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Wilko (retailer)
|Worksop, United Kingdom
Number of locations
|372 (2013)
Key people
|Karin Swann (Joint Chairwoman)
Lisa Wilkinson (Joint Chairwoman)
Sean Toal (Chief Operating Officer)[1]
|Basic groceries, consumer goods, DIY, stationery, pets
|£1,501 million (2014)[2]
|£67 million (2014)
|Tony and Lisa Wilkinson (100%)
Number of employees
|23,000 (2014)
Wilko Retail (formerly Wilkinson Hardware Stores) is a British high-street chain with over 376 stores, selling primarily homewares and household goods.
Founded in 1930, as Wilkinson Cash Stores by James Kemsey Wilkinson, the company has remained largely in the hands of the founding family. When Tony Wilkinson, the son of the founder, retired as chairman after 45 years in June 2005, he was replaced by his niece, Karin Swann, and his daughter, Lisa Wilkinson.
Product range[edit]
The Wilko product range concentrates on household essentials, including homewares, textiles, DIY, cleaning products, health and beauty lines, stationery, confectionery, pet products and kitchen and bathroom goods. A large proportion of the range is made up of own-label products sold under the Wilko brand, although like other retailers Wilko has started to use private label brands.
Seasonal ranges are introduced on a rotational basis, with garden tools and plants in summer and Christmas decorations from September to January. Toys are now a permanent addition to the seasonal line, however, the company does increase the number of toys during the Christmas period.
During 2007, the company introduced a grocery range, and a "food to go" offering in some larger stores. In November 2007, the company opened its first convenience style store.
Stores and distribution[edit]
The first Wilkinson store was opened in Leicester in 1930, increasing to a total of nine branches by 1940; the Beaconsfield store can be seen in the background in the 1945 film Brief Encounter. By the end of the 1980s Wilkinson had a total of 78 stores, increasing to over 150 by the time of the founder's death in 1997.[3]
Wilkinson opened their first Scottish outlet in Castle Douglas on 23 January 2009, in a store formerly occupied by The Co-operative Group.[4] Stores were subsequently opened in Scotland that same year in Motherwell on 17 July, in Irvine in November and in Clydebank on 2 December. During 2010, the latest stores planned for Scotland set to open are Hamilton, Kilmarnock, Greenock and Livingston.
By October 2009, Wilkinson had a total of 359 stores nationwide, with stores averaging in excess of 17,000 sq ft (1,600 m2), and employed over 22,000 people. By June 2012, they had 370 stores with further concept stores, planned initially in Crawley. The expansion plan, originally for 500 stores, was reduced owing to the problems with the United Kingdom economy.
The company has two distribution centres:
- D.C.1 & Head Office - Now known as SC1 (Service Centre One)
Called JK House (including a store for current employees only) it is based in Manton Wood, Worksop, Nottinghamshire. Construction began in September 1993. Ballast Nedam Construction - a Dutch construction company was chosen to construct the steel framed large distribution centre which cost approx £16.5 million to construct.
When opened on 12 December 1994, it had the fastest sorting system in the United Kingdom. The DC1 is situated just south east of the former Manton Colliery which closed in 1994. The DC1 as of 2012 employs approximately 1,800 employees. The DC1 has its own fuelling station for the company's fleet of vehicles: Canute Lorries, shunters and other HGV's which operate with in the DC. The DC1 is equipped with several different types of forklift trucks which operate throughout the distribution centre. As of 2013 the DC1 (distribution centre one) site as been renamed to; SC1 (service centre one)
- D.C.2 - based in Magor, South Wales Now known as SC2 (Service Centre Two)
Wilkinson has a trend of taking over redundant former stores rather than building new ones, particularly in the West Midlands; notable examples include the former Kwik Save store in Great Bridge (May 2008),[5] the former Safeway store in Halesowen (November 2006)[6] and the former Marks & Spencer store in Dudley (July 1991). The opening of a store in Dudley was an example of a trend of the retailer to take over large units in town centres left vacant by the relocation of big retail names to out of town locations, as Marks & Spencer had closed its Dudley store during 1990 in favour of a new store at the nearby Merry Hill Shopping Centre.
The Dudley store was so successful, that a £250,000 expansion to the upper level of the building (initially only the ground floor was used) was completed three years after its opening. By this stage, Wilkinson was one of Britain's fastest growing retailers.[7]
In 2012, Wilkinson began rebranding its stores as Wilko, its long term nickname, and by 2014, most stores were rebranded.[8][9][10]
Wilkinson's advertising is concentrated in the press, such as through inserts included with local newspapers. Advertising emphasises value for money, with in-store promotion encouraging customers to purchase more than one item when they visit the store.
A revamped version of the Wilkinson brand was unveiled in December 2008. Designed by Jupiter Creative,[11] the brand was showcased in new format stores in Thornaby, Northallerton, (which replaced a former Woolworths store), Sheffield, Leicester, Newton Aycliffe & Walton-on-Thames, as well as the Castle Douglas, Motherwell & Clydebank stores in Scotland.
Elements of the new brand have since been phased in more widely, including point-of-sale materials, carrier bags and a relaunched website. Stores in Nottingham and Retford have also recently been converted to the new One Touch format.
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Wilkinson launched a saving stamp scheme, across all of its stores.[when?] Although not an unusual practice in the retail market, it was unique to Wilkinson because it had never launched any kind of loyalty or saving incentives in the past, preferring to concentrate on its 'Everytime' value promise. This is no longer available in Wilkinson stores, as it was replaced with saver cards.[citation needed]
Employees of the company are offered a 13% discount at all Wilko stores after four weeks' service, as well as the same discount on products available on the website.[citation needed] Wilkinson stores donate 1% of their annual profits to charitable causes.[citation needed]
Financial success[edit]
Turnover for the year ending February 2013 was in excess of £1.5B.[2]
|Year ending
|Turnover (£m)
|Trading profit (£m)
|Operating profit (£m)
|1 February 2013[2]
|2 February 2012[2]
|28 January 2011[12]
|29 January 2010[13]
|31 January 2009[13][14]
|1 February 2008[15]
|2 February 2007[16][17]
|27 January 2006[18]
|1 January 2005[19]
|1 January 2004[20]
|31 January 2003[21]
|2 February 2002[22]
Wilkinson products are also supplied to Manx retailer Shoprite.
- ^ "Co-operative Group food COO Sean Toal to join Wilkinson". TheGrocer.co.uk. Retrieved 21 October 2014.
- ^ a b c d Wilkinson Annual Report 2012
- ^ http://corporate.wilko.com/stories/ourhistory.php
- ^ Wilkinson to open first store in Scotland | News | Retail Week
- ^ Hundreds seek Wilkinson jobs « Express & Star
- ^ New Wilko's brings 60 jobs « Express & Star
- ^ Wilkinson Hardware Stores Ltd. - Company Profile, Information, Business Description, History, Background Information on Wilkinson Hardware Stores Ltd
- ^ "Wilko - Annual Review 2012" (PDF). Wilko Corporate. Retrieved 31 October 2014.
- ^ Holland, Tiffany (22 April 2014). "Wilkinson rebrands store estate to 'Wilko' matching new strapline". Retail Week. Retrieved 31 October 2014.
- ^ Lanyon, Daniel (16 March 2013). "Wilkinson rebrand to 'Wilko' gathers pace". The Grocer. Retrieved 31 October 2014.
- ^ "The home of family value: a new-look brand unveiled for Wilkinson". Jupiter Creative. 12 December 2008. Retrieved 8 February 2009.
- ^ Wilkinson Annual Report 2011
- ^ a b Wilkinson Annual Report 2010
- ^ "Wilkinson Retail Analysis 2009". IGD. 4 September 2009. Retrieved 5 April 2010.
- ^ "Wilkinson reports robust sales growth". IGD Retail Analysis. 5 August 2008. Retrieved 27 December 2008.
- ^ "Wilkinson reveals strong profit growth". IGD. 29 June 2007. Retrieved 5 April 2010.
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Colourful and rare wildlife are also found in abundance in Little Cayman, the least visited of the islands by tourist but thriving with visiting red-footed boobies. Things to do on Grand Cayman more than satisfy most visitors. Boatswain's Beach is home to the famous Cayman Turtle Farm. This and Seven Mile Beach are perfect for swimming and snorkelling although many choose to take the excursion to Stingray City and Sandbar to snorkel with surprisingly friendly stingrays.
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Our family of 4 really enjoyed staying at the beach club #201. Sitting on the deck overlooking the water was one of the highlights of the trip. The location was great - close to other beaches and the town. We loved having a full kitchen, laundry and 2 separate bedrooms. It really made our overall trip so much more enjoyable to be able to make breakfast and have clean beach towels each day.
location ,location,location was great. walked everywhere.Home was spacious great view of water.
My husband and adult son and I stayed here for a week this year and had a wonderful, relaxing time. The condo was spacious and very clean. The view was spectacular--we spent hours on the patio watching birds, boats and cruise ships. We found the beds comfortable and the kitchen adequately stocked except for the very dull knives. It was nearly impossible to cut anything. When we arrived the microwave oven was not operating but the rental agency corrected this problem the following day. Some of the hinges on the cabinets needed to be fixed. The pool and tennis court were exceptionally clean and well-maintained. The neighborhood was very quiet, with a restaurant wihtin walking distance. I would recommend renting bikes for the duration of your stay. It is so easy to get around Key West on bikes that you will want to just park your car for the week. We will definitely return soon!


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is this the catcher that failed that drug test?
He did not fail that test; he just didn't pass it. =)
i don't recall a fail....
and to think i was gonna try to be social....guess i'll go back to being an ass and giving my opinion on things......
You're welcome to post here Keymastur, but play by the rules. Same goes for everyone here. He is welcome to post here without being harassed.
Not really picking on you GIDP, just making a blanket statement for everyone.
Wait, did we make some kind of transaction I don't know about? Or is keymastur just back as a poster alone?
If this is him, cant recall name offhand, but he was one of the funniest guys i have ever met-he had me rolling at a Durham Bulls/L-ville game a few years back trying to score with the bud girl.
i wonder what that guys doin now.....
So what's the good word Key? What are you up to now? Still playing ball?
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Here's a quick quiz for you: What does Jack Frost look like? Young or old? I confess I've never had a mental image of Jack. In fact, until seeing "Rise of the Guardians," I never gave him any thought at all. The kids around me at a preview screening seemed more expert, perhaps because they know the inspiration for the film, William Joyce's book series, "Guardians of Childhood."
In those books, unread by me, Joyce imagines a loosely knit Avengers-style federation of the guardians of childhood. Most of them are famous: Santa Claus, the Easter Bunny, the Tooth Fairy, the Sandman and so on. Jack Frost's reputation suffers sadly in comparison. Voiced in the film by Chris Pine, he finds himself literally invisible. When he visits Earth, people are able to walk right through him. Since he is a spritely boy, he finds this depressing, although many kids have probably felt the same way.
Why is this so? The Man in the Moon never explained it to him. The Man in the Moon functions in the story as sort of a symbolic nature god, who never does anything but shine enigmatically in the sky.
This is a hyperkinetic 3-D action comedy, with the characters forever racing on Santa's sleigh, hurtling down chutes and zooming through tunnels that rework the same 3-D illusions over and over again. The characters aren't all referred to by what we might call their Earth names, and we get such as North, a broad-shouldered Santa (voice of Alec Baldwin); Tooth, the fairy (Isla Fisher), and Bunny (Hugh Jackman).
There's also a villain, called Pitch by others and sometimes resentfully the Boogie Man by himself. This dastardly fiend (voice of Jude Law) is envisioned as all darkness, teeth and claws, determined to put the Guardians out of business. In this moment of crisis, the team calls on Jack Frost to lead their resistance, and in the process, he inevitably redeems himself, becomes visible and achieves a personal victory. Now we know what he looks like. I was reminded of Peter Pan, although he isn't green.
There's an audience for this film. It's not me. I gather younger children will like the breakneck action, the magical ability to fly and the young hero who has tired of only being a name. Their parents and older siblings may find the 89-minute running time quite long enough.
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- Dolph Ziggler is the featured Superstar on WWE's website today. - The first WWE RAW of 2013 will take place on January 7th in Tampa, Florida at the Tampa Bay Forum. There will be an online pre-sale beginning tomorrow with the password WWEVIP. - Sin Cara will be appearing at the Best Buy on Lafayette Road in Indianapolis, Indiana on November 17th from 6-8pm. - WWE Divas Champion Eve Torres has partnered with Celbri-tees and designed her own shirt to help support Beauty Cares, a group that fights to break the cycle of violence against women and children. Eve said: "I joined the "Celebri-tee campaign" and customized what is negatively known as a "wife beater", to raise awareness about domestic abuse and the ways in which abusive language can be hurtful."
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Tennis Corner: Setting, achieving and making new goals
Anyone who watched the Pro Football Hall of Fame induction ceremony last Sunday noticed numerous commonalties in the inductees' acceptance speeches.
To reach their greatness and successes, the inductees were aware of the help from a lot of people similar to the column that I wrote about two weeks ago about athletes that have their "team" around them.
But the commonality that raised my interest was how they achieved their greatness with the use of goals.
All of them talked about setting goals starting at a young age and when they reached those goals, they would make a new list to start working on. They also talked about the importance of writing these goals down on paper. It made them more accountable to what was important to them.
The reason this interested me is that it made me realize that our kids these days don't seem to set goals. Too many of them don't seem to have the ambition that kids a few years ago did. Then I started thinking, "Why don't these kids have that strong ambition anymore?"
I talked to a few of the tennis players and their answers surprised me.
Basically, the kids think that if they are not going to achieve a very high level of success there is no need to make goals. They see the professional athletes make the sacrifices during their childhood and early adulthood and they don't want to have to make those sacrifices, so it's easier for them to just plod along with minimum effort to have fun with their sport and not even think about a high level of success.
The message of this week's column is that it doesn't matter what level of success you want to achieve it is ultra important to have written goals and then strive to meet and possibly even surpass these goals.
It's all relative.
The goal-setting process is the same if your ultimate intention is to play at Wimbledon or play No. 5 on the high school team.
Even if you don't plan on being inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame, play professionally or maybe not even playing college tennis, it's important to take pride in your results, hold yourself accountable to yourself and your teammates and to have ambition. Make goals, write them down, periodically check them, work hard to reach them, make new ones and start the process again.
These are the kind of traits you will need to possess when you are older. To be successful in your job and even in your marriage, you have to make goals, have ambition and be accountable. During your teen years is the best place to learn how to achieve whatever your level of greatness will be. Then, you will be better prepared when you are 25, 31 and 37 years old.
Take pride in whatever you do. Be proud of your effort and see how high you can go.
We're already making plans for our second tournament in Kyle Williams memory and you should be making plans, too.
We held our first event in March and raised more than $7,000 for a great start for her foundation. We gave three $1000 scholarships to deserving high school seniors to help them with their college expenses.
The second Kyle Williams Memorial Tennis Tournament will be held Sept. 25-26 at Abilene Country Club, and each subsequent tournament will be held around that time. We wanted to hold the first tournament last spring so that we could get last year's seniors their scholarships.
If you played in the spring event, you know how much fun and how rewarding it was to honor Kyle. If you weren't able to play with us in March, we know you will want to join us in September.
In the spring, we only had women's doubles teams but this time we are hoping to also have some men's doubles. The entry blanks will be out in a couple of weeks.
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In the Netherlands, the financing and delivery of home care is highly fragmented with various tasks – such as washing the patient, serving meals and putting on elastic compressions – paid through different reimbursement schemes and, more often than not, executed by different professionals. As a result, patient care tends to lack coordination, making it difficult for the care providers to respond appropriately to changing patient conditions, which in turn leads to compromised continuity of care and low patient satisfaction.
At the same time, many home care service providers have cut costs by fine-tuning the minimum skill level required to accomplish each task. Dutch home care also tends to be focused on responding to patients' current problems rather than preventing deterioration, meaning that interventions are generally added on only once the patient's condition has already worsened.
To respond to these challenges, the home care organization Buurtzorg (meaning neighborhood care) was created to focus on patient value by putting professionals in the lead through reverse task shifting. Essentially, the program empowers nurses (rather than nursing assistants or cleaners) to deliver all the care that patients need. And while this has meant higher costs per hour, the result has been fewer hours in total. Indeed, by changing the model of care, Buurtzorg has accomplished a 50 percent reduction in hours of care, improved quality of care and raised work satisfaction for their employees. In fact, in 2011, Buurtzorg was chosen as the Dutch employer of the year.
One of the keys to the program's success is that Buurtzorg's home care nurses organize their work themselves. Moreover, rather than executing fixed tasks and leaving, they use their professional expertise to solve the patient's problem by making the most of their clients' existing capabilities, resources and environment to help the patient become more self-sufficient. Simply put, Buurtzorg professionals' aim is to make themselves superfluous as soon as possible, versus other providers who tend to execute the subtasks without truly focusing on the patient's overall situation.
Buurtzorg uses small self-steering teams (with a maximum of 12 nurses) who attend to an area of approximately 15,000 inhabitants and work together to ensure continuity of care. As a result, the professionals build durable relationships with their community, which further strengthens their ability to find local solutions for patients' problems. Although the teams are independent and self-steering, they are supported by a centralized service organization which provides management information to both the team and the organizations' leadership in order to minimize local overhead and maximize the professional's face-to-face time with patients.
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In just two years, more than 2,000 nurses have joined the program despite the increasingly tight labor market for nurses in the Netherlands. Indeed, by 2011 Buurtzorg employed 4,000 nurses and nurse assistants working in over 380 autonomous teams.
Preliminary results show that Buurtzorg's patients consume just 40 percent of the care that they are entitled to and half of the patients receive care for less than three months. As a result, patient satisfaction scores are 30 percent above the national average and the number of costly episodes requiring unplanned interventions has dropped. The company's financial revenue has also dramatically increased from €1 million to €40 million in a period of five years.
The Buurtzorg approach to healthcare delivery has also led to higher workforce productivity and reduced rates of absence through illness. Indeed, the total Buurtzorg organization requires overhead of just eight percent, compared to more than 12 percent within the regular home care services sector in the Netherlands. In 2010, the company achieved a 58 percent time actually spent with patients, versus a national average of only 51 percent. Given that 45 million hours of home care were provided in the Netherlands in 2010, the higher productivity level represented by Buurtzorg could potentially free up almost 7,000 full time employees nationwide (CVZ, 2011).
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You can't merely turn on DirecTV channel 111 and walk away, however; the Burger King "Whopperlust" campaign also includes an onscreen prompt, which you must press to continue the timer. If you're successful, Burger King will mail you your hard-earned coupons.
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A composite waterproof fabric for tent walls and the like which is suitable for use under severe service conditions, and which is opaque, of light weight and flame or fire resistant. The fabric comprises at least three plies, namely outer and inner woven, flame resistant plies and a middle ply of polytetrafluoroethylene which is hydrophobic, microporous and moisture vapor permeable. Tensile strength and tear resistance are imparted to the composite fabric largely by the inner ply, and abrasion protection is imparted by the outer ply. A light weight fabric of this construction is opaque, color adaptable and flexible at very low ambient temperatures.
1. A composite fabric comprising, in combination
a woven outer ply of flame resistant filamentary polymer selected from the group comprising meta-substituted polyaramide and copolymers thereof,
a woven inner ply of flame resistant filamentary polymer selected from the group comprising para-substituted polyaramide and copolymers thereof, and
a continuous middle ply bonded to the outer and inner plies and comprising a hydrophobic material having a moisture vapor transmission rate exceeding 1000 grams/m.2 /day and an advancing water contact angle exceeding 90 degrees.
2. The fabric of claim 1 in which the middle ply comprises a microporous sheet of polytetrafluoroethylene.
3. The fabric of claim 1 in which the middle ply is bonded to the outer and inner plies by an open pattern of adhesive dots.
4. The fabric of claim 1 in which the middle ply is darkly pigmented on a side thereof.
5. The fabric of claim 1 in which the outer and inner plies are plain woven.
The Government has rights in this invention pursuant to Contract No. DAAK60-78-C-0088 awarded by the Department of the Army.
The present invention relates generally to materials in sheet form for tents and the like. More specifically, it relates to fabrics that are waterproof, yet permeable to mositure vapor such as that produced by perspiration and respiration of an occupant.
U.S. Pat. No. 3,953,566 described porous membranes comprising expanded polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE). Such membranes and modified forms thereof are commercially available under the Trademark Gore-tex, sold by W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. It is hydrophobic, microporous and permeable to gases. Thus water will not spread on the material and wick into its porous structure. This property prevents the penetration of water droplets, and for this reason the membrane is characterized as waterproof. On the other hand, water vapor is free to flow or diffuse as a gas through the membrane. This property is of great importance in applications where moisture and moisture vapor may adversely affect comfort, for example, as discussed in U.S. Pat. No. 4,194,041.
Although the above-described PTFE membranes have been shown to possess these desirable properties to a marked degree, they are incapable of providing other properties necessary for tent applications. Other major functional properties that are not adequately provided include adequate strength, that is, adequate tensile strength and tear resistance, and adequate fire resistance, also sometimes referred to herein as flame resistance.
It has been previously proposed, as in U.S. Pat. No. 4,194,041, to form a layered article by sewing or adhesively bonding together an outer layer of the expanded PTFE and an inner layer of a hydrophilic material, that is, a material which does not transfer water by capillary action or by wicking. However, this product is not flame or fire resistant. The patent also describes another embodiment in which the said two layers are combined with additional layers of nylon taffeta and nylon tricot knit, but such composites are also insufficiently resistant to fire and flame exposures.
The difficulties encountered in attempting to form composite fabrics that combine all of the desired properties are compounded by the fact that each additional layer of a selected material adds to the weight of the fabric, as preferably measured in ounces per square yard. It is an important object of this invention to provide a fabric that is not only strong, waterproof, permeable to water vapor and fire or flame resistant, but also one that has a relatively low weight per unit area.
Additional objects of the invention are to provide a fabric that exhibits such desirable properties as flexibility at low ambient temperatures, opacity and color adaptability. As used herein, opacity means that the fabric is not translucent as measured by placing a source of light on one side of the fabric and a photometer sensor on the other side to measure the light transmission through the fabric. This property is desirable for military uses. Color adaptability refers to the capability of the fabric to be pigmented or otherwise to receive a desired surface color, which is a capability of both military and nonmilitary value.
With the foregoing and other related objects in view, as hereinafter appearing, this invention comprises a light weight composite fabric consisting of at least three plies, lamina or layers. A middle ply is hydrophobic, yet porous and permeable to moisture vapor. This ply is affixed between outer and inner woven, flame-resistant plies each formed of a filamentary polymeric material having selected properties. The inner and outer plies comprise materials of differing chemical and physical properties, whereby the composite multi-ply material exhibits a novel and improved combination of properties including those properties previously discussed.
The FIGURE depicts a preferred embodiment of the improved composite fabric of this invention, in schematic exploded form for purposes of explanation.
In the drawing the reference numeral 2 depicts a continuous middle ply of a hydrophobic, microporous, moisture vapor permeable material, such as the expanded polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) material described in said U.S. Pat. Nos. 3,953,566 and 4,194,041. This membrane is preferably fabricated to have a weight of 0.8 ounce per square yard but weights up to 1.2 ounces per square yard may be used in some applications. It has a moisture vapor transmission rate exceeding 1000 grams per square meter per day. It also possesses an advancing water contact angle exceeding 90�. These properties impart waterproofness and windproofness to the ply 2 but at the same time permit water vapor present on one side of the ply to flow or diffuse as a gas through the pores thereof to the other side.
However, the ply 2 has relatively insignificant tear strength and tensile strength. In fact, its strength in these modes is at least two orders of magnitude below the levels necessary for tent applications. Moreover, pigmented forms of the PTFE film or membrane are relatively flammable, and unpigmented forms are highly translucent.
Reference numeral 3 depicts an inner ply of flame resistant filamentary polymer in the form of a woven sheet. Preferably the ply 3 comprises woven multifilament yarns, preferably with balanced construction, that is, with equal strength in both warp and fill directions. The material of this ply is selected primarily for its tensile strength and tear resistance. The presently preferred material is a para-substituted polyaramide sold by Dupont under the Trademark Kevlar. Alternatively, any structurally similar copolymers may be used. For application as a tent wall material the fabric has a preferred weight per unit area of approximately 2.1 ounces per square yard, but weights up to 4.8 ounces per square yard may be used in some applications. As fabricated to have a weight of 2.1 ounces per square yard, it exhibits a tear strength of 93 pounds in the warp direction and 110 pounds in the fill direction. The tensile strength is 274 pounds per inch in the warp direction and 298 pounds per inch in the fill direction.
However, the Kevlar fabric has a yellow color and cannot be readily dyed; therefore its application as an exterior ply would not provide the desired color adaptability for some tent applications. Moreover, some evidence exists that Kevlar fabric has a relatively low resistance to prolonged weathering; accordingly, this ply preferably comprises the inner or interior surface of the composite fabric.
Reference numeral 1 refers to a woven outer ply of flame-resistant filamentary polymer. The presently preferred polymer for this ply comprises a meta-substituted polyaramide sold by Dupont under the Trademark Nomex. Alternatively, any structurally similar copolymer may be employed. This ply protects the inner elements from abrasion or weather-related degradation and is preferably woven using multifilament yarns which comprise approximately balanced construction in the warp and fill directions. This fabric has a preferred weight per unit area of approximately 2.5 ounces per square yard, although weights up to 4.8 ounces per square yard may be used in certain applications. The Nomex material is selected primarily for its fire and flame resistance, its ability to protect the middle ply from abrasion and its color adaptability. For example, it is available in a dark green color suitable for military applications. The Nomex ply somewhat increases the tear and tensile strength of the composite fabric. Measured separately from the other plies 2 and 3, the ply 1 at a weight of 2.5 ounces per square yard exhibits a tear strength of 14 pounds in each of the warp and fill directions, and a tensile strength of 103 pounds per inch in the warp direction and 94 pounds per inch in the fill direction.
The plies 1, 2 and 3 are preferably united as a unitary fabric structure by printing thereon a pattern of spaced dots or lines of urethane adhesive, for example an open diamond pattern, and then uniting the plies under sufficient pressure to assure a permanent bond. The adhesive dots or lines are sufficiently spaced to prevent the formation of a continuous layer of adhesive in the completed fabric, so that a relatively large percentage of the fabric surface is adhesive-free and therefore moisture vapor permeable.
An exemplary and preferred embodiment of the fabric according to this invention was formed as follows:
Ply 1: Nomex, plain-woven, 2.5 ounces per square yard, dark green in color.
Ply 2: Microporous Gore-tex PFTE film, 0.8 ounce per yard, blackened on one side.
Ply 3: Kevlar, plain-woven, 2.1 ounces per square yard.
The above plies were united to form a unitary composite fabric by a pattern of spaced dots of a urethane adhesive of commercial grade.
This fabric exhibited properties that are very desirable in tents particularly tents intended for military or other severe service applications, that is, for continued rough usage and usage under severe weather conditions. The composite fabric weight of 5.4 ounces per square yard was approximately one-third the weight of tent wall material in contemporary military use.
The fabric was waterproof, having no measurable liquid water penetration at a hydrostatic pressure of 25 pounds per square inch.
The fabric was windproof, having an air permeability of less than one cubic foot per minute per square foot of surface area at an air pressure differential equivalent to 0.5 inch of water.
The fabric was permeable to water vapor, being capable of transmitting more than 300 grams per square meter in a twenty-four hour period.
The composite fabric was flexible to temperatures as low as -50� F.
The composite fabric had a tear strength of 105 pounds in the warp direction and 101 pounds in the fill direction, with the warp and fill directions of the plies 1 and 3 mutually aligned. Also, the fabric had a tensile strength of 340 pounds per inch in the warp direction and 295 pounds per inch in the fill direction.
As noted above, opacity is a desirable property in certain applications. One of the limitations of the PTFE film comprising the ply 2 is that this ply is itself highly translucent. A measure of the translucence was obtained by the following apparatus. A plywood-light box was constructed and made light-tight except for a front panel or screen of translucent glass. A 75-watt incandescent lamp was mounted near the middle of the interior volume of the box and the interior walls were painted silver to increase internal reflection and to give diffused, uniform lighting of the translucent screen. A photometer sensor was rigidly mounted at a fixed distance from and at right angles to the translucent screen. With the room light out and the lightbox lighted, illumination at the photometer sensor surface was measured with each specimen in place over the lighted screen. At frequent intervals, illumination was measured without a specimen in place to obtain a reliable average base value. Results were reported as a percentage of light transmitted, given by 100 times the ratio of the illumination at the photometer with the specimen in place to the illumination at the photometer without the specimen in place.
Using this apparatus, white Gore-tex PTFE film transmitted 22.6 percent of the available light. It was further found that by application of suitable black pigmentation to one side of the Gore-tex PTFE film in such a manner as not to interfere materially with its moisture vapor transmission properties, it was possible to reduce the percent of available light transmitted to a small but detectable value of 0.3 percent. Each of the plies 1 and 3, when tested separately in a similar manner, transmitted a relatively small but detectable percentage of the impinging light. Nomex fabrics of darker colors transmitted less light than those of lighter colors.
It was further discovered that, upon the fabrication of the composite described in the above example, wherein one side of the Gore-tex PTFE film was pigmented black and the Nomex fabric 1 was of a dark green color, the percent of available light transmitted was reduced to a level that was substantially undetectable, rendering the fabric of substantially zero translucence. This desirable result appeared to depend upon the concurrence of pigmentation on both the PTFE film 2 and the woven outer layer 1, as well as upon the tightness of the weave in the layer 1.
This same exemplary composite fabric was also tested for flammability resistance, measured by vertical flammability tests made in compliance with Federal Test Standard No. 191, Method 5903.2 and the CPAI 84. These methods are essentially the same and are commonly used for tent materials. The following data were obtained in vertical flammability tests by these methods on four specimens of the exemplary fabric described above.
______________________________________Specimen Orientation After-Flame Time Char Length(Warp or Fill Vertical) (Seconds) (Inches)______________________________________Warp 0 1.3Warp 0 0.9Fill 0 0.8Fill 0 0.9______________________________________
The CPAI 84 tent wall and top flammability acceptance criteria allow the following maximum values for tent material in the weight range of the subject invention, with the stipulation that a specimen type that exceeds any one of these limits is not acceptable:
1. After-flame time (period in which a specimen continues to flame after removal of flame source) of 4.0 seconds for any individual specimen.
2. Average after-flame time for all specimens of 2.0 seconds.
3. Char length of 10.0 inches for any individual specimen.
4. Average char length for all specimens of 7.5 inches. In terms of these criteria, the data shown for the preferred embodiment indicate a high level of flammability resistance.
The flammability resistance of each ply of the exemplary fabric was similarly and separately evaluated and it was shown that pigmentation of the PTFE film significantly reduced its relatively good flammability resistance. As shown in the above data, this did not hinder the fabrication of a highly flame-resistant composite.
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Joe Person of the Charlotte Observer reports that the agent for Panthers DE Greg Hardy has approached the team regarding a long-term contract extension. Hardy, 24, is entering the final year of his rookie, so it makes sense that he would be seeking an extension at this point, especially when you consider that he's coming off of a breakout season that included a career high 11 sacks. He will make $1.35 million for the 2013 season, but the Panthers are in no position to offer him a long-term contract. Carolina's financial situation is so bad that they're already highly-leveraged for next season. It seems likely that they won't be able to get Hardy signed before he's an unrestricted free agent next year. They'll still need to figure out a way to create some much needed cap space in order to even consider applying the franchise tag to him next offseason. Hardy should have a very competitive market next year, assuming that he doesn't suffer a serious injury or significant drop off in terms of his productivity.
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Yesterday Immelman actually said one of the reasons he didn't take one peek at the leaderboard during the final round was b/c he was "deathly afraid of Tiger". He didn't want to see if Tiger was making a move. He didn't want to know how many strokes he had on the field. A golfer admitting they have a large fear of the best player in the world doesn't easily equate to "will consistently Tiger" IMO. I hope Immelman does. Hell, I hope anyone does, b/c it would be great for Tiger to have a consistent competitive rival, but if Immelman is afraid of Tiger, I don't like Immelman's odds to be that rival.
Trevor is a solid player with a great swing ... having said that it is really hard to win majors. Great players like Els, Singh and Mickelson have only three. Tiger just makes it look too easy at times.
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lets say the Reds decide to be sellers come July. i would like them to move the following players:
1. Arroyo. some people might argue we should move both Arroyo and Harang but i would hang onto Harang. he is a workhorse #2 starter. with Cueto-Harang-Volquez heading the rotation i would feel ok with guys like Owings, Maloney & Bailey as the BOR starters.
2. Cordero (assuming he waives his no trade clause) & Weathers.
I would hang onto Rhodes as a veteran prescence. he could actually co close with Massett. he is also cheap for next year.
Rhodes, Massett, Fischer & Herrara are a good start to a 2010 pen. we could pick up a cheap vet to help out. fill out the pen with Burton, Viola, Manuel, Roenicke,etc
3. anyone not signed for 2010 could also go but i wouldn't expect much in return (Hairston, Hernandez, Nix, Gomes, etc)
the 2010 team needs a shortstop. Valaika has been hurt & was struggling at AAA prior to the injury. Cozart is at AA this year and i would expect him at AAA next year with him being pencilled in for a 2011 season in the bigs. Janish seems like a nice utility IF but would likely be overexposed as an everyday SS. we also need either someone to play either LF or 3B depending on where EE plays. guys like Frazier & Alonso might also not arrive until 2011. the trade deadline seems a nice place to start assembling next years team. i suspect Arroyo, Cordero & Weathers have some value.


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