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2-time All-America at Michigan; won Heisman Trophy in 1940; played with AFL NY Americans in 1941 and NFL LA Rams (1946-47); World War II fighter pilot who won Silver Star and Purple Heart; became radio-TV commentator.Died: Mar. 17, 1990
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Seventies disco diva Donna Summer died in Naples, Florida on 17 May 2012. She is best known for 1975 hit "Love To Love You Baby" which was full of orgasmic moans and groans to a pulsating rhythm and a wah-wah guitar. Summer said, "It's in every woman to be seductive, be she a teacher or a whore."
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She saw a window of opportunity and took it.
Brooke Mueller, the perpetually rehabbed ex-wife of Charlie Sheen, allowed her troubled twin sons with the actor to spend two hours with their dad and his porn star girlfriend on Tuesday night, RadarOnline.com has exclusively learned.
It's a stunning and somewhat surprising move from Mueller, 36, who has been engulfed in a bitter custody war with Sheen, 48, during which he labelled her an "adderall snorting husk" who was a danger to Bob and Max, four.
It also coincides with the breakdown of Sheen's "Modern Family" relationship with second ex-wife Denise Richards, who he blasted as a "pig" and "media ho" in a Twitter tirade on Tuesday.
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Revealed a source: "Brooke allowed Bob and Max to go over to Charlie's house on Tuesday night for two hours. Charlie introduced Brett (his adult actress partner Brett Rossi) to the boys and he was very impressed with how maternal she was, even though she has no kids of her own."
A monitor was present for the entire visit, a source confirmed.
"When the allocated time was up, the boys were turned back over to Brooke's brother, Scott, who has temporary guardianship of Bob and Max," the insider close to Sheen told Radar. "Brooke wasn't present for the visit because she has a restraining order against Charlie."
It was the first time Sheen had seen the children since before Christmas.
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As Radar previously reported, the twins were plunged into chaos last May when Mueller, a socialite turned reality television star who once featured on Paris Hilton's The World According To Paris, was placed on an involuntary psychiatric hold after a drug overdose.
In the wake of her rehabilitation, Richards, 42, took custody of Bob and Max until she relinquished custody because of what she said was their worrying transformed from "kind and loving" young boys to "zombie-like" individuals who exhibit "extreme violent mood swings" and "violent behavior."
The actress' letter Los Angeles County Department of Children and Family Services triggered the breakdown of her once cordial relationship with Mueller, who later accused Richards of endangering the wellbeing of the twins — a claim which was never substantiated.


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Northstar Recycling
based in East Longmeadow, MASSACHUSETTS (USA)
At Northstar Recycling, everything we do starts with one simple fact: waste has value. By working with us, you not only make money, you also send a strong message to your customers and staff that you care about doing what's right. It's a win-win for your business and the environment.
International Environmental Associates, Inc. (IEA)
based in Houston, TEXAS (USA)
IEA`s regAction is a powerful online environmental information management system developed to provide environmental professionals with instant access to information and management tools vital to regulatory compliance efforts. With robust interactive modules, regAction empowers you with a comprehensive set of environmental management solutions for all environmental media. ...
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Since 1995, ERA Environmental Consulting, Inc. has been providing Environmental, Health & Safety software solutions to businesses ranging from small enterprises to Fortune 500 corporations. You can find ERA`s software being implemented across virtually every industrial sector in North America. ERA`s mission is to offer reliable, user friendly, affordable tools to help ...
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Granutech Saturn Systems, offers a diversified line of recycling equipment systems that can be easily integrated into a single processing facility. From shredders to granulators to powederizers and refiner mills -- to auto crushers and balers/loggers, our engineers continuously develop products that meet the needs of your industry and application. But more importantly, ...
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You've got the dress, the shoes, the accessories—you've achieved the perfect look. Add the final touch to your ensemble with The Perfect Finish Set from Julep. These three purpley polishes and an elegant accent for your tips and toes and come with a soothing stick of cuticle oil packed with vitamins to soften cuticles and strengthen nails. The cold weather is rough on those precious extremities, so avoid the extra errand and bring your look together with an at-home mani-pedi with help from Julep.
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Saint Paul was beheaded during his imprisonment in Rome in 67 A.D. He converted from Judaism while traveling to Damascus and went on to spread Christianity in several countries.
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Saint Paul (Paul of Tarsus) apparently died during his imprisonment by Rome around 67 AD, at about 62 years of age. But no definitive record of how he died has been found. In 64CE
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Amitabh Bachchan moved by courage of acid attack victim
Amitabh Bachchan is blown over by the grit and strength of an acid attack victim, a female from Jharkhand, whom he met while shooting for a special episode of his game show Kaun Banega Crorepati 6 (KBC). #Amitabh Bachchan #BuzzPatrol #Kaun Banega Crorepati 6
Sep 26, 2012
Big B gets special birthday gift from fan
Amitabh Bachchan's 70th birthday is still over two weeks away, but his fans have been showering him with gifts galore. One of the fans gifted him a wooden frame with a picture of him and his wife Jaya. #Amitabh Bachchan #Jaya Bachchan #BuzzPatrol #Kaun Banega Crorepati 6
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Sridevi to sit on 'KBC 6' hot seat
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Big B's magic gets KBC 6 opener record-breaking rating
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Book your room at Brookville Guest House
Suburban Dublin guesthouse in Blackrock with free parking
Located in Blackrock, this guesthouse is 1.1 mi (1.8 km) from UCD Micheal Smurfit Graduate Business School and 2.6 mi (4.2 km) from James Joyce Tower. National Rehabilitation Hospital and Frascati Shopping Centre are also within 2 mi (3 km).
Property Features
A spa tub, a sauna, and a business center are available at this guesthouse. Free WiFi in public areas, free self parking, and free train station pick-up are also provided. Other amenities include a meeting room, concierge services, and dry cleaning.
Room Amenities
All 25 individually decorated rooms feature free WiFi and Tempur-Pedic beds. Comforts include Egyptian cotton sheets and premium bedding, and guests will also find conveniences like refrigerators and microwaves.Information missing or incorrect? Tell us!
Hotel Amenities
Hotel Amenities
Brookville Guest House features a spa tub and a sauna. High-speed wireless Internet access is complimentary. This 3-star property offers access to a business center, limo/town car service, and a meeting room. For a surcharge, a shuttle from the airport to the hotel (available on request) is offered to guests. This Dublin guesthouse also offers a library, tour/ticket assistance, and barbecue grills. Onsite self parking is complimentary.
Brookville Guest House has designated areas for smoking.
- Airport transportation - pickup (surcharge)
- Total number of rooms - 25
- Barbecue grill(s)
- Breakfast available (surcharge)
- Free newspapers in lobby
- Concierge services
- Express check-out
- Front desk (limited hours)
- Tours/ticket assistance
- Free WiFi
- Luggage storage
- Designated smoking areas
- Business center
- Dry cleaning/laundry service
- Laundry facilities
- Express check-in
- Library
- Limo or Town Car service available
- One meeting room
- Garden
- Picnic area
- Safe-deposit box at front desk
- Free RV, bus, truck parking
- Free self parking
- Free train station pickup
- Sauna
- Number of buildings/towers - 3
- Spa tub
- Television in lobby
Family Friendly Amenities
- Free Wi-Fi
- Laundry facilities
- Refrigerator
- Microwave
- DVD player
Available in all rooms: Free WiFi
Available in some public areas: Free WiFi
Free self parking, Free RV, bus, truck parking
Room Amenities
- Premium TV channels
- DVD player
- Premium bedding
- Hypo-allergenic bedding available
- Ceiling fan
- Phone
- Free local calls
- Refrigerator
- Coffee/tea maker
- Free bottled water
- Microwave
- Daily housekeeping
- Private bathroom
- Free toiletries
- Hair dryer
- Bathtub or shower
- Iron/ironing board (on request)
- Desk
- Cribs/infant beds available
- Cookware, dishware, and utensils
- Satellite TV service
- Free WiFi
- Climate control
- Free newspaper
- Room service (limited hours)
- Egyptian-cotton sheets
- Individually furnished
- Individually decorated
- Tempur-Pedic mattress
Where to Eat
Continental breakfasts are available for a surcharge and are served each morning.
Room service (during limited hours) is available.
Nearby Things to Do
Recreational amenities at the guesthouse include a spa tub and a sauna.
The recreational activities listed below are available either on site or nearby; fees may apply.
- Golfing nearby
- Snorkeling nearby
- Surfing/boogie boarding nearby
- Kayaking nearby
- Sailing nearby
- Windsurfing nearby
- Scuba diving nearby
- Water skiing nearby
- Mountain biking nearby
- Bicycle rentals nearby
- Parasailing nearby
- Golf lessons available nearby
- Hiking/biking trails nearby
Spa Services
- Hydrotherapy treatments
Hotel Policies
Check-in time starts at 2 PM
Check-in time ends at 8 PM
Special check-in instructions:
Check-out time is 11 AM
Payment types
Pets allowed, Only dogs are allowed, Maximum number of pets per room 1
You need to know
Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on hotel policy.
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card or cash deposit are required at check-in for incidental charges.
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges. Special requests cannot be guaranteed.
No elevators
- Fee for continental breakfast: EUR 12 per person (approximately)
- Airport shuttle fee: EUR 7 per person
- Pet fee: EUR 20 per pet, per night
- Late check-out fee: EUR 25
- Rollaway bed fee: EUR 25 per night
- Onsite credit card charges are subject to a surcharge
We should mention
This property offers transfers from the airport (surcharges may apply). Guests must contact the property with arrival details before travel, using the contact information on the booking confirmation. Children 2 years old and younger stay free when occupying the parent or guardian's room, using existing bedding. The property allows pets in specific rooms only and has other pet restrictions (surcharges apply and can be found in the Fees section). Guests can arrange to bring pets by contacting the property directly, using the contact information on the booking confirmation.
National Rating
This property is not a registered Hotel within the meaning of the Irish Tourist Traffic Acts.


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The West Point Green Wave were at home playing Caledonia Saturday afternoon. The Green Wave pounded at 8 hits, and got 7 one-hit shutout innings from Rico Lane, who also added a double and drove in a run of his own. Steffon Moore led the team with 3 RBIs in the game going 1-3 with Jeffrey Drake also driving in a run. Ryan Crowley lead the wave with 2 hits while Bruce Barclay, Jeffrey Drake, Antonio Reese, and Jason Barnette all added hits for the Green Wave.
The West Point Green Wave travels to Saltillo Tuesday afternoon with a league game beginning at 7 pm.
The Oak Hill Raiders came to the ballpark Saturday afternoon at home looking to notch their first district win of the young season with a rematch against the Tri-County Rebels, who bested the Raiders in their first matchup 10-4. The Raiders did just that thanks to playing a solid all-around game, and a combined 11 runs in the third and fourth innings.
LOUISVILLE — The dynastic Oak Hill Netters returned to the action with a revamped look despite some old faces on the tennis courts in District 2-AA.
After an 8-1 loss to Class-AAA power Heritage Academy in the season opener, the Raiders downed the Winston Patriots in team match play, 6-3, in a District 2-AA opener for both teams Wednesday afternoon.
"It's a little both new and old faces, but we revamped this season," Oak Hill Head Coach Brian Middleton said. "Last year, we had a great and big senior class. But with that, you have to pay a price.
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STARKVILLE — The young and inexperienced West Point Lady Green Wave showed coach Brian Guy something to build on late in Tuesday night's 12-2 loss at Starkville.
Trailing 9-0 after four innings, the Lady Green Wave scored a pair of runs in the fifth inning to get to within seven runs.
It may not have seemed much to the average fan, but the way his team fought meant quite a bit to Guy.
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Special to Daily Times Leader
After some adversity early in the game against the East Webster Wolverines on Tuesday night, the West Point Green Wave mustered their strength and ended the game with a 10-5 victory.
PHEBA — Channing Tapley constructed a reputation for late-game heroics this past fall.
In the MAIS eight-man football playoff game against Delta Academy on Nov. 13 in Pheba, the Hebron Christian sophomore added a needed two-point conversion on a quarterback-designed run, diving over the corner pylon of the end zone and a defender, during the fourth quarter. The conversion gave the gridiron Eagles a 20-14 advantage.
He later threw the game-winning pass to Drew Myatt in overtime for a 26-20 triumph.
For Daily Times Leader
The West Point Soccer Club's U10 boys team won its division at the Tupelo March Madness Tournament last weekend by outscoring opponents 23-6 over the span of four games.
However, after the tournament, the boys on the team talked about the one goal that put them through to the championship game.
"The Sunday morning game against Oxford was a real test," Coach Thomas Easterling said. "It was back and forth the whole time, and we had to beat or tie them to advance to the championship."
The total, combined runs scored by the Starkville Lady Jackets and West Point Lady Wave matched the cold, wintery temperatures.
One team was warm with the feeling of victory. While the other was left cold by a loss in this highly contested Golden Triangle Area rivalry.
The Lady Jackets rallied 10 runs in the final three innings to surpass the Lady Wave, 18-15, in a MHSAA non-district fast-pitch softball game Tuesday at West Point High School.
West Point pushed across one run in the final three innings.
PHEBA — Behind a positive performance on the mound, Hebron Christian Eagles (2-0; 1-0 District 3-A) grabbed a 9-5 decision over the Calhoun Cougars in a MAIS District 3-A baseball game at Hebron Christian School.
The Eagles outhit the Cougars (11-1) and kept the base path busy, scoring at least one run during five of the seven innings of play. Hebron's pitching staff held Calhoun to only one hit in seven innings.
By Will Nations
Many people surrounding the West Point basketball program felt that something special would happen in the 2013-14 season.
They were right. The West Point Green Wave is headed to the North State semi-finals and will not have to leave the city limits.
With all five starters returning from a strong 2012-13 season, West Point High School Assistant Principal Kendall Pickens knew that an opportunity to host the MHSAA Class-5A North State tournament would be an award and a possibility. Pickens' bid to the MHSAA landed the tournament in West Point.


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High Five for Five Dollar Felines Adoptions Supported by Best Friends
Local animal rescue groups and shelters across the country showcase adopting rescued cats and older kittens as the best five dollars you have ever spent on preventative heart health care during events supported by national animal welfare organization, Best Friends Animal Society. All events are between Friday, Nov. 26 and Sunday, Nov. 28.
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One of the most heart-smart moves a person can make is to invite a cat into his/her life. And this Thanksgiving weekend, local animal rescue groups, with support from the national Best Friends Animal Society®, will make it very easy to bring home a new feline family member.
Rescue groups participating in High Five for $5 Felines are members of Best Friends Network Charities, a program that supports local animal rescue groups with the tools they need to save more lives. Using the general theme of "Open your home to a rescued cat for your heart's sake," rescue groups will showcase cats and kittens (age five months and older) in adoption events sometime between Friday, Nov. 26, and Sunday, Nov. 28. Each feline will be spayed or neutered and vaccinated prior to the event, and the fee to adopt is only $5 per kitty.
"Best Friends Network Charities program is proud to support these groups (see list below of groups and locations) participating in this national multi-city adoption event. Best Friends' goal is to help the groups increase the number of cats adopted," said Lavanya Raju, coordinator for Best Friends Network Charities.
Raju explained that the idea of emphasizing that cats can improve people's health was inspired by a University of Minnesota study that showed the relative risk of death from heart attack was 40 percent lower for those who own a cat. The most logical explanation for this, the study revealed, is that having a cat may relieve stress and anxiety, and subsequently reduce the risk of cardiovascular diseases.
"Five dollars for a spayed/neutered best friend is an unbelievable deal for anyone looking to add a cat to their family and it may be the best $5 you have ever spent on preventive heart health care," Raju said.
"Local rescue groups and shelters provide a valuable public service to both the animals and the communities they serve," Raju said. "Too many cats are dying in shelters across the country; only 10 to 20 percent of pet cats are adopted from shelters and local rescue groups. These groups are going out of their way to get these cats into loving homes where the kitties can not only give your heart a "Ëœwarm fuzzy' but actually help you and your family stay healthier.
"Every cat who gets adopted actually means that two cats are saved because the first cat is adopted and opens up space at the shelter or rescue for another homeless cat in need. We hope the public will come out and support their efforts. And bringing a rescued cat into your home not only saves that cat's life, it may save yours as well," Raju said.
"Even if you can't adopt, please volunteer, donate or just send a note thanking rescue groups for what they are doing. You can make a difference for homeless cats and for these rescuers who are working so hard to save them," Raju said.
The "High 5 for $5 Felines" adoption events are part of Best Friends Animal Society's goal of No More Homeless Pets, which aims to end the killing of dogs and cats in America's shelters.
Participating Network Charities in "High 5 for $5 Felines include:
Jacksonville, Florida – Jacksonville Animal Care and Protective Services
Newberry, Florida – Helping Hands Pet Rescue, Inc.
Iowa City, Iowa – Safe Haven of Iowa County
Greenfield, Indiana – Partners for Animal Welfare Society, Inc. (P.A.W.S.)
Muncie, Indiana – Animal Rescue Fund
Leoti, Kansas – Silent Angels Advocate, Rescue & Shelter
Jersey City, New Jersey – Liberty Humane
Montclair, New Jersey – Montclair Township Animal Shelter
Kalamazoo, Michigan – Kalamazoo Animal Rescue
Middletown & Elmsford, New York – Pets Alive
New York City, New York – For Animals, Inc.
Raleigh, North Carolina – Second Chance Pet Adoptions
Camp Hill, Pennsylvania – PAWS of PA
Indiana, Pennsylvania – Indiana County Humane Society
Gonzales, Texas – Friends of Gonzales Animal Shelter, Inc.
St. George, Utah – H.A.R.T. (Homeless Animal Rescue Team of Utah)
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This honey BBQ Chicken is sure to be a hit at your next summer barbecue! There is something about making your own sauce that makes your food taste so much better. Maybe because there is less preservatives than the bottled stuff, I'm not really sure. This is especially true with this Honey BBQ sauce! It is sweet and tangy and just delicious, we smothered it all over our chicken. We made this chicken with the Pesto Potatoes that I posted a few weeks ago and it was a delicious dinner! It would also be prefect cut up over salad.
|Honey BBQ Chicken
- 4 to 6 chicken breasts
- 1 Tbsp. Vegetable oil
- 1 tsp. minced garlic
- ¾ c. ketchup
- ½ c. cider vinegar
- ¼ c. firmly packed brown sugar
- ¼ c. honey
- 3 Tbsp. Worcetershire sauce
- 1½ Tbsp. Yellow mustard
- 2 tsp soy sauce
- ½ tsp chili powder
- In a medium saucepan over medium-high heat, warm the vegetable oil. Add the garlic and cook for 1 minute. Add the remaining sauce ingredients and bring to a boil. Reduce heat and simmer about 15 minutes. Set aside. Pour ½ of the sauce in a small bowl for basting the chicken.
- I like to pound the chicken a little before I grill it so it cooks evenly. Grill the chicken on medium high heat, you want to cook it 7 to 10 minutes on each side. It tastes best if you only turn it once.
- Baste generously with the small bowl of sauce every 3 or 4 minutes. Serve with the remaining sauce on the side for dipping.


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Katie McNally and Eric McDonald
Presented by Gore Place at Gore Place
July 31, 2013
Fiddler Katie McNally and guitarist Eric McDonald offer an evening of traditional music from Scotland. Eric and Katie create a magical acoustic blend of sound that soars sweetly above the listener, swirls to new heights, and then drifts softly back down to earth.
52 Gore St
Waltham, MA 02453
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$10, $8 members and ages 5-12
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Doors open at 7pm. No AC. Free parking.
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Baller Brides: 5 Things You Don't Know About Mark Zuckerberg's Wife Priscilla Chan- By Bossip Staff Categories: Ballers, matrimony-dom, News
5. She influenced his interest in China
Zuckerberg's wife, who is Chinese-American, is fluent in English, Spanish and Cantonese, according to the Daily Beast. In 2010, he started studying Chinese to prepare for a trip to China with Chan, who has some family in China, he told Oprah Winfrey at the time. Though he didn't become fluent, he was able to at least communicate with his bride-to-be's grandmother.


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Montezuma Castle and Tuzigoot National Monuments Educator's Guide
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This Educator's Guide is intended to provide assistance in preparing for a visit to Montezuma Castle, Montezuma Well and/or Tuzigoot. However, it can be used independently of field trips to the monuments. All activities meet State of Arizona standards.
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The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Tuesday cut the policy rates by 0.50 percentage points, signalling banks to cut the lending rates. The decision is likely to help borrowers breathe easy.
"This itself is a strongest signal……50 basis points cut is more effective than a smaller cut," RBI Governor D. Subbarao said at a press conference here after meeting bankers as part of the Annual Monetary Policy announcement for 2012-13.
The short-term repo rate (at which banks borrow from RBI) has been cut from 8.5 per cent to 8 per cent.
This reduction in rates after they were increased 13 times between March 2010 and October 2011 surprised the market, which was expecting a cut of 0.25 percentage points.
However, one has to wait and see how banks will put it into practice.
The RBI expected inflation to rule at 6.5 per cent for March 2013. It said the overall growth outlook for the current year looked "a little better than it was last year." Accordingly, it projected a GDP growth of 7.3 per cent for the current year.
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EdCeptional Show #16
Tonight, we are Surfing the SLP Wave with Speech Techie, Sean Sweeney. Sean is a speech and language pathologist and instructional tech specialist and is the author of the blog SpeechTechie. We are very excited to have Sean with us tonight!
To start our show, we each share what inspires us as professionals in the field of special education. During News Watch, we discuss how assistive technology (especially AAC and the iPad) has emerged in the mainstream media, introduce a study about iPads in higher education, share our thoughts on whether or not tablets are ready for the classroom, and get an update from Anne on what she learned at DENSI (wiki /twitter) and ISTE 2011 conferences. Did you know UDL is NOT a known topic? For Blog Watch, we learn about Sean's blog Speech Techie and share a recent post on PediaStaff by Megan Bratti. On the Radar for this week was low-tech or homemade AT solutions, Google+ field testing accessibility for ASL users, activation of Assistive Touch in iOS 5 Beta, Jeremy's list of Android apps for Special Education (Autism), and a series of instructional videos for AT.
Show Guest: Sean Sweeney
Show contributors: Patrick Black, Jeremy Brown, & Deb Truskey
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Morning News - Jen Andrus
Chaune Bumgarner proudly displays some of her students' artwork that will be showcased in an art show Thursday.
Chaune Bumgarner has an eye for art and the endless capacity to love children. That is why Bumgarner is thrilled to present "Art by Kids" first ever art show Thursday from 5:30 to 8 p.m. The 37 students will be showcasing five to seven of their best pieces including brightly colored art of dinosaurs, fairies, flowers and abstract images in various different mediums.
While Cushman's craft stores in Blackfoot and Pocatello were open for business Monday, the steady stream of those coming in were there to offer their condolences to the Cushman family over the
loss of their mother, businesswoman and longtime Blackfoot resident - Maxine Cushman.
Cushman, 93, died from injuries received in a car accident north of the Fort Hall exit on Interstate 15 Friday evening. Idaho State Police officials said Cushman, who was driving a 2002 Honda Odyssey van, came upon
Items of note from June 2-9.
Blackfoot Police
PLAYING IN THE FOUNTAIN: June 2, 7:44 p.m.: A caller said there are two young kids playing in the fountain across from the mortuary and no adults are around. They were concerned the kids might drown.
WHAT'S IN THE BAG?: June 2, 10:12 p.m.: A woman said she found a black bag on her property and has no idea who it belongs to or what is in it.
IPAD THEFT: June 2, 10:12 p.m.: A woman said someone has broken into her home and stolen her IPAD. She said the screen to her window is broken.
Clint Krehbiel caught the collecting bug early in life.
He still has the double barrel shotgun he bought when he was 12 years old.
And, he has a whole lot more, including guns, lots and lots of wrenches and other tools, advertising signs, three jailhouse doors. The list goes on and on.
"I have always enjoyed antiques," Krehbiel said. "It has just been a hobby."
The Kansas native and his wife Marge, an Aberdeen native who headed east for college, returned to Idaho in the early 1960s.
The gallery of the Blackfoot Livestock Auction was about three-quarters full Friday afternoon for the auction of the sorrel filly quarter horse named Mini. The Relay for Life team, "Pony Up for a Cure," donated the money raised to the Blackfoot Relay for Life.
Tracy and Tess Lake donated the 2-year-old filly, Mini.
Jack Webb was the highest bidder. He purchased Mini for $1,075. Other people donated items that were also auctioned.
The high bidder (two times) for a painting and scarf was the Blackfoot Livestock Auction. The bids totaled $160.
If there's one thing that comes to a person's mind when observing the happenings at Bingham County Relay for Life it's that 'cancer doesn't discriminate.' The purple 'survivor T-shirts' worn by hundreds of men, women and children dotted the Blackfoot High School football field as over 2,500 volunteers, 58 teams and numerous cancer survivors gathered for the annual event Friday evening.
Everyone had a story-with cancer being the common theme — similiar but different — both heartbreaking and inspiring.
There are lots of questions and investigations going on at Bingham Memorial Hospital (BMH) since current and former employees have been speaking out about certain actions there.
The Idaho Attorney General's office "indicated that they will likely be able to assist," said Robert Cooper, Director, Constituent Information & Communication officer for that office.
Blackfoot Police Chief Dave Moore said his department is working with the Attorney General's office.
King Tut: Treasures of the Tomb opens Friday at the Museum of Idaho, 200 N. Eastern Ave. in Idaho Falls.
Ten years in the making from the artisans of the Pharaonic Village in Giza, Egypt, and the Metropolitan Museum of Art, this exhibition displays a dazzling collection of Tutankhamen's (King Tut) legendary treasures and recreates the richest archaeological find of all time.
Items of note from May 23-June 2.
Blackfoot Police
SHOPLIFTING: May 23, 8:34 p.m.: A caller at Walmart reported having two females detained for shoplifting.
SUSPICIOUS CIRCUMSTANCE: May 25, 1:11 a.m.: A caller said two people are getting into people's cars.
CAN'T MOVE ON: May 25, 10:09 a.m.: A man said he arranged to buy a camper about a month ago but it fell through because the seller couldn't provide the title. He said he got his check back but still finds the situation odd and wanted to know if anything else could be done about it.


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Mediums 5.5″ to 6″
Larges 6″ to 6.5″
X-Large 6.5″ to 7″
Supers 7″+
Soups and Greens
Maryland Crab Soup
Blue Crab and veggies in a tomato base. Cup 5, Bowl 9
Cream of Crab Soup
Creamy with Lump Blue Crab & herbs. Cup 6, Bowl 11
Clam Chowder
New England style: Clams, bacon, potatoes. Cup 5, Bowl 9
Oyster Stew
Traditional style + Local Oysters. Cup 6, Bowl 11
Side Salad
Your choice of ranch, bleu cheese, parmesan peppercorn, balsamic vinagerette, golden italian, or honey mustard. 4.25
Garden Salad
Chopped romaine, baby spinach, carrots, red onions, tomato, cucumber, green pepper, & croutons, your choice of dressing. 9
Caesar Salad
Chopped romaine hearts, shaved parmesan, & croutons, with creamy Caesar dressing. 10
Baby Spinach
Bacon, tomatoes, red onion, crumbled bleu cheese, bacon vinaigrette. 11
Salad Toppers…
Chicken Breast, grilled or blackened 5
Jumbo Shrimp, grilled or blackened 8
Lump Crab Cake, broiled 14
Catch of the Day, broiled or blackened 9
In the shell…
Steamer Clams
Bucket of soft shell clams. Priced Daily
Cherrystone Clams
One dozen. Raw or Steamed. 11
Local Oysters
On the half shell. Raw or Steamed. 17/dozen, 9/half dozen
Bucket of Mussels
Prince Edward Island. 14
Drunk'n Mussels
Simmered in white wine, garlic, and herbs. 16
King Crab Legs
Fries, Cole Slaw, Drawn Butter. 32/pound (2 legs) 16.50/ half pound (1 leg)
Snow Crab Legs
Fries, Cole Slaw, Drawn Butter. 24/pound 12.50/half pound
Jimmy's Steamed Feast
Snow crab legs, mussels, clams, shrimp, slaw. 26
Peel-N-Eat Shrimp
Small Peel-N-Eat 16/pound, 8.50/half pound
Cantler's Style Jumbo Shrimp
Old Bay, Onions, Potatoes. 24/pound. 12.50/half pound
Steamed, Live, Hard Shell Crabs Year 'Round
All sandwiches come with your choice of 1 side: fries, slaw, hushpuppies, potato salad; onion rings (add 1.25) or sweet potato fries (add 1)
Lump Crab Cake Sandwich
Packed full of lump crab meat and broiled, served on a roll. 17
Fried Crab Cake Sandwich
Made with backfin crab meat and deep fried. 14
Soft Crab Sandwich
Fresh soft shell crab, simply fried served on your choice of bread. 16
Shrimp Salad Sandwich
Fresh spiced shrimp, mayo, celery, herbs & spices. 12
Linda's Crab Roll
Fresh jumbo lump crab salad on a toasted butter split top roll served with old bay chips. 17
Fried Oyster Sandwich
Juicy, Local, Hand-Breaded Oysters. 15
Rockfish Sandwich
Broiled, Blackened, Grilled, or Fried. 13
Or served black-n-bleu. 14
O.T.H. Special
Blackened chicken breast with american cheese & bacon on ciabatta bread – a favorite of our dock crew. 10
Cheese Steak Sub
Shaved rib eye topped with American cheese. 9
1/2 Pound Burger
100% ground beef, char grilled. 10
Fried Platters served with fries & cole slaw
Broiled Platters served with fresh vegetable & starch of the day
Lump Crab Cake
Two broiled cakes with Maryland lump crab. 32
Fried Crab Cake
Two Maryland backfin crab cakes, deep fried. 26
Soft Crabs
Two fresh soft crabs, cleaned and fried. 31
Local Striped Bass Broiled, Blackened, Grilled, or Fried. 24
Sea Scallops
Broiled, blackened, or fried. 27
Seafood Carbonara
Shrimp, crab, scallops, mushrooms, peas, spicy bacon, bowtie pasta, white sauce. 27
Hand-Breaded Oysters
Fried, with fish house chips & slaw. 30/dozen, 16/half dozen
Captain Lou's Fish Fry
Rockfish filet, crab cake, and soft crab. 30
Fried Shrimp
12 jumbo shrimp battered and fried. 23
Clam Strips
A pile of breaded fried clam strips. 17
Seafood Broiler
Broiled rockfish, scallops, & jumbo shrimp. 28
Baked Lump Crab Imperial
A classic Maryland recipe. 32
Stuffed Shrimp
Jumbo shrimp backed with homemade crab imperial. 27
Stuffed Rockfish
Local rockfish filled & baked with crab imperial. 30
Crab Stuffed Portobello
Over wine, sauteed garlic, spinach, cherry tomato, & roasted red peppers (no sides). 22
Maryland Fried Chicken
Half chicken, bone in, fried crisp. 15
Filet Mignon
An 8 ounce cut, grilled. 26
9" Pizza. 8
16" Pizza. 13
Choice of Two Toppings
Pepperoni, Sausage, Green Peppers, Mushrooms, Bacon, Black Olives, Tomato, Onion
French Fries
side 3.25, basket 5.25
Hush Puppies
side 4, basket 6
Sweet Potato Fries
side 4, basket 6
Onion Rings
side 5, basket 7
Fried Green Tomatoes
four slices 6
Coleslaw 3
Potato Salad 3
Soft Drinks
Unsweetened Iced Tea, Coke, Caffeine Free Diet Coke, Sprite, Ginger Ale, Pink Lemonade … free refills! 2.25
Beer Here
Coors Light, Miller Lite, Budweiser, Bud Light, Michelob Ultra, Bud Select 55, Yuengling, Fat Tire, Corona.
Ask about our craft, seasonal, and local beer selection.
Kids Menus
Served with your choice of fries, applesauce, or fruit cup:
Chicken Tenders 5
Hot Dog 5
Kid's Cheeseburger 4
Clam Strips 6
Macaroni & Cheese 4
Kid's Crab Cake 5
Served a la carte (no sides):
Cheese or Pepperoni Pizza 5
Pasta (red or white sauce) 5
Mozzarella Sticks 5
Party Packages for Reservations of 10 or More:
Available Monday thru Thursday and Fridays before 4pm with a reservation
Package "A" Includes All You Can Eat/Drink:
Steamed Hard-Shell Crabs, Corn on the Cob, Coleslaw, French Fries, Iced Tea & Soft Drinks
Package "B"
Includes All You Can Eat/Drink:
Steamed Hard-Shell Crabs, Steamed Shrimp, Corn on the Cob, Coleslaw, French Fries, Onion Rings, Iced Tea & Soft Drinks
Package "C"
Includes All You Can Eat/Drink:
Steamed Hard-Shell Crabs, Steamed Shrimp, Corn on the Cob, Coleslaw, French Fries, Onion Rings, Iced Tea & Soft Drinks, Beer & wine 2 hour time limit
Price Subject to Change +6% tax on food, +9% tax on alcohol


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In one preferred embodiment, an apparatus for embossing diffraction patterns on a sheet, the apparatus including: an elongate, rotatable, cylindrical roll; a plurality of arcuate embossing shim segments disposed on the surface of the roll; and the embossing shim segments being rearrangeable and/or replaceable to change the pattern embossed on the sheet. In another aspect of the invention, a method of slitting, into a plurality of strips, an embossed sheet, each strip having thereon a plurality of rows of diffraction grating segments vertically spaced apart a multiple of a selected distance, the method including: providing on a portion of the sheet a plurality of index marks vertically spaced apart a multiple of the selected distance, the index marks being provided for the alignment of cutting apparatus such that the sheet will be slit so that a selected row of the segments will be disposed a desired distance from an edge of each strip. In a further aspect of the invention, a method of providing a diffraction grating element on a first substrate strip for the reading of the diffraction grating with a light source producing a spot of light and a photodetector detecting light diffracted by the diffraction grating element, the spot of light passing relative to the first substrate strip along a path parallel to an edge of the first substrate strip, the method including: placing the diffraction grating element such that the path passes substantially through the center of the diffraction grating element.
1. An apparatus for embossing diffraction patterns on a sheet, said apparatus comprising:
(a) an elongate, rotatable, cylindrical roll;
(b) a plurality of arcuate embossing shim segments disposed on the surface of said roll to embossingly contact said sheet as said roll rotates; and
(c) in a first configuration, said embossing shim segments having corresponding ends terminating in a common plane and, in a second configuration, one of said embossing shim segments being axially displaced from the other of said embossing shim segments so as to vary the pattern embossed on said sheet.
The present application is a continuation-in-part of U.S. application Ser. No. 07/957,882, filed Oct. 7, 1992, now abandoned, which is a continuation-in-part of U.S. application Ser. No. 07/921,460, filed Jul. 28, 1992, abandoned, which is a continuation-in part of U.S. application Ser. No. 07/857,729, filed Mar. 26, 1992, abandoned, which is a continuation-in-part of U.S. application Ser. No. 07/810,483, filed Dec. 19, 1991, abandoned.
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to identification means generally and, more particularly, but not by way of limitation, to a novel method and apparatus for manufacturing diffraction gratings for use in optical identification means and to improved methods of reading the same.
2. Background Art
In the above-referenced application Ser. No. 07/921,460, there is described the need for secure methods of verifying the authenticity of identification means such as credit cards. There is further described a method and apparatus for manufacturing secure optomagnetic identification means.
Such method and apparatus include providing identification means having thereon magnetically encoded information and an optical image, including: optically reading the optical image and magnetically reading the magnetically encoded information, providing relative position information by determining the position of the optical image relative to the position of the magnetically encoded information, encrypting the relative position information; and, magnetically encoding the relative position information on the identification means.
Verification is provided by reading encoding relative position information and determining the relative position of the optical image and the magnetically encoded information on the identification means presented. If the encoded relative position information and the presently read relative position information are identical, then the identification means is authentic.
The optical image may be a pure diffraction grating or it may be a holographic image, which is a type of diffraction grating, or it may be a combination of the two. To provide further security, the above-referenced application discloses the use of compound diffraction gratings. In any case, the use of the relative position information for authentication is possible because the optical image is placed in a different position on each identification means, or, at least, the positions are different on a large number of identification means, due to the method of manufacture of the optical images.
In the conventional manufacture of such optical images, a cylindrical embossing shim is sleeved over a rotatable roll. Then the roll is used to emboss a thin metal foil sheet or a wax coating on a release carrier sheet. In the latter process, the embossed wax coating is subsequently metallized with a vapor deposited metal such as aluminum, nickel, or chromium. If embossed sheet is to be used to produce a security tape in which there is a security strip having an optical image superjacent a magnetic layer, such as described in U.S. Pat. Nos. 4,631,222, issued Dec. 23, 1986, to Sander, and 4,684,795, issued Aug. 4, 1987, to Colgate, Jr., a layer of iron oxide particles is now placed on the embossed sheet. The embossed sheet is then slit into strips which are to be laminated to identification means such as credit cards. In that process, the strips are laminated to credit card stock and the credit cards are die cut from the stock, with each credit card bearing an embossed segment.
The shim is arranged so that the images thereon index each revolution, so that only after a number of revolutions, does the placement of the image(s) on what will be an embossed segment repeat. With a 6-inch circumference shim 18 inches long to produce 36 embossed strips 1/2-inch wide and an embossed segment length of 3.385-inch (including 0.5-inch waste) for credit card application, approximately 36,000 different embossed segments can be produced before duplication. If that duplication rate is unacceptable to the user of the embossed strips, it is necessary to replace the relatively expensive shim after 36,000 embossed segments have been produced.
Furthermore, when using compound diffraction gratings, there are certain discrimination problems which can interfere with accurately reading the optical image. For example, if the spot of light employed to illuminate a diffraction grating element does not fall substantially on the element, an ambiguous reading may be made.
Accordingly, it is a principal object of the present invention to provide method and apparatus for producing optical images for secure identification means in which the number of optical images produced without duplication is greatly increased over conventional methods.
It is an additional object of the invention to provide improved methods of reading optical images on identification means.
Other objects of the present invention, as well as particular features, elements, and advantages thereof, will be elucidated in, or be apparent from, the following description and the accompanying drawing figures.
The present invention achieves the above objects, among others, by providing, in one preferred embodiment, an apparatus for embossing diffraction patterns on a sheet, said apparatus comprising: an elongate, rotatable, cylindrical roll; a plurality of arcuate embossing shim segments disposed on the surface of said roll; and said embossing shim segments being rearrangeable and/or replaceable to change the pattern embossed on said sheet. In another aspect of the invention, a method of slitting, into a plurality of strips, an embossed sheet, each said strip having thereon a plurality of rows of diffraction grating segments vertically spaced apart a multiple of a selected distance, said method comprising: providing on a portion of said sheet a plurality of index marks vertically spaced apart a multiple of said selected distance, said index marks being provided for the alignment of cutting apparatus such that said sheet will be slit so that a selected row of said segments will be disposed a desired distance from an edge of each said strip. In a further aspect of the invention, a method of providing a diffraction grating element on a first substrate strip for the reading of said diffraction grating with a light source producing a spot of light and a photodetector detecting light diffracted by said diffraction grating element, said spot of light passing relative to said first substrate strip along a path parallel to an edge of said first substrate strip, said method comprising: placing said diffraction grating element such that said path passes substantially through the center of said diffraction grating element.
Understanding of the present invention and the various aspects thereof will be facilitated by reference to the accompanying drawing figures, submitted for purposes of illustration only and not intended to define the scope of the invention, in which:
FIG. 1 is a fragmentary, top plan view of an embossed segment having diffraction gratings, illustrating the placement of diffraction grating elements thereon.
FIG. 2 is a fragmentary, top plan view of an embossed segment of diffraction grating elements, illustrating preferred relative dimensions thereof.
FIG. 3 is top plan view of an embossed diffraction grating sheet being slit into strips.
FIG. 4 is a fragmentary, perspective view of an embossed sheet being embossed according to the present invention.
FIG. 5 is an enlarged portion of FIG. 4 illustrating another feature of the present invention.
FIG. 6 is a fragmentary, enlarged, top plan view of an embossed sheet according to the present invention.
Reference should now be made to the drawing figures, in which similar or identical elements are given consistent identifying numerals throughout the various figures thereof, and in which parenthetical references to figure numbers direct the reader to the view(s) in which the element(s) being described is (are) best seen, although the element(s) may be seen also in other views.
FIG. 1 illustrates a problem with the reading of a compound diffraction grating on an embossed segment 20 disposed on a substrate 30 which may be assumed to be a credit card. Segment 20 illustrates two diffraction grating elements 22 and 24; although, the segment would normally be completely covered with diffraction grating elements. It may be assumed that element 22 can be read using a first light source (not shown) and that element 24 cannot be read by the first light source. Elements 22 and 24 may be cut from different diffraction gratings, but they may be cut from the same diffraction grating and be rotationally displaced, the latter being the case with elements 22 and 24.
Part of the process of reading embossed segment 20 includes illuminating a portion of the segment with a spot of light 36, having diameter D, as the segment moves relative to the light so that the spot of light passes across segment 20, with the center of the spot of light moving along the read line R. A spot of light in the form of an oval or other geometric configuration may be employed instead.
As shown, spot of light 36 will pass through the centers of elements 22 and 24 and produce the digital signal shown, with element 22 causing the digital electronics associated with the reading apparatus (not shown) to output a "1" and element 24 causing an output of "0".
If, however elements 22 and 24 are disposed such as elements 22' and 24', with the top edge of element 22' against read line R and the bottom edge of element 24' against the read line, the digital output will be ambiguous and may be either "1" or "0" because one-half of spot of light 36 will fall on element 22' (a read element) and the other one-half of the spot of light will fall on element 24' (a non-read element).
Referring now to FIG. 2, the solution to this problem is to have the dimension X, the distance from the bottom edge of embossed segment 20 to the center of element 22 be set so as to assure that spot of light 36 is roughly centered in element 22. The dimension V from the bottom edge of substrate 30 to the bottom edge of embossed segment 20 must also be held to a close tolerance. Holding dimensions X and V to close tolerances assures that spot of light 36 will pass through the center of 22 and through the centers of all other such segments to be read with the first light source. Other segments to be read with a second light source will be similarly positioned with respect to a read line, but the two read lines need not be congruent.
For improved reading resolution of element 22, it is also desirable to have diameter D (FIG. 1) of spot of light 36 no greater than dimension Z of the element and to have that diameter no greater than one-half of dimension Y.
A further problem with reading element 22 is that the edge of substrate 30 may wear, for example, the wearing of an identification card as it is repeatedly passed through a slot reader, so that the edge of the substrate becomes positioned at broken line 40. This decreases the distance X and eventually may start to move element 22 out of read line R. The answer to this problem is to assure that spot of light 36 initially passes across element 22 a minimum distance W from the top edge of the element, W being set so that it is at least as great as the wear expected on the edge of the substrate.
Employing the above techniques assures that spot of light 36 will always pass fully across element 22.
Reference should now be made to FIG. 3 wherein the slitting of an embossed sheet 50 is illustrated. Embossed sheet 50 is transported in the direction "A" under a plurality of knives, as at 52, mounted on a shaft 54 to produce a plurality of embossed strips, such as embossed strips 60, 62, and 64.
Embossed sheet 50 has been embossed by the method of the invention shown on FIG. 4. Referring to that Figure, a roller 70 is fixedly mounted on a shaft 72 for rotation therewith. Dovetailed into the surface of roller 70 are six embossing shims 74-79 extending lengthwise of roller 70 and held in place axially by any suitable conventional means. On the surface of shims 74-79 are embossing patterns A, B, C, D, etc., each having thereon a unique pattern. As sheet 50 is moved in the direction "B" and shaft 72 is rotated in the direction "C", the sheet is embossed by the embossing patterns as illustrated with reference to what will become strips 60 and 62 (also FIG. 3). For the typical 31/2-inch credit card application each strip will later be cut into embossed segments such as embossed segments indicated as 80 and 82 of 3.785-inch length each when the credit cards are die cut from card stock (not shown) to which embossed strip 60 will have been laminated. As noted above, with shims 74-79 having a six-inch outside diameter, a total of 36,000 one-half-inch-wide embossed segments can be produced without duplication of the patterns thereon.
In order to further increase the number of individual embossed segments produced from one set of shims 74-79, the circumferential positions of the shims on roll 70 may be rearranged by slidingly separating the dovetail joints of two or more of the shims and reinserting these in different positions, thus changing the order of the embossing patterns and greatly increasing the number of unique embossed segments that can be produced. To additionally further increase the number of individual embossed segments produced without duplication, shims 74-79 may also be switched end for end with or without changes in relative position, thus introducing new embossing patterns onto given embossed strips. Additionally, two or more of shims 74-79 may be replaced by other shims. Or, a combination of rearranging, replacing, and/or switching end for end can be employed.
A further advantage of this aspect of the invention is that embossed sheets may be customized easily. For example, one or more holographic images can be embossed on sheet 50 by replacing one or more shims 74-79 with one or more shims having thereon holographic patterns.
FIG. 5 illustrates another method of increasing the number of embossed segments produced without duplication. Here, shim 79 has been axially slid along roll 70 relative to shims 74-78 by a distance S, resulting in embossing patterns C, I, etc. on shim 79 producing offset and different diffraction patterns on the embossed strips. In like manner, one or more other of the shims may be offset or may be offset distances of varying multiples of S. The significance of the distance S will be understood by reference to FIG. 6.
FIG. 6 illustrates yet another method of increasing the number of embossed segments that can be produced from one set of shims, this method operating in the slitting step. Here, five tick marks R1 -R5 have been placed at the lower edge of embossed sheet 50, adjacent marks being vertically spaced apart by the distance S. On embossed strip 60 is embossed a pattern of diffraction grating elements which may be assumed, for example, to be the diffraction grating elements embossed by embossing pattern A (FIG. 4), the grating elements having centers vertically spaced apart by the distance S, the elements shown all being readable with a given light source. Thus, as shown, the vertical spacing of the tick marks corresponds to spaced apart read lines having the same "R" designations, which read lines pass through the centers of, in this case, two or three horizontally aligned diffraction grating elements. When sheet 50 is to be slit, knives 52 (FIG. 3) are aligned by means of the tick marks to slit sheet 50 such that a selected one of the read lines will be in proper position for reading when the embossed segments are placed on identification means. It will be understood that the other embossed strips on sheet 50 will have diffraction grating elements arranged in a similar manner spaced apart by the distance S. This method, without the use of any of the other techniques for increasing the number of individual embossed segments producible with a given configuration of shims 74-79, increases that number by a factor of five.
Referring again to FIG. 5, it should be noted that the distance S thereon corresponds to the distance S on FIG. 6, so that a displacement of S results in the shifting of the diffraction grating elements from one read line to the next.
Employing all the above techniques together results in the production of a virtually infinite number of unique embossed segments without having to replace a conventional cylindrical shim.
A further advantage of the present invention is that of deterring forgery. Should a potential forger gain access to, say, a copy of embossed sheet 50, the forger would be limited to producing compound diffraction gratings corresponding to the particular arrangement of shims 74-79 that produced that particular sheet. In the credit card field, the credit cards having diffraction patterns corresponding to those on stolen sheet 50 could be recalled and shims 74-79 simply rearranged to produce credit cards having a different pattern of diffraction gratings.
It will thus be seen that the objects set forth above, among those elucidated in, or made apparent from, the preceding description, are efficiently attained and, since certain changes may be made in the above construction without departing from the scope of the invention, it is intended that all matter contained in the above description or shown on the accompanying drawing figures shall be interpreted as illustrative only and not in a limiting sense.
It is also to be understood that the following claims are intended to cover all of the generic and specific features of the invention herein described and all statements of the scope of the invention which, as a matter of language, might be said to fall therebetween.
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Hamas leader says group wants to resolve conflict
DAMASCUS, Syria Hamas' top political leader, in a message to the Obama administration, said the militant group is determined to be part of a solution to the Palestinians' conflict with Israel.
Khaled Mashaal, the group's exiled leader, struck a more conciliatory tone toward the U.S. in an interview with The New York Times published Tuesday, saying President Barack Obama's "language is different and positive." But he did not offer any new concessions.
"I promise the American administration and the international community that we will be part of the solution, period," the paper quoted Mashaal as saying.
But he refused to budge on key demands by the U.S. and Israel that Hamas recognize the Jewish state and renounce violence. He said Islamic militant group that rules Gaza would effectively accept a two-state solution, though only for a 10-year period and only if Israel agrees to absorb Palestinian refugees and their millions of descendants, a condition Israel rejects out of hand.
The Obama administration has pushed both the Israelis and the Palestinians to pursue a permanent two-state solution in which Hamas and other Palestinian groups recognize the Jewish state.
Mashaal noted that Hamas has halted its rocket fire from the Gaza Strip on communities in southern Israel following the Jewish state's devastating three-week offensive that ended in mid-January. But he said on Hamas' Web site Tuesday that the group's aim was to expose that Israel is "the party that always begins aggression on our people."
Hamas officials often send mixed signals, including on whether they would be willing to accept a Palestinian state within only the territory Israel seized in the 1967 war – Gaza, the West Bank and east Jerusalem – rather than in Israel itself.
The rare interview with the Times was conducted in five hours spread over two days at his home in the Syrian capital, Damascus. Many of the 53-year-old leader's comments echoed those he made about two weeks ago in a live television address that was intended for British lawmakers, but was not delivered because of a technical glitch.
Mashaal's tone may have been more conciliatory. But before the U.S. and its allies in Europe will engage with the group, which they consider a terrorist organization, it will have to recognize Israel, renounce violence and accept previous Palestinian peace agreements with the Jewish state.
Mashaal, one of Hamas' founding members, pointedly rejected such a prospect.
"There is only one enemy in the region, and that is Israel," he said.
Mashaal argued that the Palestinian leadership's recognition of Israel under the late Yasser Arafat failed to end the occupation of lands that Palestinians want for a future state.
The demand for recognition, he said, is "just a pretext by the United States and Israel to escape dealing with the real issue and to throw the ball into the Arab and Palestinian court."
He also said he would not revoke the group's founding charter, which calls for Israel's destruction. But he suggested outsiders should ignore it, noting that it is 20 years old and adding that Hamas is "shaped by our experiences."


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First Stage Children's Theater is extending the run of "Pinkalicious the Musical" by adding four performances.
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"Blue Collar Comedy" star Ron White is returning to the Riverside Theater April 12.
Last time White was in town was February 2012, when he performed stand-up at a sold-out Riverside. That's a typical accomplishment for White: he's sold more than 10 million CDs and DVDs and has been one of the top three grossing touring comedians in the U.S. over the past five years. »Read Full Article
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What was your first impression? I loved this story as a kid and probably read it half a dozen times. If not more.
Plot summary? A genetic clan was created by a rich man in the late 1800's. He encouraged people with healthy, long lived grand parents to intermarry. So in a couple of centuries a small group of humans were able to live nearly 200 years. The NORMALS don't like that.
What's the bottom line? The bottom line is that Heinlein was predicting the biological revolution 50 years ahead of its time. The first version of Methuselah's Children children appeared in 1941 as a magazine serial, just before the US entered World War II. So that was 5 decades before the human genome project. How many people do you suppose are looking for genes that affect aging today? How many thousands more like it.
But that is what just kicks off this exciting story. This gets into the social psychology of politics and what a competent politician, if there is such a thing, does in a situation that is totally out of control? Luckily Lazarus Long was on the scene.
Lazarus Long is without a doubt Heinlein's most enduring character. Endearing to some but a pain in the ass to many. But many other Heinlein characters share his attributes. The ultra-competent man of daring do. It is from characters like this that we most likely see Heinlein's outlook on life and attitudes about government and the human race in general.
So what solution does Lazarus come up with to solve the problem? Steal a starship and leave the normal, nitwit humans behind. Heinlein writes the story so he doesn't have to kill anybody in the process but you know he's the kind of man who would not have hesitated if it was necessary. So in 188 pages Heinlein packs piracy, new star drives and strangely dangerous aliens in a single story that spans 73 years. Fortunately at near light speed it didn't actually take that long. By Earth Standard Time it goes from about 2120 to 2090-something. But many things about world history got mentioned in passing so even though this was one of Heinlein's early stories is it was the end of his Future Histoy series. That is until Heinlein decided to revive the Lazarus Long character in the 1970s.
Heinlein updated the story in 1958 for novel publication and I have probably never seen the original 1941 version. But he had cars that drove themselves on the highway and notified the driver when it was necessary to take manual control. We almost have the ability to do that now. But at the same time he made no serious mention of computers so I guess the cars worked by magic.
If one wants a perspective on Heinlein's writing this is a difficult book to avoid.
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A certain gay conservative and former Gap model, who shall be nameless, has been blog-bashing me for weeks. I won't go into the substance of his rants. (You'll find a typical exchange between us in a forthcoming issue of The Nation.) What I want to discuss are his repeated references to me as a Marxist and a Communist. Now that he's removed these remarks from his archive, I feel like the victim in that Alfred Hitchcock story in which a woman bludgeons her husband with a frozen leg of lamb and then serves the cooked evidence to the police. The vanishing accusation is the perfect weapon for a writer who wants to plant a thought he knows is indefensible, hoping it will be echoed by his allies. In this case, it has been.
Camille Paglia, a friend of this Creature From the Blog Lagoon, has taken to calling me a Stalinist. She doesn't mean that I'm a follower of Uncle Joe. The S-word is a hardcore version of the term politically correct. But the fact that Paglia has chosen this loaded epithet to describe meon the neocon Web site run by David Horowitzis telling. It's not hard to see why Red-baiting remains alive on the backlash right. It's the coward's way of contending with threatening ideas.
Most people shrug when I mention these attacks. After all, being called a Commie these days is about as meaningless as being called an onanist. (Look up that word and you'll see what I mean.) Certainly it's not the shot to the heart it was during my childhood in the McCarthy era.
Long before I knew what a Red actually was, I had several friends whose fathers lost their civil service jobs because of blacklisting, and other friends whose last names suddenly changed for reasons mysterious to me. I can still recall the panic on my father's face when he discovered that my after-school Jewish culture program was run by leftists. As he explained to me, he was a federal employee. In fact, he was a postal worker. That ought to give you some idea of how far the terror wentespecially among Jews, who were already regarded as an alien presence. Red-baiting was a very effective way to control millions of people who had no connection with Communism. Apparently it still is.
But there's another reason why this innuendo makes me see red. In the 1960s, I traveled widely in Eastern Europe and wrote about the role rock music played in the youth culture of those "satellite countries." I met many kidsand older folkswho saw a powerful metaphor for freedom in the music I loved simply because it was sexy. I will always remember the elderly Czech professor who pleaded with me to explain a particularly cryptic song. "Tell me, please," he entreated. "What is this Surfing Bird? What means 'Bird is the word'?"
In '68, the Soviets crushed an uprising in Prague just as the Democrats were convening in Chicago. I was among the thousands of kids running wild in the Windy City's streets, and when the police beat and gassed us I felt an intimate link with the young Czechs facing down Russian tanks. We were all in revolt against the empires that directed our lives (in my case, toward war; in theirs, toward misery), and I fervently believed that the solution in both countries was an explosion of democracy. I had no illusions about Communism in that regard. My hero in the '60s was neither Lenin nor Trotsky but Walt Whitman.
Yet my life experience is no defense against being called a Commie, because Red-baiting today has nothing to do with Marxism. Its very remoteness from current reality allows the word to connote something utterly hyper-real: an archaic personality type, militant and (in this reflexively flexible time) rigid. Of course, those traits apply to every conservative with a talk show, but only a lefty can be called a Stalinist. In that respect, Red-baiting is pretty much what it always was: an attempt to delegitimize the left. In my childhood, it described anyone who dissented from American foreign policy or who believed in government as an instrument of equality. Today it's applied to those who stand for a certain concept of social justice. A Commie in our time is someone who remains committed to liberation politics; in other words, a proponent of the socialas opposed to the personalagenda of the '60s.
The great irony is that we liberationists did bitter battle with Marxists who regarded sexism and homophobia as a distraction from the class struggle. This distinction has been lost to today's Red-baiters. They regard unregenerate feminists and gay radicals as the enemy within, and they are willing to make alliances with anyone who stands against this militanceeven race-baiters like David Horowitz. The perpetuation of male power is the issue that now defines the right. Fundamentalists, libertarians, and even backlash liberals can unite in the conviction that those who threaten the sexual order are subversives; that is to say, Commies.
But the backlash has a way of biting the hand it feeds. Consider Bill Maher, who took the name of his late-night talk show from an attack on political correctness. Right-wingers flocked to his program, along with liberals eager to prove they could take a joke. But one thing Maher never kidded about was feminism. He brayed about the need for a "men's agenda," and though he often expressed his support for gay rights, he railed at any sign that homosexuals wanted their own institutions, such as same-sex proms. As long as he stuck to bashing pushy women and queers, Maher was the rogue of the moment. Then came 9-11, and he made the mistake of saying something truly politically incorrect. He called the terrorists courageous, and that was that; Maher lost his show.
There's a lesson here about the true meaning of labels. Political correctness ought to describe blind adherence to the dominant ideologyand these days, that means American nationalism. But you'll never hear a guy with an eagle tattoo called p.c. In practice, the term applies only to those who fight the power. It's an enforcer of the order, just like its synonyms, Stalinist and Commie. In the fall of Bill Maher, you can grasp the clear and present danger of Red-baiting, even in a world without Reds. It shuts down critical thinking, and in that sense, it's the most effective instrument of conformity we have.
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How is selling a mid-range card at enthusiast prices a poor business move? I'm not exactly positive that Nvidia didn't hold back based on how well this card ended up. Releasing their best card first when this one is already faster than anything out there seems like that would be a bad move IMO. Now they can release a new card in the next month at a higher price point than what was currently the high end price and make a killing, or completely cripple ATI profits by dropping the price on the 680 and making them follow suit.
As far preventing forward progress, they don't exactly need much progress. We are still in the same console generation we were in nearly a decade ago and we won't be seeing a new generation for at least a couple of years. The amount of games that will require something better than what is currently available any time soon is slim to none.
I'm not sure you guys are understanding the situation... Its not the same as last gen. 28nm is vastly more expensive than 40nm was. These cards are at $499 because 294mm^2 costs nearly what 550mm^2 did a when fermi launched.
That kind of makes me wonder how much faster GK110 will be?
At this point I donno if there is a GK110, if there is its probably just a refresh part like 580 was over 480 i.e. not that great. They can't go much bigger without making a card that costs $800.
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The Baker University women shut down Avila College 62-39 on Saturday in the Collins Center. It was the lowest-scoring game by a Baker opponent this season. Triece Baker, senior from Morrowville, and Angie Miller, junior from Topeka, scored 10 points apiece to lead the Wildcats. Keri Zimmerman, senior from Nickerson, had eight rebounds.
Despite a strong game by Triece Baker, the 'Cats (9-13, 3-8) lost 70-66 to Central Methodist on Jan. 18 in Fayette, Mo. Baker made 11 of 14 field goal attempts and both free throws to score 24 points and also had a team-high eight rebounds. Miller, the Heart of America Athletic Conference's most accurate long-range shooter, scored 17 points and made three of seven three-point attempts.
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The deceased, 25-year-old Abhishek Rai hailing from Bhopal was found murdered in his rented flat at Golden Society on Wagholi Kesnand road. Rai is mechanic engineer.
Monday was suposed to be Rai's first day at work at Shoei Finishing Private Limited, said his friends. A case of murder has been registered with Lonikhand police station against unidentified persons by deceased's roommate Siddharth Jain.
Chandrakant Jadhav, senior police inspector at Lonikand police station said that the incident took place between 3 am to 3.20 am in the wee hours of Sunday morning. "Prima facie it appears that he was stabbed by robbers. We have recorded statements of neighbours and room mates who saw the robbers fleeing from the building. Further investigations are going on."
Jadhav added that Rai was taken by his room mate and neighbours to Lifeline hospital from where he was shifted to Ruby Hall Clinic by ambulance to control bleeding and better facilities but he died while receiving treatment. "Further investigations are going on, we have recorded statements of his roommate and neighbours," added Jadhav.
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