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Mark Newton-Jones appointed Chief Executive Officer of Mothercare
Mothercare is very pleased to announce the appointment of Mark Newton-Jones as its Chief Executive Officer. He will take up his position and join the Mothercare Plc Board on 17 July 2014.
The appointment follows Mark Newton-Jones' successful tenure as the Group's interim CEO, a position he has held since 17 March 2014. The Board has conducted a thorough recruitment process over the past few months and is confident Mark is the right person to lead the business.
Mark has extensive retail experience - across both stores and online - gained during a career that spans more than 30 years. Most recently he spent 10 years as CEO of Shop Direct Group during which he led its turnaround and transformation into one of the UK's leading internet and home shopping businesses. Previously Mark spent 18 years at Next Plc where he held a variety of senior retail roles, including in his last five years as the Director responsible for the Next Directory.
Since the start of the financial year, progress has been achieved across our International and UK businesses and the Board believes that scope for further improvement and growth in shareholder value is substantial. The Company will provide an update at the time of its AGM on 17 July on recent trading performance and Mark's initial views as part of its Q1 update.
Alan Parker, Chairman of Mothercare Plc, said: "I am delighted that Mark will be joining Mothercare on a permanent basis as our new CEO. He has made a substantial difference to the UK business already in the four months he has been with us and is a first-class retailer with a highly successful track record. After a rigorous recruitment process, we have chosen a strong and experienced leader in Mark to drive the UK turnaround, and take Mothercare's international business from strength to strength in order to deliver significant value for our shareholders."
Mark Newton-Jones said: "I am very much looking forward to leading the Mothercare Group at such an important time in its development. Mothercare and Early Learning Centre are two iconic UK retail brands which have both developed into significant international businesses, serving parents and young children in 60 countries. We now need to put in place the building blocks to strengthen the UK performance and I believe there is then a tremendous opportunity to take this business forward. It will be a pleasure to work alongside Mothercare's team of passionate and knowledgeable colleagues as we rebuild the UK and continue to grow our global presence."
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Mark Newton-Jones
Prior to joining Mothercare in March 2014, Mark Newton-Jones was CEO of Shop Direct Group, a position he held for almost ten years. He joined the Group in 2003 at Littlewoods Stores and was appointed Group Chief Executive of the newly-formed Littlewoods Shop Direct Group in 2005. Under Mark's stewardship, Shop Direct embarked on one of the largest retail integrations in Europe, merging and integrating Littlewoods and Great Universal Stores, and a significant transformation journey from a failing large scale bricks-and-mortar operation, to one of the UK's leading multi-channel retailers with seamlessly integrated mobile, online and digital platforms. Mark led the acquisition of Empire Stores, followed by the purchase of the Woolworths and Ladybird brands in 2009 and the launch of the successful online fashion brands, www.very.co.uk and www.isme.com
Prior to joining Shop Direct Group, Mark spent 18 years at Next, rising through the ranks to become the youngest regional manager with responsibility for over 100 of Next's 300 stores at the age of 25. In his last five years at Next he was responsible for the highly successful Next Directory, taking it online in 1998 and becoming one of the UK's first online retailers. Mark began his retail career in his family run retail and wholesale business, working alongside his father and grandfather.
Mark holds two non-executive director positions at boohoo.com and Pockit.
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The Mothercare group is comprised principally of two leading retail brands with international appeal; Mothercare and Early Learning Centre.
The group's brands operate through three distinct channels to market; UK stores, Direct (being the in-home and in-store internet-based businesses and catalogue mail order), and International.
The International business is significant, with Mothercare and ELC brand retail operations operated by group franchisees (and three joint ventures) in over 1200 locations in 60 overseas markets. International retail sales represent over 60% of the group's total retail sales.
Mark Newton-Jones will be appointed on a salary of £600,000. His remuneration package will be in line with the Directors' Remuneration Policy being put forward for approval by shareholders at the Annual General Meeting on 17th July, including an element in respect of relocation. Details of long-term incentive plan awards and targets will be agreed following shareholder consultation, as already disclosed in our Annual Report and Accounts.
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Thirty-Ninth George Gamow Memorial Lecture
Robert P. Kirshner
"A Blunder Undone: The Accelerating Universe"
March 30, 2004
Exploding stars halfway across the observable universe reveal a surprising fact. Judging the distances to distant supernovae from their apparent brightness, the rate of cosmic expansion has been speeding up in the last 5 billion years. While gravitation acts to slow cosmic expansion, these observations require something else to make the universe accelerate. We call this the "dark energy", though, in truth, we do not know what it is. Perhaps it is the modern version of Einstein's notorious cosmological constant, famously described by George Gamow as Einstein's "greatest blunder."
This result was a big surprise to people working on the problem. Early in 1998, I wrote an e-mail to the members of our "High-Z Supernova Team" saying, "In your heart you know this is wrong, though your head tells you [that] you don't care and you're just reporting the observations."
One reason to be wary was Einstein's bad experience with this idea, invented to make a static universe. Did we think we were smarter than Einstein? Einstein never liked the cosmological constant, as he wrote, "I am unable to believe that such an ugly thing should be realized in nature." It became a kind of theoretical poison ivy—touched only by the unwary for about 65 years. But the data were leading us to reconsider. As Adam Riess wrote to the rest of the team, "Approach these results not with your heart or your head, but with your eyes. We are observers, after all!"
Technology is a lot better now: we use fast computers to scan digital images of the sky and pick out the objects that change. We've developed a pipeline system that pops out the supernova candidates about an hour after we take the images. This is important because supernovae are like fish—after about 3 days, they begin to lose their freshness. If you want to see the peak of the light curve prompt action is essential.
In 1998, we saw the signature of cosmic acceleration in supernovae at redshift 0.5: light that had been en route for about 5 billion years. Now we're using the Hubble Space Telescope to search for even fainter and more distant supernovae at redshift 1.5, roughly 9 billion light years away when we expect deceleration from dense dark matter.
We would like to understand better the nature of the dark energy. Is it really Einstein's cosmological constant, retrieved from the dumpster of history, smoothed out and made new again? Or is it some more general "quintessence" whose energy density changes over time. Better measurements will show whether the dark energy comes from a source that is constant, or one that changes subtly as the universe expands. Either way will be very interesting.
Faint light from distant stellar catastrophes traces the history of cosmic expansion. It is not what we expected to see. The universe contains more parts than the simplest universe we could imagine: atoms that glow, atoms that don't, neutrinos with mass, and another dark matter particle with more mass, something that made the universe expand exponentially in the era of inflation and something more that is making the universe accelerate now. Perhaps some day in the future all of this will seem essential, but at the moment, it seems we live in a recklessly extravagant universe, with extra parts whose function we do not yet fathom.
Robert P. Kirshner is Clowes Professor of Science at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Born in Sudbury, MA in 1949, he obtained his A.B. from Harvard College in 1970 and his Ph.D from the California Institute of Technology in 1975. Kirshner was elected to the National Academy of Sciences in 1998 and elected President of the American Astronomical Society in 2003. At Harvard, he teaches a large course for students who are not science concentrators, "Matter in the Universe." He is also Master of Quincy House, one of Harvard's undergraduate residences. In 2003, Princeton University Press published Kirshner's popular-level book, "The Extravagant Universe: exploding stars, dark energy, and the accelerating cosmos."

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Julie Hedlund was a Senior Analyst with the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation (ITIF). She has advised IT companies and regulators concerning telecommunications and Internet policy and teaches a popular course for private and public sector officials from developing countries on Internet Regulatory and Trade Policy at the U.S. Telecommunications Training Institute in Washington, DC.
At this event, ITIF released a new report that outlines specific steps Congress and the Administration can take to combat this new wave of technology protectionism. It featured remarks by Congressman Artur Davis, 7th District, Alabama.


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The Center Grove High School students sat on and beat out Latin rhythms on wooden boxes. In the process, they learned about the music of Peru, Cuba and the Dominican Republic.
The boxes, or wooden drums called cajons, are new instruments the students are learning to play in teacher Josh Torres' percussion ensemble class. Torres has spent six years collecting an assortment of Brazilian, African and
Afro-Cuban drums for the school to introduce students to the drumming of other cultures.
Torres' goals for introducing instruments from other countries, such as djembes from Africa, include broadening the cultural experiences of students at a school that is primarily Caucasian, he said.
"You don't have to speak the same language to play the music the same," senior Danielle Lain, 18, said. "It's new and exciting."
Torres wants to prepare future music majors for instruments they might have to play if they're drummers in college but also keep music varied and fun to the students who play in the high school marching band. When learning to play the instruments, the students also learn how musicians from the countries perform on them, he said.
The 15 or so students in the class are part of three ensembles, which perform on particular instruments. The African, Brazilian and
Afro-Cuban ensembles each occasionally perform publicly, but Torres eventually wants them to perform regularly as part of a Center Grove world music program.
Brazilian musicians move with the rhythms they play and often have dancers as accompaniment, he said. Torres is having the students do some dancing and singing along with the drumming. Eventually, he would like students performing to wear costumes from the countries where such instruments are found, he said.
Even learning how the individual instruments are made teaches the students about the countries, said junior Alex Sorley, 16. For example, Brazilian drums called timbales reflect whether the area where they originated is poor, he said.
Also, the Afro-Cuban cajons are simple to play and can be made cheaply out of boxes, Torres said.
This year, Torres added seven cajons, two shakers and two rocars, which are Brazilian instruments that are shaken to make metal discs hit each other. He has bought most of the instruments over the years with Center Grove Education Foundation grants.
Senior Peter Karozos, 18, said playing drums such as the cajon has helped him recognize the sound of instruments from other cultures in the music he's heard.
"I feel like, through those rhythms, if I went to a Latin American country, I could communicate some through music," he said.
Learning to play the instruments in Torres' class has helped him learn a Brazilian rhythm and play it on his drum set, the instrument he typically plays, Karozos said.
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There already is a chatroom for xT on Efnet, sure you can use it for the tournaments;This, I don't have a way of doing tournaments for PSN directly. I COULD manage the bracket with people reporting in the results. Depends on what you guys on psn think would work best. I have 360 so I can be more proactive for the live users.
I was thinking of using IRC for reporting and chatting, you guys ok with that? Maybe like #sxtchat. I would use EFNET. For anyone with no experience with IRC, www.efnet.org is really easy to use. Just pick a user name and put the title of the room on the left hand side, you will connect to the room automatically, it is web-based.
There already is a chatroom for xT on Efnet, sure you can use it for the tournaments;
JiBbo is out of town 'till the end of August, guess you can contact Ryan Hunter if you want to get it started this weekend.2nd post updated with tournament information and rules. I don't know how many tournaments are in the series yet but, more stuff to figure out as we go along lol. Now I need to get up with Jibbo to see if he can record top 8 for us.
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Software is a huge sector, and like any huge sector there is a mix of wheat and chaff. The trick, then, is to separate the two and focus one's time on the most promising ideas. The following are five above-average software companies that are worth a closer look by investors seeking some technology ideas with solid chances of market-beating performance.
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1. Cognizant Technology Solutions (Nasdaq:CTSH)
Cognizant is the youngest of the Tier 1 Indian IT firms (which includes Infosys (Nasdaq:INFY) and Wipro (NYSE:WIT)), and has the added twist of a U.S.-based management. Employee turnover is quite high compared to U.S. software companies, but this is nothing new in this sector. The company has a high reliance on financial services, but recently crossed the $1 billion mark in quarterly revenue despite the uncertain conditions in the sector. Wage and tax pressures in India are concerns to monitor, but recent revenue growth in excess of 40% and increasing analyst estimates suggest solid near-term momentum.
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DST Systems is the outlier in this group, as the stock has underperformed the S&P 500 over the last year and the valuation is quite a bit below the industry average. DST is the largest third-party shareholder record keeping company, and has a significant share of the outsourced mutual fund business. The company also owns stakes in State Street (NYSE:STT), Computershare and Euronet Worldwide (Nasdaq:EEFT) - and those holding are worth about one-third of the stock's current valuation. Even allowing for risk of the company's reliance on healthy equity and credit markets, DST looks like a software name that could appeal to value investors.
3. MICROS Systems (Nasdaq:MCRS)
Investors are starting to feel quite a bit better about the hospitality industry, as the casino, hotel and restaurant sectors have been outperforming recently. As a provider of software and IT products to that sector, it perhaps not so surprising that the stock of MICROS has been strong as well. As the travel and leisure markets improve, MICROS should see good operating leverage here and from international customers. There is likewise the possibility to deepen its penetration in a sector that has not yet consistently adopted technology outside of the large national operators.
4. Oracle (Nasdaq:ORCL)
Oracle has had a good run over the past year (up about 35%), but still does not look overpriced. Assuming that Oracle can continue past success in middleware and applications and take a leadership position in this hardware/software hybrid model that seems to be emerging in the large-cap IT space, the odds should be pretty good that Oracle continues to outperform the market.
5. Red Hat (NYSE:RHT)
Like Cognizant, MICROS and Oracle, Red Hat has enjoyed a good run over the past year. Unlike the other names on this list, however, Red Hat builds itself on the basis of service and support. Much as Microsoft (Nasdaq:MSFT), IBM (NYSE:IBM) and VMWare (NYSE:VMW) want to break that dynamic and convert customers to their proprietary products, there is likely to always be a segment of the market that prefers open-source software over proprietary systems.
On top of that, Red Hat has the opportunity to expand its service model into the growing cloud and virtualization markets, a move that would likely mean above-average returns if successful.
The Bottom Line
Software, and technology in general, can offer volatility and valuation levels that trouble conservative investors. That said, they are often cash-generating high-margin businesses and even a conservative investor may find that a small allocation to software is worth the trouble. These names are just a starting point for due diligence, but each would seem to have a better than fair shot at solid performance in both the short and long term. (For related reading, take a look at 4 Industry Changing Tech Trends.)
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|Professor Deonier researches structure-function relationships for DNA-protein complexes. Specifically, he focuses on the transfer origin (oriT) of the Escherichia coli F plasmid, the site on the DNA where a strand-specific nick is introduced, and the point from which one of the two DNA strands of the plasmid is unwound and transferred to a recipient during bacterial conjugation. Conjugation, in which genes are exchanged between indvidual bacterium, is an important route for transmission of antibiotic resistances and virulence factors to pathogenic bacteria. His studies have employed biological, biochemical and physical chemical approaches to define the structural elements of the transfer origin locus, which his team has shown to be extensive, spanning 200 base pairs, and how the locus' structure is essential to its function.
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The Sundance 2012 Documentary Winners
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Arthur Miller's daughter, Rebecca, with her husband Daniel Day-Lewis.
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1) Insert CD that came with the printer.
2) Go to My Computer.
3) Right Click and press OPEN.
4) Go to the SETUP folder and double click.
5) Go to the "hppTLBXFXM1522" folder and double click.
6) Right click the "hppTLBXFXM1522.msi" file and select either "repair" or "install', see which works best for you.
I hope whoever has this problem will enjoy this solution, good luck to everyone.
Re: my printer's Toolbox is not working.
Hey Tatty,
I am trying what you have said worked for you. Except, mine is a M2727nf. So far, I have attempted to repair, then tried installing. Neither has worked yet. I am going to uninstall then attempt another installation. Will update when I find out if works.
Just wanted to say thanks for posting what you found to work. It definitely gave me a starting point.


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- Congo (Dem. Rep.)RetailFunding via Hekima, a partner of World Relief
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She has had a small business for two years. Later, she was informed about microloans granted by the microfinance institution Hekima. She then benefited from her first loan of $50 to bolster her work. The profits from her business go toward savings, food, and support for her children's schooling. However, she just received her seventh loan. During the time period, this client saw that her business clearly prospered. So she decided to increase the loan amount for this new cycle. This new loan must serve to buy 2 sacks of beans for her.
In addition, she wishes to see her children grow up and buy a plot of land in the future.
This client thanks Hekima for its actions helping poor women with low incomes to become autonomous.
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Important InformationHEKIMA is a microfinance institution headquartered in Goma, Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), with branch offices in Goma and Bukavu. HEKIMA aims to contribute to the transformation of the economic, social, and spiritual lives of the economically active poor of the DRC. To this end, HEKIMA provides its clients with solidarity group loans to support income-generating activities. Despite ongoing instability and violence in its operating areas, HEKIMA continues to keep its doors open and provide credit and savings services for its over 90% female clientele.
This is a Group Loan
In a group loan, each member of the group receives an individual loan but is part of a larger group of individuals. The group is there to provide support to the members and to provide a system of peer pressure, but groups may or may not be formally bound by a group guarantee. In cases where there is a group guarantee, members of the group are responsible for paying back the loans of their fellow group members in the case of delinquency or default.
Kiva's Field Partners typically feature one borrower from a group. The loan description, sector, and other attributes for a group loan profile are determined by the featured borrower's loan. The other members of the group are not required to use their loans for the same purpose.
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A year ago, the Republican lawmaker was in a position to run a well-funded campaign to take down state Treasurer Richard Mourdock's challenge on his right flank. Now, one week before the May 8 primary, the Hoosier legend faces a miserable cap to his 36-year career.
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Libyan oil port shut down by protesting guards
Protesters in Libya have shut down the eastern Libyan oil port Brega, days after the government celebrated the reopening of major ports after almost a year of blockage.
A spokesman for the state-owned National Oil Corp (NOC), Mohammed al-Harari, announced on Saturday that the state-run Sirte Oil Co. would have to shut down its production of 43,000 barrels per day (bpd) if the protest by state oil guards continued.
The spokesman, however, did not mention how long the facility may remain closed.
Harari further said that he was not aware what the demands of the guards were.
He went on to explain that Brega port was used to export oil but recently had been largely used to supply the western Zawiya refinery.
The development comes as the government managed to negotiate an end to a protest blocking the 340,000 bpd Sharara field in the southwest last week.
Meanwhile, a rebel group has also agreed to restart the Ras Lanuf and Es Sider ports which they had seized nearly a year ago.
In early July, Libyan rebels reached a deal to reopen two eastern terminals, called Es Sider and Ras Lanuf, which handle nearly half the country's normal oil exports, pushing crude prices lower on the world market.
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Health & Wellness
The members of the Health and Wellness ministry team focus on bringing to the church and community healthful lifestyle improvement programs founded on the life-changing power of Jesus Christ.
Health and Wellness is the gospel of Christ illustrated, the message of God practiced.
"Whether therefore you eat, or drink, or whatsoever you do, do all to the glory of God." 1 Cor. 10:31
Throughout the year biblical wellness programs are offered such as CHIP and BEST WEIGH, promoting a vibrant lifestyle that brings mental, physical and social wellness to the glory of God.
Additional resources: http://www.uccsda.org/health
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The Walla Walla Health Expo will feature many guest speakers who will present vital information on health such as: weight loss, health remedies, spiritual and emotional health, nutrition and exercise, and coronary disease prevention. There will also be free health screenings available for strength, flexibility, lung capacity, blood pressure, body mass index, and bone density (in the Youth Room). See below for speaker and schedule information.
Afternoon Sessions will be held on May 16 by:
Anabel Facemire, M.D., Board Certified Cardiologist
May 16, 2:15 & 4:45 PM, Fellowship Hall "The Power to Conquer Heart Disease"
Robert Egbert, Ph.D, Ed.D, Proferros of Psychology, WWU
May 16, 3:30 PM, Fellowship Hall "MIND Your Health: How Emotional Health Energizes Personal Relationship, Work Experience, and Personal Health"
May 16, 4:45 PM, Chapel (Same Topic Repeated)
Donald Casebolt, M.D., Family Practice Preventative Medicine
May 16, 3:30 PM, Adult SS Room #2 "Harmful Effects of Animal Protein"
May 16, 4:45 PM, Adult SS Room #1 (Same Topic Repeated)
Beverly Thompson, M.N., Natural Health Remedies
May 16, 2:15 & 3:30 PM, Adult SS Room #1 "Practical Tools for Good Health: Water Therapy, Charcoal and Exercise"
Dan Niesner, M.Div., Health Coach
May 16, 2:15 & 4:45 PM, Adult SS Room #2 "Practical Weight-Loss Tips"
Special Guest Speaker Weekend: May 22 & 23, 2015
Fred Hardinge, DrPh
Certified Health Education Specialist, Registered Dietitian, and the Associate Director of Health Ministries of the General Conference of SDA
May 22, 7:00 PM, Chapel
"Lifestyle Choices: The Secret to Optimal Health"
May 23, 8:15 & 10:45 AM, Sanctuary
"Human Performance Integrity: The Experience of Daniel and His Friends"
May 23, 2:15 & 3:30 PM, Chapel
"Good Diets: Do They Really Make A Difference?"
Best Weigh
Best Weigh is a weight management program designed to help individuals lose weight permanently. Best Weigh is a high value but low cost program requiring commitment and as little as $20 for the entire ten week program! Week-by-week your food choices and portions become more healthful. Best Weigh is like a short post-graduate course in nutrition. Topics covered include: fats, trans fats, cholesterol, sugars and other simple carbohydrates, complex carbohydrates and fiber, fruits and vegetables, protein foods, food supplements, and reading nutrition labels.
... an acronym for Complete Health Improvement Program, is an affordable, 4-week lifestyle enrichment program designed to reduce disease risk factors through the adoption of better health habits and appropriate lifestyle modifications. The goal is to lower blood cholesterol, hypertension, and blood sugar levels and reduce excess weight. This is done by improving dietary choices, enhancing daily exercise, increasing support systems and decreasing stress, thus aiding in preventing and reversing disease. For more info: http://www.chiphealth.com/About-CHIP/about-chip/


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Herman's Hermits is an English beat band from Manchester, England that formed in 1963. The original members of Herman's Hermits consisted of Keith Hopwood on guitar and vocals, Karl Green on guitar and vocals, Alan Wrigley on bass and vocals, Steve Titterington on drums and Peter Noone on lead vocals. Noone was only 15 when the band began, but had already established himself with British audiences on the popular television soap opera "Coronation Street." Derek "Lek" Leckenby (guitar, vocals) and Barry Whitwam (drums) joined later from another local group, The Wailers. Whitwam replaced Titterington on drums, Green switched to bass guitar (replacing Wrigley), and Leckenby took over fo... Continue Bio >>
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The new FIFA World Cup ball for next year's event called the Brazuca was unveiled at a ceremony Tuesday in Rio de Janeiro.
Manufacturer Adidas said the FIFA World Cup ball offers breakthrough innovation featuring what it calls a revolutionary six-panel design.
The ball is decorated with a ribbon design in shades of blue, gold and green, which Adidas said symbolizes the traditional wish bracelets worn in Brazil.
Here are some of the pictures of the event:
An image of Brazuca, the 2014 World Cup official soccer ball, is projected during a 3D presentation at its unveiling in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. (AP)
Former Brazilian soccer player Cafu looks at the FIFA World Cup ball, called Brazuca, next to a photo of Argentina's soccer player Lionel Messi, after it was unveiled. (AP)
Dutch soccer player Clarence Seedorf, right, Brazilian soccer player Hernanes, center, and former Brazilian player Cafu pose holding the FIFA World Cup official soccer ball. (AP)
From right, Dutch soccer player Clarence Seedorf, Brazilian model Sheron Menezes, Brazilian soccer player Hernanes and former Brazilian player Cafu pose holding the 2014 World Cup official soccer ball. (AP)
Brazilian soccer player Hernanes holds the 2014 World Cup official soccer ball. (AP)


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Thunder: Kevin Durant finds a new agent
Kevin Durant has found a new agent.
One month after parting ways with the only representation he's ever known, Durant landed with Rob Pelinka of California-based Landmark Sports Agency, a person with knowledge of the situation confirmed to The Oklahoman on Monday.
SportsBusiness Journal first reported the agreement, which as of Monday afternoon had yet to be signed and formally submitted to the National Basketball Player's Association but is being considered a done deal.
Pelinka is a prominent agent who also represents Thunder guard James Harden in addition to Los Angeles Lakers star Kobe Bryant, Chicago's Carlos Boozer, Philadelphia's Andre Iguodala and New Jersey's Gerald Wallace among others.
Durant, who unexpectedly fired longtime agent Aaron Goodwin last month, was not available for comment Monday.
"I really appreciate what the Goodwins did for me," Durant said last month, "but it was time for me to move on."
Goodwin, CEO of Seattle-based Goodwin Sports Management, helped to build Durant's brand into one of the league's most marketable in just four full NBA seasons.
In its annual report on the NBA's top-earning players, Forbes in January ranked Durant as the game's eighth-highest earner at $24.5 million, which included $9 million a year in off-court income. Among NBA players, Durant trails only Bryant, LeBron James, Dwight Howard, Dwyane Wade, Carmelo Anthony, Amar'e Stoudemire and Kevin Garnett.
Durant's sponsorships include Nike, Gatorade, Sprint, Apollo Jets, Degree Men, Skullcandy, Panini America and the locally based Bob Moore Auto Group.
With the help of Goodwin's brother and business partner, Eric Goodwin, Durant also landed a starring role in the upcoming motion picture "Thunderstruck," a Warner Bros. Studio production in which Durant will play himself. Durant wrapped up filming on the family flick in January, and the movie is tentatively scheduled for a summer release.
Durant is in the first year of a new five-year contract that could keep him with the Thunder through the 2015-16 season.


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Kirsten Montgomery and Nicholas Hall, both of Columbus, announce their engagement.
Ms. Montgomery is the daughter of Sharon Montgomery and Michael Montgomery of Columbus. She is a 2009 graduate of Columbus North High School and plans to graduate in 2015 from IUPUC, with a degree in nursing. She is employed by Columbus Regional Hospital.
Mr. Hall, the son of Tammy Cline of Columbus and Mark and Michelle Hall of Tennessee, is employed by UPS. He is a 2009 graduate of Lincoln College of Technology, with a degree in diesel technology.
The wedding will be June 21 at First Christian Church.
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Counselling takes place when a counsellor sees a client in a private and confidential setting to explore a difficulty the client is having, distress they may be experiencing or perhaps their dissatisfaction with life, or loss of a sense of direction and purpose. It is always at the request of the client as no one can properly be 'sent' for counselling.
In the counselling sessions the client can explore various aspects of their life and feelings, talking about them freely and openly in a way that is rarely possible with friends or family. Bottled up feelings such as anger, anxiety, grief and embarrassment can become very intense and counselling offers an opportunity to explore them, with the possibility of making them easier to understand. The counsellor will encourage the expression of feelings and as a result of their training will be able to accept and reflect the client's problems without becoming burdened by them.
Acceptance and respect for the client are essentials for a counsellor and, as the relationship develops, so too does trust between the counsellor and client, enabling the client to look at many aspects of their life, their relationships and themselves which they may not have considered or been able to face before. The counsellor may help the client to examine in detail the behaviour or situations which are proving troublesome and to find an area where it would be possible to initiate some change as a start. The counsellor may help the client to look at the options open to them and help them to decide the best for them.
Counselling is very valuable for most life situations such as divorce, bereavement, redundancy etc as well as deeper issues that may have been formed in childhood and be the root of a clients' behaviour in adulthood. There are many approaches to counselling such as humanistic, behavioural, psychodynamic or cognitive and it is not possible to differentiate totally between counselling and psychotherapy as there are many overlaps.
Counselling is a very good method of getting you a better balance in life as well as helping you to work through a life crisis or event. It is multi-faceted and extremely valuable.


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Everest College Fort Worth South campus believes that an educational institution should strive to connect in a positive way with its community. The task should begin with a commitment to each student's success that matches educational goals and enhances their career aspirations.
The Everest campus offers the kind of hands-on industry-specific training that allows you to get on with your life in as little time as possible. Starting and completing a program of choice means it's possible for you to qualify for entry-level employment in less than a year*.
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A hallmark of Everest is the belief that an instructor should be able to impart real-world knowledge and experience to classroom students. This way, learning is fun and results oriented for everyone involved. You can learn quicker and better in such an environment.
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Getting an education is only half the journey. After you graduate from your program, the commitment will be there in making sure you have the training and confidence that can help make you the best candidate possible when it comes time to launch your career.
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At Everest, the recipe for success is comprised of many ingredients. Friends and Family Day at the Fort Worth South campus will be hosted annually to extend a sincere thank you to its students, their families and the community.
Church outreach is a wonderful way of reinforcing family values and giving students and families access to support, assistance and spiritual guidance. Everest is involved in a number of community programs that both students and staff can participate, which includes the Fort Worth Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, YMCA of Metropolitan Fort Worth, and the Boys and Girls Club of Greater Fort Worth.
Each year, the Fort Worth South campus will participate in various holiday events, which include Halloween, Christmas and Easter.
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Ken's blog on our camping travels has blown up - not sure what happen. Here is the new link that I have started:
We are now living full time in our 29' camper and loving it. So far, have stayed in NC, VA, MD, IL, IA (where we are now) and heading for SD. We plan on spending the winter in NM. Here is a link to our blog, that Ken is writing this time. Leave a comment any time by just clicking on the 'no comment' [...]
Ken and I have enjoyed our adventures on our sailboat for the last 5 years and have sailed as far south as we are going to go. Now, we have decided to try a new adventure, have sold our boat and purchased a 'new to us', Tahoe and a 29' travel trailer. We have ventured to Lumberton, NC where we will stay for a month or two, taking care of previously made dentist/doctor visits. We are in a small, quiet campground (or I guess they are called RV parks now) and have started figuring out how things work and finding places for everything. Ken has already put in some shelves to give us more room. If I decide to start an 'RV Blog', I'll let you know. Now, I can really say 'On the road again'!! I am also on Facebook.
After visiting my Mom, we traveled to Maine to visit with friends. While there, we tried Cape Whoopies, Whoopie Pies, made by a fellow sailor! They come in many flavors and varieties and are just delicious! Check out Marcia's web site at http://capewhoopies.com/ and order some for yourself. Tell Marcia, Irene sent you! Here is a picture of our friend Paul enjoying his Cape Whoopies, Whoopie Pie!
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|28 Ene 2003
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|7 Oct 1999
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|7 Oct 1999
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|John K. Roessner, III, Richard Dreisbach, George Albert Lundberg, Jr.
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This invention relates to locking seals for securing two apertured members to each other such as overlying lids on tote bins and the like.
Tote bin lid seals are in wide use as are other similar seals. Such seals have a head at one end of a shank and a locking member at the other end of the shank. The seal shank is inserted through aligned apertures in two overlying lids of the bin until the resilient locking member, radially compressed when inserted in the apertures, expands to its natural position and lock the shank to the lids securing the closed lids. Only one side of the lids are accessible for inserting the seals. The problem with these seals is that the apertures on the bin lids tend to vary in dimensions and shape so that a seal of one set of dimensions may not lock to lids having different apertures. For example, the apertures may be a circle in some bins and oval in others. This requires keeping an inventory of different seals for the different size apertures. Such an inventory is costly and cumbersome to maintain. In addition, seals of incorrect dimensions may be used affecting the integrity of the seal.
Such seals may also employ flags, i.e., flanges attached to the seals, for receiving an imprinted identification code, ID, for that seal such as a bar code or serial number. Another problem is that the when the tote bins are stacked one over the other, the flags which normally are flat and extend over the lids, are located beneath the overlying bins of the stack and thus are not readily accessible or readable.
U.S. Pat. No. 2,159,363 discloses a snap fastener having a base formed of rectangular arms. Legs extend from the arms and form a nose. The legs outside edges form a pear shape. A socket portion extends from each leg out of the plane of the leg and are arranged to yield. The legs and socket portions move toward each other when inserted into an opening. After the socket portions pass through the opening, shoulders on the socket portions expand lock the fastener to strips having aligned holes through which the fastener was passed. The fastener is useful with different aperture sizes and different material thicknesses.
U.S. Pat. No. 3,449,799 discloses a fastener comprising a body having a head and a shank extending from the head, each having a bore therethrough. The shank is formed with a plurality of fingers with a groove on its outer side to form wings adapted to be spread apart against a surface surrounding an aperture upon application of a force on the inside of the finger. The fastener allows for different size apertures and does not rotate in the aperture. It also allows for connecting metal to glass and isolates the metal from glass. However, this fastener employs an internal screw for securing the members and is not a locking seal.
U.S. Pat. No. 3,074,134 discloses fastening means for securing automotive trim to a body. A retainer is attached to the trim and passes through an aperture in the automotive body sheet metal. A nose portion has expansible cam shaped parts. The parts have flexible connections to a head. Serrations in the parts mate with other serrations on the under side of the head to lock the parts.
U.S. Pat. No. 3,417,438 discloses a polymeric fastening device with a loop like body, a drive pin initially integral with the body to be sheared from the body, and moved into the body and a pair of spaced opposite cam elements engaging the drive pin to spread deformation of the body upon pressure being applied to the drive pin.
U.S. Pat. No. 3,897,162 discloses a non-releasable connecting device including first and second elements each of which have an elongated shaft and generally flat circular head portions. The shafts cooperate in sliding engagement. The first element shaft is inserted into the second element shaft, the second element having a split shaft. A locking member of the first element passes through a slot in the head of the second element followed by rotation of the first element and subsequent retraction to cause the locking member to engage internal recesses in the second element and permanently lock the elements together.
U.S. Pat. No. 3,954,295 discloses tamperproof shackle seals including a plug portion for cooperation with a mating portion of a socket mouth to prevent effective insertion of a blade. A stop is formed on a strap near the plug to limit effective length of the strap. Resilient fingers are in the socket.
U.S. Pat. No. 4,075,742 discloses a rod shaped locking member and a casing having a cavity for receiving the locking member. A tapered section of the locking member is inserted into a slit sleeve fixed in the casing. A shoulder abuts the sleeve to prevent axial retraction of the locking member. The locking member is axially advanced into the casing to reach a second stage. The rod shaped member is concealed.
U.S. Pat. No. 4,318,650 discloses a one piece plastic rivet having an open frame body laterally expandable and a cylindrical appendix within the body formed with a pull shank for producing the expansion. The appendix has projection means which cooperate with a stepped aperture in the head of the plug rivet for maintaining the body expanded.
U.S. Pat. No. 5,775,860 discloses a plastic rivet and integral drive pin having a head and shank. Resilient legs are attached to the shank which has a transverse hole forming deflectable walls. Protrusions project from the legs and walls. A shank drive pin is driven into the body.
Still other arrangements are disclosed in U.S. Pats. Nos. 5,509,182, 5,568,675 and 5,846,039. In addition, numerous other locking seals, fastening and locking devices are known.
The '162 patent requires access to both sides of a structure being fastened preventing use with tote bin lids. This is also true of devices disclosed also in U.S. Pat. Nos. 4,318,650, 4,920,618, and others. Others of the patents are useable primarily with holes of fixed dimensions or do not serve as appropriate locking seals for tote bins.
A seal for securing overlying apertured first and second members according to the present invention comprises a hollow body extending in an axial direction along an axis and having opposing first and second ends, the body having a transversely compressible distortable annular wall extending about the axis for passing through and in engagement with a plurality of different transversely dimensioned apertures. A locking flange is secured to the body at the first end and at least one radially resilient tang is at the second end for axially locking the body to the members in cooperation with the flange. As a result, the compressible body is able to accommodate and fit with tote bins having lids to be secured with different diameter apertures to which the seal is to be attached.
In one aspect, the body is non-circular, for example, oval, in transverse section.
In a further aspect, the at least one tang includes an elongated stem that extends axially from the body and a hook that extends radially outwardly and in a reverse axial direction from the stem at a stem end distal the body.
Preferably, an axially extending stiffening rib is secured to the stem and wall. This insures that the tangs are not too flexible and thus easily released by tampering.
In a further aspect, the rib is triangular in transverse shape.
In a further aspect, the body may be hollow. In a still further aspect, the annular wall defines an axially extending central hollow core, the seal further including a web secured to one side of the wall in the core at the first end and extending transversely across the core to an opposing side of the wall. Preferably the web is secured to and one piece with the opposing side wall.
In a further aspect, an annular array of a plurality of the tangs is included, the body defining a hollow central core that is elongated in a first transverse direction relative to the axis, the core having opposing ends in the first direction, a first plurality of the tangs being at one end of the core and a second plurality of tangs at the other opposite end of the core in the first direction.
In a further aspect, the first and second plurality of tangs are in like mirror image arrays and spaced from each other in the first direction. In this way, the tangs are at opposite ends of an oval body and enhance the locking action of the tangs.
In a further aspect, the flange is sheet material and extends from the body normal to the axis, further including a transverse hinge for permitting the flange to be selectively folded parallel to the axis. This permits indicia on the flange to be read when the seal is on each of a stack of tote bins. In addition, the flange includes projections for releasably securing the folded flange in the folded state.
Preferably in a further aspect, a locking insert is included for insertion into the core, the insert including a bifurcated shank defining a pair of legs for receiving the web therebetween. The web may then be secured to the legs by projections on the legs further precluding removal of the insert from the body.
For example, at least one of the legs may have a locking tab cooperating with the other leg for forming a locking opening medially the length of the legs, the locking opening for receiving the web and for cooperatively axially locking the insert to the web in the core to preclude the at least one tang from radially inwardly resiliently displacement.
Preferably the flange includes weakening means at the junction of the flange to the body to permit the flange to be removed from the body to unlock the members.
Preferably the body is elongated in a first direction transverse the axis and foreshortened in a second transverse direction normal to the first direction.
FIG. 1 is a side elevation view of a stack of tote bins employing a seal according to an embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 2 is a top plan view of an embodiment of a seal according to the present invention;
FIG. 3 is a side elevation view of the seal of FIG. 2;
FIG. 4 is a bottom plan view of the embodiment of the seal of FIG. 2;
FIG. 5 is an end elevation view of the seal of FIG. 2 taken along lines 5—5;
FIG. 6 is an end elevation view of the seal of FIG. 2 taken along lines 6—6;
FIG. 7 is a more detailed view of the seal of FIG. 3 taken at region 7;
FIG. 8 is a more detailed view of the seal of FIG. 3 taken at region A;
FIG. 9 is a more detailed view of the seal of FIG. 4 taken at region B;
FIG. 10 is a more detailed view of the seal of FIG. 6 taken at region C;
FIG. 11 is a more detailed view of the seal of FIG. 4 taken at region D;
FIG. 12 is a sectional plan view of the engagement of the seal of the present invention ;with a hole in a tote bin lid useful for showing some of the principles of the present invention;
FIG. 13 is a side elevation view partially in section showing the assembling of the seal of FIG. 3 to overlying tote bin lids;
FIG. 14 is a side elevation view partially in section similar to the view of FIG. 13 showing the final assembly of the seal of FIG. 3 to the overlying tote bin lids and the ID flange bent over at a hinge;
FIGS. 15 and 16 are plan fragmented sectional views of the assembly of the seal of the present invention to different size apertures in mating members;
FIG. 17 is a side elevation view partially in section showing an assembly stage of the sheared off locking insert of the embodiment of FIG. 14 into the previously assembled seal to provide increased security;
FIG. 18 is a sectional side elevation view of the seal of FIG. 17 after the locking insert is assembled in to the core of the seal body;
FIG. 19 is a plan view of a seal according to a further embodiment;
FIG. 20 is a side elevation view of the seal of FIG. 19;
FIG. 21 is an end elevation view of the seal of FIG. 19; and
FIG. 22 is a more detailed view of the region E of the seal of FIG. 21.
In FIG. 1, tote bins 2 are of the same construction and are widely used, for example, in retail stores and warehouses for storing or handling goods. The bins 2 have a pair of lids 4 and 6, FIG. 13, which are hinged to side walls of the bin 2 by hinges 7. The lids 4 and 6 each have an aperture 8 and 10 respectively which apertures align when the lids are closed in the position of FIG. 13. Typically, the bins 2 are plastic molded material including the lids. The bins 2 may be made by different manufacturers. The hole diameters of apertures 8 and 10 may differ among the bins, either due to differences in tolerances in manufacture or due to different manufacturing specifications. The holes may also be oval.
These bins, when used in retail stores, may need only low level security. In some cases they may need a higher level of security. The seals also need to be easily removed without tools. The security of the seals is that they are provided with unique indicia such as serial numbers, bar codes and the like. Once a seal is removed it can not be reused, and thus a replacement seal with a new ID is easily detected. A low level seal may be more easily tampered with than a high level seal. The level of security is determined by the user. The seal of the present invention meets all of the above needs.
One problem presented by the stacked bins of FIG. 1 is that typically the seals are placed over the lids so that when the bins are stacked, the seals are covered by the overlying bin. This makes it difficult to easily read the seal IDs to determine if tampering has occurred or for other purposes to which such IDs may be employed. As shown in FIG. 1, seals 12 have flanges 14 which are visible regardless the stacked arrangement of the bins 2.
In FIG. 2, seal 12 is preferably one piece integral molded thermoplastic material. The seal 12 has a flange 14 which has indicia comprising an identification serial number 16 and associated bar code 18 manifesting the serial number. The flange 14, sometimes referred to in this art as a flag, is a relatively thin flat sheet material member. The flange 14 at one end is attached to locking device 20 by a pair of mirror image opposing yoke-like arcuate arms 22. The arms 22 are attached to the device 20 by a weakening groove 24, FIGS. 10 and 11. For molding purposes, the groove 24, FIG. 10 is a linear channel with a flat bottom wall 26 and an inclined flange arm 22 side wall 28. The groove 24 permits the flange 14 to be twisted free of the device 20 without substantially affecting the outer diametrical dimensions of the device 20 to permit the lids 6 and 8, FIG. 1, of the bins 2 to be opened.
In FIG. 2, the flange 14 has a transverse living hinge 30. In FIG. 8, the hinge 30 comprises a relatively deep groove 32 formed in one surface of the flange 14 and a relatively shallow groove 34 formed in the opposite surface of the flange in opposing relation to groove 32. The grooves 32 and 34 divide the flange into two portions 36 and 38 forming a living hinge. A living hinge is where flexible material of relatively thin cross section is bent forming a hinge in the material, the hinge being formed typically by one or more grooves in the material to thin the material at the hinge. Portion 38 has the indicia 16 and 18 whereas the portion 36 is secured to the locking device 20 for locking the device 20 to the bin lids. In FIG. 1, the flange 14 is bent over at the hinge 30 exposing the flange portion 38 with the indicia. Thus the indicia may be read on each seal of the stack of bins 2 without having to remove any of the bins from the stack.
A locking insert 40 is attached to the flange 14 portion 38 distal the locking device 20 and extends coplanar with the flange 14. The insert is attached to the flange 14 portion 38 by a reduced section 42 so that the insert 40 may be removed from the flange by shearing it free.
In FIGS. 2-4 and 11, the locking device 20 comprises a thin walled body 44. The body 44 has an oval-like wall 44′ which is elongated in directions 45. The body 44 has mirror image opposing semi-circular end sections 46, 48 and a pair of parallel opposite side walls 50 forming a rectangular medial section. The body 44 has a hollow core 52 which extends along the body 44 axis 54, FIG. 3. In FIG. 11, a rectangular in transverse section transverse web 56, which is optional, extends medially to and between the walls 50. The web 56 is molded integral and one piece with the body 44. In an alternative arrangement, the web 56 is attached only to one of the walls 50 at junction 58 and is free of the opposite wall at junction 60. The web 56 may be severed at junction 60 if molded to the side walls at both junctions if desired. In a further alternative, the web 56 may terminate spaced from the wall 50 at junction 60, if desired. The body 44 walls including walls 50, and the walls of sections 46 and 48 are preferably uniform in thickness which may be about 0.8 mm thermoplastic material in one embodiment. The web 56 may also be about 0.8 mm thick thermoplastic material. The walls 50 may be about 50 mm in length and spaced apart about 36 mm. The web 56 is at the flange 14 end of the body 44, FIG. 3, has a portion that lies in the plane of the flange and depends into the core 52, FIG. 3, from the upper edge of the body 44 at walls 50.
A plurality of substantially identical radially resilient tangs 62, 64 and 66 depend from the body 44 wall section 46 wall 44′ in an array in the axial direction of axis 54 (FIG. 3) and a substantially identical array of tangs 62′, 64′ and 66′ depend from body wall section 48 in mirror image fashion as the tangs 62-66. Representative tang 64, FIGS. 3 and 11, comprises an elongated stem 68 which has an outer surface that follows and continues the arcuate contour of the body section 46. The stem is an extension of the wall of section 46. A triangular stem stiffening rib 70 is radially interior the stem 68 and continues through the body 44 core 52 flush with the body 44 upper edge at the flange 14. The tang 64 has a reversely directed hook 72 joined to the stem at its lowermost end distal the body 44 by a thickened portion 74. The hook 72 extends radially outwardly of the stem 68 so as to envelop and subtend an oval-like region with the other tang hooks that is substantially larger than the region defined by the body 44 in the axial direction of axis 54. All of the tangs 62, 64 and 66 depending from the section 46 thus are also in a semi-circular array at this end region of the body (the ends being defined relative to the plane of the flange 14, left to right in FIG. 11, the left side being one end and the right side being at the other opposite end normal to the axis 54) and the other tangs 62′, 64′ and 66′ at the other end region of the body are thus also in a semi-circular array. These two arrays of tangs are spaced a distance corresponding generally to about the lengths of the walls 50. The tangs including the stems 68 and ribs 70 and hooks 72 are all radially resilient relative to axis 54.
The insert 40, FIGS. 2-4, comprises an elongated head 76. The head is chamfered on its peripheral edges. The head is shown generally oval similar to the body 44 transverse shape. In the alternative, the head 76 may be rectangular or any other suitable shape. A bifurcated shank 78 extends from the head 76 forming a pair of mirror image legs 80. The legs 80 are each rectangular in transverse section. The legs each have a locking tab 82. In FIG. 9, the locking tabs are mirror images and have a shoulder 84 forming a rectangular opening 86 with the legs 80 and head 76, the opening 86 being internal the insert 40. A ramped projection 88, FIGS. 2, 4, and 7, is on opposing edges of each of the legs 80 with the incline facing away from the head 76. The space between the projections 88 and the head 76 just accommodates and is dimensioned to receive and lock the insert to the body 44.
In operation, the seal 12 locking device 20 is pushed from the exterior of the bin 2, FIG. 13, into the openings 10 in the lids until the tangs pass through the openings. This action radially compresses the tangs including the sterns and hooks during the insertion. After passing through the openings the tangs resiliently return to the normal position of FIG. 14, locking the lids closed. The flange 14 portion 38 is then bent over at the hinge 30 so that the portion 38 is somewhat parallel to the axis 54 (FIG. 3) as depicted in FIG. 14. The flange portion does not have to be exactly parallel as long as it is visible in a direction normal to axis 54 from the side of the bin as seen in FIG. 1. The insert 40 remains attached to the flange in this embodiment, which is a low level security. It is deemed low level security because the tangs might be tampered with by a determined person to compress the tangs to withdraw the seal from the lids of the bin.
In a higher secure mode, the insert is sheared from the flange 14 at the weakened section 42, FIG. 1. The insert 40, FIG. 17 is then inserted into the body 44 core 52, direction 90. The bifurcated legs 80 pass over web 56 in the body 44 core 52, FIGS. 18 and 19. The legs can pass through the core with the projections 88 due to the compressibility of the plastic material used. The projections 88 may extend a minimal distance from the leg surfaces sufficient to form a locking action with the body 44. The projections snap return to the normal position at the bottom edge of the body 44 distal the flange 14 locking the body 44 between the projections 88, FIG. 19, and the head 76.
The web 56 at the same time engages the opening 86 in the shank of the insert 44 (FIG. 19). The tabs 82 lock the web 56 in place to the body 44. The insert 40 prevents the tangs from being radially displaced inwardly providing further security to the seal. The chamfered edge of the head 76 of the insert also tends to make tampering more difficult by making it difficult to grip the insert in an attempt to remove it.
To open the lids, the flange 14 is twisted until it breaks free of the body at groove 24, FIG. 11. The flange breaks free of the body 44 without leaving a significant stub which might otherwise interfere with opening of the lids where the lid openings closely match the dimensions of the body 44 outer periphery. Once the flange is removed, the body 44 of the device 20 is no longer locked to the lids.
An important advantage of the body 44 oval shape is that it is readily compressible in the longitudinal direction of the oval shape from left to right in the drawing FIG. 11. In some cases the bin apertures 10, FIG. 13, which may be circular or oval, have a diametrical or other transverse dimension smaller than the length of the body 44 normal to the axis 54 from left to right in the drawing, FIG. 3. In this case, as shown in FIG. 12, the body 44″ is squeezed laterally in directions 92 as the body is inserted axially into the aperture 94 of a bin lid 96. A relatively high pushing force can be imposed on the body 44″ in the axial direction (normal to the sheet of the drawing) due to the relatively high leverage available. This action compresses the flexible body 44′ in directions 92 squeezing the body into the aperture 94. To assist in this flexibility of the body 44″, the web 56′ at junction 60′ is not attached to the body. As the body is distorted, the web 56 can separate from the body wall 50′. See also FIG. 16. The more the body is squeezed in directions 92 the more the web 56′ separates from wall 50′.
However, the body 44 remains sufficiently flexible to distort as desired without separating the web 56 at the junction 60′ if desired. This is because the body still may compress and distort in the region between the wall of sections 46 and 48, FIG. 11, and the web 56. In the case of a circular aperture in the lid, there will be room for the body to distort in a direction normal to directions 92, FIG. 12. See FIG. 15, wherein should the aperture 100 be reduced to a diameter less than the length (left to right in the figure) of the body (the aperture being shown in phantom in FIG. 15 at 100′), the body can distort between the central web and the body end regions. Different dimensioned inserts (not shown) can be attached in tandem to each other to accommodate different size cores of the locking device bodies after distortion. The central web 56 will lock all such inserts regardless if the outer locking projections 88 securely locking the insert in place in such distorted bodies.
In the disclosed arrangement, six tangs may be employed. However, more or fewer may by used as desired. In the prior art tang arrangements, the bodies are generally solid and the molds used to fabricate the tangs move transversely to the axial direction of the tangs. This limits the number and configuration of the tangs in a plastic molding operation. In the present configuration, the hollow core of the body permits molding of a large number of tangs because the molding dies can now be displaced in the axial direction rather than the transverse direction. Providing more tangs increases the security due to their flexibility. Also the ribs 70 help to stiffen the tangs which otherwise might be too flexible in the transverse direction. If too flexible, the tangs may be easily withdrawn from the locking state without much effort.
In FIGS. 19-22, seal 102 is substantially the same as seal 12 of FIG. 2 except that flange 104 is coupled to flange portion 106 by a transverse rectangular groove 108 (FIGS. 19-20) formed in the upper surface 103 of the flange 104. In addition, the seal 102 differs from the seal 12 in that projections 110 and 112 depend from the bottom surface 105 of the flange 108. The projection 110 fits in the space between the projections 112 when the flange 104 is folded at groove 108 normal to the plane of the flange portion 106 generally parallel to the axis 54 of the device 20. The projection 110, FIG. 22, has ribs 114 on opposite sides thereof. The ribs 114 snap fit into a corresponding groove 116 in each of the projections 112. The grooves 116 are parallel to the flange portion 106. The snap fit occurs when the flange 104 is folded over at the hinge formed by groove 108. The projections 110 and 112 hold the flange 104 in the folded state.
It will occur to one of ordinary skill that various modifications may be made to the disclosed embodiments without departing from the scope of the invention as defined in the appended claims. The various embodiments disclosed are given by way of illustration and not limitation. For example, dimensions, shapes, materials are illustrative. The locking body may be other than oval-like, for example, rectangular, or other geometric arrangements as will meet the desired distortion requirements during insertion of the locking device body.
In addition, the body may be solid, for example, a flat or curved thin member, as well as hollow, if it is sufficiently flexible to be distorted to mate with different dimensioned openings. Also, the body wall may have perforations to afford it the desired flexibility for transverse compression. Also, while projections are shown for holding the folded flange in the folded state, one projection in a first flange portion may mate with an aperture in a second flange portion. While a groove is shown for forming a hinge in the flange, a linear series of perforations through the flange or recesses in the flange may be used for the same purpose. For example, a series of recesses may be provided on the upper and bottom surfaces of the flange to form a living hinge. The weakening regions may be formed by grooves as well as a series of recesses or perforations of any desired shape and configuration.
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Owner name: E.J. BROOKS COMPANY, NEW JERSEY
Free format text: ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNORS INTEREST;ASSIGNORS:ROESSNER, JOHN K III;DREISBACH, RICHARD;LUNDBERG, GEORGEALBERT JR.;REEL/FRAME:010314/0386;SIGNING DATES FROM 19990929 TO 19991001
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Thats good to know, I'll give that a try after Christmas, Did they tell you the fault and did they fix it? Many thanks.
Thanks for that, I'll try it and let you know.
Thanks for that but how do you reset the light as i'm new to these, I'm normally a land rover man. Cheers.
ST170 engine light on but no fault code
Defender9 posted a topic in Ford Focus ClubI wondered if anyone knows why my engine light is still on ?. I have done the test and there is no fault codes showing but the light still remains on. Anyone have any clues?