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|Publication date
|May 16, 2000
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|Feb 3, 1998
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|Feb 3, 1998
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|Alden R. Miles, Timothy A. Mertens
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|3M Innovative Properties Company
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|Patent Citations (31), Non-Patent Citations (1), Referenced by (16), Classifications (17), Legal Events (9)
|External Links: USPTO, USPTO Assignment, Espacenet
The present invention relates to the application of repositionable pressure-sensitive adhesive sheets to articles such as advertising media, newspapers, envelopes or the like and the resultant stacked assemblies of such materials.
Repositionable note sheets, such as the Post-it� brand notes sold by Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company of St. Paul, Minn., are quite common and in every day use. Such note sheets in familiar form are available in stacks or pads of sheets, one adhered to another. A repositionable note sheet has a first side which is partially coated with a repositionable pressure-sensitive adhesive (RPSA) and a second side which is either plain (no printing) for writing a note, or which may have a preprinted message or design thereon. Such a repositionable note sheet is useful for calling attention to a particular section of a document, for marking a page in a document or book, or for leaving a removable and repositionable note that can be adhered to just about any clean surface.
Advertising materials using repositionable note sheets on print media have been produced in the fields of direct-mail advertising, newspapers, magazines, advertising signatures, and the like. The note sheets are repositionable so that they can be removed from those advertising materials and adhered at another location (for example, a desk or refrigerator) to remind the reader to call the advertiser or to use the note sheet as a coupon at a later date.
Advertising articles bearing note sheets are typically produced by sequentially applying the note sheets in the same location on a series of printed advertising pieces. For example, newspapers and magazines have been printed and assembled in their entirety, or in sections thereof (e.g., advertising signatures), and then note sheets have been sequentially applied to the same location on a particular page of the newspaper or magazine. Direct mail advertising materials have also been produced which include a repositionable pressure-sensitive note sheet. Typically, such direct-mail advertising pieces are produced using a web of paper on which is printed multiple repeating direct-mail messages, and a note sheet is sequentially attached in generally the same location on each of those repeating messages on that web. The web is then cut into discrete direct-mail piece materials for further processing.
RPSA note sheets have been previously applied by hand to advertising materials and newspapers. Apparatus for automated application of RPSA note sheets to certain articles have been developed by Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company, and are disclosed in co-pending U.S. patent applications Ser. No. 08/095,722, now abandoned and Ser. No. 08/729,780, both commonly owned by the assignee of the instant application, Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company, and incorporated herein by reference.
Another common method to advertise in the newspaper industry is to apply a small pressure-sensitive adhesive (PSA) label on the masthead of the newspaper. The newspaper USA Today pioneered this approach. For example, a small PSA label (approximately 0.5 inch (1.25 cm) high and about 1 inch (2.5 cm) across) may be applied to promote the name of a hotel providing a complimentary USA Today newspaper to its overnight guests. It has been reported that these PSA labels have been applied to newspapers at speeds of 45,000 units per hour, as applied along the shorter dimension of the label in the machine direction. This approach has proved to be an effective advertising technique, but has the disadvantage that the labels (bearing a non-repositionable or permanent PSA) destroy the underlying print of the newspaper and cannot be repositioned or removed. Newspaper space is premium advertising space, particularly when the space is on the top half of the front page of a newspaper. This is because newspapers are typically distributed in a folded configuration, with the top half of the front page of the newspaper being the first portion of the newspaper which the reader or potential purchaser sees. The use of a PSA label having a permanent adhesive eliminates the possibility of the area under the label being used for effective advertising, since it is completely and permanently covered. Hence, an advantage to using repositionable pressure-sensitive adhesive note sheets on newspapers for advertising purposes is that the note sheet may be removed, thereby allowing the reader to be exposed to the information thereunder.
In addition to the fact that the PSA label permanently defaces the front of the newspaper and cannot be removed easily, the use of a label has other drawbacks. Since the labels are applied sequentially and in the same location on the top half of the front page of a folded newspaper, the same information is always covered on every newspaper. As mentioned, the value of newspaper space is quite high, and the newspaper must therefor trade the value of having a label versus the value of the printing on the underlying face of the newspaper page. In addition, the sequential PSA label application operation limits the machine-direction length of the pressure-sensitive adhesive label stock. The application of a label having a larger machine-direction length would slow the production of the newspapers. For example, sequentially applying a label having a three-inch (7.5 cm) machine-direction length would cause the overall production of newspapers to fall by two-thirds in order to allow the labeling operation to keep pace. This slowing of production is an unacceptable consequence of trying to provide a larger PSA label on a newspaper.
Labels are not note sheets. Labels are generally completely covered on one side with pressure-sensitive adhesive and generally are intended to transmit information, not to be removed by the recipient and not to be put to firer use (e.g., as a reminder or coupon). Note sheets, however, are used to draw attention to information, and can be removed and subsequently repositioned many times. Consequently, 3M Post-it� brand notes are ubiquitous tools in the office, and are now often found sticking around the home as well.
The application of a label or note sheet to the front page of a folded newspaper does not have any appreciable effect on the thickness of the folded newspaper. However, that is not necessarily the case when a note sheet or label is applied to a single page or to an advertising signature comprising just a few pages. When a thin article or single page bearing a note sheet is collated and assembled in stacked form, with the note sheet placed in an identical location on each item, it can make a significant difference in the height of the stack of such assemblies (e.g., even doubling it), depending on the relative thicknesses of the items and note sheets. This is problematic for later processing of such article assemblies, since one portion or corner of the stack may have a significantly greater height than other portions thereof This can cause misfeeds in further printing, collating or folding apparatus for handling the stack of article assemblies.
A method used to provide a pressure-sensitive mailing label attached to a letterhead has been commercialized by Avery Corporation, and is disclosed in U.S. Pat. No. 5,316,344. A stack of bond paper was provided for printing, with each sheet of paper having attached thereto a removable pressure-sensitive adhesive label. Each label throughout the stack was in generally the same location on each sheet of paper. While this is a convenient method to simultaneously print letters and associated labels, it has the disadvantage of causing a portion of the stack to be much higher than the rest of the stack. Because the label has roughly the same thickness as the bond paper, the area carrying the label bulges much higher than the rest of the stack. This can result in misfeeds by common copiers or digital printers, which are otherwise designed to feed from a stack having relatively straight and aligned sides. Finally, because all of the labels are generally vertically aligned throughout the stack, about only half as many sheets may fit into a feeding tray as normal. Frequent stopping of production is then necessary in order to refill the paper trays.
Digital printing and copying devices are becoming more popular to produce varieties of materials, from direct-mail literature to catalogs. By using digital printing and copying devices, the printing on each sheet can take a different form or orientation to achieve customer desires. Consequently, duplex printing, and alternating images to meet the demands of unique media, are well known and supported in the print media industry.
A method of applying repositionable pressure-sensitive adhesive sheets to moving articles, wherein each article has at least two different sheet landing areas defined on a common surface thereof includes aligning a plurality of those articles for sequential movement through a sheet application station A first set of articles is defined as every other article, and a second set of articles is defined as all remaining articles. A repositionable pressure-sensitive adhesive sheet is applied from a first applicator at the sheet application station onto a first landing area on each article of the first set of articles, and a repositionable pressure-sensitive adhesive sheet from a second applicator at the sheet application station is applied onto a second, different landing area on each article of the second set of articles.
Preferably, the moving articles are folded newspapers aligned in a linearly shingled configuration, with the common surface being a top half of a first page of each folded newspaper. Each folded newspaper also preferably has indicia printed on its sheet landing area which is at least partially covered by the repositionable pressure-sensitive adhesive sheet adhered thereto. Each repositionable pressure-sensitive adhesive sheet has a repositionable adhesive thereon which permits subsequent removal of the sheet from the folded newspaper without damage to the indicia on the newspaper within that sheet's landing area. Preferably, the folded newspapers are advanced in a longitudinal direction at a rate of 45,000 newspapers per hour, and each repositionable pressure-sensitive adhesive preferably has a longitudinal extent of about three inches (7.5 cm).
In a preferred embodiment, the articles are advanced in a first direction, and each applicator applies the repositionable pressure-sensitive adhesive sheets therefrom onto the articles in the same first direction. In one embodiment, the repositionable pressure-sensitive adhesive sheets bear preprinted indicia thereon. In an alternative embodiment, the articles are advanced in a longitudinal direction, and the first and second applicators are spaced laterally and longitudinally relative to the common surface of each of the advancing articles.
The landing areas on the common surface of each of the articles are preferably discrete, non-overlapping areas relative to one another. In one preferred embodiment of the inventive method, the articles of the first set are reversed in orientation relative to the articles of the second set during advancement thereof through the sheet application station. The repositionable pressure-sensitive sheets applied by the first applicator are reversed in orientation relative to the repositionable pressure-sensitive adhesive sheets applied by the second applicator. Preferably, the inventive method includes collating the articles of the first and second sets into a sequence of articles having identical orientation. The inventive method alternatively preferably includes printing indicia on the common surface of each article and the repositionable pressure-sensitive adhesive sheet adhered thereto. Further processing of the printed articles and associated repositionable pressure-sensitive adhesive sheets adhered thereto may include collating them into a sequence of articles having identical orientations.
In one embodiment of the present invention, a stack of identical article assemblies includes a plurality of generally planar identical articles, each article having front and back opposite major faces and top and bottom edges. A plurality of identical repositionable pressure-sensitive adhesive sheets are provided, with each sheet being adhered in an identical location and orientation on the front major face of a respective one of the articles. The back major face of each article in the stack lies on the front major face of the article therebelow, and every other article in the stack is turned 180� so that the top edge of each article in the stack extends along the bottom edge of the article therebelow, and the repositionable pressure-sensitive adhesive sheets of contiguous articles are oppositely aligned and do not overlap. Preferably, each article is a single paper sheet.
In another embodiment of the present invention, a stack of identical article assemblies has a plurality of generally planar identical articles, with each article having front and back opposite major faces and top and bottom edges. A plurality of identical repositionable pressure-sensitive adhesive sheets is provided, and each sheet is adhered in an identical location and orientation on the front major face of a respective one of the articles. The articles are aligned in stacked pairs, with the back major face of one article in each pair lying on the front major face of the other article in that pair. One article in each pair turned 180� on a vertical as with respect to the other article in that pair so that the top edge of one article extends along the bottom edge of the other article. The repositionable pressure-sensitive adhesive sheets of the articles in each pair are oppositely aligned and do not overlap. Every other pair of articles in the stack is flipped over 180� on a horizontal axis so that contiguous articles from adjacent pairs in the stack lie front major face to front major face and back major face to back major face, alternately throughout the stack. Preferably, each article is a single paper sheet.
The present invention will be further explained with reference to the drawing Figures listed below, wherein like structure is referred to by like numerals throughout the several views.
FIG. 1 is a schematic side view of a stack of single sheet pages, each having a label applied thereto in generally overlapping relation throughout the stack.
FIG. 2 is a perspective view illustrating a stack of single sheet pages, with the pages spaced vertically apart for illustrative purposes, and with each page bearing a repositionable pressure-sensitive note sheet in a corner of the page.
FIG. 3 is a schematic side view of the stack of pages and note sheets of FIG. 2.
FIG. 4 is schematically illustrates a process for application of note sheets to pages, to form the stack illustrated in FIGS. 2 and 3.
FIG. 5 is a perspective view of an alternative stack of single sheet pages, with the pages spaced vertically apart for illustrative purposes, and with each page bearing a repositionable pressure-sensitive note sheet in a corner of the page.
FIG. 6 is a schematic side view of the stack of pages and note sheets of FIG. 5.
FIG. 7 illustrates, in perspective, another alternative embodiment for the inventive stacked arrangement of article assemblies, wherein the underlying substrates are envelopes.
FIG. 8 illustrates, in perspective, an inventive article assembly wherein the underlying substrate is a newspaper.
FIG. 9 schematically illustrates the application of note sheets to a series of shingled newspapers along a newspaper production conveying stream.
FIG. 10 illustrates a stack of newspapers produced in accordance with the process illustrated in FIG. 9.
While the above-identified drawing figures set forth preferred embodiments of the invention, other embodiments are also contemplated, as noted in the discussion In all cases, this disclosure presents the present invention by way of representation and not limitation. It should be understood that numerous other modifications and embodiments can be devised by those skilled in the art which fall within the scope and spirit of the principles of this invention. It should be specifically noted that the figures have not been drawn to scale, as it has been necessary to enlarge certain portions for clarity.
In describing the preferred embodiments of the invention, specific terminology will be used for the sake of clarity. The invention, however, is not intended to be limited to the specific terms so selected, and it is to be understood that each term so selected includes all the technical equivalents that operate similarly.
FIG. 1 is illustrative of the problem of applying adhesive labels or note sheets on the same location to a single page which has been stacked for further processing. A stack 10 of single sheet pages 12 is shown. Each page 12 has a label 14 applied thereto to define an article assembly 15. The label 14 of each article assembly 15 is mounted on a front major face 16 of its respective page 12 Each page 12 also has an opposite, back major face 18, and the pages 12 are stacked with the back major face 18 of each page 12 lying over the front major face 16 of each page 12 therebelow. Each label 14 has its entire back side coated with a pressure-sensitive adhesive 20.
The pages 12 in the stack 10 are aligned along an alignment edge 22, and are stacked so that the labels 14 are generally vertically aligned over each other, as shown in FIG. 1. The difference in the article assembly 15 thickness across the face thereof caused by the label 14 results in the stack 10 having a shingled edge 24 opposite the alignment edge 22. The difference in thickness of the stack 10 of article assemblies 15 from the alignment edge 22 to the shingled edge 24 is illustrated by off-set dimension 26.
A stack of article assemblies of the type illustrated in FIG. 1 can present problems for farther handling. Sheet handling equipment is typically arranged to handle uniform stacks of sheets, having all edges aligned generally vertically, and with each stack having a uniform height dimension throughout. The variance along shingled edge 24 and the height dimension offset 26 can lead to misfeeds and jamming of the equipment which is handling the stack 10. In addition, paper trays for copying or printing equipment typically have a discrete depth The addition of the labels 14 and the consequent added height for a stack of article assemblies 15 reduces the number of article assemblies that can be loaded into such a tray, thereby requiring more frequent reloading.
FIG. 2 illustrates, in exploded fashion, an inventive stack of article assemblies of the present invention. A stack 30 of the single sheet pages 12 is illustrated in spaced vertical perspective. As before, each page 12 has a front major face 16 and a back major face 18. Each page 12 also has a top edge 32, a bottom edge 34, a first side edge 36 and a second side edge 38. Preferably, each page 12 is identical, and has a likewise identical repositionable pressure-sensitive note sheet 40 adhered thereto, so that each page 12 and note sheet 40 combination defines an article assembly 41. The note sheet 40 is adhered on the front major face 16 of each page 12 in an identical location, relative to its edges 32, 34, 36 and 38. Each note sheet 40 has a top edge 42, bottom edge 44, first side edge 46 and second side edge 48. In the embodiment illustrated in FIG. 2, the top edge 42 of the note sheet 40 is aligned adjacent the top edge 32 of its respective page 12, and the first side edge 46 of the note sheet 40 is aligned adjacent the first side edge 36 of its respective page 12.
Every two pages 12 represent a vertically first repeating unit 50 in the stack 30. One page 12 of each first repeating unit 50 is turned 180� on a vertical axis so that its top edge 32 extends along the bottom edge 34 of the other page 12 of that repeating unit 50. This orientation is replicated in each of the repeating units 50 so that the note sheets 40 of contiguous pages 12 do not vertically overlap in the stack 30. This has the effect of spreading out the added thickness of the note sheets 40 among the stack 30, so that they are not all aligned in an overlapped stacked relationship. FIG. 3 further illustrates this result, showing a schematic side view of the stack 30 of article assemblies 41. The note sheet 40 of each article assembly 41 has repositionable pressure-sensitive adhesive 52 partially coating a back side thereof typically adjacent its top edge 42.
One exemplary arrangement for forming a stack 30 as illustrated in FIGS. 2 and 3 is schematically set forth in FIG. 4. A web 60 of sheet material is unwound and processed to form the discrete single sheet pages 12, when cut laterally along cut lines 62. Note sheet landing areas 64 and 66 are defined on the web 60 relative to the ultimate edges of the pages 12 to be cut therefrom. The landing areas 64 and 66 are preferably discretely located relative to each other, both laterally and longitudinally on the web 60. The landing area 64 is defined and aligned for reception of a note sheet 40a for every other page 12, while the landing area 66 is defined and aligned for reception of a note sheet 40b for the remainder of the pages 12.
The note sheets 40a and 40b may be applied to the web 60 by any suitable means. Preferably, however, the note sheets are applied by applicators such as those disclosed in co-pending U.S. patent application Ser. No. 08/095,722, now abandoned or Ser. No. 08/729,780 of Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company. As such, note sheet stock is provided in roll form (such as rolls 68 and 70). The note sheet stock from each roll 68 and 70 is registered, cut and applied (via the repositionable pressure-sensitive adhesive on the note sheet stock) onto the landing areas 64 and 66 by a first applicator 72 and a second applicator 74, respectively. The applicators 72 and 74 apply the note sheets 40a and 40b in the same direction of travel as the web 60 is traveling, as indicated by arrow 75. The applicators 72 and 74 position the note sheets 40a and 40b on the web 60, and specifically on the landing areas 64 and 66, respectively, and in registry with what will ultimately be the edges of each page 12 once it has been severed from the web 60. After such cutting, the resultant discrete pages 12 (now article assemblies 41) are then stacked in a stack 30, as illustrated in FIG. 4 (and in FIGS. 2 and 3). Because of the lateral offset of the applicators 72 and 74 across the web 60, and the specific placement of note sheets 40a and 40b on the pages 12, the note sheets are placed in a manner so that all note sheets do not overlap when stacked, thereby reducing the overall height of the stack of article assemblies 41.
FIGS. 5 and 6 illustrate an alternative stacking arrangement of the present invention for the article assemblies 41. In a stack 80 of article assemblies 41, each note sheet 40 is again aligned in the same location on its respective page 12 (relative to the edges of the page 12 and note sheet 40). Within each repeating unit 50, the orientation of the two pages in that repeating unit 50 is the same (i.e., one page 12 turned 180� relative to the other). However, every other repeating unit 50 is flipped over 180� on a horizontal axis and, as modified, is referenced as second repeating unit 82. Thus, not all contiguous pages 12 in the stack 80 are aligned front face to back face. Some contiguous pages 12 are aligned back face to back face, while others are aligned front face to front face. Each combination of a repeating unit 50 and adjacent repeating unit 82 thus defines a third repeating unit 84 throughout the stack 80, as illustrated in FIG. 6. Each third repeating unit 84 is formed from four of the article assemblies 41, with each article assembly 41 having a different alignment within the stack 80 so that none of the note sheets 40 within one of the third repeating units 84 are aligned over each other vertically. In other words, the note sheets 40 of the article assemblies 41 in the third repeating unit 84 are all positioned in discrete locations horizontally across the stack 80. Forming a stack of article assemblies 41 such as stack 80 disperses the note sheets 40 throughout the stack 80 into four overlapping columns, preferably one adjacent each comer of the stacked pages 12. This reduces the overall height of the stack 80 for storage and further handling.
The stack 80 may be formed either by collating cut pages 12 after an initial formulation of the article assembly 41, or by providing additional note sheet applicators. For instance, the note sheet applicators 72 and 74 are illustrated on a top side of the web 60. Additional applicators could be provided on the bottom side of the web 60 to place cut note sheets 40 thereon, so that once pages 12 are cut from the web 60, the note sheets are already applied and aligned in position as illustrated in FIG. 5.
The web 60 may be preprinted (printed prior to being cut into discrete pages 12) or may be blank. Likewise, the note sheet stock may also be preprinted or blank. In the case of a preprinted web, the landing areas 64 and 66 for cut note sheets 40a and 40b, respectively, are specifically placed to highlight the note sheet, and perhaps to reveal a follow-on message or other indicia printed on the page therebelow (on the landing area, which is initially covered by the preprinted repositionable note sheet but uncovered when the note sheet is removed). In other words, the indicia on the note sheet 40 and the indicia on the page 12 are specifically designed to coordinate and complement each other, and thus the registry of the note sheet 40 on the page 12 is very important.
In the case where the web 60 is blank (not preprinted) and the note sheet stock is blank (not preprinted), the resultant article assemblies are thus blank and ready for further printing or processing. For example, a printing station 86 (FIG. 4) may be positioned downstream of the applicators 72 and 74 (either before or after the pages 12 are cut from the web 60) to apply text and/or other indicia to the article assembly 41. For the formation of a stack of article assemblies 41 like stack 80 (FIGS. 5 and 6), another printing station (not shown) would be provided on the opposite side of the web 60. The processing of a stack 30 or stack 80 of blank article assemblies 41 in a simple photocopier would not likely be acceptable since the photocopying would be the same on each upper side of each page, and (for duplex copying) the same on each lower side of each page, regardless of where (or on what side) the note sheet was on each page. However, with digital printing and copying capabilities, it is possible to place the same image in a desired orientation on differently disposed articles, such as in the stack of article assemblies 41 of FIG. 2. For every other sheet, the digital printer or copier would simply rotate the desired image 180� about a vertical axis so that the top of the image being printed would always be aligned with the top edge 32 of the page being printed on The image could be applied to both page and note sheet thereon simultaneously. Likewise, a digital printer or copier could accommodate the stack 80 shown in FIG. 5. For example, the image could always be placed on the front major face 16 and aligned adjacent the top edge 32 of each page 12 (and on the note sheet 40 and aligned adjacent its top edge 42). This is the case even though the front major face 16 is, at times, flipped over for some pages and the top edge is at opposite ends of the stack from page to page.
The commercially available digital printing and copying apparatus are so versatile as to accept not only the types of material stacks 30 and 80 illustrated herein, but also to accommodate stacks of material much more varying in content. For example, note sheets of different sizes and a variety of different placement locations and orientations could be preprogrammed into a digital printer. As long as the digital printer knows what sequence of article assemblies 41 to anticipate, it can lay down the desired printed image on each article assembly 41. The programming and arrangement of digital printing and copying devices is well known in the art, and one example of a digital copier having the capabilities discussed herein is the Docu-Tech machine available from Xerox Corporation, Stamford, Conn. Whatever arrangement of note sheets is made on the pages of a stack, it is intended, via the present invention, to distribute the note sheets among the stack, both vertically and horizontally, to reduce overall stack height and facilitate further handling of the article assemblies therein.
Another embodiment of an inventive stack of the present invention is illustrated in FIG. 7. In this embodiment, the base substrate is defined as an envelope 90. Each envelope has a note sheet 40 adhered thereto, at one of two discrete and different landing areas on one side of the envelope 90. Each envelope 90 and its associated note sheet 40 thus form an article assembly 95, which are stacked as a stack 96. Although each envelope 90 bears a note sheet 40, the overall height of the stack 96 is reduced because the note sheets 40 of contiguous envelopes 90 are not in vertically overlapping relation. As discussed above with respect to the article assemblies 41 of FIGS. 2-6, the envelopes 90 and note sheets 40 may be preprinted, or blank as assembled, or some combination thereof In either event, the note sheets 40 are adhered on the envelopes 90 in registry with edges or images thereon to facilitate further processing. While the note sheets 40 are illustrated in FIG. 7 as applied to the flap side of the envelopes 90, the note sheets may be applied to either side, as desired and allowed by applicable postal standards.
FIG. 8 illustrates an article assembly 97 wherein the underlying substrate is a newspaper 98. An RPSA note sheet 40 is adhered to the newspaper 98, as shown. A typical newspaper is made up of one or more sections, with each section formed by a plurality of sheets which are laid together and folded (as at along fold 99). One such section is illustrated in FIG. 8, and has a front face or page 100. Typically, a newspaper is folded in half for transport and distribution laterally across its front page 100, as at fold line 101.
The use of such an RPSA note sheet on a newspaper allows the newspaper publisher to sell or otherwise utilize the space on the note sheet itself, as well as the space on the underlying front page of the paper. Alternating the placement position of RPSA note sheets on newspapers during production in a non-overlapping pattern on sequential papers allows at least some readers to immediately see the information which would be otherwise covered by the note sheet on other papers. Consequently, a newspaper publisher has the opportunity to maximize advertising space by selling advertisements in those locations where RPSA note sheets may be applied, since some papers will have that location exposed while others will have that same location covered by an RPSA note sheet (with an alternative location exposed). This non-overlapping arrangement is attained using multiple note sheet applicators on the newspaper production line, spaced laterally across the line. Thus, the overall speed of the newspaper production line is not slowed, since multiple applicator heads are alternately applying note sheets to the stream of newspaper product passing thereby.
This arrangement is more specifically illustrated in FIG. 9. Assembled and folded newspapers 98 are conveyed along a conveyor system in direction of arrow 102 (FIG. 9). The top half of the front page 100 of each newspaper 98 faces upwardly and the newspapers 98 are aligned and conveyed in a "shingled" arrangement, as at 103. The shingling of the newspapers 98 on the conveyor system is modified to diminish the overlap between adjacent newspapers 98 and expose more of the top half of the front page 100 of the newspaper, as at 104. Two discrete landing areas are exposed laterally across each newspaper 98, such as landing areas 106 and 108. The landing areas 106 and 108 on each newspaper 98 are different and do not overlap. As shown, they are adjacent the top edge of the front page 101 of the folded newspaper 98 (adjacent the masthead of the newspaper) in a prime viewing space for newspaper distribution either from news stands, newspaper vending machines or newspaper racks (where the newspapers are often placed in a shingled arrangement for sale). In FIG. 8, a note sheet 40 is shown as applied to the landing area 108 of the newspaper 98, while the landing area 106 has no note sheet thereon (and thus the indicia 109 printed on the landing area 106 of the front page 100 is exposed). Of course, the newspaper 98 will also have printing on the landing area 108, which will be visible once the note sheet 40 is removed.
As the expanded shingled newspapers 98 pass through a note sheet application station 110 (FIG. 9), a pair of laterally and longitudinally staggered note sheet applicators 112 and 114 sequentially apply note sheets 40 to the passing newspapers 98. Each note sheet applicator applies a note sheet on an alternating newspaper 98 as it passes thereby, with the note sheet applicator 112 applying note sheets 40 to landing area 106 and the note sheet applicator 114 applying note sheets 40 to landing area 108.
The newspaper bearing a note sheet thus defines a completed article assembly 115 which is then typically stacked for further distribution and transport. FIG. 9 illustrates a stack 116 of newspaper article assemblies 115 after accumulation in a suitable newspaper stacker apparatus. Often, such a stack 116 is bundled for ease of handling and secured with a wrap of twine or plastic material. Because of the thickness of each newspaper 98 itself, the addition of the note sheet 40 thereon adds no appreciable thickness to the stack 116. In this case, the thickness concern is not an issue for the finished article assemblies. Rather, it is a concern of selling advertising space and covering up the preprinted images already borne by the front page 100 of the newspaper 98 at its most prominent location (at the top of the front page 100 adjacent the masthead) and of providing a means for placing advertising note sheets 40 in the hands of consumers for further use as reminders or coupons, etc.
This note sheet application arrangement for newspapers has particular advantages in terms of speed of application. In some cases, newspapers are produced and advanced for further handling at a rate of up to 45,000 newspapers per hour. It is highly undesirable to slow down the newspaper production rate in order to apply labels or note sheets to the newspapers. Using the present inventive arrangement, folded newspapers can be advanced in a longitudinal direction at a rate of 45,000 newspapers per hour and repositionable pressure-sensitive adhesive note sheets can be applied using a pair of applicators to apply the note sheets each of which has a longitudinal dimension of about 3 inches (7.5 cm)). The application of repositionable pressure-sensitive adhesive note sheets onto shingled newspapers in this manner is contemplated with note sheets having a longitudinal extent ranging from 1 to 7 inches (2.5 cm to 7.8 cm).
A stack was formed by attaching 250 three inch by three inch (7.5 cm by 7.5 cm) Post-it� brand note sheets (commercially available from Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company, St. Paul, Minn.) to letter size (81/2 inch by 11 inch or 21.6 cm by 27.9 cm) 20 lb. bond paper. The edges of each note sheet were aligned in parallel with its underlying carrier paper sheet, and two edges of each note sheet were within 0.125 inch (0.3 cm) of two edges of the underlying carrier paper sheet. An offset was formed by the difference between the highest and lowest points of the resultant stack of the paper sheets and note sheets attached thereto. The highest point was measured to be 2.1 inches (52 mm) along the corner of the stack having the note sheets adjacent thereto. The lowest point was measured to be 1.1 inches (28 mm) when measured along the opposite corner of the stack from that where the note sheets were attached, resulting in an offset of 1.0 inches (24 mm).
A stack was formed as in Example 1, but of 500 assemblies (500 sheets of paper with RPSA note sheets attached). Five hundred assemblies is a common package in commercial printing, referred to as a "ream" of paper. The highest corner of the resultant stack was measured to be 4.1 inches (104 mm) and the lowest corner was measured to be 2.2 inches (56 mm), resulting in an offset of 1.9 inches (48 mm).
A stack was formed as in Example 1, but of 100 assemblies (100 sheets of paper with RPSA note sheets attached). However, alternating paper sheets were oriented as illustrated in FIG. 2. The measured highest point of the resultant stack was along one of the corners having note sheets attached adjacent thereto, and it was measured as 0.6 inches (16 mm). The lowest point of the stack was measured at a corner having no note sheets attached adjacent thereto, and it was measured as 0.4 inches (11 mm), resulting in an offset of only 0.2 inches (5 mm).
A stack was formed as in Example 1, but of 100 assemblies (100 sheets of paper with RPSA note sheets attached). However, alternating paper sheets were oriented as illustrated in FIG. 5. The measured highest point of the resultant stack was along one of the comers of the stack (each comer having note sheets adhered thereto), and it was measured as 0.6 inches (14.5 mm). The lowest point of the stack was measured along the center of a long edge of the paper sheets in the stack, and it was measured to be 0.4 inches (11 mm), resulting in an offset of only 0.1 inches (3.5 mm).
A series of 25 No. 10 envelopes were printed and sealed. A three-inch by three-inch (7.5 cm by 7.5 cm) Post-it� brand note sheet was adhered to each envelope, each note sheet having a strip of adhesive 0.5 inches (12.5 mm) wide along one edge and a strip of adhesive 0.25 inches (6.3 mm) wide along an opposite edge. The note sheets were applied to the envelopes as illustrated in FIG. 7, at two discrete landing area locations, and the resultant envelope and note sheet assemblies were stacked as shown in FIG. 7. The height of the resultant stack was measured as 1.0 inches (26 mm) on both corners along the envelope edge with the flap, and 1.0 inches (25 mm) along the other two corners of the envelope.
While illustrated only in the drawing figures as single sheets, envelopes or newspapers, the underlying workpiece to which a note sheet may be adhered may be any workpiece having a suitable surface for accepting a note sheet. This would include such items as advertising signatures, books, multifold brochures, boxes or even non-uniformly shaped articles. For purposes of this application, it is essential only that the article receiving the repositionable note sheet have a face suitable for the adherence of a repositionable sheet thereon.
The term "repositionable" means the note sheet can be adhered to and removed from a clean solid surface at least two times without substantially losing tack. Preferably, the sheet can be adhered from a clean solid surface at least ten, and more preferably, at least twenty times without substantially losing tack. The RPSA on a back face of the note sheet at least partially covers the back face thereof, and may be applied in any suitable pattern, adjacent only one edge of the note sheet, two edges or adjacent all four edges (in the case of a rectangular note sheet). Alternative shapes for the note sheet (other than rectangular) are also possible. Examples of the types of note sheets suitable for this application are further discussed in co-pending U.S. patent application Ser. No. 08/943,634, owned by the assignee of the instant application, Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company, and incorporated herein by reference.
Typically, an adhesive primer layer is applied to the back face of the note sheet, underlying the adhesive pattern thereon. If desired, a release coat may be applied to the workpiece landing area (or at least that portion of the landing area where the adhesive pattern will be affixed). Such primers and release coats for repositionable adhesives are well known, as are the repositionable adhesives themselves. RPSAs, associated primers and release layers are well known in the art, as evidenced by U.S. Pat. Nos. 5,045,569; 4,988,567; 4,994,322; 4,786,696; 4,166,152; 3,857,731; and 3,691,140; the disclosures of which are incorporated herein by reference. When the note sheet stock is provided in roll form, the top (non-adhesive bearing) side of the note sheet stock may also be coated with a release layer to facilitate the unwinding of the roll.
The note sheet stock material may be formed from paper sheeting, and is preferably an unsaturated paper (paper which is not impregnated with a resin). For a sheeting material which results in a cut note sheet similar to a Post-it� brand note sheet, the note sheet stock material is an opaque paper. Other note sheet stock material may be conventional bond or clay-coated paper, carbonless paper, a polymeric sheet material or even a metal foil. Further, transparent or translucent substrate materials (i.e., light-transmissive) such as those used for Post-it� brand tape flags sold by Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company, are also possible note sheet stock materials. A transparent or translucent substrate for the note sheet may also have indicia printed thereon. Furthermore, indicia printed on the article may be visible through the sheet material, and the indicia on the article and sheet material may overlap and be cooperatively aligned. The note sheet stock may also carry encapsulated fragrances, and indicia apply thereto may be represented by embossed or protruding areas (e.g., Braille for those with limited eyesight). In other words, the note sheet stock may bear any form of indicia which is detectable by the human senses, or is even only a machine readable indicia.
Although the present invention has been described with reference to preferred embodiments, workers skilled in the art will recognize that changes may be made in form and detail without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention. For example, multiple landing areas may be provided laterally across the face of a stream of moving articles, so that three or more note sheets may be applied thereto. In that case, the landing areas may even overlap in a lateral orientation Such an arrangement will allow even more rapid deployment of note sheets on workpieces moving past the plurality of note sheet applicators.
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|Jul 1, 1939
|Sep 24, 1940
|Fox River Paper Corp
|Duplicating device
|Aug 23, 1950
|Aug 23, 1955
|Cheshire Mailing Machines Inc
|Label applying machines
|Apr 24, 1956
|Jun 2, 1959
|Cheshire Inc
|Label applying machine
|Feb 3, 1958
|Feb 16, 1960
|Cheshire Inc
|Conveyor for articles in imbricating relationship
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|Sep 12, 1972
|Spencer Ferguson Silver
|Acrylate copolymer microspheres
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|Dec 31, 1974
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|Acrylate microsphere-surfaced sheet material
|Aug 17, 1977
|Aug 28, 1979
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|Nov 14, 1985
|May 12, 1987
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|Method of making label-equipped business form
|Mar 18, 1988
|Nov 22, 1988
|Minnesota Mining And Manufacturing Company
|Process for the preparation of tacky polymeric microspheres
|Aug 15, 1988
|Jun 5, 1990
|Denny Bros. Printing Limited
|Adhesive lable or leaflet assemblies
|Aug 9, 1988
|Jul 3, 1990
|Moore Business Forms, Inc.
|Business form with repositionable labels
|Dec 18, 1989
|Nov 20, 1990
|Wallace Computer Services, Inc.
|Label-providing log for facsimile transmissions and method
|May 26, 1989
|Dec 25, 1990
|Marquis Philip H
|Self-holding drafting paper
|Jul 25, 1990
|Jan 29, 1991
|Minnesota Mining And Manufacturing Company
|Hollow acid-free acrylate polymeric microspheres having multiple small voids
|Sep 18, 1989
|Feb 19, 1991
|Minnesota Mining And Manufacturing
|Pressure-sensitive adhesive comprising hollow tacky microspheres and macromonomer-containing binder copolymer
|Apr 24, 1990
|Feb 26, 1991
|Insight Media, Inc.
|Note pad for entry into permanent records
|Aug 20, 1990
|Jul 9, 1991
|Moore Business Forms, Inc.
|Wallet size note pack
|Nov 30, 1988
|Sep 3, 1991
|Minnesota Mining And Manufacturing Company
|Hollow acrylate polymer microspheres
|Dec 18, 1990
|Feb 11, 1992
|National Graphics Company
|Multiple ply assembly
|Dec 31, 1986
|Mar 16, 1993
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|Repositionable pressure-sensitive adhesive sheet material
|Apr 26, 1993
|Apr 5, 1994
|Moore Business Forms, Inc.
|Paper sheets with pressure sensitive adhesive forming an easel pad
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|May 31, 1994
|Avery Dennison Corporation
|Stationery with removable printable labels and method therefor
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|Nov 1, 1993
|Jul 12, 1994
|Marquardt Steven J
|Note caddy
|Nov 9, 1992
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|Note or note pad preparation method
|Aug 30, 1991
|Mar 21, 1995
|Instance; David J.
|Labels and manufacture thereof
|Jan 17, 1995
|Apr 8, 1997
|Minnesota Mining And Manufacturing Company
|Note or note pad preparation method
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|Jul 21, 1998
|Minnesota Mining And Manufacturing Company
|Desktop printer notes
|Apr 29, 1989
|Nov 15, 1989
|Jos. Hunkeler AG Fabrik f�r graphische Maschinen
|Process and device for providing personalized mailing units comprising at least two articles
|Mar 6, 1992
|Oct 1, 1992
|Logika Comp S.R.L.
|A method of matching a card or ticket and the like with a paper support, matching machine for implementing the method, and paper support for putting under envelope and mailing a card
|Nov 29, 1993
|Jul 7, 1994
|Minnesota Mining And Manufacturing Company
|Pad, tape and forming methods
|United States Statutory Invention Registration, Greig, Registration No. H377, published Dec. 1, 1987.
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|Feb 24, 2004
|Ferag Ag
|Method and apparatus for providing text on printed products
|May 6, 2003
|Aug 29, 2006
|3M Innovative Properties Company
|Inline accumulating die padder
|Feb 16, 2010
|Aug 9, 2011
|Welcomemat Services, Inc.
|Business method for promoting goods and services of providers
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|Oct 14, 2014
|Muller Martini Corp.
|Apparatus and method for orienting products for applying indicia during transport
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|Nov 15, 2001
|Ferag Ag
|Method and apparatus for providing text on printed products
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|Sep 16, 2004
|Mertens Timothy A.
|Method for adhering linerless repositionable sheets onto articles
|Apr 29, 2004
|Oct 28, 2004
|Maschinenbau Oppenweiler Binder Gmbh & Co. Kg
|Method and apparatus for further processing of printed sheets
|May 6, 2003
|Nov 11, 2004
|3M Innovative Properties Company
|Inline accumulating die padder
|Sep 2, 2004
|May 26, 2005
|Brian Mattingly
|Business method for promoting goods and services of providers
|May 27, 2005
|Dec 8, 2005
|3M Innovative Properties Company
|Shingled assembly of repositionable devices
|Oct 4, 2005
|Apr 6, 2006
|Edward Killey
|Method for forming a metallic appearance on the sides of memo pads
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|Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
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|Mar 5, 2015
|Sven Dobler
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|Nov 3, 2015
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|U.S. Classification
|156/277, 270/58.01, 270/58.3, 270/1.01
|International Classification
|Cooperative Classification
|European Classification
|Feb 3, 1998
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|Nov 26, 2007
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|May 16, 2012
|Lapse for failure to pay maintenance fees
|Jul 3, 2012
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Why We Created The Poker TDA
In 2001, Matt Savage was directing poker tournaments at the Lucky Chances Casino and playing local tournaments in the San Francisco Bay Area. He found that tournament rules were different from property to property and for different events at the same property. In an attempt to standardize tournament rules he traveled to Las Vegas to meet with the Tournament Directors of the World Series of Poker. Matt's idea was met with resistance and the general idea that it would be too difficult to get all major tournaments conducted under a common set of rules.
Doors began to open when Savage met with business partners Linda Johnson and Jan Fisher who were hosting the WPIC (World Poker Industry Conference). The WPIC was an ideal venue because many tournament directors and cardroom managers were in attendance. The trio reached out to widely respected tournament director David Lamb for assistance and the Poker Tournament Directors Association was born. Twenty-four people attended the first Poker TDA Summit. Since then the Association has grown to more than 2,500 members in 63 countries. Poker TDA Rules are now used in most major tournaments around the world.
Dave, Jan, Linda and Matt continue to guide the Association in its second decade of industry leadership. Joining Dave, Jan, Linda and Matt on the Board of Directors are industry veterans Jack Effel, Tab Duchateau, Neil Johnson, Johnny Grooms and Mike Bishop. To contact the Board, please e-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com.

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When I came across this post by a blogger named Phil Gyford in the UK, I knew I had to share it. Being a freelancer is hard in so many ways, that anytime there is someone willing to share so much truly valuable information about it, you can't help but share it as widely as you can.As Phil states in his post, there are some UK-specific details and some details relevant only to web designers, but overall the lessons within hold for freelancers of all types (designer, photographers, programmers, writers, etc)
Specific things he covers are:
- When to start freelancing
- How to sell and market yourself
- How to be your own boss
- Managing the accounting, expenses, pricing and invoicing (This is the one we're hoping to help with)
- How to be the project manager
- How to manage a variety of other things such as: client relationships, legal concerns, IT needs and all aspects of your burgeoning career.
Lets face it, being able to do all of these things well is hard. Very hard. Some of these activities are easy for some people and difficult for others, and vice-versa. The key to being a freelancer, however is to be able to do all of them somewhat well. For those who cannot do all of these things, they often find success in identifying their weaknesses and hiring out those aspects of the job.
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MMA Forum - UFC Forums - UFC Results - MMA Videos (http://www.mmaforum.com/forumindex.php)
- DREAM vBookie Betting (http://www.mmaforum.com/dream-vbookie-betting/)
- - DREAM.2: Shinya Aoki vs. Gesias Calvancante (http://www.mmaforum.com/dream-vbookie-betting/35331-dream-2-shinya-aoki-vs-gesias-calvancante.html)
DREAM.2: Shinya Aoki vs. Gesias Calvancante
http://i232.photobucket.com/albums/e...1205494005.jpg vs. http://i232.photobucket.com/albums/e...1205494095.jpg
Shinya "Tobikan Judan" Aoki (pictured left)
Born: Japan
Fighting out of: Tokyo, Japan
Age: 24
Height: 5'11 (180cm)
Weight: 155 lbs (70 Kg)
Pro MMA Record: 14 - 2 - 0 - 1
Strengths: Submission fighting
Last 3 Fights:
vs. Gesias Calvancante (NC)
vs. Bu Kyung Jung (Win - Unanimous Decision)
vs. Brian Lo A-Njoe (Win - Submission)
Gesias "JZ" Calvancante (pictured right)
Born: Rio De Janeiro, Brazil
Fighting out of: Coconut Creek, Florida, United States
Age: 24
Height: 173 Cm
Weight: 155lbs (70kg)
Pro MMA Record: 14 - 1 - 1 - 1
Strengths: Very well rounded/Strong
Last 3 Fights:
vs. Shinya Aoki (NC)
vs. Andre Dida (Win - Submission)
vs. Vitor Ribeiro (Win - TKO)
3k in JZ, he's gonna kick that skinny ass.
Edit: What the hell, all in JZ.
Everything I have on JZ
Definetly going wit JZ. Aoki showed me nothing last fight that would say he is gonna win.
JZ is going to kick Aoki's a**!!!!!
200 points on aoki, dont think he will win but i love watching his rubber guard!
Went all in on jz so he better win.
Aoki proved in the first attempt of the fight that he had no answer for JZ's game. JZ takes this one TKO in the first.
Oh, the irony.....
I think I should just never bet again :laugh::drink01::laugh::cool04:
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"What's so funny?" Landon asked dryly. The soldier continued his exuberant laugh, not ceasing to answer. This did not amuse Landon, of course. Since it only added to the tangle of bewilderment that plagued him.
Finally, after what seemed like forever, the soldier stifled his chortle, bringing his rapport to an end. He couldn't help but wipe a tear from his eye, and soon his gaze settled on the tall human beside him. Smirking amusingly, the soldier clasped his hand on Landon's shoulder.
"I need to tell you something," said the soldier in a very thick Spanish accent. Landon focused intently, leaning forward.
The soldier opened his mouth, and began to speak. But a very sharp bang halted any words from fumbling off his tongue. Landon's hazy thoughts, and light-headedness, snapped together in full attention, and his eyes alit on an unknown figure across the shoddy bamboo bridge.
The stranger held a pistol pointed outward, and smoke dissipated upwards from the barrel. The Spanish man slumped forwards, into Landon's arms, and Landon instinctually clutched the soldier that collapsed to the bridge; blood sousing his camouflaged fatigues from a bullet hole in his back.
Landon's muscled tensed all at once in paralyzing fear. He let go of the soldier, and back-peddled, pressing himself against his bamboo hut.
The stranger finally spoke, "Where is it, Landon?"
"Wher… where is what?" Landon's eyes were trying to navigate an escape route, but he spied only more bridges and huts far below him.
"You don't want to play dumb, Landon." The stranger spoke matter-of-factly, "You know who I am."
But Landon didn't. At least, he didn't right now. He only knew he was confused, and gripped with a crippling fear. His mind mulled in several ways; one part attempting to decipher the meaning of what has transpired, and another struggling to identify this gun-totting stranger across from him. And of course, he still needed an exit.
"I really don't know what you're talking about. Maybe you can tell me, and I .. I'm really confused," Landon was partly stalling, and his words were fumbling from his dry mouth.
The stranger fired off another bullet which bore through the hollow bamboo hut close to Landon's shoulder. Of course this jolted Landon even more, but it made up his mind: he needed to flee.


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Union opposes employee change
A K-State-base union appears prepared to oppose an effort by classified employees to leave state civil service.
William Glover, president of the K-State University Employees Association, told the Topeka Capital-Journal that union members voted to oppose the proposal to move under university control about two weeks ago. An official vote for all classified employees will take place in November.
Glover expressed concern about being at the mercy of the university without the ability to appeal cases of wrongful action by their employer. Currently, appeals would take place at the State Civil Service Board.
"We don't trust the university administration," Glover told the newspaper.
That message differed from what fellow classified employee Carol Marden, K-State public service administrator, told the Mercury on Tuesday. "Not that I'm bad mouthing the state, but they have a different agenda than we do," she said. "It makes sense that our bosses should be on a local level."
Marden is chair of the Alternative Service Committee, which is looking into classified employees moving from civil service for the state to support staff for the university.
Such a move would affect the nearly 1,800 employees who receive hourly wages and don't have contracts. Those employees include custodial staff, maintenance workers, and some administrative and supervisory jobs.
Marden said reasons for the potential move are the lack of pay increase from the state and hiring flexibility.
She said some employees, including herself, haven't received a raise since 2008.
However, Glover told the Capital-Journal on Wednesday that pay increases would still be an issue even if classified employees became support staff. "The university still has to get money from the governor," he said. "There is no money."


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Extending Social Research: Application, Implementation and Publication
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Dezember 2006
- What are the responsibilities of those involved in social research for maximising the impact of research findings?
- How can social science researchers ensure that their work is widely publicized, applied and implemented?
- When should social research be extended or ended?
Contributing authorsSection one: Introduction
Extending social research Section two: Theoretical and practical issues
Extending social research: Why?
Extending social research: Meanings and understandings
Extending social research: How?Section three: Process and product: Practice examples
Setting the agenda
Managing the process
OutcomesSection four: Reflections
Where are we now?References
PortraitGayle Letherby is Reader in the Sociology of Gender and Deputy Director of the Centre for Social Justice at Coventry University. She has published widely in the areas of methodology and epistemology; reproduction, kinship and identity; the sociology of trains and train travel, working and learning in higher education and criminology. Paul Bywaters is Professor of Social Work and Director of the Centre for Social Justice at Coventry University. He has written extensively on social work and health inequalities, as well as on a variety of other issues including race and disability, and community care and older people. Contributors: Zoebia Ali, Kathryn Barnes, Anthea Coghlan, Anthony Columbo, Denise Tanner, Dexter Du Boulay, Maureen Hirsch, Mary Rose Knyspel,Jennifer Marchbank, Helen Poole, Graham Steventon,
Untertitel: Sprache: Englisch.
Verlag: OPEN UNIV PR
Erscheinungsdatum: Dezember 2006
Seitenanzahl: 175 Seiten
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Tyler The Creator Denies Inciting SXSW Riot [Details]
It looks as if Tyler The Creator is finally speaking out on last weeks SXSW riots. According to a statement released by his attorney.
At no time during the … concert did Tyler seek to incite or participate in riotous activity as has been reported in the press. It is clear from video clips and witness reports that the patrons and fans attending the show on that date were full of positive energy appropriate for this type of event and never exhibited any anger or aggression whatsoever.
For law enforcement or the media to describe the rush of fans through the gate and the subsequent benign, boisterous activity as a riot is an unfortunate and inaccurate description of what occurred. Tyler is not a violent individual and would never deliberately engage in any activity that would put another person at risk of being hurt.
Tyler was arrested the following day at Austin-Bergstrom International Airport and posted $25,000 bond. If convicted the Odd Future kid could face up to a year in prison and a $4,000 fine.
[LA Times]


text: ROSELAND, N.J., June 20, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- ADP®, a leading global provider of Human Capital Management (HCM) solutions, today announced this year's five Henry Taub Scholars, recipients of the company's college scholarship that recognizes students who have exhibited academic excellence and made significant contributions to their communities. The program was established to honor ADP's late founder, Henry Taub, who believed in the invaluable benefits of higher education.The Henry Taub Scholarship Award is open to children of ADP associates who are pursuing a college education. Up to $20,000 in annual financial assistance is awarded to each of the five recipients to help pay for tuition and books. The 2014 Taub Scholars are: Derek Nelson ( Ramsey, NJ); Rachel Matthews ( Long Valley, NJ); Sanjay Velappan ( Suwanee, GA); Shohini Rakhit (Johns Creek, GA); and Myra Kohler ( Georgetown, Ontario, Canada). "On behalf of ADP, I would like to extend our congratulations to all of this year's Henry Taub Scholars for their commendable achievements, both in and beyond the classroom," said Carlos Rodriguez, president and CEO of ADP. "ADP is honored to assist these students in their academic endeavors and to enable them to continue to embody the values of our late founder, Henry Taub." To identify the five Henry Taub Scholar finalists, ADP collaborated with the ADP Foundation and the National Merit Scholarship Corporation (NMSC), an independent non-profit organization, as well as International Scholarship and Tuition Services (ISTS). Of the qualifying applicants, finalists were selected based on a range of criteria, including academic achievements, extracurricular activities and community involvement, leadership roles, and an essay. The Henry Taub Scholarship Award, currently in its third year, is an extension of ADP's broader, ongoing scholarship program sponsored by the ADP Foundation. The program has provided millions of dollars in scholarships to hundreds of children of ADP associates over the last 40 years.


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THanks for the site. I will read it today. I have been keeping notes and
doing research with this each year. I originally started by using only
"green" methods to try to eradicate this (Comet sprinkled on crowns, soaking
plant in bleach solution, etc.), but this year have gone to fungicides. This
year I am treating when I see it and I plan to mark plants that have had any
trace of it this year and sprinkle the crowns next year before they leaf out.
THe place I bought the fungicide (Engage) from said it works better as a
preventative. If this doesn't work next year I am going to bite the bullet
and dig and pitch if I see signs of it.
Kay Dye, Edelstein, IL Zone 5
In a message dated 98-07-19 11:00:01 EDT, you write:
This crown rot thing is driving me crazy too, having just found it on my
year-old 'Sum and Substance', which this year has ten bloom scapes.
I did some research and thought you might like to see the article I found.
However, since I can't seem to figure out how to attach the file or copy and
paste it, here is the address:
Bev Stegeman
>> I had crown rot in Brim Cup and Nigrescens Elatior this spring. In addition to removal of necrotic tissue around the crown, and enough dirt so it would dry out, I treated them with a pinch of Agri-Strep, a powdered antibiotic I bought for fruit tree fire blight but didn"t use. They both recovered and are now doing fine. Last year I treated Great Expect. with the first two methods without the antibiotic and lost it. It would appear that my crown rot is bacterial, so guess what I will be using if it ever appears again.
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Five persons owning red colour motorcycles were detained but were let off later while another person who was caught on CCTV in front of Israeli embassy appeared before investigators. An assailant riding a motorcycle had stuck a bomb on the car in which the Israeli embassy employee Tal Yehoshua-Koren was traveling that exploded injuring her and others on Aurangezeb Road near the Prime Minister's official residence.
While City Police Commissioner B K Gupta refused to name Iran for the attack saying that investigators were yet to piece together the evidences, sources said a probe was on to check whether any Iranian living here was used to carry out the strike. Gupta said the bomb used in yesterday's attack was not bigger than a palmtop or a brick. He, however, said so far the investigations do not point to the use of RDX.
"The bomb would have exploded in 3-5 seconds after it was stuck on the vehicle. The motorcyclist then hit a boulevard, moved to the other lane, apparently took a left turn and fled," he said adding the bomb could have been exploded using a mechanical trigger, a remote or a timer. As another attack was triggered in Bangkok, Gupta said Indian security agencies were seeking information from authorities in Georgia, where a bomb was defused, and Thailand.


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This is just a reminder that tomorrow is Knocked up Thursday as Camie's Kitties is hosting a fund raiser for Mama Laura, Lilly Lu and company. It's very easy, all you have to do is post your favorite knock-knock joke with a picture to go along with it, and they'll donate 50 cents for every blog that participates.
I've already to five jokes to post on five different blogs, and if Bean has another moment of inspiration between now and tomorrow morning, we might make it six and post one on her blog as well.
If you need a joke, try visiting Knock-Knock-Joke.com as they have well over 100 jokes on their site.
I tried to send this as a reminder to Cat Blogosphere, but the submission form called me Spam! How rude! In look nothing like canned mystery meat! Do I?
In other (and better) news Carnival of the Cats is the featured blog at Blog Carnival! This is the one I host at House Panthers, and if you have not check it out already, please be sure to stop by and do so.
Speaking of House Panthers, Auntie Spooker, the heat seeking missile is our featured Panther today on Blue Wednesday. My Bean and I find a patch of Garden for her to sun herself in, and I think it turned out just beautiful!
Last two nights we watch Dances with Wolfies. It is very good moovee, but my goodness...who makes 4-hour moovees these days? So hard to stay awake for! Maybe next we can watch something shorter! We just watch Ice Age not to long ago, so purrhaps Bean can find me Ice Age: The Meltdown to watch. I would like to find one of those little squirrels like in the moovee to chase around. Lacking that, I have amused myself by chasing birdies most days.
There are many animations out that I have not seen yet, so maybe we can skip the 4-hour features and watch one of those?
I will not watch anything tonight, or tomorrow unless I go watch at neighbor's house, as Bean is going to baseball games again. She has to go for blood works tomorrow morning and then goes to see the human vet next week on Thursday and then the following week on Thursday too. I so happy I healthy and only see my vet once a year. Once is enough. In fact, I think once is one time to often but...she will not listen when I tell her this.
We have a new special projects we are working on, but they get put on back burner a bit as she have to write her baseball reports. Poppa Bear like her to have these posted by 7:00 AM so he have something to read with his morning coffee. Do not understand humans sometimes.
Oh well. I think I'm going to go look at birdies now. I will meow at you all later.


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Welcome to the 10th HalvBirken run June 10. 2017HalvBirken run is 12 km starting at Birkebeineren Ski Stadium (525 masl) and finishing by Håkons Hall, Lillehammer.
Track The track is in forrest terrain consisting of both gritt, forrest roads, paths and grass.
During the Birken Ski Festival in March aproximately 30.000 skiers participate in one of our events


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text: HOUSTON, Jan. 16, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Flotek Industries, Inc. ("Flotek" or the "Company') (NYSE: FTK - News) today announced the closing of its purchase of Eclipse IOR Services, LLC ("EOGA") and plans to expand its Enhanced Oil Recovery ("EOR") platform. Total consideration for the purchase was $7,000,000, including $5.25 million in cash and 94,354 shares of Flotek Common Stock. The transaction is effective January 1, 2014. While final year-end financials are pending, the Company estimates EOGA's 2013 Net Income to be approximately $1.6 million. "We are pleased to complete the acquisition of EOGA and delighted to welcome Jay Portwood, Ron Scott and the EOGA team to the Flotek family," said John Chisholm, Flotek's Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer. "EOGA's expertise in Enhanced Oil Recovery processes and the use of polymers to improve performance of EOR projects is an important addition to Flotek's growing inventory of EOR services. Not only does EOGA add leading edge products and services to our EOR offerings, the addition of Jay, Ron and the EOGA team should allow Flotek to leverage their expertise to grow market share for our other EOR chemistry applications. With demand for EOR services expected to accelerate, we will continue to be opportunistic in growing our breadth of EOR services." "Ron and I, along with the entire EOGA team, are excited to join Flotek and work side-by-side to create a leading, world-class EOR services company," said J.T. "Jay" Portwood, President of EOGA. "We have worked closely with Flotek and its chemistry research group for several years and believe the opportunities to offer value-added technologies to our existing EOR customers are significantly enhanced as we join forces. Flotek's chemistry expertise combined with our design and implementation services create an immediate leader in complex EOR projects, especially as it relates to water control and reservoir conformance. We look forward to being a part of the Flotek team for many years to come."


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Best Buy (NYSE:BBY) has been battling aggressively to fight against the drowning effects of sluggish economic recovery in the U.S. The resultant decrease in the level of consumer spending on electronics has made the situation much more of a struggle for specialty retailer. According to Best Buy CEO Brian Dunn, the TV industry continues to be challenged and its TV comps in Q2 were down low double digits. Best Buy competes with general retailers like Wal-Mart (NYSE:WMT) and Costco (NASDAQ:COST) as well as other specialty retailers like Radio Shack (NYSE:RSH) and GameStop (NYSE:GME).
Our price estimate for Best Buy's stock stands near $35, implying a 35% premium to the market price.
Best Buy's Recent Initiatives
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- It also expanded its Geek Squad Tech Support program which offers customers 1 or 2 years of comprehensive computer service via remote chat session, a store visit, phone call or e-mail.
- Best Buy also initiated Buy Back Program in the beginning of 2011. Customers can return the product within two years of purchase and get a gift card equivalent to product's present worth.
Despite these initiatives, Best Buy reported dismal Q2 performance numbers.
It reported a 30% fall in operating profit for Q2 2011 with flat revenue growth for the quarter. We believe that it would be difficult for the world's largest electronics retailer to deliver positive performance unless the economic conditions improve. The recent initiatives could definitely pave the way for an increase in Best Buy's topline growth. However, presently, much of this seems to boil down to consumer confidence in the U.S. economy.


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If the sprawling, luxurious Breakers Resort is the famous grand dame of Palm Beach hotels, the Brazilian Court is its sexy little sister. Instead of welcoming guests through an ostentatious lobby with a two-lane valet, the Court seduces them through three discreet entrances. Instead of dressing up in formal, palatial, and immaculate lawns, this place flaunts its tantalizing assets: a heated pool, a wine butler, and an intimate, flower-filled patio. The Spanish-style compound has attracted diplomats, movie stars, and Kennedys since opening on New Year's Day in 1926. In the past couple of years, the hotel has upped its chic factor with celebrity power by adding Café Boulud (the menu was designed by Chef Daniel Boulud), opening a Frederic Fekkai salon (Mr. Fekkai won't be your hairdresser, but his products and techniques are used here), and starting a breakfast series with bestselling authors (so you just might bump into Gay Talese or Nora Ephron in the library). But besides being a nice place to sleep (for $550 to $950 a night), it's not a bad spot to gold-dig. Tuesday- and Saturday-night parties draw businessmen in blazers as well as 20-somethings in tank tops, and the scene is so hot right now that even the grand dames can't resist coming in for a peek.
Fane Lozman is walking proof that the Little Guy can beat City Hall. While Lozman is not especially small he's 6-foot-5 he was, in political terms, a kind of 95-pound weakling. We're talking about his lack of clout in his adopted home of Riviera Beach, where last year he quixotically took on a questionable redevelopment program that was being ramrodded through by powerful city officials. Lots of harassment at Lozman's city marina slip. An arrest. An eminent domain plan to turn the marina over to Fat Cats.Long story short: Lozman sued to stop it. The development-mad officials were booted out by voters. And Lozman, a former floor trader at the Chicago commodities exchange, got some vindication in court: Representing himself, he beat back the city's pathetic retaliatory attempt to have him evicted from the marina.
New Times: What does it take to be an activist?
Lozman: You have to be prepared never to give up. They're going to try to intimidate you, to arrest you, to physically push you around. You have to be firm in your conviction that what they're doing is wrong and that they have to abide by the Sunshine Law and the Constitution.
You've been in other countries where people were being intimidated.
I was in Kosovo in 1999. A friend asked me to try to get her sister and niece out of a refugee camp on the border of Macedonia. I saw three F-16s fly over and blow the top off a hill nearby. Loudest noise I ever heard. In December, 2001, I went to Afghanistan to see firsthand how international charities were working. It was bullshit. There were people over there soliciting money for schools and pocketing the money themselves.
What's your favorite James Bond locale?
Well, Costa Rica is a beautiful country, with the rainforest, the beaches on the Pacific side. It's got some of the best surfing beaches around. I'm not sure about the Bond angle, though. Costa Rica's a good place to go to de-stress, whether you've been doing financial trading or fighting scum in Riviera Beach.
Spunky and sincere, defense attorney Bill Gelin is something of an oddity in the legal profession. He cares more about you than about being paid he even gave back his law school-issued stopwatch and refuses to live his life in the standard six-minute billing cycles. Although lawyering is his living and he does charge for his services, this 40ish UC-Berkeley alum (Stanford Law) hasn't let years of practicing criminal law in South Florida totally jade him. Instead of throwing up his hands, Gelin got a bunch of other lawyers together and formed the Justice Advocacy Association of Broward County. He blogs almost every day about judges who aren't acting judgely and about the defendants, witnesses, and regular folk who may not be getting a fair shake over at the waterfront jail and nearby courthouse:
Rory J. McMahon is so good that he could've written the book on how to be a private investigator. Oh, wait, he did. It's titled the Practical Handbook for Private Investigators. Undoubtedly, this tropical paradise and the shysters the beachside landscape attracts is what provided both the inspiration and the knowledge base for McMahon's follow-up in 2004, Fraud Investigation, a textbook on how to conduct investigations into white-collar crime. He's a former federal probation officer in New York and Florida, and he's been private-eyeing since 1991. His client list is private, and his firm will conduct surveillance, background checks, and even fire investigations.
The best flacks know the best way to manage their message is simply to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but. Det. Kathy Collins of the Fort Lauderdale Police Department is as straight a shooter as they come in a job that requires an ability to control information. She's even-headed and always returns calls and e-mails, and she doesn't stop until she finds the answer sometimes it's past deadline, but shit happens. Collins treats everybody the same polite, professional, and as forthcoming with information as police-work permits.
The young Companion was a pure Hollywood boy, the half-Irish son of a cop. And, bless him, he stayed Hollywood right up until the moment the feds slapped the cold cuffs on his wrists. Hollywood has a long history of organized crime, dating back to Meyer Lansky and a who's who of other Mafia figures who liked to chow down at Joe Sonken's Gold Coast restaurant. And the other half of Companion's heritage, Italian, was the one he favored. He had an Italian flag in his car, idolized Frank Sinatra, and was fond of quoting comic Andrew Dice Clay. In short, he was a goombah and when he met a mobster named "Big Jack," he damned near fell in love. Soon, he was running a protection racket for Jack and his Mafia buddies and recruiting friends in the force to do the same. It wasn't until after he was hit with bribery, extortion, and drug-trafficking charges that he learned Big Jack was really Joaquin "Jack" Garcia, an undercover FBI agent playing the role of his life. Hey, he might have fallen hard, but he did it his way, baby.


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I had to replace a blown head gasket and since I had it all apart replaced the timing belt and water pump, when I took the timing belt off I didn't have the cam locked in place and it turned on me, I thought I had it all lined up as the marks all lined up with the #1 piston at TDC, once I had it all back together it would crank but not the slightest hint of it wanting to start so I set the #1 piston at TDC then removed the distributor cap and noticed that it was way off so I removed the distributor and put it back in with it lined up to the #1 cyl. at this point I tried to start it and it tried to start but as soon as I let go of the key it would die. What could the problem be?
Truck has spark and is getting fuel so why won't it start? on 1997 Nissan Pathfinder
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Incorrect engine timing!.... Also INTERFERENCE engine!!
Remove distributor , replace any bent valves , re-set cam/crank timing , then install distributor , see answer #1 for explanation.....Good luck.


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Chapter 1.4:
The Meeting of the New Team
"I'll start. After that if we go anti-clockwise around the table, we'll have some form of order." offered Pandora. "I'm Pandora Eldridge, I'm fifteen years old and I'm a super hero. An interest I have is to sit alone on rooftops and write poetry. Alastair?"
"Hello, I'm Alastair Cain, I'm also fifteen years old and I'm Pandora's sidekick. An interest I have is I like hover board tricks."
"I'm Ophelia Moore, I'm fifteen years old as well and I am a super villain, but I would like it if you didn't judge me from my job description, rather my personality. An interest of mine is to camp out and see how long I can survive with just my board and minimal provisions."
"It's nice to see so many fresh faces and to make some new friends. I'm Irta Alice Reed and I'm twenty four. Gosh, I feel old now. I'm a journalist and a columnist and I pride myself on being open, honest and good for the public. An interest of mine is helping the local community whenever I can."
"Hi. I'm Cruim Taylor and I'm thirty seven. I work for the government as a Member of Parliament and an interest of mine would be helping improve the community in any way I can."
"Well hello there everyone. I have a feeling we'll be in for a good week or so. I'm Seoras Flint, but feel free to call me whatever you wish – trust me, I'll respond to it. I am twenty four and work for Nasa as an engineer. I pride myself with knowing every technological item Nasa has ever built, designed or even thought about. I know everything about the history of the organisation and I guess my interest would be technological discoveries in the past and technological history in general."
"Erm. Hi. I am Faro Dainer and I am nineteen. I work for Nasa as a researcher and an interest of mine would be space in general and everything we know about it and then what we don't know about it."
"My name is Fowler Holme and I am also nineteen. I work in the same department and also research for Nasa. An interest of mine would be dead languages and teaching myself them."
"I am Ezhno Inzet and I am the same age and work in the same job at Nasa. An interest of mine is historic 'sci-fi' or 'science-fiction' books, films and television programmes."
"I guess I'm last. I am Iphegenia Nita and I'm twenty years old. I am technically a freelance scientist, but at the moment I work for Nasa. I'm well known for some of the most important breakthroughs in science. An interest of mine would be the possibility of raising a family with my girlfriend."
Pandora spoke again. "Okay, so now the pleasantries are out of the way, does anyone know what we do now?"
Silence answered her question, confused looks being bounced around the room between strangers, none of them knowing what it was they should do. Every tiny sound was amplified through the whole room, the empty space acting as a speaker. Like the so called silence during tests at school, there are coughs, sniffles, clearing of throats, chairs scraping, people rustling papers and generally not being silent enough.
For a few more minutes, the room stayed quiet. Slowly, like a scene from a film, the door opened with a sharp hiss, like a piston. There was no movement and all eyes were fixed at the door. Jerkily, so it startled the occupants of the room, a head popped through the dim lighted corridor doorway and scanned the room.
"Follow me." was all the bland, paper like man said.


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Having problems with your Toshiba PC Laptops ?
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Does the Toshiba appear to bootup and the hard disk LED is flashing?
\015\012Can you see a dim image when you view the LCD screen at a sharp angle?
\015\012Connect an external monitor to the external video port and power up the external monitor first and then the Toshiba, if you get a nornal image on the external monitor the the video card is OK and the fault is the LCD screen. The problem could be the CCFL lamp or the inverter.
\015\012Get back to me with the result of these test and I can advise what to do next..
\015\012Can you see a dim image when you view the LCD screen at a sharp angle?
\015\012Connect an external monitor to the external video port and power up the external monitor first and then the Toshiba, if you get a nornal image on the external monitor the the video card is OK and the fault is the LCD screen. The problem could be the CCFL lamp or the inverter.
\015\012Get back to me with the result of these test and I can advise what to do next..
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