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Munro Bagging
We have bagged ourselves a Munro! A Munro is a Scottish mountain over 3000 feet high, and there are 282 of them...and so far we have bagged a whopping TWO of them! Our first was Mount Keen, our local Munro that we climbed a couple of years ago (couldn't see a thing from the top that day because of thick mist)! Our second and latest conquest is quite a famous one too, not as famous as Ben Nevis of course, but certainly well known as it was used to calculate the weight of the earth! Don't know why, apparently the answer "the earth is very heavy" is not a suitable answer in scientific circles so they have to find a way of calculating it. All very complicated maths stuff, so let's get on with talking about our Munro bagging adventure!
Well firstly our adventure very nearly didn't happen! Katherine couldn't find her keys (they were in the kitchen) but eventually we set off towards Aberfeldy and the Munro we were to climb, the special mountain used to work out the earth was very, very heavy, Shielhallion!
We arrived at the back of 9 am raring to go, and set off on our uphill journey. The sun was blazing down and it was a bit on the hot side, we actually started to wish we had got involved in the Active Hound competition to test out one of the Hurtta Cooling Vest after all! We weren't in a rush though and took things easy with plenty of stops for photos and a drink.
A muddy grouse butt provided a lovely cool place to chill out for a bit, we might not have a special Hurtta Cooling Vest but mud certainly makes a good alternative!
We couldn't sit in the grouse butt all day, and eventually we continued on along the very easy to follow path along the ridge of Shiehallion. There is only one distinct path, there is an older path that left a scar across the face of the mountain so a new one was put in place that wouldn't leave such a mark on the Munro. Now the old path, which we think we saw signs of a couple of times, is vanishing beneath the vegetation. With the clear skies, the views were amazing, though we did sometimes feel we were climbing the wrong mountain...
...over there where the snow is (yup, still snow up there!) looked like it would have been a much better place to go! But we weren't over there we were over here on Shiehallion and though we saw a tiny patch of snow, we couldn't get to it. So no snow for us today, just the moist peat to cool us down!
We reached the end of the clear path, and between us and the summit was a landscape of hard rocks. To reach the summit, we had to make our way over the rocks, so over the rocks we went! Millie led the way, she is good at picking out paths so following her was a good bet that we would end up on a reasonable route. Even she found it a challenge to find an easy route over the rocks though. Going uphill it was impossible to pick out if a path went any real distance or fizzled out, but Millie found the way forward and we followed!
Less than three hours after we set off, we reached the top of Schiehallion!
The views around us were amazing! Unfortunately there is nothing at the top to tell us what we were looking at, but we saw lots of other Munros, Corbetts (hills between 2500-3000 feet) and Grahams (hills between 2000-2500 feet).
While admiring the views, we enjoyed a nice picnic of tripe sticks and a banana along with a refreshing drink at the top of the mountain. We were in no real hurry so had time to have a welcome rest.
The rocks don't make the comfiest of beds, but it was better than nothing! After a rest, we posed for some photos at the top of the mountain, you know us by now we love to pose for photos!
Lunch and posing over, it was time to start heading back down. While Millie leads the way up, Fly leads the way down! On the return leg, Fly is always very keen to get back and she picks the easiest route she can find to get her to her destination (which is usually Brum Brum, the car). And there is no hanging around either, need to be quick to keep up! The downward route was much easier than the uphill one with the routes to take much easier to spot among the grey rocks. Though it's not always so easy to spot us dogs...we are both in this photo, but can you see both of us?
Eventually we were back on the clear path (it is the same route up and down the mountain) and heading back down to the car. Home was a two hour drive away, but once home what better to finish off our day than with a nice cold trachea pop?
Perhaps we should explain what a trachea pop is....it's like an ice lolly for us dogs. Katherine made them for us. She got two raw trachea (windpipe) from a local pet shop, stuffed them with some of our raw mince and froze them for us to have on a hot day!
They were great! You don't have to use raw trachea though, you can get it dried or use other fill-able things such as hooves, and you don't have to use raw mince you can stuff them with whatever you can stuff into them and freeze! A great treat for your dog on a hot day!
Until next time, Kat T, Millie & Fly x
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As sure as the sun rises over D'Alt Villa and sets behind Es Vedra, so the season starts in earnest on the first weekend in June. And as much as the island remains the same immovable rock, with enough history packed into its last 500 years to last an entire civilisation, subtle changes and rumour that inhabit its shores and gather pace each winter always mean the opening weekend carries an air of anticipation and tension as Ibicencos and turistas alike wait to discover what the summer has in store.
With 2007's beginnings tarred with the heavy brush of closures, clampdowns and defections, and its final moments with hard-headed talk from the government of licensing restrictions, noise maps, and the much-publicised late-opening laws passed over the winter, there was an air of resignation from some, convinced that the island wouldn't be the same this year. It's a familiar feeling. But ask any local, or battle-hardened veteran, and they will tell you on the surface, little will change. Space still bursts at the seams with hedonists on Sunday, and so will the comparatively intimate and desolate environs of DC10, nestled on the end of the airport runway, south of Playa d'en Bossa.
And, despite its defiant position outside the established, cavernous nocturnal monoliths of Sant Rafael, Sant Antoni, Ibiza Town and Playa d'en Bossa, even the most visceral and revered underground club on the island isn't without its change from one year to the next. But while 2007 brought windows, CCTV, sound reduction, enforced closures and oppression, 2008 happily took in much more minor and positive changes. With a relaxed, scarcely noticeable police presence, in much contrast to the almost military occupation of last June, walking into the slowly swaying terrace was a hark back to the older days of the club, as the pink walls were once again yellow, the colour last seen back in 2003. And, much like those years, so the harsher, more discordant minimal techno of former summers, already edging out last year, was now replaced with subtler, sumptuous grooves, more deep house than deep (K-)hole.
The mood in general seemed lifted far above the unhappiness and struggles of the previous summer (though its packed dancefloors went some way to redemption), as if part of a unified effort to banish them to something less than a distant memory, and the club that's become so synonymous with dark, twisted music and a hardcore of serious partiers radiated with a warm glow of smiles, sunshine and positive energy. But do not despair, Circoloco has not gone soft, nor has its power diminished, but as a sea change that gathered pace in 2007 finally washed over Europe through the winter, house music well and truly made a triumphant return to the hallowed venue. Even Luciano himself in May stated: "I think there's a big movement back to house music".
With the annual turning over of the metaphorical new leaf in Ibiza as April's peace begins to be pricked by the arrival of the summer's population, starting afresh each June, this new wave of optimism, could be felt across the flowing sea of clubbers, much more laid-back and cheery than the almost frantic atmosphere of twelve months before. With the fiesta's 'guests' (though here they always feel more like new friends, part of the ever-expanding and changing Circo Loco family) of the worshipped Arpiar (Romanians Raresh, Pedro and Rhadoo) and Matthias Tanzmann joining the stellar list of residents, the line-up had a pleasingly familiar feel. Following the dependably consistent Andrew Grant, long-term Englishman-in-Ibiza Clive Henry towered over the booth with an assured and rumbling flow of exquisitely manicured house, raising the temperature, and handing perfectly over the Eastern-European holy trinity as the sun beat down through the windows, bathing the dancefloor in a yellow sheen.
Outside, the 'car park' (in the past throbbing to another arena, the antithesis of the polished, over-produced, over-sponsored environs of Space's own opening and closing fiesta) was instead festooned with a sun-ripened and resting palette of Monday-afternoon regulars and wide-eyed first-timers. Whether slumped on the benches, leaning over the bar for another vodka-limon, or gabbering over-animatedly with each other as the dull thud of the kick-drums and muffled cheering floated out across the blue sky, it only added to the feeling of renewal. Circo Loco was back, and it was better than ever.
Inside, while Frenchman Dan Ghenacia effortlessly cracked out track after track of taut, punchy electronic house that made the choice between darkness and light almost impossible to contend, the terrace was punctuated on an almost constant basis with shouts and cries of enchantment as the tempo was slowly raised. When it's like this, it's an almost irresistible force, hard to describe to those not lucky enough to have witnessed the spectacle - the dancefloor rising and falling as one, whooping with delight as the kick-drum powers into the end of a breakdown, or mangled, distorted synths spiral ever-upward. It's a unique experience, an intangible mix of extremes that feels like one of the last truly primitive clubbing experiences in a world of corporate, mass-marketed music. The sprinkling of nationalities, races, genders, and persuasions from serious, D&G-clad Italians and baggy-panted mainlanders to grinning multi-haircutted Brits and wily Ibicencos fits in so well here, and Monday afternoons seem to bring out the madness in even the most straight-laced person.
The music is near-perfect for the cloudless skies and sea of smiles. While lovers of the relic of ten-minute epics with brooding basslines and twitching clicks and shuffled, reverbed minimalism may have been shaking their heads, music, like anything, moves on, and 2008 will be the year that house music returns in earnest to DC10. In reflection, to those heading to the back end of the airport for the first time, some of the previous years' soundtrack may almost seem like anti-music, but regeneration is the lifeblood of Ibiza, and this year will be no different. Melody, soft percussion, variation, pace (and even vocals) dominated. The BPM limiter appeared to be well and truly broken as Tanzmann's ethereal beats, and Tania Vulcano 's muscular music carried the mood even higher.
Fittingly, Luciano was to close out the terrace. The place where he seems most at home, Circo Loco seems to bring out the best in the Chilean, and in a familiarly ram-packed booth, he made the last two hours his own. Gone were the harsh memories from the start of the previous season, and, as the terrace and main room reverberated to the music that DC10 and Circoloco calls its own, this felt like a new beginning for a club that some thought may not see its opening fiesta this year. Many things change on the island, but today, Circoloco proved it is as enduring and as phenomenal as it's ever been. DC10 is dead. Long live DC10!


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Melbourne United's chances of claiming top spot for the NBL finals took a blow against Adelaide 36ers in Adelaide on Friday night.
Melbourne led for much of the match, but lost their offensive cohesion in the final term as Sixers import and NBL most valuable player favourite Jerome Randle caught fire to give a sold-out home crowd a 90-81 win.
Adelaide also claimed the head-to-head season series over Melbourne, handing them a tie-breaker should the two clubs finish on the same record.
Melbourne's five-game winning streak is over, and they've now lost 13-straight final terms. This particular loss will stay with them, given the fact they led 77-70 after a Todd Blanchfield dunk with six minutes to play.
Randle amassed 16 points heading into the final term, and found another gear in the final minutes after a furious spray from coach Joey Wright, and achieved game-high stats with 26 points and five assists.
The win means the Sixers now have the upper hand in their battle with New Zealand Breakers and Illawarra Hawks for third and fourth position.
Ebi Ere (16 points) and Mitch Creek (15 points) offered invaluable points off the bench for the Sixers who dominated the rebound count 44-32.
Melbourne United's offence stood-up to the physical Sixers' defence until the final term. With seven players scoring eight or more points, led by Todd Blanchfield's 15 points, they lost the final term 22-9 and in doing so negated all prior efforts to maintain control of their opponents' scoring.
Melbourne fired early, but Sixers' veteran Ere showed he was in season-best form, making two early three-pointers to keep his side in touch with United at quarter time.
Creek sparked the Sixers to start the second term with a two early dunks and a fast break lay-up, but Melbourne kept their poise and regained some control over the tempo of the game to lead 49-43 at half time.
Melbourne's broad offence saw them leap out to a double-figure lead early in the third quarter as Goulding, Stephen Holt and Daniel Kickert came out of the break ready to go but Randle and others had the Sixers back to 72-68 at the last break.
Melbourne have also lost rookie guard Igor Hadziomerovic for the remainder of the season due to his ongoing struggle with osteitis pubis.
Athletic forward Owen Odigie will return to the main roster, taking his place.
Melbourne visit second-placed Perth Wildcats in Perth this week, and the game looks likely to decide who gets top spot and who has to fight off the rest of the field to maintain second place.
**In the WNBL on Friday night Dandenong Rangers' winning run came to an end with Adelaide Lighting beating them 77-63 at Dandenong Stadium while Bendigo Spirit took a step towards the top four with a 81-66 win over Sydney University Flames in Bendigo.
Adelaide 36ers 90 (J Randle 26, E Ere 16, M Creek 15) d Melbourne United 81 (T Blanchfield 15, D Kickert 15, C Goulding 15) in Adelaide on Friday night.


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text: Ok, so I'm in the UK, I sold something to somebody in canada, for approx 3000 canadian dollars. My supplier then disappear and I have to refund the buyer, but as i had converted the balance to £'s and paypal had taken their cut, when i tried to proccess the refund their wasnt enough funds in the account. Even though payapl are supposed to refund fees on a refund. I now have a negative balance and have to re-verify my paypal account before I can transfer the money in. I even tried to contact paypal twice to ask them how to sort this out, but they ignored my messages and left me in the sh*t. what should I do now?


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The present invention generally relates to labels, more particularly to tamper proof labels which deform if removed from an article of which the label is placed.
Labels are used throughout our society. Stores place labels on goods to be sold indicating price and/or identifying the associated goods by a stock number. Uniform product codes (UPC) are frequently placed on labels or directly on goods to identify the goods. Transferring price labels from one item to another is a constant problem faced by store owners, especially in retail areas where customers may switch labels to pay a lower price for the goods.
Label integrity is also vital in the pharmaceutical industry. Switched labels or mismarked product can cause devastating or fatal results. There is also a trend to permanently mark automotive parts in order to control the use of stolen parts in auto repair work and reduce auto theft. Other industries and products also need labels which maintain label integrity to provide permanent marking and prevent label switching.
Counterfeit products which display a trademark belonging to an authentic manufacturer have infiltrated the marketplace of various industries, including the automobile industry. Manufacturers desire tamper proof packaging, labels, or other indicia of authentication which cannot be readily and cheaply copied by a counterfeiter.
Numerous label designs have attempted to create tamper proof labels which provide an indication of authentication yet is versatile in usage, allowing the label to be selectively affixed to goods, and allowing the label to be written upon.
U.S. Pat. No. 4,268,983 issued to Cook describes a label which has a heat softenable film attached to a support sheet. Both the support sheet and the heat softenable film have a lower adhesive layer located between the product and the label. When the label is removed, the heat softenable sheet is supposed to tear, separating from the support sheet. The top of the heat softenable film may be imprinted with a latent retro-reflective image. Cook requires a heat softenable layer which must be heated or melted to achieve the necessary configuration. The retro-reflective image is applied to specific selected areas and requires at least two different layers, at least one of which is reflective which causes the image and background areas to have different reflective efficiencies. Applying the retro-reflective image is difficult and expensive. Removing the label may also remove the retro-reflective layer preventing authentication if the product is returned.
U.S. Pat. No. 5,042,842 issued to Green employs a multi-layer label consisting of a lower sheet of safety paper and an upper sheet. The lower sheet of safety paper is attached by a permanent adhesive to a product. The upper sheet is attached by a patterned adhesive layer to the lower safety paper layer. Graphics and price information are printed on the top of the upper sheet. Indicia of authentication are printed on the bottom surface of the upper sheet. Authentication requires that the upper portion of the label including the upper sheet be separated from the lower safety paper sheet. Once separated, the layers cannot be rejoined to reconstitute the label. In addition, removal of the top portion is required in order to tell if an additional label has been placed over the top of the upper portion of the label. If the product is subsequently returned, only the lower layer of safety paper will be present on the product. No indicia of authentication is available to authenticate the product at that point.
U.S. Pat. No. 4,721,638 issued to Matsuguchi employs a similar multiple-layer configuration. A top layer is employed which is made of paper. A middle layer consisting of an aggressive adhesive layer is placed between the top paper layer and a bottom paper layer. Printing is applied to the top surface of the top layer, and to the bottom surface of the bottom layer. A bottom layer of adhesive is located in between the bottom of the bottom layer and the product to which the label is affixed. This adhesive layer is weaker than the aggressive middle adhesive layer located between the top layer and the bottom layer of paper. This type of label also requires removal of the label to authenticate the label by viewing the printing located on the bottom of the bottom layer, if it is visible through the lower adhesive layer, or a portion thereof that remains attached to the bottom layer of the label. If the product is returned, no part of the label will be present on the product to authenticate the product. This label may be moved from one product to another without destroying or deforming the label.
U.S. Pat. No. 4,746,556 issued to Matsuguchi describes a label which is also formed of multiple layers. The label consists of a top and bottom layer. Once adhered to a product, any attempt to remove the label will result in the removal of the top layer and a patterned portion of the bottom layer which is characterized as breakable. Portions of the bottom layer will be adhered to the top layer and portions of the bottom layer will remain adhered to the product. Several adhesives of differing strengths are applied in a patterned configuration between the top and bottom layers which causes the bottom layer to break in a predetermined pattern conforming to the pattern of the adhesives applied.
U.S. Pat. No. 4,608,288 issued to Spindler describes a label formed using an outer layer of material which is easily breakable or irreversibly stretchable under tension which is adhesively bonded on top of an intermediate layer. The outer layer of material extends beyond the intermediate layer. The intermediate layer may contain images which authenticate the label. Once the outer layer is removed, the authentication layer is exposed, making further authentication upon return of a product difficult. One version of this label is designed with light refracting properties allowing detection of mechanical stress which has been applied to the label. This version may also become deformed by resting weight on the label, such as by stacking products, and is especially vulnerable when used in automotive applications.
Tamper proof labels can provide the security necessary to prevent or detect label switching. In addition, adding features to tamper proof labels which provide an indicia of authentication which is not easily copied provides an additional level of protection against counterfeit goods, or counterfeit labels. The labels should not be unduly restrictive in the scope of their usage. Because of the structure of the labels of the present invention, they can resist efforts to introduce counterfeit goods, or counterfeit labels. The label of the present invention comprises a fragile easily tearable segment and a more sturdy support structure. The label includes an image which is visible only with the aid of a specially designed authentication viewer. The label can be written upon, including writing directly over the image area without damaging the image.
In accordance with one illustrated embodiment, the label includes a first layer formed of a clear varnish, a second layer formed of a clear plastic film, a third adhesive layer, a fourth varnish layer, a fifth authentication layer, a sixth primer layer, and a seventh adhesive layer affixed to a paper liner with a release coating to allow removal therefrom. In accordance with the broadest aspects of the present invention, the label may include a label formed with an aggressive adhesive layer on the back of the label in order to permanently adhere to goods, such as automotive parts.
Once the label of the present invention has been affixed to a product, or goods, it becomes permanently attached. Any attempt to remove the label will cause the fragile portion of the label to tear away from the support structure. Thus, the support structure is removed, leaving a portion of the label attached to the product or goods. The portion of the label attached to the support structure becomes unusable without the missing torn segment, thus protecting the product or goods from label switching.
The imprinted pattern on the upper surface of the label provides an additional defense to attempts to match portions of different labels in order to create the appearance of a valid label. The image area is not readily visible without an authentication viewer. This makes it difficult for someone substituting labels to know the image pattern on the surface of the label. Additionally, as the labels are manufactured, the location of the images on the surface of the label varies from label to label. This makes it unlikely that the support structure of one label can be superimposed upon, and match the image of the fragile segment of another label.
The graphics pattern imprinted on the top surface of the label also makes the label of the present invention difficult to copy without sophisticated equipment. The required investment in sophisticated label producing equipment reduces the likelihood that counterfeiters will reproduce labels which conform to the present design.
It is therefore an object of the present invention to provide a label which is tamper proof so that any removal or replacement of the label is readily detectable.
It is a further object of the present invention to provide a label which contains an indicia of authentication which can be used to detect overlaying of multiple labels.
It is a further object of the present invention to provide a tamper proof label which is applied to goods in the same manner as would be any other label.
It is a further object of the present invention to provide a tamper proof label which, when initially applied to a product, can be removed without damage to the label, to accommodate accidental mismarking which may occur.
It is a further object of the present invention to provide a tamper proof label which can be readily written upon, and to allow usage without restricting the text on the label to pre-printed material only.
FIG. 1 is a perspective view of several labels on a backing sheet and also shows the use of the sectional glass.
FIG. 2 is a front view of several labels on a backing sheet showing one label folded back to illustrate the relative weakness of a portion of the label.
FIG. 3 is a side cross-sectional view of the label.
FIG. 4 is a perspective view of the composition of one embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 5 is a front view of a label affixed to goods.
FIG. 6 is a front view of a label affixed to goods in which the support layer has been pealed away from the goods, leaving the weakened area.
FIG. 7 is a front view showing a label affixed to goods which has been removed, leaving the weakened portion of the label affixed to the goods.
FIG. 8 is a perspective view of the composition of another embodiment of the present invention.
The present invention is produced as individual labels which are provided on a backing sheet. The labels are individually removed and replaced on a product by a manufacturer or retailer. FIG. 1 illustrates a typical sheet of labels. Individual labels 12 are located on backing sheet 18. An authentication pattern 16 shown as the word "Avery" is repeated on the surface of label 12. A second authentication pattern (not shown) is also imprinted on the label.
Authentication pattern 16 is visible only when authentication viewer 14 is placed over label 12. Authentication viewer 14 is a transparent piece of plastic or glass. The bottom of authentication viewer 14 has a series of grooves cut into it. These grooves selectively allow the image to be viewed through the plastic or glass, thus making the authentication pattern visible through the authentication viewer 14. Moving the authentication viewer 14 slightly along the label alternately allows viewing of the first "Avery" portion and a second authentication portion ("valid," not shown).
Label 12 is formed to create an outer support layer 20 which surrounds a fragile inner layer 22. These layers are more clearly visible in FIG. 2 as shown by the bottom label 12 on sheet 18 which has been partially raised off of sheet 18. The inner fragile layer 22 is significantly thinner than the support layer 20.
Referring now to FIGS. 3, 4 and 8 an ultraviolet curing matt varnish 30 forms the top layer of the label. This ultraviolet curing matt varnish will accept thermal transfer or dot matrix ribbon printing, as well as various inking instruments once it has cured. Ultraviolet curing matt varnish is available from Avery Dennison, Base Materials Unit of Monrovia, Calif., as No. 519 Fasson base material.
The ultraviolet matt curable varnish 30 is placed over a clear layer of polyethylene teraphthalate (PET) film 32. The clear PET film layer 32 is shaped to form a tamper window 34 as shown in FIG. 3. The PET film 32 is formed in the desired pattern to create support layer 20 (as shown in FIG. 2). A layer of PET film 2 mils. thick is preferred, and is available from ICI of Wilmington, Del. under the name Melinex type 442.
The PET layer is placed over a clear acrylic adhesive layer 36. A tab 80, shown in FIG. 8 may be employed to provide additional support to the label to prevent accidental or unintended tearing of the label. Clear acrylic adhesive is available from Avery Dennison of Monrovia as "clear acrylic adhesive, P-9." Comparable compounds are available in the industry. The clear acrylic adhesive layer 36 is preferably die cut to conform to the configuration of the PET film 32.
Underneath clear acrylic adhesive layer 36 is a patterned destrux varnish 38. Avery Dennison Destrux Varnish 50301A is acceptable.
A line scrambled "GENU-GRAPHIC" indicia 40 is located below the patterned destrux varnish 38. The "GENU-GRAPHIC" indicia allows text to be printed on the label which is only viewable with a "GENU-GRAPHIC" viewer which acts as a deciphering lens. Two different graphics messages can be printed in this manner. FIG. 1 illustrates the Avery pattern 16 which is viewable through the authentication viewer 14. Moving the authentication viewer 14 along the length of label 12 allows an observer to view the alternate line of graphics (not shown). This second line of graphics may be the word "valid" repeated in the same manner as the "Avery" pattern 16, or may be any other text desired. Graphics Security Systems of Lakeland, Florida licenses the use of Genu-Graphic indicia which is covered by U.S. Pat. Nos. 3,937,565, 4,092,654, and 4,198,147.
The patterned destrux varnish layer 38 is designed to produce a variable release of the graphics pattern established by the "GENU-GRAPHIC" pattern. This results in a pattern that resembles tearing. This is done to avoid having a segment of the label which separates forming sharp lines. Sharp lines are easily recognized, and are more easily matched to a substitute overlaying label than an irregular tearing pattern. An example of the tearing pattern is shown in FIGS. 6 and 7. In addition, the "GENU-GRAPHIC" pattern is formed of a silicon based varnish which is applied in a manner similar to ink printing. This silicon based varnish exhibits poor adhesion characteristics to the clear acrylic adhesive layer 36. By inserting the destrux varnish layer 38 in between the clear acrylic adhesive layer 36 and the "GENU-GRAPHIC" layer 40, the poor adhesion characteristics of the silicon based varnish are counteracted.
Below the "GENU-GRAPHIC" layer 40 is a clear ultraviolet curable leveling primer layer 42. Avery Dennison Clear Primer AC518 or the equivalent is acceptable. Below the leveling primer layer 42 is a white pigmented pressure sensitive, ultra cross-linked acrylic adhesive layer 44. This acrylic adhesive layer 44 is mildly aggressive when first applied to a product in order to allow repositioning of the label 12 once it is applied to a product. This adhesive characteristic becomes increasingly aggressive as label 12 left applied to a product. The acrylic adhesive layer 44 has high shear characteristics, temperature resistance up to approximately 200� C., and leaves a residue producing a footprint which appears bluish-white when illuminated with a 365 nanometer (nm) blacklight source.
This label is placed on a bleached paper liner equipped with a release coating 18 in order to facilitate distribution and ease of use.
Bleached paper liner with a release coating 18 is a standard kraft bleached paper liner and can abe purchased in conjunction with Ultra adhesive layer 44 available as UHA1182 without titanium oxide (TiO) powder applied from the specialty tape division of Avery Specialty Tape Division, Painesville, Ohio. This acrylic adhesive is also available from BASF or Ciba Giegy in the form of either a powder or gel.
One of the significant features of the present invention is that matt varnish 30, PET layer 32, acrylic adhesive layer 36, patterned destrux varnish layer 38, and leveling primer layer 42 are clear. This allows the printing which is present in "GENU-GRAPHIC" layer 40 to be visible against the background of adhesive layer 44. Additionally, the leveling primer layer 42 deadens the adhesive layer 44 in order to permit printing the "GENU-GRAPHIC" layer 40.
In alternative embodiment shown in FIG. 8, the matt varnish layer 30 of FIG. 4 has been removed, and the PET layer 82 serves as the top layer of the label. In this embodiment, a support tab 80 is preferably located so as to equally divide the label, creating two equal sized windows 84 and 85. It is recognized that the particular location of tab 80 can be varied as required by the particular application to enlarge or shrink the size of windows 84 and/or 85.
The PET layer 82 shown in the embodiment of FIG. 8 is preferably of a different material than the PET layer 32 shown in FIG. 4. In the embodiment shown in FIG. 8, layer 82 is a precoated polyester film manufactured by Dunmore. Tab 80 has a width of approximately 5 mm in this application. It is recognized that PET film 32 can be readily used in this application as well. Adhesive layer 86 is comprised of the same material as adhesive layer 36, and layer 88 and 38 are identical as are layers 90 and 40, 92 and 42, and 94 and 44.
The composition of the label of the present invention allows it to be readily removed from a sheet of labels as shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, and applied to a product such as automotive parts with ease. Following removal from backing sheet 18, the labels must be handled with reasonable care to avoid tearing the thin layer of material within tamper window 34. Before being affixed to a product, the labels of the present invention are reasonably sturdy and are not so fragile that they will tear or become unusable during normal handling.
Because of the favorable characteristics of the clear ultraviolet curable leveling primer layer 42, the label of the present invention can be removed from a product in the event that the label is attached by error. While this must be accomplished within a reasonable period of time after the label has been affixed to the product, this time period is not so short that correction of mismarking errors is unduly burdensome or impossible to achieve without destroying and replacing all of the labels affixed to an incorrect product.
The characteristics of ultraviolet curable matt varnish layer 30 are such that printing on the labels of the present invention, or marking the labels with a suitable inking device creates an essentially permanent marking on the surface of the label. This prevents remarking the labels of the present invention by erasing and rewriting the text applied to the label.
The "GENU-GRAPHIC" layer provides an authentication pattern on the surface of the label makes it difficult for a counterfeiter to readily and inexpensively duplicate the labels of the present invention in order to apply them to counterfeit products, and sell them as authentic. In addition, the authentication of the present invention using an authentication viewer can be readily used to detect attempts to remove the outer portion of one label, and place it around the tamper window 34 of another label. This provides an additional discouragement to those who may be involved with switching labels on products.
There has been described hereinabove a novel implementation of a tamper proof label. Those skilled in the art may make numerous uses of the inventive concepts of the above invention including varying the authentication layer and replacing the "GENU-GRAPHIC" imprinted layer with a substitute imprinted pattern. Machine readable characteristics may be readily added to the present invention. These may take the form of infrared or ultraviolet readable inks, magnetic inks, and the like. The particular materials employed in manufacturing the present labels may be substituted, including substitution of one or more of the layers of the present invention by using materials which may be more compatible with each other. For example, the clear acrylic adhesive 36 does not readily adhere to the "GENU-GRAPHIC" 40 which is printed on clear UV cured leveling primer layer 42. Patterned destrux varnish layer 38 assists in forming the composition of the label of the present invention by insulating clear acrylic stripping adhesive layer 36 from "GENU-GRAPHIC" layer 40. Should a suitable adhesive be developed, discovered, or made available in the future, the patterned destrux varnish layer 38 may no longer be necessary in order to achieve the characteristics exhibited by the labels of the present invention. Alternatively, the "GENU-GRAPHIC" ink layer may be formed differently. The destrux varnish layer 38 may at some point be incorporated into clear acrylic layer 36, or clear UV cured leveling primer 42.
Those skilled in the art may now make numerous uses of and departures from the described embodiment of the present invention without departing from the inventive concepts thereof which are defined solely by the scope of the following claims.
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|Arne Koops
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|Aug 17, 2006
|Sellars Neil G
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|Sep 7, 2006
|Pardella Daniel E
|Security Sensitive Label and Method for Use
|Sep 15, 2006
|Mar 22, 2007
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|Extended wrap label
|Jul 6, 2006
|Mar 22, 2007
|Sellars Neil G
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|Jun 28, 2007
|Sellars Neil G
|Reactive labels and methods of making and using the same
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|Sep 13, 2007
|Adair Paul C
|Nonmetallic Label with metallic Appearance
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|Feb 14, 2008
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|Security and/or valuable document
|Oct 21, 1997
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|Tamper indicating devices and methods for securing information
|Apr 20, 2004
|Mar 24, 2005
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|National Label Company
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|U.S. Classification
|283/108, 283/81, 283/94
|International Classification
|Cooperative Classification
|European Classification
|Jul 16, 1992
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I gave birth in the birthing centre last month with my second child. I perversely had an epidural and wanted another due to the delivery suite being full this was not possible. I asked for a water birth due to it being used I was not allowed to use it. How can a birthing centre have one birthing pool. So I ended up giving birth in what I can only describe as a tiny examining room with a tiny chair/half bed thing it was awful.the midwives where rushed off there feet my midwife exsamened me on arrive then just sat on a chair writing notes. then disappeared when we needed them. They then asked if I could do a urine sample so I stood up and the baby was almost out. Very poor midwifery.
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As the Head of Midwifery I was disappointed to read your comments regarding the care you received whilst on the Birth Centre during November 2015. It appears from your feedback that this was not your original chosen place of birth and that you came to the Centre due to the Delivery Suite being busy. Though, I would have still hoped that your birth experience would have been a positive one.
We do have 2 birthing pools on the Birth Centre so assume that both rooms were in use when you came to us. The room you describe is one of the other delivery rooms which has been equipped for women to remain as mobile as possible during labour. I would very much like the opportunity to discuss your experience with you further, if you would like too? Due to this feedback being left anonymously please would you be kind enough to contact me via the Maternity Department.
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When the state competition for Minnesota Future Problem Solvers was held at Forest Lake High School on Saturday, April 6, Forest Lake teams were among the winners.
A team of fifth- and sixth-graders from the Lino Lakes Elementary STEM school took first place in the community problem solving competition with "The more you move, the more you groove into a better life. "
Jordan Buelow, Kasan Rindels, Sydney Schmidt, Travis Shurtleff, Sophia Spear, Shayla Weinke, Sydney Thibault, Sydney Redden, Tyanna Carber, Olivia Olson, Cassie La Fond and Katelyn Krause will be going to the international competition at the University of Indiana from June 6 to 9.
Also heading to Indiana is Katherine Taylor, who represented Forest Lake in the individual competition at the international level last year.
Last year she was a sixth-grader competing against students in grades 4, 5 and 6. This year, as a seventh-grader, Taylor took second in the individual competition, competing against students in grades 7, 8 and 9. Because the first-place winner is unable to attend, she will go instead.
Another Lino Lakes team took second place in the community problem solving competition. Fourth-graders Grace Land, Grace Muellner, Emma Barborak, Maggie LaBuhn and Andrew Arveson presented "Respect the bathrooms, or they will not respect you."
The team that meets at Century Junior High, Klare Hollenkamp, Jordan Duda, Spencer Kotys, Hannah Curtis, Will Ihlenfeldt and Katherine Taylor, placed third in oral presentations at the middle level.
A junior division team including fifth-graders Logan Bahr, Logan Kelley, and Hunter Lange from Forest Lake Elementary, with Harrison Taylor from Lakes International Language Academy, placed fourth in the team written competition on the topic "Ocean Soup," dealing with a futuristic situation of plastics pollution in the Hawaiian Islands.


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Microsoft confirmed Tuesday that the next iteration of Windows will retain the codename "Windows 7" when it makes its public debut.
"As you probably know, since we began development of the next version of the Windows client operating system we have been referring to it by a codename, 'Windows 7,'" Mike Nash, corporate vice president of Windows product management, wrote in a Monday blog post. "But now is a good time to announce that we've decided to officially call the next version of Windows, 'Windows 7.'"
Microsoft will share details about Windows 7 and release a developer-only release at the company's Professional Developers Conference (PDC) later this month and at the Windows Hardware Engineering Conference (WinHEC) in early November, Nash wrote.
The formal release of Windows 7 is not expected until 2010.
Microsoft went for simplicity in selecting a name, according to Nash.
Previous releases have used version names (Windows 3.11), dates (Windows 98), and aspirational monikers (XP and Vista), but none of those options worked with the theme of Windows 7, he said.
"Since we do not ship new versions of Windows every year, using a date did not make sense," Nash wrote. "Likewise, coming up with an all-new 'aspirational' name does not do justice to what we are trying to achieve, which is to stay firmly rooted in our aspirations for Windows Vista, while evolving and refining the substantial investments in platform technology in Windows Vista into the next generation of Windows."
"Simply put, this is the seventh release of Windows, so therefore 'Windows 7' just makes sense," Nash concluded.
Microsoft first released details about Windows 7 in May. Chairman Bill Gates and CEO Steve Ballmer hinted at the Wall Street Journal's D Conference that the release might include multi-touch interface support.
A video from Microsoft Windows Client Communications Team Director Chris Flores also showed a demonstration on a laptop and table-mounted LCD screen that featured a user editing and manipulating photos, navigating a map, and playing a virtual piano with his fingertips.
Windows 7 will also drop Windows Mail, Windows Calendar, Windows Contacts, Windows Photo Gallery and Windows Movie Maker from the Windows operating system and instead replace them with similar versions of its Live services.
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A few of these have achieved a handicap rating and Jullandar looks the best of those ahead of Unison and It's Only Business having finished third here last week. However, SPIETA gets another chance after returning a losing favourite at Newcastle last time as the Shirocco filly will appreciate today's longer trip. Hidden Link is another expected to improve for the longer distance and Gioia Di Vita may get involved on his racecourse debut.
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Unison (IRE) 8-1 (8-12) Held up mid-division, ridden over 1f out, one pace, 5th of 12, 7l behind Pinarius (9-0) at Wolverhampton 1m 1f 2yo mdn auc stks (5) pol.
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Jeremy, a local police officer leads a life of a confusing past, spending his current time searching for his kidnapper as a child. After other children begin missing, Jeremy pieces together the truth and realizes that his childhood kidnapper could be a creature of ancient yuletide lore, Krampus, who is the brother of St. Nick, and punisher of children who perform acts of unspeakable evil without repercussion. Can Jeremy kill Krampus and prevent more missing children?
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Monte Carlo, Monaco, Monte Carlo, in the principality of Monaco, is a favorite port of call for many cruise visitors to the Mediterranean. Monte Carlo is tiny (only three kilometers long–less than two miles) and sits on a large rock named Mont Des Mules overlooking the sea. A road separates Monaco from France, and you hardly realize it when you are moving between the two countries. There are about 30,000 residents of Monaco, of which the citizens, called Monegasques, make up about 25 per cent of the total populace.
During 2003, Monte Carlo completed a new cruise ship pier in the harbor at Monte Carlo. This new pier makes it easier to visit this exciting Mediterranean port for the thousands of cruise lovers whose ships include Monaco as a port of call.
I always thought that because of its small size, Monte Carlo and Monaco were synonymous. Most of us certainly use the terms so! There are actually several different areas in Monaco. The old town of Monaco-Ville surrounds the palace on the southwest side of the Monaco harbor. To the west of Monaco-Ville is the new suburb, harbor, and marina of Fontvieille. On the other side of the rock and around the harbor is La Condamine. The resort of Larvotto with its imported sandy beaches is on the east, and Monte Carlo is in the middle of it all.
The history of the ruling Grimaldi family and the surrounding area is fascinating and dates back centuries. The port of Monaco is first mentioned in the records back in 43 BC, when Caesar concentrated his fleet there while waiting in vain for Pompey. In the 12th century, Genoa was granted sovereignty of the entire coastline from Porto Venere to Monaco. After years of struggle, the Grimaldis captured the rock in 1295, but they had to continually defend it from the surrounding warring factions. In 1506 the Monegasques, under Luciano Grimaldi, withstood a four month long siege by a Genoan army ten times their size. (Sounds like a made-for-TV movie in the making or the Monaco version of the Alamo!) Although Monaco officially received full autonomy in 1524, it struggled to remain independent, and at various times was under the influence of Spain, Sardinia, and France.
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Of Pilgrims and Fire: When God Shows Up at the Movies
Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing, Sep 28, 2010 - Religion - 249 pages
In This Illuminating Guidebook, film teacher and critic Roy Anker explores some of cinema's most profound depictions of human beings searching for meaning in life. The films he delves into ůThe Thin Red Line, American Beauty, Crimes and Misdemeanors, The Shawshank Redemption, Dead Man Walking, The Apostle, E. Magnolia, and twelve more ů are, with few exceptions, not overtly "religious" or "Christian." Yet from the world of secular Hollywood Anker succeeds in drawing together some of the most religiously provocative movies of our time.
Providing synopses, commentary, background information, and both pre-viewing comments and post-viewing discussion questions for each film, Anker ů without being preachy or didactic ů offers movie buffs profound new insights. Watching this diverse collection anew through Anker's eyes, readers will find these films not only enjoyable but also deeply enlightening.
"Roy Anker again illuminates film's powerful ability to enliven religious life. His earlier work in Catching Light is continued here with more films and further reflections on many of the same films. With lucid writing, helpful questions, and suggestive strategies for religious film viewing, Of Pilgrims and Fire will be a welcome resource to those who seek light in the dark spaces of the theater."-S. Brent Plate author of Religion and Film: Cinema and the Re-Creation of the World
"A perfect follow-up to Anker's masterful Catching Light. It recognizes that some movies might dazzle, but only a few seek to show that Light which illumines the darkens of our own lives. In this book Anker introduces twenty such movies to his readers. Here is a book for you to use with a group of friends as you watch great movies together."-Robert K. Johnston coauthor of Finding God in the Movies: 33 Films of Reel Faith
"Of Pilgrims and Fire is an ideal complement to Roy Anker's earlier text, Catching Light-ideal for university classes and adult discussion groups and for general readers who want to sharpen their understanding and appreciation of the religious dimensions of film."-John R. May author of Nourishing Faith through Fiction
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