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posted on: 09 November 2015, posted by: Oliver, Unlimited Team
In Adelaide, South Australia, it's been a Month of Mayhem. That's the name given to a program of screenings, exhibitions, performances, seminars, and workshops by Deaf and disabled artists for all audiences. Described as a 'unique and groundbreaking programme… the work in 'Mayhem' gives reign to the tangle of human experiences.' Jo Verrent went 'down under' to find out more…
I've been lucky enough to be part of all the Month of Mayhem events so far – Sync Disability Leadership Program, Adelaide Film Festival Mayhem screenings and installations, Reasonable and Necessary exhibition and the Unfixed international creative research residency. It's a real opportunity to learn about the power of linking stuff up to increase momentum and impact.
Each of these elements were planned in isolation – supporting disabled artists to develop skills, share work and increase advocacy – with Access2Arts as a common partner. It was their vision that convinced all the different partners involved that together, the sum could equal more than the parts. So first, the parts…
First was the second SYNC Disability Leadership intensive funded by Australia Council for the Arts and with support from Arts Access Australia (the peak body concerned with disability and the arts across the whole of Australia). It's based on the work Sarah Pickthall and myself delivered in the UK previously and focuses on the interplay between leadership and disability. A new group of 11 participants drawn from across Australia met for 5 days and will now have 1-1 coaching support for 4 months to enable them to put some of their newly developed plans to extend their influence into practice.
This was followed by the biennial Adelaide Film Festival, which included for the first time a significant screening and installation program of work by disabled artists from around the globe. 31 short films and two documentaries all had Deaf and disabled artists as the key creatives including Unlimited works such as Juan delGado's The Flickering Darkness Revisited, Tony Heaton's Breathe Nothing of Slaughter and the other 4 World War One shorts made for Channel 4 OD and both Sue Austin's and Simon McKeown's 2012 Unlimited linked works, 'Creating the Spectacle!' and 'Motion Disabled'. The work was shown in pop up cinema spaces throughout the city – at both state and city public libraries, at the Central Market and screened outdoors at Port Adelaide, as well as some works – such as Sue's 360 degree immersive experience, being part of mainstream events (in this case, within a showcase of various virtual reality experiential works).
Reasonable and Necessary is an installation exhibition which I had the honour of opening. It's an artistic response to the National Disability Insurance Scheme, which offers a fresh opportunity in Australia for access and inclusion. John Willanski was lead artist, asking disabled people what they really need to have full and active lives. The results, on yellow post-it notes, form the basis of this ever evolving piece, featuring Auslan (Australian sign language) and embedded audio description, which is currently housed in a shipping container on Light Square and open to the public.
Unlimited paired up with Australian Network for Art & Technology, Access2Arts and Watershed for Unfixed, an international creative research residency. Unfixed is a creative investigation into the characterisation of bodies and minds as 'disabled' and 'abled' for 10 disabled artists from Australia and the UK looking at compensation, augmentation and a whole manner of things in between. it's a two week process and it's one of the most intriguing processes I've been part of, simply due to the diversity and openness of those taking part.
And the sum? By linking all these initiatives together, the work has gained a higher profile that it would have if just confined to the single events. It's gained the attention of funders and audiences. It's meant the partners involved in each element have become more aware of the other partners attached to each part, and therefore increased the potential for cross fertilisation and growth, and it's meant that visitors from out of town have been able to justify longer visits in order to take it all in. It's also meant that the staff of Access2Arts are pretty exhausted as they've been involved in delivering all the elements – which is a good reminder for us back at Unlimited to constantly check our capacity.
A Month of Mayhem is an easily replicable initiative, but it wouldn't be possible without having a strong central message. In this case, recognising the creative potential of disabled artists, and the need for that potential to be harnessed in ways that focus on the creative advantage that creates, rather than simply focused on access or inclusion. This perspective is linked to the UK's 'creative case' – and is one that is increasingly being picked up around the world.


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Is the US Ex-Im Bank Really the Bank of China, Boeing and Human Rights Abusers?
On Wednesday we looked at how the US Export-Import Bank is doing its part to make millionaires out of foreign soccer players playing in foreign leagues, in foreign cities, on the US taxpayer's dime. Despite the fact that most Americans hate soccer, we fund it lavishly.
We also fund a Chinese solar panel company to sell its solar panels in India, according to the Washington Free Beacon.
Ex-Im approved a loan to an Indian developer who wants to buy solar panels from MiaSolé, a California-based solar panel manufacturer. A bank spokesman said the loan amount has not been issued yet, as the financing terms are still under negotiation.
The private Chinese energy firm Hanergy bought the struggling MiaSolé late last year. MiaSolé's board first sought $1.2 billion, but Hanergy paid only one-tenth of that, the New York Times reported.
The Ex-Im Bank is still calling the firm a "California company" months after it was bought up by the Chinese, while spokesman Phil Cogan tells the Free Beacon that "The ownership of the company is not relevant to the decision to approve financing." The Ex-Im Bank supposedly exists, though, to help American companies.
MiaSolé is in California, but its ownership is a few thousand miles west. When he spoke to the Center for American Progress last year, Ex-Im Chairman Fred Hochberg said his bank provides financing for American companies, declaring "At Ex-Im, we have a pretty simple goal – to help grow American exports and support the jobs they create. We do it by providing export finance for American companies selling into foreign markets where financing isn't readily available OR available at competitive terms." After its sale, MiaSolé is no longer, strictly speaking, American. But Cogan says that that doesn't matter.
Ok, that's one small loan to one Chinese company to sell its green wares in India.
Ex-Im has a much larger customer here in the US: Boeing. In fact, Boeing is far and away the Ex-Im Bank's single largest customer. Take a look at this map of Ex-Im loan data. Over on the left hand side, it shows that the two largest recipients of loans are "Boeing Company, The" and "Boeing Company."
In fiscal 2012, the Examiner reported that the Ex-Im Bank made a massive majority of its loans to Boeing.
In fact, President Obama's export subsidy agency funneled 82.7 percent of its taxpayer-backed loan guarantees to just one exporter: Boeing. Out of $14.7 billion in long-term loan guarantees in fiscal year 2012, $12.2 billion subsidized Boeing sales, according to Ex- Im's annual report issued last week.
How does one company account for so many of the Bank's loans? Well, cronyism might have something to do with it. Kevin Varney was once the principal economic adviser to Ex-Im Chairman Hochberg. He now works at an outfit called 32 Advisors. One of 32 Advisors' biggest clients: Boeing.
Let's roll out a few more of Chairman Hochberg's greatest hits. Under his watch, the Ex-Im has guaranteed loans for companies that do business in Iran, according to the New York Times. Official US policy is to discourage anyone from doing business with Iran, to isolate is as punishment for its nuclear weapons program.
The Ex-Im Bank even has a Nigeria scam angle. Nigeria ranks as one of the most corrupt countries in the world, but the Ex-Im is guaranteeing loans to the Nigerian government.
The Association of Electricity Consumers of Nigeria (AECN) has called for a greater utilisation of several Memoranda of Understanding (MoUs) in the power sector signed between the Federal Government and leading international firms while former Minister of Power, Prof. Bart Nnaji held sway. The government variously signed the agreements with US Exim Bank, General Electric, Daewoo and Siemens amongst others between July 2011 and August 2012.
And then there's what appears to be old fashioned pay for play.
March 25 (Bloomberg) -- Exxon Mobil Corp. and its partners in a $15 billion Papua New Guinea gas project last year paid the travel expenses for employees of the U.S. Export-Import Bank as it considered whether to help fund the venture.
The four workers ran up $97,367 in bills traveling to London, Tokyo and the South Pacific, according to data compiled by the bank. They flew business class, viewed the project's route by chartered aircraft and were entertained by costumed villagers. Eleven months later, the bank approved $3 billion in financing for the liquefied natural gas facility, the biggest transaction in the agency's 75 years.
Exxon Mobil, the biggest U.S. oil producer, isn't alone in picking up the travel tab for the Washington-based bank. In the past two years, the bank accepted $366,865 for employee trips, according to information provided under a Freedom of Information Act request. Workers visited projects sponsored by companies including Newmont Mining Corp., ConocoPhillips, Saudi Aramco and Barrick Gold Corp.
Sponsoring soccer millionaires, sidling up with terrorist and corrupt governments, and backing crony loans: It's a wonder the Ex-Im Bank ever gets around to helping American companies export actual products to real markets abroad.


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Pull-through production also facilitates product customization. Since products are made as they are ordered, it may be possible to cost-effectively tailor an order to a customer's specific needs, instead of only offering a generic product.
BREAKING DOWN 'Pull-Through Production'
Using pull-through production means that companies are less likely to purchase excess inventory, are able to reduce their inventory storage costs, and are able to reduce the opportunity costs of tying up in inventory money that could be used elsewhere. The downside is that the company must conduct multiple, smaller production runs instead of one or two large production runs, which can be more expensive if not managed properly.


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I wanted to try out the new mini twister I got and I decided to make a small mug rug for my desk. After 11 years of sharing a partners desk I am getting a new office with my own desk so I decided I needed something to make it my own. Just a fun little thing I put together tonight.
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Moorhead attorney's license suspended indefinitely
The Minnesota Supreme Court issued an order Thursday indefinitely suspending Moorhead lawyer Richard Varriano's license for violations of clients' trust accounts.
The action followed the court finding of "multiple violations" by Varriano of the professional code of responsibility for lawyers, although no clients suffered known losses as a result of the trust account violations.
The misconduct also involved representing clients with a clear conflict of interest and using a trust account to shelter personal funds from the Internal Revenue Service.
Varriano cannot apply for reinstatement for at least a year, according to the order.
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Many dieters use alli to lose weight. The weight loss aid is the only over-the-counter diet pill that is approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). But an alli recall forced many diet pill users to question the safety of the medication. The product is now back on the market, but users should examine their pills to make sure that their alli is safe.

alli® Recall

According to drugmaker GlaxoSmithKline, the company discovered in March 2014 that some alli bottles were tampered with and did not contain authentic alli diet pills. Tampered bottles were found at retail stores in Alabama, Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi, New York, North Carolina and Texas. With consumer safety in mind, the GSK voluntarily recalled the product from the market. The company initiated an investigation and started working with officials from the FDA to resolve the issue.

GSK says that the tampered cartons may look authentic. They provide the following safety information on their website to help you identify alli bottles that may have been affected:
 - The bottle may contain a range of tablets and capsules of various shapes and colors.
 - The bottle may not have a label.
 - The bottle's tamper evident seal may not be intact, not be made of foil and/or not have the authentic alli wording: "Sealed for your Protection."
 - The lot numbers and expiration dates on the bottle do not match the lot number and expiration date on the outer carton.
The company goes on to say that some bottles bearing the following lot numbers and expiration dates on the carton have been reported by consumers as containing product other than alli:
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 - Carton Lot 14395, Expiration: 02/28/2016
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After you buy, you'll want to check your package to make sure your alli diet pills are safe. The new product has special packaging that makes it obvious if the bottle has been tampered with. GSK redesigned the outer carton, including adding tamper-evident safety seals to help consumers identify authentic alli product. In addition, the company provides a detailed description of what the product should look like when the package is opened.

"alli® is a turquoise blue capsule with a dark blue band imprinted with the text '60 Orlistat'. It is packaged in a labeled bottle that has an inner foil seal imprinted with the words: 'Sealed for your Protection.' The same Lot and Expiration Date codes should be printed on both the bottle label and the outer carton."

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BERLIN, June 24 (Reuters) - German industrial companies producing their own electricity will pay a higher renewable energy surcharge than previously envisaged, according to a new draft law on renewable energy law taking into account criticisms from Brussels.
According to the draft law seen by Reuters on Tuesday, industrial companies producing their own electricity in new ecological or combined heat-power plants would pay 30 percent of the renewable energy charge in 2015.
In 2016, they would pay 35 percent of the current 6,24 cents per kilowatthour surcharge, rising to 40 percent from 2017.
Existing plants and small plants such as solar modules on roofs would remain exempt from the surcharge, while other new plants would pay the full surcharge. The plan until now had been for industry to pay 15 percent of the surcharge. (Reporting by Markus Wacket; Writing by Annika Breidthardt; Editing by Stephen Brown)


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As adults, we exercise our right to eat whatever we want for any meal. I think that by the time we are adults, we have earned that right. Therefore, we have most certainly earned the right to eat chocolate whenever we please. I think that that right should be acted on more. Don't you think?
I just want to share all chocolate recipes all of the time. Especially when they are easy to whip up in one minute.
In my opinion, the best recipes are more like guidelines or ideas; you just add the ingredients to your taste, add in whatever you feel, and enjoy. That's the best way to learn and create the best dishes.
This is a dish that I just threw together one evening when I had leftover quinoa and a nasty chocolate craving. You can add everything to taste in just a couple of minutes.
1/2 cup cold quinoa
1/3 cup almond/soy/whatever milk
a drop of vanilla extract
1-2 Tablespoon cacao or cocoa powder
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The Dutch caretaker cabinet has earmarked two billion euros for the extension of a government programme providing banks with guarantees on business loans.
The programme was initially intended to expire at the end of 2010, but a spokesperson for the economic affairs ministry has confirmed it will be extended by another year. The government loan guarantees are intended to make banks less reluctant to extend credit to businesses. A government guarantee will reduce the bank's exposure, as the government will pay half the loan amount in case of a default. Economic Affairs Minister Maria van der Hoeven hopes extending the programme will allow entrepreneurs to stay in business even in economically difficult times. In 2009 and 2010, entrepreneurs made only limited use of the government scheme.
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WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind., Dec. 17 (UPI) -- Computers doing "approximate computing" for tasks not requiring perfect accuracy could double efficiency and reduce energy consumption, U.S. scientists say.
Such computers could run a growing number of applications designed to tolerate "noisy" real-world inputs and use statistical or probabilistic types of computations, computer engineers at Purdue University said.
"The need for approximate computing is driven by two factors: a fundamental shift in the nature of computing workloads, and the need for new sources of efficiency," said researcher Anand Raghunathan.
"Computers were first designed to be precise calculators that solved problems where they were expected to produce an exact numerical value," he said. "However, the demand for computing today is driven by very different applications."
Current computers are designed to compute precise results even when it is not necessary, the researchers said, whereas approximate computing could endow computers with a capability similar to the human brain's ability to scale the degree of accuracy needed for a given task.
"If I asked you to divide 500 by 21 and I asked you whether the answer is greater than one, you would say yes right away," Raghunathan said. "You are doing division but not to the full accuracy. If I asked you whether it is greater than 30, you would probably take a little longer, but if I ask you if it's greater than 23, you might have to think even harder.
"The application context dictates different levels of effort, and humans are capable of this scalable approach, but computer software and hardware are not like that."
Purdue researchers said they're working on a range of hardware techniques to demonstrate approximate computing, showing a potential for improvements in energy efficiency.


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I remember playing the original Painkiller when it came out. I had a blast playing it. It doesn't have a massive amount of weapons - but it has enough. Painkiller is not comparable to Serious Sam, serious Sam is more of an upgraded arcade shooter, focusing on waves and waves of enemies coming at you and virtually no strategy at all. Painkiller 1, Or Painkiller Black, was not a strategical masterpiece either, but the enemies were region specific, the areas were each vastly different. It had a plot. It was more like a new Doom than Doom 3 was. The Painkiller sequels sucked though. They changed things quite a bit, making it more like Serious Sam and less like the original Painkiller. Oh and one other thing Painkiller 1 had that they never returned to - gigantic bosses that you had to figure out how to kill. You couldn't just shoot at the bosses until they finally fell - you had to kill each one in a specific way, like a puzzle, and gain powerful items from them.
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Thursday's CSExtra offers the latest reporting and commentary on space related activities from across the globe. Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield's recently completed International Space Station mission stirs new interest in human space exploration. First stop on the way to mars: the moon or an asteroid?. On Mars, NASA's Curiosity rover hints at signs of wear and tear. Also on Mars, NASA's aging Opportunity rover finds signs of a past watery environment. Russia looks to 2017 to start tests of a new reusable rocket. NASA's Cassini mission completes a topographical map of Saturn's moon Titan. The European Space Agency opens a center to track hazardous asteroids. Virgin Galactic looks to late 2013 for the possible first suborbital flight with passengers. NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center backs up NASA's Space Launch System. Lawmakers from the Houston area converge on Washington to rally support for human space exploration. Coming soon to Florida's space coast: the opening of the Space Shuttle Atlantis exhibit. A rare piece of Mars heads to auction. The earliest Martian explorers might do well to hold off on children.
1. From The New York Times: Youthful interest in space surges thanks to Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield, who returned to Earth recently after serving as commander and flight engineer aboard the International Space Station. The first Canadian skipper turned to song and social media to awaken interest.
2. From Space News: Congress hears strong disagreement over where NASA should aim for next on its eventual mission with human explorers to Mars. Some embrace the idea of corralling an asteroid into a stable lunar orbit. Others favor the lunar surface as the first stop for eventual missions to Mars.
3. From Discovery.com: In Gale Crater on Mars, NASA's Curiosity rover begins to show signs of wear and tear. Curiosity landed in Gale in August to start a two year mission to determine whether the red planet once harbored conditions suitable for some form of life.
4. From Space.com: At Endeavour crater on Mars, NASA's aging Opportunity rover finds more evidence of a past habitable environment in a rock altered by water. "'Esperance, is a relic of a wetter time on Mars when life may have been possible," the website reports.
5. From Ria Novosti, of Russia: The Energia Rocket and Space Corp looks to 2017 for the start of test flights of a successor to the Soyuz carrier rocket. The reusable rocket will be designed for up to five missions.
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10. From The Galveston Daily County News, of Texas: Regional policy makers converge on Washington to stir up support for human space exploration,
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Border report: No 'spillover' violence from Mexican drug-cartel wars
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Border report: No 'spillover' violence from Mexican drug-cartel wars
By Diana Washington Valdez \ El Paso Times
Posted: 04/20/2012 12:00:00 AM MDT
The Mexican drug-cartel wars that fueled soaring homicide rates south of the border have not led to significant "spillover" violence on the U.S. side of the border, according to a new national report released Thursday.
The report, "Beyond the Border Buildup," was produced by the Washington Office on Latin America, a think tank that advises U.S. policymakers, and Mexico's Colegio de la Frontera Norte, a prominent research college with branches in Tijuana and Juárez.
"While Mexico has suffered over 50,000 organized-crime- related murders since 2007, this violence is not spilling over the border," said the report based on a yearlong investigation on both sides of the border.
However, cartel-related kidnappings did take place in the United States, although less is known about them because victims fearing reprisals are reluctant to report them.
"Beyond homicide, Mexican organized crime groups do hold kidnapped migrants and smuggled drugs in safe houses throughout the border region," the report said. It added that statistics show the abductions appear to be on the decline.
The FBI's Southwestern offices identified 62 cartel-related kidnapping cases on U.S. soil that involved cartels or undocumented immigrants in 2009.
The count fell to 25 in 2010 and 10 as of July 2011, according to the report.
The 83-page report also said that despite record investment by the U.S. government in border security, U.S. law enforcement agencies lack a coordinated border security plan, and drugs continue to flow into the United States through understaffed international bridges.
Last week, Mexican presidential candidate Enrique Peña Nieto told the Reuters news service that if elected he would work to create a 40,000-strong paramilitary force with police powers, or gendarmerie, to battle cartels. He also said his priority is to curtail the violence.
George Grayson, author of several books on Mexican drug organizations, said Peña Nieto's proposal would require broad political support that he's not sure exists in Mexico right now.
"Politicians don't want a strong police force in Mexico," Grayson said. "Half the governors are probably linked to the cartels or turn a blind to them."
He said the dynamics in the drug-cartel wars change rapidly, and they will change again before a new president is elected.
For example, he said, reports that Joa quin "Cha po" Guzman has issued a challenge to Los Zetas could, if true, result in more violence. Los Zetas operate along the eastern coast of Mexico, up to South Texas. Guzman's cartel operates in Central and Western Mexico.
Last month, forces claiming to represent Guzman killed and dismembered alleged Zetas and wrote a message on a "narco banner" aimed at the Zetas.
"Things could get thicker and more toxic," said Grayson, a professor at William & Mary College who has a book on the Zetas coming out soon.
Guzman is still fighting the Carrillo Fuentes drug cartel in the state of Chihuahua, a conflict that has killed more than 9,400 people in Juárez. Rumors of a cease-fire have surfaced at times, but the killings continue.
El Paso lawyer Carlos Spector, who has represented U.S. asylum petitions by Mexican citizens, views the paramilitary proposal as bad for Mexico.
"The only thing that differentiated Mexico from Colombia in the drug-trade issue was the creation of a paramilitary force," Spector said. "This is the worst thing that Mexico could do. It would perpetuate the violence and abuses with less accountability.
"This would be like setting loose a military on steroids, and like in Colombia, I fear that the right-wing elements would take advantage of a paramilitary."
Robert Bunker, a national security expert in California, said he supports Peña Nieto's paramilitary proposal, assuming it's carried out correctly.
"Such a paramilitary force would have to be national in scope and utilize both top-down (centralized) and bottom-up (networked) organizational attributes," Bunker said.
"Further, such a force would need to draw upon both military and policing capabilities. For example, it would have to be able to utilize both military and criminal intelligence protocols.
"This would allow it to effectively operate in the 'blurring of crime and war operational environment' in which the criminal insurgencies are taking place in Mexico," said Bunker.
He added that the drug-cartel landscape may be narrowing. "In Mexico, I think we are seeing both increasing centralization and decentralization of the narco wars," he said. "We appear to now have a two-cartel conflict between the Zetas and Sinaloa alliances, while at the same time numerous baby cartels, or cartel factions, have also emerged.
"The old landscape of half a dozen or so middle-size cartels based on the 'plaza' system, which dates back to the late 1980s, is no more."
According to the "Border Buildup" report, "The threat of the horrors in Mexico reaching U.S. soil is a regular theme of speeches and declarations from legislators, governor and state officials in Texas and Arizona, local political and law-enforcement leaders from counties near -- but not on -- the U.S.-Mexico border, and some ranches in remote border zones."
But statistics show that crime along the U.S. border generally is lower than statewide averages.
"The four (U.S.) border states themselves are becoming rapidly safer. (FBI) statistics show all violent crime dropping by 11 percent, and homicides dropping by 19 percent, between 2005 and 2010 in Arizona, California, New Mexico and Texas," the report said.
The report said U.S. sources speculate that drug cartels follow an unwritten understanding to keep wholesale violence from crossing the border.
Otherwise, they are likely to be repelled by U.S. federal and local law enforcement, and by the U.S. military, which has already deployed resources to help in counternarcotics missions.
Diana Washington Valdez may be reached at dvaldez@...; 546-6140; follow on twitter @ eptimesdiana
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Identity Verification of Newborn Using Biometrics
A proper identity verification system for newborns is a requisite in the current scenario. The various crimes against newborns' like illegal adoptions (intentionally, accidentally); missing, swapping and child trafficking are on a rise. The proposed system uses biometrics to prevent such acts by using the footprint trait of the newborn. The authenticity is further enhanced by using multimodal biometrics i.e. the mother fingerprint for verifying the identity of the newborn. Hence, newborn footprint and mother fingerprint are used for identification and verification respectively.
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ORLANDO, Fla., Feb. 21 (UPI) -- Victor Olapido, restored to the starting lineup Friday, erupted for 30 points and 14 assists in the Orlando Magic's 125-121 double-overtime win over New York.
Olapido regained his starting role after the Magic bought out the contract of Glen Davis earlier in the day, and the rookie responded with a standout performance, barely missing a triple-double with nine rebounds.
Olapido scored seven of his total late in the second overtime and Arron Afflalo pumped in 32 points for Orlando, which rallied from a 14-point third-quarter deficit en route to a sixth win in seven home games.
Tobias Harris helped out with 22 points and eight rebounds.
The Knicks got 44 points and 11 rebounds from Carmelo Anthony but it wasn't enough to avoid their fourth loss in five contests.
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Cedric Dozier said earlier this month that Washington held a slight edge in his recruitment but now after Cal has offered the Lakewood (Wash.) Lakes athlete doesn't have a leader and will look at all programs equally.
"A slight edge doesn't really come in handy anymore," Dozier said. "I'd definitely say I like both programs and when it comes down to me making that choice we'll all see what happens."
Dozier is a 5-foot-11, 175-pound prospect who plays quarterback in high school but projects as a defensive back or athlete in college.
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He threw for 1,1181 yards with 13 touchdowns and seven interceptions last season and also rushed for 1,223 yards and 17 scores but said most schools like him at another position.
Washington was the first to offer Dozier, who's included in the Rivals 250 to watch for 2012, and now that Cal has entered the fray he has some thinking to do. A visit to Berkeley could happen this month or next. Both programs are also recruiting Lakes teammate Zach Banner.
"It's really exciting," Dozier said of his new offer.
"It makes me want to work even harder. I know they have a dang good defense. Their defense is pretty good. Not downing their offense or anything but if they could get their offense moving like their defense then they could be a powerhouse.
"I've been in contact with coach (Tosh) Lupoi for a while now. I like that guy. He's a pretty good fellow. He got to check out our basketball games this year so we've definitely been in contact with each other."
Next up for Dozier is a trip to the Badger Sports 7-on-7 in Las Vegas next weekend. Then track season will get busy so he'll put his focus there. Oregon, USC, Oregon State and Boise State are showing interest in him.


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The Sennheiser G4ME Zero over-ear headphones are a gamer's delight. They are capable of reproducing highly detailed, crisp and clear sound, which combine with a comfortable noise-canceling design and high volume output to offer an immersive gaming experience.
Sennheiser's G4ME Zero over-ear PC gaming headphones have been created in partnership with game developer, IO-Interactive, and they tick all the right boxes when it comes to sound quality. They are capable of producing highly detailed, crisp and clear sound, and do a great job of managing volume and the direction of the sound within games. They are padded well enough for long-term wear, and sit lightly on the head, but have a noise-canceling design that can make your ears feel warm.
The G4ME Zero headphones' weight distribution, earcup size and shape, and padding ensure they can be used comfortably for long periods. I'll admit I managed to get through several four- to five-hour sessions of EA's Battlefield 4 without experiencing the discomfort, irritation, or pressure produced by many competing devices.
The headphones' earcups cover the ears completely, enclosing sound with thick but very soft "tailored leatherette double-layered memory foam", which sits against the side of the head. The noise-canceling seal this creates stops day-to-day ambient sounds (such as chatter) from entering. If volume is above 50 per cent (note: my source was set to 100 per cent volume), the headphones create a particularly immersive experience. This proves very helpful if you're participating in a LAN and want to drown out the opposition in the room and focus on listening to teammates speaking on Ventrilo/Teamspeak. The design also reduces noise leakage.
While this approach is appealing, the design has one slight flaw: it prevents air from entering the earcups, meaning your ears will become warm over time. This is not a major setback and doesn't cause discomfort, but you will notice a difference in temperature when you take them off. The issue can be eliminated by removing the headphones every half-hour for a few moments.
Sennheiser has kept the earcups simple, adding nothing but a volume wheel to the right earcup, and a microphone to the left. The microphone has a mute function, which is triggered when it's rotated upwards from a horizontal position; this means that even if you accidentally tap on your push-to-talk button, the microphone will remain inactive. You will hear a distinct click when the microphone switches between active and mute.
The G4ME Zero's headband is built to offer a generous size adjustment so it will likely fit heads of all sizes. Like the earcups, the headband has thick but soft padding for comfort. Its C-shape bends enough for a comfortable and stable fit, but not so much as to clamp the earcups to your head with too much pressure. This fit promotes balanced weight distribution, which makes the 312g headphones feel light.
The headband is connected to the earcups via somewhat of a T-joint which allows the earcups to pivot a full 90 degrees so that they can sit flat on a tabletop (the supplied hard case stores the headphones in this position). This is convenient if you, like me, still use a desk with a dedicated sliding keyboard tray. The T-joint also lets you fold the G4ME Zero headphones inwards for compact storage in case you aren't a fan of the supplied case.
There's no beating around the bush with the G4ME Zero headphones. At the end of their 3m cable are two 3.5mm connector sockets (one for sound and the other for the microphone), and once you're plugged in, you're ready to go; there is no software accompanying the device, so no need to worry about installations. On the flipside, the lack of native software can be frustrating for users who want to use different profiles for different purposes.
I tested the headphones using a desktop running both IO Interactive's Hitman: Absolution, and as previously mentioned, Battlefield 4. During my testing period, I found them capable of consistently accurate and clear sound. They reproduce extensive detail in conversations, gunfire, explosions, movement, character breathing, and environmental sounds (such as grass rustling beneath the avatar's body when setting up to snipe).
The G4ME Zero's ability to manage the constantly changing volume levels within both games creates depth, allowing you to distinguish from which direction sound is coming, as well as the distance between your avatar and the sound. As you turn in a game, you will also notice the smooth migration of sound between left, right, front and back. This was particularly helpful when sneaking through buildings in both titles, and determining how long it would take for enemies to enter the same room.
These elements combine for a three-dimensional, surround sound experience. For the most part, sound was dynamic and reproduced with the appropriate levels of echo to match the in-game scenario. Within Hitman: Absolution, for example, there was a major difference between the delivery of voices and gunfire within small rooms, larger halls, alleyways, and loud environments. There were some moments when sound was flatter than I would have liked, but this only occurred with very deep tones.
The G4ME Zero headphones also have huge volume output. With my source between 80 and 100 per cent and in-game volume at full blast, I found myself leaving the G4ME Zero's volume wheel at just under the 50 per cent mark, and even that was sometimes overwhelming, especially with the explosion-friendly nature of Battlefield 4. When I did dare to go the full monty, detail was preserved, but the combination of a multitude of sounds did chip away at the crispness, resembling slight distortion.
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Antianio Baptist Church
Oost Jongbloed 61
Tel: 378262
English service: Sunday at 08:30 AM
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Albert Sweitzer School
Tel: 371860
English service: Sunday at 10:00 AM
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Doormansweg 57
Tel: 372686
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Ebenezer protestant Church
Oranjestraat 111
Tel: 653121
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Bible studies: Thursday at 7:30 PM
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P.O Box 4708
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Tel: 617528 & 657737
Services: Friday at 7:30 PM, Sunday at 5:00 PM
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Practice Report: Thursday, Feb. 21, 2013
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As Thursday's 2 PM trade deadline has come and passed, the Wolves will simply focus on carrying last night's success into Friday's contest in Oklahoma City.
The game was Minnesota's first regular season match in a week. With head coach Rick Adelman with his wife for a medical checkup, assistant coach Terry Porter filled in as acting head coach for today's practice. Adelman will rejoin the team tomorrow.
"I just thought it was good," coach Porter said. "Obviously when you come out of an All-Star Break, there's a lot of rust that needs to come off. I thought our guys in the first half did a good job of moving the ball and playing with energy. Second half, we struggled to make shots, both teams kind of struggled.
"We were fortunate we made more free throws than they did. We were able to knock ours down. It was a good win for us to have some momentum going into the second half."
The first and second halves were very different in terms of scoring. While the Wolves scored 56 points in the first half on 51 percent shooting, they managed 38 points after halftime off a very pedestrian 24 percent. Minnesota received a large boost from 22 made free throws, especially at the end while holding off a Philadelphia comeback.
"Even in the third, both teams were in the bonus within seven or eight minutes," Porter added. "For us, the positive thing is that we stayed aggressive offensively. We got to the basket, we put the pressure on those guys and made the referees make calls."
Different Roles
For the Wolves' top two scorers last night, they have been dealing with different roles than they expected at the beginning of the year.
Nikola Pekovic rested just six minutes all night, but he was more productive than ever--scoring 27 points and grabbing a career-high-tying 18 rebounds. Backup centers Greg Stiemsma and Chris Johnson did not play. Pekovic noted after today's practice that he did not feel the difference between 34 or 42 minutes.
Derrick Williams played his fourth-most minutes all year (35) and make the most of them, logging 17 points and eight rebounds. Williams has been thrust into the starting lineup with the absence of injured forward Kevin Love.
"I've been just trying to play more aggressive over the last few weeks, and it's been working," Williams said. "I've finishing around the basket better, a lot better than I have been at the beginning of the season. I've been knocking down shots, and it just builds confidence whenever you're knocking down your outside shots as well, and your inside shots. I'm just playing a lot more consistent, and when you do that, then your numbers go up."
It was also encouraging for the coaches to see the former No. 2 overall draft choice have a good night, as he has been lately. Prior to Wednesday, Williams dropped a season-high 24 points against the Jazz.
"Every game that Derrick has is a positive in regards to being able to do some good things offensively, having good reads, helping our team system," Porter said of the young forward. "It's always a good stride for him to have a better understanding of what we need to help our team win."
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This is a continuation of application Ser. No. 08/361,380, filed Dec. 22, 1994 now abandoned.
The present invention relates to film material for packaging products wherein the film material comprises a two layer system, an inner layer of oxygen permeable material and an outer layer or "barrier layer" of oxygen impermeable material. The invention is particularly adapted for packaging meat wherein the oxygen impermeable layer can maintain a controlled atmosphere within the package and thereafter be delaminated to allow oxygen to permeate the packaging at the time of display.
Once slaughtered and cut, fresh meat has very limited time to be packaged, displayed, and sold without the introduction of a change in the atmosphere in which it is kept. This atmosphere, if shelf life is to be extended, must retard the growth of bacteria and therefore, deny the meat oxygen in most bacteria grows. By denying the product oxygen, the myoglobin in the meat cannot generate color; the myoglobin chemically requiring oxygen to achieve a fresh, natural appearing color.
In the past, if fresh meat or poultry products are to be in distribution or storage longer than a very few days, they must have been either vacuum packed, or frozen, or packed in a high oxygen modified atmosphere. Vacuum packaging does achieve extended shelf life, but its denial of oxygen from the meat causes the myoglobin in the meat to remain inactive, not able to produce the natural red color of fresh meat, or the natural color of other meats and poultry. In the absence of oxygen, meat turns purple or an unnatural color that is not appealing to consumers. Thus, while extending shelf life, because of the customer's preference for the natural color, this packaging acts as a deterrent to the product's sale and acceptance.
Known modified atmosphere high oxygen packages provide some extension of shelf life with an acceptable color for a time period, but in this atmosphere that allows for the proper color, there are also the natural microbiological processes at work. Bacteria, although initially retarded, accelerate and grow quickly causing mold and decay. Also, the myoglobin in the presence of oxygen becomes oxymyoglobin for good color, and then turns darker in a short time to become metmyoglobin which is an irreversible decay of the product.
In known processes, the product is loaded into an oxygen impermeable tray, flushed with a storage gas to give a good holding atmosphere, then an impermeable lid is applied and the product is sent into distribution. In one application, when the product is ready for display, a septum is placed on the lidding by a special machine, which through the puncture of the lid through the septum, exchanges the existing atmosphere, with one with oxygen that regenerates the color for display. Because of special equipment, additional gas, additional handling and the septum, this process raises the cost of the product significantly.
In another known system, the product is placed in a special tray with an impermeable coating and which has an inner permeable lidding and a dome lid sealed on the tray. The package and the dome are flushed with a storage gas, and at the point of display, the domed lid is removed, leaving the inner lidding and the tray. The product blooms back upon the introduction of oxygen through the inner lidding. In this case, the cost of the special tray, the doomed lid, the process and handling causes the price to be substantially raised to the customer. It is also difficult to pack and store these packages because of the domed lid.
In another system, a package, designed to extend the shelf life of fresh meat and poultry during distribution and storage, is then altered at the time of display, by the removal of a top layer of impermeable film which allows oxygen to penetrate a remaining permeable lidding and cause the meat or poultry to be chemically restored to a fresh color. This type of package has been designed accordingly for fresh meat and poultry to achieve the combination of extended shelf life, fresh red color and desirable retail appearance at a competitive cost. U.S. Pat. Nos. 3,713,849; 4,055,672; 3,574,642; 4,956,212 and 4,886,690 describe these type systems.
It is an object of the present invention to provide a combination of impermeable and permeable lidding materials that when sealed to an impermeable tray or pouch can contain and preserve the proper atmosphere to store fresh meat and poultry for extended periods, and that the impermeable layer can be peeled away easily at the time of display, leaving the permeable layer in place; the permeable layer allowing oxygen to change the atmosphere, so as to make the meat color fresh and attractive and sellable at a competitive price. The impermeable layer can be peeled from the permeable layer by grasping the excess film outside the seal that occurs on a preforming tray machine, or a film tab die cut from the seal area on a form, fill and seal machine.
It is another object of this invention that the process described above may be accomplished with a minimum of expense, without additional equipment or supplies other than the standard equipment used for modified atmosphere packages.
Another object of this invention is to be able to apply this lidding material either on preformed trays with the appropriate equipment, and also on gas flush horizontal form, fill and seal machines.
It is an object of the invention to provide a cost effective method of manufacturing using a coextrusion method for forming a laminate lidding then bonding to an impermeable layer and winding into a roll, or combining with a separate permeable layer and either double winding or applying directly to trays.
Another object of the invention is to be able to produce this lidding material from a number of known plastic films and adhesives.
It is also an object of the invention to produce pouches with a peelable film that would allow the product to be loaded into the pouch, or a tray that can be inserted into a pouch, then the pouch filled with the storage gas without oxygen, sealed and stored until display is desired, and a barrier (impermeable) film peeled off to allow the meat to bloom.
The objects of the invention are achieved with an inventive laminate and method of laminating a lidding. The outside oxygen barrier film can be a PVDC (vinylidene chloride copolymer also known as "saran") coated polyester adhesively laminated to a polyethylene coextrusion including a light gauge layer of easy peel polyethylene with anti-fog or like materials. This outside barrier layer can also be an uncoated polyester adhesively laminated to an EVOH (ethylene-vinyl alcohol copolymer) coextrusion with a peel seal layer and anti-fog.
Typically, the inner side of the outside barrier film can be a coextrusion of a support layer of LDPE (low density polyethylene), a tie layer, and an easy peel layer made from LDPE, such as 105.00 Exxon grade of 4% EVA such as 1403.00 Rexene grade or LLDPE (linear low density polyethylene) such as 11-P Novacore grade or varying grades of these, blended with polybutylene such as a number 0110 in a percentage of 15-25%, the amount varying to control peel strength to the inner, permeable film. This polyethylene coextrusion is adhesively laminated to the saran coated polyester or other oxygen barrier material.
The inner film or oxygen permeable film may be a mirror image duplicate of the coextruded polyethylene layer described above, with anti-fog and UV additives included, with the peel seal side wound in contact with the peel seal side of the impermeable layer. Alternately, this permeable layer can be a monoextrusion or a coextrusion using higher permeable resins such as 12% EVA (ethylene/vinyl acetate copolymer) such as #3130 Dupont grade or 18% EVA such as #3165 Dupont grade or Metallocene type such as SLP-9042 Exxon grade with anti-fog and UV additives added.
There are many known films that may be used in the construction of this invention as long as the outside film has high barrier to oxygen and UV light and is able to be easily peeled away from a permeable inside sealant film with anti-fog and UV filters, and the inside film being heat seal compatible to the sealant that is used on the inside of the tray to be used to hold a product.
FIG. 1 is a sectional view through a tray package of the present invention;
FIG. 2 is a sectional view of the tray package of FIG. 1 with a portion of the lidding delaminated;
FIG. 3 is an enlarged sectional view of the lidding shown in FIG. 1;
FIG. 4 is a partial perspective view of an alternate embodiment pouch of the present invention;
FIG. 5 is a schematic flow diagram of a method of manufacturing the lidding shown in FIG. 3;
FIG. 6 is a schematic sectional view of the extruder and die shown in FIG. 5;
FIG. 7 is a schematic view of an alternate coextrusion die
FIG. 8 is a schematic elevational view of an apparatus of coextruding a portion of the materials of FIG. 3;
FIG. 9 is a schematic diagram of the method of manufacturing the lidding of FIG. 3;
FIG. 10 is a schematic view of an alternate method according to the invention;
FIG. 11 is a schematic view of a further assembling step according to the method of FIG. 10;
FIG. 12 is a further alternate assembling step of the invention; and
FIG. 13 is an enlarged sectional view of an alternate lidding.
FIG. 1 discloses a controlled atmosphere package 20 such as for containing a food product 22 having a semirigid tray 24 with a perimeter flange 26. The tray has an oxygen impermeable barrier sealant layer 28 attached to the inside of the tray by adhesive lamination, extrusion coating, or heat seal coating. Once the product 22 is placed within the tray 24, a lidding 30 is heat sealed around a perimeter region 32 to the barrier sealant layer 28 to effectively surround the product 22. The lidding 30 comprises an outer barrier film 36 which is oxygen impermeable, and an inner film 38 which is oxygen permeable. Particularly when the food product 22 is meat or poultry, it is advantageous to seal the product 22 within the container 20 in an oxygen depleted or gas treated atmosphere with the lidding, the barrier film 36 and the permeable inner film 38 sealed around the perimeter 32 to the sealant layer 28 secured to the tray 24. The heat sealed perimeter 32 can be common to both the barrier film 36 and the inner film 38, and the heat seal of both films can be undertaken simultaneously.
FIG. 2 shows the package 20 of FIG. 1 with the barrier film 36 partially lifted from the permeable film 38 with the seal 32 being separated between the barrier layer 36 and the permeable film 38. The seal 32 provides a "peel seal", that is, the seal easily pulls apart without rupturing either film 36, 38. The impermeable layer can be peeled from the permeable layer by grasping the excess film outside the seal that occurs on a preforming tray machine, or a film tab die cut from the seal area on a form, fill and seal machine.
FIG. 3 illustrates the preferred layering of the lidding 30. The barrier film 36 comprises a polyester layer 40 coated by a PVDC coating 42. This laminate 40/42 is adhesively secured by an adhesive layer 43 such as a urethane adhesive, or otherwise laminated, to a low density polyethylene support layer 44 which is coextruded with a tie layer or adhesive layer 45 and an "easy peel" polyethylene film 46. It is possible to eliminate the tie layer 45 and still achieve satisfactory results. Although a number of materials can be used for the tie layer 45, a Bynel #4003 HDPE blended adhesive layer is advantageous.
The low density polyethylene support layer 44 can be a resin such as 12% EVA (ethylene/vinyl acetate copolymer) such as #3130 Dupont grade or 18% EVA such as #3165 Dupont grade or Metallocene type such as SLP-9042 Exxon grade with anti-fog and UV additives added. The easy peel polyethylene film 46 can preferably be an LDPE 105.00 Exxon grade or 4% EVA such as 1403.00 Rexene grade or an LLDPE such as 11-P Novacore grade or varying grades of these, blended with polybutylene such as a #0110 in a percentage of 15-25%, the amount varying to control peel strength of the barrier film 36 to the permeable film 38. The permeable film 38 can be a mirror image of the coextrusion 44/46 having an easy peel polyethylene layer 48 coextruded with a tie layer 49 and a low density polyethylene support layer 50 as described above, the easy peel polyethylene layer 48 facing the easy peel polyethylene 46. Preferably the polyethylene layers have anti-fog and UV additives included.
Alternatively, the permeable film 38 can be a monoextrusion or a coextrusion using higher permeable resins such as 12% EVA, such as #3130 Dupont grade or 18% EVA such as 3165 Dupont grade, or Metallocene type such as SLP-9042 Exxon grade with anti-fog and UV additives added. In this case, the permeable film 38 can forgo the peel seal polyethylene film as described above, while maintaining adequate results.
Alternatively, the barrier film 36 can be uncoated polyester adhesively laminated to an EVOH coextrusion with a peel seal layer.
FIG. 4 illustrates the inventive concept in a pouch having a impermeable seal layer 28' on a back side thereof for holding the product 22 and a front oxygen permeable film 38' sealed to the layer 28' around a perimeter 32' to enclose the product. A barrier film 36' is applied to the permeable film 38' and heat sealed along the perimeter 32' to enclose the product 22 in an oxygen impermeable atmosphere until the barrier film 36' is peeled from the package 20'. The materials as described above for the sealant layer 28 and the barrier film 36 are applicable to the layers 28' and 36' respectively. The materials as described above with regard to the oxygen permeable film 38 are also applicable to the film 38'.
FIG. 5 shows an inventive method of forming the multi-layer extrusion structure of the present invention. In this method, a bubble technique is used.
The bubble can be made by any of the known techniques for extrusion of tubular plastic film. For example, as seen in FIGS. 5 and 6, the polymer is fed into an extruder wherein it is heated above the melting point of the polymer to cause the melting thereof. The extruder 60 may be provided with a jacketed chamber 62 through which a heating medium is circulated. The rotation of a screw 64 forces melted polymer through a die 66 which is provided with a central orifice 68 which in turn is connected to an air supply 69. The resultant tubing 70 is inflated by introducing air into the interior thereof. The inflated tubing 70 is drawn upwardly and interiorly through an air ring 72 by a pair of rotating squeeze rolls 74 in a collapsing frame which also serve to collapse the tubing and retain the air in that portion of the tubing between the squeeze rolls 74 and the die 66. Cooling air is supplied to the air ring 72 and passes therefrom through perforations onto the exterior surface of the tubing 70. The stream of cooling air constitutes a cooling zone serving to chill or set the expanding plastic tube to the desired temperature. The collapsed film is then drawn downwardly at an angle to a slitting station 75 where the folded edges are slit to form sheets. The sheets can then be reeled into a coil 76.
FIG. 7 shows a coextrusion die which can be inventively used to form the multi-layer lidding of the present invention. This die 110 provides coaxial annular passages 114, 116, 118 for producing a three layer coextruded tube 70. Three extruders 60, one for each passage 114, 116, 118 are required. The inner most annular die 114 can be, for example, the easy peel layers 46, 48 and the next layer 116 can be the tie layer or adhesive layers 45, 49 and the next layer 118 can be the LDPE support layers 44, 50. Thus, the easy peel layers 46, 48 are in facing relationship and the support layers 44, 50 are outwardly facing, as also arranged in the laminate of FIG. 3. This coextrusion 120 comprising the layers 44, 45, 46, 48, 49, 50 can then be rolled together and applied to a barrier layer or to trays from a single supply.
FIG. 8 illustrates the arrangement of the apparatus of FIG. 5. Three extruders 60 (one shown) are used communicating into the three coaxial chambers 114, 116, 118 of the die 110. The bubble 70 is formed between the die 110 and the collapsing frame rollers 74. The bubble is collapsed into the coextrusion 120 which progresses downwardly, supported on a rack 122 into the slitting station 75 where the lateral edges are slit to form stacked planar sheets. The sheets of the coextrusion 120 are then rolled together into the coil 76 or alternately directly after slitting, can be rolled into two coils 76, 76'.
FIG. 9 illustrates the further step of laminating the remaining outer layers to the laminate 120. The outer layers 40, 42, are laminated together in a prior known method such as a coating process to form an outer laminate 128 and coiled on a roll 130. The outer laminate 128 is coated with the adhesive layer 43 at an adhesive applying station 130a and is passed through an oven 131 to prepare the adhesive 43 (for driving off adhesive solvent). The resultant laminate 128a is drawn through a laminating station 132, having laminating rollers 134, 136, together with the coextrusion 120. The films 120, 128a are subjected to heat and pressure and bonded together and the completed lidding 30 is coiled on a roll 140. Alternately, the roll 140 can be replaced by a manufacturing line to directly place lidding on trays or to create pouches.
FIGS. 10 and 11 illustrate an alternate process wherein after slitting the coextrusion is separated into two coils 76, 76' representing opposite sides of the collapsed bubble 70. The layers 44, 45, 46 coiled on the roll 76' and laminated in a laminating station 132 to be bonded to the outer laminate 128a. The outer laminate 128a is formed by drawing the laminate 128 through an adhesive applying station 130a to apply the adhesive 43. The coiling on the roll 76' of the coextrusion can be damaged and the layers 44, 45, 46, drawn Immediately through the laminating station. This completes the barrier film 38.
The permeable film 148 is delivered from a roll 150 and can comprise a laminate film 38 as described In FIG. 3 and above, or can be a monoextrusion such as higher permeable resins such as 12% EVA, such a #3130 Dupont grade or 18% EVA such as #3165 Dupont grade, or Metallocene type such as SLP-9042 Exxon grade with anti-fog and UV additives added. The film 148 is double wound with the barrier film 36 in a roll 156. Alternatively, the permeable film 148 and the barrier film 36 can be supplied in separate rolls to be applied simultaneously to trays in a packaging machine.
FIG. 12 illustrates a roll 158 holding the barrier film 36 being a prelaminated PVDC coated polyester with coextruded polyethylene easy peel layer as described above comprising the layers 40, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, and the roll 150 comprising a permeable film 38 (or 148), either a coextrusion or monoextrusion as described above. The rolls 150, 158 deliver the films 36, 38 to a lidding station 166. A roll 167 holds a tray forming film 168 which is formed by a heated press 169 or similar device into the trays 24 with sealing layer 28. After the product 22 is placed on the tray layer 28, the two films 36, 38 are sealed around the perimeter 32 of the tray layer 28 simultaneously by a heat sealer 170 such as described In U.S. Pat. No. 5,334,405 or U.S. Pat. No. 4,642,234 herein incorporated by reference. The filled trays are separated by a cutter 171 into individual packages. Thus, separate rolls of barrier film 36 and permeable film 38 can be delivered to the packages for lidding trays on a double roll machine.
FIG. 13 illustrates an alternate layering wherein the permeable film 38 is as described in FIG. 3, but an alternate impermeable film 236 Is laminated or rolled with the permeable film. The impermeable film comprises an outer uncoated polyester layer 244 adhesively laminated by an adhesive layer 245 to an EVOH layer 246 coextruded with a tie layer 247 and easy peel layering 44, 45, 46, the layering 44, 45, 46 as previously described. The permeable film 38 can also be a monoextrusion or coextrusion as described above.
Although the present invention has been described with reference to a specific embodiment, those of skill in the art will recognize that changes may be made thereto without departing from the scope and spirit of the invention as set forth in the appended claims.
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|Classification coopérative
|Classification européenne
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Owner name: H.R.C. PACKAGING RITES, INC., GEORGIA
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|21 aoűt 2001
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