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Recent review: This event was cancelled by the client but we have worked with Dancing Feet before and can highly recommend their services.
About: We are the Veritable Ceilidh Club - a ceilidh band with a modern twist. Every ceilidh is alive with our fresh sound, traditional Scottish, Irish, Canadian and American music with a mix of old and modern pop tunes. Our experienced caller will make sure all the dancers know every step, perfect for com
Recent review: Had a brilliant night with the band. In the run up to it they were very communicative and on the night talked people through the dances and when it moved to disco time the music selection was spot on
About: HotScotch Ceilidh Band are a trio of dynamic musicians and offer an exciting blend of traditional and contemporary Scottish Ceilidh Music for Wedding Receptions, Corporate Functions, Parties and many other events.Their lively style of playing and rapport with the audience will have the dancers up on
About: The Gallivanters Ceilidh Band are professional musicians with over 25 years experience playing at ceilidhs, weddings, birthday parties and corporate events. We call and show the dances so that everyone can join in the fun. We sing 50s and60s as well as country and classic standards as well as Scotti
Recent review: I engaged The Houlies as the Ceilidh Band for our school fundraiser in October, and have confidence in recommending them to anyone. The band were a pleasure to work with, and music was to a very high standard throughout. They also encouraged the crowd to get up to dance, explaining clearly how each
About: Put together prodigious young musical talent, exciting and dynamic performances and you have Bon Stovi. The band is a revelation that promises to turn your prized occasion into an extraordinary event. Bon Stovi's arrival on the Ceilidh scene has brought something new, fresh and exciting to the genre
About: Clubland Entertainments are an Entertainment Agency based in Lancashire and Cumbria. We have been established for over 20 years. We provide all types of entertainment throughout the UK including DJ'S, Singers, wedding entertainment, Live Bands, Comedians and after dinner speakers.
Recent review: These guys were just fab as entertainment for our wedding day. When you have a mix of young, old and young at heart, it’s so hard to please everyone, but please everyone they did. With their infectious beats, comedic interludes and toe tapping tunes, Ben and Richard brought energy, fun and laughter
About: Triple Scotch are a professional ceilidh band based in the North West of England, who are available for hire at wedding receptions, parties, fundraisers and corporate events throughout the UK and beyond. A talented trio comprised of award-winning folk musicians who have performed with the likes o
Recent review: The Crutwells did a fantastic performance at our Village Festival evening doo! Really great songs. Very professional. I would recommend them and would certainly book them again!
Recent review: What can I say, they were amazing. Great communication in the lead up made it very easy to organise. Looking forward to seeming them play again sometime soon hopefully. Thanks so much.
Recent review: Gary was brilliant, we booked him to play after our wedding and had a bit of a song list for him, which he was more than happy to do for us, really friendly, very professional and a great voice. Would not hesitate to book him again.
About: Live Entertainment booking agency established in 1978, we supply professional, quality live entertainment ideas & inspiration for your Corporate Event, Private Function, Venue or Wedding We exclusively represent 90+ artistes and shows and our full roster includes thousands of top quality artistes
About: The Retrosettes are a vintage themed acoustic duo, playing music from the 50s to the present day. The versatile duo has both male and female lead vocals (they are also a married couple) and are ideal for an outdoor festival style wedding or party.
About: As a 5 x piece band The Wee Bag Band's raison d'être is to bring mad, bad, trad, popular and contemporary diddly, diddly Irish / Celtic with a hint of Country and Blue Grass music and song to the masses at pubs, clubs, doos 'n festivals in Merseyeside, UK, infinity & beyond...... We must be hit
About: Live Entertainment represent the best in UK talent. Providing musical artists, dancers, speciality acts and bands to events and weddings all over the UK. We will work with you, to find the perfect accompaniment to your party, no matter your style, budget or event size.
Recent review: Girls were great- loved the mix of old and new music and the additional percussion player was cheery on top- made for a fantastic night that my guests loved! Will recommend, thanks again
Recent review: Josie was fantastic from start to finish. The communication in advance of the event and regular updates were perfect, and the setup of the sound system was brilliant. Josie ticked all our boxes for our St Patricks day celebrations and we have received great feedback across the board at how cool it w
Recent review: Without a doubt the BEST Irish band I have ever heard! I would recommend them to anyone who is looking for something amazing, full of atmosphere and outstanding enjoyable music. We hired Henry Marten's Ghost for our wedding and would definitely hire them again. With a mixture of knee slapping, fun j

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Bruce Springsteen Biography (Wikipedia)
Bruce Frederick Joseph Springsteen (born September 23, 1949) is an American singer, songwriter, and musician who is both a solo artist and the leader of the E Street Band. He received critical acclaim for his early 1970s albums and attained worldwide fame upon the release of Born to Run in 1975. During a career that has spanned five decades, Springsteen has become known for his poetic and socially conscious lyrics and lengthy, energetic stage performances, earning the nickname "The Boss". He has recorded both rock albums and folk-oriented works, and his lyrics often address the experiences and struggles of working-class Americans.
Born in the U.S.A. (1984) is Springsteen's most commercially successful album, proving him to be one of the most successful rock figures of the 1980s. It was certified 15x Platinum in the US and has sold 30 million copies worldwide, making it one of the best-selling albums of all time. Seven of its singles reached the top 10 of the Billboard Hot 100 including the title track, which was a bitter commentary on the treatment of Vietnam veterans — some of whom were Springsteen's friends. Advocating for the rights of the common working-class man, the song made a huge political impact. Springsteen's other best-known songs include "Born to Run" (1975), "Thunder Road" (1975), "Badlands" (1978), "Hungry Heart" (1980), "Dancing in the Dark" (1984), "Glory Days" (1985), "Brilliant Disguise" (1987), "Human Touch" (1992), "Streets of Philadelphia" (1994), and "The Rising" (2002).
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- 1 tbsp olive oil
Probably the most widely-used oil in cooking, olive oil is pressed from fresh olives. It's…
- 1 onion, chopped
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- 500ml passata
- 850ml vegetable stock
- 1 garlic clove, crushed
- 300g arborio rice
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- small glass of white wine
- 25g parmesan (or vegetarian alternative), grated
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- knob of butter
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- 3 tbsp roughly chopped basil
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- 125g ball mozzarella, cut into 12 pieces
- 75g seasoned flour
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- 2 eggs, beaten
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- 125g pack dried breadcrumb
- 1½ l oil, for deep-frying
- rocket, to serve
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Heat the olive oil in a heavy-based saucepan. Add the onion, cover and sweat until soft. In another pan, mix the passata and stock, and warm over a low heat.
Add the garlic to the onion, cook for 30 secs, then tip in the rice and stir to coat in the oil. Increase the heat, pour in the wine and let it simmer until absorbed. Keeping the pan over a medium heat, start adding the tomato stock mixture to the rice a ladleful at a time, letting the rice absorb most of the liquid after each addition. Keep stirring as you go, adding liquid until the rice is al dente – you may not need all the liquid. You don’t want this to be as wet as a normal risotto, so keep cooking until your wooden spoon can stand up in it. Turn off the heat, stir through the Parmesan, butter and basil, then cover for 5 mins. Season and tip onto a tray to cool completely, then chill until firm.
Shape the risotto into 12 large balls. Make a hole in the centre with your finger and stuff in a piece of mozzarella, then reshape into a ball. Now start a little production line, dipping the balls in the flour, then the egg and coating with the breadcrumbs – then chill for 30 mins.
Heat the oil to 160C in a large deep saucepan and heat the oven to 180C/160 fan/gas 4. Deep-fry the risotto balls for 8-10 mins – you’ll need to do this in batches. Drain on kitchen paper, then transfer to a tray and pop in the oven for 6-8 mins to make sure the mozzarella is completely melted. Sprinkle with salt, then leave to cool for a few moments before tucking in. Serve with some dressed rocket.

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When you first pick up the guitar, you spend considerable time learning the basics. Once you get those down and feel comfortable with your instrument, you move on to songs and various techniques and styles of playing. Your abilities seem to grow in leaps and bounds for a good long while as you cruise along on your journey to becoming a guitarist of some merit. And then, out of nowhere, BAM! You run smack into a brick wall. Suddenly, no matter how much you practice, it ceases to yield the desired results, or any results at all. Progress comes to a grinding halt.
The dreaded plateau, that state where you feel like you're spinning your wheels, is actually a normal occurrence. Most musicians, at some point or another, are forced to face it. And more than once. If you were to graph the learning curve for the average guitarist, instead of a smooth straight upward line, it would instead resemble a set of stairs—risers interspersed with long flat spots. The danger in these stagnant periods is that they can lead to a loss of interest in playing. Plateaus are when many students give up because they’re convinced they are unable to learn any more. That they've reached the limits of their abilities. That where they are is all there is. What a plateau is actually telling you though is that for the time being, you've gotten all you can out of the approach you are currently using. You need to switch things up.
In his book Mastery: The Keys to Success and Long-Term Fulfillment
, best-selling author George Leonard, a pioneer in the field of human potential, describes the stages of learning and what exactly sets the masters apart from the dabblers. Leonard claims that learning and accomplishment are based on hitting and overcoming a series of plateaus, each of which may have the occasional setback. With dedicated practice and a lot of hard work, you can break through to a new level, which is yet another plateau. Mastery, he says, is based on loving the practice of what you're doing and accepting that there will be long plateaus, occasional setbacks, and if you're lucky, rare breakthroughs.
So what is the secret to pushing through a plateau to get to the next level of playing? Well, first, you need to commit to your music for the long haul. If playing guitar was easy, everyone would do it. And don't fool yourself by believing that the majority of virtuosos are born with an innate talent. Good guitarists work hard, every day, to achieve greatness. Now let's take a look at some other ways to work through these blocks. Keep going.
The single most important thing is for you to keep practicing and keep learning. Don't give up in frustration or out of boredom. Just keep going, even though you may feel like you are fighting the same battles over and over again. Much of the process and activity of learning lies unseen in the brain.Be patient.
Breakthroughs almost always come to those who persevere. Just because a concept takes a while to learn doesn’t mean that something is wrong or that progress isn’t being made. Certain things just take time.Oil the engine.
Take in some live music. Buy that new CD you’ve been wanting. Get a songbook of your favorite band and start working through it. Read a music biography or check out a documentary of your favorite artist. Grab a guitar magazine or two. You'll find some new songs to learn in them as well as great articles and tips. You might even pick up a guitar magazine that focuses on another style of music entirely, one you've never played before. Do whatever it takes to keep yourself interested and motivated while you push for a breakthrough in some area of your development. Approach from a different angle.
Let’s say you are working on barre chords and you’ve done the exercises day after day, week after week, with little improvement. Put the exercises away for a week or two and work instead on songs that don't include barre chords. Take a break from whatever it is that has you stumped and then come back to it fresh.Make progress in other areas.
Don’t let one single area of your development slow and eventually stop your overall progress. Just because you haven’t mastered one concept doesn’t mean that you shouldn’t move on to other things in other areas of your playing. When a stream of water hits a rock, it gets diverted. You need to do likewise and change course when you hit a wall. Abstinence.
Put the guitar away for a day, a week, or even a month. You might take it a step further and also avoid listening to music as well. When you take a break from playing guitar and music in general, you will usually start jonesing to play again. Deprivation has a funny way of making us want something all the more. Then, when you resume playing, you will come to your practice with renewed energy. Try a different style of music.
Let's say your favorite style of guitar playing is rock. Learn to play a jazz song, a blues song, a country number, a reggae song, or a classical piece. Step out of your comfort zone and try something new.Learn some guitar theory.
Sometimes some of the biggest breakthroughs and rut busters come from learning some guitar theory. Your playing can only go so far if you don't have a clue as to what you're doing and why. You don't have to go hardcore here, just learn some of the basics of guitar theory. They will have a huge impact on your playing. Knowing no theory at all is like wandering around a maze on a moonless night. A little knowledge can shed a lot of light and completely reinvigorate your playing.Focus on technique.
Another great thing to do to catapult your guitar playing to the next level is to focus exclusively on your technique. Take a week of practice sessions and devote them entirely to doing nothing but working on technique. For instance, you might work on alternate picking one day, then hammer-ons and pull offs, tapping, sweep picking, fingerpicking and string skipping. Don't work on any songs or anything else for that week. Just practice technique. Learn some new scales.
If the only scale you know is the minor pentatonic, it's time to broaden your horizons. There's a whole big world of guitar scales out there to challenge your fingers and give you some new tools for creating killer solos. When you think about it, a guitar solo is just a melody that uses one or more guitar scales that work well over the chord progressions. So if you want more variety in your guitar solos, learn some new scales. Also be sure to learn multiple fingerings for these scales. Different scale fingerings will give you different melodic ideas. The other cool thing is once you know multiple ways to play the same scale on the guitar, you can link them together and cover the entire fretboard in the key. This is one way to create those long fretboard-burning licks. And don't limit yourself to practicing scales forwards and backwards. Practice scales in thirds, fourths, fifths, etc. Keep things interesting.Learn some new chords.
Challenge yourself to learn 3 new chords every week. In a month's time, you will have 12 new chords under your belt. In a year you will have added 144 new chords to your music vocabulary. The key to learning these chords is that you must find a way to incorporate them into your playing. If you learn a new chord and have absolutely no way of using it, it's like learning a new word and never speaking it in conversation. It won't take long before you forget the word and
the chord. Learn it. Use it. Retain it.Work on rhythm and time signatures.
Even if you aspire to be the next Jimi Hendrix, you still need to know how to play rhythm guitar. That's because in order to be an effective lead guitarist, you must know how to follow a rhythm. Don't limit yourself to sticking to common time or to using only eighth and sixteenth notes. A wider rhythmic pallet will enable you to create more interesting rhythm and lead guitar parts. Learn the basics of rhythm and time signatures. Listen to a wide variety of musical styles and expose yourself to music from different cultures, which often has more complex and elaborate rhythms. Once you have started to experiment with different time signatures, try composing pieces in these meters. Use a metronome.
If you don’t routinely practice with a metronome, it’s time to dig it out from the back of your closet and practice everything with it. If you already use a metronome, then turn it off for a week and practice everything without it. Another option is to use your metronome as a measuring stick. Let's say you're working on a new scale. Set up your metronome and practice the guitar scale with it. Note the tempo that you are able to accurately play the scale. Make it your goal to increase this speed by one, two, or three beats per minute. Do this every practice session. Just make sure it's a realistic goal and remember that speed is a by-product of accuracy. Don't get speedy before your time or you'll just be practicing your mistakes.Dissect your phrases.
Spend some time working in more detail. Take apart each phrase of a song and discover what you need to do in order to make it fit better into the whole. Once you’ve finished working on one phrase to your satisfaction, go on to the next one. Mix things up.
If you play mostly with a pick, focus on fingerpicking. If you play mostly fingerstyle, spend some time flatpicking. If you mainly play rhythm, switch it up and play lead. If you mainly play from sheet music, try using your ear. Revisit old pieces instead of forging ahead with something brand new. Change gears.
When you hit a plateau in your playing, it helps to remember that musicians of all levels can and do experience stagnation. Press on and don't lose heart. Progress lies within the things you don't yet know. Feeling stymied is a result of the things you do.
Have you reached a plateau in your own playing? How did you keep your motivation up? What did it take for you to get unstuck?Image Credit: Palmyra Delran. Original uploader was RyanFreisling at en.wikipedia


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Author and soap opera historian Sam Ford visits Soap Central Live to answer the question on the minds of all soap fans: How do we save the daytime soap opera? Sam talks about his new book, The Survival of Soap Opera: Transformations for a New Media Era. Sam is joined by co-editor Abigail De Kosnik and General Hospital and The Young and the Restless star, Tristan Rogers, who also share their thoughts on how soaps have changed over the years.
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BIO Web Conf.
Volume 10, 2018Contemporary Research Trends in Agricultural Engineering
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Application of extrusion-cooking technique for foamed starch-based materials
University of Life Sciences in Lublin, Department of Food Process Engineering, ul. Doświadczalna 44, 20-950 Lublin, Poland
2 Medical University of Lublin, Department of Inorganic Chemistry, ul. Chodźki 4a, 20-093 Lublin, Poland
* Corresponding author: email@example.com
Foamed materials are widely used, mainly as a protection objects during transport of various products. Traditionally foams are produced from plastics so they are very difficult for waste management. It is the challenge for many scientific centres to develop a technology for the production of bio-based materials which can be rapidly decomposed. The task for the researcher is to obtain a relatively cheap, easy to use and completely biodegradable materials. The aim of this work was the selection of the main raw materials, functional additives and process parameters to obtain the most effective parameters of extrusion-cooking process for foamed starch-based materials. Properties of the products and processing costs were taken into account. During the study, the extrusion-cooking process was performed under various conditions: temperature, humidity, type of the die, screw rotational speed, various raw materials and additives blends. The best results were obtained for mixtures based on potato starch and with addition the foaming agent Plastron foam PDE and poly(vinyl) alcohol PVA.
© The Authors, published by EDP Sciences, 2018
This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License 4.0, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
Producers of foamed packaging materials are under increasing pressure of law regulations concerning environmental protection and waste disposal [1-4]. Packaging materials are a serious problem for businesses and local community, because their waste are difficult to manage and decompose in natural environment. Also recycling process is often unprofitable (too expensive transport and handling costs). More and more attention is being paid to the possibility of reprocessing of packaging materials, especially one-time use. The market is starting to require from manufacturers environmentally safe materials which have obviously the utility requirements. The interest in environmentally friendly materials stimulates the development of the production of raw materials from natural raw materials for packaging purposes[5,6].
Currently it is not possible to reuse all produced materials based on plastics. Hence, attempts were made to use agricultural crops in the production of biopolymers [7-10]. It is possible to use starch, protein or cellulose in the processing of biodegradable packaging materials. Biopolymers based on starch and cellulose have the great advantage – they are suitable for composting or reuse. A successful substitution of polymer-based porous materials with starch-based materials is being sought.
Starch-based foamed materials are lightweight and can be used successfully in packaging [11-14]. However biodegradable foamed materials, based on natural raw materials, are characterized by brittleness and poor water resistance. These materials dissolve completely, as opposed to synthetic foams which are neutral to moisture [15-19]. The additional disadvantage of this type of materials is the difficulty and limitations in creating the optimal cell-like structures which are required by potential customers. The lack of industry-ready solutions is a challenge for research institutions to obtain the possibility of producing fully functional, biodegradable foamed materials that can be widely used in packaging production.
Extrusion-cooking is a process of extrusion of loose material (mostly raw origin materials) under the influence of high pressure and high temperature [20-25]. It leads to the development of significant physical and chemical changes in the processed material. The process is carried out in devices called extruder-cookers [26-28]. The main working part of each machine is a screw or a pair of screws (hence the division into single and twin screw extruders), which are located in a cylinder (special casing). During the extrusion-cooking process working part squeezes the raw material and extruded it through a die installed at the end of the cylinder. Extrusion-cooking technology is widely used in agri-food processing because of its versatility and very high efficiency.
The extrusion-cooking process can be used to mold plastic with the addition of natural starch. As it was said in many research, starch can be a component of biodegradable materials and be exist in native or extruded form [29-34]. Starch which is processed by extrusion-cooking goes into destructuring and has gelatinise form. It has thermoplastic properties which allows starch to be molded and blended with other components [35-38], including traditional polymers. In relation to native starch, the extruded version has other rheological properties and is more sensitive to water. The properties of starch can be created by selecting the appropriate extrusion-cooking process parameters, as well as the selection of natural raw materials with the required properties and the use of various functional substances and functional ingredients. Synthetic materials with added starch are primarily used for the production of films, containers and foams. The thermoplastic starch obtained by extrusion-cooking is referred to as TPS. The advantage of using extruded-cooking starch in packaging is its cost and price of ready to use material.
The aim of this work was the selection of the main raw materials, functional additives and process parameters to obtain the most effective parameters of extrusion-cooking process for foamed starch-based materials.
During tests four types of starches (different botanical origin) were used: potato, wheat, corn and chemically modified corn starch. Various functional additives were used: 99.5% pure pharmaceutical glycerol, Plastron foam PDE, poly(vinyl) alcohol, guar gum, xanthan gum, food gelatine, baking soda, albumin, carrageenan, E471 monoglyceride, technical talc. These additives are used as foaming, emulsifying, stabilizing products [39-41]. They are used in plastic production and also used in bakery, confectionery and other fields of the food industry. Glycerin is a popular plasticizer used to produce TPS starch granules, which are a half-products to obtain biodegradable packaging materials.
Pharmaceutical glycerol was used in an amount from 5 to 25%. The remaining functional additives were used in an amount of 0.5 to 10% by weight of the total raw material mixture. A humidity range 15-20% of processed blends was used.
In the first stage, the starch with functional additives was mixed using a premix mixer produced by Rowag (Rogoźno, Poland). The each mixture has weighed of 5 kg (Figure 1). In order to homogenize all blends, the samples were kept in closed plastic bags for 24 hours in laboratory rooms. Before the extrusion-cooking process, all samples were mixed again.
The extrusion-cooking process was carried out using a single screw extrusion-cooker TS-45 (produced by Z.M.Ch. Metalchem, Gliwice, Poland) with L/D = 12 (Figure 2). The extruder was equipped with a water cooling system and temperature sensors for each section, engine load and screw rotation speed.
The screw rotational speed was set at 100 and 130 rpm, the temperature profile along the barrel sections (from the feeding section (I) to the head) was relative to type of the starches and varied from 80 up to 140°C (Table 1).
The product was cut using a high-speed knife mounted at the die. The speed was adjusted to the dimensions of the extrudates.
Various mixtures, humidity, temperature ranges, die size were used to see how the extrusion-cooking process and the properties of starch-based foamed packaging materials are changed.
The extrusion-cooking process and the various parameters were continuously monitored and recorded.
Due to the specificity and intensity of expansion process, the size of the die was individually selected based on the operator's experience. The aim was to achieve optimum and stable process parameters. In the first stage three different diameters of the die were used: 3, 4 and 5 mm.
Moreover, circular die with the internal diameter of 5 mm was selected to obtain annular cross-section samples.After the extrusion-cooking, the foams were cooled down at room temperature and dried in an air oven at 40°C for 24h (Fig. 3).
Various mixtures, humidity, temperature ranges, die size were used to see how the extrusion-cooking process and the properties of starch-based foamed packaging materials are changed.
The single screw extruder-cooker TS-45 (Z.M.Ch. Metalchem, Gliwice, Poland).
The temperature profile along the barrel sections.
Preliminary tests have shown that potato starch is susceptible to dextrinisation in higher temperature (over 120°C). It caused sticking and burning of the extrudates (Figure 4). So a decision was made to process potato starch at temperatures below 120°C.
The results of the first stage also showed that the use only a two additives allowed to obtain satisfactory results in starch-based foamed products processing. Ingredients such as glycerin, guar gum, xanthan gum, food gelatin, baking soda, albumin, carrageenan monoglyceride E 471 and technical talc did not provide the expected results to obtain right form of foamed materials at established process configuration.
Materials produced with these substances were characterized by a compact structure, a small, uneven shape and lack of pores. In addition the extrusion-cooking process was disrupted - sticking of the screw and cylinder, uneven flow of raw material, disturbance of the process expansion. Based on the obtained results, a decision was made to reject most of these additives and use only two components in the further study: Plastronfoam PDE (Figure 5) and poly(vinyl) alcohol (Figure 6).
Plastronfoam PDE foaming agent is used for foaming thermoplastic elastomers and PVC. The supplier of this ingredient was VGT Polska Sp.zo.o. from Cracow, Poland. Based on the analysis of the first stage and product card, it was decided to use a PDE foaming agent in an amount from 1 to 3% in the mixture. The addition of PDE more than 3% affected negatively on the quality of the extrudates and the extrusion-cooking process. The basic properties of the Plastronfoam PDE are presented in Table 2.
Poly(vinyl) alcohol is widely used in the production of biopolymers. The supplier of this ingredient was POCH S.A. from Lublin. As in the case of PDE, the proportion of this component in selected blends was from 1 to 3%. The basic features of poly(vinyl) alcohol are presented in Table 3.
During the first stage the influence of the humidity content in the mixture on the extrusion process and the quality of the extrudates were observed. It was noted that the humidity less than 17% and over 19% significantly have a significant impact on the extrusion-cooking process. This made the material more difficult to process by the extruder-cooker, the screw was wrapped at feeding section which finally led to stop the process. Such humidity values not allow to obtain good foamed extrudates. So there was decision to use three different humidity levels: 17, 18 and 19%.
Reducing of the die diameter allowed to check how compression ratio of the process and expansion ratio of the product will changed. Using the smallest die diameter allowed to obtain the best expansion ratio of the foamed starch-based materials. So there was decision to use a die with a diameter Φ = 3 mm and a ring die. These kind of products shape is one of the most popular on the market.
The higher screw speed (130 rpm) allowed to obtain products with higher expansion ratio. The extrusion-cooking process was also milder and more effective.
Practically most of the starch types used in the tests allowed to produce foamed starch-based materials using the Plastronfoam PDE and the poly(vinyl) alcohol (Figure 7).
The exception was chemically modified corn starch, which was not processed during the trials. Finally, based on the price of basic starch raw material (Table 4), potato starch was recommended for further research.
Dextrinisation of starch.
Starch-based foam materials with Plastronfoam PDE addition.
Starch-based foam materials with poly(vinyl) alcohol addition.
Basic properties of the Plastronfoam PDE foaming agent used in the extruded foam production process (data based on producer information card)
Basic properties of the poly(vinyl) alcohol used in the extruded foam production process (data based on producer information card).
Foamed starch-based materials with poly(vinyl) alcohol addition, from the left: wheat, corn and potato starch.
Price for 1 kg each starches which were used during tests.
Preliminary studies of the extrusion-cooking process of different mixtures allowed to select the best main raw materials and functional components. The most effective process parameters was obtain too. The attention was also paid to the properties of the final product and possible lower cost of raw materials.
Based on the results and observations, the following conclusions were made:
A single-screw extruder-cooker type TS-45 can be used for the production of starch-based foamed materials.
Different types of starch were used during the study and most of them allow to obtain foamed materials.
Extrusion-cooking of potato starch at temperatures higher than 120°C resulted dextrinisationof the starch.
Based on the results the most functional additives were rejected and only two components were used in the further study: Plastronfoam PDE foaming agent and poly(vinyl) alcohol.
Foaming process of the extrudates was achieved with a small addition of the synthetic additives. Both of them: the Plastronfoam PDE foaming agent and the poly(vinyl) alcohol are the substances which can have a contact with food.
Humidity content of the mixtures has a significant impact on the extrusion-cooking process and on the quality of the foamed extrudates.
Using the smallest die diameter allowed to obtain the extrudates with the best expansion ratio. In addition, the foaming material was obtained using a ring die.
The results of the research have made it possible to obtain starch-based foamed materials which can be tested to check basic properties and compare them with traditional polymeric materials.
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Failure Analysis of Weld Metal Cracking in Weld Joint of API 5L X 75 Pipelines Steel
Keywords:API 5L X75, weld metal, cellulose electrode E6010, HACC, microvoide coalescence
The development of steel alloy which result thin walled, high strength API 5L X75 grade, a restricting parameter controlling widespread use of X75 is the susceptibility to weld metal tracks. The excellent weld ability of this grade of the pipe steel has enhanced the potential for the use of high strength cellulose consumable like E6010 in root pass welding, but the risk of hydrogen assisted cold cracking (HACC) is also increased because of the high strength weld metal. This investigation outlines , the use of grade (E6010) of commercial cellulose consumable to assess conditions leading to hydrogen assisted cold cracking in the diluted weld metal. The research contained clarification of the link among microstructure; preheat temperature and hardness amounts for the weld consumable and its effect on cracking susceptibility. The cracking morphology studies indicated that there are many ways in which the crack can propagate in the weld metal and HAZ region. The mode of cracking observed was microvoide coalescence.
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British Cannabis Chronic Pain Study Hits Setbacks
Plans for the second British medical cannabis study hit the skids after concerns it would “soften” criminal laws against cannabis use
The British have seen many roadblocks on the way to cannabis reform. This is not just when it comes to recreational cannabis. Despite the legalization of the CBD market earlier this month, high THC cannabis remains a political third rail – especially when used for chronic pain.
A recent trial to treat this condition with cannabis, launched by a private Harley Street clinic, has just been dramatically scaled back after it failed to gain the approval of a needed ethics panel.
The plan had been to enroll up to 5,000 patients and allow them to use a tamper-proof inhaler (at a cost of about $350 per month) to consume whole-plant cannabinoids, including THC. After that, the goal was to encourage the National Health Service (or NHS) to finally cover medical cannabis costs for patients suffering from chronic pain.
So far, while it is possible to obtain high THC cannabis in the UK for medical purposes, it is impossible to receive reimbursement for chronic pain – which the government explicitly excluded from coverage.
In the United States, chronic pain is the condition most cited for regular cannabis use.
About 1 in 3 adults in the UK suffers from chronic pain – a condition characterized as severe pain that lasts more than three months.
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Those who opposed the trial seem less concerned about the health of British citizens, and more about the slippery slope of legalizing more widespread medical use.
The news is significant in that it comes on the heels of news that over 5,000 medical licenses have been issued on the island of Guernsey, where cannabis cultivation, including of the high THC kind, is well underway.
Those who opposed the new British trial specifically noted that medical reform has inevitably led to recreational reform.
Sadly, this newest defeat also means that the British public, even those who are legitimately sick and use the plant to treat medical conditions that are unresponsive to other drugs – still face criminal prosecution for doing so.
As any patient who relies on THC to treat chronic pain knows, CBD flower is a poor substitute. While many use CBD to take the most extreme edge off, it is not a long-term solution.
As of today, only Project TWENTY21 dispenses medical cannabis as part of a widespread trial in the UK.

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A surprisingly difficult aspect of trying to quit cigarettes (or change any type of unhealthy habit) is finding the time to begin. You could start right now, but you just bought a pack of cigarettes and throwing them away would be “wasteful”. You could start on Sunday, but that’s still the weekend and you want to enjoy your time off. You decide to start Monday, making the first day of the work week the first day you quit to make it easy to keep track of the days. But when Monday comes and goes, and you’re still smoking at the end of the day. You tell yourself it’s because it was a stressful day at work, and you’ll start next week. Or next month. Better yet, why not start at the beginning of the year? After all, don’t you deserve one last hoorah before you quit so you can get it out of your system?
This is the type of thinking that millions of people go through every day in an honest effort to better their lives, and not just with cigarettes or vaping products. Quitting is difficult, and it can be a little scary to imagine a life lived without something you enjoy. Not only do you need to overcome the physically addictive effects of nicotine, but you also need to change your thought processes, your daily schedule, and anything else that is tied to that unhealthy habit. It’s no wonder then that it can take an average of 30 attempts to quit cigarettes. But it is possible. In fact, the CDC measured that 2.9 million Americans successfully quit cigarettes in 2018 alone.
The Great American Smokeout started in the 1970s in Massachusetts with an idea to not smoke for one day. Now hosted by the American Cancer Society, it has evolved over the decades into a national challenge for all smokers not to smoke for 24 hours. The hope is that smokers will use this break to learn lessons that will help their next attempt to quit easier.
So how can you make your quitting attempt easier?
- Recognize your triggers. Stress, habit, and social situations can all make someone want to smoke. Recognizing your personal triggers is the first step to finding ways to moderate their effects on your life.
- Make a support network before you start your attempt. Quitting is tough enough. Don’t make it even harder by trying to quit alone. Find friends and family that can help keep you on track and hold you accountable.
- Use technology to help. Hotlines like 1-800-QUIT-NOW and smartphone apps like quickSTART are services that offer personal coaching and plans to help you quit.
The longer you go without smoking, you’ll start to notice some positive effects from not smoking cigarettes. One of the first things that you’ll notice is you won’t have to clear your throat as often, your breathing will be easier, and you can taste and smell better. Other benefits are less noticeable, but still important:
- After 1 year: your risk of cardiovascular illness drops
- 2-5 years: your risk of stroke is reduced to that of a non-smoker
- 5 years: your risks for cancers of the mouth, throat, esophagus, and bladder drop by 50%
- 10 years: your risk of dying from lung cancer drops by 50%
If you are looking to start quitting cigarettes, you can join millions of Americans for this year’s Great American Smokeout on November 18, 2021. For more information and tools on how to quit smoking go to:
- CDC: Smoking & Tobacco Use - Benefits of Quitting
- CDC: Smoking & Tobacco Use - Smoking Cessation: Fast Facts
- CDC: Smoking & Tobacco Use - Quitlines and Other Cessation Support Resources
Robert Hammack works in Prevention Services at Colonial Behavioral Health. He is the point of contact for the Historic Triangle Drug Prevention Coalition Youth-Sub Committee.

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The study, published in the journal Nature Communications, suggests new reforms to the European Union's Common Fisheries Policy (CFP) – which bans the practice of throwing away unwanted fish caught at sea – may have unintended consequences.
The aim of the ban is to improve fish stocks – however the researcher team led by Professor Mike Heath from the University of Strathclyde, Scotland, said this outcome was uncertain.
"Wildlife everywhere capitalises on waste from human activity, and discarded fish are food for a wide range of seabirds, marine mammals, seabed animals and other fish. Therefore, banning discards of fish could have unintended effects on the ecosystem," he said.
"Our results highlight the importance of considering the broader ecosystem consequences of fishery management,” commented Dr Robin Cook, who also worked on the study. “Policy changes to reduce discards affect the food web and, without careful consideration, may dissipate or negate intended benefits.”
The new CFP took effect on 1 January 2014 and will phase out the discarding of fish between 2015 and 2019.
The team developed a computer simulation model of the North Sea marine ecosystem and used it to investigate the effects of changes in the fishing pressure and the proportion of fishery catch which is discarded at sea.
The modelling found that forcing vessels to land fish which are currently discarded could lead to adverse effects on seabirds and marine mammals – and on seabed animals – but without any improvements in fish stocks.
In contrast, changing fishing practices – so that unwanted fish are no longer captured – had dramatic effects in the model which affected the entire food web, with major benefits for birds, mammals, and fish stocks, said the team.
This could be achieved by ‘improved selectivity’, through the use of fishing gear designed to avoid unwanted catches and judicious timing and location of fishing.
Heath and his team said although both approaches to eliminating discarding satisfy the societal demand for reductions in waste of natural resources, the conservation benefits are quite different.
"Inflating landing quotas to accommodate the entire catch is an inadequate solution with few conservation benefits,” said Cook. “On the other hand, the effective reductions in harvest rates resulting from changes in fishing practices to eliminate the capture of unwanted fish can deliver conservation benefits, especially in heavily exploited systems.”
"These ecological effects need to be considered alongside the practical, societal and economic issues in developing a sustainable policy."
Source: Nature Communications
Published online ahead of print, doi: 10.1038/ncomms4893
“Cascading ecological effects of eliminating fishery discards”
Authors: Michael R. Heath, Robin M. Cook, et al


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Local Political Races to Feel Effects of Omar/Sanders Rally
Monday, November 4, 2019
MINNEAPOLIS – Over the weekend, Rep. Ilhan Omar of Minnesota appeared with Sen. Bernie Sanders, the Democratic Party presidential hopeful from Vermont, at a campaign rally in Minneapolis.
Omar, who represents Minnesota's 5th Congressional District, is one of three prominent female House freshmen to endorse Sanders.
While the move might be making some waves nationally, Tim Lindberg, an assistant professor of political science at the University of Minnesota Morris, predicts it won't move the needle much since these endorsements aren't too surprising.
"That plays into a lot of the sort of things Bernie Sanders is already doing, you know, which is, he's really popular among younger voters,” Lindberg states. “He's really popular among more progressive voters."
Lindberg says Omar's endorsement of Sanders also shouldn't have a major impact on the presidential campaign of fellow Minnesota Democrat Amy Klobuchar, since there are still a lot of candidates left – and because backing Sanders was expected.
Lindberg also doesn't think it represents a rift among state Democrats. He notes the Minnesota Republican Party could use the endorsement in campaign attacks on Democratic candidates in local and statewide races.
Lindberg says that type of campaign fodder could especially show up in suburban territory, where Omar doesn't have the strong backing that she does within Minneapolis.
"There may be some impact there, where it's more of the Republican Party using this, you know, as another example of how 'left wing' and' radical' Ilhan is, right?” he allows. “That she's supporting Bernie Sanders, and that it's clearly 'progressive wing,' and that the DFL in Minnesota is becoming that far left."
Lindberg says the GOP could spin this endorsement in its attempt to unseat U.S. Senator Tina Smith of Minnesota. She is running for re-election after winning a special election last year, following Al Franken's resignation from the Senate.
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On debut, Sean Byrne's horror metal epic is the #1 horror film on iTunes. The film has a 93% rating on Rotten Tomatoes.
Read about the soundtrack album here.
The film won big at Fantastic Fest including Best Original Music Score for Michael Yezerski. The Devil's Candy stars Ethan Embry and Shiri Appleby (unReal). Produced by Keith Calder and Jessica Wu (Anomalisa, Blair Witch).
The Devil's Candy premiered at TIFF to strong reviews and a rapturous reaction on social media. The film played in the Midnight Madness section - a category that Sean won with his first feature, The Loved Ones, in 2009. Michael's score is minimal, menacing, brooding and builds to an epic climax following the arc of the story.


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Mobility provider Ubeeqo has received this year's “European Car Sharing Customer Value Leadership Award” from the global consulting firm Frost & Sullivan.
Frost & Sullivan issued their prestigious leadership award to the European car sharing company with the highest customer value among various car sharing providers. Ubeeqo was awarded in two key categories, Customer Impact and Business Impact, and became the overall winner of European Car Sharing Customer Value Leadership Award 2016.
"We are very happy to have received the Car Sharing Customer Value Leadership Award. It demonstrates that we have succeeded in taking the important step from serving corporate clients to serving private individuals. We have successfully taken our many years of experience in offering mobility solutions to companies and adapted it for dealing with private customers.
"Ubeeqo has a fine reputation for making large companies' fleets more efficient by using them to capacity, minimising new vehicle purchases, and implementing innovative and tailored mobility concepts. It was only logical that we should offer our expertise and mobility solutions to individual customer too, bringing them sustainable, flexible ways to move around." said Benoit Chatelier, Ubeeqo founder.
Since Europcar Group became a majority shareholder, Ubeeqo has sped up development in France and expanded operations to Germany, Belgium, the United Kingdom, Spain and Italy.
Frost and Sullivan added: “While multimodal mobility solutions are driving Ubeeqo’s future growth potential in the mobility market, the company is set to become one of the fastest growing startups in Europe in the coming years.”


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Bruno Mars, Rihanna, Damian Marley and Sting definitely gave a special collaboration at the 55th Annual Grammy Awards held in downtown Los Angeles. While some fans were wondering just how the four artists were going to come together, it was a smooth performance as the talent graced the stage for the annual award show. Singing a tribute to the legend Bob Marley, the artists came together to sing Could You Be Loved.
While some fans expected a straight on performance, how the stars came together was just as impressive as the music. Singing some of their own work, it was Damian Marley and Rihanna that brought the show together for an epic moment. Offering up a segment to remember, it was extraordinary talent that really captured the attention of the fans and honored Bob Marley.
The Grammys are known for great talent coming together in unique, one-of-a-kind performances. Looking to make moments for music, it’s definitely impressive when the fans are entertained in a brand new way.
Take a look at the photo slideshow of Bruno Mars, Rihanna, Damian Marley and Sting on stage at the Grammys.