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Betty Hobbs
And taking Him by the hand
And knowing His words
In the Bible to be read
Makes a life worthwhile
To be fed with the blessing from His hand
Coming to know Jesus
Through His words
Doing what He asks
And blessing from the storehouse up above
Creator of a beauty to be loved
Happy in the Heaven
That God gave to me
To will His blessings
Of liberty and surety
Coming to know Jesus
Freely His love flows
In our hearts
Wherever we go
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CHESTNUT HILL, Mass. – Boston College used a five-goal second period to erase a 3-0 deficit and capture an 8-6 win over the fifth-ranked University of New Hampshire men's ice hockey team on Saturday night in Hockey East action in front of 5,417 at Conte Forum.
CHESTNUT HILL, Mass. – Boston College used a five-goal second period to erase a 3-0 deficit and capture an 8-6 win over the fifth-ranked University of New Hampshire men's ice hockey team on Saturday night in Hockey East action in front of 5,417 at Conte Forum.
UNH falls to 4-4-2 overall with a 2-2-2 mark in Hockey East, while BC is now 6-3-1, 4-2-1 HE.
Jimmy Hayes recorded his first career hat trick and added an assist, while Brock Bradford had two goals and two assists for the Eagles. UNH's Mike Sislo (2g, 1a - Superior Wis.), James van Riemsdyk (1g, 3a - Middletown, N.J.), Peter LeBlanc (1g, 1a - Hamilton, Ontario) and Joe Charlebois (0g, 2a - Potsdam, N.Y.) all had multi-point games for New Hampshire, while Blake Kessel (Verona, Wis.) and Steve Moses (Leominster, Mass.) each scored their first collegiate goals for UNH.
The Wildcats wasted no time scoring just 22 seconds in to take a 1-0 lead. LeBlanc potted the goal, his team-leading sixth of the season, that was created by a BC turnover in its own end. UNH doubled its lead with a power play goal by Sislo. The play was setup by an outstanding individual effort by van Riemsdyk. Charlebois was also credited with an assist on the goal at 9:44, which game the Wildcats a 2-0 advantage at the break.
The Wildcats made it 3-0 on Sislo's second goal of the game. Charlebois once again had the assist at 1:49. BC answered with five-straight goals to end the second and take a 5-3 advantage into the break. Jimmy Hayes, who scored two of the five goals in the period, netted the first goal at 3:57 with assists from Ben Smith and Paul Carey. Carey scored to make it 3-2 at 7:48 with a helper from Hayes. Brock Bradford netted the equalizer just 25 seconds later with assists from Brian Gibbons and Carl Sneep, while Gibbons scored one of his own to put the Eagles ahead at 11:43. The goal was assisted by Bradford and Benn Ferriero. Hayes scored his second of the period, a power play goal, at 17:41 to close out scoring in a six-goal second. Cam Atkinson and Barry Almeida registered assists. BC held a 15-10 shot advantage in the period.
UNH cut into the lead with a goal just 1:06 into the third that make it 5-4. Sislo fought for the puck with a BC defender behind the net and feed van Riemsdyk on the left of the net for the tally. BC regained its two-goal advantage just over a minute later when Matt Lombardi potted the Eagles' sixth goal of the game at 2:27. BC stretched it to 7-4 as Bradford tallied with second of the night with assists from Ferriero and Anthony Aiello at 6:58. Kessel scored his first collegiate goal at 8:54 to trim the lead to 7-5. The goal, which came on a one-timer from the right point, was setup by van Riemsdyk and LeBlanc. With the Wildcats down two goals late, they left netminder Matt DiGirolamo (Penilyn, Pa.) in favor of an extra skater and the Eagles took advantage with an empty net goal by Hayes, which completed his hat trick. Bradford earned his fourth point with an assist on the goal at 19:16. The Wildcats completed scoring with an extra-skater just 10 seconds later when Moses potted the first of his career with helpers from Greg Collins (Fairport, N.Y.) and Nick Krates (Palos Park, Ill.)
DiGirolamo turned away a career-high 29 shots including 11 in the second period, but falls to 0-2-1, while BC's John Muse had 31 saves, 14 in the third period to earn his sixth win of the season.
UNH was 1-3 on the power play, while BC was 1-4 in its extra-skater opportunities.
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Mwr Id Card Location Locator
Started by jbasser , Mar 11 2010 08:57 PM
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Posted 11 March 2010 - 08:57 PM
Here is a site that is a database for ID card issue.
Posted 19 June 2012 - 11:50 AM
You will get a 404 Error on this site addy.
Posted 20 June 2012 - 11:09 PM
They changed it since this topic was posted 2 years and 3 months ago.
Posted 01 July 2012 - 09:08 AM
Try this.
Posted 22 September 2013 - 01:56 PM
I know this is old, but...
The closest place that does ID Cards is a USCG place 40 miles away. My ID is okay but my Wife's isn't. Does what branch of service I was in matter or can anyone originally from any service update an ID Card there? For instance, I'm Navy. Can my wife get her 'spouse' card there anyway or would we have to find a nearby Naval installation?
Posted 22 September 2013 - 05:58 PM
She can get it there. Is hers expired. She may need marriage license but if she is enrolled in Deers then she should be ok. It doesnt matter wich branch you served.
Posted 01 October 2013 - 08:55 AM
Here is an important tip. After locating a site you wish to visit, be sure to call them! There was an Army reserve site just a few minutes from my house. I went there and, despite it showing on the list as an ID card site, I found out they were not an ID card site. I had to drive to the Air Force base on the other side of town to get my ID.
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4.2 million-plus Americans chose health plans by March 1
By Peggy O'Hare : March 11, 2014 : Updated: March 11, 2014 4:05pm
Photo By Associated PressVenessa Salazar, right, helps her mother, Lisa Salazar, use a computer at a public library to navigate the Affordable Health Care Act website last December in San Antonio.
Photo By Eric Gay/Associated PressCaroline Ramirez, left, and Sam Martinez, right, use computers at a public library to access the Affordable Health Care Act website, Wednesday, Dec. 11, 2013, in San Antonio. Thousands of Texans enrolled for health insurance in October and November on the embattled federal online exchange, nearly five times more than successfully navigated the site during its rocky opening month, but still a tiny tally for such a large state, according to figures released Wednesday. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
SAN ANTONIO — Just 4.2 million-plus consumers nationwide had selected marketplace health insurance plans through the Affordable Care Act as of March 1, according to the latest enrollment numbers released today by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
Officially, 4,242,325 consumers nationwide had selected health plans in the marketplace by that date. In Texas, 295,025 consumers had selected health plans through the marketplace as of March 1, the federal report shows.
The numbers reveal President Barack Obama's administration made only nominal progress in persuading Americans to purchase health insurance last month as the March 31 open enrollment deadline approaches. The number of shoppers nationwide who selected marketplace health plans increased by less than 1 million people during the month of February. In Texas, that number increased by little more than 87,000 people in February, today's report shows.
The Obama administration has generally aimed for a goal of 7 million Americans to be enrolled by the March 31 deadline.
Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius and her staff will discuss the enrollment report in a conference call set for 3 p.m. CST today.


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Editor's Note: Taxpayer, writer, and former law enforcement officer Thomas Sinacore attended two, large citizen "tea party" protests here in Vermont on April 15. What follows combines observations and commentary about the grassroots protest over national policy. Views expressed are those of the writer.
On April 15, 1969, I was sworn in as a New York City police officer-sworn to uphold the laws of the State of New York and the Constitution of United States. On this same date four decades later, I again came to support the U.S. Constitution as did other citizens from around the U.S. We gathered in peaceful demonstration in support of the constitution. Approximately 2,000 such events took place across this country. It was called the tax day "tea party"-tea being an acronym for "taxed enough already". I attended two such events, one in Montpelier, organized by Jessica Bernier, the other in Rutland, organized by Jon Wallace.
At these non-partisan, multi-racial gatherings there were even Obama supporters who apologized for voting for this man. It was gratifying to see so many conservatives finally coming forward and publically stating: "No longer the silent majority!"
I must concede I didn't go as an impartial observer, but at least I admit it; that is more than some of the other newspapers will do. Some of the left-leaning journalists either ignored this event completely or, if they did report on it, did so out of journalistic obligation; many of the facts and figures reported were blatantly incorrect.
Basically, these Vermont patriots-who were recently labeled "conservative terrorists" by Homeland Security-came out to voice their aversion over Obama's economic bailouts and government spending and his offensively conspicuous disregard for the constitution. The Democrats were fast to point out President Bush's spending over his two terms in office. However, Obama surpassed this figure in just three months.
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By KRISTIN BECK
An accident involving a Goshen man last week led to four individuals being transported to area hospitals with life-threatening injuries, Kentucky State Police said.
A preliminary investigation shows that a vehicle driven by Donald Jeffries, 50, of Goshen, was traveling eastbound on Hwy. 36 when the vehicle crossed the center line for unknown reasons, according to a Kentucky State Police news release. Jeffries' vehicle collided head-on with a westbound vehicle driven by Stephen Wise, 37, of Carrollton.
A Crestwood woman has informally accepted a plea deal for charges of four counts of cruelty to animals, according to Assistant County Attorney Travis Combs.
Leslie Ransdell was anonymously reported to Animal Control around July 26 of last year for allegedly failing to feed four horses in her care, a criminal complaint said.
By LISA KING
A court date for James Johnson, a former correctional officer with the Kentucky Correctional Institute for Women in Pewee Valley charged with sexually abusing inmates and related offenses, has been moved to next month.
Johnson, 54, of Louisville, was to have had a jury trial starting Monday in Shelby Circuit Court, but he is scheduled for a disposition hearing on March 17.
La Grange Police Arrests
Feb. 24-Megan R. Isaacs, 22, Turners Station, was cited and released for operating on suspended/revoked operators license, failure to produce insurance card and fail of owner to maintain required insurace 1st offense
Feb. 26-Wayne L. Johnson Jr., 22, La Grange was arrested for Theft by Unlawful Taking over $500
A proposed ordinance in front of the La Grange City Council is sparking a debate over the city's business license fees.
The section in question lies with language regarding attorneys and how the license applies to them.
Critics of the proposed law, including Councilman Jason Taylor, say the changes are a precondition to practicing law by placing a fee on attorneys that do not have offices in the city and that there are multiple legal issues associated with the proposed language.
A Shelbyville man charged with recruiting for the Southside Crips gang in Oldham County has been taken back into custody and will undergo a psychiatric evaluation.
Thomas L. Wenz, 22, was indicted in December on charges of criminal gang recruitment, engaging in organized crime, unlawful transaction with a minor, possession of drug paraphernalia and possession of marijuana.
Wenz pled not guilty to those charges on Dec. 19 and bailed out of the Oldham County Jail shortly after that court hearing.
On Feb. 18, the Oldham County Sheriff's Office was again awarded with the Kentucky Association of Chief's of Police Certificate of Accreditation. The OCSO initially received this certification in 2009 and was one of only five sheriff's offices in the state to achieve this honor.
The Kentucky Association of Chief's of Police Accreditation Program is intended to provide law enforcement agencies of the Commonwealth with an avenue for demonstrating that they meet commonly accepted professional standards for efficient and effective operations.
Grand Jury Indictments
James F. Barger, one count promoting contraband in the first degree, one count persistent felony offender in the first degree
Steven W. McCormick, promoting contraband in the first degree, one count persistent felony offender in the second degree
Nikko M. Hopson, trafficking in a controlled substance in the first degree
Ameir L. Kashan, two counts trafficking in a controlled substance in the first degree, one count persistent felony offender in the first degree
Two Oldham County High Schools were put on lockdown Thursday after Oldham County Police became aware of a situation involving a former student and current OCS student, police and school officials said.
Oldham County High School and North Oldham High School were put in seperate lockdowns Thursday morning. OCHS was put into lockdown first at 9:30 a.m., while NOHS went into lockdown at 10:30 a.m., Oldham County Schools Communications Director Tracy Harris said. Both schools were released from lockdown at 11 a.m., she said.
A coalition made up of school, criminal justice and health professionals is hosting a forum to increase awareness of heroin in Oldham and surrounding counties.
Heroin Hits Home: Our Community's Response will take place on Thursday, March 6 at 6 p.m. in the North Oldham High School Auditorium.
Presented by the Coalition for a Healthy Oldham County, the community event will feature a panel including an addiction specialist, law enforcement, District Judge Jerry Crosby and others. Court of Appeals Judge Allison Jones will moderate the panel.
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16 year old kid robbed of a father due to carelessness by both the shooter and the victim.
This reminds me of the other thread on this forum right now, "Reminder of the idiots in our lives".
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Two stories from yesterday highlight very different reactions to the recent Don't Ask, Don't Tell repeal, from two prominent Republican lawmakers who both fought to keep the policy in place.
The first one focuses on John McCain, who helped lead the charge against the repeal in the Senate. Now that the repeal passed, McCain has promised to do all he can to help the troops deal with the new challenge successfully:
"I think I have to do everything I can to make sure that the impact on morale, retention, recruitment and battle effectiveness of the military is minimized as much as possible," the Arizona Republican and Vietnam war hero said on Fox Business.
"It's the law. I've got to do whatever I can to help the men and women who are serving, particularly in combat, cope with this situation."
McCain has supported "don't ask, don't tell" since it was put in place under then-President Clinton, but the 2008 GOP presidential contender said last year he would consider endorsing the repeal if the military leadership decided that was best.
Compare that to the reaction of Rep. Joe Wilson, the incoming chair of the House Armed Services Committee military personnel panel, who said he will work to find ways to reinstate the policy:
The new Republican chairman of the House Armed Services Committee's military personnel panel says he will hold hearings to look at the Pentagon's plans allow openly gay people to serve, and he will look for chances to reinstate the ban lifted by Congress in December.
Rep. Joe Wilson, R-S.C., who became the personnel subcommittee chairman on Wednesday when the 112th Congress convened, said it was "irresponsible" for Congress to repeal the ban on openly gay service members without giving the House of Representatives time to hold hearings into what is involved in changing the law and how the change might effect current and future service members.
I understand some people are still nervous about the impact of the DADT changes, but I honestly can't think of a worse way to respond to the repeal than what Wilson is proposing. Now that Congress has made its decision on the matter, lawmakers need to trust that the institutions of our military will handle the implementation process appropriately and responsibly. Does anyone really believe that members of Congress have a better grasp on how to impose these policy changes than the current military leadership?
Not to mention that holding hearings and investigations will only serve to complicate and drag out the process even more:
Armed services committee aides, speaking on condition of anonymity, said hearings will focus on implementation issues, from housing to benefits to changes in criminal laws — which would have the effect of slowing down the change.
The Republican argument for keeping DADT in place was that our military shouldn't have to deal with a major policy change while embroiled in two wars. Now that the ban has been lifted, McCain is taking the correct approach by offering to help ensure that the transition goes as smoothly as possible. Wilson's proposals will only impede that effort, creating additional hurtles for our troops.
I know I keep returning to what Bill Kristol wrote in late December, but his advice to conservatives on this issue was dead-on: "Don't fret, don't whine." Now that DADT's been lifted, there's no point in harping on it. There are more important battles out there to fight, more damaging policies that need to be repealed (ObamaCare being a perfect example). Congress had its say on the matter; now it's time for lawmakers to step back and let our military take it from here.


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Hull city councillors Dean Kirk and Gill Kennett leave Labour to become Independents
Posted: April 10, 2014|
TWO city councillors have quit the ruling Labour group at the Guildhall.
Dean Kirk and Gill Kennett have formed their own Independent Labour group on the authority.
The move follows a decision by the Labour group to hand the pair indefinite suspensions for refusing to support its annual budget.
Councillor Kennett voted against the Labour group budget, while Councillor Kirk abstained.
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Now, the duo have left the Labour benches altogether by forming their own Independent Labour group.
Cllr Kirk, who represents Derringham ward, said: "It was a difficult decision for both of us because we are both Labour people.
"We never thought we would end up in this position, but when it came to the crunch, we couldn't vote to cut jobs and services."
He said leaving to become Independent Labour councillors meant they could now speak their minds on key issues.
"I know several other members of the Labour group shared our views about the budget, but felt they could not speak out or vote in the way we did out of loyalty to the party.
"I don't blame them for that and I don't think we will be spending our time attacking the Labour group in council meetings.
"In fact, we will probably be agreeing with 99.9 per cent of what Labour do.
"It's just that, when we were both elected, we stood on a platform of opposing cuts to jobs and services and it would be hypocritical to support of budget that is continuing those cuts."
Cllr Kennett, who represents Holderness ward, said: "We have been overwhelmed by the messages of support we have had from people since the budget meeting.
"Some people have suggested a voted against the Labour budget just to get applause from the public gallery but that's just rubbish.
"I voted with my conscience, because I know people who rely on the services that are now being cut back or withdrawn altogether.
"I couldn't just go along with things and pretend I couldn't do anything about it."
The pair have been given their own office in the Guildhall.
Cllr Kirk has become group leader and they have both resigned their positions on a number of committees.
"We will still be representing residents in our wards until we are both up for reelection," he said.
"From that point of view, nothing will change. As backbench councillors, looking after the needs of our residents has always been our priority."
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'Huge Woman Contemplating in the Desert'
by vincenttitus
One of the biggest paintings I've done to date got out. 70x100cm; 27,56×39,37in. Oil on canvas. The painting portrays a huge female figure contemplating. The figure stands for an open and constantly working mind, the size of it shows what it is capable in each of us while the female sex was chosen because of its ability to give 'birth'. The desert is a symbol of non-conformity which 'big' mind' tend to create, usually leaving 'contemplator' alone though.
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|Four notebooks / scrapbooks of correspondence, meeting minutes, financial records, photos, event programs, and clippings.
|5 lin.in.
|Latvian, some English
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Collection donated to the IHRC by Martin Duhms of the American Latvian Association in 2004.
The Society was founded on November 4, 1951 by post-WWII Latvian immigrants. Since Boston had many fine universitites it attracted Latvian students from many parts of the United States. The Society organized lectures, film screenings, literature readings, musical events, art exhibits, picnic outings and dances. It provided opportunities for lively discussions of politics and culture. The officers of the Society were elected once a year. Everyone of student age was welcome regardless of whether he or she was currently enrolled in an academic program. As the next generation of students (those born in the US) took over the leadership of the society, more emphasis was placed on organizing dances and outings to the detriment of cultural or political events. Although this generation still spoke the Latvian language fluently and in many cases eventually married within the Latvian American community, they had many more diverse interests and the Society essentially ceased to exist around 1976. (by Martin Duhms, 2004)
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The valuable papers, such as the securities and the like, have safeguard elements against forgery or falsification and which can be mechanically examined using light of the visible, ultraviolet or infrared spectral regions and which are effective, particularly, against erasure. The paper is provided with a homogeneous protective coating which is applied either prior to or following the application of an information print by an ink impression. The paper, the protective coating and the printing ink have respective reflectance or fluoroescence properties such that, any damage to the protective coating, such as an attempted erasure, is detectable either at the wavelength of light serving to read the information print or at a special test wavelength.
1. A valuable security and the like, having safeguard elements against forgery or falsification which can be mechanically examined using light of the visible, ultraviolet, or infrared spectral regions and which are effective, particularly, against erasure, and carrying the ink-impressed information print, said valuable security and the like comprising, in combination, a paper; and a homogeneous protective coating on the paper; the paper, the protective coating and the printing ink having respective light-detectable properties selected from the group consisting of reflectance and fluorescence properties; the respective light-detectable properties of the paper, the protective coating and the printing ink being such that any damage to the protective coating is detectable at a preselected wavelength of light; the reflectance of the protective coating at the wavelength used to read the information print being considerably greater than the reflectance of the printing ink, and the reflectances of the protective coating and the printing ink, at a different wavelength, being substantially equal, while the reflectances of the paper and the protective coating at said different wavelength differ measurably from each other.
2. A valuable security and the like, having safeguard elements against forgery or falsification which can be mechanically examined using light of the visible, ultraviolet or infrared spectral regions and which are effective, particularly against erasure, and carrying an ink-impressed information print, said valuable security and the like comprising, in combination, a paper; and a homogeneous protective coating on the paper; the paper, the protective coating and the printing ink having respective light-detectable properties selected from the group consisting of reflectance and fluorescence properties; the respective light-detectable properties of the paper, the protective coating and the printing ink being such that any damage to the protective coating is detectable at a preselected wavelength of light; said ink-impressed information print comprising a narrow, elongated substantially rectilinear fluorescent stripe intersected by a plurality of bar-shaped symbols spaced from each other longitudinally of the stripe; the bar-shaped symbols and the spaces therebetween being arranged in groups longitudinally of the stripe, and the total of the bar-shaped symbols and the spaces therebetween, in the unaltered original condition of said security and the like, being equal to a preselected number which is constant for all said securities and the like; whereby the erasure or addition of a bar-shaped symbol can be detected by examination of the security under ultra-violet light, due to the total of the bar-shaped symbols and the spaces therebetween differing from such preselected number.
3. A valuable security and the like, according to claim 2, wherein the number of bar-shaped symbols and spaces therebetween in each group is constant for the security.
4. A valuable security and the like, carrying information which is legible in the visible, ultraviolet, or infrared spectral regions and including a protection against falsification, which protection can be mechanically evaluated said valuable security and the like comprising, in combination, a paper; a homogeneous protective coating on said paper; the paper, the protective coating and the printing ink having light-detectable properties selected from the group consisting of reflectance and fluorescence properties such that said information can be read either visually, mechanically, or both visually and mechanically at a wavelength of the reading light source selected in accordance with the light-detectable properties, and the protective coating can be checked for intactness by checking the contrast between the paper and the protective coating at a wavelength of the checking light source selected in accordance with such light-detectable properties.
5. A security according to claim 4, wherein the protective coating has fluorescent properties, with the spectral region of the fluorescent emission not coinciding with the spectral region of the fluorescent emission of the security and the printing ink.
6. A security according to claim 5, wherein the protective coating has fluorescent properties, and the security and the printing ink do not fluoresce.
7. A security according to claim 4, wherein the security contains fluorescent additions, and the fluorescent effect is blocked by the protective coating contrasting with the printing ink.
This is a continuation of application Ser No. 595,427, filed July 14, 1975 and now abandoned.
The present invention relates to a safeguard against falsification of securities and the like which is suitable for automatic machines, i.e., can be evaluated by machine. By "securities and the like", there are to be understood all papers or paperlike information carriers which represent a spiritual value irrespective of their material value, e.g. bank notes, checks, shares, customer's or identity cards, passports, credit cards, or tickets. It is an important task to protect such documents against fraudulent falsification.
For instance, a defrauder can try to gain advantages by changing the amount or the account number of a check, the imprint on a ticket, the entries in an identification card, or some signature. With all these manipulations, the forger is forced to remove information present on the document by chemical or mechanical erasure. Such attempts at fraud are commonly made difficult by providing a safeguard against erasure. To this end, that area of the document which is to be protected is printed with a fine line pattern. If a forger tries to rub out the information on the document, he will inevitably damage this line pattern. Thus, any attempted erasure can be easily detected with the human eye. This safeguard against erasure fails to work, however, if the check of the information on the document is to be carried out by machine rather than by man. As is well known, the use of automatic document readers, automatic identification paper checking devices, automatic ticket cancelling machines, and various kinds of automatic code mark readers is on the increase.
It is therefore the object of the present invention to provide a safeguard against falsification which permits the addition and the removal of information symbols to be detected and evaluated by machine.
The subject matter of the invention is a security or the like with information machine-readable in the visible, ultraviolet, or infrared spectral regions and with a safeguard against falsification, particularly a safeguard against erasure, which is capable of being evaluated by machine.
The fundamental idea of the invention is to provide the security with a homogeneous protective coating which is applied either prior to or after the application of the information print, with the reflectance or fluorescence properties of security, protective coating, and information printing ink being such that any damage to the protective coating is detectable either at the wavelength of the light serving to read the information or at a special test wavelength. Thus, in principle, the information on a paper protected in this way as well as attempted erasures will appear as interruptions of the homogeneity of the protective coating.
Within the general principle of solution, three basic solutions are possible for the safeguard against erasure:
In the first solution, the different reflectance of paper, protective coating, and information printing ink with respect to different light wavelengths is utilized. The information is read at a wavelength at which the reflectivities of the protective coating and of the information printing ink greatly differ from each other so that the information can be well read. The check for attempted erasures is performed at a different wavelength at which the protective coating and the information print have the same or approximately the same reflectivity, while the reflectivities of the protective coating and of the paper are greatly different. During the check, undamaged or unmanipulated documents appear homogeneously dark (black). Attempted erasures result in interruptions of the homogeneity of the protective coating which, consequently, become visible as bright areas.
In the second solution, the protective coating has fluorescent properties, while the information printing ink and the paper do not fluoresce in the same wavelength range. Attempts at erasure as well as the information print show as dark interruptions of the homogeneous, fluorescent protective coating and can be detected by a suitably designed information reading device. In this solution, attempts at erasure are detected during the reading process. The reading and checking phases thus coincide.
In the third solution, the paper contains additivies with fluorescent properties which, however, are blocked by a non-fluorescent protective coating. This protective coating, which contrasts well in the reading area with the printing ink used, may be so constituted as to block either the excitation or the emission wavelength of the fluorescent substance in the paper. Printed on this protective coating is the information, which can be read with commonly used reading devices. To check for attempted erasures, a fluorescence checking device is used which, in a checking process different from the reading process, can detect the erased spots, at which the fluorescence of the paper has been exposed.
If the document is to be checked while being read, as is the case in the second solution, a light source must be used which, in spite of good contrast between the background and information print, also excites the fluorescent additives in the paper.
The safeguard against erasure which uses fluorescent substances is particularly proof against forgery if the fluorescent emission is chosen to lie outside the visible spectral region.
These three solutions will now be explained with reference to the accompanying drawings and with the aid of a few examples. In the drawings,
FIGS. 1 to 6 are sectional views of unmanipulated documents provided with safeguards against erasure;
FIGS. 7 to 9 are sectional views of manipulated documents where the erased spot has been overprinted;
FIG. 10 is a top view of FIG. 8;
FIG. 11 is a top view of FIG. 9;
FIG. 12 shows the reflectance conditions between the protective coating of the paper and the printing ink in the first example;
FIG. 13 shows the reflectance conditions between the protective coating of the paper and the printing ink in the second example;
FIG. 14 shows the fluorescent-emission spectrum for the third example;
FIG. 15 shows the fluorescent-emission spectrum for the fourth example;
FIG. 16 shows an unmanipulated coding line with a safeguard against erasure for the fifth example;
FIG. 17 shows a manipulated coding line with a safeguard against erasure for the fifth example;
FIG. 18 shows a coding line with a safeguard against erasure, manipulated or unmanipulated, as it appears in the reading device;
FIG. 19 shows a checking device for the first example, and
FIG. 20 shows a reading device for the second solution.
FIGS. 1 to 11 show schematically the safeguarded security in sectional and top views. The thicknesses of paper and printing ink are deliberately shown not to scale to permit a clearer representation. In reality, the paper is about 100 times thicker than the information printing ink or the protective coating.
In FIGS. 1, 3, and 5, the protective coating 2, 5 is located between the paper 1, 4 and the information print 3, while in FIGS. 2, 4, and 6, the protective coating 2, 5 lies above the information print 3. The arrangement of FIGS. 1, 3, and 5 is of particular advantage if a finished security, provided with a safeguard against erasure, only needs to be printed and then is to be issued without any subsequent treatment. By contrast, the arrangement of FIGS. 2, 4, and 6 is of special advantage if a normal, commercially available document is to be provided with a safeguard against erasure at a later time.
FIGS. 7, 8, and 9 show manipulated securities where the protective coating 2, 5 has been damaged by erasure, and a new symbol 3a has been overprinted. With these documents, depending on which of the methods described in the following was used, a spot at which an erasure was performed will show in the checking device as a bright area 6, as shown in FIG. 10, or as a dark area 7, as shown in FIG. 11 (dotted area).
The following description of six embodiments refers to these and the other figures in more detail.
First Example (Solution 1):
The document area to be protected is coated with an UV absorber, i.e. a paint which is practically invisible in the visible spectral region, while absorbing much more light than the document itself in the ultraviolet spectral region. If any optically readable information in the form of letters, strokes or other automatically recognizable symbols is imposed on such a surface using commercially available inks and commonly employed printing processes, as shown in FIG. 1, the readability of the information in the appropriate automatic reading devices, which operate in the visible spectral region, will not be adversely affected by the UV absorber. This will also be the case if the UV absorber is applied to the finished, printed document, as shown in FIG. 2.
Any damage to the area to be protected can be detected by means of a simple accessory apparatus as shown in FIG. 19. This apparatus consists of an UV light source 20, an imaging lens 21, and a photodetector 22 suitable for ultraviolet light, e.g. a photomultiplier. To insure that only the UV rays are detected by the photodetector 22, an optical band-pass filter 24 passing UV light is disposed in the path of rays. The field stop 23 delimits the document area 25 whose UV reflectance is detected and evaluated. In this apparatus, the undamaged area appears as a black area (dotted area in FIG. 10), while all spots at which erasure has been attempted show as bright spots 6. These bright spots are indicated in the accessory apparatus by a corresponding photoelectric current.
For a better understanding, the reflectance conditions are shown in FIG. 12 as diagrams, with the diagram of the paper designated by 1, that of the protective coating by 2, and that of the information printing ink by 3. It can be seen that, in the reading region L, there is a great contrast 8 between the information printing ink 3 and the protective coating 2 for the reading of the information. In the test region T, the information printing ink 3 and the protective coating (UV absorber) have the same absorptive power. As a result, the printed area appears uniformly black. UV means "ultraviolet", v "visible", and IR "infrared". Attempted erasures represent an interruption of the protective coating by which the paper 1 is uncovered. Because of the reflectance difference 9 between the paper 1 and the protective coating 2, these uncovered spots appear in the checking device as bright spots.
Second Example (Solution 1):
Some organic coloring substances e.g. commercially available black stamp pad inks, have a high absorptive power in the visible spectral region, while showing high reflectance in the infrared spectral region. If the paper 1 to be protected (FIG. 1) is homogeneously printed with such a paint, and if the information 3 is printed on this coating 2 with a different black paint which has a high absorptive power in the infrared spectral region (e.g. lampblack paints), this information will not be visible to the naked eye. A reading device operating in the visible region cannot detect this information, either, but ascertains that the area is homogeneously black. This homogeneous blackening can be tested by machine in a first operation of testing. A reading device operating in the infrared spectral region can read the information unambiguously since the background now shows a high reflectance, i.e. looks comparatively white, while the information print has a high absorptive power, i.e. looks comparatively black (reading operation and second operation of testing).
Attempted erasures either appear as bright spots (FIG. 10) during the first testing operation or, if veiled following the erasure using a black paint different from that employed for the safeguard, as dark spots during reading, as shown in FIG. 11, which also results in this document being rejected.
The spectral conditions of this example are illustrated in FIG. 13. In the test region T1, the high reflectance of the paper 1 is blocked by the protective coating 2, which looks black in this region. Since the protective coating 2 and the information printing ink 3 have the same reflectance, the print is not perceivable. In the test region T2, the reflectance of the protective coating 5 corresponds approximately to that of the paper 1, whereby the still highly absorptive information printing ink 3 contrasts well with the background.
Third Example (Solution 2):
The paper to be protected is coated with a colorless or a colored luminous paint, a so-called daylight fluorescent ink. On this layer 5, the optically readable information 3 is imposed with commercially available inks by the usual printing technique. Suitable reading devices are all commonly used devices whose photoelectric components are sensitive in the wavelength range of the fluorescent emission F (FIG. 14, curve 10), and whose light sources were replaced by strong UV light sources without visible spectral region (FIG. 14, curve 11 with illumination region B). Experiments have shown that in the optical reading device, the printing contrast is enhanced by the fluorescent background, whereby the readability of the imprinted symbols is improved.
If a defrauder tries to remove the imprinted symbols 3, he will inevitably also remove the fluorescent layer 5 lying thereunder. To the reading device, spots manipulated in this way appear as black spots because, as shown in FIG. 14, the paper 1 and the information print 3 are highly absorptive in this spectral region. Thus, the reading device reads the erased symbols as if they were still present. If not only the symbol, but also part of the surrounding protective coating were removed, this spot will appears as a dark spot.
The defrauder cannot supplement the damaged fluorescent layer with fluorescent paint, either, since, if fluorescent paint is applied at a later time, variations of color and brightness will result which cause the reading device to reject the document. If another symbol 3a is printed or written on the erased symbol, as shown in FIG. 9, the reading device will be offered both the correct and the false symbol. This ambiguity also results in the respective document being rejected.
Fourth Example (Solution 2):
Practically all commercially available organic coloring substances fluoresce in the visible or near infrared spectral region. If such a layer of paint is irradiated with UV, visible, or near infrared light, it will emit light of a slightly longer wavelength. It is possible, for example, to apply to the document area to be protected a paint with 4-dimethylamino-4'-nitrostilbene in a uniform distribution and print the information thereon (FIG. 5).
To read the information, a reading device as shown in FIG. 20 can be used, whose photodetectors 26 are sensitive in the infrared spectral region. The infrared spectral portion of the light source is blocked by so-called cold-light filters 27, while the visible spectral region is blocked in the ray path of the photolens 28 of the reading device by a suitable filter 29. In this manner, the reading device perceives the infrared-fluorescing layer of paint as a luminous area, while discerning the information printed thereon as well as attempted erasures as dark spots.
FIG. 15 shows the spectral conditions in this example. In the infrared region, the paper 1 without protective coating 5, just as the information printing ink 3, appears to the reading device dark or black. The protective coating 5 between the information print 3 and the paper 1 (see also FIG. 5) is excited in the visible spectral region C. In the infrared spectral region, this fluorescence excitation (curve 12) results in a fluorescent emission according to curve 13 through which a sufficient contrast to the information printing ink 3 is created for the reading device. Spots where the protective coating 5 was interrupted appear as dark spots as a result of the lack of fluorescent emission and can be detected by the reading device of FIG. 20 during the reading operation.
Fifth Example:
In the case of binary codings, which consist only of identical symbols, e.g. strokes and spaces, it is necessary to prevent, besides forgery by erasure, an additional possibility of forgery. A defrauder could falsify the information by entering additional strokes into the spaces between the strokes. This forgery can be excluded in combination with one of the solutions described by using an information code in which the total of the symbols and of the spaces is constant, while all possibilities of variation can be used for the distribution of symbols and spaces over the information line. Because of the safeguard against erasure, the forger cannot reduce the number of symbols. Since the number of symbols is known and is checked in the automatic reader, he cannot insert any further symbols, either.
The same effect is achieved with a code in which, instead of the total number of symbols being constant, the information is divided into individual blocks with constant numbers of symbols. Such codes are known from telecommunication engineering where they serve to detect random falsifications of information due to some kind of disturbance. In combination with the safeguard against erasure in accordance with the invention, any of these codes is suited to making wilful falsifications of binary coded information on securities detectable. The information line to be protected is printed on a fluorescent stripe of the document. The code mark reader, comprising an UV light source and an optical transmission system whose field stop images on the photomultiplier a vertical bar in the information line, determines the presence or absence of the bar-shaped symbols as the documennt is being transported through it. By a special design of the fluorescent stripe and reduction of the size of the field stop, this very simple reading operation can be simplified even further. As shown in FIG. 16, the fluorescent stripe 14 is imprinted so narrow at half the height of the information line that, even in case of a maximum difference in level 15 between the printed symbols 16, safe interruption 17 of the fluorescent stripe is still insured. The field stop of the reading device is adapted to this width 18 of the fluorescent stripe. Thus, instead of having to perform a previous reading operation, only interruptions of the fluorescent stripe need to be detected. Consequently, it is not the arrangement of bar-shaped symbols of FIG. 16 which appears in the reading device, but the fluorescent stripe of FIG. 18, which is interrupted several times. If a bar 19 was erased on an information line, as shown in FIG. 17, it cannot be seen by visible light. In the reading device, however, this information line will appear with unchanged information, as explained above in the example 3.
Sixth Example (Solution 3):
In this example, a fluorescent substance is admixed to the document shown in FIGS. 3 and 4. Prior to or after printing, the document 4 is provided with a thin, colorless coating of an UV absorber 5, which absorbs ultraviolet rays. The information 3, which contrasts sharply with the background in the visible spectral region, is clearly discernible with the human eye and with optical reading devices. If irradiated with ultraviolet light, all spots where the protective coating was damaged by erasure can thus be detected visually or by machine.
To detect attempts at erasure automatically, the reading device shown in FIG. 20 can be used.
While specific embodiments of the invention have been shown and described in detail to illustrate the application of the principles of the invention, it will be understood that the invention may be embodied otherwise without departing from such principles.
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