children are collected within each country, and 1 to 6 maximum are chosen for production purposes. The films are then produced by the participating TV network. The films produced in each country are made available by each TV network for broadcasting in all the other participating countries.
"Ciak Junior" is broadcasted every year, in parallel to the Festival in Treviso, on Sunday mornings on the Italian network Canale 5. The films are also broadcasted by the participating broadcasters in all of the countries involved in the Festival.
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NEW YORK (Newsday) - George Steinbrenner's dream - the one in which he signs Jason Giambi, not the one in which he is immortal and rules the universe - looks as though it is on the verge of becoming reality. The New York Yankees are optimistic that they can secure Giambi by the end of the week, according to multiple sources.
Discussions with Arn Tellem, the free agent's representative, went very well, and one team official said he would be "shocked" if Giambi - Steinbrenner's top target at the outset of free agency - was not in pinstripes by the end of the week.
The two sides will likely agree on a seven-year deal, and the Yankees want to keep the contract's annual average value below $17 million. If they succeed in doing that, they will maintain their policy of not setting a salary precedent, as Toronto first baseman Carlos Delgado currently makes $17 million per season.
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An exciting new initiative to create a corridor between Camdeboo and Mountain Zebra National Parks will improve the conservation status of South Africa's grassland biome.
A partnership between the Wilderness Foundation and South African National Parks (SANParks) aims to enlarge the area under formal conservation protection by entering into voluntary contractual agreements with private landowners.
These agreements will provide benefits to landowners in terms of protecting the environment as well as contribute towards the conservation of threatened wildlife species such as Cape mountain zebra, black wildebeest, cheetah and black rhino. Protection will also contribute to safeguarding the recently-identified Sneeuberg Centre of Endemism, part of the Amathole-Sneeuberg Montane Belt.
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For the first time since who knows when, the Toronto Maple Leafs have a good prospects list. Brian Burke has restocked the Leafs system that former GM John Ferguson had left barren.
The Leafs have a good group of forwards making their way through junior and the AHL. The defense isn't too shabby either and we all know of Burke's recent penchant for signing European goalies.
All in all, the Leafs should be set for the next few seasons while they continue to gain new prospects through the draft and trades.
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As we welcome the official start of spring and all its wildlife glory, we'll be looking through the eyes of the corn bunting over the next couple of days, courtesy of some dedicated effort by farmers and RSPB staff in the South West of England. Today, we focus on spring and summer, but look out for...
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Farmland birds have been in decline for several decades, mainly due to changes in the way we farm. Some of the species that have declined are real icons of our countryside: grey partridge, lapwing, turtle dove, skylark and yellowhammer. Hearing skylarks singing in the spring and the purring of turtle...
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Winter is a tough time for wildlife, but especially so for those species which call farmland home. Many farmland bird species such as grey partridge, yellowhammer and corn bunting depend on seeds to survive. Other species such as thrushes and bullfinches depend on berries, fruit and grubs found along...
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Hope Farm: 2014 has been so much better
Ian Dillon
The last two years have been very challenging at Hope Farm with lower numbers of breeding birds than our high point in 2011, and disappointing crop yields. The summer of 2012 will long be etched in many of our memories with the incessant rain after a prolonged drought, which had a considerable impact...
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Yesterday I introduced you to some of the project work that's going on in the North of Scotland to improve the fortunes of waders, bumblebees and buntings. Today, we travel East to find out what's happening there.... Farmland Bird Lifeline – recovery work for corn buntings in east Scotland...
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Anna Broszkiewicz
The most worthwhile thing in my opinion about working for a nature conservation charity is being able to share our learning and in turn learn from others. For over 10 years, I managed volunteers surveying farmland for the Volunteer & Farmer Alliance (V&FA) project. In its later years, the...
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Big Farmland Bird Count
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Just a reminder that the Game and Wildlife Conservation Trust launch their first annual bird count today! All farmers and gamekeepers are invited to join in between now and 7 February - and all you need to do is spend about 30 minutes recording the species and number of birds seen on one particular area...
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Summer screams out and Autumn flocks in
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Last V&FA Diary of the year: Surveyor – Marcus Nash – North Norfolk , 31st July 2011 I have cut this right to the wire, but I just manage to squeeze in a fourth survey on the farm in the village. Finally, we are getting some warm, dry weather. Sunrise is 5.22am, so the sun has just...
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Date: 28 April | Surveyor: Marcus Nash | Location: Hall Farm, Norfolk Sunrise Brings Surprises on the East Coast While the forecast doesn't look great (overcast and a bit windy), it looks even worse for the following few days (wind gusting up to 40mph+!). That being the case, I figure...
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While everyone else is away at Cereals (my first year off for a while!) I'd like to take a sneaky moment to share some of my joys from last weekend's bird surveying (and some doubts over next weekend's surveys on the coast if this weather continues). I've been getting snappy...
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By Derek Gruar, Senior Researcher, Hope Farm One of the core tasks here at Hope Farm is monitoring the numbers of birds that are actually using the farm. In summer this requires walking the farm boundaries and recording birds that are seen and heard onto maps. Compared to winter this is straight...
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Supporters said putting a carbon tax on fossil fuels would allow Washington state to reduce sales tax by one-percentage point, fund the working families sales tax rebate, eliminate the B&O business tax for manufacturers and increase the small business B&O tax credit.
"Stand-up Economist" Yoram Bauman recently spoke about the carbon tax at Washington State University.
"We think that on net, it's going to balance out," said Bauman. "The objective is not to increase government revenue, or to reduce government revenue. It's to keep revenue neutral, and just be smarter about what we tax."
The tax shift is modeled after a policy in British Columbia. It would cost $25 per ton of CO2, which means gas prices would go up by about 25-cents per gallon. But supporters said the sales tax reduction would save people hundreds every year, and they said it would help solve the issue of climate change.


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The Erie BayHawks did enough from the field to win their second game in a row Saturday.
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These are reuben-ish sandwiches for people who don't like saurkraut (like my kids). They are so easy to make and very tasty. (I like to make these for myself, substituting saurkraut for coleslaw, but I wanted to post my kids' version.) The recipe is courtesy of a Land-O-Lakes e-mail.
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- 4 slices whole wheat bread, toasted
- 8 teaspoons spicy brown mustard
- 8 ounces thinly sliced deli corned beef
- 1⁄2 pint vinaigrette-type deli Coleslaw
- 4 slices deli swiss cheese
- Heat oven to 350°F
- Spread each slice of bread with 2 teaspoons spicy brown mustard.
- To assemble each sandwich, layer 1 slice bread, 2 slices corned beef, 1/4 cup coleslaw and 1 slice cheese.
- Place sandwiches onto ungreased baking sheet and bake for 8 to 10 minutes or until cheese is melted.
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this was an awsome sandwich but i put a little twist on it add sourkraut on the bottom of the corned beef it was amazing
This was a great substitute for a reuben. Less fat and one less piece of bread. (But, of course, I would have rather grilled it in a Tbsp of butter and had 6 pieces of cheese on it.) Thanks for the EASY recipe! I did make my own vinaigrette style slaw with shredded cabbage, apple cider vinegar, celery seeds, celery salt, onion and a touch of sugar.
This is a great little sandwich. I made DH's with the mustard but mine with thousand island dressing. I just can't eat mustard. Baked up quickly and were quite tasty, though I kept wanting the kraut flavor. All in all a great sandwich that I would make agian! Made for the Babes of ZWT4.


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This long, engrossing novel by the author of The Wall, A Bell for Adano and Hiroshima is a detailed life of a missionary to China. David Treadup grows up in a village in upstate New York. His family is Methodist and religious, but it is only at college, where he is exposed to evangelist missionaries, that he decides that he has been called by God to serve in China. Hersey says in an afterword that the character of David Treadup is partly based on the lives of six actual missionaries to China, including his father. The novel in any event has the air of authenticity. Much consists of quotes from Treadup's diary, letters and a manuscript he calls the "Search." "My life seemed to be in my 'Search'—intrinsically worthless scribbling, perhaps, but at the moment, at least, I was overwhelmed by a conviction that I couldn't live without some tangible effort, even if unsuccessful, to comprehend the past." There is too much of almost everything in The Call—690 pages of small print—but the story begins to take on a life of its own at about page 100, when the hero comes alive. In addition to examining religion, history and China, this novel becomes a tender love story. Treadup is forced into a frantic search for a wife—the financial sponsors of his mission want him to be married—and although hastily chosen, she turns out to be the best thing in his life—more important eventually than his belief. Treadup learns Chinese and comes to understand much of their culture. He is sent to an internment camp by the Japanese during World War II, and it is there that Treadup questions the purpose of his life. Indeed, so thoughtful, powerful and convincing is this work that it can cause a reader to examine his own life. (Knopf, $19.95)
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I got a couple once I realized the used were cheaper. I first came up with the new price. I thought I might go buy another pistol just to get the magazines. :) I still might do that.
The other sites I came up with on a search were >$50.
April 22, 2008, 10:59 PM
Those went fast.
April 22, 2008, 11:32 PM
J&G has 'em for $20
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J&G hasn't been selling them separately for two weeks, and have limited the number you can by to 1 even if you buy a pistol from them (making your total 2, the same as CDNN, Dans, and AIMSurplus).
April 22, 2008, 11:51 PM
The best part of those buy the extra mag deals is that they came with two. They are selling you your mag. :) That is part of the value of Dan's grade ones they come with both mags.
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Both of my P6's came with two mags. Gander even gave me a third with the last one for free.
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This application is a continuation-in-part of application Ser. No. 665,383 filed Oct. 26, 1984 and subsequently abandoned, which is a continuation-in-part of
The '241 application is in turn a continuation-in-part of application Ser. No. 348,732 filed Feb. 16, 1982 (subsequently abandoned), which in its turn is a continuation-in-part of Ser. No. 246,372 filed Mar. 23, 1981 (now U.S. Pat. No. 4,321,297).
The present invention relates to the cushioning of articles with thin protective layers of resilient foam that are laminated to even thinner but much stronger supporting sheets.
Among the objects of the present invention is the provision of novel cushioning arrangements and techniques with such laminates.
These, as well as additional objects of the present invention, will be more fully understood from the following description of several of its exemplifications, reference being made to the accompanying drawings wherein:
FIG. 1 is a diagrammatic illustration of an automatic packaging apparatus suitable for use pursuant to the present invention;
FIG. 2 is a similar illustration of a modified packaging apparatus;
FIGS. 3 and 4 are plan and transverse sectional views, respectively, of the apparatus of FIG. 2;
FIG. 5 is a view of a cushioning package that can be made with the apparatus of FIGS. 1 or 2.
As described in the parent applications, a backed sheet of thermoplastic foam can be heat sealed to a desired surface by pre-heating to sealing conditions the face of the foam at the proposed sealing location on the sheet, then pressing the sealing location against the desired surface to bring the pre-heated foam in sealing contact with that surface and maintaining the pressing while causing the melted foam to cool and solidify. The pressing need not immediately follow the melting, but can be delayed a few seconds and thus permit partial cooling. Also, where the backing for the foam is paper, the pre-heating can be controlled to keep the pre-heated foam and the laminant that secures it to its backing from bleeding through that paper.
The heat sealing can be against another backed sheet of foam or another portion of the same backed sheet, as for instance, to form an envelope or wrapper for packaging articles. Such packaging is shown in U.S. Pat. No. 4,253,892, as well as in parent Ser. No. 589,699.
Polypropylene resin is a very suitable composition for the thermoplastic foam of both backed sheets, although polyethylene foam and polystyrene foam, as well as other heat-sealable foams can be used. Thermoplastic resins, when melted by the above-mentioned pre-heating and then pressed, tend to bleed through a porous backing layer like paper. To inhibit or completely prevent such bleed-through, such porous backing layers can be rendered more impervious as by providing a metallized stratum on the foam-engaging surface of the backing layer. A layer of metal foil such as 0.0003 inch thick aluminum between the foam layer and a paper backing layer is also very effective in preventing bleed-through.
In packaging articles between two long advancing sheets or webs of the backed foam, as in the above-cited prior processes, it is preferred that the heat-sealing at the longitudinal edges of the advancing sheets be effected with the help of melting shoes, and the transverse heat sealing be effected between pressing members each of which engages the backing layers of the backed foam laminate. Preferably each transverse seal is made by two pressings, the first pressing being between heated pressing members that are hot enough for the heat to penetrate through the backing layers and thus bring the foam layers to heat-sealing temperature. The second pressing is between pressing members that cool the hot pressed location to set the heat seal. The pressing members for the second pressing can also be combined with a cutting mechanism to sever the packages that are completed by that pressing.
For best results when doing the foregoing type of packaging of a succession of articles, each of substantial height, between two advancing long wrapper webs or sheets, the sheets covering the articles sandwiched between them are advanced at a pre-determined level between upper and lower resilient members or fingers that urge the carried articles toward that level from above and below. This makes the packaging essentially symmetrical with respect to that level, and is more effective than the prior art use of upper fingers with a lower fixed non-resilient stop that can be adjusted in position.
Turning now to the drawings, FIG. 1 diagrammatically illustrates the packaging of a succession of articles 20, such as small packages of pharmaceuticals or engine parts or electronic components, between a lower wrapper web or sheet 31 and an upper wrapper web or sheet 32. Sheet 32 is a paper-foam laminate and sheet 31 is a paper-foil-foam laminate, as described for instance, in parent U.S. Pat. No. 4,321,297. Lower sheet 31 is unwound from a supply reel that is not shown and fed foam-side up across the top of a loading table 32. As that sheet traverses the table, a spaced succession of the articles 20 are placed on its upper surface either by hand or with automatic article feeders.
At the discharge end of table 35, the side edges of sheet 31 pass under melting bars 38 and 39 which are electrically heated and have their lower faces about 1/2 inch wide and about 4 to 10 inches long resting on the foam surface. Guide pins can be mounted in the table top along both edges of sheet 31 to help assure proper alignment of the sheet with the melting bars.
The melting bars are heated to temperatures high enough to melt at least some of the foam which they contact. Where the foam is polypropylene, the temperature, as measured at the heating coils inside the melting bars, can be about 500� to about 550� F. For other plastics that melt at temperatures lower than polypropylene, the heating coils can be at lower temperatures. It should be noted that the temperature of the melting bars' foam-engaging surfaces is much lower than the coil temperature.
The physical interaction between the melting bars and sheet 31 may tend to cause the sheet edges to move toward each other with the central portion of the sheet bulging upwardly. The weight of the articles 20 resists such distortion, and the distortion resistance can be further opposed by fitting some rollers or spring fingers over sheet 31 where it approaches the melting bars to press the sheet against table 35 between articles 20 and the melting bars.
Further travel of sheet 31 brings it and the articles carried by it under the upper sheet 32 which is laid over it with the foam layer of sheet 32 facing downwardly. This sandwich moves between a set of downwardly biased upper spring fingers 41 and a set of upwardly biased lower spring fingers 42. These sets of spring fingers are held in adjustable positions along rods 47 and 48 and can be adjusted so that some of the fingers act as edge guides for the sandwiched sheets, as illustrated at 43 and 44.
There is no table or other lower support for the sandwiched assembly at the location of the fingers 41 and 42, so that the fingers, all of which have about the same resilience, cause each sandwiched article to be held so it projects about equally above and below the plane of the sheets. This symmetrical positioning helps keep the edges of the upper sheet 32 aligned with the edges of the lower sheet 31, even though the bulge in the sandwich caused by the sandwiched article draws the edges of each sheet toward each other.
Immediately downstream of the fingers 41 and 42 is a set of advancing pinch rollers 51, 52 (concealed from view), 53 and 54 that are strongly urged toward each other to engage the side edges of the sandwiched assembly and cool them as well as pinch them together. This cools and sets the melted foam to complete the lateral edge sealing of the sandwiched articles. These pinch rollers are adjustably fixed on elongated shafts 56 and 57 and only one of the shafts need be driven as by electric motor 60 to pinch and pull the sandwiched assembly through the apparatus.
Internal coil temperature of 550� F. and 11/2 seconds may be required for heated bars 68 and 69 to cycle into, through and out of pressing engagement against the upper and lower faces of a sandwiched assembly in which the foam is polypropylene resin and the foam is backed by Kraft paper or a paper-aluminum-foil laminate about 5 mils thick. The dwell is best controlled by a pre-set adjustable timer. The lateral pressing cycle can start slightly before the downstream movement of the sandwiched stops, and the downstream movement can resume slightly before the cycle ends.
Another set 75 of advancing rollers can be provided downstream of the transverse sealing bar mechanism 65, if desired. Such an extra set helps assure the proper advancing of the sandwiched assembly, particularly when the advancing is abruptly started after the completion of a stationary transverse heat-seal dwell.
The distance between successive transverse heat seals corresponds to the spacing between locations of the individual articles 20. Accordingly, the setting that fixes the amount of advancement effected by motor 60 in one advancement step, can be keyed to an indicator that designates where articles 20 are placed on sheet 31.
As shown in FIG. 1, the edge 78 of table 35 can be provided with scale markings 80 designating the locations of articles 20 when the successive advancement steps range, for example, from 5 to 11 inches. The five-inch marker would then be measured upstream from the transverse heat-seal bars a whole number of multiples of five inches, plus the 21/2 inches needed to locate the center of the next five-inch space. The six-inch marker would similarly be measured to whole numbers of multiples of six inches--plus three inches, etc. These markers would then show where the appropriate articles 20 are to be located while the sandwich assembly is stopped during a transverse heat-sealing pressing. Packages to be made with lengths intermediate between those designated by markers 80 can have their locations interpolated between the appropriate markings.
If desired a separate set of marked strip scales can be provided one such scale having a group of markings exactly five inches apart, another exactly six inches apart, etc. For a specifically dimensioned package, the appropriate strip scale can then be mounted over table edge 35 with one marking of that strip scale aligned with the appropriate marking 80. The strip scale then indicates where a series of articles 20 are to be positioned when the sandwich movement pauses during transverse heat sealing. This enables the accurate positioning of a number of the articles during a single such pause.
The final stage in the heat-sealing sequence is effected with a set 90 of pressing-and-severing bars. These bars can be very similar to the heat-sealing bars 68 and 69 but do not require heating, and a serrated cutting blade is fitted in the sandwich-engaging face of one bar so as to protrude and cut through the sandwich. A groove can be formed in the other pressing-and-severing bar to mate with and receive the protruding blade when it penetrates through the sandwich.
The pressing-and-severing bar mechanism, including its vertical press-guiding rails, is held between longitudinally directed side rails 95 to which it can be fastened at a location that causes its bars to press and sever the sandwich exactly at the transverse heat seal formed by the mechanism 65. Preferably the pressing-and-severing is effected one advancing step, but not more than two advancing steps, downstream from the first transverse heat-pressing. The pressing-and-severing bars then do a good job of cooling and setting the transverse heat seal, particularly if the faces of the pressing-and-severing bars contacting the sandwich are made of a metal such as aluminum.
Where the transverse heat seal has cooled excessively before being engaged by the pressing-and-severing bars, it is helpful to have the latter bars heated to at least partially restore to the heat-seal some of the heat that enables that seal to be set under pressure. Such pressure setting is the preferred heat-sealing technique.
A container 99 can be provided to receive the individual packages as they are severed from the advancing end of the sandwich assembly. They show no bleed-through even through upper sheet 32 contained no bleed-blocking stratum. However, both sheets 32 and 31 can contain such strata if, for example, it is desired that those sheets be of identical construction.
The bleed-through difficulty at the longitudinal seals can be minimized or completely avoided by careful control of the edge heating. Thus, the melting bars 38 and 39 can be lifted away from the foam face of sheet 31 during the time interval in which that sheet pauses between advancing steps. The resulting edge heating is more uniform in that the large amount of localized heating during advancement pauses, is eliminated. The extra cooling of the melted foam during such no-heat pauses is quite uniform. With such a modification the resulting uniform melting can be controlled so that the melted resin is not too fluid and the porosity of porous foam backings does not permit significant bleed-through.
In place of container 99, a take-off conveyor can be supplied to support and remove cut packages as they leave the base of assembly 90. Such take-off conveyor can be of the belt type with the belt travelling a little faster than the package sandwich, to help assure the clearing of sandwiches from the cutting assembly.
If desired a table can be positioned under the package sandwich as it leaves roller assembly 75, to help guide the sandwich to the cutting bars of assembly 90.
All of the sealing structures of FIG. 1 are of adjustable width, except for the pressing structures 65 and 90. The adjustable widths can accordingly be adjusted to effect the desired packaging with sheets 31 and 32 of any width within the adjustment range, for instance, from 5 to 12 or more inches. The pressing structures 65 and 90 extend the full width of the widest adjustment, and accordingly need no separate adjustment.
The packaging output of the apparatus of FIG. 1 can be increased by using wide packaging sheets and packaging two transversely-aligned rows of articles at once. To this end a third melting bar can be longitudinally positioned half-way between the side edges of the sheets, a third pair of pinching-and-advancing rollers can be correspondingly fitted on shafts 56 and 57, and a longitudinally oriented stationary or rotating severing blade can be fitted between the pinching-and-advancing rollers of mechanism 75 to sever the wide dual sandwich assembly into two side-by-side halves as the assembly is pulled through it.
The packaging technique of the present invention can be modified as by eliminating one of the melting bars in FIG. 1 or cutting off its heating current. The packaging operation will then yield packages having an unsealed edge through which articles such as letters can be subsequently inserted, after which the unsealed edge is sealed, for example, with a simple bag-end heat sealer or by cemented or stapling. In such a modification, the articles 20 need not be pre-packaged in the bags, but can be withheld from the packaging apparatus and later inserted in the open-ended packaging bags thus formed. The finger assembly 41 and 42 can then also be omitted.
Instead of using two separate wrapper sheets 31 and 32 in FIG. 1, a single sheet twice as wide as either sheet 31 or 32 can be used. Such a wide sheet can then be automatically folded over along its longitudinal axis to make a sandwich similar to that of FIG. 1, which sandwich can then go through the heat-sealing sequence, but without the melting bar that would otherwise be located where the fold line is. Such a foldover combination is shown in U.S. Pat. No. 3,696,580. Both melting bars can be omitted with such a folded sandwich, if it is desired to make open-ended bags.
When making open-ended bags, the opposing walls of the bags need not be of identical shape at the open end. Thus, one bag wall can project out further than the opposite wall, so as to provide a flap that can be subsequently folded over the shorter wall and sealed envelope-style.
If desired the apparatus of FIG. 1 can be fitted with applicators to apply adhesive or heat-sealing improvers such as described in U.S. Pat. Nos. 3,916,076 and 3,393,081, to the sites on sheet 31 and/or sheet 32 before the sealing is effected at those sites. The melting bars can then have their temperatures reduced or the bars completely eliminated. Similarly, the temperature of transverse heating bars 68 and 69 can be reduced, and one set 65 or 90 of the transverse bars can be eliminated.
The packaging sheets of the present invention can be treated or coated with materials, such as anti-static agents, volatile corrosion inhibitors and the like, such as those mentioned in U.S. Pat. No. 4,321,297, in Ser. No. 447,241 and in Ser. No. 873,819 filed June 13, 1986. Some coatings of this type improve or do not interfere with the heat-sealing and so can be coated over the entire foam face of one or both packaging sheets. Where such added materials interfere with the heat-sealing, it is preferred that such materials be coated in locations at which heat-sealing is not effected.
With a metal foil or metallized backer contained in one or both of the packaging sheets, the resulting package will protect the article packaged in it against electric fields. Such protection is particularly desirable when packaging transistors or similar electronic articles that are constructed for operation at very low voltage. For such protection it is preferred to have the packing in a single package sheet that is folded over as described above. By such fold-over, the metal foil or metallized layer covering one side of the packaged article is electrically continuous with the metal foil or metallized layer covering the other side of the packaged article, so that the protection against electric fields is improved.
For maximum protection against electric fields, copper or silver foils are better than aluminum foils, and thin copper foil with a very thin, e.g. 1/2 micron thick, flashing coating of silver may be most cost-effective. Such a flash coating can be applied to only one face of each foil.
the backing layer covering a foil-carrying sheet can be provided with openings, as for example, along its borders so that a grounding connection can be clipped to those borders and thus ground the foil.
Whether or not the metal foil shielding is one foldover sheet or two opposing sheets, it is a very effective barrier against the penetration of moisture vapor. Accordingly, by doing the packaging in a very low humidity atmosphere, e.g. below 30% relative humidity at room temperature, the danger of corrosion for packaged water-sensitive material is sharply reduced or completely eliminated. Plastic films like polyethylene terephthalate are also good moisture barriers, particularly when they have metallized surfaces.
The rate at which the packaging sheets advance through the packaging sequence can be varied. It is preferred that the time interval between the respective heatings at the melting bars and transverse heat-sealing bars, and the respective pressings at the pinch rollers and transverse bars 90, be not so long as to permit excessive cooling between those pressings. Six seconds can be well tolerated, but about 15 seconds is too long. To keep this time interval small, the number of advancing steps during the interval should be no greater than two. It is generally helpful to complete an advancing step in about one second or less, even if such a step requires a 12-inch or as much as a 20-inch travel. Also, the pressing dwells are preferably no longer than two seconds each.
Although heat sealing generally takes more time than the cold pressure sealing that has been used with the cohesivenonadhesive coatings of the prior art, the automatic heat-sealing of a sequence of articles into successive packages pursuant to the present invention can be effected at a rate very close to, if not faster than, the prior art cold sealing.
FIGS. 2, 3 and 4 show a succession of relatively flat boards 111, 112 and 113 being packaged between two paper-foam packaging laminates 121 and 122. These laminates can be of the types described in patent U.S. Pat. No. 4,321,297, carrying an anti-static or corrosion-inhibiting layer or a layer that contains both an anti-stat and a corrosion inhibitor, on the face of the foam. The foam layer itself is preferably one that heat seals at about 100� C. and is no thicker than about 3/16 inch. The anti-stat and/or corrosion inhibitor can lower the heat sealing temperature to about 95� C. The backing for the foam is preferably not over about 1/16 inch thick with a tensile strength at least 20 times that of the foam layer.
Each laminate 121 and 122 is provided as a long sheet rolled up and held on a dispensing reel, not illustrated. Sheet 121 is fed foam side up onto a spaced pair of adjustable supporting angles 126 adjusted so that the floors 130 of the angles are essentially in a horizontal plane, with flanges 128 extending upwardly and closely fitted about the sheet's side edges 134.
Sheet 121 is pulled longitudinally along the guiding angles by two pair of gripping discs 141, 142, 151 and 152. Discs 151 and 152 are fitted to an adjustable shaft 154 that is rotatably held in two brackets 156, mounted under the supporting angles 126. Discs 141 and 142 are similarly fitted to an adjustable shaft 144 above the guides, rotatably held by an arm 146 which is resiliently pressed downwardly as by spring 147 to cause the upper discs 141 and 142 to pinch against the lower discs through slots 148 cut in the angle floors 130. Either or both pairs of discs are rotated in the direction of arrows 158 as by sprockets 159 mounted on the disc shafts and driven by worms connected by flexible shafts 157 to the opposite ends of the armature of a drive motor 155, so that the outer face of each disc is exposed. The discs pinch the packaging sheets 121 and 122 between them and in this way pull them in the direction of arrow 162 along the supporting angles. Notches 164 can be cut out of the upwardly extending flanges 128 to keep them from covering the outer faces of discs 141 and 142.
The articles 111, 112 and 113 are placed on designated spaced locations on the foam face of sheet 121 as it is pulled along. At the same time, the second packaging sheet 122 is pulled from its dispending reel to engage the edges of discs 141 and 142 and to be thus pulled down into firm foam-to-foam engagement with the lower sheet downstream of where the articles to be packaged are placed on the lower sheet.
The outer faces of all the discs are heated by reflector-equipped heat lamps 170 placed so they focus infra-red radiation on those faces as well as on the adjacent edge portions of the packaging sheets. Additional heat lamps 171 can be aimed directly at the sides of the sheet faces at locations just upstream of the disc edges to further pre-heat all or some of those sheet edges immediately before they are pinched together by the discs. This pre-heating supplements the pre-heating of the upper sheet as it is pulled around the hot edges of upper discs 141, 142 from the disc tops to the disc bottoms. For best results, the pre-heating of lamps 171 is confined essentially to the narrow sheet locations at which the pinching and sealing take place.
A transversely extending frame 177 has an upper cross piece 181 held by springs 183 that extend to an overhead mounting site, to thus hold the frame in its upright position, as illustrated. The side members 185 of the frame have their upper portions in the shape of channels 187 that open towards each other to provide tracks within which is slidably fitted a guillotine cutter 189 that extends transversely of the packaging sheets and is as long as the widest packaging sheets to be processed. Cutter 189 is connected for vertical reciprocation by a pair of air cylinders 191 actuated by flexible air hoses that are not illustrated. An anvil 193 is fixed between the frame side members 185 and has a slot 195 to receive the guillotine blade and embedded in the anvil are electric resistance heaters that heat the anvil to heat-sealing temperature. Similar heaters can be incorporated in the guillotine cutter 189 on either side 188 of its cutting blade. The lower faces at 188 are horizontally flat so that when the cutter is propelled downwardly the faces at 188 forcefully engage the packaging sheets and press them against heated anvil 193. This act of propulsion also transversely cuts the packaging sheets and is timed so that it occurs when a portion of the packaging sheets about halfway between successive packaging articles, is over the anvil.
The forceful pressing of the cutter against the anvil is maintained for the length of time needed for the heat from the anvil and from heaters at 188 to effect a transverse heat-sealing across the packaging sheets. This may take as long as a second or so, and during that time the packaging sheets continue to be advanced by the pinching discs to push the cutter-and-anvil assembly in the advancing direction, to pivot the cutter frame 177 around its pivot 179. When the transverse heat-sealing is completed the air cylinders 191 cause the guillotine cutter 189 to be retracted away from the anvil, thus releasing its grip on the packaging sheets. The packaging sheet section downstream of the cutter is accordingly released and slides down the curved guide plate 199 as a completed package indicated at 201. Adjustable side guides 203 may be provided to help direct the completed package.
Upon the retraction of the cutter 189, the packaging sheets upstream of the cutter are no longer gripped between cutter and anvil, so that springs 183 pivot the frame 177 back to the vertical position against stop 190. The cutter frame is now ready to make the next transverse cut and heat-seal. Arcuate fingers 196 extend from the anvil and follow it in its downstream movement to help support the downstream end of the packaging sheet assembly while the anvil is later returned by springs 183. One cycle of such heat-sealing transversely seals the packaging sheets on both sides of the cutter blade, so that it closes the upstream end of the package being cut loose as well as the downstream end of the next package.
The cutter 189 preferably has its cutting edge serrated or inclined guillotine-style at about a 5� to 20� angle with respect to the anvil which can be horizontal. This serration or inclination gives the cutting a scissors-like action that reduces the cutting force.
To help the incoming packaging sheets push the transverse sealing assembly 177 the cutter actuation can be connected to independently start rotating that assembly, as by having the side face of cutter 189 engage a cam 192 as the cutter reaches heat-sealing engagement.
The guide angles 162 and pinch discs are all arranged to be adjusted for packaging sheets of different width. The transverse cutter extends to the maximum width of the guide angles and needs no width adjustment.
It is also helpful to apply some pre-heat to the transverse sealing site. Thus a long thin heat lamp 206 can be mounted in a reflector 208 that directs the lamp output as a narrow band approximately 1/2 inch wide and as long as the entire width of the transverse sealing assembly. The lamp-carrying reflector 208 is pivotally mounted as at 210 so that it can pivot and in this way longitudinally scan along the longitudinally sealed packaging sheet assembly immediately upstream of the transverse sealing site.
This scanning is shown as controlled by a control arm 212 projecting downwardly from the reflector and having a sensing tip 214 hanging in the path of the bumps formed where the packaged articles are sandwiched. As such a bump reaches the freely hanging tip during the progress of the packaging, it engages and pushes the tip in the downstream direction thus tilting reflector 208 to cause the pre-heat it directs to scan downstream in synchronism with the sandwiched articles.
Sensing tip 214 is shaped and pivoted with relation to the shapes of the bumps, to cause the reflector tilting to remain accurately focussed at the same location on the top surface of the upper packaging sheet 122, moving with that sheet so as to effectively pre-heat that location just before the transverse heat-sealing takes place at that location. To this end the sloping nose of a bump coacts with the tip 214 to gradually slow the rate of reflector tilt a little, after the tilting starts, to thus compensate for the extra advancing effect that the tilting has on the heat projection. The transverse heat-sealing is shown as controlled by a limit switch 220 in the tilt path of control arm 212.
Tip 214 is made springy and short enough to be tilted completely out of the way as, or shortly after, switch 220 is actuated, so that the bump causing the tilting passes by. When that passage is completed the tip is pulled back to the illustrated position by return spring 222, and is now ready for the next bump.
Instead of, or in addition to, the pre-heating of the upper surface of the upper sheet 122, similar pre-heating can be applied to the lower surface of packaging sheet 121 in corresponding locations. The same control can be used to direct both such transverse pre-heatings. Infra-red radiation can also be used to pre-heat the foam face of packaging sheet 122 along the heat-sealing region, as that sheet travels around disc 141. Preheating can also be applied to the lower face of packaging sheet 121.
The heat lamps 170 can be replaced by electric resistance heaters fitted to the outer faces of the discs and electrically insulated from those faces. Such heaters have circular contacts that are carried by the discs and are engaged by fixed brushes connected to a supply of electric current.
The output of the packaging machine can be increased by widening it so that it operates on packaging sheets twice as wide and then fitting each pinching disc shaft with an additional pinching disc midway between the two illustrated in FIG. 3. The two additional pinching discs can moreover be provided with a cutting edge and mating groove so that they slit the wide packaging sheet longitudinally along its center line, and also heat seal on both sides of the slit. Articles can then be simultaneously packaged on each lateral half of the packaging sheet combination.
For the present invention it is desirable to use polyethylene foams, and particularly foams of low-melting polyethylene which can be heat-sealed at 95� C. or even somewhat lower. Foams made of well-plasticized resins are also desirable because they also have low melting points. The anti-stat and volatile corrosion inhibitors are preferably plasticizing agents for the resins they are coated on, to lower their melting points. However polypropylene, polystyrene and other heat-sealable foams can also be used.
Where high output is not needed, the machine of FIG. 2 can be operated stepwise so that the packaging sheets are given a succession of stepwise advances with the sheets stationary between steps. The stationary dwells are made sufficiently long in time to permit the guillotine cutter to cut and heat-seal transversely. At the same time the longitudinal heat-sealing discs should not be so hot as to char the sheets during the dwell for the transverse heat-sealing. The transverse heat-seal frame 177 need then not be pivotally mounted.
The supported foam laminates used in the present invention can have supporting laminations that need not be paper. While paper is a very desirable supporting member by reason of its low cost as well as its strength and resistance to damage by the heat needed for heat-sealing, the paper can be replaced by sheets of felted fibers other than cellulose or by plastic films or even metal foil. Foils of metal such as aluminum preferably have thicknesses of up to about 10 mils, inasmuch as greater thicknesses unduly add to the expense as well as to stiffness of the supported foam. Metal foils 0.5 mil thick or 0.35 mil thick or thinner are preferably laminated to paper to provide a strong two-layer support for a layer of cushioning foam. Such a support can be used with the paper or foil layer against the foam. Similarly, a metallized paper support can be used with its paper or metallized coating against the foam. Where a paper-foil laminated support has its paper face on the outside of the foamsupport combination, the paper preferably has a number of perforations at lest about 1/4 inch in diameter punched out near an edge before the foil is laminated to it. This is illustrated in FIG. 5, where a sandwich package 300 has edge perforations 302, and is particularly suited for the application of a grounding clip.
Metal supporting layers sandwiched about an electrically-sensitive object can be electrically connected together by the cutting action that separates individual packages, and/or by stapling or the like, to form an electrical shield aroound the object packaged. Metal supporting layers are also very highly conductive to heat so that heat-sealing times can, with metal-foam laminates, be reduced to less than 1/2 second.
Polyethylene terephthalate films or felted fiber sheets that withstand temperatures of about 160� C. that may be applied to effect heat-sealing are also suitable and can be used in film or sheet thicknesses as small as 1/2 or 1 mil. Such small thicknesses are still quite strong and also reduce the time required for the heat-sealing heat to penetrate through to the foam.
Microwave dielectric heating is also suitable, particularly since it generates heat inside the sheet, and can be used whether or not foils or metallized layers are present.
Supporting layers of woven or unwoven strips of plastic film about 1 to 3 millimeters wide can also be laminated to the heat-sealable foam to make packaging sheets.
A foam support cna be made of combinations of layers. Thus, a paper layer can be reinforced with glass or other fibers or laminated with metal foil or plastic film.
The machines of FIGS. 1 through 4 can be modified as disclosed in Ser. No. 589,699 and in application Ser. No. 783,430 filed Oct. 4, 1985. The contents of both of those prior applications are hereby incorporated herein as though fully set forth.
The pre-heating of FIGS. 2, 3 and 4 should be adjusted to cause the subsequent sealing operations to barely bring the foam to heat-sealing temperature, slightly below the melting range of the foam, so no special provision need be made for cooling the heat-seals under pressure. Such supplemental cooling can be provided, if desired, and this enables greater tolerance in the degree of heating used to make the tightest heat seals most difficult to tear open. Without such cooling, the heat-sealing adheres the heat-sealed parts together but they are then easier to tear apart.
Pressure cooling of the heat seals in the apparatus of FIG. 2 can be effected by leaving the discs 141 unheated so they help cool the pre-heated sheet edges as they are pressed together and sealed.
The transverse sealing effected by the apparatus of FIG. 2 can also be similarly after-cooled, by having the transverse pre-heating sufficiently intense and leaving the transverse pressing members unheated.
The paper-foam laminates are very suitable for protecting a key surface while work is being done.
According to the present invention, an important or key surface is protected by a foam laminate while work is being done on, or near it, or where the surface is being used as a temporary walkway. The laminate has a thin layer of smooth- or nonabrasive-faced resilient foam not over about 1/8 inch thick adhered to a supporting wear-resistant layer less than 1/25 inch, preferably less than 1/50 inch thick, the face of the foam layer that is not adhered to the supporting layer carrying a stratum of friction-increasing material that reduces the tendency of the laminate to slide along a surface on which that face is placed.
A low-tack pressure-sensitive adhesive is a particularly desirable friction-increasing material to more securely hold a foam laminate against a surface from which it is to be subsequently removed without leaving a residue. Depositing such adhesive from a solvent onto either face of the laminate causes the adhesive to adhere to that face more strongly that to a surface against which the dried adhesive-carrying face is then merely pressed.
Any of the foregoing papers may be reinforced with strands of fiberglass to strengthen them. Reinforcement may also be accomplished by adhering other types of mesh such as polypropylene mesh or polyester scrim to the laminate or between the laminae, or the foam-supporting sheet can be a spun-bonded polyolefin or spun-bonded glass fiber sheet or a sheet woven from oriented flat narrow plastic tapes. Such sheets have tremendous resistance to puncturing and tearing. On the other hand, the foam-supporting sheet can be creped or extensible paper to permit the laminate to better follow contours when applied to concave or convex surfaces.
Where the foam or the supporting sheet carries a cohesive-nonadhesive surface stratum, such a stratum can show a residual level of adhesion enough to cause such stratum to block and greatly resist unwinding of a roll of such coated laminate. This blocking effect is much more pronounced when the cohesive-nonadhesive stratum is applied to a paper face, as compared with a foam face, and also when the surface against which it is wrapped around is a corona-treated or untreated polyethylene, but can be reduced or eliminated by incorporating an inert powder such as clay in the cohesive-nonadhesive layer. Between about 5 and about 15% clay does a very good job without substantially reducing the aggressiveness of the cohesive action.
Anti-static compositions such as potassium formate or those referred to in Ser. No. 246,372 and in application Ser. No. 873,819 filed June 13, 1986, as well as the cohesive-nonadhesive compositions also have a significant friction-increasing effect when present by themselves on the surface of a resilient micro-cellular closed-cell foam.
Other improved packaging sheets of the present invention contain opaquing material.
Backings for the pliable resilient cushiony foam can be of a wear-resistant paper such as 42 pound Kraft liner board or Kraft paper. A very effective laminant for 3/32 inch foam is amorphous polypropylene, or pressure-sensitive adhesives as described in Ser. No. 768,103 filed Aug. 21, 1985. The foam can be of any resilient cushiony material, as for example, a thermoplastic resin foam made from resins such as polyolefins, particularly polypropylene, polyethylene or polyvinyl chloride, or a polyurethane foam which is not thermoplastic. Foams that are not thermoplastic are preferably open-celled and adhered to their backing by thermoplastic laminants that melt and migrate through the open cells during the heat-sealing action.
Where the articles contacted by the foam are vulnerable to corrosion, the laminate should have its contacting face free of corrosive agents and/or carry volatile corrosion inhibitor. Cohesive-nonadhesive layers as well as pressure-sensitive coatings can be corrosion promotors.
Foam thicknesses greater than about 1/8 inch are relatively expensive, and accordingly not preferred. Thicknesses of 1/16 or even 1/32 inch are effective to provide good cushioning. Backings of 30, 60 or 90 pound Kraft are very effective. Two such Kraft paper or liner board backing plies can be laminated to one layer of foam. Re-enforcing strands of fiberglass or other strong threads can strengthen the backing, whether of one or two plies.
The backing strata can contain or be coated with a polyethylene layer to act as a barrier against liquid water, as described in U.S. Pat. No. 4,263,360.
Some foam-supporting sheets such as spun-bonded polypropylene sheets can be adversely affected by molten adhesives and polyester cements or epoxy cement or the oil-resistant cements of Ser. No. 246,372 can be used for securing the foam to such sheets.
The wrapping sheets of the present invention can be used for any wrapping or interleaving application. The cohesive-nonadhesive layer makes these sheets particularly desirable inasmuch as such sheets are readily secured to each other without the need for supplementary closure materials such as tape, staples or other fasteners, glue, heat sealing or twine. Examples of such use are given in Ser. No. 246,372.
When the foam backing is a thermoplastic film such as polyethylene terephthalate, it is not necessary to use a knife or cutter blade to cut through the laminate, as in the transverse sealings of FIGS. 1 and 2. A heated metal edge or wire is sufficient to melt its way through the foam and backing, so no sharp edges are needed and no edge-sharpening. Such melt-through is further simplified by limiting the melt-through width to about one millimeter or less on each side of the melt-through so very little melting and melting heat is needed. A very good heat sealing of one wrapper sheet to another is obtained with only about 1/2 to about 1 millimeter of their edges heat sealed together.
Melt-through so narrow also leaves so little heat in the melted-through sheets that cooling and solidification is extremely rapid--generally taking about 1/2 second or less. It is accordingly desirable to arrange for the heated edge to be withdrawn from the melt zone about 1/2 second before the heat-sealed sheets are released from the mechanical grip of the cross bars. In addition, no pre-heating of the melt-through site is needed, particularly where the polyethylene terephthalate film is only about one mil, or about 25 microns, thick.
The longitudinal heat sealings of foam strata backed with such a thin thermoplastic film can be corresponding effected, and do not need the melting shoes 38, 39. The pinch discs or roll pairs used to advance the wrapper sandwich can be arranged so one of each mating pair has its gripping edge circumferentially grooved, with a projecting heated edge extending circumferentially from the mating roll so as to penetrate into the groove as the rolls rotate to advance the wrapper sandwich. Such penetration will effect melt-through as described above, and is best immediately followed by cooling of the melt-through area as by a jet of cold air applied even before the melt-through area emerges from the grip of the pinch rolls. Alternatively, a set of cooling pinch rolls can be arranged immediately downstream of the heat-sealing pinch rolls to engage, squeeze and cool the melt area.
For any of the foregoing heat sealings, the polyethylene terephthalate backing film can be un-metallized or can be metallized on one or both of its faces, even if the metallizing is sufficiently heavy to reduce the transparency of the film by as much as 95% to 100%. Where the metallizing, usually aluminum, is only one face of the backing film, it can be either on the face laminated to the foam or to the outside face of the film. In the latter location, the metallizing is desirably protected by a top coating of a hard material such as a polyacrylate.
As described above, the laminate of foam to metallized or un-metallized polyethylene terephthalate should have its foam face coated with a protective layer such as a volatile corrosion inhibitor, or antistat, or with cohesive-nonadhesive or combinations of any two or all three of these materials.
Such wrapper laminates containing metallized layers make desirable antistat wrappers, particularly where the wrapper is a folded-over laminate in which the metallized layer below the object wrapped is continuous with the metallized layer above that object.
Obviously, many modifications and variations of the present invention are possible in the light of the above teaching. It is, therefore, to be understood that within the scope of the appended claims the invention may be practiced otherwise than as specifically described.
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|Mar 2, 1978
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|Dec 9, 1982
|Crowell Corp
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|Citing Patent
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|Publication date
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|Dec 29, 1992
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|Cooperative Classification
|European Classification
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Line two 10 1/2 x 15 1/2 in. jelly roll pans with Non-Stick Parchment Paper and spray with Wilton Bake Easy Non-Stick Spray. Divide Jelly Roll Sponge Cake batter between the 2 pans; batter will be thin. Bake following instructions; immediately remove cake from pan, peel off parchment paper and roll tightly lengthwise in clean towel. Rolled cake should measure 15 1/2 in. long x 1 ½ in. diameter; let cool.
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Let's eat: for the health of it (United States. Department of Health and Human Services; United States. Department of Agriculture., 2011-06)The MyPlate brochure is a consumer resource that offers four recommendations for becoming healthier: building a healthy plate, cutting back on foods high in solid fats, added sugars, and sat, eating the right amount of ...
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Key Statistics: RHP Matt Wisler 6 IP, 9 H,4 ER, 6 Ks; RF Rymer Liriano 2-3, 2 2B, RS, RBI, BB; SS Tyler Greene 2-4, 2B, HR (6), 2 RS, 2 RBI; CF Rico Noel 2-4, 2B, 2 RBI.
Prospect Watch Matt Wisler made two bad pitches and both were hit for home runs. All four runs given up by Wisler came on them. He has now not walked a batter in three of his last four starts and faced one batter in the seventh who proceeded to hit the ball in the gap. It might have been another run allowed if it wasn't for Liriano chasing the ball down and firing an absolute bullet to second to throw the batter out.
For further reading on the El Paso Chihuahuas, see the El Paso Times.
San Antonio Missions 6– NW Arkansas Naturals 3 (14 innings)
Key Statistics: RHP Justin Hancock 6 IP, 5 H, 2 ER, 3 BB, 4 Ks; 3B Diego Goris 1-6, HR (3), 2 RBI.
Prospect Watch R.J. Alvarez gave up his first run of the year for the Missions, but Diego Goris made up for it with his two-run home run in the 14th. Outside of Alvarez the rest of the pen was fantastic; Ibarra (IP, 3 Ks, Portillo (IP, H, 2 Ks), Hussey (3 IP, H, K); Dimrock (IP, 2 K), and Garces (IP, Save) combined for seven innings allowing only two baserunners!
For further reading on the San Antonio Missions, see the San Antonio Express-News.
Storm 2– High Desert Mavericks 6
Key Statistics: RHP Andrew Cashner 2 IP, H, 3 Ks; RHP Bryan Rodriguez 6 IP, 6 H, 4 ER, BB, 3 Ks; CF Mallex Smith 0-3, BB, RS, SB (78); LF Alberth Martinez 2-4, RBI.
Prospect Watch There was electricity in the air in Lake Elsinore as Andrew Cashner threw his first start in over a month. He looked ready to go and his pitches were crisp and the Mavs were stumped. He threw 24 pitches in two innings 19 for strikes. No flyball outs.
For further reading on the Storm please see the Southwest Riverside News Network.
TinCaps 5– Lake County Captains 8
Key Statistics: RHP Cody Hebner IP, 4 H, 7 R, 2 ER, 2 BB, K; SS Trea Turner 0-3, 2 BB; DH Fernando Perez 2-4, HR (11), 3 RBI.
Prospect Watch With the TinCaps tied for the remaining playoff spot with a few weeks left, this was not the start they were looking for out of TinCap vet Hebner. His one inning was his shortest unplanned exit of the year. It of course was not helped when 3B Dustin Peterson commited an error with two outs in the inning that eventually allowed five more Captains to score. The TinCaps didn't give up though, battling from 7-0 down to an 8-5 loss.
For further reading on the TinCaps, see the Fort Wayne Journal-Gazette.
Ems 9 – Hillsboro Hops 3
Key Statistics: RHP Michael Kelly 5 IP, 4 H, BB, 4 Ks; CF Austin Bousfield 4-5, 2B, 3B, RS, 3 RBI; SS Franchy Cordero 3-5, HR (9), 2 RS, 3 RBI; RF Nick Torres 3-5, 2B, HR (2), 2 RS, RBI.
Prospect Watch This is what the Padres were hoping to get out of their short-season club this year. The most buzzed about prospect in the Padres system during the offseason, Cordero, had six total bases and is now hitting .288/.332/.503 as a 19 year old shortstop. High draft picks Nick Torees and Austin Bousfield were both a hit away from the cycle. Torres especially has had a .600 SLG since I called him out last week for not hitting for enough power.
For further reading on the Emeralds, see the Eugene Register-Guard.
AZL Padres 2 – AZL Cubs 6
Key Statistics: LF Jordan Paroubeck 0-2, K; CF Michael Gettys 2-3, 2B, RS, RBI; DH Rodney Daal 0-4, 2 K.
Prospect Watch As we head into the final weeks of the AZL season it will be interesting to wonder if any of the AZL Padres have played well enough to get their name on the list for players ticketed to skip Eugene and go straight to Fort Wayne next year. Very good chance we see second round pick Michael Gettys .309/.367/.401. But will we see others like Jordan Paroubeck (.286/.346/.437) or Carlos Belen (.268/.357/.577)? Will be interesting to see how things play out with the new GM.
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Solutions for Chapter 22
This question requires understanding the financial activities and characteristics of households.
Step 1: Explain the difference between aggregate quantity demand and the aggregate quantity demanded of real output and how aggregate quantity demanded relates to the overall price level.
Aggregate demand refers to the quantity of goods and services that will be demanded at different price levels over a particular time. Changes in aggregate demand are caused by changes in interest rates, exchange rates, government spending, the supply of money, etc. Aggregate demand combines the demand for all sectors of economy. On the graph, a change in aggregate demand causes the demand curve to shift left (increase) or right (decrease). The quantity demanded of real goods and services refers to the exact price at which different amount of goods and services will be demanded. For example, if the price of bread changes from $2 to $4 then consumers will have less demand for bread.
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Walking safaris are the purest form of safari. Walking safaris in Tanzania are completely different to game drives. On foot you are a participant in the world of wildlife rather than a spectator, which is a thrilling safari experience.
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