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LOS ANGELES, March 5, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- OmniForce, LLC a world-leading athletic event production company based in Los Angeles, California announced an investment in Project Sport, LLC, a San Francisco-based events company whose mission is to provide competitive and recreational fitness events for participants of all ages and skill levels. The partnership will enable OmniForce to add strategic marketing expertise to Project Sport's existing races and will preserve the unique, local experience each race is known for.
"This is an extremely exciting time for both OmniForce and Project Sport," said Brian Pendleton, President & CEO of OmniForce, LLC.
"OmniForce is thrilled to join forces with Project Sport. Ryan Dawkins and his team have done a magnificent job creating iconic races people love. We are committed to ensuring that each event keeps its local grassroots charm while providing marketing and production support where helpful," Pendleton added.
Widely-recognized for delivering amongst the most challenging and idyllic races in the country, Project Sport combines unmatched levels of production and grassroots support to create a unique event experience with a local and vibrant feel.
"We wanted a partner that could offer us the resources we needed to grow while allowing us to keep the flavor and charm our participants come to expect from a Project Sport event," said Ryan Dawkins, President of Project Sport.
"With over 22 events across 4 countries, OmniForce is a world-leader in strategic marketing and large-scale athletic event production and we share a vision that puts every participant at the center of everything we do. We look forward to collaborating with OmniForce to achieve this common vision," Dawkins added.
For more information on OmniForce, visit www.omniforcellc.com. For more information on Project Sport, visit www.projectsport.com.
ABOUT OMNIFORCE,LLC: OmniForce, LLC along with its wholly owned subsidiaries, is a world-leading athletic event production company based in Los Angeles, California. OmniForce, LLC offers its clients unique, turnkey solutions for delivering world-class athletic and fundraising events. Each event provides an unparalleled, high-quality participant experience and produces millions for its respective client. OmniForce, LLC offers industry-leading strategic services including: Participant Recruitment, Training & Fundraising Support; Marketing; Publicity; Sponsorship Sales; Planning and Logistics. Since 2002, OmniForce, LLC events have raised over $600 million for its clients which include world-leading hospitals and medical research institutes. Annually, nearly 100,000 people will participate in OmniForce, LLC events which include 2-day cycling rides, 2-day walks, 10 km runs, and obstacle course challenges across The United States, Canada, Australia and New Zealand. For more information, visit www.omniforcellc.com.
ABOUT PROJECT SPORT: Project Sport, LLC is a San Francisco-based specialized sports management and event production company focusing on the running and cycling community. Their events are a union of athletic challenge, destination travel location and marquee entertainment. Events include the 14th Annual US Half Marathon, San Francisco across the Golden Gate Bridge, 16th Annual San Rafael Twilight Criterium, Echelon Ride to Revel Cycling Series, San Francisco Turkey Trot, Livermore Half Marathon & The Town's Half Marathon in Oakland.
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For those that know me, I am a die hard supporter of my Surface RT. Back in February, I wrote a post about why I chose it over a Surface Pro. The device wasn't perfect and there were a number of issues that people had with it. With Window RT 8.1, a lot of those issues have been put to rest and that's pretty exciting.
This device isn't for everyone, but if you have a similar use case to mine, you might find it a highly useful device. What is my use case? Well, first of all, I travel. A lot. I often find myself working from atypical office settings including the airport, airplanes, restaurants, and bars. As a SharePoint architect, I write very little code. That means having Visual Studio on the device is not a priority for me. If you write code every day, go buy a Surface Pro, or better yet stick with a laptop so you can have a bigger screen. Do I use my Surface RT as my primary machine? Only when I travel so that probably means a good 50% of the time. Do I play games on it? Nothing serious. If any of the above applies to you, read on and you might find that this could be the device for you.
When I am not working, I often find myself catching up on things with my Surface RT while listening to music on my Jambox. I use apps such as iHeartRadio, Vevo, and Nokia Music pretty often. With this much use, it's not uncommon that I might use my Surface 8 – 10 hours in a day. Your Surface Pro isn't going to do that.
Let's take a look at a few of my new favorite things that make Surface RT even better.
SkyDrive Sync
As someone on the go. I rely on SkyDrive heavily. I expect my documents to be available wherever I go regardless of connectivity. Windows RT could access files in SkyDrive but only when connected. This was a real bummer when I got on a plane without Wi-Fi. Although more and more @SouthwestAir flights are connected, there are still a lot that aren't. This meant if I wanted to work on a document on the plane, I had to open it up before hand to be sure I had a copy of it.
Now, the same functionality that we had in the SkyDrive desktop app is built into the Windows RT 8.1 app.
The default setting on whether files are synced or not varies depending on your past usage of SkyDrive. This can be controlled on a per file / folder level. You can sync your entire SkyDrive, by using the settings charm and choosing Access all files offline. SkyDrive will indicate whether the file is available offline right in the app.
Unfortunately, you can't configure where the files themselves are synced. If that bugs you, reply to this thread and raise your concern. However, this isn't a huge issue for me yet. I am definitely happy that I can access my files when I am offline.
Outlook RT
When Surface RT came out, people raised a big stink about how Outlook wasn't included. Ironic, since the iPad they were using previously ran Outlook so well…oh wait. Anyhow, Outlook RT will shut a lot of people up. I mean a lot. Honestly, I haven't even used it yet though. I configured it, but since the February update to the mail app, it's quite a bit more responsive and I can do most of what I need with the exception of managing tasks. For that, I will have to return to Outlook.
They also demoed a new and updated Mail app at Build but that is not included. That is "coming soon".
I haven't had anyone call me yet, but they added the ability to answer Skype calls from the lock screen. That is nice. I'm not sure if this functionality is included yet, or it is "coming soon", but this will be a nice feature.
The app story is getting better. Facebook is finally coming to the Windows store. Does anyone on Surface care? Probably not because they have been using it in their web browser just as they would on their laptop. Remember, the reason web sites started making apps to begin with was because the browser experience sucked on that device. I truly believe the days of native apps as just as interface to a web site are coming to an end.
Does the Windows Store have a ways to go? Yes, but when I go back to my original use case above, I now find that I am only missing three apps that I use on a regular basis: Windows Live Writer, Visio, and Project. I am not holding my breathe on Live Writer because each time it gets an update, I am shocked. Honestly, I don't use the last two all that much, but it would be nice.
One thing you'll notice is that you'll see your apps automatically synchronize across your Windows 8.1 devices. When you hit the start screen the first time, you'll notice an arrow icon next to your apps. This means it hasn't been downloaded yet. You can tap it to start the download or if you wait patiently, eventually Windows will go and grab it. As you might have heard, apps update automatically as well. I guess Apple will claim they invented that first though since they added that to IOS 7.
Supposedly the VPN experience is getting better and I really hope so. As business users, we have put up with crappy VPN clients for years. In my experience, most clients are buggy written using ActiveX or Java, are rarely updated, and don't deal well with new browsers or operating systems. If Windows can start operating native support for these, sign me up. This was a major blocker for a lot of Surface RT users wanting to access corporate resources. Windows RT 8.1 brings hope for native VPN connections to F5, SonicWall, and CheckPoint. I tried it with our SonicWall VPN and it gave me an error. However, it's not like I ever got the regular VPN client to work anyways. I really don't expect these to work until RTM and chances are they will require an update to the VPN appliance, that your IT team will never get around to applying. If you are a VPN administrator, I am sorry, but you know your users don't like these. :)
New Tile Sizes
This isn't really specific to RT, but I do like the new tile sizes just as I like them on Windows Phone 8. It gives you a lot of flexibility on how you maximize your screen real estate. If the tile doesn't actually update, there is no need for it to be huge.
I am kind of liking the new super tiles too. I can see those being useful for certain scenarios. You'll also notice I have four rows of tiles. You can get this by swiping in from the right to go the Settings charm –> Tiles –> Show more tiles.
Xbox Music
I gave the previous Music app several tries. All it did is success in frustrating me. It was just so slow an unresponsive. I haven't used the new app a ton yet, but it already looks a lot better and feels faster. I think this might be an interface I can work with. As Scott Hanselman pointed out, you can even include your SD card in your music library without a bunch of hacks.
This is some of the pre-loaded music included. As we speak, it's currently adding my library off the SD card so I didn't have more songs to show.
Quiet Hours
Scott also pointed this out in his post. I work with a team in Dubai and this is huge for me. They come online 9 hours before I do. That means, when I am going to sleep, they are sending me E-mails. Sometimes, I forget to lower the sound volume and I have been woken up more than once because of it.
At one point it occurred to me after I bought my Surface RT, that there was no alarm feature. I am glad that they have taken the time to add this functionality. I haven't tested it yet, but my assumption is that it should wake me up even when my device is running in connected standby mode. Will it work with a Surface Pro in regular standby mode? I'm curious to know the answer. Someone try it out and let me know. I'll also be trying the alarm functionality tomorrow morning to see if I can rely on it some day to get me up to go to an airport.
What's broken?
As with any beta software, we expect issues. The device is stable. The main thing that is not working for me right now is the Pictures app. It simply doesn't show anything from Skydrive, Facebook, etc. It also crashes quite often too. I'm sure we won't have to wait for another build though. Since it's an app, we'll probably see an update before long at all.
I've been particularly excited about this update for my @Surface RT. It makes it an even better device. What do you think? For those considering a Surface Pro were any of these items a blocker before?
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|Feb 4, 1986
|Filing date
|Feb 28, 1985
|Priority date
|Feb 28, 1985
|Fee status
|Publication number
|Cynthia V. Foose
|Original Assignee
|Foose Cynthia V
|Export Citation
|BiBTeX, EndNote, RefMan
|Patent Citations (22), Referenced by (2), Classifications (5), Legal Events (9)
|External Links: USPTO, USPTO Assignment, Espacenet
The present invention is related to the field of clothing construction and particularly to the sewing technique known as smocking. More particularly, the invention relates to a device to assist an individual in creating uniform smocked design.
Smocking is a popular needleart construction technique which utilizes decoratively stitched together fabric folds in order to create a pattern. In a typical operation, a pre-pleated or gathered section is prepared before the smocking operation is performed. Smocking is often used on yokes, bodices, pockets, sleeves and waist lines in order to create a garment which has a decorative effect. The folds or pleats which are used in the smocking operation can also be accomplished when the actual smocking stitching is done which is known as the American smocking technique. The technique in which the fabric is first gathered into folds and then smocked is known as English smocking. Because of the advent of machines and because of the ease of preparation the English smocking has become prevalent whereby the machine or the individual gathers the folds or pleats prior to the actual smocking operation.
Once the pleats have been "gathered" and the material is ready for the smocking operation, there commonly exists a problem with respect to the fitting or sizing of the pre-pleated material onto the yoke. Not only must the size of the material which has been gathered be an exact fit onto the yoke but the pleats themselves must be kept straight in each of the rows of the smocking material. Although it has been commonly the practice to pin these materials to a more rigid backing material such as heavy weight paper, the actual construction of the sewing technique with respect to the smocking operation has been difficult because of problems with respect to holding the material properly in place in a rigid manner while at the same time exactly locating the center of the material for purposes of creating the ornamental design which is to be smocked. The most common method of English smocking is to hold the pre-pleated material in one hand and stitch with the other hand. As the stitching is completed the completed stitched material is scrolled and collected in the one hand (usually the left hand) while the other hand continues stitching a few inches at a time. Upon completion of the stitching of a particular row the left hand, for example, would contain the rolled material. Utilizing this method only a few pleats are visible at one time which exemplifies one of the problem areas in the prior art methods. Other problem areas with respect to these methods include the maintaining of uniform size, shape and tension of the overall piece. These problems with respect to the size, shape and tension ultimately lead to a difficulty in obtaining symmetry with respect to the final product.
The holding and proper spacing of a smocking material cannot be suitably solved by a stationary, free-standing or large sizing structure because such a structure would not permit the individual sewing the material to be positioned comfortably for the exacting nature of the work which is required to complete the decorative sewing together of the folds or pleats. This especially applies to what is known as picture smocking or stacked cables which is the creation of one or more shapes of a design which depicts object(s) rather than a geometric pattern. For example, in the design of a row of ducks, uniform size, shape and spacing of each of the ducks is critical.
There is also a problem with respect to using English smocking to create round yoke (bishop) dresses or collars which utilize smocking on the material of the dress itself and which involves the arrangement of the pre-pleated upper portion of the dress or collar in such a manner that the secured pleats must extend in a "spoke" (circular) fashion from the neck edge. It is quite obvious that the problems with respect to holding the material properly as well as providing for a convenient and comfortable sewing position exists in this area in a manner similar to the above described English smocking operations. Other areas whereby material must be held in a temporary manner in order to provide the final operation include the sewing of a lace work project which must involve presewing or basting in order to provide a secure position for the material which is to be fashioned together. Likewise the sewing technique known as fagoting which involves decorative stitching used to join two fabric sections while leaving a space in between those sections, requires that the fabric edges must be folded back and pinned and basted along each edge which is normally accomplished by the use of paper on which parallel lines are drawn.
Prior art attempts at providing solution to these problems involve complicated structures which are only utilized in mass production operations or they involve techniques and apparatus which do not provide for satisfactory results especially when an individual operator must perform the sewing work.
The present invention provides a device to improve and simplify techniques utilized in fine needle work such as smocking, lace work, fagoting and blocking for construction. The device provides a unique tool which utilizes a rigid rectangular work surface divided into a plurality of evenly spaced work surface areas with the work surface areas being symmetrically located on either side of a centering structure as delimited by a centering line which is equidistant spaced between the lengthwise ends of the device and which extends perpendicular to the length of the device across the entire width of the device. Each of the symmetrically and evenly spaced work areas are defined by rectangular areas having a width which is equal to a unit of close measurement sizing.
It is another object of the present invention to provide a device which is specifically adapted for round yoke (bishop) dresses or collars which utilizes a series of circularly defined work areas centered on the device in such a manner that a plurality of work areas are defined in a series of increasing concentric circles with the circumference of each circle defining a unit of standard neck size measurement.
It is also an object of the present invention to provide a device provided with a work surface which is readily penetratable by ordinary ball-headed pins and which is able to be sufficiently weighted to provide a stable working structure which can be held and workably controlled by an individual on his or her lap. The sizing of the outside diameters of the device have been designed so as to provide sufficient surface area for the largest commonly used construction pattern and yet not exceed a size which can be workably used by an individual when held in his or her lap.
A more complete appreciation of the invention and many of the attendant advantages thereof will be readily obtained as the same becomes better understood by reference to the following detailed description when considered in connection with the accompanying drawings, wherein:
FIG. 1 shows a top view of the various constructural work areas on the surface of the smocking board.
FIG. 2 shows a cut away section of the smocking board of FIG. 1 showing constructural details with respect to the materials utilized.
Referring now to the drawings, wherein like reference numerals designate identical or corresponding parts, and more particularly to FIG. 1 thereof, there is shown a smocking board 10 of the present invention having a wood frame 15 surrounding the cork surface 17. The cork surface 17 has been divided in half by a center registration line 22 which bisects the length of the board 10 along its entire width. On either side of the primary registration marked 20 is a plurality of registration demarcations 22 which define work areas in such a manner that each of these denoted work areas are numbered in consecutive order beginning from the center registration marked 22.
Each of these work areas 22 and the center registration mark 20 can for example be defined by a series of lines or small grooves which extend the entire width of the board 10. The use of grooves or slight indentations provides an aid to an operator to know their location with respect to a smocking material which covers portions of the board. That is, for example, having a slight depression in the structure or any other type of feature to denote these lines, which has a effect on the "feel" of the surface, indicates the location of these lines which define these work areas 22 in such a way that they could be felt through the smocking cloth without the need for visually observing the lines by unpinning the cloth and searching for them underneath the cloth which would be an inconvenience and would also cause possible movement of the material when the cloth is repinned. This is particularly relevant to English smocking where a machine has advance gathered the folds or pre-pleated the folds and when the material is stretched out and pinned on the smocking board. Each of the pleats from consecutive rows need to be properly aligned which could be aided by use of the "feel" which the operator can obtain by simply pressing a finger on the material to locate the particular boundaries of the work areas 22. This would eliminate the use of a straight edge on the top of the material to correctly align the pleating.
Each of the lines for the work areas 22 are separated by a unit of clothing measurement which in the English system would be 1 inch and in the instance of metric system could be an appropriate marking in centimeters. Located at the 1/2 inch intervals between each of the lines or a plurality of markings 27 at both the top and the bottom of the board in order to act as a further aid in aligning or properly registering a material on the board.
Concentric with the center of the board is a plurality or circular demarcations 25 with each demarcation having a circumference corresponding to a neck size. The registration mark 22 bisects each of the circles and the lower portion of each of these circles is discontinuous and separated by a space equal to 1/2 inch in the instance of the English system which corresponds to a seam allowance provided as a further aid to constructural techniques in this area of clothing construction. The letters CB denote "center back" and the letters CF denote center front as a further remainder and aid in the positioning of a collar or round yoke or bishop dress.
The construction of the board itself with respect to materials is shown in the FIG. 2 wherein 17 denotes a cork work surface which is typically a 1/4 inch placed on a 5/32 inch corrugated paper board 37. In order to provide the required rigidity and a sufficient weight to provide stability the paper board 37 and the cork surface 17 are supported by a 1/2 inch Masonite backing structure 47. The wood frame 15 surrounds the entire structure. The spacing with respect to the dimensions of the cork work surface 37 and the corrugated paper board 17 have been selected such that standard ball-headed pins with 5/8 inch slender shaft may be used. When inserted into the board, the head of each pin remains in the valley between and below the peaks of the pleats.
The overall dimensions of the board have been selected through a trial and error method as being 17 inches long and 13 inches wide. The largest yoke measurment normally used throughout the standardized industry of clothing construction is 16 inches which provides, allowing a 1/2 inch on each side, for the length of 17 inches. The width and the length have also been selected to accommodate 12 rows of smocking which is normally the largest number used in the construction of round yoke or bishop dresses. The length and width have also been selected so as not to exceed the dimensions of 13 by 17 in order to provide a compact and usable work surface which is able to be placed upon the workers lap or conveniently placed on a table or otherwise held so that the minute details of the decorative smocking stitches can be comfortably and conveniently made.
The operation of specific sewing techniques will now be described with respect to the use of the smocking board of the figures.
The use of the smocking board to accomplish English smocking begins with a fabric which has been pre-pleated either by hand or by a pleating machine. This pre-pleated fabric already has pleats which are gathered in such a manner that the various rows of pleats or folds have been gathered together and are ready for a smocking operation. After the gathering rows are pulled out for seam allowances on either side of the pleated piece, the pleated piece is secured to the board using small, ball-headed pins. The vertical lines which divide up the various work areas 22 serve to align the piece so that it will conform to pattern size and shape. Once the material is secured, the pleats remain straight and evenly distributed. The securing, for example, can be by pins at each end of the fabric and centering pins along the registering demarcation 22. Because of the even distribution and the straight pleats which can be formed, this secured fabric can then allow for stitching tension and control to be maintained as the pieces is smocked. This is especially important to "picture smocking" or "stacked cables" which requires care to obtain straight pleats to provide an overall consistency so that the "picture" which is smocked remains a true and faithful reproduction both during and after the smocking operation and the final blocking.
With respect to the use of the board for round yoke or bishop dresses or collars, the circles in the center of the board are used as guidelines for neck measurements for the round yoke dresses or collars. The board also provides a base for securing the pleats in a round yoke dress in a "spoke" fashion with the gathering rows increasing concentrically away from the neck edge. For example, row 1 would be smaller in diameter than row 2 and row 2 smaller than row 3. The pleats remain uniformly aligned as the diameter of the gathering rows increases. This eliminates "turtlenecking," and insures proper fit of the finished garment across the neck and shoulders once the smocking is completed. Utilizing this type of structure for the round yoke dresses also provides a proper base whereby ribbon can be integrated into the smocked design while the pleats are attached to the board.
The board can also be used for simplifying projects involving lace work whereby the designing of the elements of a lace work project to be stitched can be more simply accomplished by pinning the insertions, headings and edgings to the board. The stitching of the pieces can be done with the board as a work surface and the circles as neck sizing guides.
Another operation which involves a decorative stitch is called "fagoting" which is used to join two fabric sections leaving a space in between. Fagoting is used in such areas as yoke sections or bands near the bottom of the skirt. The fabric edges must be folded back accurately so as to maintain the position of the original seam line which, after fagoting should be at the center of a space between folded edges. While previously this decorative stitching was accomplished by utilizing a piece of paper on which parallel lines were drawn to represent the width of the open between folded back fabric and edges, this involved using a separate piece of paper as well as a separate basting of the fabric to the paper along the parallel lines. With the present invention, the pattern and the fabric pieces may be pinned to the board to eliminate this tedious basting with the board holding the pieces in position as the fagoting stitches are made.
The smocking board of the FIGS. 1 and 2 may be used to provide a base surface for sizing and pinning the pieces prior to the steaming operation during blocking. It should also be noted that utilizing the device during the smocking operations results in a finished product of predetermined size and shape and which does not need careful and extended blocking operations for construction completion. This occurs because the pleats have retained their proper size and the tension and control has been maintained during the entire smocking operation.
The smocking board of FIGS. 1 and 2 provides a concept for smocking which is itself new and unique and which solves the problems of the prior art with respect to eliminating the need for heavy paper, roll towels or pillows to help control the pleated piece while the smocking stitches are accomplished. Smocking on this particular board frees one hand of the user to facilitate the creation of the smock design. The shape and the weight of the board have been calculated to give maximum stability and maneuverability.
Obviously, numerous modifications and variations of the present invention are possible in light of the above teachings. It is therefore to be understood that within the scope of the appended claims, the invention may be practiced otherwise than as specifically described herein.
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|Improvement in plaiting-machines
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|Carrie L Hurlbut
|Plaiting apparatus.
|Jan 27, 1900
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|Carrie L Hurlbut
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|Sadtler Helena S
|Mar 10, 1921
|Mar 28, 1922
|Clark Fred Y
|Device for plaiting skirts
|Mar 20, 1928
|Apr 7, 1931
|Charles Wendt
|Crushing board
|Sep 9, 1930
|May 26, 1931
|Ernest bruno
|Mar 11, 1935
|Jan 26, 1937
|Irving Kravitz
|Pattern drafting and grading chart
|Dec 22, 1936
|May 9, 1939
|Sadtler Helena S
|Means for combining smocking and needlework design
|Mar 13, 1939
|Apr 2, 1940
|Fox George E
|Bulletin board
|Apr 19, 1946
|Aug 5, 1947
|Kelly Hartleigh
|Smocking apparatus
|Jul 9, 1946
|Mar 2, 1948
|Simon Esecson
|Pleat holding or clamping device
|Aug 2, 1963
|Nov 9, 1965
|Muriel Menhart
|Binding device for use with fabrics and the like
|Jul 24, 1970
|Jan 11, 1972
|Wallace Samuel P
|Pleat computing and forming apparatus
|May 17, 1971
|Aug 28, 1973
|Romac Ind Inc
|Decorative panel for use as a bulletin board or display panel
|May 21, 1976
|Oct 18, 1977
|Axelrod Claire B
|Method of producing patchwork
|Nov 1, 1976
|Jan 9, 1979
|Sandra Anderson
|Utility bulletin board
|Nov 19, 1980
|Dec 21, 1982
|Janice R. Filbert
|Smock gathering apparatus
|Title not available
|Title not available
|Citing Patent
|Filing date
|Publication date
|Jan 19, 1996
|Mar 3, 1998
|June Tailor, Inc.
|Design board device for preparing of personal garments, decor items and the like
|Mar 3, 2004
|Aug 23, 2005
|Tim Nudo
|Construction board
|U.S. Classification
|International Classification
|Cooperative Classification
|European Classification
|Aug 3, 1989
|Fee payment
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|Aug 23, 1993
Owner name: HEIRLOOMS FOREVER, INC., MISSISSIPPI
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|Sep 7, 1993
|Maintenance fee reminder mailed
|Nov 15, 1993
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|Jan 6, 1994
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|Jan 6, 1994
|Surcharge for late payment
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