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|Publication number
|Publication type
|Application number
|Publication date
|Jul 12, 1983
|Filing date
|Aug 4, 1980
|Priority date
|Aug 4, 1980
|Publication number
|James R. Bailey, Kurt Lutzenberger
|Original Assignee
|Switchcraft, Inc.
|Export Citation
|BiBTeX, EndNote, RefMan
|Patent Citations (3), Referenced by (50), Classifications (7), Legal Events (2)
|External Links: USPTO, USPTO Assignment, Espacenet
This invention relates generally to electrical jacks and more particularly to electrical jacks adapted to receive an electrical jack plug and provide electrical connection to a printed circuit board disposed in a plane parallel to the axis of the electrical jack plug.
As is known in the art, it is sometimes desirable to have electrical contact members of an electrical jack plug disposed orthogonal to the axis of a plug insertable into the jack housing. Such jacks are then adapted for mounting to a vertical conductive panel, as in a telephone switch board, to receive a jack plug as it is inserted into the housing along an axis orthogonal to the plane of the vertical panel. The electrical connectors extend vertically from a cavity defined by the walls of the jack housing, where they make proper electrical contact to selected isolated regions of the jack plug, for engagement with conductors or contacts of a horizontally disposed printed circuit board. In some applications it is desired to electrically connect a portion of the jack plug to the vertical conductive panel while in other applications it is desired that such portion of the jack plug be electrically insulated from the panel. It is also desirable to integrally form or mold the housing with an open top so that the electrical contacts having portions disposed within the cavity of the housing for engagement with portions of the inserted jack plug may be easily inserted through the open top into slots formed in the walls of the housing. However, in many applications it is sometimes necessary to provide a dust cover for the housing after the contacts have been inserted within the housing. Further, in order to reduce the cost of the jack, it is desired to have as few parts as possible. It follows then that it is desirable to integrate as many functions as possible into each component of the jack in order to reduce its cost.
In accordance with the present invention an electrical jack is provided having a housing of insulating material with integral walls thereof forming a cavity. A front wall of the housing has an axially extending hollow collar member with a passageway for guiding a stem of a jack plug into the cavity. A plurality of spring contactor electrodes are disposed within the housing cavity and are adapted to engage predetermined portions of the jack plug stem when such stem is inserted into the cavity to establish electrically conductive paths between the contactor electrode and the portions of the jack plug. An additional electrical contactor, having an aperture formed in a mounting portion thereof, is disposed around the collar member, such mounting portion being disposed outside the housing cavity. The additional electrical contactor has a finger electrode protruding across the front wall into the cavity to electrically contact a portion of the inserted jack stem. With such arrangement, in applications where it is desired to have such contacted portion of the jack plug electrically connected to a conductive mounting panel disposed orthogonal to the axis of the plug the mounting portion of the electrical contactor is placed in contact with the panel and where such electrical contact to the panel is not desired an insulated washer is used to insulate the contactor from the panel and an electrode adapted for electrically connecting the contactor to a horizontally disposed printed circuit board.
The foregoing advantages and other features of the present invention will become apparent after reference to the following detailed description together with the accompanying drawings disclosing a preferred embodiment of the invention, wherein:
FIG. 1 is a perspective view of an illustrative embodiment of the invention, with a portion of the jack housing cover removed, such embodiment shown horizontally mounted and adapted for axial insertion of the plug stem in the housing;
FIG. 2 is a plan view of the embodiment of the invention shown in FIG. 1 with the cover removed;
FIG. 3 is a similar view to FIG. 2 illustrative of the embodiment of the invention after insertion of the jack plug stem horizontally and axially along the longitudinal axis of the jack housing;
FIG. 4 is a side elevation view of the embodiment partly in cross section taken along the line and viewed in the direction of arrows 4--4 in FIG. 2;
FIG. 5 is a side elevation view of the embodiment, partly in cross section with the jack plug stem inserted, taken along the line and viewed in the direction of arrows 5--5 in FIG. 3;
FIG. 6 is an exploded pictorial view of the embodiment shown in FIGS. 1-5, inclusive, together with a fragmentary portion of a printed circuit mounting board;
FIG. 7 is a perspective side and bottom elevation view of the jack housing shown in FIGS. 1-5 taken along the line and viewed in the direction of arrows 7--7 in FIG. 6; and is shown less the electrodes.
FIGS. 8A-8F, inclusive, are schematic circuit illustrations of the numerous arrangements available with the illustrative embodiment of the invention.
FIG. 9 is a cross section elevation view of a contactor electrode used in the jack shown in FIG. 1.
A preferred embodiment of the invention, as illustrated particularly in FIGS. 1-6, comprises an electrical jack 10 having a rigid, generally rectangular, parallelpiped, box-like housing 12 molded as an integral unitary structure of a preferred or conventional moldable insulating material. Yieldable jack plug stem engaging spring contactor electrodes 14, 16 are mounted internally within cavity 80 defined by the planar housing walls. A conventional jack plug 18 having an elongated stem 20 is inserted axially, here horizontally, through plug stem guiding passageway 21 of collar member 22 parallel to mounting board 56 into the cavity 80. Collar member 22 is threaded to receive mounting nut 124 and is molded as an integral component of the unitary jack housing 12.
Elongated jack plug stem 20 incorporates a tip 24, ring 25 and sleeve portions 26 of a conductive material, electrically insulated from each other by annular spacers 27, 28 and 29 of a material such as plastic. The tip, ring and sleeve portions are individually electrically connected to external circuits by conductor means, typically wires, (not shown) extending within handle 30. Alternative electrical jack arrangements having only a two contactor electrode structure may include a jack plug stem omitting the ring portion 25 of the jack plug so that the jack would have a tip portion and a sleeve portion. As shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, without insertion of a jack plug (FIG. 2), portion 36 of electrical contactor 14 abuts electrode 60 to make electrical connection therewith and a portion 37 of contactor 16 abuts electrode 40 to make electrical contact therewith. Vertical insertion of the elongated jack plug stem 20 within collar member 22 (FIGS. 3 and 5) results in yieldable tongue-like end portion 32a of contactor electrode 16 which is substantially V-shaped, riding over the first enlarged stem portion to engage tip portion 24 to establish electrical conduction with external circuits including such components as 55 and 57, shown in FIG. 1, mounted on horizontally disposed printed circuit board 56 while breaking electrical contact with electrode 40 as shown in FIG. 3. Further, portion 36a of contactor electrode 14 electrically contacts the ring portion 25 of the jack plug as shown in FIG. 3 and causes electrical disengagement between electrical contactor 14 and electrode 60. In some applications it may be desired to eliminate electrode 40. In such application, to provide a mechanical stop for contactor 16 a post 39, integrally formed with housing 12, is provided.
Referring to FIGS. 1-7, the rigid rectangular, parallelepiped box-like housing 12 comprises an integrally formed unitary structure of electrically insulating material with a vertical planar front wall 76 incorporating the appended externally threaded collar member 22. A horizontal passageway 21 in collar member 22 is sized to guide and slidably receive the stem portion 20 of jack plug inserted axially within the housing parallel with respect to the mounting board 56 when the jack is mounted horizontally (FIG. 1). A sleeve spring electrode 126 (FIGS. 1∝6 and 9) is provided external of the housing 12 having an aperture formed therein to enable such electrode 126 to slip over the collar member 122. An intermediate spring finger 152 protrudes over the front wall 76 of the housing to contact the sleeve portion 26 of the jack plug. The threaded collar member 22 may be extended through an appropriate aperture in a vertically conductive panel board 121 (FIGS. 2 and 3) and the jack may be secured by washers 122, 123 and nut 124 to such panel. Further, for insulating, for example, the sleeve electrode 126 from the mounting panel, washer 122 is selected to be a nonconductive, insulating material. When electrical contact is desired between the sleeve electrode 126 and the panel 121, washer 122 is omitted. Front wall 76 also defines along its uppermost edge molded beveled raised wall portions 81, 82 (FIG. 6) and an intervening space 84. Studs 83, 85 are molded in the top edge of the wall portions 81, 82, respectively, to accommodate holes 150, 151 in spring fingers 148, 149 of the unitary, separable, sleeve electrode member 126 for latching and retaining housing cover 128 to enclose the housing 12, as shown in FIG. 1.
Horizontally disposed bottom wall 54 has generally semicircular reinforcing sections 77, 78 inwardly disposed, for guiding portions of jack plug stem 20 into housing cavity 80. Further, such wall 54 is provided with molded reinforcing posts 109, 110, 111 (FIG. 7) to assist in alignment of the jack housing on mounting board 56 for horizontal mounting by positioning such posts within companion openings 112, 113, 114 (FIG. 6) formed in the printed circuit board. Such posts protect the relatively thin perpendicularly disposed finger-like external circuit connectors of the spring contactor and shunt electrodes inserted through appropriate slots molded in bottom wall 54 into mating slots in circuit mounting board 56, as shown in FIGS. 6 and 7, from being deformed by mechanical forces from insertion and retraction of the jack plug in and out of the cavity. Slots 50, 66, 69, 71 are molded in bottom wall 54 (FIG. 7) to receive the electrode terminal connectors and connection to external circuits through matching slots in circuit board 56, as shown in FIG. 6. Further, the bottom wall portion of the molded jack housing 12 formed adjacent to front wall 76 comprises a right angular notched portion 116 having slots 118, 119 and pocket 120 (FIG. 7) for receiving and anchoring portions 161, 162, 164 of the unitary sleeve electrode member 126 (FIG. 9).
Rear wall 86 (FIGS. 2, 3, 6 and 7) defines central portion 89 and angled corner portions 87, 88 to effectively reduce overall size and weight of the unitary jack housing structure. Wall portion 89 is enlarged as at 91 with a curved section 92 and grooves 93, 94 to receive and lock the rear sections 96, 98 of contactor electrodes 14, 16, respectively. Additionally, the upper wall edge of wall portion 89 is notched as at 90 (FIGS. 1, 4,5) to accommodate and anchor tab 129 of cover member 128 (FIG. 6) in the final assembly of the overall jack housing 12 unitary structure to fully enclose the contactor and shunt electrodes assemblies. A section of rear wall 86 adjoining bottom wall 54 is tapered as at 97 (FIGS. 4, 5) to further reduce weight, size and cost of the overall electrical jack 10 structure.
Referring to FIGS. 2, 3 and 6, opposing parallel planar sidewalls 100, 102 are provided in the integral molded housing structure and include frame members 104 along with vertical grooves 105 adapted to receive mounting lug portions 70, 74 of contactor electrodes 16, 14, respectively, as shown in FIG. 6. The intersecting corners of the abutting sidewalls 100, 102 and front wall 76 are also provided with grooves (not shown) similar to grooves 93, 94 (FIGS. 1, 2, 3 and 6) to anchor the planar ends 38', 34' of contactor electrodes 14, 16 (see in FIGS. 2 and 3). Parallel sidewalls 100, 102 are also provided with pockets 107, 108 (FIGS. 1, 7) adjacent to the terminal ends of the vertical grooves 105, within which the aforementioned lugs 70, 74 are anchored when the contactor electrodes 14, 16 are secured in the mounted position within housing 12 slightly received below the uppermost edge of walls 100, 102, as shown in FIG. 1.
To complete the jack housing structure and provide a completely dust resistant and tamper resistant enclosure, cover 128 of insulating material and substantially rectangular configuration is provided and will now be described, reference being directed to FIG. 6. The cover 128 is recessed and fits flush within the uppermost edges of the walls defining the front, rear and sidewalls of the housing 12 and is supported by the upper edge of front wall raised portions 81, 82, rear walls portion 91 and sidewall frame portions 104. Cover 128 comprises a rear edge wall tongue portion 129 dimensioned to interfit within notch 90 in housing rear wall 89. Adjacent to the tongue portion 129 are angled edges 130, 132 adapted to mate with corner walls 87, 88 of the housing 12. Parallel opposing edges 134, 136 defining therebetween the major wall portion 138 follow and mate with opposing sidewalls 100, 102 of the jack housing 12. Front edge 140 is provided with two notch portions 142, 144 to rest against raised wall portions 81, 82, respectively of front wall 76 with an intermediate tongue-like portion 146 in the intervening space 84.
Referring to FIGS. 2-6 the yieldable spring contactor electrodes of the invention will be described. Electrodes 14, 16 are disposed opposite to one another within the housing cavity 80 and are spaced to receive the inserted jack plug stem 20. Tongue-like portion 36 of electrode 14, having an intermediate substantially V-shaped portion 36a engages ring portion 25 of stem 20 after the jack plug 18 is inserted, see FIG. 3, to establish external circuit connections. Contactor electrode 14 is fabricated preferably, by stamping from a resilient conductive sheet metal strip 38 and includes mounting lug 74 and finger-like external circuit connector 68 disposed perpendicular to the tongue portion 36 together with a planar angular rear section 96 conforming portion to housing wall 87 (FIG. 6). By changing the fabrication dies for the external circuit connector 68, the spring contactor electrodes can be quickly converted to conventional solder type mounting with quick connect connectors and the remainder of the components of the electrodes and housing remain the same. External circuit connector 68 extends through slot 69 (FIG. 7) in bottom wall 54 and matching slot 168 in board 56 (FIG. 6) to engage conventional printed circuit transmission lines underlying the board 56, not shown for the sake of clarity in understanding the invention. Electrode 14 will also be referred to herein as the ring spring electrode.
Referring to FIGS. 2, 3 and 6 spring contactor electrode 16 is illustrated. This electrode is also fabricated as a unitary structure, as by stamping from a resilient conductive sheet metal strip 34 and includes a mounting lug 70, finger-like external circuit connector 72 disposed perpendicular to the tongue portion 32, V-shaped end portion 32a and flat angular housing wall conforming portion 98. External circuit connector 72 extends vertically through slot 50 in bottom wall 54 of housing 12 (FIG. 7) and through slot 170 in mounting board 56 (FIG. 6) to be electrically connected to underlying printed circuit lines. Upon insertion of jack plug stem 20 into cavity 80 the tip portion 24 establishes electrical contact with electrode portion 32a. The electrode 16, therefore, may also be referred to herein as the tip spring electrode.
In accordance with the invention and referring now to FIGS. 1-6, particularly FIG. 6 shunt electrode 40 will be described. Such electrode comprises a substantially flat section 42 of resilient conductive sheet metal strip 42 having opposed parallel side edges 43, 44 defining finger-like external circuit connector 46. Laterally outstanding ears 48, 48a provide for limitation of insertion of the shunt electrode 40 within a slot 71 in internal molded boss 52 in the bottom wall 54 of the housing 12. External circuit connector 46 projects outwardly substantially perpendicular to the jack housing longitudinal axis and provides for connection to external circuitry by means of conventional printed circuit boards. With appropriate modification quick connect soldering connectors may also be provided by changing the fabrication dies for stamping the shunt electrode 40. The opposing end of the shunt electrode 40 supports raised dimple section 58 for use in electrically engaging an associated mating spring contactor electrode 16 tongue-shaped portion 32 (FIG. 2) to provide a normally closed circuit configuration prior to jack plug stem insertion (FIG. 3). This results in the movement of electrode portion 32 away from the shunt electrode and opening of the normally closed circuit. Retraction of the jack plug stem 20 restores the normally closed circuit.
In a similar manner and referring again to FIG. 2, shunt electrode 60 having a dimple section 62 and perpendicularly extending external circuit connector 64 (FIG. 1) contacts ring spring electrode 14 tongue-like portion 36 at its inner end. The connector 64 extends through slot 66 (FIG. 7) in housing bottom wall 54 and slot 166 in board 56 (FIG. 6) for connection to external circuitry. Again, the engagement of inserted jack plug stem 20 insulated ring portion 25 by portion 36a of electrode 14 moves tongue 36 away from shunt electrode dimple 62 to open the normally closed circuit (FIG. 3) and switch the circuit connected to electrode 14 to another external circuit connected to ring portion 25. Removal of jack plug stem 20 will restore the circuits to the normally closed position.
Referring particularly to FIGS. 1, 4, 5, 6 and 9 another feature of the invention will now be described, namely the unitary, integral, separable sleeve electrode member 126 externally mounted on housing 12. Fabrication from resilient conductive sheet metal strip provides all the components of such unitary sleeve electrode 126 including laterally extending spring fingers 148, 149 having holes 150, 151 adapted to receive studs 83, 85 of wall portions 81, 82. Fingers 148, 149 are disposed at right angles to flat wall portion 154 and retain cover 128 in the closed recessed position by exerting a downward pressure on the major portion 138 of such cover (FIG. 1). Intermediate spring finger 152 having a slightly increased downward angular orientation (FIGS. 4, 5) is provided to be introduced into housing cavity 80 and engage the sleeve portion 26 of jack plug stem 20 when inserted within the housing cavity 80, as shown in FIG. 5. Spring 152 provides an electrically conductive path to perpendicularly disposed finger-like external circuit connector 156. Spring member 152 extends within the space 84 defined in the upper portion of housing wall 76 (FIG. 6) and is substantially enclosed by the cover member 128 intermediate portion 146 when the cover is positioned to enclose the overall jack housing structure (FIG. 1). Flat portion 154 of the sleeve contactor electrode 126 is also provided with a circular aperture 158 dimensioned to receive collar member 22. Following the flat portion 154 is a right angular portion 160 including key members 161, 162 separated by a notch 163. The key members 161, 162 are adapted to be fitted within slots 118, 119 (FIG. 7) to anchor the sleeve electrode 126 in its external mounted position with collar member 22 extending through the aperture 158 and posts 83, 85 latched to fingers 148, 149 (FIGS. 1 and 5). In addition, the positioning of the sleeve electrode member on the jack housing 12 is positively locked by means of pocket 120 in wall portion 116 receiving mounting lug 164 when the key members 161, 162 extend within slots 118, 119 (FIGS. 4, 5). Unitary, integral sleeve electrode member 126, therefore provides a multi-purpose structure for the retention of cover 128 to completely enclose the jack housing, a yieldable spring contactor sleeve electrode and an external circuit connector. By omitting washer 122, the electrode 126 is electrically connected to panel 121. The electrode 126 can be electrically insulated from panel 121 if the washer 122 is of insulating material.
Referring to FIGS. 1 and 6 the ease of assembly of the preferred embodiment of the invention on a circuit mounting board 56 with the perpendicularly disposed finger-like external circuit connectors 46, 64, 68, 72 and 156 and reinforcement posts 109, 110, 111 (FIG. 1) will now be described. The outwardly disposed external circuit connectors extend perpendicularly below bottom wall 54 of the jack housing 12 and are aligned with appropriate slots in circuit board 56 (FIG. 6). Circular holes 112, 113, 144 provide for disposition of posts 109, 110, 111 in bottom wall 54, as hereinbefore described Tip shunt electrode 40 external connector 46 extends vertically within mounting board slot 172 and tip spring contactor electrode 16 external connector 72 extends within slot 170. On the opposing side ring shunt electrode 60 external connector 64 extends through slot 166 in board 56 while the ring spring contactor electrode 14 external connector 68 is vertically disposed in slot 168 for connection to circuits by conventional techniques. Finally, sleeve member external circuit connector 156 extends vertically through slot 174. Selection of circuit switching configurations and the axial insertion and removal of jack plug stem 18 with associated tip, ring and sleeve portions within the housing cavity 80 through collar member 22 passageway 21 provides for engaging yieldable contactor electrode members 14, 16 and 152 to thereby open normally closed circuits and hold these open until removal of jack plug stem or establish circuits and hold continuity until removal of the jack plug.
The number of circuit arrangements possible in the practice of the invention are illustrated in FIGS. 8A-8F, inclusive. FIG. 8A illustrates a two conductor arrangement including only tip spring and sleeve electrodes 16, 126 for connection by terminals T and S to external circuits. FIG. 8B introduces tip shunt electrode 40 which contacts electrode 16 in the position shown in FIG. 2 to provide a normally closed circuit. Terminals T, TS and S provide a three terminal network for connection to external circuitry.
FIG. 8C comprises a three conductor arrangement including tip spring electrode 16, ring spring electrode 14 and sleeve electrode 126 together with appropriate terminals T, R and S. In FIG. 8D shunt electrode 40 is reintroduced to provide normally closed circuit involving the tip spring electrode 16 before the insertion of the jack plug stem. Four terminals are available, namely T, TS, R and S.
In FIG. 8E additional ring shunt electrode 60 is introduced into the circuit to closed circuit with ring spring electrode 14. Shunt electrode 60, as shown in FIG. 2 in the closed position and FIG. 3 in the open position contacts ring spring electrode 14. Four terminals, specifically, T, RS, R and S are available for an external circuit network. The final circuit arrangement of the series, as shown in FIG. 8F again incorporates tip shunt electrode 40 to provide a five terminal network with two normally closed circuits which are opened by the insertion of the jack plug stem and switched to other circuits coupled to the stem portion and a normally open sleeve electrode circuit. The terminals are T, TS, RS, R and S.
This completes the description of a preferred embodiment of the invention for use with associated audio/phone circuits. Numerous other arrangements, required or preferred, will become obvious to those skilled in the art and are considered to be within the scope and breadth of the invention as defined in the appended claims. All matter shown and described herein relating to the preferred embodiment is, therefore, to be interpreted as illustrative only and not in a limiting sense.
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Person: Vampire Diaries
Me: Oh me too. Who do you ship?
Person: Damon and Elena
Me: Oh, we can't be friends.
Me: So what TV shows do you like
Person: Vampire Diaries
Me: Oh me too. Who do you ship?
Person: Damon and Elena
Me: Oh, we can't be friends.
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"Delena: Actually likes every character and actually enjoys the show for what it is, doesn't just watch it for their ship."
Really? Are you fucking kidding me? The amount of hate I've seen for every character but Damon from Delena shippers is insane! Let's see,
Hated Caroline for; telling Stefan the truth, for hating Damon because he abused her…
Hated Stefan for; Hating Damon, for being with Elena, for being the better man.
Hated Jeremy for; getting in the way of Damon when he was upset about getting rejected by Elena. I'm not even kidding I've seen this -_- For not liking Damon.
Hated Alaric for; not forgiving Damon right after he killed him. Twice.
Hated Bonnie; for not liking Damon.
Hated Klaus for; not liking Damon, for liking Stefan better.
and my personal favourite…
Hated Elena for; Rejecting Damon in S1,S2, and choosing Stefan in S3, for turning him down after he said that he loved her, for loving Stefan more, for the most idotic reasons ever.
Yet when we hate on Elena for being a dumb bitch and pretty much betraying Stefan, a person who has saved her ass way too many times.
But yes Delena shippers, you really do like all of the characters on TVD, unlike us heartless bitches.
Like it or not, Stefan and Elena always find their way back to each other.
Stelena Fandom: We haven't got any SEx in like 2 seasons.
TVD Writers: Keeps SE apart for a whole season, then break them up 5 episodes into season 4, with no SEx
Delena Fandom: We want DEx
TVD Writers: Ok, sure, We'll make this the Delena diaries and have them fuck every episode. Cool Beans?
Stelena Fandom: Yep, and there's no favourites at all, nope.
DEr's- Damon has nothing to apologize for.
Rest of the world-
"Because I still have hope"
"You had hope. That's all I ever wanted you to have and you had it."
I"ll always have hope in Stelena.
"I could see Delena having more of a future than Stelena"
Stefan and the cure: If it meant that I got to be with her… have children, grow old, if it meant that we'd die together, be barried together then yes… I'd take the cure.
Damon and the cure: That's not me Elena, that's Stefan. You know I used to miss being human, now I can't think of anything more miserable on earth.
That awkward moment when Damon himself cannot see a future with Elena.
Can we all just appreciate how beautiful their love is?
And how beautiful it will be again when this sire bond shit is done
I voted for The Walking Dead for People's Choice. I've never seen The Walking Dead.
Thanks for all this Delena nonsense. It really makes me chuckle.
All my friends: Aww I love my boyfriend!
My mother: Any special boys in your life yet?
Me: OMG Stefan and Elena are so perfect.
*Grabs another cookie*
Yep, this is my life.
Just your daily reminder that DEx sucked ass and SEx in 1x10 was more epic then any DE scene ever will be.


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Reba Faye Williams Evans, 86, of Sidney, Ark., died Sept. 1, 2005, at the White River Medical Center in Batesville. She was born Sept. 25, 1918, at Needmore, Ark., to Bill and Pearl Marlin Williams.
She was united in marriage in 1939 to Ray Evans. She was retired from the Sharp Nursing Home at Sidney, a homemaker and a member of the Corner Stone Baptist Church at Mount Pleasant.
Survivors include one son, W.C. Evans of Mount Pleasant; four grandchildren -- Russell Evans and Phillip Edwards, both of Mount Pleasant, Matthew Edwards and Tabatha Higgins, both of Sidney; nine great-grandchildren; and one great-great-grandchild; and a host of other relatives and friends.
She was preceded in death by her parents and her husband, Ray Evans.
The funeral service was held Sept. 3 at the Corner Stone Baptist Church with Bro. Elvis Sneathern officiating.
Burial followed in the Yeager Cemetery at Needmore with arrangements under the direction of the Qualls Funeral Home of Cave City, Ark.
Pallbearers were Russell Evans, Phillip Edwards, Matthew Edwards, John Higgins, Trey Hill and Michael Evans.


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Baldur's Gate: Tales of the Sword Coast
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Baldur's Gate: Tales of the Sword Coast User Reviews
Baldur's Gate: Tales of the "I'm bored" CoastThe good:
It's good because it's related to the Baldur's Gate Series. The few quests are incredibly well thought out. It's worth buying, but not by too much.The bad:
TOO SHORT! This addition adds precious little to the game, really. I feel that a MUCH better job could have been done. Just the same, you ought to see for yourself.Summary:
The addition of Durlag's Tower is good, but the quest is very odd and has many open ends. Also, it is very difficult in some places but not enough in others. There are key elements that may be skipped over to the mildly unobservant gamer.
You have an opportunity to travel to two certain places. These places include VERY spectacular quests that are an immense challenge even for the 733t gamer. If you really think you have what it takes, go ahead and get this. But don't bother if you're a powergamer.
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It took eight games, but the #1 pick from the 2010 NHL draft finally has his first NHL goal. Taylor Hall gets his first goal thanks to a tip in front of Steve Mason off a Theo Peckham shot. Expect it to be the first of many in Hall's career with the Edmonton Oilers.
Tank you very much: Leafs win NHL Draft Lottery, retain No. 1 overall pick
The Toronto Maple Leafs have gone from worst to first.
The Leafs finished dead last in the NHL's overall standings, giving them the best odds of winning Saturday's draft lottery. And when the big show ended, Toronto had landed that top pick for the draft on June 24.
Outside of Toronto, the biggest winner Saturday had to be the Winnipeg Jets. They entered the day with the sixth best odds of getting the top pick at just 7.5 per cent. They were able to move all the way up to the second overall pick, which could certainly land them a franchise player and one that could definitely be ready to make the jump into the NHL next season.
The biggest loser? You could definitely argue it was the Vancouver Canucks. They finished 28th in the overall standings, giving them an 11.5 per cent chance of winning the No. 1 pick. But they fell all the way to fifth.
The Edmonton Oilers? Well, they didn't win. Had they won the lottery, it would've given them the first overall pick for the fifth time in seven years.
Here is the 2016 draft order:
- Toronto Maple Leafs
- Winnipeg Jets
- Columbus Blue Jackets
- Edmonton Oilers
- Vancouver Canucks
- Calgary Flames
- Arizona Coyotes
- Buffalo Sabres
- Montreal Canadiens
- Colorado Avalanche
- New Jersey Devils
- Ottawa Senators
- Carolina Hurricanes
- Boston Bruins
Now that the order is set, who will go No. 1, 2 and 3 in that opening round?
Auston Matthews has long held the title as the top-ranked player heading into this draft. But there's been increasing chatter that Finnish winger Patrik Laine has at least closed the gap between him and Matthews for that first overall selection, according to Bob McKenzie of TSN.
Meanwhile, fellow Finnish forward Jesse Puljujärvi likely rounds out the top three, following a sensational showing at the 2016 World Junior Championships.
WATCH LIVE: Penguins at Capitals, Game 2, plus NHL Draft Lottery
The Pittsburgh Penguins will look to even up their second-round series with the Washington Capitals with a win on the road Saturday at Verizon Center. You can catch Game 2 between these rivals on NBCSN (8 p.m. ET) or online with the NBC Sports' Live Extra.
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Lightning strikes: Bolts even series with Islanders
Tyler Johnson began the playoffs as a game-time decision for the Tampa Bay Lightning in their series with the Detroit Red Wings. He's now among the top point producers this post-season.
Needing a win to even the series before it shifts north to Brooklyn, the Lightning earned a 4-1 win over the New York Islanders on Saturday afternoon. Series tied, 1-1. As for Johnson, the diminutive but skilled forward, he led the Bolts with a three-point night and is up to 10 points in the playoffs.
He opened the scoring versus the Islanders and finished it with an empty-netter to negate any late comeback attempt.
Still without Steven Stamkos, the Lightning got another strong game from Jonathan Drouin, who entered this series without a goal. But he changed that, giving the host team a two-goal lead in the opening period of Game 2. That goal would be the eventual winner.
Corey Perry: 'I take a lot of blame for what happened' after Ducks bounced in first round
After a first-round playoff loss that resulted in the firing of coach Bruce Boudreau, players were forced to answer for such a disappointing end to the Anaheim Ducks' season.
The Ducks were last in the West at the holiday break but went flying up the standings in the second half of the season, claiming the Pacific Division. But they couldn't close out the Nashville Predators in the opening round, despite a 3-2 series lead, and Boudreau was sent packing.
Ducks GM Bob Murray then let the players have it, blasting the core group and their performance, especially in the first two games of the series, and strongly suggesting there would be some big changes in Anaheim leading up to next season.
"I take a lot of blame for what happened," said Corey Perry, as per the Ducks' website. "I didn't score a goal. I take a lot of responsibility. I put a lot of pressure on myself to perform."
In seven games, the 30-year-old Perry, who just concluded the third year of an eight-year contract with a cap hit of $8.625 million, had four assists. But, as he said, no goals.
On Boudreau's dismissal, Perry added: "He did a lot for my game. It's tough when you know the reason somebody got fired is because we as a team and as individuals didn't perform to where we needed to perform, and that's the hardest thing. You lose four Game 7s at home, and he has nothing really do with what we did on the ice. We're performing, we're playing and we have to hold ourselves accountable. And I think a lot of guys are doing that."


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Since I've upgraded to Lion I'm experiencing a rather odd problem: iWork doesn't respond to certain keystrokes. The worst offenders are Cmd-C, Cmd-V, and the like, but sometimes regular typing just doesn't appear in the document.
This is an intermittent problem: if I click on a Finder window and then back to Pages (or Numbers, or Keynote) then all is well once again – for a few minutes. Then, sure enough, when I try to Cut or Paste, I have to do it from the menu: the keyboard shortcuts won't work.
Anyone else seen this? Any suggestions how to track down what's causing it?
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To Martin S. Taylor et al.
I have been having the same 'ignored keystrokes' problem, and have found a way to reproduce the malfunction entirely reliably. It is when you use the magic mouse with one hand, the keyboard with the other. I have been seeking a solution from Applecare support for 3 months, now, but nothing to date. I suspect it is a bug in iWorks. I would be very interested if someone can reproduce the problem and report back here. Here is the sequence that produces the problem 100% reliably for me:
- Open a new document in Pages and type a few words to make sure it is working properly
- Hold the magic mouse in your normal way, between you thumb and another finger. (Not your index finger)
- Slowly stroke the top of the mouse with your index finger as if you are scrolling (very lightly, in any direction) BUT DON'T LIFT UP YOU FINGER AFTERWARDS. With your finger still touching the mouse surface, try typing some characters with your other hand. If it works for you as it does for me, all keystrokes will be ignored, until you raise your index finger from the mouse surface.
- This is very annoying for anyone like me, who tends to leave his finger resting on the mouse surface after dragging, clicking etc. Randomly and intermittently keystrokes get ignored … sometimes for many seconds (until, inadvertently, you lift up your finger from the mouse).
It happens particularly when you are copying and pasting because you normally use the mouse to indentify the text to be copied in one hand, while typing with the other hand. Any confirmation would be much appreciated.
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GreenClean is a granular peroxide based product. The mode of action is oxidation, which provides immediate control of algae, and it releases oxygen as it works. GreenClean is one of the only non-copper based algaecides currently on the market. GreenClean can be applied by broadcasting, as a dissolved liquid, or as a subsurface application. Application rates range from 3-170 pounds per acre-foot depending on the amount of algae growth.
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WORTHINGTON ---- Dorothy Johnson, 90, of Worthington, passed away at 6:10 a.m., Tuesday, Sept. 23, 2003 at Greene County General Hospital in Linton.
Born Feb. 19, 1913 in Owen County, she was the daughter of Denver and Florence (Fulk) Neumeyer.
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Cycad (Cycas calcicola)
|Cycas (1)
|Height: c. 3 m (2)
Trunk diameter: 17-30 cm (2)
Average leaf length: 80 – 90 cm (2)
Average leaf width: 15 - 20 cm (2)
Classified as Least Concern (LC) by the IUCN Red List (1) and listed on Appendix II of CITES (3).
Despite being strikingly distinctive and occurring beside the major north-south highway in the Northern Territory, Australia, this cycad was only recognised as recently as 1978 (4). The palm-like shrub (2) is distinguished by its long, flat, dark-green leaves with large numbers of very narrow leaflets, densely covered with short, matted hairs below, and sometimes above (4). This slender-trunked form of Cycas is also characterised by pronounced silver or bluish-grey colouration through young upright leaves, which can most frequently be seen in the new flush of growth after a fire (2) (5). The slender, greyish male pollen cone is ovoid in shape, 17 to 26 centimetres long and 5 to 6 centimetres wide (2). The megasporophylls, a leaf-like structure that holds the female gamete, are 12 to 18 centimetres long and either grey or brown (4).
Located in a few disjunct areas across the Northern Territory of Australia (5).
Found amongst sparse woodland on sandstone or limestone, where the water table is near the surface (5).
Cycads are dioecious plants, meaning that there are separate male and female plants, and the female produces seeds while the male produces cones with pollen in them. Plants of this taxon have generally been considered to be wind pollinated, but several recent studies suggest that insect pollination is more likely. The seeds produced are typically large with a hard, stony layer (sclerotesta) beneath a fleshy outer coat (sarcotesta), attracting animals such as birds, rodents, small marsupials and fruit-eating bats, which serve as dispersal agents. In most cases, the fleshy coat is eaten off the seed rather than the entire seed being consumed. Cycads are long-lived and slow-growing, with slow recruitment and population turnover (6).
This species is widespread and not considered to be at risk (4).
This cycad is listed on Appendix II of CITES, which regulates the plant's import and export across international borders (3). Otherwise, no conservation measures are currently in place for this species.
For more information on Cycas calcicola see:
- Palm and Cycad Societies of Australia (PACSOA):
- The Virtual Cycad Encyclopedia:
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- Gametes: reproductive cells, which will unite in a pair to eventually produce offspring.
- Leaflets: the individual 'leaf-like' parts of a compound leaf
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Azerbaijan 2-0 Northern Ireland
- From the section Football
Northern Ireland have suffered a second successive embarrassing defeat, going down to minnows Azerbaijan.
Michael O'Neill's side lost to Luxembourg in September but dominated the first half in Baku.
However, Rufat Dadasov fired in and, though Martin Paterson hit a post, Mahir Shukorov scored a free-kick after Jonny Evans saw red for kicking out.
The loss means Northern Ireland slip behind Azerbaijan to fifth in their World Cup qualifying group.
O'Neill opted for a new-look 3-5-2 formation as Northern Ireland attempted to bounce back from the humiliating 3-2 defeat by Luxembourg.
The visitors controlled the first half in the Bakcell Arena, but failed to secure a deserved lead.
Azerbaijan keeper Kamran Agayev kept out a powerful Chris Brunt strike before producing a superb reflex save with his feet from Jamie Ward's close-range header.
The hosts offered nothing in attack until midway through the half, when they squandered two good chances within three minutes.
Dadasov fired wide from 12 yards, before the unmarked Rauf Aliyev saw his back-post volley saved by an alert Roy Carroll.
Northern Ireland were soon back on top and Agayev denied Brunt again, while Ward's shot curled over the bar.
The best chance fell to Paterson on 38 minutes, with the striker put clear by Lee Hodson, only to drag his low shot wide.
Azerbaijan took command after the break and poor marking allowed Dadashov room to sweep the ball wide from eight yards.
Oliver Norwood's lunge at Aliyev resulted in a yellow card and a suspension for the final qualifier against Israel on Tuesday.
However, the big Kaiserslautern striker made no mistake in the 58th minute, slotting past Carroll from Aliyev's low cross for the opener.
Gareth McAuley's header found the roof of the net as Northern Ireland chased an equaliser, but the main goal threat was coming from their opponents.
A fluent move on 62 minutes ended with Aliyev's long-range strike, from a Dadasov lay-off, flying just over as a lethargic Northern Ireland failed to sustain any pressure on the home goal until the dying moments.
Steve Davis picked out Paterson with three minutes left and the Huddersfield forward's volley struck the woodwork before the ball was cleared.
In a nightmare finish for Northern Ireland, McAuley received a second yellow card of the qualifying campaign to be suspended for the Israel game along with Evans, who was shown a straight red card in injury time for kicking out at Aliyev.
With the last kick of the game, Shukurov curled the resulting 20-yard free-kick into the top corner.
- 1Agayev
- 4Shukurov
- 5Allahverdiev
- 8Qarayev
- 3RamaldanovBooked at 63mins
- 14Sadigov
- 15Oglu AbdullayevSubstituted forÖzkaraat 82'minutes
- 19Amirquliyev
- 10DadashovSubstituted forHuseynovat 90+3'minutes
- 11Aliyev
- 17NadirovSubstituted forHuseynovat 45'minutes
- 2Huseynov
- 6Levin
- 7Cavadov
- 9Özkara
- 12Nazirov
- 13Gökdemir
- 16Huseynov
- 18Medvedev
- 20Budak
- 22Ismayilov
- 23Aghayev
Northern Ireland
- 1Carroll
- 2HodsonSubstituted forMcGinnat 66'minutes
- 10Ferguson
- 5EvansBooked at 90mins
- 4McAuley
- 14Cathcart
- 16NorwoodBooked at 55mins
- 8Davis
- 19WardSubstituted forGriggat 84'minutes
- 9Paterson
- 11BruntSubstituted forMckayat 74'minutes
- 3Lafferty
- 6Baird
- 7McGinn
- 12Mannus
- 13Evans
- 15Grigg
- 17Bruce
- 18McArdle
- 20Mckay
- 21Clingan
- 22Little
- 23McGovern
- Referee:
- Andrea De Marco
Match Stats
- Possession
- Home46%
- Away54%
- Shots
- Home10
- Away22
- Shots on Target
- Home4
- Away8
- Corners
- Home2
- Away5
- Fouls
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Mondelez revamps social media strategy
25 September 2013
LONDON: Mondelez, the snack foods giant, is to overhaul its approach to social media following a successful Facebook trial earlier this year for one of its chocolate brands.
The "Have a Fling" promotion for Cadbury's Crème Egg saw Mondelez invest "four to five times" more on its UK activity on the social networking site, which resulted in the same purchase consideration as television but at one third of the cost.
"We launched the trial to find a new approach to our media mix that was going to reach 18-to-24 year olds," Jerry Daykin, European social media manager at Mondelez,
told Marketing Week
"Facebook doesn't just have to be a deep engagement platform for an audience – it can be something that broadcasts an engaging marketing message en masse," he added.
Daily posts, user feedback and user-generated content were all harnessed to use as Promoted Posts in order to reach potential customers who were not yet fans of the brand page. There was also activity around selected TV events.
The result was that brand consideration on TV increased by 20% over three months, while the increase attributable to Facebook rose 18%.
Mondelez was further able to show, via research from Kantar, that consumers exposed to both TV and Facebook were 66% more likely to purchase than the expected combined effect of both channels.
Sonia Carter, head of European digital marketing and social media at Mondelez, described the approach as a "gamechanger".
"We wanted to make sure that rather than trying to get across the entire campaign message in every single post, we were creating a rhythm throughout the course of the campaign," Carter explained.
"At the same time, we were looking at cross-media efficiencies – so making TV perform better, but also making it work harder for Facebook," she added.
For the future, Carter said she expected that Mondelez brands would be increasing investment in Facebook and treating their posts as "potentially having the same reach as a TV ad".
Mondelez's commitment to social media was further highlighted recently when the brand
announced a partnership with Twitter
that aimed to develop its real-time marketing expertise, with Twitter employees working alongside Mondelez staff in various territories.
Data sourced from Marketing Week; additional content by Warc staff
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