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Community briefs
Maryville College news
- The Maryville College Theatre Department will present William Shakespeare's "Taming of the Shrew" at the Clayton Center for the Arts. Performances are scheduled for 8 p.m. April 7-9 and 2 p.m. April 10 in the Clayton Center for the Arts' Haslam Family Flex Theatre.
Tickets, which are available at the Clayton Center Box Office, are $10 for adults and $7 for seniors ages 60 and older, MC faculty and staff, theatre alumni, area students under 18 and college students with identification. MC students are admitted free.
Roane State news
- An April 11 event at the Palace Theatre in downtown Crossville will feature oral histories of World War II and help raise funds for Roane State Community College students participating in a study abroad trip to Europe. The public is invited to this event.
The event begins at 6:30 p.m. central standard time, and proceeds will support Roane State's Grand European Tour, a journey that will allow Roane State students to visit 10 countries in 20 days. Funds raised from the event will be used for trip expenses. General admission is $6, and student admission is $4.
The first part of the event will feature oral histories of WWII figures. The second part of the program will detail the Grand European Tour's itinerary.
For more information about the event, contact Deborah Miles at firstname.lastname@example.com or 865-354-3000, Ext. 5230.
- The Roane State Playmakers will perform Jim Leonard Jr.'s "The Diviners" in the O'Brien theatre on Roane State Community College's Roane County campus in Harriman. Performances are scheduled 7 p.m. April 7-9; 2 p.m. April 10; 7 p.m. April 14-16; and 2 p.m. April 17.
General admission is $10, and student and senior admission is $7.
For more info, contact Michael Golebiewski at firstname.lastname@example.com or 865-354-3000, Ext. 4711.
- Twenty students recently became the first graduates from Roane State Community College's Advanced Materials Training and Education Center.
The AMTEC program trains individuals for entry-level technician jobs in industries that manufacture advanced materials or that use parts that are made from advanced materials.
Tuition and supplies for the AMTEC program are offered at no cost for participants who are unemployed or underemployed, and employers receive a significant discount on training costs for their current employees. The program takes approximately 14 weeks to complete. New classes of 25 students are added approximately once each month.
Graduation speakers included State Rep. John Ragan; State Rep. Kelly Keisling; Nolan Nevels, director of the AMTEC; and Gary Goff, president of Roane State.
Members of the first graduating class are Suzanne Arehart, Cory Bailey, Marc Bortolussi, Nicholaus Bowling, Jerry Denson, Jonathan Franklin, Barry Friedmann, Michael Grindle, Ben Graves, David Howard, Matthew Jarvis, Dan Jones, John Keith, Duane Largent, Kelli Lauderdale, Kevin Mitchell, Randy Raley, Theodore Sharp, Mark Vanwitzenburg and Zachary Womack. The graduates began the program in November 2010.
The AMTEC is funded through a $2.86 million federal grant that Roane State received in June 2010 from the U.S. Department of Labor. Roane State was one of 41 community colleges and organizations, and the only one in Tennessee, to receive an award during the final competition for Community Based Job Training funds in 2010.
Classes are primarily held in the Halcyon Commercialization Center at Oak Ridge National Laboratory with some sessions conducted at the Tennessee Technology Center in Harriman and Pellissippi State Community College's Blount County campus.
For more info, including how to apply, call 865-481-5436 or visit www.roanestate.edu/amtec.
Pellissippi State news
- Prospective students interested in attending summer classes at Pellissippi State Community College should keep in mind two upcoming deadlines.
The priority financial aid application deadline for full-term and first-session summer is April 29, while the deadline to apply for summer admission at Pellissippi State is May 24.
Full-term, eight-week courses run May 31-July 26. First session is May 31-June 27, and second session is June 30-July 28.
For those who would like to visit before applying, tours are offered at the Pellissippi Campus, 10915 Hardin Valley Road, on selected Fridays at 10:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. Upcoming tours are scheduled for April 1, 8, 15 and 29, as well as May 13 and 20.
To schedule a tour, prospective students may call the Admissions Office at 865-694-6400 or select "Schedule a Campus Tour" at www.pstcc.edu/admissions.
In addition to the Pellissippi Campus, the college operates the Blount County Campus, Division Street Campus and Magnolia Avenue Campus. Tours of those campuses are available upon request.
- Pellissippi State Community College invites the public to an evening of free entertainment and food 4-9:30 p.m. April 15 at the fourth annual Festival of Cultures.
The college's Access and Diversity Office is sponsoring the event, which features, among the many activities, African drumming, a Caribbean steel band and Hungarian, Latin and Indian dancing.
Festival-goers will have the opportunity to try more than 30 dishes, including Spanish ceviche, Haitian griot, German bratwurst, Korean bibimbap-even collard greens and cornbread.
The festivities take place at the Pellissippi Campus, 10915 Hardin Valley Road, with performances in the Goins Building College Center and Auditorium.
For more info, contact Gayle Wood at 865-539-7160 or firstname.lastname@example.com.
TTU news
- Tennessee Tech University will host an information session about its Fast Track 2+2 Bachelor of Science in Interdisciplinary Studies program at 6 p.m. Tuesday, April 5, in Room G213 of Roane State Community College's Oak Ridge campus.
The program is an efficient, schedule-friendly way for working adults to earn a bachelor's degree. Interested individuals are invited to attend the informational meeting.
Students who have completed a two-year associate's degree can transition into Tennessee Tech's Interdisciplinary Studies program on the Roane State Campus in Oak Ridge. Due to the nature of the accelerated format, students will be able to complete their bachelor's degree in two years while working full-time.
The Tennessee Tech program offers concentrations in Organizational Management and in Psychology and Human Behavior.
For more info, contact Patty Benton at firstname.lastname@example.com or 865-481-2028.
Two local businesses support Second Harvest
As part of The Biggest Loser's Pound for Pound Challenge, employees of Answer Quick Answering Service of Louisville have teamed up with Curves of Maryville and pledged to lose 374 pounds to support Second Harvest Food Bank of East Tennessee. National sponsors will donate one pound of food to Second Harvest for every pound lost by the team members.
Curves of Maryville is helping assure the Answer Quick employees, under the team name The Slim Quicks, meet their pledge by offering the use of their facilities for team members during the challenge.
In addition, Answer Quick is sponsoring a company-wide food drive to support Second Harvest. They are inviting their local clients to pitch in as well, offering to pick up and deliver any donations raised at these businesses.
Square dance class announces graduates
Little T Squares has graduated 19 people from their square dance class that began in September. The square dancing club, the largest in Tennessee, has been in existence for more than 30 years.
Graduates are Hugh and Becky Moore, Joe and Pat Pacia, Gary and Marcia Person, Paul Miller, Bob Leonard, Jan Marr, David and Margaret Hayworth, Mike and Peggy Boni, Joe and Nancy Lawson, Arnis Ames, Charlotte Broders and Dan and Rosalie Peters.
Class participants came mostly from Knox and Loudon County. Brad and Cassie Baker were the directors of the class and club presidents, and Renee Morrell was the class coordinator.
The basic level of the square dance calls that the class has learned is the mainstream level. The class now is working on the higher level of patterns called "plus calls."
For more info, visit http://www.littleTsquares.com or call 865-966-3305.
Rescue squad worker attends conference
Tina Bowers of Blount County was selected to serve as a national representative to the National Volunteer Fire Service Summit hosted by the International Association of Fire Chief's Volunteer and Combination Officers Section March 17-19. Bowers is a member of the Tennessee Association of Rescue Squads, a volunteer for the American Red Cross and, until recently, an eight-year veteran of the Blount County Rescue Squad.
At the Washington, D.C.-based summit, fire and emergency service leaders addressed the challenges facing the volunteer emergency services today and explored ways to move volunteer and combinations departments forward in the 21st century. Bowers was one of just 125 fire and emergency service leaders from the U.S. and Canada who participated in this three-day gathering of public safety and other government officials.
Among the topics addressed at the summit were the impact of the new economy, recruitment and retention, local government relations and national legislative issues impacting volunteers. Participants spent the majority of the time in small group work sessions tasked with developing recommendations that will be incorporated into a national report issued by VCOS.
Knoxville businesses visit Goodwill students
On March 25, Speakers from National College, Right at Home Caregivers, Comfort Keepers and Homewatch Caregivers imparted helpful information regarding career and educational opportunities to Goodwill Industries-Knoxville Inc.'s Certified Nurses Assistant students.
Goodwill's CNA program, which started 13 years ago, is taught by a registered nurse with long-term care experience. The program is six and a half weeks long with four weeks of classroom instruction and two weeks clinical experience. It provides participants the opportunity to utilize their newly learned skills and enables them to build the self-confidence necessary to graduate from the program and successfully pass the state's Tennessee State Nurse's Aide Training exam.
The mission of Goodwill Industries-Knoxville Inc. is to provide vocational services and employment opportunities for people with barriers to employment. Goodwill offers CNA programs at its Kingston Pike and Morristown Employment, Training and Rehabilitation centers.
For more info, call 865-588-8567 or visit www.gwiktn.org.
John Pevy selected for Hunger fellowship
John Pevy of Clinton has been selected to participate in the Emerson National Hunger Fellowship program. Presented by the Congress-ional Hunger Center, the program provides leadership development opportunities for motivated individuals seeking to make a difference in the struggle to eliminate hunger and poverty.
Each year, 20 participants are selected for this 11-month program. Fellows are placed for half their term of service with urban and rural community-based organizations all over the country involved in fighting hunger at the local level. These include food banks, economic development agencies, local advocacy groups and faith-based organizations. Pevy will not find out about his placement until this summer.
For his second term of service, Pevy will go to Washington D.C. to serve with national organizations involved in the anti-hunger and poverty movement, including national advocacy organizations, think tanks and federal agencies.
A senior history major and first-generation college student at Rhodes College in Memphis, Pevy serves as advocate for the homeless and sings with the Rhodes male a cappella group Woolsocks. He will graduate from Rhodes in May and future plans include attending law school.
The son of Stanley and Lisa Pevy, he grew up in Halls Crossroads and graduated from Halls High School.
Marion receives James Still Award
Jeff Daniel Marion will receive the James Still Award for Writing About the Appalachian South from the Fellowship of Southern Writers during the Chattanooga Arts & Education Council's Conference on Southern Literature April 14-16 in the Tivoli Theatre in downtown Chattanooga.
Marion is a poet, retired Carson-Newman College English professor and current Jack E. Reese Writer-in-Residence for the University of Tennessee Libraries in Knoxville. He has published eight poetry collections, four poetry chapbooks and a children's book.
Founded in 1987, the Fellowship of Southern Writers is a not-for-profit organization that recognizes and encourages excellence in southern literature.
For more info, visit www.southernlitconference.org or call 800-267-4232.
Green inducted into Sigma Pi Phi fraternity
Sigma Pi Phi fraternity's local Beta Theta chapter recently inducted Johney Green Jr., a scientist and director of the Energy and Transportation Science Division at Oak Ridge National Laboratory.
Sigma Pi Phi is the oldest Greek-letter society established among African-American professional men and has 125 chapters throughout the United States and Nassau, Bahamas. Beta Theta was formed in 1996 in Knoxville by twelve charter members. The number has grown to 21 current members as of March.
A primary activity of Beta Theta is awarding college scholarships to high school seniors as well as providing mentoring and tutoring services to inner-city youth.
Military news
- Marine Corps Pfc. Jeremey L. Lea, son of Kathy W. and Andy L. Lea of Seymour, recently completed the Basic Electrician's Course at Marine Corps Engineer School, Marine Corps Base, Camp Lejeune, N.C.
During the course, students receive instruction on the repair and maintenance of generators, transformers and power lines. In addition to the mechanical skills involved, studies also include circuitry, electrical theory and related safety procedures.
Lea is a 2004 graduate of Seymour High School and joined the Marine Corps in July 2010.
- Air Force Airman 1st Class Erica L. Porter graduated from basic military training at Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio.
Porter is the daughter of Beverly Porter of Knoxville. She graduated in 2010 from South Doyle High School.
- On March 11, 2nd Lieutenant William W. Dyke received his United States Air Force wings at Columbus Air Force Base, Miss.
Dyke will train for six months in Little Rock, Ark., then be assigned to fly C-130 E-H aircraft out of F.E. Warren AFB in Cheyenne, Wyo.
Dyke is a graduate of Oak Ridge High School and of Middle Tennessee State University's Aerospace Professional Pilot program. He is the son of William Dyke Jr. of Knoxville and Jennifer Wilson of Sweetwater and is married to Kala Dyke.
- Navy Seaman Briannon L. Gish, daughter of Dawn J. and James D. Dalton of Lenoir City, recently completed U.S. Navy basic training at Recruit Training Command, Great Lakes, Ill. Gish is a 2008 graduate of Greenback High School of Greenback, Tenn.
- Air Force Airman Joshua M. Choate graduated from basic military training at Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio.
Choate is the son of David and Coleen Choate of Loudon. He graduated in 2010 from Loudon High School.
- Air Force Airman Tommy J. Berrier graduated from basic military training at Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio.
Berrier is the son of Tommy and Ailene Berrier of Knoxville. He graduated in 2009 from South Doyle High School.
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A method of manufacturing an inflatable dunnage bag having a wall construction of two integrally fused layers of thermoplastic polymer, the outer layer of which is a sleeve of strips of woven polymer, the inner of layer of which is a continuous layer of gas impervious polymer. The ends of the sleeve are sealed against the escape of gas. The wall of the bag has a valve for the admittance of gas to the interior of the bag. The bag is formed by deposition of a continuous molten layer of gas impervious polymer to a sleeve of strips of woven polymer, installing a valve for admittance of gas into the wall of the sleeve and forming a gas tight seal at the ends of the sleeve. Deposition of the continuous layer of gas impervious polymer may be a two-step process wherein a molten layer of gas impervious polymer is deposited to one exterior side of the flattened sleeve, then to the other exterior side of the flattened sleeve and the sleeve turned "inside-out". The ends of the bag are sealed, may be folded, the folds secured to the exterior of the bag by adhesive and a binding strip. The dunnage so manufactured is strong, lightweight, scuff resistant, moisture resistant, reusable or easily recyclable.
1. A method of constructing a dunnage bag comprising the following steps:
a. forming a sleeve of woven strips of thermoplastic polymer;
b. fusing a continuous layer of gas impervious thermoplastic polymer to the exterior of said sleeve;
c. turning said sleeve of material inside-out so that the woven strips of thermoplastic polymer are on the exterior of said sleeve and the continuous layer of gas impervious thermoplastic polymer is on the interior of said sleeve;
d. installing a valve for the admittance of gas into said sleeve; and,
e. forming a gas impervious seal at each end of said sleeve.
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This patent application is a divisional application of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 09/570,471 filed May 12, 2000 and issued as U.S. Pat. No. 6,322,303.
In the field of transportation and shipment of goods, "dunnage bags" are frequently used. Dunnage bags are inflatable structures, typically inflated with pressurized gas, designed to be disposed in the void spaces of a cargo container or hold.
It is well conventionally practiced in the field of cargo transportation to place dunnage bags between individual, adjacent cargo pieces, or between the individual cargo pieces and the side walls of a cargo container or hold, to fill the voids within the container or hold and thereby prevent damage to the cargo pieces or walls of the container or hold due to shifting of cargo during transportation. Because dunnage bags are subjected to forces of cargo attempting to shift, they must be resistant to rupturing or leakage in an environment where the surface of the bag will be subject to abrasion, contact with edges and corners, etc.
Previously known dunnage bags typically consist of three major components, an inflatable bladder, an outer covering and some means to inflate and/or deflate the bladder. The inflatable bladder typically consists of a sac of gas-impervious, flexible and relatively elastic material such as rubber, thermoplastic material (such as polyethylene) or the like. Surrounding the inflatable bladder is the outer covering, which typically consists of an outer bag composed of a sturdy, relatively inelastic material such a canvas, nylon or multiple layers of kraft paper. The general purposes of the outer covering is twofold, to prevent over-expansion and rupture of the inflatable liner and provide a sturdy covering which protects the inflatable bladder from damage due to abrasion, edges and corners. Finally, some means of at least inflating the inner bladder of the bag is provided, typically a one-way or check valve disposed in the wall of the bag.
The prior art has generally directed its attention to providing dunnage bags having specific constructions which either increase the strength of the bag or decrease the cost of manufacturing and/or using same.
The first dunnage bags were intended for extensive reuse. As such they were typically comprised of a heavy, durable inner bladder, such as rubber, and a heavy, durable outer covering such as canvas. Later, inner bladders and outer coverings of differing materials, such as polyethylene bladders and nylon outer coverings were used. But such bags were possessed of several disadvantages. Because of their construction such bags were heavy, expensive to manufacture, and if to be reused (which their cost nearly mandated) had to be deflated (which was time consuming and could rarely be accomplished fully with the bag in the cargo container), handled carefully, carefully packed for return to the shipper, etc. Accordingly, time, trouble and cost of using such bags was found to be prohibitively high.
In an attempt to reduce cost of dunnage bags the prior art next turned a form of disposable bag which employed a tube of gas impervious material (such as polyethylene) inside of a tube of multiple layers of more resilient material, such as kraft paper, the ends of which tube was sealed by reusable rods and clamps. This solution had several disadvantages. Manufacture of the sleeve of gas impermeable liner within a sleeve of multiple layers of more resilient material remained expensive. Also, metal clamps were expensive, were prone to leak in transit and unless positioned carefully were themselves capable of damaging dunnage bags, the cargo or its container and had to be returned to a shipper for reuse. Also, while in theory the bladder material and outer material could be separated into different streams and each separately recycled, because of the cost of labor involved in separation, used bags were frequently disposed, creating waste disposal issues.
Because of the inherent problems associated with earlier dunnage bags, later emphasis was placed on bags which were intended to be used once and disposed. As bags of this type were intended to be used only once the art endeavored to construct these bags so as to minimize the cost manufacture. A general result of this effort has been the evolution of a dunnage bag wherein the inner bladder bag consists of a relatively thin-walled thermoplastic material, such as polyethylene, which is disposed in an outer covering which consists of multiple layers of kraft paper (sometimes called "cardboard"), the ends of which are permanently sealed by an adhesive. With a dunnage bag construction of this type, the bladder serves mainly as a gas tight member while the plurality of paper sheets provide the requisite resistance to bursting, abrasion and puncture.
Such bags nevertheless have various disadvantages. They are still relatively expensive to manufacture and use. In practice they are made by first forming a thin sleeve of thermo-plastic material which will become the inflatable bladder of the bag. Then that sleeve is typically moved along an assembly line where it is wrapped with multiple layers of kraft paper which are overlapped circumferentially and glued together longitudinally forming a sleeve. In general, the greater the gas pressure the bag is designed to hold, the more layers of paper will be applied. Thereafter a desired length of the sleeve, now comprising multiple layers of kraft paper having an inner sleeve of gas impervious material, is cut to a desired length, a gas valve installed in the wall of the sleeve, and the ends of the sleeves sealed, typically by application of adhesive and folding.
Inasmuch as outer layers of such bags, which give the bag most of its resistance to bursting, abrasion or puncture, consists of paper, such bags are susceptible to moisture, and while such bags are designed to be disposed of after single use, disposal is a problem. While in theory the paper and the plastic components of the bags could be at least largely be separated and recycled appropriately, in practice that is almost never done because of labor costs involved, and separation would likely be incomplete even if attempted, because the ends of the bladder are typically glued into folds of the paper. Hence near major receiving centers disposal of dunnage bags creates waste disposal issues.
Various dunnage bag constructions of prior art are disclosed in U.S. Pat. Nos. 3,426,891; 3,442,402; 3,556,318; 3,868,026; 4,040,526; 4,553,887; 4,591,519; 5,288,188; 5,339,602; 5,437,301; 5,788,438 and 5,908,275.
The bag and method of manufacture herein disclosed is designed to address some of the disadvantages discussed above.
A principal object of the present invention is to provide a dunnage bag which has the advantages of bags of prior art, that is be capable of being inflated with and retaining gas pressure, be resistant to bursting, abrasion and puncture from edges and corners of goods, but be more economical to manufacture, have an improved strength to weight ratio, be moisture resistant, may be reused if desired and be facilely recyclable.
To these ends the objects of the invention are to provide a gas impervious dunnage bag which is comprised of low cost materials, is easily manufactured, is burst resistant, has an outer surface resistant to bursting, abrasion and damage from edges and corners of goods, is moisture resistant, is reusable and is readily recyclable.
Another object of the invention is to provide a dunnage bag, the wall of which is comprised of an outer layer of woven strips of strong thermoplastic polymeric material which is resistant to moisture, bursting, abrasion or damage by cargo edges and corners and a continuous inner layer of gas impervious thermoplastic polymeric material integrally fused to said outer layer and is therefore sturdy, lightweight, easy and economical to use, reuse and/or recycle.
Another object of the invention is to provide a bag the ends of which are sealed in a manner which is resistant to stretching, tearing, unraveling, bursting abrasion, damage by contact with cargo and is moisture resistant.
Yet other objects of the invention relate to providing a method of manufacturing the dunnage bag of the present invention in a rapid, economical and efficient manner.
Other and further objects, features and advantages of the present invention will be readily apparent to those skilled in the art when the following description of the preferred embodiments is read in conjunction with the accompanying drawings.
The above and further objects are achieved in accordance with the present invention wherein there is provided a recyclable dunnage bag for cushioning pieces of cargo during shipment, where the wall of the dunnage bag includes an inner layer comprised of a continuous film of a gas impervious polymer, which inner liner is integrally fused to the interior of an outer layer of durable woven polymer, and has a means for inflation of said dunnage bag.
Forming the dunnage bag begins with a sleeve, preferably seamless, of woven thermoplastic polymer selected for characteristics of strength, resistance to moisture, abrasion and damage by edges and corners of cargo. Then preferably to the outer surface of the sleeve a continuous layer of thermoplastic polymer selected for gas impermeability, moisture resistance and compatibility with said woven polymer is integrally fused, preferably by extrusion of a layer of molten polymer onto the surface of the woven polymer and hot compression thereto, preferably by pinch rolling. Then a desired length of the sleeve is cut, if necessary turned "inside-out" so that the woven thermoplastic polymer is on the outside of the sleeve and the continuous layer of thermoplastic polymer is on the inside of the sleeve. Then the ends of the sleeve are sealed by thermal fusion, gluing, folding and/or securing of the folds to the exterior of the dunnage bag. Either before or after reversal of the sleeve a means for admitting gas, which is preferably a "check" or one-way valve means, is installed in the wall of the bag.
The invention will be better understood by reference to the accompanying drawings wherein:
FIG. 1 is a schematic perspective cut-away view of the preferred embodiment of a dunnage bag of the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram showing a molten sheet of gas impervious thermoplastic polymer being fused to a side of a sleeve woven thermoplastic polymer.
FIG. 3 is a plan view of a section of a sleeve of woven polymer to the exterior of which a continuous layer of gas impervious polymer has been fused.
FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view of the sleeve of FIG. 3.
FIG. 5 is a plan view of the sleeve of FIGS. 3 and 4 turned "inside-out".
FIG. 6 is a cross-sectional view of the sleeve of FIG. 5.
FIG. 7 is a longitudinal cross-sectional view of a double folded and taped end-section of the preferred embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 8 is a cross-sectional view of the preferred embodiment of the present invention showing installation of a typical gas valve.
While the present invention will be described with reference to preferred embodiments, it will be understood by those skilled in the art that various changes may be made and equivalents may be substituted for elements thereof without departing from the scope of the invention. In addition, many modifications may be made to adapt a particular situation or material to the teachings of the invention without departing from the essential scope thereof. Therefore, it is intended that the present invention not be limited to the particular embodiments disclosed as the best mode contemplated for carrying out this invention, but that the invention will include all embodiments (and legal equivalents thereof) falling within the scope of the appended claims.
The preferred embodiment of the dunnage bag 100 of the present invention is generally characterized in FIG. 1. Outer layer 101 is composed of a woven sleeve of thermoplastic polymer strips, selected for resistance to moisture, stretching, bursting or damage from contract with abrasive surfaces, edges and corners of containers in which goods are shipped, such as polyethylene and polypropylene. In preference such sleeve will be seamless. Such seamless sleeve may be manufactured by circular weaving apparatus, such as that manufactured by Yao Ta Machine Manufacturing Company, or purchased, typically in the form of a long woven sleeve of material which has been flattened and rolled onto a pin or cylinder. Alternatively a sleeve of woven of thermoplastic polymer strips may be formed by overlapping and securing of the edges of the sheet of woven thermoplastic polymers together.
Fusibly joined to the inside of outer layer 101 is a continuous inner layer 102 of a gas impervious thermoplastic polymer, which in preference is of the same composition as outer layer 101. In the preferred embodiment of the invention said continuous inner layer 102 is fused to the exterior of outer layer 101, then the sleeve of fused material is turned "inside-out" so that the continuous inner layer of gas impervious polymer 102 is on the interior of the sleeve and the woven outer layer of polymer 101 is on the exterior of the sleeve.
In said preferred embodiment of the invention inner layer 102 is preferably thermally fused to exterior of outer layer 101, which is seamless, in a two-step process. In the first step a length of a flattened sleeve of the woven thermoplastic polymer which will form outer layer 101 is passed through sheet extrusion apparatus 201 of FIG. 2. Said extruder deposits a continuous sheet of the molten thermoplastic polymer of inner layer 102 to a first, preferably the upper, exterior side of the flattened side of woven sleeve 101. In doing so the sheet 102 is extended at least a short distance (in the preferred embodiment approximately 1 centimeter) beyond the lateral edges of the woven sleeve 101, thereby forming flanges 103. Then after deposition of said continuous sheet of material 102 to a first side of woven sleeve 101 the sleeve of material is compressed together, preferably by pinch rollers 202, prior to cooling of the layer of molten polymer. Then, in the preferred embodiment, after passage of the material through pinch rollers 202 the composite material is cooled and may be rolled onto a pin or cylinder (not shown). Then, as is illustrated in FIG. 2, in the preferred embodiment the length of material, which now has a continuous sheet of gas impervious polymer 102 fused to a first side of a flattened sleeve of outer layer 101, is passed again through sheet extrusion apparatus 201 and in similar fashion a second sheet of gas impervious thermoplastic polymer 102 is applied to the second side of said flattened sleeve 101, and to flange 103, thereby creating a long sleeve of woven thermoplastic polymer FIGS. 3 and 4, to the outside of which a continuous layer of gas impervious thermoplastic polymer 102 has been integrally fused by thermal bonding and hot rolling.
Alternatively, the continuous inner layer 102 may be fused to one side of a sheet of woven molten thermoplastic polymer and the sheet rolled into a sleeve (the lateral edges of which are overlapped and secured together) or fused to the inside of a sleeve of woven thermoplastic polymer. However formed, for convenience in handling or storage, said sleeve may be rolled onto a pin or cylinder (not shown). From sleeve of material the dunnage bag of the present invention is formed by the further steps which follow.
To complete manufacture of a dunnage bag of the present invention from the sleeve of material shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, four steps remain: cutting a desired length of material from the sleeve, reversal of the inside and outside of the severed length of material (turning said length "inside-out"), installation of a gas valve, and sealing each end of the material in a manner which creates a gas tight seal which is resistant to failure due to internal gas pressure in the bag.
Cutting of a desired length of said sleeve may be done by cold knife, blade, wire or any other conventional manner. In the preferred embodiment of the invention to form a bag of a desired length some excess material is cut to allow for sealing and folding of the ends of the material.
Once a length of material illustrated in FIGS. 3 and 4 is obtained, if necessary it is then turned "inside-out", so that the woven polymer 101 is on the outside of the sleeve and the continuous layer of gas impervious polymer is on the inside of said sleeve (as is illustrated in FIGS. 5 and 6). Either before or after being turned inside-out a means for admittance of gas, typically a one-way or check valve 104, is installed through the wall of the sleeve, preferably before the ends of the sleeve 105 is sealed (while the gas valve may be installed after sealing of the ends 105 of FIG. 5 it is more difficult to do so). Alternatively the dunnage bag may be equipped any conventional, two-way valve means, or simply an umbilical tube intended to be clamped or tied off after the bag is inflated.
In the preferred embodiment of the invention said gas valve or umbilical tube is comprised of a polymer material of identical or similar composition to the polymers of the outer layer of woven polymer 101 and the continuous layer of gas impervious polymer 102 so as to facilitate recycling the bag. However the bag may also be reused if the bag of the present invention may be both inflated and deflated through such valve. Thus in the preferred embodiment of the invention gas valve 104 is a one way check valve which permits gas pressure to flow into the bag, and by default seals against the release of gas from the bag, such valve may be manually operated to release gas pressure from the bag if desired. Thus the bag of the preferred embodiment of the invention may either be reused or recycled.
After the sleeve of material is turned "inside-out" (so that the woven polymer 101 is on the outside of the bag and the continuous layer of gas impervious polymer 102 is on the inside of the bag) and typically gas valve 104 installed in the wall of the sleeve (as is illustrated in FIG. 8), in the preferred embodiment of the invention the ends 105 of FIG. 5 of the bag are sealed, as is illustrated in FIG. 7. Preferably sealing of the ends of the bag is accomplished running a continuous bead of glue (shown in cross section as 108 of FIG. 7) on the interior of the bag parallel to each cut end 105. Alternatively the interior of the bag may be sealed along a line parallel to each cut end 105 by heat sealing process well known in the art. In order to strengthen the sealed ends of the bag against failure due to internal pressure and to present a bag with a more finished appearance, in the preferred embodiment of the invention the ends of the bag are folded, preferably at least twice, the fold glued or heat sealed at one or both of points 107 of FIG. 7. And to further strengthen the ends of the bag from failure due to the effect of internal pressure and present an even more finished appearance, tape 106 of FIG. 7 may be applied, and bonded to the folds 105 and the exterior of the bag 101 by glue or heat sealing points 109 as is shown in FIG. 7.
Thus the preferred embodiment of the dunnage bag of the present invention is an inflatable structure comprised of a two-ply sleeve comprised of a seamless outer layer of woven thermoplastic polymer 101 selected for resistance to moisture, bursting, abrasion and damage by cargo edges and corners and an integrally fused continuous inner layer of gas impervious, moisture resistant, thermoplastic polymer 102, the ends of which two ply sleeve 105 are sealed against the escape of gas pressure by bonding the interior surfaces of the ends together by glue, heat or a combination of glue and heat, and which may be folded and taped down to the exterior surface of the bag, and, has a valve or umbilical tube means for at least the admittance of gas pressure into said bag.
Thus it may be appreciated that in accordance with the various teachings, disclosures, and principles of the present invention, a new and improved inflatable dunnage bag has been developed which is constructed entirely of polymer material so that the dunnage bag is completely and easily recyclable or may be deflated and reused. The dunnage bag of the present invention is also resistant to water and has a puncture and scuff resistant outer surface and a gas impervious inner layer. The dunnage bag of the present invention also has an improved and superior method for sealing the ends of said dunnage bag so that the dunnage bag is less likely to burst under rigorous conditions. The manufacture of the dunnage bag of the present invention is simple and can be accomplished by means of automated machinery or equipment. The dunnage bag of the present invention is also lightweight, woven thermoplastic materials, such as polyethylene and polypropylene having superior strength than paper bags of equal weight. It is thus to be appreciated that the dunnage bag constructed in accordance with the principles and teachings of the present inventive disclosure constitutes an advancement in the dunnage bag art.
While the above description contains many specificities, these should not be construed as limitations on the scope of the invention, but rather as an exemplification of preferred embodiments thereof. Accordingly, the scope of the present invention should be determined not by the embodiments illustrated, but by the appended claims and their legal equivalents.
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March 2015
The Little Woman in a Big Country: The Life of Gladys Aylward
By Dylan Self, Military Student Advisor at University of the Rockies
There was once a little girl of no great significance living in England who just knew that someday she would do something important. In her autobiography, she wrote that this innate drive first manifested itself in the desire to be on stage, but after attending a religious meeting her whole mission in life changed (Aylward 1970). It was during that meeting that she realized God had a plan for her life, accepted Jesus as her savior, and while looking through some of the literature available that night, she saw an article about China that made a lasting impression upon her.
After asking some missionary friends about the state of affairs in the Far East, it appeared to her a travesty that there were millions of Chinese who had never and would never hear the gospel. The solution to the whole situation was for her to make the trip from England to China and do something about that. After making her way to Bristol, just south of Wales and then to Swansea in southwest England while working with religious groups, the thought of working in China became so all-consuming that she reasoned it best for her to just go on her own.
She worked hard as a parlor maid and after saving everything she could she went to the train station to purchase a one-way ticket to Vladivostok. The purchase did not come without a warning from the clerk who sold her the ticket though. He advised her that the trip would not only be a difficult one as it spanned Europe, Russia, and Siberia, but there was also fighting going on in Manchuria, just north of Beijing and her destination of Yangchen (Ibid). This information did not deter the 26 year-old Aylward. She'd heard of a woman named Jeannie Lawson who had been working in China for many years and was looking for a younger woman to carry on her work. Once she'd reached Yangchen, Aylward quickly made a name for herself among the local population as a good person, but shortly after she began working with Mrs. Lawson, her employer suffered a severe fall and passed away a few days later (Kiefer N.D.).
Following the Japanese invasion of China in 1938, Aylward's responsibilities became much more critical to the lives of the people of Yangchen, and China as a whole. As the Japanese had taken control of large swaths of the countryside, the Chinese had a decision to make about what to do with the local criminals held in the local prisons. They couldn't just let them all go as that endangered the Chinese people and they couldn't behead them all according to the traditional custom. After some consultation between the Chinese leadership and "Ai Wei de" (as Aylward had become known), it was decided the prisoners would be released on bond to their relatives or friends so their good behavior could be assumed (Ibid). As the war continued, Ai Wei De began to act as a courier of information to both the Chinese army and guerilla forces opposing the invasion (Ibid). But when a bounty was placed on her life by the Japanese due to her cooperation with Chinese forces, Aylward and the nearly 200 children she'd assumed responsibility for embarked on a 12-day journey to an orphanage in Xian, some 90 miles from Yangcheng.
Over the next 30 years, Aylward's devotion to both spreading the gospel and to China never faltered. She started a Christian church in Xian, established a settlement for lepers in the western province of Sichuan, and was buried in a small cemetery on the island of Taiwan as the communist government of China at the time was virulently against any foreign or religious activities. The "Little Woman" of China, whose mission in life started with a pamphlet at a prayer meeting when she was young, lived her life in accordance with her beliefs, withstood immense opposition, and saved the lives of untold numbers of people. Not bad for a former parlor maid, is it?
Aylward, Gladys. (June 1, 1970). Gladys Aylward: The Little Woman. Chicago, IL: Moody Publishers.
Kiefer, James E. (N.D.). Gladys Aylward, Missionary to China. Retrieved on 6 February, 2015 from: http://justus.anglican.org/resources/bio/73.html
Brave Women in History
By Megan Cunnington, Faculty Scheduling Administrator
Traditionally, many have thought of the military as a masculine profession, wherein the men fight to defend their country while women act as nurses or remain at home. Across the world, women have been involved in combat positions for centuries. While women face extensive challenges and discrimination, gender does not and often has not limited women's abilities to fight just as courageously as their male counterparts. As long as men have battled, so have women, just as bravely as their male counterparts.
Greco-Persian Wars
Queen Artemisia of Caria (part of modern-day Turkey) led many naval battles against the Greeks, most notably fighting alongside king Xerxes (490-480 BCE) (Mark, 2014). She took over the throne as regent for her son, but there is no record of him ever ruling after. Artemisia conquered the city of Latmus when she staged a festival and snuck her army in, winning without a fight. In battle, she proved herself to be a strong and clever military commander and is most-well known as an intelligent and cunning leader. She oversaw several tactical wins over the Greeks at Artemisium, Thermopylae, and Athens (Mark, 2014). Xerxes relied on her for military counsel and charged her with protecting several of his illegitimate children. After she helped them escape to safety, she disappears from the historical record around the time that the Persians failed to invade Europe.
Greek War of Independence
Laskarina Bouboulina (1771-1825) was born in Constantinople but eventually settled on the island of Hydra (Gammell, 2009). Her mother married a sea captain, instilling a love of the ocean and sea-life in her at a young age. After her second husband died, she had inherited a small fortune. At the age of 50 and with seven children, she captained the largest warship in the Greek Navy. The Russian Imperial Navy posthumously gave her the title of Admiral after they allied with the Greeks against the Ottoman Empire. She played a critical role in the victory over the Ottomans. Her home is now a museum, and she appeared on Greek currency for several years (Gammell, 2009).
American Revolution
George Washington handpicked Ann Simpson Davis to work as a messenger during the American Revolution when she was 16 years old (Daughters of the American Revolution, 2008). She was an accomplished horseback rider and used her riding skills and knowledge of the area to successfully sneak across British lines. She often hid messages in grain, bullets, and clothing, but local British loyalists never suspected her. She eventually married a fellow veteran, Jon Davis. They settled in Ohio, where a chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution and a school are named after her.
Civil War
Cathay Williams was born a slave in Missouri and lived and worked on a plantation until the beginning of the Civil War (Taylor, 2014). She posed as a man under the name William Cathay and joined the 38th U.S. Infantry (Taylor, 2014). She served until she was stricken with small pox, and a doctor discovered her identity. After her discharge, she moved to New Mexico and tried to earn a pension from the military. While white women who served in the American Revolution received these benefits, she was denied (Taylor, 2014).
Mary Walker was the first women to receive the Medal of Honor (Arkin, 2014). She earned a medical degree from Syracuse College and opened her own practice. She became an assistant surgeon for the Union during the Civil War and acted as a spy. When the Confederates captured her, she remained imprisoned in Richmond, VA. After the war, she was initially denied her pension until Andrew Johnson awarded her the Medal of Honor (Arkin, 2014). Congress attempted to rescind her medal because she was not a combatant against the enemy, despite the fact that she risked her life rescuing and tending to men on the front lines of battle. Walker kept the medal until the day she died. She spent most of her life wearing men's trousers, which led many people to taunt and throw rocks at her on a daily basis.
World War II
While the American military officially allowed women into combat roles in 2013, women have actually been in combat since World War II (WWII). Cornelia Fort was a student pilot in Hawaii, and one of the few airborne eyewitnesses to Pearl Harbor (Cochrane & Ramirez). She flew for the Women's Auxiliary Ferrying Squadron, which moved supplies during wartime. She died when another plane struck her own.
2nd Lt. Elsie S. Ott helped to pioneer the development of air medical evacuations during WWII. She participated in the first medical air evacuations that flew 5 patients from Karachi, Pakistan to Walter Reed Hospital. The air evacuation was Ott's first time ever on a plane (Zinser, 2014). Two of her patients were paralyzed from the waist down. One suffered from manic-depressive psychosis. One had tuberculosis, and the last one suffered from glaucoma. She had only a first aid kit and the assistance of one sergeant with medical training who was not a nurse or doctor (Zinser, 2014). She received the first U.S. Air Medal and was promoted to Captain.
Arkin, D. (2014, May 21). Mary Edwards Walker: The only woman to receive the Medal of Honor. NBC News. Retrieved from http://www.nbcnews.com/news/military/mary-edwards-walker-only-woman-receive-medal-honor-n111596
CNN Staff. (2013, January 24). By the numbers: Women in the U.S. Military. CNN. Retrieved from http://www.cnn.com/2013/01/24/us/military-women-glance
Cochrane, D., & Ramirez, P. (n.d.). Women in aviation and space history: CorneliaFfort. Retrieved from http://airandspace.si.edu/explore-and-learn/topics/women-in-aviation/fort.cfm
Daughters of the American Revolution. (2008, April). Ann Simpson Davis chapter, Columbus, Ohio Daughters of the American Revolution founded February 1, 1926. Retrieved from http://www.ohiodar.org/c/index.php?cid=4004
Gammell, C. (2009, August 7). Greek woman 'sets fire' to briton's genitals: Laskarina bouboulina the heroine. The Telegraph. Retrieved from http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/greece/5989510/Greek-woman-sets-fire-to-Britons-genitals-Laskarina-Bouboulina-the-heroine.html
Mark, J. (2014, March 12). Artemisia I of Caria. Retrieved from http://www.ancient.eu/Artemisia_I_of_Caria/
Taylor, E. (2014, June 4). Little known black history fact: Cathay Williams, Buffalo Soldier. Black America Web. Retrieved from http://blackamericaweb.com/2013/06/04/little-known-black-history-fact-cathay-williams-buffalo-soldier/2/
Zinser, W. (2014, March 27). Women's history month: 2nd Lt. Elsie S.Ott. Retrieved from http://www.hanscom.af.mil/news/story.asp?id=123405053
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Well, I used every bit of fabric in the layer cake. I have shown the Twister and Lil' Twister. Today I took the little pieces left from cutting the Lil' Twister and squared them to 1 3/4 " and sewed them into rows in the same order used in the Twister quilts.
I added small borders for a finished Mini Quilt of 11 1/2 inches. What fun!
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Damaud Martin died last week at a home run by LifeLine Inc. where state inspectors had found staffing problems. The state has since removed the children there.
Anne Arundel police began examining Damaud's death, but Baltimore police took over because there had been a "prior trauma abuse incident in Baltimore city." Damaud's mother was convicted of child abuse in 2009 after Damaud was hospitalized with a severe brain injury. Her mother, Rosita Martin, says her daughter made an Alford plea. That's when a defendant maintains her innocence, but acknowledges that the prosecution has enough evidence to convict her.
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Situated in the city center, this luxury apartment is close to Central Sofia Market Hall, Church of St. George, and Archaelogical Museum. Also nearby are Russian Church and Ivan Vazov National Theatre.
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The apartment offers a coffee shop/café. High-speed wireless Internet access is complimentary. For a surcharge, the property provides an area shuttle within 200 km and a shuttle from the airport to the hotel (available on request). This luxury apartment also offers a terrace, tour/ticket assistance, and multilingual staff.
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Continental breakfasts are available for a surcharge and are served each morning between 6:00 AM and 10:30 AM.
Nearby Things to Do
The recreational activities listed below are available either on site or nearby; fees may apply.
- Ski lessons available nearby
Hotel Policies
Check-in time starts at 3:00 PM
Check-in time ends at 7:00 PM
Special check-in instructions:
Check-out time is 11:00 AM
Payment types
Pets allowed, Only dogs are allowed, Maximum number of pets per room 1
You need to know
Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on hotel policy.
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card or cash deposit are required at check-in for incidental charges.
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges. Special requests cannot be guaranteed.
- The name on the credit card used at check-in to pay for incidentals must be the primary name on the guestroom reservation.
Debit cards not accepted
- A tax is imposed by the city: EUR 1 per person, per night
- 10 percent cleaning fee will be charged
- Resort fee: EUR 1 per person, per night
- Fee for continental breakfast: EUR 15 for adults and EUR 5 for children (approximately)
- Airport shuttle fee: EUR 20 per vehicle
- Late check-out fee: EUR 100
- Onsite credit card charges are subject to a surcharge
We should mention
This property offers transfers from the airport and train station (surcharges may apply). Guests must contact the property with arrival details before travel, using the contact information on the booking confirmation. Up to 2 children 6 years old and younger stay free when occupying the parent or guardian's room, using existing bedding. Alcohol is not served or permitted at this property.


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The Syosset-based New York College of Health Professions is continuing its expansion into Manhattan by offering courses as of this month at the New York Open Center's 30th Street location.
The school in 2011 began offering holistic health degree programs at The Riverside Church in Morningside Heights and at the University Settlement Houston Street Center.
The College trains students to become certified in providing holistic treatment services, such as acupuncture, acupressure, Oriental medicine, massage therapy and holistic nursing.
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The Open Center, widely known as a hub for holistic health education, offers certificate programs in health, psychology, the arts and ecology, but doesn't provide undergraduate or graduate degree programs.
"Both organizations have been pioneers in education," college President Lisa Pamintuan said, adding that working together will let them "exponentially expand their offerings to the communities they serve."
Center President Walter Beebe said the new collaboration allows the two to "share skills and resources to enhance both institutions'" offerings. Dr. Mehmet Oz, Andrew Weil, Deepak Chopra and Robert Bly have lectured at the Open Center.
The New York College also operates a 30-acre health-care facility in the People's Republic of China.
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Researchers at the University of Warwick's School of Engineering have discovered a way to manufacture working electronic devices using 3D printers. To date, the electronic inner workings of products have been manufactured separately from their outer plastic shells, but with the use of a new carbon-rich material called Carbomorph, researchers were able to 3d print working electronic devices including a computer game controller, a motion-sensing glove, and a smart mug that knows how full it is.
Carbomorph is a simple, low-cost conductive material that enables designers to lay down electronic tracks and sensors as part of a 3D printed structure, creating touch-sensitive areas which can be connected to a simple electronic circuit board. By using Carbomorph along with regular plastic, designers can create complex electronics like mobile phones and remote controls using a single 3D printer. "In the long-term, this technology could revolutionize the way we produce the world around us, making products such as personal electronics a lot more individualized and unique and in the process reducing electronic waste," says Dr. Simon Leigh, who led the research team.
The research team is already working on more complex structures and electronic components – including the wires and cables required to connect the devices to computers. One challenge facing this new technology, pose experts, is its durability. Will Carbomorph 3D electronics and sensors be able to endure multiple uses and cycles, dishwasher use, and the wear and tear that consumer electronic devices have to handle?
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Here comes the deluge, starting Tuesday. Twenty-eight bowl games, meaning 56 teams, meaning there are only 61 Division I-A teams in the world who didn't get an invitation to go somewhere, even if it is to play outdoors in Idaho on Dec. 28.
The reason for so many bowls? We're thinking � we're thinking.
Not that there aren't some delightfully quirky stories out there among all the infomercials. Here's a quick look for your television planning. Plus a few words from our sponsors.
For offensive gluttony, there's the Vitalis Sun Bowl (new life for your hair!). Matching UCLA with the 111th rated defense in the nation against Northwestern, with the 117th.
For retro offense, Navy will be in the San Diego County Credit Union Poinsettia Bowl (lock in your interest rates now), against Colorado State. Navy threw 136 passes all season and has its own version of the triple option. The Midshipmen can run left, run right, or run up the middle.
Two heavyweights who had bigger ideas this season — Miami and LSU — will meet in the Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl (try the eight-piece nuggets' meal) and pretend it is the Sugar Bowl.
In the Motor City Bowl (your local Ford dealer is open 9 to 9), Akron will play Memphis, which has had to start four different quarterbacks this season because of injuries.
At the Insight Bowl (our technology means business), Arizona State and Rutgers will have a rematch of the 1978 Garden State Bowl. Not that anyone ever asked for a rematch of the 1978 Garden State Bowl. But it's not everyday you see Rutgers in a bowl. Or every decade, for that matter.
Meanwhile at the Pacific Life Holiday Bowl (does your family need more insurance protection?), 10-1 Oregon can try to whip Oklahoma, then tell the BCS where it can stick its computer.
There's also the Sheraton Hawaii Bowl (kids stay free!). Central Florida will play Nevada, and what does it say about George O'Leary's miracle cure that his team went from 0-11 one year to Waikiki the next?
At the GMAC Bowl (get a new mortgage quote in minutes), Mike Price will finally coach a game in Alabama, nearly three years after a boys' night out cost him the Crimson Tide job. It'll just be in Mobile, instead of Tuscaloosa. And he's coaching UTEP.
At the Toyota Gator Bowl (great deals on the 2005 Camrys), Louisville has lost star quarterback Brian Brohm to a knee injury. The Cardinals will turn to a redshirt freshman former walk-on. Maybe no one should tell him Virginia Tech has the No. 1 rated defense in the nation.
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Speaking of contrasts, consider the Champs Sports Bowl (Zoom Lebron III shoes in all sizes). Clemson has lost four games by a total of 14 points. Colorado lost its last two games by a score of 100-6. Guess whose coach just got fired?
For two powerhouses who have seen better days, Michigan plays Nebraska in the MasterCard Alamo Bowl (Airfare to San Antonio: $500. The chance to wash out the sour taste of losing to Ohio State with tequila: priceless).
The two bluebloods have met only five times, the last 20 years ago. But bowl season is great for getting reacquainted. It's like a big Mary Kay party. Everything's for sale, and nearly everybody's invited.


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Hotel KTDC Samudra Kovalam - Kovalam
G.V.Raju Road, Kovalam - Kovalam1-877-662-6988
KTDC Samudra Kovalam offers hotel accommodation in the Kovalam area.
This 3 star Kovalam-area hotel in Thiruvananthapuram offers dry cleaning/laundry, a garden and laundry facilities. You can find a fitness center on site so you will be able to take some time out to de-stress. Unwind with some laps as this hotel features a seasonal outdoor pool. Staff are available to provide tour/ticket assistance.
Complimentary newspapers are available in the lobby area. Planning a meeting? This hotel has a conference center, as well as a business center.
Great location, almost a private beach, excellent rooms and garden. Value for mone...Venere Guest, India
These reviews have been left by customers who actually stayed at this hotel
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Breakfast at Hotel KTDC Samudra Kovalam
A free breakfast is served each morning.
Hotel Facilities at KTDC Samudra Kovalam
- Business Center
- Conference room
- Laundry service
- Laundry room
- Room service - 24 hour
- Garden
- Gym
- Outdoor swimming pool
- Shuttle service from and/or to the railway station
- Shuttle service
- Free parking
- Shuttle service from and/or to the airport
- Newspapers
- City tour
- Restaurant/Dining
- Internet/Email services
Know before you go
- This property offers transfers from the airport (surcharges may apply). Guests must contact the property with arrival details before travel, using the contact information on the booking confirmation.
- No pets and no service animals are allowed at this property.
Check-in: between noon and 1:30 PM.
Check-out: before 11 AM.
To register at this property, guests who are Indian citizens must provide a valid photo identity card issued by the Government of India; guests who are foreign nationals must present a valid passport and visa.
PolicyExtra-person charges may apply and vary depending on hotel policy.
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card or cash deposit are required at check-in for incidental charges.
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges. Special requests cannot be guaranteed.
City tax and/or any other fees charged by the hotel
The following fees and deposits are charged by the property at time of service, check-in, or check-out.
- Airport shuttle fee: INR 600 per vehicle (one way)
The above list may not be comprehensive. Fees and deposits may not include tax and are subject to change.
You'll be asked to pay the following charges at the hotel:
- Christmas Eve (24 December) Gala Dinner per adult: INR 2000
- Christmas Eve (24 December) Gala Dinner per child: INR 1219.16 (from 5 to 12 years old)
- New Year's Eve (31 December) Gala Dinner per adult: INR 2000
- New Year's Eve (31 December) Gala Dinner per child: INR 1219.16 (from 5 to 12 years old)
We have included all charges provided to us by the property. However, charges can vary, for example, based on length of stay or the room you book.
Hotel KTDC Samudra Kovalam is also known as
Hotel Samudra
Samudra Hotel
KTDC Samudra Kovalam Hotel reviews
- December 2012
- Venere Guest
- Family with young children
- India
Great location, almost a private beach, excellent rooms and garden. Value for money.
KTDC Samudra Kovalam Hotel reviews by TripAdvisor
Room Details
KTDC Samudra Kovalam has 64 guest rooms. Televisions in each room offer entertainment at the end of a long day. Bathrooms are outfitted with complimentary toiletries. Rooms also include air conditioning and ceiling fans.
Accommodation Services
- Air conditioning
- Fan
Distances from Hotel KTDC Samudra KovalamKovalam Beach - 0.5 km / 0.3 mi
Hawah Beach - 1.4 km / 0.9 mi
Lighthouse Beach - 1.8 km / 1.1 mi
Vizhinjam Beach - 2.9 km / 1.8 mi
Shri Padmanabhaswamy Temple - 9.7 km / 6 mi
Trivandrum Secretariat - 11.1 km / 6.9 mi
Thiruvananthapuram Zoo - 12.2 km / 7.6 mi
Napier Museum - 12.3 km / 7.6 mi
Padmanabhaswami Temple - 20.2 km / 12.6 mi
Technopark - 20.2 km / 12.6 mi
Lion Safari Park - 24.4 km / 15.2 mi
Padmanabhapuram Palace - 43.8 km / 27.2 mi
Janardanaswamy Temple - 46.9 km / 29.1 mi
Varkala Beach - 47.6 km / 29.6 mi
Kappil Beach - 52.6 km / 32.7 mi
The preferred airport for KTDC Samudra Kovalam is Thiruvananthapuram (TRV-Trivandrum Intl.) - 10.1 km / 6.3 mi.
Distances are calculated in a straight line from the property's location to the point of interest or airport and may not reflect actual travel distance.
Distances are displayed to the nearest 0.1 mile and kilometer.
Transportation services Hotel KTDC Samudra Kovalam
- Shuttle service from and/or to the railway station
- Shuttle service
- Free parking
- Shuttle service from and/or to the airport
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Black rapper who killed studio owner executed in Texas
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WASHINGTON (AFP) - A United States (US) man was executed Wednesday in the state of Texas for murdering a recording studio owner whose equipment he also stole, prison authorities said.
Ray Jasper, 33, who had spent the past 14 years on death row, was declared dead by lethal injection at 6:31pm in Huntsville, a Texas prison spokesman said.
In his final words, Jasper thanked his supporters and urged his family to "please take care of each other". The African-American rapper was 19 when he organised, with the help of two accomplices, the November 1998 burglary at a recording studio he was working with in San Antonio.
He was sentenced to death in January 2000 for stabbing to death the owner of the studio, David Alejandro, a composer and musician who was 33.
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Apple iPad 2 As Fast As the Cray-2 Supercomputer 231
from the great-I'll-take-a-dozen dept.
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Is more powerful than the Atanasoff machine [wikipedia.org]!
When I started my Master's thesis, I began learning to program the Cray-XMP. In Fortran still, with some C (pre-ANSI C for you whippersnappers). Then I got a job, and that opportunity fell by the wayside. I still am in awe with how those machines were optimized.
Of course today, I would just use Matlab, and if I needed more speed, I would compile it to C++ and run natively. But it has been a long time since I have done any serious number crunching.
For a good read, pick up "Turing's Cathedral", it is a good story of the birth of electronic digital computers, and an eye-opener.
you need to remember, however, that the software for these consumer devices is nowhere close to that on the Crays. no optimization is done any more... for you script kiddies, "optimization" means you manually with the assembly language, or automatically in the compiler, try several things and pick the one that uses the least memory/processor cycles/OSPF if multithreaded/whatever based on what you want to gain by optimizing code. all this "include.kitchensink" stuff just packs in extra code crap in case any of it is needed.
and Clippy or Bob never ran on a Cray, either.
And in other news, the Asus Transformer Prime is 4x as fast as the Cray. Android (NVIDIA Tegra 3 T30 1300 MHz (4 cores) ) [primatelabs.com] vs Apple (Apple A5 (32nm) 1000 MHz (2 cores) ) [primatelabs.com]
I hate how everything must be compared against Apple iProducts. I don't recall every comparisons of yesteryear being brand specific. I don't care if the iPhoneX is 2x as fast as iPhoneX-1, or the iProductY is 2x as fast as the Cray. Give me damn benchmarks or clock speed of current day standards, and not a commercial.
Yeah, and my bicycle smokes any Ferrari... in miles per calorie efficiency.
The iPad2 is the second coming of Christ, we got it already.
According to wikipedia, the GPU in the XBox 360 puts out 240 GFLOPS [wikipedia.org]. The CPU is harder to nail down, but it seems to have a peak around 115 [xbox-scene.com] GFLOPS.
The iPad 3 has a CPU that, from what I hear, has a peak capacity of 1.5 GFLOPS. The SGX 543MP2 in the new iPad 3 has 4 cores and does 6.4 GFLOPS per core, per 200 MHz [wikipedia.org]. If we assume the 4 cores are clocks at 600 Mhz, that would mean the GPU output would be, in theory, 77.6 GFLOPS.
In short, whatever Carmack was thinking or testing, he sure wasn't hitting the peak performance of the Xbox - the console is still leagues ahead of the mobile CPUs and GPUs, and it's 7 years old.
All the simple programs have been written.


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3 stars. because its a 5 star product with a 1 star color accuracy. Let me explain it to you. So this was a great product per se, but I ordered white and the carpet is not white. I'm a man, so for me white is white. If I say I want white, give me white. The design in my room is black, red, and white. I put this carpet on my floor and it looked dirty. Not to say that it is dirty, but to make a point that it is NOT WHITE. The females in the house were talking about it being bone white or even ivory. I don't know what the hell those colors are but it is not white. Compared to the decor in my room, this was clearly not white. Other than that, its a great carpet. Feels great.
Do not order if you are looking for a WHITE rug...cream, sure - it's a great, soft rug.
While a lot of the reviews are about the color of the rug being cream not white that is the least of the negatives that stand out to me about the rug. First of all its a high maintenance shag rug, and the weave is loose. If you shake it out and don't EVER walk on it, it looks great and will continue to look great with a periodic shaking out. But if you walk on the rug at all, the loose strands will get marled and kind of knotty.Besides that you cannot vacuumed it with a rotary brush vacuume and you have to hand pick any lint or specs of whatever falls into it because as I said, the weave is loose at the base of the weave. We live in a no shoes policy house and this rug was placed at the foot of my bed under a settee.It did not see much traffic and the first 3 months I really liked it. But it ended up looking terrible and full of stuff you can't vacuumed out of it. I don't have time to be constantly hand picking it clean and unless you plan on personally hand shampooing it and drying it outside in the sun, don't bother. Because for the price of having it professionally cleaned I can buy another rug. Actually for the price this is a throwaway rug when youre done with it. And I was glad to be done with it within 6 months.
I purchased it for in front of the fireplace and it is a definite asset to the family room. It is a very good rug for price, that said, the weave is not as close as I would have preferred if I would have been able to physical inspect it--none the less, for my purpose, it is more than adequate. The color is "white" but not a true white, if that makes sense. I have off white and ivory throughout this space and this rug fit well, if placed side by side it is whiter than my other accessories but I was looking for something slightly different--so it is perfect. The only negative I have is that like many items on Overstock, the photo does not accurately portray the item, in this case, the looser weave--but again, no one should inspect much more for the price. Overall this is an excellent purchase for the price, I would not recommend for high use areas.
I was looking for a cream white color round shag rug to match our crown molding. I was not quite sure when looking at the web description, but one review helped. I BET it would be a cream white instead of true white and gave it a try. I WAS RIGHT! It is a very soft cream white. Perfect for us! It had all the folding tracks when arrived, but not a problem after using it for two weeks! Wish it could be denser, but still work well at current condition.
This is a great buy for your money. It's more of an off white. It feels so soft and it is made well. It shipped really fast. I'm gonna order another one. Luv it !
The measurements were off too. It is a very pretty and soft rug though and will work well in a low foot traffic area or no shoe household. Truly worth it if you are flexible on exact color and size.
I bought 2 of these I would not say they are that soft on the bare feet but the color is what I like. I kinda wish I would of returned these I think for the price point I'd be better off with something different that's why I am only giving these 3 stars. Not horrible not wonderful. Also the 5x7 carpet after being rolled out is hard to get flat for many many days.. The backing is slippery and just kind of cheaply made.
The rug was a perfect fit and made all the difference in enhancing the beauty of my bedroom.
Love this rug!it is thick and soft and looks great!
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