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I worked for the Alibi as an intern, freelance writer and staff writer between 2005 and 2009. Some of my very favorite stories I wrote during my time at the paper included a series of 2009 pieces about a cement transfer plant in the North Valley. The plant requested, and eventually received, a permit to drastically increase the amount of pollution it could spew into the air. Neighbors near the plant spent hours collectively voicing their opposition to the proposal at public hearings. Though the permit was granted, there were several conditions placed on the plant's operating procedures in no small part because of the public outcry over the request.
We were very careful to get both sides of the story, and the cement plant deserves credit for offering theirs, but it was equally important to tell the story of the residents who felt threatened. The Alibi's bread-and-butter is this type of community journalism.
I will always admire the Alibi for its ability to cover what others overlook. It provides a voice for the voiceless.
Not only am I proud of what I did for the Alibi, I feel incredibly privileged to have worked with a group of staffers who I still consider my friends. I will always remember my send-off party, and just thinking about it makes me choke up.
In 2009, I left the paper to go to grad school in New York and now work as an associate editor for the Crime and Weird News sections of The Huffington Post. But the Alibi is the place where I truly fell in love with journalism and where I learned that what you write matters if you cover what's important and you do it with people you trust.


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LONDON (AP) — Britain's Supreme Court has dismissed an appeal from two severely disabled men who argued the law should be changed to allow doctors to legally kill them.
But five of the nine judges concluded that a ban on assisted suicide is incompatible with the right to private life, suggesting British politicians should amend the law to be in line with the human rights guaranteed under the European Convention.
One of the men, Paul Lamb, is paralyzed following a car accident. The other, Tony Nicklinson, died of pneumonia in 2012, but the case has been taken over by his widow.
The decision in Britain comes on the same day Europe's top human rights court ordered doctors in France to continue treatment for a comatose man who reportedly wanted to die.
Europe's top human rights court ordered doctors to continue treatment for a man left comatose after a car accident six years ago, overruling a French panel in a highly unusual late-night decision.
Vincent Lambert's family members disagree on whether to keep him alive artificially, and the case has drawn nationwide attention at a time when the French president has said he wants it to be it easier for some people with incurable illnesses to seek medical help to end their lives. France's highest administrative court ruled Tuesday that Lambert had made it clear he did not want to be kept in a vegetative state and said doctors could withhold further treatment.
Relatives of Lambert who want him kept alive successfully appealed to the European Court of Human Rights to intervene Tuesday. The Strasbourg-based court confirmed Wednesday it had suspended the French decision and barred Lambert from being transferred while it decides the case on its merits, a process that could take months under the court's usual schedule.
"He is not sick, he is not at the end of his life, he is not suffering," Jean Paillot, a lawyer for Lambert's parents, told BFM television on Wednesday. "From our perspective, there is no reason to stop feeding or hydrating him."
Euthanasia is currently legal in the Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg. In France, a 2005 law has allowed doctors of terminally ill patients, under certain conditions, to withhold or withdraw life-sustaining treatment.
The debate has been simultaneously revived in France by the trial of a French doctor on poisoning charges, for having given lethal injections to help seven terminally ill patients die. Dr. Nicolas Bonnemaison faces up to life in prison. The verdict is expected Wednesday.
Several relatives of his alleged victims have testified on his behalf, and a petition signed by over 66,000 people calls for his acquittal.
The Lambert case has echoes of the legal fight over Terri Schiavo, a Florida woman who suffered brain damage in 1990 when her heart stopped, and she entered what doctors refer to as a "persistent vegetative state," or prolonged coma. She died in 2005 after her husband won a protracted court case with Schiavo's parents to have her feeding tube removed.

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I am so excited to share my latest series with you guys! I decide to write this series of units, after a friends asked for some resources. I started writing and writing and writing and before I knew it, a unit was born!
I had so much fun writing this one! This unit is perfect for the whole group mini lesson at the beginning of reading workshop.
When creating the unit, I analyzed the Common Core Standards for second grade. I know every state does not use these standards, but I thought they were a good, general starting point.
I knew I wanted to start with literary text since it can be applied to writing (narratives and personal narratives) and it was a good launching point since many students are more familiar with literary texts than informational texts. I also considered what skills and/or strategies students needed to be successful at the beginning of the school year.
After looking at many of the Literature standards I found a common theme that could be used as a backbone for many standards: story elements.
The story elements, and the ability to recognize and apply them are woven through several of the Literature standards. Then, I organized the concepts in a meaningful order for instruction.
After I unpacked and analyzed that standards, I looked for texts that would be engaging and easily fit within the instructional standards. I wanted to use strong examples of literary texts.
Going through all my books was one of my favorite parts! I LOVE children's literature! These are all the books in the five week long unit.
I tried to make the lesson plans as easily and adaptable as possible. At first, I was going to write explicit, daily lesson plans. Then, I decided that the teacher may need more flexibility. Instead, I created a weekly plan with the lessons listed in bullet points.
In addition to 5 weeks of lessons with all the included materials and anchor charts, I wanted to include some extras. I wanted students to be able to practice the different skills from the unit in their own independent reading from their book boxes or in guided reading groups.
There are 16 different activities that target identifying story elements, recounting or retelling stories, identifying beginning/ middle/end and character response.
Most of the activities are perfect for interactive notebooks and can be reused multiple times with different texts!
I wanted to balance fun and rigorous, so I created this adorable craft to assess beginning, middle, and end of Dog Breath by Pilkey. I mean, come on! The stinky breath is the graphic organizer!?!?! I am dying at the fun! LOL! However, it is also a great formative assessment.
Another craft is included to assess your students with the book Giraffes Can't Dance. Students create the giraffe head, identifying the beginning/middle/end of the story and identify the major event and the character's response. So, it is a nice little craft that gets a lot of mileage!
I wanted some more than just cute crafts for assessments.
An end of unit test is also included. Students read a passage and answer 4 open answer questions. The matching CCS for each question is noted next to the problem number. Then, students use a graphic organizer to identify the beginning/ middle/ end of the passage.
If you would like to see even MORE from this unit, watch the Facebook Live video for a walk through of all the materials!
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Perennial Kiwi favourites the Topp Twins will be entertaining local audiences once more when they kick off their 'Heading for the Hills' tour this October.
The North Island tour will visit Hamilton, as well as small towns such as Thames and Opotiki.
"We make sure to do as many little places as we can," says Jools Topp, who is one half of the entertainment duo with sister Lynda.
The tour's name is inspired by transport they'll be using to get from venue to venue – an old-style of mobile home called a 'stinky'.
"It's based on this very old accommodation guys used to use down in the South Island," says Jools.
"Road workers would use steam traction engines to pull this thing called a stinky. Six or seven men would live in one, which had a coal range in them. They would keep drying their socks out on the stove, and it smelled pretty bad. There's been a big resurgence of restoring them down in the South Island, where Lynda lives. We can't pull it with a steam engine, but she made a miniature version of the stink for us to live in on tour."
She says road workers would 'head to hills' in such a stinky to do their work, so that's the name of the tour.
People who attend the shows can expect the same laughs and music the Topp Twins are known for.
"The most important thing for us is our bevy of characters, who people love. They're part of New Zealand history. We've got the bowling ladies, camp mother and camp leader, Ken and Ken. It's a chance to entertain and have a night out with local people."
It's a must see for Topp Twins fans, and anyone who wants to catch an old-school variety show – including new fans.
"We've got grandmas who watched us growing up, and now they bring their grandkids to the shows," says Jools.
"There's also a large amount of teenage men who like Ken and Ken, I can tell you that."
For show dates and ticket information, visit www.topptwins.com
SunLive has one double pass to the Sunday October 22 Hamilton show of the Topp Twins' 'Heading for the Hills' tour for one lucky reader who can tell us the first names of both the Topp Twins.
Enter online at www.sunlive.co.nz under the competition section. Entries must be received by Wednesday, October 4.


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Homework blues
You have a hard and fast rule: No TV during homework time. But where do you stand on music? Do you allow your kids to blast the latest hits or do you insist on total silence?
Researchers from the early 1990s discovered The Mozart Effect®, which suggests that listening to Mozart's classical music enhances short-term brain function.
Educators have long known that music facilitates the learning of other skills, such as math, reading, science and even social skills. Nursery, pre-school and elementary kids tend to remember lessons that are set to music.
Listening to music while studying does not make you smarter, so to speak, but it does help your brain to work more effectively. The Mozart Effect shows that classical music improves spatial intelligence, making us better at math and problem solving skills.
Should your child listen to music during homework time?
It depends on the child
All children respond to outside distractions and interference differently, says Ali Iorio, president of Champion Parenting, Inc. "For some, music can be relaxing, but for others it might be more of a distraction," Iorio explains. "Parents need to learn what environment is conducive for their child to be most productive.
With younger children, it's trial and error. You can try playing some music while he works on his homework, but if you find that he's paying more attention to the tunes than to his times tables, then you know he's better off without the music.
IT depends on the homework
Your child may enjoy listening to music while working on simple math problems or writing out spelling words, but he may find music irritating when he's working on something more challenging.
On the other hand, when your child has a reading assignment, such as a story, a novel or a social studies chapter, she may find that music helps to block out other noises so she can better concentrate on the words in front of her.
It depends on the music
Some music is better suited to homework time than others. Your child will have a difficult time focusing on his work when he's jamming to rap, pop or country music with their storytelling lyrics. Subconsciously, we can't help but focus on the words of the song.
Music without lyrics is ideal for study time. The music acts as a buffer, shutting out the noise of voices, traffic, construction and other distractions. Music with lyrics, on the other hand, can itself be a distraction to kids, says Kristen Thompson, director and chief brain trainer at LearningRx Brain Training.
What's important is that the music be calm, not necessarily classical. Eileen Wolter writes the mom and music blog A Suburban State of Mom and finds that her 6-year-old son has particular study-time choices. "Everything from ambient music to a nice singer-songwriter does the trick," says Wolter.
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Justin Chatwin, who portrayed Tom Cruise's son in Steven Spielberg's WAR OF THE WORLDS, takes on the lead role of the heroic Goku
James Marsters, best known for his role as the charismatic vampire Spike on the seminal fantasy series ?Buffy the Vampire Slayer? and ?Angel,? will portray the principal antagonist, Piccolo. Other major roles are currently being cast.


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It wouldn't take much editing to turn "By the Way, Meet Vera Stark" into a smart comedy that examines racial stereotypes in Hollywood circa 1933. Get rid of the tedious first act, lose the intermittently plodding dialogue, the bad, formulaic sketch comedy feel of the story's setup and let the action begin.
Act Two of the Lyric Stage Company's current production of "Vera Stark" is definitely worth seeing. A multitude of great comic moments, poignant scenes, a delightfully cheesy talk show and a riotous catfight make great theater.
Unfortunately, getting there is a lot like going to a concert with a bad opening act. You just sit there waiting for the fun to begin.
Playwright Lynn Nottage's premise is great: A maid who tends to every whim of a pampered Hollywood actress while trying to make her own way into the film business. But its execution falls flat despite the best efforts of director Summer L. Williams and an impressive ensemble.
Kami Rushell Smith shines as the faded, booze-fueled actress Vera Stark, desperately trying to prove herself 30 years later. Her portrayal of the young maid 30 years earlier, however, feels cartoonish and one-dimensional as a direct result of the script's shortcomings.
Evelyn Howe brings much-needed comic relief as Brazilian-impersonating Anna Mae Simpkins. Terrell Donnell Sledge's Leroy Barksdale is the only character with any substance in Act One. Both fare equally well in Act Two as academics studying Vera Stark.
Hannah Husband's portrayal of "America's little sweetie-pie" Gloria Mitchell falters until she's a surprise guest on "The Brad Donovan Show," where Gregory Balla delivers the show's funniest performance as rocker Peter Rhys-Davies.
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You're up and running with the new software deployment features in System Center 2012 Configuration Manager – deploying applications, software updates, package and programs, configuration baselines. But there will inevitably be a few deployments that have problems. You can see these from the Monitoring workspace, when you click the Deployments node and then click the Error tab. See the screenshot below for an example.
The assets (devices or users) that are associated with the selected error appear in the Asset Details pane, and for each asset, you can select More details. But what if you want a list of these assets so that you can then take further action? For example:
- For computers, start a remote control session to beginning troubleshooting on the computer.
- For users or computers, add them to a collection so that you can deploy alternative software to them.
- Copy the list of assets so that you paste them into a spreadsheet or another application, which you can then handoff to your Help Desk for further troubleshooting.
What you need to do is double-click the category entry – in our example, the Conflicts with another application deployment. This action creates a temporary node in the Assets and Compliance workspace, under the Devices or Users node. The temporary node contains the assets that reported the Category item that you selected from the Monitoring workspace and that appeared in the Asset Details pane.
The following screenshot shows an example temporary node that was created in this way.
At this point, you can take further action on the listed assets. For example, you can select a computer, click Start from the ribbon, and then start a remote control session. Or you could add one or more assets to a collection, by selecting them and clicking Add Selected Items from the ribbon.
To copy the assets to the clipboard so that you can paste them into another application, select one or multiple assets, and press Ctrl-C. When you copy the selected assets, they are formatted as tab-delimited text.
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Unlike any new collections that you create from this list or a pasted list that you save in another application, the temporary node lasts only as long as you have the Configuration Manager console open. It is also not visible to others.
- If you want to take further action on the assets that report deployment errors in the Monitoring workspace, Deployment Status, double-click the category entry to create a temporary node in the Assets and Compliance workspace.
- From the temporary node, you can remotely connect to computers, create collections, or copy the assets and paste them into another application.
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A. The Disk Cleanup utility frees up space on a volume. To access the utility, open My Computer, right-click the drive you want to work on, click Properties, then select Disk Cleanup from the General tab. If the program hangs the system, the problem is most likely caused by the Disk Cleanup Wizard checking for all files older than 50 days that it can compress. Disabling this behavior might improve the performance. To disable the behavior, perform the following steps:
- Start a registry editor (e.g., regedit.exe).
- Navigate to the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\VolumeCaches\Compress old files registry subkey, then select it.
- From the File menu, select Export.
- Enter a filename and location, then click Save.
- Delete the "Compress old files" registry subkey.
- Close the registry editor.
Alternatively, you can paste the following text in a file named nodiskchkcompress.reg and double-click the filename to run it:
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 \[-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\VolumeCaches\Compress old files\]
To enable the compressible-file check, you can run the .REG file you created in Step 4. If you didn't save the file in Step 4, you can paste the following text into a file to recreate the original .reg file:
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 \[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\VolumeCaches\Compress old files\] @="\{B50F5260-0C21-11D2-AB56-00A0C9082678\}" "Priority"=dword:0000012c "StateFlags"=dword:00000000


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What was life like in the urban slums of early industrial Britain? A visit to Manchester provides the answer. (6.75 mins)
Manchester used to be the most wonderful place to get a sense of Britain in its industrial heyday. I've spent many happy hours over the years tramping through Ancoats and Irktown, where disused mills stand lining the canals. The layout of the old back-to-backs can be traced from original maps.
But the truth is there's much less to see than there was 15 years ago. So much of Ancoats has been redeveloped, with the more central mills all turned into fancy apartments.
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K-drama LoLs (Lapses of Logic): Gangnam Blues
We're ending Season 2 of K-Drama LoLs with a bang! Join Stephen as he takes on all 120 minutes of the epic Lee Min Ho-led movie, Gangnam Blues. Wait, who's fighting who again?
Stay tuned on May 27 when Stephen returns for a Producer-centric season — that's something you definitely don't want to miss. And while you wait, why not check out the entire Season 2 of K-Drama LoLs!
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|Keswick Theatre - Glenside, PA
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|by David Carlin
As a fan of Rick I was just elated that he decided to perform about 4 miles from my home near Philadelphia at the Beautiful and Historic Keswick Theater in Glenside PA. I had orchestra pit Row 1 on the right side of the stage. Rick was delayed about an hour and apologized due to City Traffic issues. Rick has not actually travelled with a grand Piano, but actually calls ahead to have a quality Steinway rented and delivered to the sight. The sound was superb.
Rick has a unique talent to those who have never seen him perform live. Rick is not just a master of the piano, but a master of the audience. He embellished most of his tunes with a story or two and he clearly has a down to earth comedic style. I was humbled when he introduced "Gone but Not Forgotten" when he spoke of his late mother. He mentioned the tune was to inspire a special person in one's life and it's influence was to stir up memories of the good times. He made a quick dedication to all those who have lost someone special in their own lives. It was particularly moving for my wife who lost both her parents in the span of four years.
The encore was special. The Keswick theater hosts a very old Pipe organ which is rarely played. The black cover came off, the Bellow doors opened and the organ was lit up in a spectacular light. Rick told the audience that "Oh Boy, I think this is another Radio City Moment", referring back to Yes's previous tour a few years back at NYC. Rick wowed the audience by playing the organ there during his solo spot. Rick Promtly played Jane Seymour and it was beautiful. I can't count the number of standing ovations the crowd gave him. He shook just about everyone's hand in the front row, including mine, at the end of the show.
Rick may have been running late. He left very quickly and there was a huge crowd of fans lined up in the lobby which waited for his in house meet and greet. Fans were visibly upset, but I think they understood. I did. I wanted to Thank Rick for a beautiful performance.


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text: I'm one of the few who still feel Julius Peppers has some gas still left in the tank. I know he's not what he once was and is it really fair to judge his performance this year considering all the other losses on the defensive line? Without as much dominating pressure from the other linemen it seems obvious the results would not be the same. I know he's an $18.18 million cap hit this year, but if they cut him it is an $8.3 million cap hit. Instead of cutting him and losing a still talented player, could they restructure him at the $8.3 million (with incentives), that would have gone against the cap and then we still have a player we don't have to replace or does he have to agree to the deal as well? – Jim R., Yorkville


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1. Verb. Aim and shoot with great precision.
Generic synonyms: Blast, Shoot
Derivative terms: Sharpshooter, Sharpshooter, Snipe, Sniper
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1. Verb. To shoot with precision. ¹
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SOURCE: Arabella Exploration, Inc.
February 06, 2014 07:30 ET
MIDLAND, TX--(Marketwired - February 06, 2014) - Arabella Exploration, Inc. (OTCQB: LOKKF) (OTCQB: LOKWF) ("Arabella" or "the Company"), today announced that its Board of Directors appointed George Prescott Bush and Malachi O. Boyuls to the board. The two additions bring the total number of directors to six, of which five are independent directors.
Mr. Bush is a partner at St. Augustine Capital Partners, LLC, a Fort Worth-based investment firm focused on oil and gas transactions and consulting for private businesses. Mr. Bush has extensive legal and business experience and previously co-founded Pennybacker Capital LLC, a real estate private equity firm, worked at Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP as a corporate attorney and clerked for U.S. District Judge Sidney Allen Fitzwater.
Mr. Boyuls is also partner at St. Augustine Capital Partners, LLC. Mr. Boyuls has extensive legal and regulatory experience through his employment as General Counsel for Thomas Title & Escrow and as an attorney at Gibson, Dunn, & Crutcher, LLP. He clerked for the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals and the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas.
"We welcome George and Malachi to our board," said Jason Hoisager, Chief Executive Officer of Arabella. "Their valuable experience and insights in political, finance and regulatory matters will be complementary to the industry and finance expertise we already have on our board. I look forward to working hand-in-hand the rest of our executive team and our outstanding board of directors to execute the exciting growth strategy we have at Arabella."
About Lone Oak Acquisition Corporation
Arabella Exploration is an independent oil and natural gas company focused on the acquisition, development and exploration of unconventional, long life, onshore oil and natural gas reserves in the Southern Delaware Basin in West Texas. Arabella has an experienced management team with experience drilling multi-lateral wells and is primarily focused on the formations that the industry refers to as the Wolfbone play, which includes the Wolfcamp and Bone Spring shales. The Wolfbone play is characterized by high oil content and liquids rich natural gas, multiple vertical and horizontal target horizons, extensive production history, long-lived reserves and high drilling success rates.
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Adams State aligns Spring Break with local school district schedules
Adams State University has adjusted its Spring Break schedule to coincide with many San Luis Valley public school calendars, announced University President David Svaldi.
"Although our academic calendar was already set through 2015, we believe aligning our break with the school districts' will eliminate a hardship for our students and faculty with school-age children," Svaldi said.
The university's Spring Breaks are now scheduled for March 24-28, 2014, and March 23-27, 2015. The calendar originally set the breaks two weeks earlier. The university sets its academic calendar three years in advance. Adams State's spring semester usually concludes the second week of May.
The misalignment of Spring Breaks was one concern voiced recently by parents who asked the Alamosa School Board to reconsider the district's calendar for the coming year.
"We consulted with our Faculty Senate and surveyed students prior to making the calendar change," said Dr. Frank Novotny, Adams State vice president for Academic Affairs "This eases the child care burden for those in our campus community who have children in school. It will allow them to truly have a 'break.' It is also more convenient for high school students who are concurrently enrolled in courses at Adams State."
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I just put my children to bed…. Well my one child, my husband child falls asleep every night when we put Dolan to bed. Every.single.night… How does one get as tired as a baby? No we didn't go out for New Years Eve if that's what you're thinking…. I think I'm getting old, I really had no desire to go out, get shitfaced and be miserable for the next day or two. I mean I wanted to go out, but just thinking of the repercussions made me feel like I had a hangover already.
But this post isn't about getting old or getting drunk. Most of you who know me know that I don't like too much of anything. I don't like the thought of being addicted to anything nor anything having control over my body nor my life. I have always been told that too much of anything will kill you.
I've realized recently that I've been on Facebook nonstop for a while now. Anytime I get a split second, I get on there for no reason what so ever. I scroll through feed that I've already looked at three times that day. It's sad really, I feel like I'm missing out on precious moments with my family just to see what people I haven't seen in 10 years are posting…
I've tried logging out of Facebook, and seeing how long I can stay logged out, I've tried deleting the app and now finally I have deactivated it at 7 am this morning. I gave no warning to my friends or family and it's 10pm and not a single person has noticed that I left. That doesn't really bother me, but it makes me feel worse about my constant use of the mindless app. I love staying in touch and in contact with people I know but I don't want to be on it constantly. I don't want to put an app before my family. It's ridiculous.
I'm not going to see how long I can stay deactivated nor am I seeking attention of any kind, and I will be coming back when I feel that I'm ready. I want to be able to decide when I really want to get on and how long I will stay on. I've wasted so much time on Facebook it's unreal. Already today I've rearranged my linen closet, spent time with family and reorganized my pantry and cabinets. I'm certain that I wouldn't have done it had I not deactivated.
So I want to ask my friends, is there anything that has control over you? Are you wasting time on ridiculous things? Are there productive things you could be doing if you weren't constantly doing this thing that you're doing? I'm not doing a new year new me thing, I'm doing a reevaluate how I spend my time thing…
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50 Cent's sex tape case will proceed, despite the rapper's bankruptcy filing this week (beg13Jul15).
A federal judge in Connecticut has ruled the case against the rap star, real name Curtis Jackson, will resume on Monday (20Jul15).
Last week (ends10Jul15), a jury in New York awarded Lastonia Leviston $5 million (GBP3.3 million) determining the rapper illegally posted a sexually explicit video she made with her boyfriend online as part of a spoof video.
The jury members were set to consider punitive damages on Monday (13Jul15), but Jackson filed for bankruptcy on the same day, stalling Leviston's lawsuit.
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Dear Students:
Migration is starting to pick up. The front I talked about last week kept birds grounded, but not for long. After just a day or two, the skies cleared and winds shifted to the south, allowing a new wave of migrants to arrive. Over the weekend, birders along the Alabama coast reported lots of Barn Swallows and Northern Parulas, along with the first Yellow-throated Warblers, Yellow-throated Vireos, and Black-and-white Warblers. Ruby-throated Hummingbirds continue to arrive in Texas, along with their first Black-and white Warblers, and the first Prothonotary Warblers showed up in Louisiana. During my trip to South Carolina, we ran into some new migrants: a small flock of Blue-gray Gnatcatchers and a Blue-headed Vireo. The southerly winds also allowed migrants that were already around to continue their migration, with New Jersey reporting their first Tree Swallows.
Migration also picked up in the Western US. New Mexico saw Northern Rough-winged Swallows and Violet-green Swallows, while Arizona reported Black-chinned Hummingbirds. Birders in southern California saw Black-throated-gray Warblers, Summer Tanagers, and Nashville Warblers.
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Open Thread: It Happened to You
This is your place to talk about the funny, sad, outrageous things that are happening in your life -- whenever you're ready.
Dad and I are driving to meet his friend, Debbie. He tells me not to mention my mother at all. He tells me Debbie has a son around my age. I have a little brother named Devin, he's one-year-old. He tells me not to say anything about him either.
I also had a brother, Brandon, who died when I was five. He doesn't give me strict instructions about him, but I decide it's best to stay quiet about my whole family since I'm young and I don't understand. I don't want to mess up.
We pull over at some condos, Debbie and her boy, Michael, get into the car. Her skin is tan and she buffs her nails as we drive.
I slipped once. Michael complimented me on something I was wearing, and I said "Thanks. My mom got it for me." Dad turned around and gave me a look. My chest felt heavy. But it never made any sense. Where was my mom supposed to be? Was she "dead?" Had she "abandoned" us?
This is the first time I meet my dad's mistress. I am nine years old.
I didn't know what the word mistress meant then. But I knew something was strange. I watched Dallas. I knew about "affairs," but on TV, it was all so glamourized. What I was witnessing wasn't glamorous. This sort of thing isn't supposed to happen in real life. Even JR Ewing didn't involve his son in his affairs.
My father would eventually divorce my mother, marry Debbie, and have a baby with her. This happened in the span of three years and it's a little jumbled in my mind but one moment I can see, clear like a window pane, was the cold look my dad gave me when I mentioned my mom in front of Debbie.
I know what you're thinking: My dad is a monster. I thought so, too. But as I've put the pieces together I think it was something different. It was pain. He lost a son, and he spiraled out of control.
I really wanted to hate my dad. It has taken me a long time to forgive my dad for everything he put my family through, and even longer to forgive him for what he put me through.
Brandon and I were only 16 months apart. We had our own cribs, but we always slept in the same one. My parents noticed these spots on his body called petechia, a red or purple rash caused by a minor hemorrhage. The doctors said Brandon, about 20 months old, was suffering from a blood disease called Aplastic Anemia. The disease causes your body to stop producing red blood cells, white blood cells, and platelets.
In the beginning, it seemed that Brandon had to go to the ER almost nightly. I would wake up in the middle of the night and my parents would be gone. My grandparents or aunts and uncles or neighbors would be there. I would assume my parents were at the hospital with Brandon. Well, my mom was there. I would later learn my dad was with his secretary, Julie, his other mistress.
Brandon had a lot of bruises and he wore a helmet because if he ever bumped his head, it he could have gotten internal bleeding. I knew he was sick, but I never remember him crying or acting "sick." He was always happy; laughing and making jokes.
The doctors told my parents that Brandon needed a bone marrow transplant. A nurse took me into a room to take my blood and see if I could be a match to help save my brother. I wasn't.
After that, my dad started the "Life for Brandon" Bone Marrow Registry. We used to have these big parties to raise money. We found a match for Brandon, but she had breast cancer, so things fell apart.
On June 26, 1987, just six days before Brandon's fourth birthday, my mom was packing up Brandon's things. He was supposed to go home that day. He wasn't suddenly cured, but he was doing well enough. But suddenly things took a turn for the worst. Meanwhile, I was at day camp. My dad and grandparents rushed to the hospital to be by Brandon's side. The last thing he said was "zadie."
That's what we call my dad's father, it's Yiddish.
When I got home, my family was sitting in the living room. They looked sad. My dad said Brandon "passed." I didn't know what that meant. For a second I thought maybe it was good news. But then my mom clarified. "Brandon died." After his funeral the next day my cousins tried to explain that Brandon was in heaven. I kept saying "I want to go to heaven. I want to be with my best friend."
A little less than 3 years after my brother's death, my parents had a new baby, Devin. Devin was healthy. Everything was wonderful. We were all happy.
When Devin was around one year old, my dad took me to meet Debbie for the first time. Soon after that, I found out my mom was pregnant again. I was so excited, I almost forgot about Debbie. I was young. I knew something weird was going on, but I was going to have ANOTHER brother or sister, and I still I couldn't fully wrap my head around exactly what my dad was doing.
During my mom's pregnancy, my dad continued to see Debbie. He almost missed the birth of my new baby brother Logan's because he was at a Valentine's Day party with her.
When Logan was born, the doctors knew right away that he was sick. He had the same illness as Brandon. My mom and Logan were helicoptered to another hospital so that my mom could give him a blood transfusion.
Mom knew about Debbie and eventually threw dad out when Logan was just a few months old. A year later they announced they divorced.
A few months later, a relative said they saw my dad at a Beach Boys concert with a pregnant woman. It was Debbie. Even though I was speaking to my dad during this time he never mentioned that Debbie was pregnant. In October, 1993, my parents' divorced was finalized. In November, 1993, my sister, Taylor, was born. They married a few months later.
In the months before the wedding, I had mixed emotions. I had fun going out and shopping for dresses, but I couldn't shake the overall feeling of betrayal: how my father my betrayed his wife, how Debbie was complicit in all of it, and how I also felt like I was betraying my mom by being a part of Debbie's wedding to my dad. So, I'll admit it, I tried to stir the pot a little.
I'd mention The 10 Commandments and how adultery was a sin. I went to a Jewish Day School, but I was never super religious, and adultery IS a sin, but I only mentioned that 10 Commandments stuff to remind Debbie that she was instrumental in destroying a family.
For the next couple years, my mom was constantly taking Logan to various doctors in New York and Boston, seeking treatments for his illness. My dad would sometimes meet them there but kept his distances saying that it was giving him flashbacks to when my parents lost Brandon. The "Life for Brandon" registry my dad founded wasn't successful in finding Brandon a match, but it did help and ultimately cure Logan.
There were moments when I'd tell my dad "I hate" him, but I never truly meant it. We'd fight a lot throughout the years because I always wondered why he did what he did to our family but also why he did it to me. Throughout my dad's marriage to Debbie, he was still a good dad. He took me to visit New England College to make sure it was the right fit, and when I graduated, he drove me back home to my home in Detroit.
He proved countless times that he loved me. But our relationship was strained. I could never fully let go of what he did. It wasn't even that he cheated on my mom. It wasn't even that he broke up our family. It was what he did to me: Dad instilled this fear in me. He lied. He made me lie. He made me deathly afraid to tell the truth. I had to carry that lie about Debbie for years and it ate away at me.
My dad and Debbie's relationship eventually fell apart. She started drinking and getting violent and my dad decided it was time to leave.
That's when things started to change.
Near the end of 2005, my dad started calling my zadie, his father. We started meeting at Deli Unique on Sundays, my dad, grandparents, brothers, sister, and even my mom. She hadn't forgiven my dad. But she knew it would make us all happy. And we would all soon learn that dad and Debbie had filed for divorce. My dad divorcing Debbie was the ultimate sign that he loved me.
It sounds silly and selfish, and I'll admit, I had this evil satisfaction knowing their marriage had failed. At the time, I felt guilty for my sister's sake. But this was the vindication I needed. My dad made the worst mistake of his life the day he took me to meet Debbie and her son and told me not to mention my mom or brother. And now he was finally rectifying that mistake. It has taken years, but my dad has proven himself to the people he loves. The first step was actually admitting he was wrong. The next was doing everything he could to fix it.
For most of the people he hurt, he just had to prove how much he loved them. But for me, it was a lot different. The only way to make things right was to divorce Debbie. That may sound childish and selfish. And who knows what I would be telling you if they were still married?
No matter what, I could never hate my own father.
When I was three, Brandon was in the hospital, and my dad and I were about to go home. We were saying goodnight and Brandon asked for my shoes, the ones I was wearing. He loved those shoes, black, patent leather.
So I took them off, and he put them in his bed with him like a teddy bear. I kissed him goodbye and wondered how I was going to make it to the car. My dad picked me up, and carried me barefoot through the hospital parking lot.
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Neither rain, snow nor strong winds deterred two county high school bands from performing at the Atlantic Coast Championships over the weekend.
Liberty High School, drenched by the constant downpour Saturday, finished sixth overall in Group II, with a score of 91.1.
"I couldn't be more pleased," said director Steve Miles. "It's the highest score any Carroll band has gotten in the five years I have been here. Maybe it's the highest ever."
Miles also had high praise for the professionalism his band displayed.
"They were drenched by the heavy rain before they even got on the field," he added. "They all stayed to watch the other bands in their group perform, too."


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Right Place, Right Time Guy Patrick of Centrical Global Limited discusses operational risk management, its application in the delivery of clinical trials, and how it can help to facilitate faster and better quality results.
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CSBs can consolidate and allow those businesses to centrally manage their fragmented services
Vienna, VA (PRWEB) August 22, 2013
Fusion PPT, a recognized cloud computing strategy and technology firm, announced today that its report "Why You Need a Cloud Service Broker," written by CTO Don Magrogan, has been has been featured in InformationWeek Reports. Magrogan, a seasoned technology leader with hands-on experience in leading cloud computing initiatives, explores the uses and benefits of Cloud Service Brokers (CSBs) and the growing market need for efficient, consolidated IT and cloud governance.
As more and more enterprises move to the Cloud, most are discovering that it is necessary to use services from multiple cloud providers in order to get the range of performance and service options that they need to be successful. Doing this also protects against vendor lock-in and reduces an enterprise's dependence upon a single provider or vendor. However, doing so also causes serious cloud service governance problems. Managing and aligning all the services from an unknown number of providers is no easy task. Add to that the fact that many CIOs are finding that their business divisions are using services outside of those offered within their companies, and an even larger problem blossoms.
Cloud Service Brokers, Magrogan argued, are the answer. His contention is that, for enterprises that uses cloud computing services from multiple providers, CSBs can consolidate and allow those businesses to centrally manage their fragmented services. "Cloud Service Broker, or CSB, products, also sometimes called arbitrator, solve most of these issues," Magrogan writes. "The management of the use, performance, and delivery of cloud services through an easy-to-use storefront has become critical in the modern enterprise. That is what a CSB does." CSBs merge the cloud services that an enterprise is using into a single unified IT environment that is more flexible and efficient, while also allowing visibility across all of that enterprise's services.
In his article, Magrogan discusses the difference between using CSBs to govern and enhance services from numerous cloud providers and trying to manage without one, and why, in today's market, is it so advantageous to have a CSB to manage and unify services from disparate providers.
Magrogan also provides suggestions on how to find the right vendor for your company, and gives and overview of the current CSB vendor market. In effect, Magrogan says, "Cloud Service Broker products aim to create harmony among the clouds, while getting you the most bang for your buck."


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Explore the Rhine River with Tobin James Cellars on a wine cruise in July 2018. We are very excited to embark on the Rhine River, Sunday, July 22, 2018. We will be traveling in luxury on a Chartered Viking Long Ship, following the Viking River Rhine Getaway itinerary. Here are some of the anticipated ports of call;
* Amsterdam, Netherlands: Cruise the Canals & visit the Rijksmuseum
* Kinderdijk, Netherlands: Tour a working windmill & sample Dutch Cheeses
* Cologne, Germany: Explore the cathedrals of the largest city on the Rhine
* Koblenz, Germany: Visit Stahleck Castle & the lovely Moselle Promenade
* Heidelberg, Germany: Tour Heidelberg Castle & Speyer's Cathedral
* Strasbourg, France: Enjoy the famed cathedral & flower lined streets
* Breisach, Germany: See handmade cuckoo clocks in this Black Forest town.
* Basel, Switzerland: Take in the beauty of the Swiss Alps on Lake Lucerne
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Reader: Aside from counseling, how do I learn to handle frustration in the workplace? I am, unfortunately, a very emotional person and show my frustration with situations where everyone knows things are not working, but no one wants to challenge the status quo. I cannot in good conscience just sit back and collect a paycheck. I want to learn how to offer suggestions without seeming to be criticizing those in positions of power. Are there any courses or books you can recommend?
Karla: It's not clear whether you're rejecting counseling or already pursuing it. Whatever the case, it can't hurt to spend time with a professional or even an observant friend helping you comb your emotions out of the issues — especially if you're generally prone to wanting to "fix" situations that aren't your responsibility.
My untrained guess is that your frustration stems not just from the sheer volume of the problems, but also from the fact that you feel powerless to make yourself heard.
When you see an elephant in need of a makeover, you don't march up and offer an unsolicited top-to-bottom critique of its eating, exercise and hygiene habits. You would end up ignored or squashed. Instead, you start by offering a pedicure. Build trust, and work your way up from there.
By the same token, when you want to propose fixes for large-scale issues at your workplace but aren't in a position of power, start by focusing on solutions to problems within your reach. They could be as simple as streamlining file management procedures, or e-mailing meeting recaps to participants, or learning more about how your group's work affects those downstream.
Several benefits to this toes-first approach:
• You learn the system — and its flaws — from the inside, including the cause of the problems, contributing factors, and why they haven't been fixed. Successfully challenging the status quo starts with knowing how it got to be that way.
• When you solve local problems, you develop the self-assurance you will need to tackle global ones.
• Even if you don't end up moving on to global problems, solving the local ones makes your day-to-day work life, and that of your colleagues, easier.
• By showing you're a problem solver, not just a kibitzer, you increase your odds of being taken seriously by those in charge — and of
being invited to share your ideas.
I don't know of any specific courses or books that could help. But it seems to me that participating in any group formed around offering supportive critiques in potentially emotional situations — community theater, writing workshops, public speaking clubs — could help you develop the voice, detachment and diplomacy you need to spark real changes at work.
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WASHINGTON – The rowdy crowd in front of the Supreme Court overflowed into the street as the last spectators filed in Monday morning to hear the arguments over Proposition 8, the initiative that banned same-sex marriage in California.
A boom box played "Party in the U.S.A." sung by Miley Cyrus, and dozens of gay marriage supporters sang along and cheered. One woman held a sign that read: "Marriage equality makes us dance."
Other protesters paraded through the street, corralled by dozens of police officers, waving signs reading "Kids do best with a mom and dad" and "Vote for holy matrimony."
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More than 100 people waiting in line didn't get seats to hear the whole argument. Those still in line, which snaked around the boxwood hedges in front of the court, still had hopes of being admitted in 3-minute shifts during the session.


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The use and development of CPP film
The use and development of CPP film
CPP film is cast by the plastic extrusion industry in the production process of polypropylene (PP) film. Such films and BOPP (bi-directional polypropylene) film in different, non-oriented film. CPP film has good transparency, high gloss, good stiffness, good wet resistance, heat resistance, easy to heat sealing characteristics. CPP film after printing, bag, a large number of suitable clothing, knitwear and flower bags, documents and photo albums films for food packaging and barrier packaging and decoration of the metal film. In addition, food packaging, candy packaging (twist), pharmaceutical packaging (infusion bag), adhesive tape, business card holder, ring folders, etc. increasing demand.
CPP film excellent heat resistance. The softening point of PP is about 140 ℃, such films used in hot filling, cooking bags, aseptic packaging and other fields. With acid and alkali resistance, excellent performance grease, making bread or laminated packaging material of choice for the field of materials. Their contact with food security, presentation, excellent performance, will not affect the flavor of the food contents, and can select different grades of resin to obtain the desired characteristics.
CPP films of the 80s started in the 20th century, imported from the beginning of single-tape devices, wide only 1m ~ 1.5m, the annual production capacity of about 1,000 tons / Taiwan ~ 1,500 tons / Taiwan. Into the 90's, from Lenzing, Austria, Japan, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Germany Reifenhauser, W & H, Italy Colines, Dolci, the United States, the introduction of the multi-layer co-extruded Battenfeld cast film production line, width 2m ~ 2.5m, the annual production capacity of 3,000 tons / Taiwan ~ 4,000 tons / Taiwan. Since 2000, it is leaps and bounds, the introduction of more advanced production lines, mainly in the width of 4m ~ 4.5m, the annual production capacity of 5,000 tons / Taiwan ~ 6000 t / Taiwan co-extruded multi-layer cast film production line based. Foshan Plastics Group Co., which introduced the United States David standard production line width 5.4m, the annual production capacity of 11,000 tons. Meanwhile, the degree of domestic equipment has also been rapid development. According to incomplete statistics, the end of 2006 the introduction of CPP film more than 77 production lines, production capacity over 390,000 tons; made more than 150 lines, production capacity over 260,000 tons, the total production capacity of over 650,000 tons. According to industry research, CPP film in 2006 the demand for the country close to 40 million tons, demand in 2008 was 50 million tons.
We are facing a serious oversupply, competitive market environment, every business need a good attitude, know ourselves and the right to choose their own competitive strategy, competitive forces in the struggle with a variety, some companies have explored the three CPP success strategy: overall cost leadership strategy, product differentiation strategy and product specific strategy. The author believes that the production line with a number of large enterprises or R & D ability of small businesses may consider the product differentiation strategy. Here's the difference between CPP film products and development of simple instructions.
1. Composite membrane Uses: According to letters from the temperature (condition is 0.18MPa, 1S, ≥ 1N/15mm) can be divided into: general composite films (<140 ℃), low temperature heat sealing composite film (<115 ℃), low thermal sealing composite film (<100 ℃). Generally after printing BOPP film or film composite BOPET into BOPP / CPP (or BOPET / CPP) layer film, for clothing, dried food, puffed food packaging. The direction of its development are: (1) high transparency, open performance, high smoothness (after maturation COF <0.2), low temperature heat sealing and packaging to meet the requirements of high-speed bag; (2) maintain the film 6 months of surface wetting tension of 38 dyne above, to extend product shelf life.
2. Aluminized substrate use: with its low cost, the aluminum products has an excellent shade, decorative, unique properties such as barrier, and in print, after the processing of composite and so has a good adaptability to meet the heat resistance, chemical, abrasion, oxidation, high barrier and other requirements, widely used in food packaging and other decorative areas. The direction of its development are: (1) improve the stiffness of aluminum to improve product quality; (2) plated aluminum layer over the adhesion of 2N/15mm to meet the needs of the packaging; (3) improvement of the coated layer of aluminum heat resistance, out of 300 ℃ to adapt to the needs of complex (currently only reach about 240 ℃), increase the peel strength of 1N/15mm above; (4) reduce the sealing temperature, less than 110 ℃ ≥ seal strength under the conditions 1N/15mm, to meet the requirements of high speed automated packaging; (5) improve the smoothness of the opening and the adaptation of high-speed bag and packing, because you can not add slip agent, is currently about 0.75 COF products in general; (6) How to keep wetting the surface tension of aluminum for 6 months more than 38 dyne to extend the shelf life of products is a challenge; (7) aluminum machine with large, long wide aluminum base material has become an inevitable development, such as the width 2500mm, length 24000mm products of some enterprises have been normalized production. 3. Cooking film use: the situation can be divided by temperature: ordinary cooking film (105 ℃ ~ 115 ℃, time of 20min ~ 30min), medium temperature cooking film (about 121 ℃, 30min ~ 40min), high-temperature cooking film (135 ℃, 30min); and barrier films such as PET, PA, aluminum foil and other complex, high-temperature steam sterilization required for packaging products such as meat, sauce, agricultural products and medical supplies. CPP Cooking important performance indicator is the film heat seal strength, impact resistance, strength, composite strength, especially after cooking to maintain the above targets. Also, films with very low odor or smell of the direction of its development, such as the chestnut bags smell of CPP film very strict requirements.
4. Audio and video products, uses film album: CPP film for its low cost, environmentally friendly, transparent, heat sealing, tear-resistant properties are widely used in audio-visual products such as packaging and photo albums, file folders, contacts and other production. High transparency, high gloss and wear of its development.
5. Tissue membrane Uses: CPP film because of its stiffness, wear-resistant, transparent and printing performance is superior to PE film for high speed printing and packaging requirements, sanitary towels used in the square package, parcel, bar packages, and copy paper roll automatic packaging paper products. Increased stiffness to reduce the thickness and improve the wear resistance and surface tension to maintain the direction of its development.
6. Table India single food packaging film uses: mainly used for bread, biscuits and other foods of all kinds of small package; A prominent, high transparency, smoothness, wear resistance, high surface tension and wetting speed automatic packaging is its adaptation development.
7. Adhesive film Uses: According to the demand to produce a transparent, white, paper, or other colors of the film, mainly for self-adhesive labels, product or air signs, stickers and other baby diapers; A prominent, high surface wetting tension, easy-to-die-cutting is the direction of its development.
8. Twist Uses: CPP film because of its density than PVC, PET, PS and cellophane is much smaller, less investment in equipment, and thus lower the cost per unit area; both surface printing, aluminum, can also direct heat sealing , together with environmental health, as candy, chocolate, beef jerky and other kink ideal material for packaging. Improve kink resistance, stiffness, transparency and gloss of its development.
9. Protective film uses: Because of its low cost, transparent, tall degree of advantages, such as partial substitution of PET, BOPP film as the inkjet advertising, cold laminating film products of the protective film.
10. Breathable plastic film use: CPP film resistance humidity superior performance, oxygen transmission rate is 2000cm3/m2. d. bar, modified to make it moist resistance to 5000cm3/m2. d. bar ~ 6000cm3/m2. d. bar, together with its other properties can be heat sealing, single use as vegetables, fruits and various edible fungi, the ideal packaging material. Contents under different packaging, adjust volume and antibacterial 02/C02 through its development.
11. Non-transparent use of microporous breathable film: film production in the CPP by adding the appropriate pore additives, and in the stretch under a certain temperature, CPP film to be breathable film with a certain aperture. At present, the different permeability of the film has been widely used in medical and health care with the film (such as sanitary napkins, sterile protection taking film), microporous filtration membrane and human and paper.
12. Anti-static film uses: CPP hygroscopic antistatic film can be divided into permanent antistatic film and antistatic film, the surface resistivity of 108Ω ~ 1010Ω, can be applied to a variety of electronic components packaging. China's electronic information industry with annual sales of 2.4 trillion yuan, need a variety of anti-static film, which is a vast market. Surface resistivity of 1010Ω ~ 1012Ω, may be suitable for high-speed powder automatic packaging requirements.
13. Fogging film Uses: fresh fruit, vegetables, salads, edible fungi, such as packaging, cold storage clearly see the contents of the time, and to prevent deterioration of food rot. Thin fog effect CPP requirements (hot and cold state can fog), high and low temperature heat seal strength and good flexibility, odorless or low odor of its development.
14. Package Flower Films Uses: CPP film by printing a separate bag for flowers, etc. after the packaging, if necessary, adjust the film transparency, anti-static and friction coefficient of performance such as customer specified.
15. Medical membrane applications: requirements of the production lines were installed to prevent the product in a sterile room, subject to any form of pollution, and the migration of harmful substances such as free health performance. Aluminum after the BOPP, PET, BOPA and so complex as a tablet or powder drug packaging; and high barrier materials such as EVOH extrusion production of infusion bags, blood bags.
16. Pesticide capsule use: modified to use a special material, CPP film that solvent resistance, heat seal strength and impact strength greatly improved, EC and other pesticides used in the packaging, usually flexible structure CPP / AL / BOPET and CPP / PET aluminum / BOPET.
17. High barrier coextruded film use: Use a good water-blocking properties of PP and oxygen barrier properties with PA, EVOH and other materials for the production of high barrier coextruded films are widely used in frozen products, meat, cooking meat packaging ; its good oil resistance, solvent capacity, can be widely used in cooking oil, instant foods, dairy products, metal products, rust-proof packaging; its good impermeable moisture resistance, can be used for wine, soy sauce and other liquid packaging.
18. And PE co-extruded film use: the production of CPP through the modified membrane can be directly used with other thin film materials LDPE extrusion laminating, extrusion laminating only guarantee the fastness, but also reduce the cost of the composite.
19. Transparent flexible membrane purposes: through the use of coextrusion and blending technology, the CPP film with high transparency, high impact performance, with a very soft touch, excellent puncture resistance performance and low temperature resistance, mainly used for frozen storage after cooking the food packaging, also applied to senior clothing, T-shirts and underwear packaging, can also be used for other re-packaging.
20. Line easy to use tear film: Modification of PP by a special production process and the production of CPP film easy to tear a straight-line performance, combined with other materials easily torn bags made of various lines to facilitate the consumer's use.
21. Easy to use peel film: CPP film as the usual high seal strength, good sealing flexible packaging bags can not easily be opened, it normally takes the edge of the bag marked with the gap to open packaging. Through the production of heat sealing layer of modified PP is easy to strip the CPP film, and BOPP, BOPET, BOPA, foil and other packaging materials, composite packaging can become easy to peel, after heat sealing edge can be directly opened from the heat, greatly facilitates consumers, is currently covered in jelly, dairy products has been widely used.
22. Matt film uses: CPP matt film of the surface gloss ≤ 10%, with a frosted glass-like surface of the optical effect, after the color saturation after printing, feel comfortable, elegant appearance, can be used for sealing can also be used in combination suitable for senior health tissue and food packaging.
23. Biodegradable film uses: PP production of degradable masterbatch added CPP degradation of films made in the reactor buried under natural conditions, about 7 months to 12 months, can basically be degraded into inorganic substances absorbed by the soil. Currently, the company has successfully developed in Europe and some of these parent materials, individual domestic cast film plant in the test.
In summary, although a wide variety of CPP film, uses a broad, but the PP film CPP film in smaller proportion, but with the improved quality of PP resin, the improvement of device performance and processing capabilities, CPP and BOPP film performance gap is gradually narrowing. Also, because the packaging of the development of the sub, small bag of personal use of packaging, convenience and fresh direction, CPP film to be more conducive to a wide range of applications and development.