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A three-year long pan-European project to produce high value plastic items from the lowest grade waste material is on the verge of developing commercially viable products.
Titled 'Prime' – Plastic Recyclate Injection Moulding Engineering – the project is a consortium of 10 partners from Europe, including universities, research centers and SMEs.
It proposes to use mixed polymer waste – effectively residue from already-recycled plastics – to manufacture high value products for use in infrastructure projects such as flood defenses and railways, as well as automotive and aerospace sectors.
The aim is to make strong and versatile products that ape the properties of timber or aluminum, said Steve Morgan, Prime's dissemination and exploitation manager.
Morgan said the first two years of the 36-month project project had been about "research and investigation".
RockTenn today reported earnings for the quarter ended June 30, 2012 of $0.81 per diluted share and adjusted earnings of $0.95 per diluted share.
Net sales of $2,303.2 million for the third quarter of fiscal 2012 increased $921.1 million over the third quarter of fiscal 2011, primarily as a result of the May 27, 2011, Smurfit-Stone acquisition. Segment income was $159.3 million up $13.6 million or 9.3% over the prior year quarter after adjusting the prior year quarter to eliminate $55.4 million of pre-tax acquisition inventory step-up. The increase was primarily a result of the Smurfit-Stone acquisition and increased profitability in our Consumer Packaging segment. RockTenn's restructuring and other costs and operating losses and transition costs due to plant closures, net of related noncontrolling interest were $0.14 per diluted share after-tax, for the third quarter of fiscal 2012. These costs consisted primarily of $7.5 million of pre-tax integration and acquisition costs, including professional services, employee and other costs, $6.2 million of pre-tax facility closure charges primarily related to corrugated container plants acquired in the Smurfit-Stone Acquisition, the permanent shutdown of the medium machine at Hodge, Louisiana containerboard mill, net of a gain on sale of our Columbus, Indiana laminated converting facility and $1.9 million of pre-tax operating losses and transition costs primarily related to corrugated container plants acquired in the Smurfit-Stone acquisition.
UPS today announced second quarter 2012 diluted earnings per share of $1.15, a 7.5% improvement over the 2011 adjusted results. U.S. Domestic operating profit expanded $122 million or 12% over the prior-year period. On a reported basis, diluted earnings per share increased 5.5% and U.S. Domestic operating profit rose 14%.
"Increasing uncertainty in the United States, continuing weakness in Asia exports and the debt crisis in Europe are impacting projections of economic expansion," said Scott Davis, UPS chairman and CEO. "Throughout its history, UPS has maintained its strength in all economic cycles and we are making the adjustments necessary to respond to today's challenging conditions."
U.S. Domestic revenue increased 4.1% over the prior-year period, driven by a 3.5% gain in package volume. Operating profit jumped more than 12% over 2011 adjusted results. Operating margin expanded 100 basis points to 14.1%, aided by volume growth, improved efficiency, higher base rates and a benefit from the timing of the fuel surcharge.
On a reported basis, operating profit improved 14% and operating margin climbed 120 basis points over the prior-year period.
Volume grew across all products as ground rose 3%, UPS Next Day Air increased 5% and deferred air climbed 8.6%. The majority of the improvement was driven by large e-commerce customers shipping low-weight residential packages.
Average revenue per package increased 0.6%, as higher base rates were mostly offset by changes in customer and product mix.
Twin Rivers Paper Company, a leader in lightweight specialty packaging, label and publishing papers, releases a swatchbook for wet-strength label papers that simplifies the label selection process. This Alliance® wet-strength label swatchbook offers an at-a-glance look at Twin Rivers' portfolio of label papers. These papers offer customers a broad range of basis weights, wet-strength formulations and performance characteristics, ensuring excellent performance throughout the supply chain.
Alliance® wet-strength label papers are the optimal choice for beer, water and other bottling applications. With their high-gloss coating, these papers increase surface smoothness and ink receptivity. Their wet-opacity retention and dimensional-sheet stability provide much needed durability for moist environments, and their reverse-side treatment optimizes adhesive retention during the high-speed bottling and label process.
"Our goal is to simplify the selection process for our customers by providing a useful guide to our broad range of wet-strength label products," says Dave Deger, Director of Business Development and Marketing.
Amid the lingering effects of the recession and a difficult business environment for the printing industry, Plum Grove Printers has achieved a dramatic upswing in sales during the first six months of 2012. Compared to the same period last year, the printing and business services firm realized a 22-percent improvement in sales.
Plum Grove has rebounded due to the diversity of its services and the acquisition of key new clients. The printer has spent the last decade diversifying its services beyond its core ink-on-paper business—offering marketing consultation, custom print-ordering websites for franchise organizations and other large firms, and even QR Code SmartPhone websites for mobile devices. The firm has also expanded sales of promotional products, such as imprinted shirts, hats and mugs.
Direct mail marketing, one of Plum Grove's key services, has also been making a comeback. The printers offers a comprehensive direct mail marketing program with targeted consumer lists, a professional design studio, printing and sophisticated mailing services.
Peter Lineal, who founded the company in the northwest suburbs of Illinois in 1980, acknowledged that direct mail is "old school," but nevertheless effective.
Scholastic is folding the Weekly Reader brand into its Classroom Magazines group. Some of the resulting titles will be co-branded, while others will be discontinued. The move comes just five months after Scholastic acquired Weekly Reader from Reader's Digest Association for $3.6 million.
The plan had been to merge the Weekly Reader brands—more than a dozen in the elementary and high school grades—into Scholastic's existing stable of classroom magazines, now at about 28 subject-specific titles, shortly after the acquisition last February.
Subscribers to the Weekly Reader brands will be transitioned to the new co-branded titles or Scholastic titles that have absorbed features of corresponding Weekly Reader magazines.
"Editors from both Weekly Reader and Scholastic News have spent months in discussions with teachers determining which features work best for teachers and students," says a Scholastic spokesperson. "Some of the many magazines (ranging from social studies to math, health and the arts) will be co-branded, such as Junior Scholastic/Current Events and Scholastic News/Weekly Reader."
The move was first reported by the New York Post, which said 55 of the 60 remaining Weekly Reader employees—40 were let go immediately after the acquisition—were going to be cut as a result.
Oil erased gains in New York to trade near its lowest in a week amid concern that Europe's debt crisis is deepening and will cut demand for fuels.
West Texas Intermediate pared an earlier advance of as much as 0.9 percent. The euro fell for a fifth day against the yen, approaching an 11-year low, after Moody's Investors Service cut its ratings outlook for Germany and the Netherlands yesterday amid speculation that Europe's turmoil will engulf Spain and Italy. A U.S. government report tomorrow may show inventories fell for a fifth week, the longest stretch in a year.
"Europe continues to be no closer to a solution, but politicians seem content to keep applying short-term fixes rather than address the underlying problems," said Guy Wolf, a strategist at Marex Spectron Group Ltd., a London-based commodities broker. "Crude markets are caught between a deteriorating demand picture and tightening supply fundamentals."
Oil for September delivery was at $88.05 a barrel in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange at 11:36 a.m. London time. The contract dropped $3.69 to $88.14 yesterday, the lowest since July 13. Prices are down 11 percent this year.
Brent crude for September settlement slipped 5 cents to $103.24 a barrel on the London-based ICE Futures Europe exchange. The contract yesterday slipped 3.3 percent to $103.26.
Mobile marketers are getting the strongest results from ads placed on Apple Inc.'s iPhone and iPad, based on the effective cost-per-thousand impressions measurement of those ads, according to a study by Internet browser company Opera Software.
According to Opera's "The State of Mobile Advertising, Q2 2012," the iPad is returning an eCPM (a calculation of the ad revenue generated by a banner or campaign) of $3.96. Not far behind in performance are ads placed on the iPhone, with an average eCPM of $2.85. Devices running Google's Android OS have an average eCPM of $2.10.
According to Opera's study, the iPhone and iPad have captured more than 61% of marketers' realized revenue, versus Android's nearly 27%. Opera's report is based on a study during this year's second quarter of mobile ads served for some 9,000 customers, representing more than 35 billion ad impressions per month.
The American Catalog Mailers Association Inc. announced its central participation in a new coalition to oppose changes to a law that would overturn the Supreme Court-tested finding that state and local tax collections represent a de facto barrier to interstate commerce. The True Simplification of Taxation (TruST) Coalition, cofounded by ACMA and three other concerned industry associations, represents American businesses in the fight to keep interstate commerce free from unfair tax burdens imposed by states where these businesses have no operations or representation.
"The Constitutional right to sell across state lines is destroyed by more than 9,600 different taxing jurisdictions in the US, each with its own rates, definitions and regulations," said Hamilton Davison, president of ACMA. "This is a nightmare for remote sellers, many of whom are mom-and-pop businesses without the sophistication to deal with this complexity."
Responding to pressure by big box retailers, Congress is considering legislatively overturning the Supreme Court in action that could come as early as this year. Without true simplification in retail sales tax schemes, "the Supreme Court decision that tested this matter twice before in 1967 and 1992 should be upheld," Davison said. "It is vital that the other side of the story be told as there are many misconceptions about this issue in Washington. This move seeks to cure state and municipal budget woes but in reality, this adds less than 1% to total state and local tax revenues while crushing two entire segments of commerce that fuel our economy."
True Simplification of Taxation was cofounded by ACMA, the Direct Marketing Association, NetChoice, and the Electronic Retailing Association. In addition to advocacy, TruST will be an ongoing resource for those mobilizing against new remote sales and use taxes, which will slow and harm the growth of catalog and online retail. The Coalition is also launching an aggressive membership campaign. More details on the group's progress to follow soon.
MeadWestvaco Corporation, a global leader in packaging and packaging solutions, today announced the launch of Ergosol(TM), an ergonomic trigger actuated aerosol sprayer for home and garden products.
With Ergosol, brand owners can differentiate their products amongst more traditional push-button aerosol sprayers. During use consumers enjoy a comfortably ergonomic and easy to actuate spray experience, ultimately leading to increased brand loyalty. Ergosol provides the look and performance of a customized sprayer in an off-the-shelf solution, helping brand owners increase speed to market.
Appleton Papers Inc. and Hicks Acquisition Company II, Inc., a special purpose acquisition company sponsored by Thomas O. Hicks, announced they have mutually agreed to terminate their proposed business combination due to volatile market conditions.
Xerox announced today second-quarter 2012 adjusted earnings per share of 26 cents, which excludes 4 cents related to the amortization of intangibles, resulting in flat year-over-year GAAP earnings of 22 cents per share.
In the second quarter, total revenue of $5.5 billion was down 1 percent or up 1 percent in constant currency.
Operating margin of 9.7 percent was down 0.7 points from second-quarter 2011, and up 1.2 points from first quarter of this year, driven by a 1.3 point sequential improvement from the company's services business. Second-quarter gross margin was 32 percent, and selling, administrative and general expenses were 19.4 percent of revenue.
The company generated $228 million in cash from operations, a year-over-year decline primarily due to the change in the quarterly timing of cash pension contributions. Xerox continues to expect full-year operating cash flow of $2 billion to $2.3 billion, and plans to repurchase $900 million to $1.1 billion in Xerox stock during the year.
West Fraser Timber Co. Ltd. today reported earnings for the second quarter of 2012 of $27 million and earnings per share of $0.63 on sales of $774 million. For the first half of 2012, earnings were $10 million and earnings per share were $0.24, on sales of $1.5 billion.
In the quarter the lumber segment generated operating earnings of $34 million and EBITDA of $53 million. Lumber prices rallied strongly as improved U.S. demand combined with continuing Asian demand for Canadian lumber. Higher lumber prices also triggered a reduction in duties (from 15% to 10%) charged on softwood lumber exported to the U.S. from B.C. and Alberta for the month of June 2012.
The panels segment, which includes plywood, LVL and MDF, generated operating earnings in the quarter of $8 million and EBITDA of $12 million. Improved plywood and MDF prices were the main contributors.
Pulp and paper operations generated operating earnings of $14 million and EBITDA of $26 million. The average NBSK benchmark price for the quarter increased to US$900 per tonne from US$870 in the previous quarter but reduced NBSK production and shipments and increased chemical costs resulted in a marginal decline in operating earnings compared with the previous quarter.
Crown Holdings, Inc. today announced its financial results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2012.
Net sales in the second quarter were $2,184 million compared to $2,281 million in the second quarter of 2011, including a decrease of $101 million due to unfavorable currency translation.
Second quarter gross profit was $340 million compared to $371 million in the 2011 second quarter, reflecting reduced European profits, the result of lower customer demand and production activity for three-piece steel products and $13 million of unfavorable foreign currency translation.
The American Forest & Paper Association released its June 2012 U.S. Paperboard Report, which shows total boxboard production decreased by 1.8% compared to June 2011 and decreased 0.7% from last month.
Unbleached Kraft Folding production increased over the same month last year, but decreased compared to last month.
Total Solid Bleached Boxboard & Liner production decreased compared to June 2011 and remained flat compared to last month.
Recycled Folding production decreased compared to June 2011 and decreased slightly when compared to last month.
Media General, Inc., a local broadcast television and digital media company, today reported 2012 second-quarter operating income of $16.4 million, compared with $6.2 million in the 2011 second quarter. The increase is mostly due to strong Political advertising and higher retransmission fees at the company's 18 network-affiliated broadcast television stations, and core business displayed good strength as well.
On June 25, 2012, the first day of the third quarter, Media General became a pure-play broadcast television company following the sale of virtually all of its newspapers to a subsidiary of Berkshire Hathaway, World Media Enterprises. Media General is in discussions with prospective buyers for The Tampa Tribune and its associated print and web operations and believes a sale is probable. All Media General newspapers are now shown as discontinued operations, as are Dealtaker.com and Professional Communications Systems, a broadcast equipment business.
Total Broadcast and Digital revenues in the second quarter increased 17.3% to $84.1 million, from $71.7 million last year. Local time sales increased 4.4% to $47 million, from $45 million last year. National time sales increased 2.9% to $23.4 million, from $22.7 million last year. The largest broadcast advertising category, automotive, increased 26.5%. Other key categories delivering increases were financial, grocery, travel, home improvement, professional services and medical. Categories that declined included department stores, furniture, telecommunications and restaurants.
Grainger today reported record results for the 2012 second quarter ended June 30, 2012. Sales of $2.2 billion were up 12 percent versus $2.0 billion in the second quarter of 2011. There were 64 selling days in the quarter, the same as in 2011. Net earnings for the quarter increased 12 percent to $191 million versus $170 million in 2011. Earnings per share of $2.63 increased 12 percent versus $2.34 in 2011. The 2011 second quarter included a $0.12 per share benefit primarily from the settlement of tax examinations. Excluding the tax benefit in 2011, earnings per share increased 18 percent in the quarter.
Sales in the 2012 second quarter increased 12 percent consisting of 5 percentage points from acquisitions and a 2 percentage point decline attributable to unfavorable foreign exchange. Organic sales for the quarter increased 9 percent including 6 percentage points from volume and 3 percentage points from price. On a daily basis, sales increased 12 percent in April, 13 percent in May and 12 percent in June.
Company operating earnings of $314 million for the 2012 second quarter increased 18 percent. This earnings growth was driven by higher sales, improved gross profit margins and positive operating leverage.
Georgia-Pacific LLC announced today that it has completed the previously announced sale of its EMEA tissue business to SCA.
The transaction included Georgia-Pacific's consumer and away-from-home tissue paper products and personal care businesses and manufacturing assets across Europe, including leading consumer brands as well as away-from-home and private label products developed, manufactured, marketed and sold by 4,700 employees.
Georgia-Pacific maintains a presence in Europe primarily through regional offices for GP Cellulose and GP Harmon Recycling.
Gannett Co., Inc., a leading international media and marketing solutions company, today reported second quarter financial results. Earnings per diluted share, on a GAAP (generally accepted accounting principles) basis were $0.51 for the second quarter of 2012 compared to $0.62 for the second quarter of 2011. Excluding special items in 2012 and 2011, second quarter earnings per diluted share were $0.56 compared to $0.58 for the same quarter last year.
Net income attributable to Gannett in the second quarter of 2012 totaled $119.9 million while net income attributable to Gannett on a non-GAAP basis was $132.0 million. Reported operating income was $216.5 million and non-GAAP operating income totaled $236.8 million. Operating cash flow in the quarter (a non-GAAP term defined as operating income plus special items, depreciation and amortization) was $285.0 million.
Total operating revenues for the company in the second quarter were $1.31 billion, a decline of just 2.1 percent from the second quarter of 2011. Broadcasting revenues were up 11.4 percent reflecting higher core and politically related advertising demand and significant growth in retransmission revenue. Digital segment revenues were 4.5 percent higher due primarily to revenue growth at CareerBuilder. Publishing segment revenues were 5.8 percent lower reflecting significant volatility in the quarter, particularly softer advertising demand in April and late June offset by firming results in May. On a constant currency basis, Publishing segment revenues were down 5.5 percent.
No surprise to anyone who reads a site like this one: Sales of e-books are booming.
But just like most media formats, the book market is still a long way from converting completely to digital: Last year, print accounted for 85 percent of the publishing industry's general interest sales.
That number comes from the new BookStats survey, sponsored by two industry groups. It finds that Amazon and other digital distributors are taking an increasing chunk of the market, and that sales of "trade" e-books — basically, everything except educational and professional texts — doubled in the last year.
That helped keep the publishing business more or less flat in 2011, even as print sales dropped off. Net publisher revenue for trade books increased 0.5 percent, to $13.97 billion, with e-books accounting for $2.1 billion of that. Meanwhile, overall net revenue dropped 2.5 percent, to $27.2 billion.
That's the kind of year executives in the newspaper and music business would have loved to have over the last decade. Those industries have seen their analog businesses drop off a cliff, and have spent a long time waiting for digital revenue streams to replace them. It took until 2011, for instance, for digital music sales to (barely) top CD sales in the U.S.
But book publishers aren't solely concerned with digital revenue — they're also concerned about digital distribution, and who will control it. One of the big lessons media companies have taken from the music industry's collapse is that they don't want a single player — in the case of music, that would be Apple's iTunes — with a lock on the digital market.
Oil dropped to the lowest level in four days in New York, dropping below $90 a barrel amid renewed concern that Europe is failing to resolve its debt crisis.
Futures tumbled as much as 3.7 percent as the euro dropped to an 11-year low against the yen and the cost of insuring Spanish debt surged to a record. International creditors meet in Athens tomorrow as concern grows that Greece may not meet its bailout targets. Crude also fell after a Chinese central bank adviser said the nation's economy may cool further, putting at risk consumption in the world's second-biggest crude consumer.
"The continuing saga of the euro, and in particular the travails of Spain and fears that this will soon be played out in France and Italy, is driving today's sell-off," said Christopher Bellew, senior broker at Jefferies Bache Ltd. in London, who predicts further price losses may be limited.
Crude for September delivery fell as much as $3.43 to $88.40 a barrel in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange and was at $88.95 at 10:56 a.m. London time. The contract decreased 1.2 percent to $91.83 on July 20. Prices are 11 percent lower this year.
Brent oil for September settlement on the London-based ICE Futures Europe exchange dropped as much as $3.88, or 3.6 percent, to $102.95 a barrel.
Sonoco, one of the largest diversified global packaging companies, today reported financial results for its 2012 second quarter, ending July 1, 2012.
Second Quarter Highlights•Second quarter 2012 GAAP earnings per diluted share were $.50, compared with $.52 in 2011. •Second quarter 2012 GAAP results include after-tax charges of $.08 per diluted share, driven by previously announced restructuring activities. •Base net income attributable to Sonoco (base earnings) for second quarter 2012 was $.58 per diluted share, compared with $.60 in 2011. (See base earnings definition and reconciliation later in this release.) Sonoco previously provided second quarter base earnings guidance of $.55 to $.60 per diluted share. •Second quarter 2012 net sales were a record $1.20 billion, up 7 percent, compared with $1.13 billion in 2011.
White Birch Paper Company will reopen the Stadacona newsprint mill in Quebec City on August 2. The mill has been closed since December 9, 2011. The announcement comes after several months of joint efforts with the Government of Quebec and the Syndicat canadien des communications, de l'énergie et du papier (SCEP) unionized employees, to obtain a sustainable operating plan, according to White Birch. "This marks a new beginning for the Stadacona mill. A second chance. Compromises by all parties involved, have resulted in a promising future for Stadacona," stated Christopher Brant, president of White Birch. Brant extended his thanks to Minister Sam Hamad and the other members of the Quebec government for the role they played in ensuring the future of the mill. The provincial government has offered a loan of $35 million, conditional on the company investing $47 million to re-start the mill, reduce its production costs, and diversify its product lines. The new collective bargaining agreements and government support that paved the way for Stadacona to re-open also move the company closer to a court-approved sale. White Birch has been under creditor protection since 2010.
Pearson, the world's leading learning company, is today announcing the acquisition of Author Solutions, Inc (ASI) from Bertram Capital for $116 million in cash. Formed in 2007, ASI is now the world's leading provider of professional self-publishing services. It has enabled 150,000 authors to publish, market and distribute more than 190,000 books in print and electronic formats and benefits from several powerful growth trends including user-generated content, eBooks and digital publishing and marketing technologies. Self-publishing is a rapidly growing segment of the consumer books market. According to Bowker, 211,000 titles were self-published in 2011 in either print or digital form, an increase of almost 60% on 2010. The self-publishing sector has also become an important source of talent and content for the publishing industry, producing several bestselling authors including Lisa Genova, John Locke, Darcie Chan, Amanda Hocking, Bronnie Ware and E.L. James. The acquisition gives Penguin a leading position in this fast-growing segment of the publishing industry and brings significant opportunity for the two companies to collaborate. Penguin will gain access to ASI's expertise in online marketing, consumer analytics, professional services and user-generated content. ASI will benefit from Penguin's design, editorial and sales skills, and its strong international presence as it looks to expand outside the US.
About 77 jobs will be lost when International Paper Co. closes its corrugated container plant in Kalamazoo in mid-September.
The permanent closure was announced Friday.
International Paper's Kalamazoo container plant is at 4015 Emerald Drive.
"Following the merger with Temple-Inland, we have more capacity than our customers need in this area," Scott Dillon, complex general manager, stated in a press release. "Other area facilities are better positioned to handle the production requirements that will be necessary as we consolidate our operations, and unfortunately, that led to the decision to close this plant."
The company said it would discuss plans for severance and other benefits with the local union, United Steelworkers Local 946.
The 47-year-old plant produces 650 million square feet of corrugated packaging each year for customers in the automotive, protein, food and beverage, and industrial products industries.
In a study of analyst recommendations at the major brokerages, for the underlying components of the S&P 500, International Paper Co. (NYSE: IP) has taken over the #47 spot from Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc (NYSE: TMO), according to ETF Channel.
In forming the rank, the analyst opinions from the major brokerage houses were tallied, and averaged; then, the underlying components were ranked according to those averages. Investors often interpret analyst opinions from different angles — a popular analyst pick could mean that many sharp minds individually came to the same bullish conclusion, and therefore the stock should do well… but it could also mean that if the company makes any slight stumble, that would come as a negative surprise and cause a downward impact on the stock.
MANAMA: The Middle East paper industry, one of the fastest growing in the world, today meets half of the requirements of local consumption.
This is an increase of 12 per cent over 2008, when the local production met just 38pc of demand.
The region is thus less dependent on import of tissues from outside the Arab region, as mills increase their production.
RICHMOND, Va., Jul 16, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- MeadWestvaco Corporation, a global leader in packaging and packaging solutions, today announced the launch ofIndustrial printer manufacturer Videojet Technologies has launched the Videojet 8510, a compact inkjet printer designed for coding applications in the packaging sector.
The thermal inkjet printer, which is also known as the Wolke m600 touch in Europe, can print at resolutions up to 600dpi and features a 213mm menu-driven touchscreen.
The Videojet 8510 features a compact controller that can drive up to four printheads, which the manufacturer claims helps enable easy integration into packaging production lines.
OAKLAND, Calif., July 16, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- Based on consumer research, Clorox today announced the arrival of Clorox Fraganzia, a new line of aromatizing products designed to appeal to Hispanic scent preferences and to specifically meet their needs based on the unique way they approach cleaning. The Clorox Fraganzia line of products is available now at major national retailers and consists of three products designed to imbue the Hispanic home with welcoming, clean, fresh scents. They are: a multi-purpose dilutable cleaner, toilet bowl rim hanger, and aerosol air freshener.
Through its research, Clorox determined Hispanics often approach cleaning in a three-stage process: cleaning, disinfecting and aromatizing. With the Clorox Fraganzia launch, Clorox effectively addresses the aromatizing stage in the process, complementing its portfolio of cleaning and disinfection solutions (which include its iconic bleach and disposable wipes, among other products) and offering its Hispanic customers a full-range solution with which to address all three stages of the process.
New York -- Retail sales fell 0.5% in June, the Commerce Department said on Monday, as consumer spending declined for the third consecutive month. The drop, which followed a 0.2% decrease in May, was unexpected as many economists were expecting growth.
Falling gas prices were attributed to some of the weakness. But even excluding sales at gas stations, retail spending fell 0.3% in June. Economists said weak job growth was making consumers cautious and eating away at consumer confidence.
WASHINGTON -- The Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday banned the chemical known as BPA from baby bottles and sippy cups and took a step toward removing the plastics additive from containers used to package baby formula.
The ban on baby bottles is not expected to have a significant effect, since most manufacturers had already stopped using the chemical. Last fall, the state of California banned Bisphenol A, or BPA, from drinking containers for infants.
Some consumer health groups chastised the FDA for moving slowly on the ban.
WASHINGTON, July 16, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The World Resources Institute (WRI), a global development and environmental think tank, will receive a grant of $35,000 USD to research how forest certification standards can help protect American lakes and rivers, the Sustainable Forestry Initiative® (SFI) announced today.
"This grant will help us identify the extent to which SFI-certified forest management can result in effective implementation of best management practices for improved water quality," said Todd Gartner, Senior Associate, Conservation Incentives & Markets at the World Resources Institute. "This will strengthen our understanding of how forest landowners may use SFI standards to achieve improvements in water quality, quantity, or flow."
Twin Rivers Paper Company has released Acadia Natural, a compostable and recyclable paper made from unbleached pulp. This product design offers a natural substrate for packaging applications such as fast-food sandwich wraps, French fry and carryout bags, and basket liners.
FDA-compliant for direct and indirect food contact, Acadia Natural offers a solution for Quick Serve Restaurant (QSR), foodservice, and retail food applications, where high performance and sustainability are essential. For oil and grease resistance, Acadia Natural is available in an Acadia Natural OGR version. Both products bring excellent printability, runnability, and convertability to packaging applications, says the company.
The past five years have seen an increased discussion of, and emphasis on, the idea of "sustainability." Sustainability can refer to many things, but one of the oft-discussed components of it is environmental sustainability. That is, what is the impact of a product or process on the environment, and what are the ways of reducing that impact?
In the commercial printing industry, these conversations have taken place in the traditional offset and digital printing market segments, but we have been hearing murmurs amongst wide-format printers. InfoTrends identified "green" wide-format as one of its top trends last year (2011), and this year, more and more companies are seeking to "go green," often under pressure from print buyers, especially large corporate buyers who are under increased pressure of their own to keep an eye on the sustainability of their supply chains. One of the winners of this year's WhatTheyThink Environmental Innovation Awards—Sandy Alexander—won for the creation of an environmentally sustainable wide-format printing division. So momentum is carrying printers of all types in increasingly green directions.
Asia Pacific Resources International (APRIL) looks set to commission a 450,000 tonne/yr uncoated fine paper machine by the end of July at a new site in Jiangmen city, Guangdong province.
A spokesperson from the company said that the PM has already kicked off mechanical tests.
The unit, dubbed PM 11, is 8.65 m wide and has a design speed of 1,800 m/min. Metso Paper supplied it.
The contact said that the PM's output will be marketed mainly in China. Half of the output will be converted into cut-size copy paper on site, and the other half will be sold on the market.
Somerset, one of the largest coated paper mills in the world, is fast becoming our industry's paragon of environmental responsibility. For example, more than 85% of the total energy at Somerset is derived from renewable resources. And, thanks to a $36 million investment, the entire recovery process has been revolutionized to significantly lower our carbon footprint with more energy-saving investments and improvements to our paper machines on the way.
To learn more about the environmental initiatives at Somerset, click here. To see all of our videos highlighting the ways Sappi raises the environmental bar visit us at sappi.com/eQ. Sappi has also created a dynamic print piece that not only captures the creative possibilities of ink on paper, but brings to life all the exciting programs happening at Somerset. To get your own copy, simply click here.
The House will not debate its postal-reform bill before Congress leaves for August recess, a source on Capitol Hill says. The House leadership's decision to postpone the debate comes despite objections from the bill's architects and pressure from U.S. Postal Service officials and regulators. Many believed that the bill would come up between the July 4 holiday and August recess. Now, with debate tabled until after August, the legislation is unlikely to pass before the lame-duck session following the November elections. According to The Hill, the House will be in session only seven weeks before Nov. 6, when the postelection session will begin. Then, it likely will have to juggle a long list of other outstanding business, including appropriations and a farm bill. A source on the Hill confirmed that House leadership decided not to debate the bill before the August recess, over the objections of House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Darrell Issa, R-Calif., and Rep. Dennis Ross, R-Fla., both architects of the House bill. Other sources with knowledge of postal reform confirmed that the bill would not be debated before Aug. 6. The House measure takes a more austere approach than the postal-reform bill the Senate passed in the spring. The House legislation would reduce postal delivery from six to five days a week; transfer about $11 billion in surplus retirement contributions into the Postal Service's coffers; decrease the agency's contribution to employees' health and life insurance premiums; and restructure the payments that USPS is required to make annually to prefund retirees' health benefits. It also would establish a panel similar to the Defense Department's Base Closure and Realignment Commission to make decisions about closings and finances. The Senate bill, which passed by a bipartisan vote of 62-37, allows USPS to offer buyout and early-retirement incentives to 100,000 employees; switches to five-day delivery only after giving officials two years to come up with cost-savings alternatives; and restructures the congressional mandate that the agency prefund its retirement health benefits. The House bill, passed by the Oversight and Government Reform Committee earlier this year, does not eliminate the prefunding requirement and includes bigger cuts and more postal-facility consolidations than the Senate proposal.
UPM has signed a contract with funds advised by Latifundium to sell them about 7,200 hectares of forest land in Finland. The estates are located in Ilomantsi, Pihtipudas and Tervo. The contract covers a long term wood purchase and forest management agreement.
Latifundium is a German based investment fund specialized in investments in forest properties with a global reach and a strong foothold in Europe. The purchase of the forest land from UPM is the fund's first investment in Finland.
"We look for stable investments which maintain their value in any business cycle," says Latifundium's representative Maximilian Graf von Maldeghem . "We have a strong tradition of long-standing forest ownership. The long-term contract with UPM including a wood purchase and forest management agreement meets well our criteria. We also aim to maintain all valid contracts with third parties on these properties. "
Stora Enso will record non-recurring items (NRI) with a positive net impact of approximately EUR 45 million on operating profit and a positive impact of approximately EUR 10 million on financial items in its second quarter 2012 results. The NRI will increase earnings per share by EUR 0.07.
The NRI are: -- a NRI with approximately EUR 41 million positive impact on operating profit due to a tax-free dividend from Pohjolan Voima (PVO);
-- a NRI with approximately EUR 21 million positive impact on operating profit due to a release of valuation allowance on value added tax for Arapoti Mill in Brazil;
-- a NRI with approximately EUR 9 million negative impact on operating profit due to an adjustment related to an equity accounted investment;
-- a NRI with approximately EUR 8 million negative impact on operating profit due to restructuring plans in the Printing and Reading Business Area to continue improving efficiency. These restructuring plans, which have already been notified locally, concern Arapoti Mill in Brazil, Corbehem Mill in France, Hylte Mill and Kvarnsveden Mill in Sweden, and the wood supply organisation in Western Europe.It is estimated that the restructuring measures would reduce Stora Enso Printing and Reading's annual costs by approximately EUR 6 million, with the full impact achieved from the beginning of the first quarter of 2013 onwards;
-- a NRI with approximately EUR 10 million positive impact on financial items due to reversal of a provision relating to the NewPage Stevens Point Mill paper machine lease that Stora Enso recorded in the third quarter of 2011.
Mondi has announced a price increase of 40 EUR/tonne for brown kraftliner and kraft-substitutes in the Mediterranean area, including Italy and Spain.
Mondi said the price hike is the result of strong seasonal demand and supply restrictions following the bankruptcy of a major containerboard supplier.
In addition, increasing transportation costs make former price levels unsatisfactory, Mondi said.
Given the current extended lead times, Mondi has asked its customers to send order forecasts promptly, and indicated that further containerboard price increases are to be expected in other regions and for other grades.
It isn't surprising that Condé Nast's corporate Media Group (CNMG) is undergoing further staff reductions and restructuring. The company has been making steady steps in the direction of streamlining its print and digital operations for over a year now. Yesterday (July 11), chief marketing officer (since 2010) Lou Cona issued a staff memo that explained how the latest round of layoffs and "streamlining" is a further reinforcement of a strategy the company set forth 18 months ago in an effort to address the changing publishing marketplace. Cona's memo only alluded to layoffs, stating that "regrettably, several of our colleagues will be leaving CNMG as a result of this new streamlined approach to the business." However, it has been reported that that as many as a dozen executives have been laid off as part of the restructuring. Per Adweek, these include senior VP of corporate sales Tom Hartman (a past Gourmet publisher; he is photographed), senior VP of finance Rob Silverstone, Ideactive VP Janine Silvera, vp of integrated marketing Linda Mason (a past Details publisher) and executive director of corporate sales development Jamie Altschul. What the memo does focus on is Condé Nast's "new, streamlined organization and...leadership." The new structure and promotions clearly reflect this longtime print-centric organizations' recognition that in 2012, print and digital sales and operations must work in tandem.
Josh Stinchcomb, the former Wired.com associate publisher who previously led the company's digital sales, will now lead the corporate sales team across all revenue streams. This includes print, digital, mobile, video and marketing services. Cona describes Stinchcomb as a "strategic, savvy, and collaborative leader."
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Fresno police are continuing to search for the man responsible for a shooting inside a Fresno mall. It happened Wednesday night at a barber shop in Manchester Center.
Police say the victim was a 46 year old mother who inside Colima's fade shop with her two teenage children.
"We heard pop, pop pop and we all took off running," says Manchester Center employee.
Another employee said, "There was a fight that broke out. After that one guy had run off and came back about five minutes later and shot four times."
Employees at the Manchester Center were a little on edge Thursday.
"We're still pretty much in shock really that this has happened. I know these things do happen, but when it's that close to home, it's crazy."
Wednesday night, an argument outside Colima's Fade Shop errupted into gunfire. Police say a barber there was fighting with a woman and two men. The three left, but minutes later, the men came back. One of them pulled out a gun and shot at the barber. An innocent woman in the line of fire was hit once in the back.
"She was just like screaming in pain."
The fade shop re-opened Thursday morning, but business was slow. A bullet hole in the wall is the only sign left of the shooting. For a barber at a shop next door, it's a scary reminder.
"It's not good for business first of all, but it just puts everybody in danger."
Alonso Pena frequents the mall often to pay his water and garbage bills. He says he doesn't feel unsafe, but he will be more on guard.
"More and more I think about where I'm at and I look around me to see anybody that's walking around and what they're doing," says Pena.
A security presence was obvious inside the mall thursday. Officials would not discuss safety procedures on camera, but employees are applauding Wednesday night's quick response.
"They were on the ball. I was really impressed with how fast everybody was here and everything was on lock down immediately."
Mall officials did confirm the barber who was the intended target no longer works at the shop.
Police say the victim is recovering in the hospital in stable condition.
Police are analyzing surveillance video and following strong leads, in hopes of catching the man responsible.

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Lancaster City Council is delighted that 2012 will introduce a major change to one of its most long standing traditions, when women can be admitted as Freemen in all four categories of application.
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When Randy Grooms' pit bull mix didn't come home he started getting worried. "He's always at home, at night and during the day time," Grooms said.
Two days went by and finally Roscoe, the two year old dog, showed up at Grooms' house near Hamlet with a three-prong hook stuck through his lip.
Roscoe is Grooms' only dog and he said, "I was worried about him, I knew something was wrong. He was gone two days and two nights."
Grooms immediately began trying to help his dog and succeeded in removing the hook from Roscoe's lip by cutting the prong off one end with a pair of vice grips, he said.
Grooms said that a lot of people put these hooks in the woods in an effort to trap coyotes. "They stick chicken bones and things like that from the hooks and hang them from trees," he said. When the coyotes jumps up to bite the meat, they get caught on the hook, Grooms said.
Grooms said that he is worried for others dogs and children who might get caught in the hooks.
Richmond County Wildlife Officer Sterling Welsh said that although certain types of trapping mechanisms are legal in North Carolina, this particular type of trapping mechanism is not.
The Regulations Digest, written by The North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission, said that coyote trapping is legal from Dec. 1 to Feb. 28 in and east of the counties of Hertford, Bertie, Martin, Pitt, Green, Lenoir, Duplin, Pender and New Hanover. From Nov. 1 to Feb. 28, coyote trapping is legal in all other counties.
"In addition to the regular trapping seasons listed above, coyotes may be taken in counties, areas and times where fox-trapping is allowed by statute," the Digest said.
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Welsh said that trappers are required to check their traps every 24 hours.
Grooms said that Roscoe is going to be OK. "He is alright now. I gave him a shot of penicillin and he's back to normal," he said.
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Honestly dude......I dont think that will fit in the rp.
awwww ok
HAHAHA if i dont blow you up ill shoot you who am i
Answer: I AM THE ULTIMATE LIFEFORM
I don't know, ZeroFighter, if you want to keep it realistic, and I can see the realistic thing you're trying to achieve, you can't allow "Legends" if you want "Supreme Realism", but, then again, "Realism" can also get boring~
Just saying~
May I join you?
War isn't life, It only brings death.
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Name David Toulon
age 21
lookKiller look(Opitional. A special outfit you wear qhen you kill)
weapon(s)(Nothing to strong)Scalpels, knives, rarely uses guns
how many people did you kill sense you joined the club?100
occupation(Cant put killer)Video Store Owner
Other: Is the Murder CLub leader
You can join Cara and I see what you mean. Hmmm how about he is a famous serial killer that people consider a legend?
that works
HAHAHA if i dont blow you up ill shoot you who am i
Answer: I AM THE ULTIMATE LIFEFORM
Name: Jared Roberts ( also known as Mr. Roberts while teaching )
age: 24
Killer look: Loose jeans, gloves, hat, no shirt
weapon(s): his bare hands, the occasional dagger or knife, and even less often handgun
how many people did you kill sense you joined the club: 65
occupation: gym teacher, he keeps his tattoos hidden
Other: his focus is mainly on older teenagers and young 20 year olds
What about someone who was about to be killed by someone that was part of the club but she killed the person and was made to join the club?
I am who I am
Hmm that could work. Sure


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what is the point of this release ....the md copy is good enough
To dig out as many unreleased games as possible...
You guys misunderstood what he was saying. He wanted to say "Why did Data East make this version when the Mega Drive version is far superior" or at least that's what I think he wanted to say. From memory the Mega Drive version is better but that doesn't stop companies trying to make more out of an IP. If this was going to be a pure arcade conversion then that is cheap but if Data East were planning on adding a lot of extras then this could have been a worthy purchase.
Naaah, only you.
My feedback thread, since it seems somewhat difficult for people to find.
Thanks yakumo
your correct this would of been worth while if it had completely new levels or a different look to it.
even if the saturn copy was better looking it can't be much better then the md copy witch looks great so a release on the saturn when a good mega drive copy is already available is pointless.
one or the other not both.
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It's the same as releasing Sega Ages or Capcom Generation volumes on the Sega Saturn when you already have some of those games on the Mega Drive. Take it as it is.


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November 2, 2012 · Updated 3:07 PM
White, billionaires want to control the education of poor people. Currently $8.3 million has been spent on the promotion of charter schools in Washington state. Why?
To make a profit, for excitement and fun, for power, for a feeling of self-righteousness, for a chance to be a do-gooder?
Numerous studies have proven that charter schools, on average, don't do a better job of educating than regular public schools. Stanford University conducted a study that shows only one in five charter schools are more successful than a public school. The rest are the same or worse. It is foolhardy to replace a public school, with a community that supports it, for a privately controlled school that is probably no better and possibly worse and accountable only to their own, high paid directors.
Only about 1/3 of charter school teachers remain teaching after two years. Most teachers don't begin to develop into a good teacher until their third year. Charter schools dramatically underserve or discourage children with special needs, second language learners, children in homeless or foster care situations, and those that get free or reduced lunch. Yes, this is discrimination. Public schools are open to all.
Poverty is the main cause of poor academic achievement. This has just recently been documented with the results of the SAT tests that show scores rising in stair step increments with the increase of household income. When we are willing to attack the problem of poverty, we will see children able to learn. Until childhood poverty, an increase in household income, and health care for all is tackled, education for all will not happen.
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The Word Carrier. VOLUME XIX. HELPING THE RIGHT, KXl'ilsiNC THE WRONG. X I'M BER 4. SANTEE AGENCY, NEBRASKA. APRIL, 1890. FIFTY CENTS PER YEAR, OUR PLATFORM. For Indians we want American Education ! We want American Homes! We want American Rights! Tlw result of which is American Citizenship! And the Gospel is tlw Power of God for their Salvation. Rev. C. W. Hiatt, District Secretary of the A. M. A., at Cleveland Ohio,with Rev. Charles W. Shelton, our Indian Financial Secretary, stopped one day at Santee on their way to Rosebud Agency. While we appreciate the favor of the visit, we must say that such touch-and-go acquaintance is not satisfactory. At Rosebud the Secretaries remained four hours. The success of our Printing Establishment at Santee is very gratifying. In two years and a half it has clearly demonstrated tbe wisdom of starting it. Its help to our missionary work is already great, and it has only begun to do what it may do. The lajn Oaye, our monthly paper in the Dakota language, could not have been continued at all if this office had not been established. As an educational aid the printing office is a splendid help, both as a school of language and as a branch of industrial training. The excellent character of its printing is so approved that the American Missionary Association now has voted to have all of the printing for its department of Indian missions done here. We have now an outfit that has cost us about $1700 cash and well worth $2500; as we have been very fortunate in our purchasing. We have also in hand $415 towards building a cottage home for the Superintendent of our Printing Department. This is something indispensible to the future success of the enterprise. We have begun to build the cottage, and hope that our friends will send in $600 more to complete it. While the American Missionary Association cordially endorses our printing'enterprise, as yet.it is run entirely independent of the Association. And the gifts we call for are not to entrench upon any of the regular gifts to the Association. One plan of the present Indian Administration will, if carried out, revolutionize the whole system of affairs on the Indian Agencies. It is to establish everywhere there is a farming settlement of sufficient size a depot of supply, with an instructor in farming in charge. These will practically be sub-agencies. The village day school will be located there. And there also will be the proper place to locate the missionary out-station. The advantages of this plan are so plain it will astonish many that it has not been tried before. It will locate the Indians on their farms instead of on the road between their farms and the central agency, where they have drawn tlieir supplies. It will give them some instruction in farming, if the right kind of superintendents of farming are appointed. Heretofore the Indian Farm Superintendent has been of little use to the Indians. In most cases he has been merely head hostler to the Agency. The day school will also be advantaged by having a permanent population around it, and by having a home and company for its teacher. This plan is not a new one. As long ago as 1878 the Sioux Commission that located Red Cloud's and Spotted Tail's people, consisting of General Stanley, J. H. Haworth, and the editor of this paper, urged the seggregation of the Indians into these small agricultural communities. It has taken a long time to bring the idea to realization. The Government has been making a great show of civilizing the Indians without employing the simple common sense methods that would have ensured success. DAKOTA PRESBYTERY. The spring meeting of the Dakota Presbytery was held April 24 -26, at Buffalo Lakes, Sisseton Agency, S. D. This Presbytery is the oldest ecclesiastical body west of the Mississippi, having been formed by the first missionaries of the American Board among the Dakotas, in what is now the State of Minnesota. The first churches among the Dakotas were all organized on a somewhat free Presbyterian basis. Churches formed according to the Congregational way came in comparatively recently. Hence the meetings of the Dakota Presbytery have always been strong in their Indian membership. At this meeting there was also a full attendance of the Presbyterian missionaries working among the Dakotas. Revs. J. P.Williamson and C. G. Sterling of the Presbyterian Board of Foreign Missions, and Rev. M. N. Adams and W. K. Morris of the Presbyterian Board of Home Missions. Buffalo Lakes is a country church, some twenty-two miles from the railroad, but they met the delegates coming by rail at Webster, carried them to the place of meeting and entertained the Presbytery heartily. The membership of this church is altogether Indian. The opening sermon was by Rev. Daniel Renville of Crow Creek, S. D. After which Rev. Joseph Rogers, of Lower Brule Agency, was chosen Moderator, and Rev. John Flute of Tewaukon, N. D., Scribe. The statistics of the Presbytery report 15 ministers, 15 churches,41 elders, 1080 members. During the the past year 123 have been received on profession, and 65 adults and 125 infants have been baptized. The number in Sabbath school is 605. Contributions for missions $811; and for other purposes $1489. The Dakota Presbytery votes for revision. Memorial resolutions were passed concerning Rev.. David Greycloud deceased. Disregard of marriage vows was a topic for consideration, and a letter was written to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs about it. Rev. Solomon Tunkansaiciye was installed pastor of the church at Buffalo Lakes. Couldst thou, in vision, see Thyself, the man God meant, Thou never more wouldst be The man thou art—content. THE CHURCH DIXXE1! AT SANTEE. April 5, 1890, was a day set apart and made different from other days at Santee. At noon the members of Pilgrim Church met for the preparatory service for the Communion. There was something peculiarly sacred in shutting out the busy Saturday, and meeting at this noontide hour to draw near to God and to consider the impressive words, "One Lord, one faith, one baptism." At the close of the service the members of Pilgrim Church who were present accepted the previously extended invitation to take dinner together at the Dining Hall. To members of the mission and congregation belonging to churches elsewhere was accorded the same privilege, so that it was a goodly number that presently gathered in the Dining Room—our Dining Room, that we are always grateful for and proud of. The Dakota ladies modestly arranged themselves as near the door and as far from the lords of creation as circumstances would permit, and | wore, the most of them, that same I "Speak to me if you dare" expres- ; sion that makes it so hard to approach them. In this case, as in | some others, however, it pays to dare. After being rewarded with a pleased smile and a cordial hand grasp two or three times, one feels encouraged to try again. Soon all were seated at the well- filled tables, with appetites not in the least impaired. But as some one remarked, "It was a good place for a hungry man to come to." The white - aproned waiters from the Dakota Home, flitting about under Miss Calhoun's direction, left no wants unsupplied. After the more serious part of the dinner had been disposed of, conversation became more general, both in English and Dakota, and by the time the dessert of pie, cake and oranges was served, even the ladies' tongues became unloosed, while sitting at the same table as the men. Think of that! After dinner came the roll-call. As the names of the absent members were read, many tender memories arose, and if wishes were wings they would certainly all have been with us. The after-dinner hour at the I chapel was a pleasant one. With [ tables, books, pictures, and photo- I graphs it presented a festive appearance. Mr. Chadbourne had a class in gymnastics. This was quite a novelty to a good many. With singing and social chat and looking at pictures, time passed all too quickly. Soon our Dakota friends reminded themselves that the sun was getting low, and ere long the last wagon load had disappeared, and our Church Dinner was a thing of the past. Perhaps to some it would have been a strange sight to see Dakotas and white people dining together at the same tables, and afterward sitting sociably side by side in the chapel enjoying the same things. But is it not in such ways as this that some step is made toward hastening that glad time when all shall be one in Christ Jesus. A CH.Vl'KL TALK. Rev. Joseph C. Taylor, native Episcopal Missionary at Rosebud Agency, made us a visit April 28. In the evening he spoke to the school assembled in the Chapel. We give his speech as remembered by one of our more advanced pupils. I am glad to see you all and to have the chance to say a few words to you. I will tell you about what our forefathers used to do. One thing they most enjoyed was going out to war against another tribe. When one went to war he wore his nice clothes and said "Good bye" to his relatives and friends. He had a hard time trying to kill an enemy. If he did not see an enemy, or if his clothing was getting bad, or he got hungry and thirsty he would think: "What is the use of my trying to kill an enemy? I might just as well stay at home and have good clothing. I am weary, hungry, and thirsty; why did [ come ?" But if he meets an enemy, and if he is brave he will meet his foe; but if he is a coward he will turn back and run. He will think again: "No matter about clothing and food ! I want to kill an enemy." And when he kills the enemy he takes his scalp and goes back to his home. The people will say, "Such a person's son, or grandson, or uncle, or consin, or any other relative has killed an enemy." His parents and friends will make a feast, and dance and rejoice over him, for he overcame his enemy, and his name is great. He has a feather to wear in his hair. So it is just like going to school. None of us here thinks of going to war as our forefathers did. Those things are all past. But now what we are after is wisdom. When I was going away to school it seemed as if I could not go. But I bade my parents and friends "Good bye." Some of them pulled me back. I cried to think of leaving the ones I loved, for it seemed as if I never would see them again. When I was at school, I cared only for three things: food, clothing and. play. When the food did not suit me, and clothing was bad, I thought to myself: "Why didn't I stay at home ? I had better food and clothing there, and I could play all of the time." But new ideas came : "I will put everything else out of my mind, and think only j of my studies. I will name all my j studies after my relatives, and love them. I came for wisdom. Solomon says, 'For wisdom is better than riches.' " When I got through with my studies my relatives and friends were glad to see me. So it will be with you. Try to do your best. You have enemies to fight; your bad habits are your enemies. Do not turn back, but be brave and meet the enemy. You will win, and your parents and friends will be glad to see that you overcame your enemy. Santee Normal Training School. We are each a bundle of extracts or clippings, gathered largely from the associations of the past, and held together by the centripetal force of our individuality.— Thomas Kelly, D. D.
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Title | The Word Carrier (Santee, Nebraska), 1890-04 |
Succeeding Titles | The Word Carrier of Santee Normal Training School |
Edition | Volume 19, Number 4 |
Date of Creation | 1890-04 |
Publishing Agency | Alfred Longley Riggs (Santee, Nebraska) |
Language | English |
Minnesota Reflections Topic | American Indians |
Item Type | Text |
Item Physical Format | Newspapers |
Formal Subject Headings |
Indians of North America Community newspapers Indians of North America -- newspapers Dakota Indians |
Locally Assigned Subject Headings | Dakota language; Indian missions; Dakota Indians; Presbyterian Church--Mission--Periodicals; Dakota Indians--Periodicals |
State or Province | Nebraska |
Country | United States |
Contributing Organization | Synod of Lakes and Prairies, 2115 Cliff Drive, Eagan, MN 55122 |
Rights Management | This document may be reproduced and used freely for educational purposes without written permission. However, in order to use the digital reproductions for any other reason, users must have the express written consent of the Synod of Lakes and Prairies, |
Local Identifier | lak1103 |
LCCN | ca 09000527 |
Fiscal Sponsor | Grant provided to the Minnesota Digital Library Coalition through the Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) and the State Library Services and School Technology unit of the Minnesota Department of Education. |
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