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yadakhov necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 239 diseños de 38 diseñadores freelance.
Juicy King
We operate a juice bar in Canada.
We serve smoothies, freshly squeezed juice and espresso coffee such as latte and cappuccino. Our popular beverages are the strawberry smoothies, freshly juiced carrot juice and brewed coffee.
We want a fun logo for our juice bar to build brand awareness and identity.
The logo will be used on our coffee cups, packaging material such wrapping bags and napkins.
Our primary target will be business professionals 20 plus, who are health conscious. We promote the benefits drinking fresh juice and smoothies as a meal replacement.
Our secondary target is the younger (10-16) who will buy smoothies as a healthier alternative to milkshakes and with our hip logo forces their paying parents to make a purchase.
The market leader of smoothies in Canada is Booster Juice. http://boosterjuice.com/
The market leaders of smoothies in the US is Jamba Juice and Smoothie King.
We want a 'fun' logo. Using bubble letters (san serif font). The logo doesn't have to be straight on a line.
Plan A:
The J in Juicy will probably need to be hand drawn. Please look at the attached picture for the sort of J we want.
A crown should be placed on the capital J of "Juicy King". I would like to have two version of the logos: one with the full "Juicy King" spelled out and the other just a capital J with the crown on top. The single J will be used as our icon.
The color scheme in our store is yellow and green, but feel free to use any color for the logo.
Plan B:
Please submit what you think juicebar logo with the name "Juicy King" should look like. Let your imagination go wild.
Fruits that we use in our store: oranges, strawberries and carrot. You can try to incorporate the fruits in the logo if it doesn't look too tacky. Maybe use an orange or strawberry as the dot in the i.
Good luck all! Looking forward to review your designs.
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In an earlier blog post, we commented on the sources of corruption, the factors that have turned it into a powerful obstacle to sustainable economic development. We noted that the presence of dysfunctional and onerous regulations and poorly formulated policies, often created incentives for individuals and businesses to short-circuit them through the paying of bribes. We now turn to the consequences of corruption, to better understand why it is a destroyer of human prosperity.
First, corruption undermines government revenue and, therefore, limits the ability of the government to invest in productivity-enhancing areas. Where corruption is endemic, individuals will view paying taxes as a questionable business proposition. There is a delicate tension between the government in its role as tax collector and the business community and individuals as tax payers. The system works reasonably well when those who pay taxes feel that there is a good chance that they will see a future payoff, such as improvements in the country's infrastructure, better schools and a better-trained and healthier workforce. Corruption sabotages this implicit contract. When corruption is allowed to flourish taxpayers will feel justified in finding creative ways to avoid paying taxes or, worse, become bribers themselves.
To the extent that corruption undermines revenue, it adversely affects government efforts to reduce poverty. Money that leaks out of the budget because of corruption will not be available to lighten the burden of the poor. Of course, corruption also undermines the case of those who argue that foreign aid can be an important element of the fight against global poverty—why should taxpayers in the richer countries be asked to support the lavish lifestyles of the kleptocrats in corrupt states?
Second, corruption distorts the decision-making connected with public investment projects (Tanzi and Davoodi, 1997). Large capital projects provide tempting opportunities for corruption. Governments will often undertake projects of a larger scope or complexity than warranted by the needs of the country. Public investment will thus be higher—the world is littered with the skeletons of white elephants, often built with external credits, and representing a heavy burden on meager budgets. In the context of scarce resources, governments will find it necessary to cut spending elsewhere, sometimes in socially vital areas, or in operations and maintenance. Tanzi (1998) plausibly argues that corruption will also reduce expenditure on health and education because these are areas where it may be more difficult to collect bribes, though some have argued that provider absenteeism, a serious problem in the educational and health sectors of many countries, is itself a form of "quiet/silent corruption."
Third, there is solid empirical evidence that the higher the level of corruption in a country, the larger the share of its economic activity that will go underground, beyond the reach of the tax authorities. Not surprisingly, studies have shown that corruption also undermines foreign direct investment since it acts in ways that are indistinguishable from a tax; other things being equal, investors will always prefer to establish themselves in less corrupt countries. Wei (2000) reviewed FDI data from 14 source countries to 45 host countries, and concluded that: "an increase in the corruption level from that of Singapore to that of Mexico is equivalent to raising the tax rate by 21-24 percentage points."
Fourth, corruption discourages private-sector development and innovation and encourages inefficiency. Budding entrepreneurs with bright ideas will be intimidated by the bureaucratic obstacles, financial costs and psychological burdens of starting new business ventures and will either opt for taking their ideas to some other less corrupt country or, more likely, desist altogether. In either case, economic growth is adversely affected. The high incidence of corruption will mean an additional financial burden on businesses, undermining their international competitiveness. Unlike a tax, which is known and predictable and can be built into the cost structure of the enterprise in an orderly fashion, bribes are unpredictable and will complicate cost control, reduce profits and undermine the efficiency of those who must pay them to stay in business. Mauro (1995) used some indices of corruption and institutional efficiency to show that corruption lowers investment and, hence, economic growth.
Fifth, corruption contributes to a misallocation of human resources. To sustain a system of corruption, officials and those who pay them will have to invest time and effort in the development of certain skills, nurture certain relationships, and build up a range of supporting institutions and opaque systems, such as off-the-books transactions, secret bank accounts, and the like. Surveys have shown that the greater the incidence of corruption in the country, the greater the share of time that management has to allocate to dealing with ensuring compliance with regulations, avoiding penalties, and dealing with the bribery system that underpins them, activities that draw attention and resources away from production, strategic planning, and so on.
Sixth, corruption has disturbing distributional implications. Empirical work shows that corruption actually contributes to worsening income distribution. Gupta, Davoodi and Alonso-Terme (1998) have shown that corruption, by lowering economic growth, perceptibly pushes up income inequality. It also distorts the tax system because the wealthy and powerful are able to use their connections to make sure that the tax system works in their favor. It leads to inefficient targeting of social programs, many of which will acquire regressive features, with benefits disproportionately allocated to the higher income brackets; e.g., gasoline subsidies to the car-owning middle classes in India.
Seventh, corruption creates uncertainty. There are no enforceable property rights emanating from a transaction involving bribery. The firm that obtains a concession from a bureaucrat as a result of bribery cannot know with certainty how long the benefit will last. The terms of the "contract" may have to be constantly renegotiated to extend the life of the benefit or to prevent its collapse. Indeed, the briber, having flouted the law, may fall prey to extortion from which it may prove difficult to extricate himself. In an uncertain environment with insecure property rights, the firm will be less willing to invest and to plan for the longer-term. A short-term focus to maximize short-term profits will be the optimal strategy, even if this leads to deforestation, say, or the rapid exhaustion of non-renewable resources.
This uncertainty is partly responsible for a perversion in the sorts of incentives that prompt individuals to want to seek public office. Where corruption is rife, politicians will want to remain in office as long as possible, not because they are even remotely serving the public good, but merely because they will not want to yield to others the pecuniary benefits of high office. Where long stays in office are no longer an option, then the new government will want to steal as much as possible as quickly as possible, given a relatively short window of opportunity.
Eighth, because corruption is a betrayal of trust, it diminishes the legitimacy of the state and moral stature of the bureaucracy in the eyes of the population. While efforts will be made to shroud such corrupt transactions in secrecy, particularly when the opportunities for bribery are linked to some government-inspired initiative, the relevant details will leak out and will tarnish the reputation of the government, thereby damaging its credibility and limiting its ability to become a constructive agent of change. Corrupt governments will have a tougher time being credible enforcers of contracts and protectors of property rights.
Ninth, bribery and corruption lead to other forms of crime. Because corruption breeds corruption, it tends soon enough to lead to the creation of mafias and organized criminal groups who use their financial power to infiltrate legal businesses, to intimidate, to create protection rackets and a climate of fear and uncertainty. In states with weak institutions, the police may be overwhelmed, reducing the probability that criminals will be caught. This, in turn, encourages more people to become corrupt, further impairing the efficiency of law enforcement, a vicious cycle that will affect the investment climate in noxious ways, further undermining economic growth. In many countries, as corruption gives rise to mafias and organized crime, the police and other organs of the state may themselves become criminalized. By then, businesses will not only have to deal with corruption-ridden bureaucracies, but they will also be vulnerable to attacks from competitors who will pay the police or tax inspectors to harass and intimidate.
There is really no limit to the extent to which corruption, once it is unleashed, can undermine the stability of the state and organized society. Tax inspectors will extort businesses; the police will kidnap innocents and demand ransom; the prime minister will demand payoffs to make himself available for meetings; aid money will disappear into the private offshore bank accounts of senior officials; the head of state will demand that particular taxes be credited directly to his personal account. Investment will come to a standstill, or, worse, capital flight will lead to disinvestment. In countries where corruption becomes intertwined with domestic politics, separate centers of power will emerge to rival the power of the state. At that point, the chances that the government will actually be able to do anything to control corruption will disappear and the state will mutate into a kleptocracy, the eighth circle of hell in Dante's Divine Comedy.
Alternatively, the state, to preserve its power, may opt for warfare, engulfing the country in a cycle of violence. In any case, corrupt failed, or failing, states become a security threat for the whole international community, "because they are incubators of terrorism, the narcotics trade, money laundering, human trafficking, and other global crime—raising issues far beyond corruption itself" (Heineman and Heimann 2006).
Which countries have been
Which countries have been most successful in lowering the incidence of corruption and thereafter enginnered signifcant increases in growth and better distributional outcomes? What were the main elements of their anti-corruption policies?
Isuggest that you look at my
I suggest that you look at my paper "Removing Impediments to Sustainable Economic Development: The Case of Corruption" where you will find a partial answer to your question. (The link to the paper is included in the blog itself). In the list of top performing countries in Transparency International's Corruption Perceptions Index you will find many that have had a very good growth performance over the past two decades and have among the lowest Gini coefficients in the world. Augusto
China and India have had very
China and India have had very good growth performance in the last two decades. Both countries have made significant improvements in standards of living. In the case of India the Gini coefficient is relatively speaking low. Yet both countries, especially India, are far from being considered as paragons of virtuous honest governance. Are we missing something?
More broadly, can you construct a model and theory of corruption with robust explanatory and predictive powers and amenable to rigorous empirical validation? If yes, then it could guide the allocation of resources of the world bank.
Thank you very much for this
Thank you very much for this article. Well articulated. Even after so much destruction of economies and the poor in the developing world, there are still some who believe that corruption is either not a big issue or is just the 'cost of doing business'. Glad to see that there is yet hope in the world for those that believe that corruption is at the heart of the challenges developing countries face. Once you address this issue, I think you would have solved 80-90% of the problems many developing countries face.
Yes, there are some who
Yes, there are some who believe that a little corruption is not bad, akin to the "cost of doing business" as you point out. Myrdal talked about "speed money", paid to facilitate otherwise cumbersome transactions, by people who value their time and, for instance, do not want to wait in line to satisfy some bureaucratic requirement. He pointed out, however, that the problem with this argument is that once this system is entrenched, processes will be deliberately slowed down unless a bribe is paid ex-ante. So, something that was initially paid willingly by the user, to accelerate some paperwork/process, becomes part of the corrupt machinery of the state, which cannot function in the absence of bribes. I agree with you that if we could address the issue of corruption more effectively, the context for implementing sound economic policies would brighten in a big way. In a future blog I will take up the issue of what we can do about corruption. Augusto
What policies, what
What policies, what government actions, really, genuinely work to discourage or root out corruption?
Important to note, the United States suffered throughout the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries from widespread governmental corruption. Why did corruption not prevent the United States from accumulating capital and improve labor productivity at a faster rate than most other countries in the world? Were there instances in which corruption actually proved useful or helpful to development?
The question of what to do
The question of what to do about corruption is the subject of my next blog. I will ask you, therefore, to be a bit patient. Your question is obviously critically important. I would not argue that corruption is helpful to development. Economic growth depends on many factors and some of these may matter for some countries at some periods of time more than the (negative) presence of corruption. Two recent examples that come to mind are massive urbanization in China over the past 2-3 decades, which has been an engine of economic growth, notwithstanding the fact that the country has serious issues with corruption. Russia and other commodity producers had a good growth performance in the decade prior to the 2008-2009 global financial crises, despite the fact that they also have huge issues of corruption and other institutional weaknesses.
As a national of a country
As a national of a country which made the news headline in 2012, I assure you that no country has witnessed the negative consequences of corruption more than mine. We went from a widespread corruption to organised crime and the collapse of the state. But, even after the crisis, the elites are doing business as usual because few of them have been affected by the crisis. Why ? They have already invested the fruits of their bribery in Western countries, in real estate, in financial products just to name a few. What will be their incentive to be honest if they can have a shelter in other countries when war breaks out in their own country ? Will they be concerned about the collapse of the education system if they can afford to send their children in the best schools in America ou Europe ? Will they care about the healthcare system if they can have the best care whenever they want in the western countries ? Why change the system if they can easily extract the money from their poor country and live the living standard of the developped countries ? There is no incentive to do so. They keep on maintaining the system by the use of violence, bribery, intimidation and lying. The new government works hands in hands with the old one. And the cycle goes on.
You paint a bleak picture
You paint a bleak picture which, no doubt, has a large dose of truth in it. However, countries in the past have made the transition from corrupt kleptocracies to modern states, with levels of corruption low enough not to distort the economy in unwholesome ways. My next blog will be about what has worked and what has not and why we should not despair. Augusto
Can't wait for that blog
Can't wait for that blog Augusto, because my despair levels are on the rise and threatening to swamp me! Our current government is working hand in hand with the Big End of Town, subsidising fossil fuel mining at the expense of all eco-friendly, green alternative development, slashing marine parks and reserves, slashing public health and education funding in favour of privatisation, targeting the vulnerable and already disadvantaged for funding cuts, even halving pay rises to our armed forces while deploying them in some of the most dangerous war zones in the world. Yet there is no move to cut their own salaries and retirement benefits which cost the taxpayer in the region of $1 million per retired politician per annum! This government is unashamedly a follower of the feudal philosophy, some are born to rule; the rest are born to serve, thereby increasing the gap between rich and poor. Last but not least, their treatment of asylum seekers has achieved world wide condemnation because it is inhumane and utterly appalling. All these measures are purportedly to fund a budget deficit which is not massive by world standards or considered so by global economists. We were once considered to be the 'lucky country'. I think that reputation has been completely shattered in the last couple of decades. And it bodes ill for countries less rich and 'democratic' that mine.
It is very informative and
It is very informative and can greatly help lessen corruption.

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From The Files Of March 11, 1993
Fulton County Chamber of Commerce named
Daniel E. Waltz as Man of the Year and also honored John "Jack" Kelso with the Outstanding Citizen Award while presenting a Special Service Award to Margaret "Margie" Taylor at its 24th annual awards banquet Saturday night.
Richard and Michael Glenn received the Penn State Extension's Five-Acre Corn Club first-place award for 1992. The Glenns won the honor by recording an average of 212.9 bushels of corn per acre in a five-acre plot. This is the highest average ever recorded in the state since the contest's beginning.
Recreation seekers who planned on visiting state forests in the next two months will find closed roads, picnic areas and campgrounds, the Department of Environment Resources announced. State forest picnic areas that will be closed beginning next week include Olde Forge and Bear Valley in Franklin County and Sideling Hill in Fulton County. A $1.4 million short in this year's state budget is forcing the closures.
Deaths: Margaret McMullen, 87, Fort Littleton; Edna Bush, 76, Johnstown; Edward Leab, 28, Roxbury; William Abbott, 85, Saxton; Virginia Brookens, 62, Hagerstown; Howard A. Shipley Jr., Chambersburg; John Jefferson, 48, Harrisburg.
Ronda Duvall and Breton Fink were united in marriage December 5 at Full Gospel Lighthouse in Breezewood. The bride is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Roderick Duvall of Crystal Spring. The groom is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Fink of Woodstock, Ill.
Michelle Anderson and Daniel Jo Chamberlin were united in marriage on Valentine's Day in King Street United Brethren Church, Chambersburg. Parents of the couple are Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Anderson of McConnellsburg and Mr. and Mrs. Donald L. Chamberlin, Orrstown.
30 Years Ago
From The Files Of March 24, 1983
Members of the McConnellsburg Woman's Cub planted a pink dogwood tree as part of their project of landscaping the front of the Fulton County Neighborhood Center on West Market Street.
JLG Industries will be exhibiting its products next week at the 1983 National Plant Engineering and Maintenance Show in Chicago.
Rev. and Mrs. David Hoover moved last week to the late Mrs. Mabel Kendall home on North Fourth Street from the Lutheran Church parsonage on South Second Street, which they had occupied for the past 38 years prior to Rev. Hoover's retirement.
The Pleasant Grove Church of Needmore was the scene of the wedding of Kimberly Ann Plessinger and Keith Leroy Williams on January 29. Parents of the couple are Mr. and Mrs. Emerson Plessinger and Mr. and Mrs. Leroy Williams.
Specials at the IGA: grapes, 98 cents lb.; apples, 39 cents lb; boneless hams, $1.77 lb.; Libby's vegetables, 3 for $1; Kleenex towels, 59 cents; Huggies disposable diapers, $3.19; ground beef, $1.98 lb.; green peppers, 69 cents lb.
Tom Peck of McConnellsburg out-dueled Sam Nalley and captured the 25-lap Super Stock Late Model main event Sunday afternoon at Hagerstown Speedway.
Birth at the Medical Center: a daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Robert L. Knepper of Three Springs on March 11; a son to Mr. and Mrs. Michael Hoffman, Big Cove Tannery, on March 15; a daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Erwin Parson of Shade Gap on March 17.
Deaths: D. Verona Mellott, Pleasant, Calif.; Oscar H. Lashley, Waynesboro.
Mr. and Mrs. John McQuade of McConnellsburg celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary on February 17.
Mr. and Mrs. Lester R. Neuder Jr., Harrisonville, announce the birth of a son, Chad Lee, on March 17, at Chambersburg Hospital.
Marriage license: Richard Clippinger, Hustontown, and Shirley Reed, Hustontown; Michael Baughman and Robin Wilson, both of Harrisonville.
40 Years Ago
Positive steps were taken to establish a Fulton County Historical Society at a well-attended meeting in the courthouse in McConnellsburg last Tuesday night.
The Great Cove Golf and Recreation Club will officially open for the summer season on April 1.
A report given by the executive director of Fulton County Board of Assistance at the annual meeting last Wednesday shows that the caseload of welfare money cases in the county has dropped from 268 last year to 231, or, of 602 persons receiving money one year ago, the number has dropped to 499 persons at this time.
Dennis G. Moseby, son of Mr. and Mrs. Glenn F. Moseby of Wells Tannery, has been named to the dean's list for the winter term at Susquehanna University. Mosebey is a senior, majoring in physics.
The engagement of Miss Gail L. Pittman to George R. Ramsey, son of Mr. and Mrs. Delmar Ramsey of McConnellsburg, has been announced by her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Pittman of McConnellsburg.
Engagements: Mrs. Althea S. Deshong of Harrisonville announces the engagement of her daughter, Cheryl Lynn, to Roy A. Donkin, son of Mr. and Mrs. George W. Donkin Jr. of Delmont, Pa. Mr. and Mrs. Chalmer Hann of McConnellsburg wish to announce the engagement of their daughter, Cathy JoAnn, to Lance Cpl. Robert Thomas Mellott, son of Mr. and Mrs. Richard Mellott of Needmore.
Deaths: Elmer D. Carson, Hancock; Roy E. Varner, Hancock; Raymond E. Boore, Cumberland, Md.; Stanford Hershberger, Chambersburg; Landis Walker, Cedar Crest; Mrs. Grace Strait Swope, McConnellsburg; DeKalb Chestnut, Hustontown.
Births at the Medical Center: a daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Kirby Bucher of Orbisonia on March 9; a son to Mr. and Mrs. Boyd Frontz of Warfordsburg on March 10; a daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Allan Pittman of Mercersburg on March 12; a daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Dale Wright of Hustontown on March 14; a son to Mr. and Mrs. Martie Clark of Mc- Connellsburg on March 15; a son to Mr. and Mrs. Frank C. Strait of Warfordsburg on March 16.
50 Years Ago
From The Files Of March 28, 1963
Groundbreaking ceremonies were held on Friday at the site of the new factory building to be constructed in McConnellsburg for Sagner Inc., the county's major industrial employer. In marking the occasion, Arnold Sagner, president of the company, said, "Mc- Connellsburg is not just a dot on the highway. Its name will be known for its progressive spirit and earnest desire to forge ahead towards the future and not to sit idle and contemplate its past."
A marriage license was applied for at the local court- house by Harold Edgar Deshong, McConnellsburg, and Linda Lou Sowers, Harrisonville.
Of the new issue of 1,500 additional shares of stock sold by The First National Bank, about a third was purchased by new stockholders. The 6,000 outstanding shares are now held by 143 people.
Dale Gress, 17, McConnellsburg, suffered a gunshot wound of the right shoulder when a .22 calibre rifle discharged accidentally as he attempted to remove a telescopic sight, on Sunday night.
Miss Mary Barmont, McConnellsburg, will join the staff of First National Bank as a bookkeeper on April 1.
Dorinda Clippinger, McConnellsburg, and Garey Lee Sprowl, Wells Tannery, have been named to the dean's list at Shippensburg State College for the third term of the 1962-63 college year.
Chief Split Cloud and his troup of Iroquois Indians will perform at Greenhill School on March 29.
Former K. G. Richards employee Benjamin Mumma has gone into business for himself, having taken over the management of Hilman's Sunoco Station at Knobsville.
The Greenhill Civic Club will celebrate its 25th anniversary as a federated club on April 2.
Betty Laverne Deshong, Needmore, and Richard Thomas Ramsey, McConnellsburg, were married on February 28.
News of men in service: Larry G. Chubb, McConnellsburg, stationed with the U.S. Army at White Sands missile testing range, New Mexico, has been promoted to private first class. Sp. 4 Dave C. Koontz of Needmore was recently awarded the Good Conduct Medal while serving with the U.S. Army in Dexheim, Germany. George Willard Black, Waterfall, was discharged from the U.S. Army at Fort Hamilton, N.Y., on March 14 after four years service, part of which was spent in Germany. His brother, Victor Ray, and James Joseph Black are both serving in the U.S. Navy aboard the carrier Lake Chaplain in the southern Atlantic.
Thompson Township's ballot for the primary election will include a local option petition for the granting of liquor and beer licenses.
Born at the Medical Center: a daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Jack Neil, Willow Hill, on March 18; a daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Donald Kerlin, McConnellsburg, on March 19; a daughter to Mr. and Mrs. James Lake, Shade Gap, on March 20; a son to Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Taylor of Hustontown on March 24.
Deaths: William E. Ott, 98, a guest at Decker Nursing Home, McConnellsburg; Mrs. Michael F. Black, Mc- Connellsburg; Clem B. Truax, Needmore; Mrs. Minerva Hershey, Hustontown; Ray E. Sprenkle, McConnellsburg; Clyde Y. Rohm, Warfordsburg.
Correction: The notice of the marriage license issued in last week's column was to Harold Edgar Deshong and Linda Lou Sowers and not Linda Lou Everts as was mistakenly printed in the March 21, 1963, issue.
60 Years Ago
From The Files Of March 11, 1953
N. H. Roettger, well- known McConnellsbrg plumber and heating contractor who had been in ill health for the past several years, passed away at his home shortly before midnight on Tuesday.
Randolph Brannon of Pittsburgh died on Monday and funeral services will be held here on Friday. He was the husband of the former Ada Lynch of Fulton County.
Mrs. George Reisner writes from Philadelphia that she likes her new position as executive secretary at Lankenau Hospital very much, although she misses friends and activities in McConnellsburg. Her son, George Jr., a student at Mercersburg Academy, spent Christmas with her.
Ross W. Hamil of McConnellsburg has been a patient in the Veterans Administration Hospital in Altoona for the past four weeks.
Mrs. Dorothy H. Brown, a teacher at Ardmore, spent the holidays with her brother and sister-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Hamil.
Raymond Johnston is visiting his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Johnston, while home on furlough from Korea.
Births at the Medical Center: a daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Austi G. Somerton of Harrisonville on December 29; a daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Jack Buterbaugh of Hancock on December 29.
Carl L. Helman, 20, of McConnellsburg, was uninjured on January 1 when his 1947 DeSota skidded on the icy highway and ran into the rear of a highway cindering truck driven by Aulden Cutchall of McConnellsburg. The accident happened on Route 30, one and a half miles west of town.
Announcement has been made of the engagement of Reba Leone Wible to Rodney S. Wright.
Fulton County had approximately $19,400 cash on hand at the beginning of 1953, according to figures released this week by county treasurer Guy Oakman.
Fourteen members of the Fulton County Senior Extension Club will take part in the state Rural Talent Festival at the Farm Show on January 13. Taking part will be Earl Gordon of McConnellsburg, Mr. and Mrs. W.S. Hendershot of Cito, Mr. and Mrs. Edward Hendershot of McConnellsburg, Ray Robinson of Warfordsburg, Mr. and Mrs. Dean Helman of McConnellsburg, Miss Wavie Hovermale of Warfordsburg, Mrs. Anne Peck of McConnellsburg, John Beatty of Needmore, William Nesbitt of McConnellsburg and the Misses Arlene Paylor and Millicent Clippinger of Mc- Connellsburg.
Rev. G. Loren Jones will leave McConnellsburg the last week of this month to accept a pastorate in Niagara Falls, N.Y. He has served the Association of Presbyterian Churches here for four and one-half years, having come here from Homer City.
Pvt. Donald Ray Gracey of Indiantown Gap and Miss Virginia Gracey of Chambersburg spent Christmas with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Herman Gracey of Fairview.
Mr. and Mrs. Chester Brant of Fairview have treated themselves to a new television set.
Donald Keebaugh, stationed with the U.S. Air Force in Illinois, is spending a furlough with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. C.S. Keebaugh of Hustontown.
John Foreman of Hustontown celebrated his 84th birthday on January 1.
Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Gladfelter moved from Pittsburgh District to Hustontown on Wednesday.
Mr. and Mrs. Vernon L. Mellott served a turkey dinner at their home in Needmore last week in honor of their son, Gene Mellott, of the U.S. Navy, who recently returned form tour of duty in the Mediterranean aboard the carrier Franklin D. Roosevelt. Upon his return, he will go to Florida and Cuba. His brother, Walter, was expected home, but a telegram was received, saying that he was being promoted and that he had re-enlisted in Japan. Walter's wife and little daughter will join him in Japan in the near future.
Deaths: Mrs. Anna Mary Fischer of Amaranth; Mrs. Sarah Frances Deshong of Everett; Mrs. Minnie McKee of Altoona; Joseph W. Hendershot of Hancock; Charles Curtis King of McConnellsburg.
70 Years Ago
From The Files Of March 11, 1943
Deaths: Samuel Hendershot of Buck Valley; Mrs. Mahalay Mellott of Needmore; Mrs. Indiana Peck of McConnellsburg; Mrs. Sara Elizabeth Magsam of McConnellsburg.
One of the most impressive services ever held in Fulton County took place on Saturday when the service flag for the men and women in the armed forces was dedicated at the courthouse. Another story in the next column of this issue tells how a new flag was torn down by the high winds on Tuesday.
J. Newton Morton, son of Mr. and Mrs. Peter Morton of McConnellsburg, who served with the engineers in France during World War I, is now a first lieutenant in the U.S. Army Intelligence Force.
Miss Jeanne Greathead and Mrs. Russell Akers underwent operations at Waynesboro Hospital on Tuesday.
Pvt. William Peck of Knobsville is now stationed at Keesler Field in Mississippi.
Seventy deer hides were donated by Fulton County hunters to aid the war effort, Game Protector Isaac Baumgardner reported this week.
80 Years Ago
From The Files of March 9, 1933
Deaths: Mrs. Bennett Truax of Needmore; John A. Myers of Mercersburg; Miss Rhoda J. Peterson of Neelyton; Herbert Wright Johnson of Carversville; Mrs. Sophia Gress of York; James W. Powers of Thompson Township; Mrs. Margaret Catherine Linn of McConnellsburg; Mrs. Emma M. Cosgrove of Waynesboro; Mrs. Stilwell Johnson of Hancock; Kenneth Eugene Mellott of Lancaster County; Thomas Godfrey McCusker of Long Hollow.
William Rosenberry, 51, of Chambersburg, was killed and his son, Brad Rosenberry, 24, was badly injured when the car in which they were riding ran into the side of a concrete bridge near Shade Gap on Sunday night.
William Elliot Bair died at his home at Greenhill on Monday.
Dr. E.H. MacKinlay was called to Altoona last Thursday on account of the death of his father.
Mrs. D.B. Hewett of Big Cove Tannery has returned home after being a patient in Chambersburg Hospital.
Mr. and Mrs. James J. Harris and daughter Elizabeth left last week for Florida where they will spend the winter.
A baby daughter was born last Tuesday morning to Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Gelvin of Fort Littleton.


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by Len Lear
After watching characters like the Kardashians, Jessica Simpson, the Jersey Shore crowd, etc., you could be excused for concluding that all TV celebrities are brainless, shallow, hedonistic lowlifes who are polluting the world by their very presence. It might be surprising to some, therefore, to learn that there are actually TV celebrities who are thoughtful, highly intelligent, caring individuals dedicated to using their fame to make the world a better place for everyone, particularly the victims of oppression.
A perfect example is Melissa Fitzgerald, 45, who graduated from Springside School in 1983, where she was president of the Service Organization, and the University of Pennsylvania in 1987 with a degree in drama and literature. Melissa had great role models growing up in Chestnut Hill since she is the daughter of prominent judge James Fitzgerald, and her mother, Carole, has long been involved in politics and volunteer work in our community.
Melissa, who refers to herself as an "actorist" because she is both an actor and an activist, has deep roots in Chestnut Hill; she was the 2008 commencement speaker at Chestnut Hill College and also has appeared on campus for other speaking engagements. On May 17, 2008, Melissa received the "Chestnut Hill College Medal," and in 2007 she won a writing contest on the subject of Darfur (Sudan) which was sponsored by Nicholas Kristof, of the New York Times. Melissa has also been a ranked tennis player and is highly skilled in badminton, horseback riding, scuba diving, whitewater rafting and fencing.
But Melissa is undoubtedly best known to the general public for her role as Carol Fitzpatrick in the critically acclaimed TV drama series, "The West Wing," in which Martin Sheen played a fictional president of the U.S. Fitzgerald has also appeared on "Grey's Anatomy," in many movies such as "The Truman Show" and "Boxing Helena," and in numerous stage plays in New York and Los Angeles.
"My early aspirations were to follow in my father's footsteps," said Melissa, "but after I graduated from Penn, I moved to New York City and continued my training at the Neighborhood Playhouse, where I studied with Sanford Meisner, and I soon became an active member of the theater community as both an actor and a producer." Melissa is also a talented singer who has performed cabaret at venues in Paris, Madrid, Los Angeles and New York, including stints at the Village Gate and Don't Tell Mama's.
But Melissa always felt the need to "give back." In 1995 she founded Voices in Harmony, a non-profit community outreach theater program that mentors at-risk youth from the Los Angeles area. The program provides inner-city teenagers with positive adult role models and tutors to help them achieve in school and succeed in life.
"They are encouraged to examine issues such as drug abuse, violence, racism and prejudice," explained Melissa. Paired with a mentor, they create an original short play or film based on how these issues affect their lives. Professional writers and directors then offer their expertise, helping the team bring their vision to the stage or screen. The result is an opportunity for the team to share their stories in order to make a positive impact on the community.
Melissa also volunteered with an AIDS organization in South Africa, but her most daunting project has undoubtedly been "Staging Hope: Acts of Peace," a documentary film she co-produced in Uganda, East Africa, that will be shown to the public for the first time at the 20th annual Philadelphia Film Festival on Tuesday, Nov. 1, 7:30 p.m. (tickets sold out), and Wednesday, Nov. 2, 7:35 p.m., at the Ritz East, 125 S. 2nd St., and also at the Ritz 5 on Nov. 1.
"Because of my work with teenagers in Los Angeles," Melissa explained, "I was drawn to go to northern Uganda, where so many children and teenagers were abducted by the rebel Lord's Resistance Army and forced to become soldiers and sex slaves. In 2006, within weeks of the West Wing ending, I was on a plane to Uganda to volunteer in a health center in northern Uganda with the excellent field team of an organization called the International Medical Corps. They were working with malnourished children and their mothers.
"I was so moved by that experience that I knew I had to go back. I was also struck by how desperate the situation was for the people there and how very few of us, including myself, had any idea what was happening there. As we were leaving one of the camps, a man came up to us and said, 'Please don't let us die in this horrible place. Please tell the people in America what is happening to us here.' I promised myself I would, and I have spent the past five years trying to make good on that promise."
The multi-talented Springside graduate did go back to Uganda in 2007 for six weeks to do her theater program and also to make the movie, "Staging Hope." "It was a life-changing experience," she insisted, "so much so that I stopped acting and have dedicated myself to the cause of lasting peace in northern Uganda. I found the people there so inspiring. I was captivated. These people who had been through more than I will ever be able to imagine were so kind to me and so quick to share the very little they had with me.
"I have never experienced anything like the displaced persons' camps in northern Uganda. No human being should ever have to live in such desperate conditions. The camps were overcrowded and unsanitary — there was a cholera outbreak while I was there in 2006 — and there was very little food. And yet in the face of this and a brutal rebel war where almost everyone I met had lost at least one immediate family member to the war, the people still had hope. Hope for themselves, hope for their families, hope for their country. I could not just walk away."
Melissa's hope is that after the showings of "Staging Hope" at the Philadelphia Film Festival, she will get a distribution deal so that the film can be seen by millions of people. She hopes viewers will be so moved by what they see that they will take action to support ending the Lord's Resistance Army's reign of terror over northern Uganda and now central Africa and to support the people there as they begin to rebuild their lives after more than 25 years of a brutal rebel war. "I also hope," she said, "that those who see it will be inspired to use their talents to be of service in whatever way moves them."
Melissa's producing partner on "Staging Hope," Katy Fox, is also a producer on a film that their writer/editor, Paul Freedman, is the director/writer/editor of called "Halfway Home," a documentary that deals with the issue of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder among our returning soldiers. Melissa is the co-executive producer on the film, narrated by Martin Sheen and intimately told by a handful of American veterans (including a great American hero and Melissa's dear friend, Max Cleland), their families and those charged with their care.
In 1998 Melissa was married to actor Noah Emmerich, who appeared in such movies as "The Truman Show," "Beautiful Girls" and "Miracle," but they are now divorced.
To see video clips of "Staging Hope," visit www.staginghope.com. For more information on the Philadelphia Film Festival, visit www.filmadelphia.org.


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Terms of use for Ponoko
Ponoko is an online marketplace for product plans that provides designers with the manufacturing services to turn ideas into real products, sellers with the web commerce services to sell their products and product plans, and buyers with the ability to purchase products and product plans direct from the source.
Designers retain ownership of all their intellectual property rights for their products and product plans. Apart from a limited license to display the products and product plans on our website, we are not given any interest in them.
These terms of use apply to your use of the Ponoko website, our services and operation of My Ponoko accounts. You need ensure that you have familiarised yourself with these terms prior to using the Ponoko website. By entering the Ponoko website, you acknowledge that you understand and agree to be bound by these terms. If you have any questions about these terms, the Ponoko website or the services, please contact us.
We may change these terms from time to time at any time by posting the amended terms. All changes will become effective from the date that they are posted and shall be deemed to have been accepted by all users of the Ponoko website as from the time and date that they are posted.
In these terms, we refer to: the creator of products and/or product plans as the 'designer'; 'you'; or 'your'; as appropriate; the seller of products and/or product plans as the 'seller'; 'you'; or 'your'; as appropriate the buyer of products and/or product plans as the 'buyer'; 'you'; or 'your'; as appropriate; Ponoko as 'Ponoko'; 'us'; 'we'; or 'our'; Ponoko.com as our 'website'.
Your use of our website is also subject to the Privacy policy.
How Ponoko works for designers and sellers
Designers and sellers must open a My Ponoko account to access our services. Opening an account is free.
My Ponoko provides designers and sellers with an online place to make, sell and share their products and product plans.
IMPORTANT: Any products, product plans and content that you submit for upload to the website must be your own original work or you must have the explicit permission of the creator to use it in the way you are.
Manufacturing your products and product plans
Designers and sellers may request a quote or place an order for the manufacture of any quantity of the designer's or seller's design (or components for assembly).
Once you have placed an order, it may not be cancelled by you without our agreement. A cancellation fee of costs incurred or USD$25 may apply.
We will then make and ship the products to you or to whomever you require them to be shipped.
Showcasing your products and product plans
You can showcase your creativity in your Ponoko showroom by uploading your product plans, photos, details, specifications and prices onto our website. Your showroom can be visited by anyone entering our website.
Selling your products and product plans
Buyers will deal direct with sellers and arrange sales, payment and shipping between them although Ponoko may facilitate credit card payment via a payment provider.
Ponoko does not purchase or sell the products or product plans nor is it the designer or seller of them, nor does it guarantee payment by buyers. Sellers will be liable to the buyers for any claims arising from the products and product plans that they sell, including timely supply, repair, replacement or refund. Where we have manufactured the products, designers and sellers may have recourse against us—see Our responsibilities below—but buyers may not.
A clear returns policy by the seller reassures buyers. For buyers, knowing where they stand in terms of returning items is a definite plus. If you have a clear returns policy, chances are that you are going to be more successful on Ponoko. You can set your own terms or you can apply the same terms that Ponoko offers to you, to your buyers—see Products made by Ponoko below.
Selling fees
Ponoko does not charge fees to list your items for sale, and does not charge sales success fees either. We reserve the right to change this at any time.
How Ponoko works for buyers
Visiting the showroom
Anyone may browse the showroom and send enquiries to designers and sellers or make purchases from sellers.
Buying products
Purchases are made direct with the seller. Payment and shipping are to be arranged with the seller although Ponoko may facilitate credit card payment by the buyer via a payment provider.
We accept no liability for any products displayed on the website, do not give any warranty nor make any representation about any products on the website, and are neither a seller nor agent of the designer, seller or buyer.
See Disputes between sellers and buyers for our terms relating to disputes about products purchased from a seller.
Products made by Ponoko
Nothing in these terms entitles you to return the products as being surplus to your needs, or for any other reason other than as set out herein.
We warrant only that the products manufactured by us meet your specifications and are manufactured in accordance with usual processes and standards. We do not guarantee that the product will be fit for any particular purpose.
Where the products are defective, you must provide us with full particulars of the product order, the nature of the defect and such other details as we may require. Do not return the products to us unless we request you to do so.
Where any claim is made against us, we may in our absolute discretion choose to replace the products or to refund the cost to you.
Any warranty claims must be made as soon as the defect is reasonably apparent and in any event, no later than 30 days after shipping of the products to you.
The limitations in section 12 shall apply to all claims against us.
While we will make best efforts to ship products to designers, sellers and buyers by the indicated date, we are not responsible for delay in shipping or failure to ship.
Advice regarding order shortages or damage in transit must be given to our customer service team no later than 30 days after receipt of products (refer to our returns policy below). We do not accept liability for any claims made after that time.
Shipping is complete when the products reach the address you have specified for shipping.
Ponoko offers a 365-day free replacement policy to designers on all products made and shipped direct from us to designers, sellers and buyers, if you've received your creation from us and it's not exactly what you ordered.
We will not replace goods because there is a problem with the product plan, your choice of materials or they don't turn out as you expect. You should expect to have several attempts before you perfect your design. Prototyping and refining product plans is an integral part of the Ponoko process, especially if you are creating interlocking parts.
Designers can contact us to request a replacement. Buyers need to contact the seller, not Ponoko, to request a replacement.
You can read more about Ponoko's returns policy here.
Disputes between sellers and buyers
We encourage sellers and buyers to try to work out any conflict that may arise when dealing with products sold by sellers to buyers.
Because we provide a system that gives control to designers and sellers, we cannot accept responsibility for the quality of the products or product plans (including quality of design, workmanship, etc). The seller approves the quality and format of each product, product part or product plan. We do not monitor or check individual products or product plans prior to being showcased through our website.
As a result buyers need to reply upon the seller's returns policy—so please read this carefully before you buy. If one does not exist, the buyer's purchase risk is higher than if a clear policy does exist.
In this case, if you have a question about your product, please contact the seller direct. Ponoko is unable to resolve problems or complaints for purchases made directly from a seller. This is a matter for buyers and sellers to negotiate.
Hardware supplied by third parties
Ponoko enables you to add third party hardware to you order, so a single purchase will deliver all of the items you need to make your complete product.
When you buy third party hardware items from the Ponoko site, you're paying Ponoko. We instantly pre-pay the third party supplier, to package and ship to you.
Your purchase of third party hardware is governed by the terms of that supplier, which can be found on their website.
Hardware is shipped direct to you from the third party supplier, not from Ponoko. The total amount you pay Ponoko includes the shipping charge from the third party hardware supplier. Shipping times can be found on the website of the relevant supplier.
Customer service
Because we are not directly involved in the completion of sales of hardware items, you will need to contact the third party supplier directly via their website for the following issues:
- To check on your order or shipment status.
- To cancel an order and receive a refund.
- To return an order.
While we do not contact customers on behalf of third party suppliers and we do not mediate in disputes, if something goes horribly wrong please do let us know and we'll make it right.
Designmake Prime
Subscription account terms
Your Prime account may only be used by one person - a single account shared by multiple people is not permitted. You may create separate accounts for as many people as you like.
Payment, refunds, upgrading and downgrading
A valid credit card is required for a Prime account.
If you initially sign up for a Prime account, and you don't cancel that account within 30 days, you will be billed monthly starting on the 30th day after your account was initially created. If you cancel prior to the processing of your first invoice on the 30th day, you will not be charged.
Prime is billed in advance on a monthly basis and is non-refundable. There will be no refunds or credits for partial months of service, upgrade/downgrade refunds, or refunds for months unused with an open account. In order to treat everyone equally, no exceptions will be made.
Downgrading from Prime may cause the loss of content, features, or capacity of your account. Ponoko does not accept any liability for such loss.
Cancellation and termination
You are solely responsible for properly canceling your Prime account. An email or phone request to cancel your account is not considered cancellation. You can cancel your account at any time by clicking on the My Account / Prime link in the global navigation bar in your My Ponoko dashboard. This screen provides a simple no questions asked cancellation link.
All of your Prime benefits will be immediately ceased upon cancellation.
If you cancel Prime before the end of your current paid up month, your cancellation will take effect immediately and you will not be charged again.
Ponoko in its sole discretion, has the right to suspend or terminate your Prime account and refuse any and all current or future use of Prime for any reason at any time. Such termination of Prime will result in the deactivation or deletion of your account or your access to your account, and the forfeiture and relinquishment of all content in your account. Ponoko reserves the right to refuse Prime to anyone for any reason at any time.
Modifications to the service and prices
Ponoko reserves the right at any time and from time to time to modify or discontinue, temporarily or permanently, the Designmake service (or any part thereof, including any part of Prime) with or without notice.
Prices of all Designmake services, including but not limited to monthly subscription plan fees to the service or specific Prime services, are subject to change upon 30 days notice from us. Such notice may be provided at any time by posting the changes to the Ponoko blog (blog.ponoko.com).
Ponoko shall not be liable to you or to any third party for any modification, price change, suspension or discontinuance of Designmake or Prime.
Intellectual property rights
Designers' intellectual property
You retain ownership of all intellectual property rights for your products and product plans. Apart from the limited license to display the products and product plans (see below), we are not given any interest in them.
You grant Ponoko a non-exclusive, worldwide, transferable license to display the products and product plans uploaded to the website along with all uploaded content.
The license extends to use in Ponoko promotional materials including the website, electronic and printed marketing material and advertisements.
The license applies from the date a product plan and/or content is uploaded and continues for a period of 6 months after the product plan and/or content is removed.
Granting a license to Ponoko does not restrict your rights to grant the same or similar rights to other persons while these terms apply.
We will not, without first obtaining your express authorisation, publicly display or distribute to third parties the technical specifications of any product plan that you upload to the website. For the purposes of this section, technical specifications include CAD drawings and other computer design formats.
You must inform us of any change in ownership to a product plan or part thereof.
You can read more about our copyright and intellectual property policy here.
Our intellectual property
We own, control or have the right to use and provide the website, all content on or from the website such as data, text, images, articles, photographs, illustrations, audio and video clips but NOT including your products and product plans.
You may electronically reproduce and store the content of the website solely for your own personal use. You may not display or distribute the content of any part of the website or its content in public, including any reproduction in any form on the Internet, without our express permission.
Any infringement of our intellectual property rights will be fully enforced under New Zealand law.
Your information
Your use of the website and our services will generate certain information that will be recorded electronically by us. Such information collection and our use thereof is subject to our privacy policy.
Information of this type may include, for example, your IP address, your usage statistics, etc. We will also record your contact details, credit information and any related personal details that you supply or that we obtain independently.
You acknowledge that we, our employees, carriers, contractors and agents may use or disclose any of the information identified in the previous paragraph for purposes connected with the supply of the services to you. Examples of purposes connected with supply include, for example: administration of your My Ponoko account or the website; carrying out credit checks; keeping you up to date with new offers/changes at Ponoko; sharing with contractors to enable you to use or facilitate your use of the website, to ship the services and to manufacture products.
You may at any time make a written request to see any personal information that we hold or to ask us to correct any mistakes in that information.
Email policy
This demonstrates our firm commitment to your privacy and the protection of your information.
Why did you receive an email from us?
If you received a mailing from us your email address is listed with us either: (a) As someone who has expressly shared this address for the purpose of receiving information from us; or (b) You have created an account with us.
How we protect your privacy
Your information is protected by our Privacy policy.
Sharing and usage
We will never share, sell, or rent your email address with anyone without your advance permission or unless ordered by a court of law. Your email address is only available to employees and contractors for purposes of contacting you or sending you emails based on your request for information or having created an account with us.
How can you stop receiving email from us?
Each email we send you contains an easy, automated way for you to unsubscribe from our mailings. To unsubscribe simply follow the instructions at the end of any email. You will never be emailed again. (Note: We retain the right to email you in the case of critically important information. For example, our system is about to change in a way that may cancel your actively used account. We assume you'd like to know about information as important as this. We expect this type of email will be few and far between, if ever.)
Our responsibilities
We will provide access to the website and use reasonable endeavours to ensure that the website operates reliably and consistently, but we do not guarantee that the website will operate uninterrupted without any faults.
We are not responsible for any losses suffered by you as a result of: any interruption of the website however caused; suspension or termination of your access to the website or cancellation of your account; any sales or purchases of products; your use of the website.
Your responsibilities
My Ponoko accounts
Access to your My Ponoko account is by your designated username and password. You may change your password at any time.
You are responsible for ensuring that no unauthorised access is obtained through your account. You will be exclusively liable for all activities conducted through your account whether or not authorised by you until such time as we are notified of the unauthorised use.
If we have reason to believe that there is likely to be a breach of security or misuse of the website, we may suspend your account without notice.
You may not create alternate accounts for any purpose whatsoever.
Designer's responsibilities
Ponoko provides a manufacturing service for you to turn your product ideas into real products. This means when you make an item on Ponoko, you are entering into a direct relationship with Ponoko.
You are responsible for:
- the quality of your product design and the resulting product;
- uploading the correct file type so it can be read by our systems for pricing and making;
- your materials choices;
- paying Ponoko all fees due.
You shall not:
- submit product plans or enter material into your showroom that may be objectionable in any way, as determined by Ponoko;
- fail to make payments due to Ponoko.
Seller's responsibilities
Ponoko provides a marketplace for you to sell your products and product plans. This means when you sell an item on Ponoko, you are entering into a direct relationship with an individual buyer (facilitated by Ponoko).
You are responsible for:
- conducting yourself in a professional manner;
- listing your policies regarding shipping and returns;
- communicating with your buyers to resolve all issues;
- making and shipping your products to buyers in a timely fashion;
- paying Ponoko all fees due.
You shall not:
- list an item that you do not intend to, or cannot, sell;
- set your Showroom policies contradictory to those of Ponoko's site-wide policies;
- engage in any activity which may avoid Ponoko fees. This includes, but is not limited to, posting any content (text, graphics, links or URLs) in your Ponoko Showroom which may result in buyers purchasing your items off Ponoko, completing a transaction off Ponoko with a buyer who originally found your item on Ponoko and listing an item below its intended purchase price.
- fail to make payments due to Ponoko.
Buyer's responsibilities
Ponoko's role is to connect buyers and sellers—we are not a retailer. This means when you buy a product or product plan on Ponoko, you are entering into a direct relationship with an individual seller (facilitated by Ponoko).
You are responsible for:
- agreeing with the seller's individual policies (including shipping and returns) before buying from them;
- ensuring your shipping address you enter into Ponoko is identical to your address in PayPal (if you pay via that method);
- paying the seller when you make an order from them.
You shall not:
- attempt to pay Ponoko for any items you order—make all payments to the seller.
- fail to make payment to the seller.
General responsibilities
You are responsible for:
- ensuring that all information you provide to us is correct and complete;
- ensuring that your use of the website and the services is lawful and do not interfere with the use of the services by any other person;
- complying with these terms, and any of our policies relating to your use of the website;
- complying with all other lawful requirements relevant to your use of the website;
- keeping us informed of any changes to your contact details.
You shall not:
- without our written authorisation provide the use of your My Ponoko account to any third parties save to the extent necessary to give effect to these terms;
- copy, modify, distribute, demonstrate to a third party, decompile, reverse engineer or otherwise deal with any part of the website or its content in any way which would be detrimental to our rights or the rights of any designer;
- use the website for any or on behalf of any other person, including any related or associated company.
Your warranties to us
You represent and warrant to us in relation to each product and product plan submitted to the website, that the product and product plan does not contain or infringe the intellectual property rights (copyright, trademark, brand etc) of any third parties and that you have the right to market and license the product and product plan.
You agree to keep us indemnified against all claims, actions, losses and expenses of any nature which we may suffer or incur or for which we may become liable in respect of or arising out of these terms or your use of the website or the services.
You will hold Ponoko harmless from any third-party claim for intellectual property infringement in relation to any product, product plan or content.
System integrity/security
Information sent using the secure sections of the website is never sent over the internet unencrypted—it is secured using Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) protocol. However, all electronic data on the internet is potentially susceptible to interception by others. Accordingly we cannot and do not guarantee that data transfers using the website will not be monitored or read by others.
We do not store credit card information unless expressly instructed to do so by you for the purposes of payment of a recurring amount. When this information is stored, it is not stored by us, but by our payments processing company.
Payment & invoicing
Payment by credit card
Where you pay us via credit card for anything whatsoever or where we facilitate your payment to a seller via a payment provider, you agree to indemnify us against any default by your credit card company to make payment to us in full.
Shipping and transit
Fees for materials and manufacturing are quoted exclusive of transit costs. Any courier or handling charges in relation to your order will be notified to you at the time you place your order and be added to the price. All customs duties, if any, are your responsibility alone.
Sales Tax
All fees quoted on our website are exclusive of sales tax. Sales tax may be added to the price of items at the end of the checkout process when you will have the opportunity to pay.
Computer errors
In the event that computer error results in a material misstatement of the fees of your order we may, prior to your receipt of the order or at any time thereafter, require that you pay us the different between the amount actually paid by you in respect of your order and the correct amount payable.
In the event that we become aware of any misstatement prior to shipping, we will make reasonable endeavours to contact you and advise you accordingly. You may elect to cancel your order to the extent of the misstatement.
Disputing amounts
If you believe that a mistake has been made in relation to amounts charged by us, you must notify us in writing at least 10 business days after receiving our invoice. We will acknowledge in writing receipt of your request to investigate within 5 business days of your notice to us. Our acknowledgment will specify an indicative timeframe for completing the investigation.
Upon completion of the investigation, should it be determined a refund is required either all or in part, the amount will be refunded within 10 business days of such completion.
Suspension or termination of access to website
You acknowledge that we may terminate, suspend or restrict your access to the website at any time at our absolute discretion.
Exclusion & limitation of liability
We will not be liable to you under the law of tort (including negligence), contract or otherwise for any loss of profits or savings or for any indirect or consequential loss or damage, arising out of or in connection with the performance or non-performance of any of our obligations under these terms or otherwise out of your use of the website or our services.
In any case, our liability to you arising out of any claim for damages for any reason will under no circumstances exceed either the cost of replacement of the product or refund of the price paid.
The parties acknowledge that where our services are used for a business purpose the provisions of the Consumer Guarantees Act 1993 are specifically excluded.
If you have a complaint relating to the website you should contact us here.
We aim to provide a written response to all complaints within 10 business days.
General terms
Entire agreement
These terms (including any terms or policies explicitly incorporated by reference) amounts to the whole of the arrangement between you and us relating to your use of the website or our services. These terms replace any prior related agreements and understandings between you and us.
No waiver
No delay, neglect or forbearance in taking enforcement action in relation to any provision of these terms by any party will be a waiver, or in any way prejudice any right, of that party.
If any part of these terms is held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, that part will be severed and the remainder of these terms will remain in full force and have full effect.
We may subcontract to any third party all or part of our obligations under these terms.
Third parties may take the benefits of rights expressed to be for their benefit in accordance with the Contracts (Privity) Act 1982.
New Zealand law
These terms is governed by New Zealand law and any legal action against us must be taken in a Court in New Zealand.
If you or any third parties access the website from outside New Zealand, this is done at the user's own risk and the user is responsible for complying with the laws in the place where they access the website.
We will send relevant invoices and notices, if and as required under these terms to the email address nominated by you.
It is your responsibility to ensure that you keep us informed of any changes to your contact details.
You will be deemed to have received a notice sent by email at the time that we send it.
We reserve the right to change these terms from time to time. All material changes will be published on our blog.
The agreement as amended will take effect from the date the relevant amendments are published on our blog.


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We previously looked at the news of an unlocked Lumia 920 working on the T-Mobile US network, but now reports are being published at XDA and beyond that Lumia 920 Windows Phones being sold by Canada carrier Rogers are all carrier unlocked--that's pretty big news, but also it has seemingly been confirmed that it has pentaband support.
Said Windows Phone 8 devices have been confirmed to work on WIND and T-Mobile US, though tethering is reported to not be functional.
We cannot confirm for ourselves yet just how much functionality is present (if any at all) when using a carrier unlocked Lumia 920 from Rogers on either WIND or T-Mobile (AWS networks), but should consumer experiences be across the board it's worth noting when looking at your next Windows Phone.
We've been made aware that it's not a requirement to have (or open) a Rogers account to purchase the handset outright at $599. We cannot guarantee that screenshots provided in the XDA thread are indeed accurate, but with the number of success stories published it's definitely looking likely.
Source: XDA; Thanks, San Ien J., for the tip


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By Kevin Kelleher, contributor
FORTUNE — What do you do when you are the best company in your industry, but your industry is mired in a slump of mediocre performance?
That's the dilemma faced by Oracle (ORCL), the enterprise software giant that has long been the most feared player in the competitive market for business software. Last week, Oracle reported that revenue grew to $37.2 billion in its fiscal year ended May 31, 2013. That was up from $37.1 billion in the previous fiscal year. Oracle is still growing, but just barely.
Oracle's stock has had an impressive run over the past decade. After a post-dot-com low of $8 a share, the stock rose more than fourfold to a high point of $36.50 two years ago. Even as recently as this March, Oracle traded as high as $36.43. But amid signs that the enterprise tech market remains stagnant, Oracle's stock has been declining of late.
This week, Oracle's stock traded back below $30 a share. On Wednesday, shares traded at $29.86 in the wake of an earnings report that showed software sales fell short of analyst expectations for the second quarter in a row. Software sales at Oracle tie customers into long-term maintenance deals, but the company said in an earnings call that customers are delaying software deals or opting for smaller ones.
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Goldman Sachs analyst Heather Bellini said in a report that the disappointments "were likely more macro driven than company specific," noting that "while results were mediocre at best (in line with peers), this is a performance not typically experienced by the company," especially in what is usually its strongest quarter of the year. And if Oracle isn't excelling as it used to, that doesn't bode well for the rest of the industry.
Oracle's financial performance reignited a debate over how much of Oracle's problems are tied to a macroeconomic slowdown in many of the global markets it's involved in — Europe, Latin America, and Asia have all been listed as global weak spots — and how much is caused by a shift to cloud computing.
The big difference is this: Economic cycles come around in time, but the secular shift to cloud computing may mark a permanent move away from the high-margin business model that Oracle built its fortunes on (installing and maintaining suites of software) to the more utility-like, pay-as-you-go service model of most cloud-software sellers.
When Oracle's stock fell 9% last week on its earnings, it had less to do with missing any financial estimates and more to do with a growing concern that the headwinds hitting Oracle are not cyclical but secular — that is, they're here for good. That sparked a debate among analyst and investors that is likely to continue for some time.
John DiFucci, an analyst at J.P. Morgan, said in a research note that investors are asking about secular challenges before downplaying them. "Oracle's recent struggles are largely macro driven, although we do believe that a change in sales strategy is likely also causing some disruption near-term," he wrote. Longer-term, this shift will help Oracle, DiFucci said.
Others expressed more concern. Wedbush analyst Steve Koenig termed the revenue miss shocking and said its on-premise applications business was facing secular pressure from software-as-a-service competition. Oppenheimer's Brian Schwartz pointed to the smaller transactions in the quarter as a worrying sign the cloud is taking a toll.
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"We believe something more secular (not cyclical) is currently pressuring the enterprise software market as cloud computing increasingly entices CIOs to defer investments on large-ticket on-premise software, maintenance and infrastructure in favor of investment decisions to re-architect legacy systems to the cloud," Schwartz said.
It's not so much that, as in so many industries, smaller upstarts are stealing business from Oracle. Ellison famously dissed cloud computing five years ago, but Oracle has deftly adapted to new business models and other changes in the software industry since then. Most of the company's sales hiring is focused on cloud offerings. And this week, Oracle announced cloud-computing partnerships with Salesforce.com (CRM), Microsoft (MSFT), and NetSuite (N).
Rather, the secular problem facing Oracle is this: Even though it's doing a good job at transitioning to a new business model, that model is attractive to CIOs primarily because it helps them spend less on software. Oracle may well continue to carve out the biggest slice of the big, meaty revenue pie that is the enterprise-tech market. But that pie is shrinking slowly.
Well, that's the thing about software. As it, in the famous phrase by Marc Andreessen, eats the world, it often diminishes the overall revenue that people and companies pay. Newspapers, music labels, and other industries have watched this happen. Now the cloud is doing it to the software industry itself. Oracle is only the latest to see what that's like.


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The Coming Data Center CrisisBy Michael Vizard | Posted 2008-04-30 Print
The demand for processing power is starting to outstrip our ability to cost-effectively power it.
When it comes to finding ways to power and cool our data centers, there's mounting evidence that we're approaching a crisis. In a new study from the Uptime Institute, 42 percent of the 311 IT managers surveyed said they would run out of power capacity in their data centers within the next 12 to 24 months.
This may strike some people as odd, given the increasing deployment of virtualization in data centers today. This technology enables us to better utilize existing servers and eliminates the need to add server capacity—capacity that must be first powered and then cooled. But when you think about where we are in the virtualization adoption curve, it becomes clear that the vast majority of production systems today are not running any virtualization software.
What we have now is a massive wave of servers consolidated into a smaller number of data centers. These centers increasingly make use of densely packed blade servers, which throw off more heat. That leaves the managers running these data centers with some difficult choices.
Most will probably survive by spending a boatload of money to increase the amount of water cooling used to cool down their servers. While that may reduce the amount of energy spent to cool the data center, it doesn't do a lot to reduce the cost of powering the data center.
To solve that problem, many senior managers are thinking seriously about moving their data centers to completely new locations, including areas where there is greater access to inexpensive hydro-electric power. The basic idea is that the closer you are to a river, the less costly the power is going to be. Both Google and Microsoft, for example, are moving data centers to relatively remote locations near rivers in the Pacific Northwest.
However, access to cheap power may not be the only factor to consider when evaluating locations for your next data center. Many companies are considering countries such as Iceland and Ireland, where the cold climate makes it easier to air-cool a data center without using air-conditioning units.
These efforts have some additional downstream benefits. For one thing, they lower the carbon footprint of a company's data center. It's still early days, but governments around the globe are gearing up to increase the pressure on companies regarding environmental issues, including measuring the amount of carbon each company spews into the atmosphere. And one of the biggest sources of carbon in any company comes from all that wattage in the data center.
Unfortunately for the people running data centers, a lot of employees may not want to move to remote locations to manage the data. There is also a shortage of people who are skilled in designing data centers.
After years of throwing inexpensive hardware at our processing problems, we didn't think we would need the data center design skills that are typically associated with running minicomputers and mainframes rather than PC servers. However, if you look at the design of a blade server today, it's more reminiscent of a minicomputer than it is of a PC.
The end result is that if you do decide to redesign or relocate your data center, you might not be able to find an experienced person to do the job. Even if you do find a skilled professional, chances are good that you're going to pay top dollar for his or her services.
In the short term, we should be able to count on virtualization software to mitigate some of this pending crisis, but the overall demand for processing power is starting to outstrip our ability to cost-effectively power it. Down the road, this may help justify further investment in photonic technologies that don't generate nearly as much heat. It may even provide justifications for using nuclear power as a cheap source of energy in the data center.
In the meantime, any organization that is running a data center of any size will have to deal with power and cooling issues in the very near future. Whatever approach you take, you can be sure that the solution you deploy is going to require a significant up-front investment—one that will likely come as a shock to your organization.
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Email Headers are lines of metadata attached to each email that contain lots of useful information for a forensic investigator. However, email headers can be easily forged, so they should never be used as the only source of information.
Making Sense of Headers
There is no single way to make sense of email headers. Some examiners favor reading from the bottom up, some favor reading from the top down. Because information in the headers can be put there by the user's MUA, a server in transit, or the recipient's MUA, it can be difficult to determine when a line was added.


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A trail of dropped items marked the path of a burglar who ran from a resident late last month.
Police responded to a home in the 400 block of Colonial Avenue just after 2:30 a.m. March 28, about a burglary that had just happened, according to a Lancaster Police Department incident report.
Emma Hovis walked into Los Mariachis restaurant Thursday evening and was surprised by all the fanfare, balloons and other decorations.
The Lancaster native, who now lives in Rock Hill, arrived with a few friends and expected to have a normal outing at their choice Mexican eatery.
Christopher Sardelli
A proposed county ordinance could soon help local authorities in the war on drugs.
Lancaster County Council unanimously approved first reading of a drug paraphernalia ordinance at its Monday, April 2, meeting. The ordinance was drafted with the help of Lancaster County Sheriff Barry Faile.
In an effort to crack down on drug use, the ordinance amends the county's code to include clearer definitions on illegal items used for ingesting, smoking, administering or preparing illegal drugs.
Christopher Sardelli
KERSHAW – Investigators are still looking for a woman who attacked another woman with a stick last weekend.
Lancaster County sheriff's deputies were called to the 100 block of East 3rd Street in Kershaw shortly before 2 a.m. Saturday, March 31, about an assault.
A 31-year-old woman at the scene told deputies a 44-year-old woman she knows had struck her in the face with a stick causing a large gash, according to a Lancaster County Sheriff's Office incident report.
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Shirley Tucker thought her Pageland Highway home was on fire when she was startled from her sleep early Thursday morning, April 5.
It was about 6 a.m. when Tucker noticed red and blue flashes outside her bedroom window. She nudged her husband Marion awake to see what the commotion was.
Christopher Sardelli
A man who led police on a high-speed chase through the city limits before ditching his motorcycle last week is still on the run.
The chase began about 1:30 p.m. March 30, near the intersection of Gillsbrook Road and Forest Drive, according to a Lancaster Police Department incident report.
Two Lancaster police officers saw a purple sports motorcycle speeding nearby and, after checking radar, found it was traveling at 60 mph in a 35-mph zone.
By Michele Roberts
For The Lancaster News
Weight loss and obesity in America are two hot topics in today's world.
Palmetto Tri-County Internal Medicine is preparing to launch a new program that will enable those who participate to lose weight – but this is not a diet.
The Serotonin-Plus Weight Loss Program is a lifestyle-modification program that, if followed correctly, can ensure that lost weight stays off, said Dr. Michael Kimbrell, one of the medical managers of the program.
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County officials and local law enforcement are hoping to win a grant that would fund the hiring of several new officers to patrol the county's roads.
At its Monday, April 2, meeting, Lancaster County Council unanimously approved applying for a grant from the U.S. Department of Justice. The grant would be funded from the office of COPS, or Community Oriented Policing Services, which provides services and grants for state, local and tribal law enforcement agencies.
A Lancaster man with an extensive criminal record was caught blue-handed this week as deputies caught him taking items from a storage unit while wearing a pair of blue latex gloves.
John Allen Hill, 31, 1653 Hillcrest Ave., was arrested Monday, April 2, and charged with third-degree burglary, according to a Lancaster County Sheriff's Office incident report.
It could take more than $150,000 to demolish all of the county's abandoned and dilapidated structures.
That's the word from Chief Building and Zoning Officer Kenneth Cauthen who presented the results of a countywide demolition review to Lancaster County Council on Monday, April 2.
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Penguins Recall Forward Beau Bennettby Staff Writer / Pittsburgh Penguins
|Beau Bennett played in the Black and Gold Game earlier this year.
The Pittsburgh Penguins have recalled forward Beau Bennett from Wilkes-Barre/Scranton of the American Hockey League, it was announced by executive vice president and general manager Ray Shero.
Bennett, 21, will be looking to make his NHL debut on Friday night at Winnipeg. The rookie forward placed second on WBS with 18 assists and fourth with 25 points in 35 games this season. Last month, he was chosen to represent the Penguins at the AHL All-Star Classic, although he didn't play in the game due to injury.
The 6-foot-2, 190-pound forward attended NHL training camp with the Penguins in January, but was returned to WBS just prior to the start of the season.
Bennett, who became the highest-drafted California-born player when the Penguins made him the 20th-overall selection in the first round of the 2010 NHL Draft, played two seasons of collegiate hockey at the University of Denver from 2010-12, tallying 13 goals, 25 assists and 38 points in 47 games. Last season, Bennett was averaging better than a point per game for Denver before he was sidelined due to injury.
Bennett, who is a native of Gardena, California, tied for the league lead in the British Columbia Hockey League (BCHL) with 120 points (41G-79A) in 56 games with the Penticton Vees during the 2009-10 season.