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LONDON (MarketWatch) — European stock markets closed a volatile week 2.7% lower on Friday, as escalating jitters in the Middle East fueled fears of a wider war in the region, while investors also braced for the start of U.S. negotiations over sidestepping the so-called fiscal cliff.
The Stoxx Europe 600 index SXXP, +1.41% lost 1% to 262.86, marking the lowest closing level since early August.
Among notable movers in the index, shares of risk-sensitive sectors, such as banks and resource firms, posted some of the biggest losses.
The fiscal cliff — billions in automatic tax hikes and across-the-board spending cuts — "is still very high on the list of uncertainties. With both sides overnight holding their grounds, investors are nervous nothing will come out of today's meeting," said Victoria Clarke, economist at Investec Securities.
"They will be laying down bargaining chips and start out with strong positions that they feel they won't end up with in the end. But we've still got some before the deadline at the end of the year," she said.
Shares on the move at week's end included Henkel AG & Co. KGaA HEN3, +0.25% down 4.7% in Frankfurt. The maker of household products reported third-quarter earnings and said it's "fully committed" to achieving 2012 financial targets.
And in Paris, shares of Renault SA RNO, +3.58% added 1.2%. Data showed new car registrations in Europe dropped at a slower pace in October, according to Dow Jones Newswires.
In London, shares of Melrose PLC MRO, +5.59% slumped 11% after the investment company said that its 2013 sales outlook has become more uncertain and that its businesses aren't immune to "worsening of macroeconomic conditions internationally."
Pointing in the other direction, shares of Serco Group PLC SRP, -0.97% gained 1%, after the international services company said it sees improved performance in second half of the year.
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Investors mostly focused on developments in the U.S., as President Barack Obama met congressional leaders to discuss how to avert the looming cliff of tax hikes and budget cuts.
A Wall Street Journal report said that the White House was in advanced talks on a plan to replace the "sequester", a part of the fiscal cliff referring to automatic spending cuts, with a smaller package of cuts and tax increases. The separate package would reduce spending by roughly $100 billion in 2013. See: White House in talks to replace sequester: WSJ
Both European and U.S. stock markets have this week sold off on worries that Democrats and Republicans will fail to reach an agreement over the budget dealings. U.S. stock traded mixed on Wall Street on Friday. See: U.S. stocks fall ahead of budget talks
"Investors will be hoping that there is enough collective desire to reach agreement, but it is almost inevitable that discussions will be protracted and go down to the wire, which is likely to keep markets erratic and volatile over the coming weeks," said Rebecca O'Keeffe, head of investment at Interactive Investor, in a note.
Meanwhile, data from the U.S. showed that industrial production in October fell 0.4%, with Hurricane Sandy reducing total output by nearly 1%. See: Hurricane Sandy lowers factory output in October
Escalating tensions in the Middle East also spread jitters across financial markets, as Israel and Hamas stepped up attacks in and around the Gaza Strip.
The conflict seemed poised to intensify as the Israeli government reportedly considered launching ground operations to forestall further attacks. Palestinian militants fired more than 200 rockets on Thursday, with some landing near Tel Aviv, followed by 85 more missiles early Friday, according to media reports. See: Hundreds of rockets rain down on Israel
Friday movers
In London, shares of BP PLC BP., +0.48% BP, +1.00% lost 2.1%. The oil major on Thursday agreed to pay about $4.5 billion to settle federal charges related to its 2010 oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, marking the biggest penalty ever levied by the U.S. Justice Department. See: BP resolves federal spill charges for $4.5 billion.
Shares of Royal Dutch Shell PLC RDSB, -0.67% RDS.B, -0.06% gave up 2.1%. Also in the energy sector, BG Group PLC UK:BG dropped 1.7%.
The U.K.'s FTSE 100 index UKX, +0.55% lost 1.3% to 5,605.59, with shares of HSBC Holdings PLC HSBA, +0.76% US:HBC 0005, -1.26% down 0.9%. The London benchmark gave up 2.8% on the week. Read more in London Markets.
In Paris, shares of French oil group Total SA FP, +1.45% TOT, +1.66% fell 1.2%, as the CAC 40 index PX1, +1.79% slumped 1.2% to 3,341.52. The index closed out the week 2.4% lower.
Shares of Société Générale SA GLE, +3.20% lost 2.8%.
In Frankfurt, shares of Commerzbank AG CBK, +4.20% sank 5%, while those of Deutsche Bank AG DBK, +4.03% DB, +5.52% shed 3.8%.
The DAX 30 index DAX, +1.89% closed 1.3% lower at 6,950.53, and erased 3% on the week.
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In the 1850's groups known as Literary Societies began forming at Otterbein. These early societies were meant to help young men and women gain a mastery of public speaking and debate skills as many early graduates pursued careers as ministers, lawyers, politicians and teachers. Literary Societies dominated campus life at Otterbein until the early 1900's. The first decades of the 1900's Otterbein began to see fraternities and sororities pop up on campus. Greek organizations first appeared on American campuses in the 1820s and grew rapidly after 1890.
At Otterbein, fraternities and sororities unofficially sprang into existence beginning in 1908. The fraternities often grew out of eating clubs made up of friends who belonged to the same literary society. For example, Lester Essig, William B. Grise, Harry D. Thompson and Charles Yates were all friends and members of Philomathea. They began eating together in 1908 at a house on West Broadway beyond the city limits, and so became known as "Country Club."
Six Cleiorheteans "clubbed together" in each other's rooms on the second floor of Cochran Hall in 1910. They shared friendship and food from home until deciding in the spring of 1911 to form Otterbein's first sorority, Sigma Alpha Tau, "Owls."
These organizations quickly became the new framework for organizing social life. Among students, their acceptance and importance was reflected by the 1915 Sibyl which featured a section titled "Fraternities," including a sketch of an initiation ceremony. Officially, the University denied their existence, although it seemed to tolerate them for a time. But as the fraternities and sororities grew, so did their opposition.
From 1917 through 1921, University trustees instructed President Clippinger to suppress the fraternities and sororities. Clippinger found the task aggravating and frustrating. No matter how many students were confronted, the groups continued to grow, and by 1920, a sense of defeat was setting in among the trustees who opposed the new groups. In 1921, the Board of Trustees finally heard arguments for changing its policy. J.R. Howe, who later became president of Otterbein, spoke for the students. In the end, fraternities and sororities were allowed on campus only if membership and meetings were public, and no "oaths or irrevocable pledges of allegiance" were required. Initiation rituals, Greek letters and affiliation with national organizations were forbidden.
In the years after Otterbein sanctioned these social organizations, they grew rapidly. In 1922, when the Board first officially recognized them, 52 percent of the student belonged to fraternities and sororities. By 1928, participations had risen to 76 percent. But the place of fraternities and sororities in college life remained tentative. As late as 1929, President Clippinger insisted that Otterbein did not have fraternities and sororities, but unique "social organizations."
By 1971, Otterbein had allowed fraternities and sororities to move out of the halls and into houses around campus. Unfortunately this came at a time when Greek organizations across the country faced mounting criticism and declining membership. Otterbein student Bob Ready '74, who had pledged a fraternity but dropped out, wrote in the Tan & Cardinal that Greeks were too "WASPish" and divided the campus at a time when Otterbein and the country needed peace and unity.
In the 1950s and early '60s as many as 80 to 90 percent of all Otterbein students belonged to a fraternity or sorority. Dean Joanne VanSant remembered that in 1953 before rush began, there was only one independent woman on campus. By 1972, members had dropped to approximately 54 percent for women and 45% for men. Despite the decline, Otterbein's Greeks defended their organizations as important and positive forces in campus life. Mark Bixler '73 argued in the Tan & Cardinal that the Greek organizations provided a style of living that encourages personal development as well as numerous service opportunities. Debbie Ayers '72, then president of the Panhellenic Council, felt the Greek organizations were "not slowly dying, but slowly changing."
Otterbein's Greeks found support from numerous sources. Alumni returned to campus to work with active chapters, and the University invited national consultants to campus to help them increase their membership, modernize rushing, and focus on leadership development. In the 1980s, the fraternities and sororities steadily rebuilt their base and again expanded their influence and leadership on campus.
Today, Greek students make up about 25 percent of Otterbein's campus populations and are places students can gather to foster deep friendships, gain valuable leadership skills, and volunteer their time within Otterbein and the greater community.
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But critics pointed out that the energy firms will simply raise the price of their cheapest tariffs, hitting vulnerable people even more. And there was further bad news yesterday for hard-up people strugging to meet rising energy costs.
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - Slopestyle snowboarder Sage Kotsenburg and luger Erin Hamlin were named on Wednesday as the United States Olympic Committee's top athletes from the Sochi Olympics in February.
Kotsenburg was presented with the men's individual award after he won the inaugural Olympic slopestyle snowboarding event with a daredevil move he invented himself but had never actually tried in competition.
Hamlin collected the women's award after she became the first American to win an Olympic medal in singles luge with her third place finish in Russia.
Meryl Davis and Charlie White, who won gold in ice dancing competition and a bronze in the figure skating team event, were named as the best U.S. team in Sochi.
The awards, dubbed 'Best of U.S.', were decided by fan votes.
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It's common for kids to get scrapes and cuts on the playground, but they can be protected from sharp and dangerous items around and outside the home.
Here are some important ways to protect kids from injuries from sharp household objects:
If you're expecting a baby or you already have a child, it's a good idea to:
To check your childproofing efforts, get down on your hands and knees in every room of your home to see things from a child's perspective. Be aware of your child's surroundings and what might be potentially dangerous.
Completely childproofing your home can be difficult. If you can't childproof the entire house, you can shut the doors (and install doorknob covers) to any room a child shouldn't enter to prevent wandering into places that haven't been properly childproofed. For sliding doors, doorknob covers and childproof locks are also great for keeping little ones from leaving your home. Of course, how much or how little you childproof your home is up to you. Supervision is the very best way to help prevent kids from getting injured. However, even the most vigilant parent can't keep a child 100% safe at all times.
Whether you have a baby, toddler, or school-age child, your home should be a haven where your little one can explore safely. After all, touching, holding, climbing, and exploring are the activities that develop your child's body and mind.
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Myrel McNew, 80, of Big Spring, passed away Thursday, July 11, 2013, at Parkview Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. A memorial service will be held at 1 p.m. Monday, July 15, 2013, at College Baptist Church with Pastor Ken McMeans officiating.Myrel was born May 11, 1933, in Sparenburg, Texas, to Sadie (Franks) and J. Hobbs McNew. She has been a lifetime resident of Howard County except for a few years in Gardendale and Wolfforth. She owned Village Beauty Shop for many years and also worked for the Boll Weevil Program in Howard County. Her hobby was her grandchildren. Myrel is survived by one daughter: LaGlenna Hester and husband Rick of Sherman; three grandchildren: Jennifer Hester of Albuquerque, Erick Castille of Oklahoma City and Hailey Hester of Sherman; four sisters: Geraldine Posey and Imogene Adair and husband Bobby, all of Big Spring, Shirley Croft and husband Bill of Neosho, Mo., and Nell Burgess of Big Spring; two brothers: Joe McNew and wife Billie of Carlsbad, N.M., and Jake McNew of Gardendale; and a number of nieces and nephews.The family suggests memorials to College Baptist Church, 1105 Birdwell Lane, Big Spring, TX 79720.In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by four brothers: Aubrey, LeRoy, Ray and Rick.Arrangements are by Myers & Smith Funeral Home. Pay your respects online at www.myersandsmith.comPaid obituary


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A winner was selected from 45 designs submitted by 22 freelance designers.
We are an online marketing company, looking to start a new type of hybrid marketing site, aimed at connection local shop keepers, restaurants and clubs with a direct audience. Something they have control over to really motivate people to get into their store or buy their service.
The target audience is the coupon grabber, discount code seeker or similar. We are targetting the sms market for local offers, so the emphasis has to very much be on the mobile phone discount code.
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"Jekyll & Hyde" has a long and distinguished history. A hit Broadway musical that originally opened at the Alley Theatre in Houston in 1990, it has the distinction of having its music recorded and finding fans before it got to Broadway in 1995.
Frank Wildhorn, a multi-Tony and Grammy nominee, is the genius behind the musical, which returns to the Providence Performing Arts Center January 1-6. Wildhorn has the distinction of being the first American composer in 22 years to have had three shows running on Broadway simultaneously ("Jeykll & Hyde," "The Scarlet Pimpernel" and "The Civil War").
"'Jekyll & Hyde' is the gift that keeps giving," Wildhorn told me from his home in New York City. "It is currently having its rebirth around the country and in a number of international productions. We're very big in Japan and South Korea."
"The story transcends time and language, no matter what culture it is presented in," he continued. "The dark story of a bipolar man was actually conceived when I was a student at USC back in 1978. Its first reading was done by John Houseman."
Wildhorn explained the development of the "concept recording," where the score was actually recorded before the show was brought to Broadway.
"Johnny Mathis, The Moody Blues, Sammy Davis Jr. and a number of other popular singers recorded many of the songs," he said. "'This is the Moment' was played at the 2002 Winter Olympics and President Clinton's inauguration. The combination of the theatre and recording industries, both traditionally with different mind-sets, is amazing. 'Jekyll & Hyde' closed the divide."
Frank won't be in Providence for the opening of the show, which is on its way back to Broadway, but two recognizable stars will be. American Idol star and Tony nominee Constantine Maroulis and Grammy Award nominee and R & B superstar Deborah Cox play the star-crossed lovers in the dark and dangerous adaptation of the classic tale.
"Jekyll & Hyde is at the Providence Performing Arts Center January 1-6. What a way to start the New Year. Call 421-ARTS for reservations.


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Editor's Note: Secrets of the Silk Road opens in just two weeks! Join us opening weekend for a special, free family program: Camels of the Silk Road, from 12 – 4 pm. Camel connoisseur Doug Baum is bringing 6 camels to the Museum for a fascinating educational program. There will also be camel crafts for kids! Doug has given us a little preview of what's to come on opening weekend in a guest post below.
Try applying for a bank loan, having to explain, "I'm a camel rancher." Next time you're on a flight and your seatmate makes small talk, asking about your job, answer with, "I guide camel treks in the Middle East." Or, try convincing your father-in-law you'll be able to take care of his daughter as you grow your camel business!
Now I'm tasked with introducing myself to you, the followers of the Houston Museum of Natural Science blog.
I'm Doug Baum, owner of Texas Camel Corps, a business (admittedly unconventional) dedicated to cultural, historical and environmental education using camels. My family will be bringing six of them to HMNS for an afternoon of programs on opening weekend of the Secrets of the Silk Road exhibition Saturday August 28, from noon to four o'clock. Programs will focus on the camel's role in cultures along the historic paths as well as environmental adaptations the camel uses to survive in extreme climates.
This is really exciting for me, but it's not the camels' nor my first trip down the Silk Road. In 2002, when famed cellist Yo-Yo Ma helped organize the Smithsonian's Annual Folklife Festival celebrating the Silk Road, I was honored to present programs on the National Mall for two weeks. Closer to home, our camels visit Texas schools, libraries, faith-based institutions and museums throughout the year.
Now I know those hardened camel men, as well as the camels working the oriental trade routes, had it tough: the varied conditions of plains, deserts and mountains are nothing to sneeze at, not to mention disease and banditry along the way. But as I plan my camels' next journey down the Silk Road, the logistics I have to consider carry their own challenges. Hauling six camels from our farm in Central Texas to Houston may not be like going from Xi'an to the shores of the Mediterranean, but I bet my pre-trip checklist isn't that different. Water, check. Foodstuff, check. Camels, OOPS! I should introduce my camels. They're really the stars of the show.
Along for the ride will be Irenie, Gobi, Richard, Marianne, Ibrahim, and Xi'an (yes, really!). Gobi and Xi'an are appropriately-named Bactrian camels, the two humped variety native to Central Asia, while the other four are Arabians, the more common and numerous one-humped species found from North Africa through the Middle East and into India. I've decided to bring both species, as well as a variety of camel-related artifacts representative of the different societies living along the length of the Silk Road, to demonstrate just how widespread and varied the cultures along the routes were.
But back to the camels. Each has its own personality and my family and I will be happy to help you get to know them. You may hear stories from my 10-year old son, Pecos, about why Irenie is his favorite. Teenaged daughters Vanessa and Delany will likely tell you they prefer Ibrahim, our beautiful white camel, and that this is actually Ibrahim's second trip to Houston. A few years ago, he traveled into an underground service entry, up steps, through corridors and onto a freight elevator before greeting travel convention goers outside the doors of a hotel ballroom!
Maybe those Silk Road camel men didn't have it so tough after all.
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Radio frequency (RF) chip sets have rapidly evolved to 5 GHz clock speeds, based on silicon-germanium (SiGE) bipolar complementary metal oxide semiconductor (BiCMOS) fabrication techniques and other advances by research laboratories such as Lucent Technologies and Raytheon. Playing a starring role in the defense industry's guidance systems, RF chips are more complicated to design than digital chips because they operate at higher frequencies. Despite many wireless communications and network systems termed "digital", the RF chips that support them are analog.
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Modeling, testing, and verifying RF circuits is more critical than for digital circuits since higher frequencies increase the level of interference, noise, and distortion. With radio transmission in wireless networks, RF chips allow access to more channels by dividing the limited bandwidth by frequency, time, and code. Multiplexed, these channels are then transmitted at higher throughput rates. Frequency division multiple access (FDMA) technology takes an analog radio transmission and splits the available frequency band into smaller fixed frequency channels. In 1983, commercial advanced mobile telephone service (AMPS) commenced as an analog mobile cellular system based on RF chips that use FDMA to divide the system bandwidth into 30-KHz channels for voice conversations. Each caller's conversation in the wireless network is transmitted at a single frequency range for the duration of the call. Newer, narrowband advanced mobile telephone service (N-AMPS) further divides the 30-KHz units into three 10-KHz channels.
Radio frequency chips that utilize time division multiple access (TDMA), convert analog signals into binary digital signals by chopping the analog signal into segments and encoding each segment. Each encoded segment is then assigned to a different time slot so that for example, a 4-KHz analog voice signal translates to a digital storage oscilloscope signal of 64,000 bits per second. By compressing and then multiplexing encoded signals, TMDA increases the conversation number in a single data stream. Some RF systems combine the time and frequency division multiple access (TDMA/FDMA technology) strategies into a single method for subdividing the available radio bandwidth based on frequency and time, or use code division multiple access (CDMA), based on the RF chipsets. Bluetooth wireless technology eliminates the need for cables within a local area network (LAN). Developed by computing and mobile communications leaders such as Nokia and Toshiba, Bluetooth provides powerful, low-cost connectivity that enables all types of audio-video, computing, and communications devices to "talk" without a physical connection.
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Why wouldn't you just go to Canada for the night?
"The Purge" presents a utopian America in 2022. Crime is virtually nonexistent. Unemployment is at 1 percent. And it's all because something called the New Founding Fathers — a concept that's neither explored nor explained — created The Purge, a 12-hour period once a year in which all laws are suspended.
No one turns to rape. Nobody dedicates that night to knocking over banks. You'd think someone, somewhere would be gleefully bootlegging movies, ripping the tags off mattresses or smoking a joint the size of the Hindenburg on Capitol Hill.
But no. The Purge is basically a dusk-till-dawn murderthon, almost exclusively at the expense of the poor and downtrodden who can't afford to defend themselves. The not-so-subtle side effect is the elimination of many of those who are seen as being a drain on the economy.
You can almost hear Karl Rove slapping himself in the head for not having thought of it first.
James Sandin (Ethan Hawke) adores The Purge. He'd make sweet, sweet love to it if he could. A decade ago, he was struggling to pay the rent. Now, he's living in a newly expanded mansion thanks to all the money he's made selling home security systems to the rest of his ritzy, gated community.
At its darkly funny best, "The Purge" presents those dozen hours as a sort of twisted national holiday. Friends and neighbors greet each other with "Safe night!" Talk-radio callers sound off about their Purge plans. Sandin's next-door neighbor blithely sharpens a machete in his front yard. Even the night's unofficial mantra - "Release the Beast!" - sounds more like the slogan of an energy drink than a government-sanctioned slaughterpalooza.
But as the wealthy - at least the ones who aren't attending Purge parties - barricade themselves behind expensive steel shutters, it's hard to shake the notion that it would be safer, easier and a heck of a lot cheaper to just leave for those 12 hours. Drive to Canada or Mexico. Take a cruise. Hover above the mayhem in a hot-air balloon. Whatever it takes to survive.
Sandin, though, just hunkers down with his family: wife Mary ("Game of Thrones' " Lena Headey), sullen teen daughter Zoey (Adelaide Kane) and macabre son Charlie ("Parenthood's" Max Burkholder), who's obsessed with his grotesque, burnt baby doll-topped robotic camera that's mostly just there to provide some stalker-style footage.
Shortly after the house is sealed off, Charlie hears a stranger (Edwin Hodge) crying for help and briefly interrupts the lockdown to offer him refuge.
Before long, the Sandins are under siege from a gaggle of heavily armed, upper-crust weirdos seeking an outlet for their Aryan rage amid talk of cleansing their souls.
They're an odd lot in their sweaters, ties and crested blazers. And their grotesque, Joker-smile masks only add to the Stepford-y creepiness.
They don't want to hurt their rich, WASP-y brethren. Really, they don't. But they will if the Sandins don't turn over the "dirty, homeless pig" they're sheltering.
Sure, he's wearing an Army jacket and dog tags. Odds are, he's served his country far more than they ever will. But he's down on his luck - and black, for crying out loud - so he's got to go.
What follows is not so much a horror movie as an uglier spin on "Straw Dogs," "The Strangers" or even "Assault on Precinct 13," the 2005 remake of which also starred Hawke and was scripted by "The Purge" writer-director James DeMonaco.
"The Purge" wants to provoke more thoughts than it ultimately does, as the Sandins argue about the morality of saving themselves by sending a stranger to his death. Although at this particular screening, certain scenes brought out the Roman Colosseum spectator in many audience members.
After the introduction of a killer premise - literally and figuratively - "The Purge" mostly consists of a lot of creeping around in the dark and some fairly routine action. But it does so in a lean, efficient 85 minutes.
Thanks to its low budget and easily adaptable formula, "The Purge," much like The Purge, could become an annual event.
A sequel is already in the works.
Maybe then viewers could learn a little more about these New Founding Fathers.
And why anyone with even a modicum of means doesn't simply make a run for the border.
Christopher Lawrence is the movie reviewer for the Las Vegas Review-Journal. Contact him at firstname.lastname@example.com.


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Kurt Nimmo
February 19, 2010
It is relatively easy to dismiss the Obama supporters over at Daily Kos for their immediate declarations that Joe Stack, the alleged Austin kamikaze IRS bomber, was a Tea Party fanatic. Daily Kos, after all, is operated by Markos Moulitsas Zuniga, the former Reagan youth with connections to the CIA.
|McVeigh was more than disgruntled. He was a government agent.
It is less easy to dismiss Jonathan Capehart, a blogger for the CIA's favorite newspaper and cherished Operation Mockingbird asset, The Washington Post.
"I am struck by how [Joe Stack's] alienation is similar to that we're hearing from the extreme elements of the Tea Party movement," writes Capehart. A couple paragraphs later, Mr. Capehart is compares Stack to Timothy McVeigh. "McVeigh was more than disgruntled. He was murderous. And the alienation he felt from his government in 1995 still affects more than we care to admit 15 years later."
In fact, McVeigh was more than disgruntled. He was a government agent.
In 2007, McVeigh's supposed co-conspirator, Terry Nichols, said McVeigh was under the control of Larry Potts of the FBI. Potts was the lead FBI agent at Ruby Ridge in 1992 and also was reportedly involved in the 51-day siege against the Branch Davidians in Waco, Texas in 1993, which resulted in the murder of 81 Branch Davidians.
Nichols was never allowed to tell the whole story. He was gagged by then Attorney General John Ashcroft.
"Apparently before he had contacted me several years ago he had written to Attorney General Ashcroft, volunteering to tell everything about the bombing and the others involved," said Salt Lake City attorney Jesse Trentadue in 2007. "Not only did no one from Attorney General Ashcroft's office follow up with Nichols, they actually apparently issued an order barring him from all contact with the media – it was thereafter that he reached out to me and I was able to get in to see him to spend a day and half with him."
"I didn't start out to solve the Oklahoma City bombing, I started out to find out who killed my brother and why," Jesse Trentadue told the Alex Jones Show in February, 2007.
Trentadue's brother was killed by the FBI, allegedly in a case of mistaken identity because his brother fit the profile of Richard Lee Guthrie, a member of a group called the Midwest Bank Robbery Gang that had been robbing banks to fund an attack on the federal government.
During the process of a lawsuit to get to the bottom of his brother's murder, Trentadue received documents with names redacted that revealed the FBI's OKC bombing informants were conducting armed robberies with Timothy McVeigh in order to fund the construction of the fertilizer bomb used in the attack on the federal building.
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"One of the foreign informants was actually the explosives instructor who taught him how to make the bomb," Trentadue told Jones.
In 2008, a video shot at Camp Grafton, North Dakota in 1993 — 18 months before the Oklahoma City bombing — surfaced showing Timothy McVeigh at a base specializing in demolitions training at a time when the FBI claimed he had no military affiliations.
"I think [the FBI] put together this harebrained idea at Elohim City [the Identity movement settlement in Oklahoma] to lure in all these militia groups under the pretense of teaching them how to rob banks in armored cars and attack the federal government and I think they planned to catch them in the act," said Trentadue.
In addition to the FBI, the Southern Poverty Law Center had a role in creating the supposed terrorist threat centered at Elohim City.
In 2003, the McCurtain Daily Gazette obtained an unclassified copy of a memorandum from the Director of the FBI revealing the SPLC's role. Dated Jan. 4, 1996, the four-page cable was drafted and issued under the authority of FBI director Louis Freeh and is heavily redacted. However, despite the redaction, the memo exposes an informant operation being conducted at the time by Morris Dees and his notorious SPLC.
"If I told you what we were doing there, I would have to kill you," Dees later told reporters.
As it turns out, McVeigh's contact at Elohim City, Andreas Carl Strassmeir, who was allegedly connected to Aryan Republican Army, spent several years in the German army, including a stint as an intelligence officer. Peter Langan, the son of a retired U.S. Marine intelligence officer and said to be the leader of the Aryan Republican Army, was a government informant.
In short, the supposed white supremacist movement at Elohim City was a government operation.
Less than 24 hours after the event in Austin, we still only have a sketchy idea of who Joe Stack was. People say the attack was completely contrary to his character. He was apolitical and not given to diatribes against the government.
Is it possible he was set-up or possibly killed and put in a remote controlled plane that was directed into the Echelon office complex that houses IRS offices in Austin? Considering government complicity in numerous terrorist events — including the documented false flag event of September 11, 2001, and the obvious government operation in Oklahoma City — there is a distinct possibility.


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Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL)
Minor in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL)
The TESOL minor program prepares graduates to teach English to students in various educational settings, whether in the United States or overseas. It is available to any full-time student in a traditional, day-school major at Evangel, but state certification to teach ESL (English as a Second Language) in the public schools is available only to Education majors.
The TESOL program at Evangel offers three possible tracks. At the undergraduate level, students may take courses to complete a TESOL minor, which consists of 21 credit hours, or they may complete a TEFL (Teaching English as a Foreign Language) Certificate, which consists of 14 credit hours. Graduate students may also complete TESOL courses as part of their program of study, choosing to make TESOL an emphasis in their graduate degree program. The TEFL Certificate is advantageous for non-Education majors who want to teach English overseas in settings not requiring full-scale TESOL training. The goal of the program is to give future TESOL teachers the skills and knowledge needed to teach ESL or EFL students effectively in a variety of educational settings. Students completing the program will gain a basic understanding of language acquisition, linguistic concepts, and ESL/EFL teaching methods, with an emphasis on how theory and practice combine in the ESL or EFL classroom.
TESOL Program Plan
TEFL Program Plan
Each of Evangel's academic programs is made up of a set of core curriculum, program requirements and electives. The courses listed below are just a small sample of courses that might be taken as a part of this specific program.
|Language and Culture
|Focuses on the interrelationships of language and culture, aspects of linguistic and cultural diversity, cross-cultural communications, and cultural issues in the classroom. Emphasizes techniques for fostering cooperative learning, resolving conflicts, and meeting student needs in multicultural and language classrooms.
|Second Language Acquisition
|Theories and models of second-language acquisition. Psychological, political, and socio-cultural factors' contribution to second-language acquisition, processes involved in acquiring a second language, and implications of recent findings.
|History and Structure of the English Language
|Introduction to modern linguistic analysis and a brief history of the English language.
|TESOL Curriculum, Materials and Assessment
|Review and analysis of curriculum, materials, and assessment tools currently used in professional teaching of English to speakers of other languages; research-based discussion of up-to-date practices in course design that most effectively reach second-language students.
|ESL Methods
|Provides a knowledge of materials and methods for teaching English to speakers of other languages.
Evangel University's world-class faculty is made up of caring, Christian professionals who are distinguished in their fields and dedicated to the development of tomorrow's Christian leaders.
Jennifer Morrison: Associate professor of English and TESOL coordinator
Since 1993, Jennifer Morrison has been sharing her love of English and heart for other cultures with Evangel students. As an assistant professor of English, Morrison coordinates the freshman composition classes as well as the Teaching English as a Second Language (TESOL) and Teaching English as a Foreign Language (TEFL) programs at Evangel University. "Teaching […] read more
NOTE: A minor is a secondary field of interest that is meant to complement your academic major. While your major is chosen for your intended career choice, your minor may be something you pursue for your personal interest or to augment your major.Students completing the TESOL minor as part of their Education degree will be certified to teach ESL in U.S. public schools. They will also be legitimately competitive for many ESL jobs overseas. Students not completing State Certification to teach in U.S. public schools in another subject area would be trained to teach in the following possible scenarios:
- Overseas Missionary Associate appointment to teach English
- Overseas private language schools
- Overseas church-based schools
- Overseas public schools (possibly, depending upon governmental regulations)
- United States ESL programs outside of the public schools: refugee and immigrant ESL programs, Workplace ESL programs, community and other non-profit ESL programs
No special requirements for this program.
General Undergraduate Requirements
The following are general requirements for all students beginning an undergraduate program at Evangel. For more information visit Undergraduate Admissions Requirements.
|Graduation from high school, or having the equivalent of a high school diploma such as the General Education Development (GED) examination.
|Core Subjects
|A minimum of a 2.0 GPA in core college prep classes (English, math, social sciences and science with a lab) or high school final GPA if no college credits have been earned.
|Standardized Tests
|>Entering freshmen should take the ACT or SAT test. The codes for Evangel are as follows: SAT: 6198. ACT: 2296.
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"Yo Pal" Hal Elrod needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 94 designs submitted by 16 freelance designers.
The Miracle Morning® (TMM) is a worldwide movement (and soon-to-be-released book) that shows people how to wake up everyday with more energy, motivation, and more time to create the life they truly want!!
We're looking for a logo that can be used across all medias. From the upper left hand corner of The Miracle Morning® website, to letterhead, on product packaging, etc. *Please keep in mind that this logo should be designed so that it could become the basis for the website-header, which I will happily hire you to design.
Our target audiences are primarily the self-help audience, as well as entrepreneurs, salespeople, and business owners. And even housewives. The cool thing about The Miracle Morning® is that it literally applies to everyone, since all of us can use a little help getting up and getting going in the morning...
I'd like it to incorporate incorporate something related to the "early morning" such as a "sun" or "sunbeams" - or possible a silhouette at sunrise (similar to the attached picture and book cover). The core colors should match the blues, whites, and yellows in the attached book cover.
I am VERY open to YOUR creative input!
Thank you in advance for your valuable time, energy, and effort... I sincerely appreciate YOU!!!
Always with Gratitude,
"Yo Pal" Hal Elrod
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Altona, IL, pork producer Jill Appell has been named by President Obama to a White House Advisory Committee for Trade Policy and Negotiations.
Appell has served in many official capacities include president of the National Pork Producers Council, president of the Illinois Pork Producers Association, state director of USDA's Rural Development, Governor's Livestock Industry Task Force during 1995-1998 and on the Farm Bureau's Task Force on Women's Role in Agriculture.
She is currently a member of the USDA Farm Service Agency Illinois State Technical Committee and the USDA Technical Advisory Committee for Trade of Animals and Animal Products.
Appell and her husband Paul run a wean-to-finish operation.
Appell was named one of 10 Masters of the Pork Industry by National Hog Farmer magazine in 2007 (See the May 15, 2007 issue).


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PHOENIX (AP) — Phoenix police said a gunman shot three people at an office complex Wednesday morning and the shooter's whereabouts were unknown.
PHOENIX (AP) — Phoenix police said a gunman shot three people at an office complex Wednesday morning and the shooter's whereabouts were unknown.
Sgt. Tommy Thompson said police do not believe the shooting about 10:30 a.m. was a random act. He said one person was in extremely critical condition. Two others who were shot had less severe injuries, but all the injuries could be life-threatening, said Fire Capt. Scott McDonald.
Officer James Holmes said police so far believe there was only one shooter but don't know his whereabouts.
"We have no motive. It is right now a really fluid scene," Holmes said.
He said police were given conflicting information about the suspect leaving the scene. The building was evacuated and police are looking for a suspect or any additional victims.
Navika Sood, assistant director of nursing at First at Home Health Services, said she heard a handful of loud popping noises Wednesday morning. She said she and her co-workers locked the entrances to their office and gathered in one area away from the windows.
"Everyone was just scared, honestly, just scared," she said.
Sood said authorities evacuated the office about 30 minutes after she first heard the popping noises.
Vannessa Brogan, who works in sales support in an insurance business in the three-story complex, said she heard a loud bang that she thought at first was from somebody working in or near the building. She said others at the business thought they heard multiple loud noises. She said people locked themselves in offices until authorities evacuated the central Phoenix building that houses insurance, medical and law offices.
Becky Neher, who works for a title company in the building said the two gunshots she heard sounded like two pieces of metal banging against each other.
"We were doing our regular morning routine, and I hear what I guess were two gunshots," she said.
Watching from her second-story office, she saw people leaving the building, she was watching from her second story office.
"Someone yelled, 'We have a shooter,'" she said. She saw two victims lying on the ground outside the back side of the building. She said there are medical people who have offices in the complex, so they came out to help.
Associated Press Writers Paul Davenport, Felicia Fonseca and Terry Tang contributed to this report.


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Cyclist killed in Vidor accident
A cyclist was killed after a Jeep veered off the road and struck him in Vidor early Friday morning, June 28, 2013.
Village Mills resident Randy Holland, 42, was struck and killed when the driver of a Jeep Wrangler, identified as Winnie resident James Lunsford, left the roadway and collided with both a telephone pole and Holland, who was riding his bicycle on Orange Street near Vidor High School at approximately 1:30 a.m. on June 28, according to a press release from the Vidor Police Department. Holland was pronounced dead at the scene by Orange County Pct. 3 Justice of the Peace Janice Menard, and Lunsford was taken to Christus St. Elizabeth Hospital in Beaumont where he was treated for minor injuries and released.
No charges were brought against Lunsford at the time of the accident, but a blood sample was obtained for analysis to verify whether or not alcohol or drugs played a part in the incident.


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Your article "Global Granular Shift" (September, page 6) gives the impression that granular urea is a better value than anhydrous ammonia. This is not the case where I farm. Currently anhydrous costs $500/ton, which converts to $0.30 per unit of N. Urea costs $390/ton, and converts to $0.42 per unit of N. Then there's equipment cost. Switching my drill over to dry granular fertilizer from my current anhydrous setup would cost at least $25,000.
Handled improperly, anhydrous ammonia can be dangerous. But in my system, anhydrous is safe and very convenient.
Bob Arnson
Williston, ND
You are correct that NH3 continues to be the most economical form of N for many farmers. What our article was getting at is that high domestic energy costs are making granular fertilizer an increasingly attractive option for the companies that manufacture and sell N fertilizer. The fertilizer can be manufactured overseas, where natural gas is cheaper. Granular urea is easier to transport in large ships than NH3 is. It is also easier and less inexpensive for fertilizer companies and retailers to store.
Ultimately, these actions may help avoid shortages of N. As time goes on, the industry trend may change the economics of various forms of fertilizer for farmers.
— The Editors
I farm in the heart of one of the top wheat-producing states in the nation. But with the risk of scab and rising input costs and a wheat price parked in the $3 range, I question whether I can afford to produce this crop any longer.
This year we did everything we were supposed to do to produce a decent wheat crop, and the potential was there for 65 to 70 bu./acre yields. But judging by the aborted spikelets, we lost about 20% of the crop to scab. Our average wheat yield was around 55 bu./acre. A loss of 10 to 15 bu./acre on 3,000 acres at $3.40 is $102,000 to $153,000 in lost gross sales.
Then there was vomitoxin associated with the scab, which I figure cost about $0.30/bu. in quality discounts. On 3,000 acres, that's $60,000. I spent about $42,000 on fungicide to try to prevent scab. But altogether scab ended up costing me well over $200,000 in 2005. And now we're facing $500/ton fertilizer and $3/gal. fuel to grow $3 wheat (before discounts) in 2006.
The research community generally concludes that the only way to solve scab is through better genetics. And yet here we are, a dozen years since the major scab epidemic hit the Northern Plains in 1993, with only a few modest genetic improvements in spring wheat, and little headway in durum and barley.
If scab and input costs end up killing the U.S. wheat production sector, let anti-biotech extremists be the pallbearers. Public and private biotech approaches toward scab research quietly continue today. But the effort as a whole has been stymied by a few Chicken Littles who have squawked about the cost of testing and segregating biotech wheat, or losing export sales to a few buyers who don't want biotech wheat.
The wheat industry shouldn't allow a minority of anti-biotech views to stifle wheat R&D progress. If more people quit growing wheat, there will be less quantity and quality of supply to source from. Eventually, it could dwindle to a supply that becomes unreliable for buyers. Inconceivable? Hardly.
Here on my farm, soil test results point to corn, soybeans or flax as options to consider in 2006. Wheat just doesn't pencil out.
Jeff Topp
Grace City, ND


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Charleston Gazette
Nine Guilty, One Innocent, Verdict In Adkins Case
Floyd Only One of Defendants Allowed to Go Free
Usual Motion Is Made
Judge Keller Will Decide This Morning Forcible Addresses Made
December 11, 1907
Charleston Gazette
Nine Guilty, One Innocent, Verdict In Adkins Case
Floyd Only One of Defendants Allowed to Go Free
Usual Motion Is Made
Judge Keller Will Decide This Morning Forcible Addresses Made
"We, the jury, find Albert Davis, Fred Adkins, Charlie Brumfield, John A. Adkins, Albert Adkins, William Brumfield, John Fleming, Bob Fleming and William Fleming guilty, as charged in the indictment, and we also find Floyd Adkins, not guilty."
These words were uttered at 4:40 o'clock yesterday afternoon, after the twelve men who have been listening to the evidence in this sensational case for a week had fled into the court room and delivered their verdict to the clerk. The jury was out nearly two hours, and from what could be learned, there was very little doubt of the guilt of the first five defendants, from the time they entered the jury room to consider the verdict. The defendants' attorneys made the usual motions, after the ten defendants were turned over to the marshals, who in turn left them for the night in charge of Sheriff Melton at the county jail. Judge Keller will hear the motions this morning, and should be decide adversely, he will then pass sentence on the ones found guilty.
Both the addresses of Messrs. Marcum and Blackwood were able and uner different circumstances would have been convincing for their clients, but the evidence offered by the government was so strong that very few in the court room expected any other verdict.
Mr. Blackwood in his address to the jury pointed Fred Adkins out as a good man, but no possessed with that intelligence that people who were raised in refinement around them could boast of. He made a terrific charge against the evidence of George Ward and said he was the original party to the devilment.
Hon. Lace Marcum closed for the defense. He took each witnesses testimony piece by piece and analyzed it thoroughly. Always an eloquent speaker, and a strong man before a jury, Mr. Marcum fully sustained his well earned reputation in this case. He bitterly denounced Ward, Brumfield and several of the governments witnesses, and asked that they, the jury, weigh well the evidence, and gave his clients the full benefit of every reasonable doubt.
It was nearly twelve when Mr. Marcum had finished his address, and in order that the jury could take the case early, he concluded to allow the district attorney to close before adjourning court. For nearly an hour and a half this fearless prosecutor held the interest in the crowded court room with his matchless presentation of the government's case. Starting at the very beginning of the trail Mr. Northcott went over the case. Starting at the very beginning of the trail Mr. Northcott went over the case. He scattered to the winds the evidence of the defendants, and literally tore asunder every bit of testimony that was offered by the defense. Never before in the history of the federal court has such a case been offered to the deliberations of a jury. Mr. Northcott said he thought, and he was certain every one else thought that the government had fully made out its case, and he asked for the conviction of each of the defendants, with the exception of Floyd Adkins.
At the afternoon session of the court Judge Keller gave his instructions to the jury. In his usual careful manner, the judge instructed the jury what constituted conspiracy, and quoter from section 5440 of the revised statutes, which provides that upon conviction of this offense, all parties to the transaction could be fined a maximum fine of $10,000 and two years in the penitentiary or both, at the discretion of the court. According to section 5399 of the revised code, Judge Keller instructed the jury that any one who obstructs or impedes the ends of justice was also guilty of conspiracy. He then reviewed the testimony, after first reading the indictments, which charged the defendants with carrying away goods, and said if the jury believed these facts were proven beyond any reasonable doubt, then they must find them guilty. He explained that it took two persons to form a conspiracy and clearly explained the definition of the word. Then as to the elements of proof, he said, that first, that a conspiracy existed; second, that the overt act was committed; third, that one of the defendants was a conspirator. He then instructed the jury that if from the evidence the jury find that a conspiracy was formed, no matter how long before the robbery they had sufficient proof under section 5440 to find them guilty. He then dwelt on the guilty intent and fully explained the point. Again he said that it was not necessary for all the acts charged to be proven to make a charge of conspiracy.
At 2:55 the case was given to the jury, and at 4:40 a verdict of guilty as to the ten defendants was returned.
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If we hadn't had our I-797C we couldn't get the Appointment and then miss the trip...OMG, it's been so emotional with that. Thank you, Jesus, and thank you Sonji, Officer Hinds, our Agency, and all of the eyes and hands involved in getting that to us in time! So thankful!!!
Making lists to help calm my nerves and not forget even the smallest things we need to pack. Using Numbers on my Mac to do that, so much better than Excel. Making sure I won't lose any photos, so bringing DVDs for backups besides uploading them to Picasa, practicing making movies in iMovie so I can put this incredible journey together, loving my iPhone and so happy to have Game Apps and my iTunes all in one (for the long flight there) as well as getting the International plan for the time we will be there so I can use my email, Internet, and make and get phone calls for Emergencies on it when we're not in the hotels. Getting the house and Daisy and Archie taken care of with the sitter. Making more lists of things we want to buy for Emma while we are there to give her for milestone birthdays.
Looked up information about Changsha where we will stay the longest and so exciting. I knew Hunan was known for their HOT foods, but OMG, we can't wait to try Xiang Cuisine, one of the 8 Cuisines of China - a hot taste equal to Sichuan...perfect for us. And found out that even though Changsha isn't as rich in history as Beijing, it is very rich in the most recent history of China. Hunan is where Chairman Mao Zedong is from... Hoping to get as much information as we can about where Emma was born.
Can't wait to see and hold her!!!


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Phillipjbraun needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 36 designs submitted by 7 freelance designers.
Chimera Capital
We are a capital fund management team working out of the San Francisco and Los Angeles areas, specializing in internet technology and entertainment.
Investors, business professionals, young professionals,
We need a logo design that looks professional and classy but also interesting and provocative.
It should in someway incorporate an image of a "chimera," which is a mythical animal composed of a lion, a goat, and a serpent/dragon, cf. the Chimaera of Arezzo for an example of a physical sculpture of this mythical animal.
It doesn't have to be an exact depiction of a chimera, but some display that connects our brand name to this imaginative creature would be helpful.
The logo design would have to be distinct enough to shrink and apply to a business card and also to our company website.
The design should look powerful, bold, and intriguing, but not cartoon like or comic book like.
It has to appear professional and streamlined. It should not be too fancy or ornate; we don't want to look like a graphics design firm. Simple, elegant, professional but with an edge and with a captivating design.
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Marge necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 97 diseños de 24 diseñadores freelance.
Market Driven Results
We are focused on helping local businesses get more customers than they can handle, through the web. We design and build effective websites for any size of local business, we have a strong SEO focus to drive traffic to the website, and also offer a full online/offline marketing service. We focus on being driven by each local business's customer - in order to get results. Our style is professional, relaxed and approachable (not corporate), meeting customers face to face as well as conducting our business online.
We give local businesses the edge by bringing them online and driving customers their way.
The name Market Driven Results came about as we focus on profiling and listening to our customer's customer (the market), in order to get results.
Our logo needs to be exciting to our local business customers - who service consumers (ie Hairdressers; Retail) and service businesses ie Trade shops. Our customers include new start-up companies and existing companies, either with or without a website. They are typically small to medium sized businesses.
Being in the competitive online services space, we need to stand out. We would like a design that is easy to remember, edgy, visually simple yet bold.
We like clean, contemporary fonts but are open to your suggestions.
Rather than a graphic icon, we like the idea of using the acronym MDR either to the left, or above the company name.
The design should consist of a version with the tag line "Giving local business the edge" as well as a version without. We quite like the two versions of the My Kitchen Rules logo found here: http://au.tv.yahoo.com/plus7/my-kitchen-rules/ (the version at the top of the page and also the red square version) but look forward to your creative input and design suggestions to create something awesome and unique!
We are open to colours that are bold and effective- over to you. Perhaps the use of light shining on it somehow to give it a feel of energy...but not sure if this will work so this isn't mandatory.
Please supply a reverse and black and white version.
The logo will be used on our website, business cards, letterhead etc, signage and we need the logo supplied in appropriate formats for these applications
Print file format - .ai (CMYK)
Web file format - .jpg and layered .psd (RGB);
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Mainline necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 156 diseños de 26 diseñadores freelance.
'ScrollSeal' is a new brand of packaging owned by Mainline Flatpacks Limited http://www.mainlineflatpacks.co.uk . Established in 1983, Mainline have grown to become Europes specialist packaging producer for the major e-commerce companies. The company is still family owned and prides itself in being most professional. At all times, Mainline strive to beat its competitors by means of: Competitiveness, Reliability, Innovation, Quality, Efficiency & Enthusiasm
The meaning behind the brand name ScrollSeal is : Special Corrugated roll-seal. The product is corrugated cardboard based coated with contact adhesive and supplied in large rolls. The product seals itself around products such as CD's, DVD's and books to be mailed to e-commerce consumers.
There are only 2 competing brands in Europe:
1) COLDSEAL................you can view the competing logo by clicking http://www.angusandwright.com
2) NoviaWrap.............you can view the competing logo by clicking http://www.novia.co.uk/noviawrap/video.htm
Mainline believes itself to be far more professional than these 2 competitors.
Major E-commerce companies (such as Amazon) and Book publishers/distributors (such as Harper Colins or Scholastic). Mainline only sell to large scale businesses and need the logo to represent a modern, professional product.
*Typeface with icon which can be easily converted to Mono
* Vector file please
* Logos we like : Amazon / Vodafone / Apple / Mercedez Benz /
* Colour preferences : None
* No tints and shadows (we believe this will cause problems for MONO version)
* No more than 4 colours : preferably CMYK since we have our own 4 colour lithographic-offset printing press
Additional Info regarding colour:
The mono logo will be printed all-over the internal cardboard material (like wallpaper effect) in a similar way to how Amazon print their logo all-over their packaging. The colourful logo will appear on all our corporate stationery & marketing literature.
90% of our clients order the material colour of brown and only 10% order white however, Mainline dislike the idea of a brown logo due to association of the 1970's. Mainline believe they are 5 years ahead of its competitors, not 30 years behind.
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Thursday, December 13, 2012
Random Updates
We've been getting our tree at Stew's for years, however, this year the tree cost $61 - yikes! While I like their mission, we might have to try a new (and more affordable) place next year. I'm all ears for suggestions!
Obviously, not everyone was happy after getting the Christmas tree; although, Mr. Grumpy changed his tune when we started decorating (it doesn't take much)!
In other news, my friend is making progress on her living room. We've narrowed down the sofa choices and she is really loving the Ryden sofa from Bernhardt Interiors.
Such a beauty with it's sleek and wide arms! This past weekend, we've narrowed down the sofa fabric choices. I'll post more on these updates later. In the meantime, we're enjoying the holidays decorating, gift wrapping, going to parties and being giddy with excitement for Christmas!!
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Oh my gosh, Elizabeth is always smiling. What a cutie. Stew Leonard's always fascinated me, but I've never been!ReplyDelete
Cute photo of you and the kiddos! We still don't have our tree but we will have it by Saturday. And that's a nice sofa - looking forward to seeing what fabric choices were selected.ReplyDelete
Stews is our favorite....not for trees, but for snacks, produce and meats. There are tons of cut your own tree farms that are cheaper. Outandabout.com has tons of CT places listed.ReplyDelete
Outandaboutmom.com sorry :)ReplyDelete
Funny we always buy our tree from the boy scouts in town. past years our trees have been close to $100 {CRAZY!}, this year it was only $50. Same fraiser fir, same height. I even asked if they made a mistake. The ones at our local grocery store were under $30. I'm starting to wonder how these things are priced!!ReplyDelete
Adore that picture! Cannot believe how big baby E is!ReplyDelete


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Mediation's role in the patent arena
The primary advantage of mediation is to avoid the costs and risks of litigation. A secondary advantage of mediation is the ability to tailor the resolution of the dispute to meet the true interests of the parties. The array of possible solutions is far broader than the remedies available through a court in litigation.
These concepts apply with equal force to IP disputes. The America Invents Act (AIA) promises fundamental changes in the patent arena. Some of those changes will make mediation matter even more in resolving patent disputes.
Frequently, mediation is used early in the resolution process for copyright, trademark and trade secret disputes with great success: Three out of four settle at or soon after the mediation. Although most patent cases are resolved without a trial, patent cases tend to stay in the legal system longer and accordingly consume more corporate and legal resources. Although some courts require early mediation of patent cases (before claim construction), in many cases the mediation occurs later in the litigation process. Experienced mediators recommend early use of mediation and encourage the participants to think of mediation as a process that can help parties narrow the range of disputes and streamline the conflict management process even if some disputes will still require the expertise of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) or the assistance of the federal courts.
The AIA became law in 2011 as the first major overhaul of the U.S. patent system in more than 50 years. The AIA's general goals are to make the patent process more efficient and more transparent, and to allow greater public participation in the process so that good applications result in strong patents and weak claims are weeded out. Effective this month, the U.S. joined most other countries to provide patent priority to the first inventor to file rather than the first to invent. In the short run, some of the changes, such as the expanded definition of "prior art," may result in greater uncertainty requiring the PTO and the courts to provide needed clarification. In the long run, the move to first-to-file will likely bring greater certainty to the process and provide greater confidence in the validity of issued patents.
In a recent conversation with Michael Albert, co-chair of the Litigation Group of Wolf Greenfield in Boston, I asked him for his thoughts on the likely impact of the AIA on the mediation of patent disputes. He said, "Mediation is likely to become more attractive in one important sense. The AIA makes it possible for parties to settle inter partes reviews and post-grant reviews. Under the old system, once you launched a re-examination of a patent, you couldn't simply 'settle' with the other side and obtain an automatic dismissal of the pending re-examination. One change that makes mediation and private resolution of claims more feasible is the ability to terminate post-issuance challenges."
Flexibility in the mediation process helps the parties settle claims that do not require the assistance of the PTO or the courts. The ability to terminate post-issuance challenges adds to that flexibility. Consider using mediation early for maximum control and effectiveness


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HSC Result 2017 has been published on 23rd July, 2017 by all education boards in Bangladesh. HSC Result 2017 will be available online at 02:00 pm Bangladesh Time. HSC Exam 2017 students can get their HSC Result 2017 with Marksheet from here and also from www.educationboardresults.gov.bd .
HSC Result 2015 Chittagong Board – www.bise-ctg.gov.bd
HSC Result 2015 for Chittagong Board published online on 9th September, 2015 at 2:00pm along with all other boards in Bangladesh. HSC Exam 2015 Chittagong Board students can get their HSC Result 2015 from the below official HSC Result search section hosted by Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education, Chittagong at www.bise-ctg.gov.bd.
HSC Result 2015 Chittagong Board
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Chittagong Board HSC Result 2015 by SMS
Chittagong Board HSC Result 2015 can be obtained by mobile SMS of any operator. GrameenPhone (GP), Teletalk, Banglalink, Robi, Airtel & Citycell supports HSC Result 2015 via SMS. Due to high load in HSC Result 2015 websites, students can get HSC Result 2015 by SMS as an alternative option. Chittagong Board HSC Result SMS method will only work when HSC Result is published by Chittagong Education Board.
Each SMS for HSC Result 2015 will deduct 2.30 Taka from your mobile balance. First SMS for HSC Result 2015 will get only the short result (GPA/Grade). If students want to know detail results subject wise, then they should send a second SMS with the same format.
First go to your mobile Message option and select 'New Message'. Then type HSC and give a space, type CHI for Chittagong Board HSC Result 2015 and give a space, then type your HSC Exam 2015 Roll Number and give a space, then type 2015. Then type 16222 in To/Recipient and select or touch your send button to send the SMS for HSC Result 2015 Chittagong Board.
In reply you will get HSC Result 2015 with status PASSED/FAILED and with GPA. A second SMS with the same format will get detail subject wise grade/marksheet for HSC Result 2015 Chittagong Board.
HSC <space> CTG <space> Your HSC Exam 2015 Roll Number <space> 2015 and Send it to 16222
Example: HSC CTG 123456 2015 and send to 16222


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The 100 Moments of TSU Athletics presented by Taco Bell® series continues by remembering a great accomplishment in Tennessee State athletic history.
Sean Foley, a former golfer at Tennessee State University, was named Tiger Woods' swing coach before the 2010 PGA Championship.
A native of Canada, Foley, played for TSU under then head coach Catana Starks for four years, 1993-97. He is now one of the world's top swing coaches.
Foley, confidently predicted Woods would return to the top of his game in 2010, according to NewYorkTimes.com. He said that he believed Woods would shatter Jack Nicklaus' record of 18 major championship victories.
Woods had been without a coach since he parted ways with Hank Haney in May of 2010. They had worked together for six years. The only other coach the world's No. 1 player employed as a professional was Butch Harmon, which lasted until 2003.
"I find it amazing how quickly Tiger went from almost a messiah in the golf world to someone who people say is finished or done," Foley said. "I know as a teacher I'm only teaching him things he's already done before. It's like working with Amadeus. We're talking about a straight-up genius."
Foley, who is based in Orlando, Fla., lives only three miles from the Isleworth Golf and Country Club practice range where he works with Woods. Their sessions last about two hours a day.
Foley, 36, conceded that when he first began working with Woods, the experience was surreal.
"I spent years cheering this guy from afar," Foley said when named Woods' swing coach. "And now he's standing next to me on the range asking me about his golf swing."
But Foley, who also worked with high profile clients Hunter Mahan, Justin Rose, Stephen Ames and Sean O'Hair, said his rapport with Woods developed naturally.
"He's a guy's guy, and we talk about sports," Foley said. "We've created this thing in our mind that says: 'Oh, its Tiger. There he is.' But he's just a guy who happens to be a way better golfer than most everybody else."
Foley was Woods' swing coach for two seasons before moving on to other high profile candidates like Mahan and Rose.
The 100 Moments of TSU Athletics presented by Taco Bell® highlights some of the greatest moments in honor of Tennessee State's centennial celebration. A new moment will be released each weekday for a total of 100. These moments were chosen by the TSU 100 Moments committee, which consists of alums from various departments. TSU has so many great moments, not all can be represented in these 100.
Follow TSU Athletics on Facebook.com/TSUTigers and Twitter @TSU_Tigers.


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Sister Jeanne Marie Armstrong, who nursed and did physical therapy treatment for her fellow School Sisters of Notre Dame, died of a stroke Aug. 18 at her order's health care center in the Woodbrook section of Baltimore County. She was 86.
Born Jeanne Marie Armstrong in Baltimore, she was the daughter of John Ernest Armstrong and Lucille Marie Holliday. Raised in the Forest Park area, she attended All Saints School and was a 1945 graduate of the Institute of Notre Dame.
She was a graduate of the Mercy Hospital School of Nursing. In 1948, she entered the School Sisters of Notre Dame and received the name Sister Ernest after professing her religious vows in 1950.
After nursing at the Catholic University of America, she worked at what is now Notre Dame University of Maryland.
In 1952, she began caring for elderly sisters at Villa Maria at Notch Cliff in Baltimore County. She later was assigned to her order's infirmary at the mother house in Woodbrook. She remained there until 1972, when she moved to the St. Pius X Convent in Rodgers Forge. She taught biology at the parochial school and was a charge nurse at Dulaney-Towson Nursing and Convalescent Home.
Sister Jeanne Marie then took training in physical therapy at St. Joseph and Good Samaritan hospitals in 1977 and later directed physical therapy at Villa Assumpta. Members of her order said she was responsible for founding, designing, organizing and running the department.
Sister Jeanne Marie became health care minister at St. Augustine Church in Elkridge in 1985 and was later a chaplain at Stella Maris Hospice, Dulaney Valley. In 2003, she moved to back to Villa Assumpta, where she remained until her death.
A memorial Mass will be celebrated at 10 a.m. Thursday at Villa Assumpta, 6401 N. Charles St.
Survivors include a brother, John Ernest Armstrong Jr. of Timonium.


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Wanted Level tells the player how much he is wanted by the law enforcement. As the player's wanted level increases, more powerful forms of law enforcement will pursue him. In GTA III era games, wanted level is measured on a six-star scale.
Committing several minor crimes in quick succession - such as beating pedestrians up, destroying cars, etc - will earn him one star. Continuing to commit crimes or resisting arrest will often lead to a second star, and will increase. Committing serious crimes (for example, throwing a grenade into a large crowd of bystanders) often earns the player multiple wanted stars outright.
If the player has one or more wanted stars, nearby police will give chase and attempt to arrest the player. If the police have successfully arrested you, a message "Busted" will pop up. An arrest is executed by either knocking the player onto the ground and holding him at gunpoint, or by opening the player's car door and holding him at gunpoint. In both cases, the player has no choice but to give up. If arrested, the player is transported to the nearest police station and is released some time later. After the player is released, his cash will decrease about $100 and his weapons will be confiscated (unless in GTA: San Andreas, after dating Barbara Schternvart, your weapons will be confiscated and in GTA:Vice City Stories, you can buy back the weapons but you will need $2000 to do it.)
The player's wanted level can be decreased various ways. A one-star wanted level will disappear on its own if the player "lies low" for a while (stays out of sight and doesn't commit a crime). Higher wanted levels can be lost through picking up Police Bribes (each one reduces the player's wanted level by one star), running a vehicle through a Pay 'n' Spray or going to airport and buying a plane ticket to another city in San Andreas. You can also see Lowering Your Stars for more ways.
It is notoriously difficult to survive higher wanted levels without the use of cheats or modifications. In all GTA III Era games, there are cheats to raise and lower wanted levels. In GTA San Andreas, there is a cheat to prevent the player from ever obtaining a wanted level. However, the player can still get attacked at police impound stations.
A wanted level is cumulative and it is possible to reach a six-star wanted level by simply shooting a lot of pedestrians, but some crimes are more serious than others, and some can earn more stars outright.
One StarEdit
At a one star wanted level, any police officer that spots the player will give chase and attempt to arrest him. The police will attempt to knock the player down with their fists (in GTA III) and nightsticks (in other GTA III era games). They also do not shoot unless they are threatened by the player (in GTA San Andreas, if you are holding a gun or a thrown weapon, officers will shoot at you, and also if you run over an officer but not getting killed). An exception to this rule is if you are inaccessible to the police officer; for example if you are standing on top of a vehicle, he will pull out his gun and start shooting. If the player stays out of sight and does not commit anymore crimes, a one-star wanted level expires on its own. If the player is on foot, police will exit their vehicle and chase you on foot. Only one police officer will give chase on foot at a time even if there are multiple officers in the vicinity.
A one-star wanted level is attained by committing the following minor crimes. Many of these will not immediately result in a wanted level unless a police officer is around to witness them or multiple offences are committed in quick succession:
- Attacking and/or killing pedestrians
- Damaging and/or destroying a vehicle
- Attacking or shooting a police vehicle (always results in a wanted level even when out of sight, doesn't trigger with the Police Maverick or FBI/Army vehicles)
- Crashing into a police vehicle (crashing into an empty/parked police car will not result in a wanted level)
- Firing a weapon in public
- Revving a chainsaw in public (Except GTA: San Andreas)
- Using a Molotov Cocktail in public
- Carjacking or stealing parked vehicles within a certain proximity from a police officer (no wanted level is given if the vehicle is locked, including police cars)
- Attempting to steal a police vehicle (except GTA: San Andreas)
- Driving a vehicle with the alarm going off
- Selling multiple ice cream cones during Distribution (GTA: Vice City)
- Robbing stores for the minimum amount of cash (GTA: Vice City)
Two StarsEdit
At a two-star wanted level, the police start actively searching for the player. Officers now shoot to kill, including when you're unarmed and start giving you chase in patrol cars. Each patrol car is occupied by two officers. Officers in cars now give chase rather than simply follow behind and often try to overtake or spin the player out. On water, armed police boats give chase.
Two wanted stars are attained by:
- Aiming a gun at a police officer
- Injuring and/or killing 2 or more police officers (Killing one police officer in every other GTA III era game except for GTA San Andreas will get you an instant 2-star wanted level)
- Destroying many cars at once
- Killing many people in a short period of time
- Crashing into a fuel pump (in gas stations)
- Displaying a firearm inside a police station in San Andreas (a melee weapon will not warrant a wanted level)
- Destroying any aircraft in San Andreas
- Trespassing in the Washington Beach Police Station (GTA Vice City) (unless wearing the cop uniform)
Three StarsEdit
At a three-star wanted level, pursuing police vehicles become more aggressive, driving at maximum speed, and the police will also begin to set up armed roadblocks on main roads. A police helicopter is also called in to assist and its crew follows the player, putting a spotlight on the protagonist (at night), and shoots at the player via an invisible machine gun on the fuselage if they get a clear shot and yell various humourous remarks over a loudspeaker. Police officers begin to deploy spike strips to puncture the player's tires, making driving difficult. In GTA San Andreas, if you are on foot and a police car spots you, one of the two officers will use a shotgun instead of a 9 mm. Additionally, in Vice City and Vice City Stories, undercover 'Vice Squad' detectives armed with Uzis and driving Cheetahs also give chase.
Three wanted stars are attained by:
- Continuing to retaliate against law enforcement (evading capture or death by any means)
- Continuing to cause collateral damage (killing civilians and destroying vehicles)
- Entering police impound garages in GTA San Andreas
- Trucking hot goods in San Andreas
Four StarsEdit
At a four-star wanted level, the police will drive more aggressively and SWAT teams join the chase. SWAT members wear body armor and are armed with Uzi sub-machine guns. Roadblocks now consist of the heavier and larger SWAT vans, making them more difficult to ram through. The pursuing police helicopter fires at the player more frequently and, from GTA Vice City onwards, rappels SWAT members down to the player's location. In GTA San Andreas, the police helicopter is often joined by a News Chopper, and military jets now pursue and attempt to shoot down the player if he is flying an aircraft.
Four wanted stars are attained by:
- Continuing to retaliate against law enforcement
- Continuing to cause collateral damage
- Entering a city not yet unlocked in the storyline in GTA San Andreas
- Blowing up an AI controlled full-winged Dodo in GTA III and GTA Vice City
- Blowing up the police helicopter which appears at a three star wanted level (not to be confused with the player-operable Police Maverick)
- Entering the restricted area of El Banco Corrupto Grande in GTA Vice City
Five StarsEdit
At a five-star wanted level, the FBI takes over the chase and completely replaces local police on the ground and the streets begin to clear of civilians (In GTA Liberty City Stories, however, there are still lots of pedestrians in the streets). Four-FBI teams of heavily armed and armored FBI agents drive armored cars and SUVs and make for formidable opponents. The FBI agents are armed with AK-47s and 9mm handguns in GTA III and MP5s in later games. Their driving is even more aggressive and they usually opt to ram the player's vehicle head on at high speed and then batter it to pieces before he/she can recover. In GTA III, the pursuing police helicopter is joined by a second, and both stick to the player doggedly and fire at the protagonist whenever they get the chance. The roadblocks now consist of FBI vehicles, which are easier to ram through, but the FBI agents' MP5s tear through most vehicles fairly quickly. The waters are saturated with Predators at this wanted-level. Trespassing inside a military base will release a five star wanted level and cops swarm in and attempt to kill the player.
Five stars are attained by:
- Continuing to retaliate against law enforcement
- Continuing to cause collateral damage
- Flying into restricted airspace, such as over a military base in San Andreas
- Trespassing into a military base
Six StarsEdit
At six stars, the National Guard will take over from the FBI and will give chase in Barracks OL trucks and Rhino tanks, making travel in ordinary vehicles extremely hazardous. Civilians have almost completely disappeared from the streets at this point (In GTA Liberty City Stories, however, there are still lots of pedestrians in the streets), and the soldiers drive with total disregard for anything but ramming the player into oblivion. Roadblocks now consist of Barracks OL trucks. At six stars, police helicopters rule the skies, the sea is thick with police boats and in addition to the army, police officers are everywhere - appearing from all directions in large numbers. If the player cannot get to a Pay 'n' Spray with a suitable vehicle, stealing a tank or taking to the skies in a helicopter and trying to pick up police bribes around the city are often the only practical options for reducing a six-star wanted level. The Army soldiers carry M16s, MP5s or M4s depending on the game. Unlike in the story mode where enemies often miss, the soldiers are pinpoint crackshots, and a gunfight is considered suicide as the army will take the player down very fast.
Six stars are attained by:
- Continuing to retaliate against law enforcement
- Continuing to cause collateral damage


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Alice Mullaly
Alice Mullaly was raised in the same Central Point home where she lives today with her husband, Larry. A graduate of Crater High School, Oregon State, and Stanford universities, she taught mathematics for 42 years in high schools in Nyack, New York.; Mill Valley, California, and at Hedrick Junior High School in Medford. She retired from Southern Oregon University where she trained new mathematics teachers. Mullaly's husband was also a teacher as are her two daughters. Her husband is a Southern Pacific Railroad historian, and both of them enjoy hunting for "the story" in primary sources. Alice's mother was an early member of the Southern Oregon Historical Society, and Alice has been an SOHS volunteer for nearly 30 years. She enjoys the puzzles people bring to the Research Library, the source of many of her "As It Was" stories.