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Release Date: August 1, 2009
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Series: The Wolves of Mercy Falls #1
Age Group: Young Adult
Pages: 400
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Grace and Sam share a kinship so close they could be lovers or siblings. But they also share a problem. When the temperature slips towards freezing, Sam reverts to his wolf identity and must retreat into the woods to protect his pack. He worries that eventually his human side will fade away and he will left howling alone at the lonely moon. A stirring supernatural teen romance.
Adorable in every way possible! I'm very picky when it comes to romancey type novels but this one took my heart. And i'm glad that I blockaded Twilight werewolves from my thoughts when reading this because it would have ruined the whole story for me.
The lyrical style of writing that Maggie Stiefvater uses in this story is absolutely darling and I must say, she had me lingering on ever word. Sam was adorable and had me wishing that my boyfriend would pick me up from school or drive me to a book store or a candy palace. Sigh, the realistic notions of my life that aren't meant to merge with the fantasy that i would love to live. Grace was a cute female protag who, I must say, irked me in the beginning but I adored towards the end. And not to be weird or anything but when Isabel entered the story all I could think of in her place of a character blend in the beginning was Jenna from Pretty Little Liars, I don't know why, I just did.
One part in the book that really made me sick was when Sam talked about the dogs. Those who've read Shiver know exactly what I'm talking about. It just made me sad, irked me, and skeeved me as well.
Well, it's time to grab the monies and hit the bookstore to get Linger to revamp my Sam addiction (;
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In Slash, Neil's (Michael Johnston) secret passion about writing erotic fan-fiction comes to light when one of his classmates steals his notebook and proceeds to pass it around all over class. While most make him feel like even more of an outcast, his writing catches the attention of fellow outcast Julia (Hannah Marks). She also writes erotic fan fiction and goes even further by publishing it online. With her friendship Neil is introduced to a whole new world where he'll discover truths about his sexuality, and the value of embracing his passion without concern about what others might think.
This film is fascinating and strange. Writer/director Clay Liford has created a film that beautifully captures the complexity of being a teenager. At moments it is funny and sweet, then infuriating, then emotionally draining but ultimately quite fulfilling. It's impressive to see how the film maneuvers through such different sentiments while retaining a palpable sense of honesty. It's rare nowadays to see vulnerability depicted so effortlessly in film, and I think a lot of the film's inherited strength is also thanks to the performances from the two leads.
Neil is a loner, he is shy, filled with doubt and he embodies people we either know or have been ourselves. This is character who doesn't know who he really is, he places so much emphasis on what others think that he underestimates himself. His continual assumptions on how people will react if he allows them in has caused him to locked himself in a shell, especially because in his case his passion revolves around writing erotic fan fiction. While he enjoys writing, he sees his proclivities as something to be ashamed of. By accident when his secret is revealed he encounters something unexpected: companionship. He is not alone, since Julia also enjoys writing erotic fan fiction. Their friendship leads them both down a path of self-discovery that wouldn't be ascertainable alone.
Here lies the beauty of Slash. It's the revelation that there are unmovable limitations within a vacuum, and that it is only when we allow ourselves to open up and be vulnerable with others that we can better understand who we are. There is power here and to witness both Michael Johnston and Hannah Marks embody this journey enhances the affective nature of this revelation. Johnston performance is dripping in vulnerability that disarms you. There is such an overwhelming sincerity that even when the character drifts into dangerous and uncomfortable territory, you want to be along for the ride. What's even more impressive is how Johnston is capable of instilling a complexity into the character, a sense of unpredictability that makes Neil feel like a genuine human being.
Hannah Marks' Julia, on the other hand, at first seems to embody the type of person Neil wishes he could be. She's an outcast with unpopular friends and with a passion for erotic fan fiction that brings her zero shame. There's confidence and assertiveness, but as the film progresses Neil slowly discovers that most of these qualities are part of a facade. The cracks start to show and we see that just like Neil, Julia has also encased herself inside a shell desperately hiding her growing self-doubt and lack of self-worth. Hannah Marks brilliantly captures these complexities with tremendous subtlety. Her face reveals the struggle of maintaining a facade and the urgency of wanting to let her inner-self truly out, so that perhaps she can finally find some semblance of acceptance.
Slash is a rare gem of a film. While it is not the first to examine the turmoils of the teenage years, I do feel it's approach is distinctive and affective. The film manages to encompass so many things at once without ever feeling forced, fake or overbearing. As I said before, the emotion depicted is so sincere and drenched in vulnerability that you are captivated almost instantly. It is compelling and a great showcase for writer/director Clay Liford, Michael Johnston and Hannah Marks. Together they've created a story of self-discovery that feels fresh and in tune with how teenagers really are. Its inherit awkwardness yields a lot funny moments, which I did not touch too much on but you should know the film is very funny. Some of Neil's writing get the low-budget "porn" dramatization and they are hilarious. Beyond that though, Slash's palpable emotional honesty facilitates in delivering a message of companionship and self-acceptance that is important. This film provides a very memorable experience and it is film you should definitely seek out.


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Man charged with shooting at Zimmerman faces jail again
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Florida prosecutors have asked a judge to revoke bond for a man accused of shooting at George Zimmerman during a traffic encounter.
Matthew Apperson was charged with attempted second-degree murder after the incident in May. He was released on bond and under GPS monitoring while awaiting trial.
In June, Apperson was charged with disorderly conduct for allegedly urinating on a neighbor's door.
Circuit Judge Debra Nelson is scheduled Friday to decide whether Apperson should go back to jail for allegedly violating the terms of his pretrial release in the Zimmerman case.
Zimmerman was not injured in the shooting. He was acquitted two years ago in the death of an unarmed, black 17-year-old, Trayvon Martin. That case sparked protests and a national debate about race relations.
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text: The line between art and technology has long been a blurry one, but with the increasing availability of digital models, mobile platforms, and cloud-based networks, that line is blurring faster than a "retro" Instagram filter. Local and international artists explore this intersection with aplomb, interactivity, and humor in the exhibition "Electronic Pacific." The opening reception features live tattooing (both permanent and temporary) by local tattoo artist Sam McWilliams. Tattoos are based on Samoan visual artist Vaimaila Urale's project, Typeface, which juxtaposes oft-inked tribal patterns with non-letter computer keyboard symbols. Urale is, appropriately, attending tonight's event via Skype. In the audience-participatory installation Grotte de l'Internetz, An Xiao turns popular memes and Internet images into stencils to be painted on rocks in the gallery. Lizabeth Eva Rossof screens her short documentary on Chinese painters working in replica production and the decorative painting industry. Lastly, Guillermo Galindo (gal*in_dog) plays sonic doctor in an "interactive psychoacoustic medical trial," a new therapy combining the human voice and Electronic Resonance Technology.


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Science Shepherd is a homeschool science curriculum developed to address the need for quality higher level homeschool science curricula. The Introductory Science Curriculum is a complete science course for students ages 6-11. The courses are taught by video and accompanied by a student workbook. We reviewed Introductory Science Workbook B, which is suited for students ages 9-11. Here are the details:
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The workbook and video lessons are divided by weeks. There is a video and workbook pages each day and a science activity each week. The video portal is very well organized and easy to use. Students simply click on the video they need for the day and then click to watch it full-screen. While the videos are very educational, they're not incredibly exciting. I suppose he doesn't always need to be entertained, though and it does keep his attention.
Most days, my son completes more than one lesson because the videos and workbook pages are so short. Again, the videos do keep him engaged, so although I wish they were longer, I'm happy he's willing to double or triple-up without complaining. I have also worked hard to focus more on critical thinking than rote recall, so I'm not a huge fan of the fill-in-the-blank type questions in the workbook. I know it's necessary in a course like this and I appreciate that there is some variety in the workbook activities.
This curriculum does indeed work for us. It's not exactly what I've been looking for, but my son enjoys it and he is definitely learning. We have struggled to find a science curriculum that fits. I've been looking for something that's comprehensive but also includes a heavy hands-on approach. This has not been as hands-on as I would like, but again, he enjoys it and can explain what he's learned after finishing a lesson.
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text: Policy makers and care providers in the field of youth development have begun to expand this field with the intention of utilizing community and youth assets as an organizing paradigm. Delgado provides a comprehensive view of this new frontier of youth development. He outlines the broad social forces that impact youth throughout the nation. The mezzo-perspective examines youth development at the community and organizational level. The micro-perspective highlights the activities, challenges, and rewards inherent in youth-development work.


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Sports were invented in Cincinnati in 1869. That year player-manager Harry Wright assembled the first professional baseball club, the Red Stockings, and matched them against the top teams in the nation. They won 58 games, tied one, and lost none. Big crowds trekked out to the ballparks and parade grounds to see them. Each fan paid 50 cents, and by the end of the season, the '69 Red Stockings had performed in front of 200,000 people. Thousands more read about them in the burgeoning sports pages. Others complained about the players' salaries. The modern spectator was born.
There have, of course, been athletic contests for millennia. Long before baseball, long before the Roman gladiators and the ancient Greek Olympics, humans staged contests of speed, strength, and skill. We've always loved games. When we weren't tilling the fields or killing our enemies, a lot of us were playing—or watching others play, or betting on people playing, or just thinking about playing. As a kid, I thought Adidas stood for "All Day I Dream About Sports." I still believe it.
Most ancient games were not like our sports. Only two hundred years ago, the contests people spent all day dreaming about were cudgeling (two men hitting each other with sticks), rat-baiting (sicking dogs on a field of rodents), and bare-knuckle brawling. Sure, there were occasionally more elegant and orderly athletic events. There was a long tradition of professional horse racing and boxing. But for the most part, our games were unorganized and local. There was no Adidas.
The Red Stockings stood for something different: a mass movement of standardized, marketable, spectator sports. Within a few years, professional leagues were springing up everywhere from Minnesota to Montevideo. Former Red Stockings pitcher Albert Spalding began marketing his "sporting goods." Athletics became consumer culture.
For nostalgic Marxist types, the invention of modern sports is tragic. It grew out of urban industrial capitalism. Our leisure time was increasingly structured by a bureaucratic society. Our sense of community was replaced by commerce. The spectator was cut off from the spectacle. Instead of grappling with our mates, we were paying to watch strangers grapple for us.
It's true that the development of sports was tied up with notions of social control. For a long time, games were frowned upon as the devil's handiwork. As one historian puts it, "sports typically encouraged impulsiveness; a group of drinking, wagering and shouting men watching a battle of cocks or a prizefight hardly squared with middle-class notions of propriety… Furthermore, sport was virtually the antithesis of work." The New Englandermagazine summed up the puritanical view in 1851, "Let our readers, one and all, remember that we were not sent into this world for sport and amusement, but for labor."
As we gathered in overcrowded cities and trudged away at factories, the prevailing view of sports shifted. If they were carefully organized, managerial types thought, sports could curtail drunkenness and unrest. They could help maintain a vigorous workforce. In mid-century, while Olmsted and other landscape architects created parks for healthful exertion, educators like Frederick Sawyer promoted supervised gymnastics. Sawyer thought sports could "empty the gambling rooms, the tippling shops, and the brothels." Disciplined labor required disciplined leisure.
The new spirit of "fair play" was built on a good deal of unfairness. Sport provided plenty of opportunities for the rich to divide themselves from the poor. The Harvard-Yale football game became an essential part of the social calendar (Unlike soccer and baseball, rugby and American football remained elite sports well into the 20th century.) The Vanderbilts and the Astors hit the links at their exclusive golf club in Newport. Strict dress codes kept folks in their place as they do today (At my brother's co-ed country club there is a rule against the "no bra look." Phil Mickelson, take heed).
This is not the whole story of sports, though. Alongside the elite clubs, other sporting associations grew up – the Uniques, a Brooklyn-based African-American baseball squad, the Hebrew Maidens, an early women's basketball team, and countless working-class clubs. What's more, sport is still the antithesis of work. It still inspires drunkenness and anarchy. It still provides glorious, unpredictable performances. Players still outmuscle their foes and perform with spontaneous grace. Some might say the Red Stockings and their followers drained our energy for leisure and left us with bloodless consumerism. I'm not so certain. Sports can rouse our passions, whether nostalgic or hopeful, reactionary or progressive, sober or drunk.
I'm also not sure if bear-baiting outside the village tavern was a more authentic or natural form of leisure than the NFL. Personally, I'd rather pay $100 or so to sit in a 70,000-seat concrete bowl and watch oversized men in plastic armor engage in a complicated turf war. Or watch it on TV, consulting statistics, calculating salary caps and strategies, crying over dropped balls, and celebrating that moment when someone defies gravity and carries my team to victory. I'll crack a beer and call my brother.
And so we launch The Modern Spectator, a magazine about sports culture and the many ways it infuses our society. We will publish essays, stories, and book reviews, provide quotes and links, and answer questions about the past and the future of our sporting world. We plan to keep our spectacles focused on overlooked sporting scenes while maintining a view of the big picture – the economics, the politics, the philosophies, and above all the comedy of our culture. We also hope that you will chime in on any aspect of sports and spectating. Don't be afraid to be frivolous. Let our readers, one and all, remember that we were not sent into this world for labor, but for sport and amusement.


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1. Field of the Invention
The present invention generally relates to electro-optical systems, such as bar code symbol readers, and more particularly to a compact scan module for use in applications requiring at least two different laser beam characteristics.
2. Description of the Related Art
One-dimensional bar code symbols arc formed from bars typically rectangular in shape with a variety of possible widths and spaced apart by spaces of various widths. The specific arrangement of the bars and spaces defines the characters represented by the symbol according to a set of rules and definitions specified by the code or "symbology" used. The relative size of the bars and spaces is determined by the type of coding used as is the actual size of the bars and spaces. The number of characters (represented by the bar code symbol) per unit length is referred to as the density of the symbol. To encode the desired sequence of the characters, a collection of bar and space arrangements are concatenated together to form the complete bar code symbol, with each character of the message being represented by its own corresponding group of bars and spaces. In some symbologies, a unique "start" and "stop" character is used to indicate when the bar code begins and ends. A number of different bar code symbologies is in widespread use including UPC/EAN, Code 39, Code 128, Codabar, and Interleaved 2 of 5.
In order to increase the amount of data that can be represented or stored on a given amount of surface area, several more compact bar code symbologies have been developed. One of these code standards, Code 49, exemplifies a "two-dimensional" symbol by reducing the vertical height of a one-dimensional symbol, and then stacking distinct rows of such one-dimensional symbols, so that information is encoded both vertically as well as horizontally. That is, in Code 49, there are several rows of bar and space patterns, instead of only one row as in a "one-dimensional" symbol. The structure of Code 49 is described in U.S. Pat. No. 4,794,239. Another two-dimensional symbology, known as "PDF417", is described in U.S. Pat. No. 5,304,786.
Still other symbologies have been developed in which the symbol is comprised not of stacked rows, but of a matrix array made up of hexagonal, square, polygonal and/or other geometric shapes, lines, or dots. Such symbols are described in, for example, U.S. Pat. Nos. 5,276,315 and 4,794,239. Such matrix code symbologies may include Vericode, Datacode, and MAXICODE.
Various optical scanning systems and readers have been developed heretofore for reading indicia such as bar code symbols appearing on a label or on the surface ol an article. The readers function by electro-optically transforming the spatial pattern represented by the graphic indicia into a time-varying electrical signal, which is in turn decoded into data which represent the information or characters encoded in the indicia that are intended to be descriptive of the article or some characteristic thereof. Such data is typically represented in digital form and utilized as an input to a data processing system for applications in point-of-sale processing, inventory control distribution, transportation and logistics, and the like.
One particularly advantageous type of reader is an optical scanner which scans a beam of light, such as a laser beam, across the symbols. Laser scanner systems and components have generally been designed to read indicia having parts of different light reflectivity, i.e., bar code symbols, particularly of the Universal Product Code (UPC) type, at a certain working range or reading distance from a hand-held or stationary scanner to the symbol or target.
In the laser beam scanning systems known in the art, a laser light beam from a light source is directed by a lens or other optical components along a light path toward a target that includes a bar code symbol on a target surface. The moving-beam scanner operates by repetitively scanning the light beam in a scan line or a series of scan lines across the symbol by means of motion of a scanning component, such as the light source itself or a mirror disposed in the path of the light beam. The scanning component may either sweep a beam spot across the symbol and trace the scan line or scan lines across the symbol, or scan the field of view of a sensor of the scanner, or do both. The laser beam may be moved by optical or opto-mechanical means to produce a scanning light beam. Such action may be performed by either deflecting the beam (such as by a moving optical element, such as a mirror) or moving the light source itself. U.S. Pat. No. 5,486,944 describes a scan module in which a mirror is mounted on a flex element for reciprocal oscillation by electromagnetic actuation. U.S. Pat. No. 5,144,120 to Krichever, et al. describes laser, optical and sensor components mounted on a drive for repetitive reciprocating motion either about an axis or in a plane to effect scanning of the laser beam.
Another type of bar code scanner employs electronic means for causing the light beam to be deflected and thereby scan the bar code symbol, rather than using a mechanical motion to move or deflect the beam. For example, a linear array of closely spaced light sources activated one at a time in a regular sequence may be transmitted to the bar code symbol to simulate a scanned beam from a single source. Instead of a single linear array of light sources, a multiple-line array of individual lasers may also be employed, thereby producing multiple scan lines. Such a bar code reader is disclosed in U.S. Pat. No. 5,258,605 to Metlitsky, ct al. The use of multiple discrete lasers is also described in U.S. Pat. No. 5,717,221.
Bar code reading systems also include a sensor or photodetector which detects light reflected or scattered from the symbol. The photodetector or sensor is positioned in the scanner in an optical path so that it has a field of view which ensures the capture of a portion of the light which is reflected or scattered off the symbol, detected, and converted into an electrical signal.
In retroreflective light collection, a single optical component, e.g., a reciprocally oscillatory mirror, such as described by Krichever, et al. in U.S. Pat. No. 4,816,661 or by Shepard, et al. in U.S. Pat. No. 4,409,470, both herein incorporated by reference, and U.S. Pat. No. 6,114,712, scans the beam across a target surface and directs the collected light to a detector. The mirror surface usually is relatively large to receive as much incoming light as is possible. Only a small detector is required since the mirror can focus the light onto a small detector surface, which increases signal-to-noise ratio.
A variety of mirror and motor configurations can be used to move the beam in a desired scanning pattern. For example, U.S. Pat. No. 4,251,798 discloses a rotating polygon having a planar mirror at each side, each mirror tracing a scan line across the symbol. U.S. Pat. Nos. 4,387,297 and 4,409,470 both employ a planar mirror which is repetitively and reciprocally driven in alternate circumferential directions about a drive shaft on which the mirror is mounted. U.S. Pat. No. 4,816,660 discloses a multi-mirror construction composed of a generally concave mirror portion and a generally planar mirror portion. The multi-mirror construction is repetitively reciprocally driven in alternate circumferential directions about a drive shaft on which the multimirror construction is mounted. U.S. Pat. No. 6,247,647 describes an arrangement for providing either a multiple line, or a single line, scan pattern by means of a controller. All of the above-mentioned U.S. patents are incorporated herein by reference.
In electro-optical scanners of the type discussed above, the implementation of the laser source, the optics, the mirror structure, the drive to oscillate the mirror structure, the photodetector, and the associated signal processing and decoding circuitry as individual components all add size and weight to the scanner. In applications involving protracted use, a large, heavy scanner can produce user fatigue. When use of the scanner produces fatigue or is in some other way inconvenient, the user is reluctant to operate the scanner. Any reluctance to consistently use the scanner defeats the data gathering purposes for which such bar code systems are intended. Thus, a need exists for a compact module to fit into small compact devices, such as electronic notebooks, portable digital assistants, pagers, cell phones, and other pocket appliances, which can serve multiple scanning applications.
Thus, an ongoing objective of bar code reader development is to miniaturize the reader as much as possible, and a need still exists to further reduce the size and weight of the scan module or engine and to provide a particularly convenient to use scanner. The mass of the moving components should be as low as possible to minimize the power required to produce the scanning movement, thereby saving battery power.
It is further desirable to modularize the scan engine so that a single module can be used in a variety of different scanning applications, such as a near field or far field reader, or reading one-dimensional or two-dimensional symbols with a single or multiple scan line pattern. A need exists to develop a particularly compact, lightweight scan module for different applications.
Accordingly, it is an object of the present invention to provide a scan module with selectable scan mirrors having different optical properties for use in a bar code reader.
A related object is to develop an electro-optical, compact scan module which enables the laser beam to be optically modified and customized for a particular application.
In keeping with these objects and others which will become apparent hereinafter, one feature of this invention resides, briefly stated, in an arrangement for scanning indicia in a system for electro-optically reading the indicia. The arrangement includes a support, a hub mounted on the support for turning movement about an axis, a plurality of optical elements mounted on the hub for joint movement therewith, and a drive for moving the elements. The hub, the elements, the drive and the support together constitute a compact scan module or engine for ready replacement in the system.
The elements are preferably scan mirrors having different optical characteristics. For example, one mirror may have a flat surface, and another mirror may have a convex surface. A laser beam having a generally circular cross-section will reflect off a flat mirror with the same circular cross-section, but will reflect off a convex mirror with an elliptical cross-section. The circular cross-section is better for reading two-dimensional symbols, whereas the elliptical cross-section is better for reading one-dimensional symbols. The mirrors direct the beam incident thereon as an optically modified beam along an optical path toward the indicia to be read.
The drive selectively positions one of the mirrors at a reference position in the optical path and, once so positioned, the drive oscillates the positioned mirror about the axis. Preferably, the reference position is a central position, and the oscillation is back-and-forth in opposite directions relative to the central position of a respective scan line on and across the indicia.
In the preferred embodiment, the drive includes a permanent magnet on the hub, a first electromagnetic coil which, when energized, generates a first magnetic field that interacts with the permanent field of the magnet to turn the magnet and the hub, and a second electromagnetic coil which, when energized, generates a second magnetic field that interacts with the permanent field to turn the magnet and the hub. The coils are angularly spaced apart about the axis and are selectively energized. Each coil is energized by a periodic, alternating drive signal so that the hub oscillates.
The drive also includes a first pole piece for the first coil, and a second pole piece for the second coil. Each pole piece is constituted of a ferromagnetic material and, by interaction with the magnet, defines a respective reference position or starting point relative to which the hub oscillates.
By selecting one mirror, the light incident thereon is swept across the indicia with a certain optical characteristic, for example, a beam spot of a certain cross-section as described above. By selecting another mirror, a beam spot of a different cross-section is swept across the indicia. Selection of the beam spot can be performed manually or automatically. The different properties of the beam spot can be employed to read one-dimensional or two-dimensional symbols, or to preferentially read close-in or far-out symbols, or to read symbols of different densities.
The scan module can be used by itself in a reader to obtain scanning in one direction across a symbol, either across the length or width of the symbol. The scan module can be used with another scan module to obtain scanning in mutually orthogonal directions across the symbol. It is currently preferred when the scan module of this invention is used to sweep a laser beam over relatively small arc lengths on the order of �3� degrees mechanical.
The novel features which are considered as characteristic of the invention are set forth in particular in the appended claims. The invention itself, however, both as to its construction and its method of operation, together with additional objects and advantages thereof, will be best understood from the following description of specific embodiments when read in connection with the accompanying drawings.
FIG. 1 is a cut-away, perspective view of a triggered handheld bar code reader in which a scan module, according to the present invention, is mountable.
FIG. 2 is an enlarged, broken-away, exploded view of the light collection assembly of the reader of FIG. 1;
FIG. 3 is an enlarged, broken-away, exploded view of the light scanning assembly of the reader of FIG. 1;
FIGS. 4a and 4 b are perspective views of the assembled scan module in two respective modes of use; and
FIGS. 5a and 5 b are perspective, exploded views of the scan module of FIGS. 4a and 4 b, respectively.
As used in this specification and in the appended claims, the term "indicia" broadly encompasses not only symbol patterns composed of alternating bars and spaces of various widths commonly referred to as bar code symbols, but also other one- or two-dimensional graphic patterns, as well as alphanumeric characters. In general, the term "indicia" may apply to a type of pattern or information which may be recognized or identified by scanning a light beam and by detecting reflected or scattered light as a representation of variations in light reflectivity at various points of the pattern or information. A bar code symbol is one example of an "indicia" which the present invention can scan.
As a preferred embodiment, we describe the implementation of the present invention in a laser-scanning, bar code reading unit similar to the band-held reader illustrated in FIG. 1. The device of FIG. 1 is generally of the style disclosed in U.S. Pat. No. 6,186,400 assigned to Symbol Technologies, Inc. and hereby incorporated by reference, and also similar to the configuration of a bar code reader commercially available as part number LS 4000 or LS 1900 from Symbol Technologies, Inc. of Holtsville, New York. Alternatively, or in addition, features of U.S. Pat. Nos. 4,387,297 and 4,760,248 issued to Swartz, et al., or U.S. Pat. No. 4,409,470 issued to Shepard, et al., both such patents being assigned to Symbol Technologies, Inc., may be employed in constructing the bar code reader unit of FIG. 1. These U.S. Pat. Nos. 4,760,248, 4,387,297 and 4,409,470 are incorporated herein by reference.
FIG. 1 shows the overall layout and design of a reader 100. There is a single printed circuit board (PCB) 101 that slides into a housing handle 102 in a generally vertical or upright fashion. The PCB is oriented at a 105� angle relative to a horizontal scan plane. The housing is shown in a cut-away view. The housing consists of the handle 102 and a barrel or canopy 104 molded in a fashion similar to that known in the art. The PCB supports a scan module or engine 105, a trigger switch 106, and related electronics 122 connected to a controller 124. The scan engine is a non-retro system with a light collection assembly 120 on a front side 112 of the PCB and a scanning assembly 300 on a rear side 113 of the PCB. This allows the laser beam scanning field to be closely matched with the collection field. An outgoing laser beam passes through a slot 114 in the PCB and is clipped by the exit window edges 115 of the housing so it is usable almost to the end of the scan line.
FIG. 2 shows an exploded view of the collection assembly 120. Shown from right to left are a cylindrical collection lens 111, an optical filter 115, a molded plastic chassis 116, and mounting screws 117. Shown on the front side 112 of the PCB are a photodetector 118 and an amplifier 119 which will be enclosed by the chassis 116. The chassis 116 will be coated with nickel (or some similar material) to provide electrical shielding of the photodetector and amplifier. There will be another part (not shown) that will provide electrical isolation between the screws that connect the collection chassis 116 to the scan assembly 300 (through the PCB) described below.
FIG. 3 is a partially exploded view of the scanning assembly 300. The scanning assembly includes a laser/motor chassis which is a die cast part allowing the laser to be heat sunk. A laser 301 and a lens 302 are shown exploded to the left. The lens 302 may be a molded design similar to a molded plastic anamorphic lens or a glass lens with a separate injection molded cylindrical connector. To the right is a liquid silicone injection (LSI) molded assembly 400. This assembly 400 slides into a slot 303 in the chassis and snaps in place. Plus or minus five degrees mechanical adjustment is allowable during alignment to get the laser beam in the right location horizontally. The assembly 400 is then bonded in place. The chassis provides containment for shock protection but an additional part has been added to limit movement during a shock event.
An electromagnetic drive coil 304 is trapped in place by the chassis when it is secured to the PCB 101 with the screws 117 from the collection chassis 116. The coil 304 generates an alternating electromagnetic field which interacts with a permanent magnetic field generated by a magnet (not illustrated) on the assembly 400. A generally planar, scan mirror 405 is connected to the magnet and jointly moves therewith upon energization of the coil 304.
In operation, the laser beam emitted by the laser 301 and focused by lens 302 is incident on the scan mirror 405 which reflects the beam incident thereon forwardly through the slot 114 in the PCB and out through the housing along the plane 103 to the indicia to be read. Light scattered off the indicia is collected by the collection assembly 120 and processed into data related to the indicia.
According to the present invention, the assemblies 300, 400 and the drive coil 304 are replaced by a scan module 500 depicted in assembled views in two different modes of operation in FIGS. 4a, 4 b, and in exploded views in FIGS. 5a, 5 b. Scan module 500 includes a support or housing 501. A first electromagnetic drive coil 502 and a second electromagnetic drive coil 503 are angularly offset about an axis extending lengthwise of a shaft 507 which extends through and is supported by the housing.
A hub 504 is mounted on the shaft 507 for turning movement relative to the housing. A first optical element, for example, a first scan mirror 505 having a generally planar outer surface is mounted on the hub for joint turning movement therewith. A second optical element, for example, a second scan mirror 506 having a generally convex outer surface, is also mounted on the hub for joint movement therewith. A permanent magnet 515 is also mounted on the hub for joint movement therewith. The magnet and the scan mirrors are angularly spaced apart about the axis of the shaft 507.
The first drive coil 502 includes a cylindrical casing 508 mounted on a circuit board 510 which is slid into a channel on the housing. The second drive coil 503 includes a cylindrical casing 509 mounted on a circuit board 511 which is slid into another channel on the housing. A first pole piece 512 is mounted on the first coil 502. A second pole piece 513 is mounted on the second coil 503. The pole pieces are constituted of ferromagnetic material. The housing 501 was eliminated from FIGS. 5a, 5 b for a clearer view of the interior components.
In operation, a de pulse is applied to the input leads of one of the coils, for example, the first coil 502. The first coil generates a magnetic field which interacts with the permanent field of the magnet 515 to attract the magnet and to turn the hub until the magnet 515 faces the first pole piece 512, as depicted in a first operational mode in FIGS. 4b, 5 b.
In this first operational mode, the second mirror 506 is positioned in a starting or reference position and faces an open side of the housing. A light beam, such as a laser beam from the laser diode 301, directed to the second mirror 506 is reflected toward indicia to be electro-optically read.
Thereupon, a periodic signal is applied to the input leads of the first coil 502. This creates an alternating magnetic field which interacts with the permanent field of the magnet 515 to oscillate the magnet and, in turn, the hub 504 and the second mirror 506 in alternate circumferential directions about the axis of the shaft 507. The second mirror 506 moves back-and-forth in opposite directions relative to the reference position, thereby causing the light beam reflected off the second mirror 506 to repetitively sweep scan lines across the indicia.
Once the indicia has been successfully read, or after a predetermined time period in which the indicia has not been successfully read, the periodic signal is discontinued, and the first coil is de-energized.
Rather than using the second mirror 506 to reflect the light beam to the indicia, the first mirror 505 can be positioned to face the open side of the housing in a second mode of operation as depicted in FIGS. 4a, 5 a. In the second mode, a dc pulse is applied to the input leads of the second coil 503 which creates a magnetic field which interacts with the permanent field of the magnet to attract the magnet 515 until the magnet faces the second pole piece 513. The first mirror 505 is now positioned in the reference position at the open side of the housing.
Thereupon, a periodic signal applied to the second coil 503 creates an alternating magnetic field which interacts with the permanent field of the magnet to oscillate the magnet, the hub and the first mirror 505 in alternate circumferential directions about the axis of the shaft. The first mirror 505 is oscillated back-and-forth in opposite directions relative to the reference position to repetitively sweep scan lines across the indicia.
In both modes of operation, the mirrors 505, 506 are initially respectively positioned in the reference position by the pole pieces 513, 512 which act in a manner similar to restoring springs to precisely position the mirrors in their correct starting positions about which they oscillate. The pole pieces concentrate the magnetic field of the magnet. Alternatively, or in addition to pole pieces, physical stops could be used.
The mirrors 505, 506 have different optical properties. After passing through a circular aperture, the laser beam impinging on the mirrors typically has a generally circular cross-section. Reflection off the mirror 505 which has a flat outer surface does not change the cross-section of the beam and, hence, the positioning of the mirror 505 at the open side of the housing can be advantageously used for scanning two-dimensional symbols. Reflection off the mirror 506 which has a curved outer surface causes the beam cross-section to be elliptical and, hence, the positioning of mirror 506 is useful for scanning one-dimensional symbols. Other mirror shapes, such as concave, or cylindrical, or a combination of flat and curved surfaces, can also be employed. Thus, different beam spot shapes can be selected.
The energization of the drive coils can be initiated by activation of the trigger 106 by depressing the trigger to different positions, or by depressing the trigger a different number of times, or by actuation of a separate actuator switch, or even automatically by software control in which one coil, and then the other, is automatically energized until the symbol has been read, or after a predetermined time-out period has elapsed.
The scan module 500 can be used in a reader as the only scan component to sweep a scan pattern extending in one direction. The scan module 500 can be teamed with an identical scan module 500 in a reader to sweep a scan pattern extending over two directions.
In the preferred embodiment, the scan module 500 is teamed with another, but not an identical, scan engine for generating a scan pattern extending over two directions. A conventional scan engine is used for generating an X-axis sweep, while the scan module 500 of this invention is used for generating a Y-axis sweep. The Y-axis sweep over the height of the indicia does not require as wide an arc over which the scan mirror is oscillated. The scan module 500 typically oscillates the scan mirror over an arc of �3� mechanical. The scan module oscillates at a rate on the order of 100 scans per second and can switch operational modes every 20 milliseconds.
The scan module 500 is a compact engine for creating a rastering scan pattern on indicia to be read. The module is easily replaceable in a reader in the field for maintenance purposes.
In a variant construction, the two coils and the single magnet can be replaced by a single electromagnetic coil and two permanent magnets on the hub. Also, rather than mirrors mounted on the hub, other optical elements, such as prisms or focusing lenses, could be selectively positioned in different operational modes. Still another variation resides in reflecting not the light from a light source, but instead, in reflecting the light reflected or scattered off the indicia to a photodetector. In this case, it is not the laser beam which is swept, but the field of view of the photodetector.
It will be understood that each of the features described above, or two or more together, may find a useful application in other types of scanners and bar code readers differing from the types described above.
While the invention has been illustrated and described as embodied in a compact scan module in bar code readers, it is not intended to be limited to the details shown, since various modifications and structural changes may be made without departing in any way from the spirit and scope of the present invention. In particular it will be recognized that features described in relation to one embodiment can be incorporated into other embodiments as appropriate in a manner that will be apparent to the skilled reader.
Without further analysis, the foregoing will so fully reveal the gist of the present invention that others can, by applying current knowledge, readily adapt it for various applications without omitting features that, from the standpoint of prior art, fairly constitute essential characteristics of the generic or specific aspects of this invention and, therefore, such adaptations should and are intended to be comprehended within the meaning and range of equivalence of the following claims.
What is claimed as new and desired to be protected by letters patent is set forth in the appended claims:
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Last year, Bellingham police equipped all their uniformed officers with body cameras, one of the few departments in the state to thus far do so.
Police Chief Cliff Cook said at the time the images recorded by the tiny cameras could help resolve questions about the actions of officers and suspects.
Last weekend, an officer's body camera captured the deadly shooting of a knife-wielding assault suspect. On Thursday, police released graphic video footage of the shooting.
"We are transparent," Lt. Danette Beckley, public information officer for the department, said Friday. "We want our community to have the information."
At about 4:20 p.m. Sunday, Manuel Gonzalez, 28, had stabbed a 20-year-old man in the neckin the 100 block of East Holly Street, police said. He fled on foot, pursued by witnesses.
What happened next was captured by a police body camera, a city traffic-pole camera and a witness' cellphone video.
In the 1400 block of Railroad Avenue, near the downtown bus station, Gonzalez, dragging a garbage bag stuffed with belongings, engages in a second fight with several young men.
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Leland fires four shots, dropping Gonzalez to the ground.
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On 26 January 2014, the Netherlands Authority for Consumers and Markets ("ACM") published its analysis of a set of arrangements between supermarkets, poultry farmers, and broiler meat processors, concerning the selling of chicken meat produced under enhanced animal welfare-friendly conditions. In particular, the agreement saw to replace the regular chicken with the Chicken of Tomorrow, a chicken raised in a more animal friendly manner. According to the ACM, the arrangements restrict competition.
Undertakings can be exempt from the cartel prohibition if the consumer benefit exceeds consumer harm. With respect to benefits arising from sustainability initiatives, the ACM issued a Position Paper on Competition and Sustainability in 2014 to provide guidance to undertakings in their assessment of whether their intended cooperation is in accordance with the Dutch competition rules. The ACM notes that this assessment has to be conducted by the undertakings themselves. In the case of the poultry industry arrangements, however, the ACM explicitly uses its analysis of these arrangements to provide concrete guidance for sustainability initiatives.
In examining the benefits of the poultry arrangements, the ACM considers the improvements to be limited: the animals obtain only slightly more space, have more litter on the floor and live a couple of days longer in addition to some environmental improvements. Nevertheless, consumer research showed that improvements came at a cost higher than the consumer was willing to pay. The ACM therefore concluded that the potential advantages did not outweigh the reduction in consumer choice and potential price increases.
The ACM furthermore considers the market for sustainable foods to be very dynamic and that there is no need for the removal of regular chicken. In particular, the ACM considered that the sales volume of chicken meat produced in a sustainable manner has increased through less restrictive alternatives such as informing the consumer about the available types of chicken.
The ACM discussed the outcome of its analysis with the market participants involved, who then announced that they will explore possible alternatives for their arrangements.
The ACM's analysis follows its much criticized informal advice in 2013 to energy companies, wherein it considered their agreement to close coal-fired plants to be anticompetitive. The analysis concerning the Chicken of Tomorrow confirms that the ACM's policy is to treat sustainability initiatives equal to other forms of cooperation between competitors; in order to be exempt from the cartel prohibition, clear benefits to the consumer must outweigh consumer harm such as fewer options and higher prices.


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On reading documentation when programs don't work as expected
Pascal Hakim
No matter how often you use UNIX tools, once in a while you get caught out trying to put everything together. This happened this morning while I was setting up a cronjob and it didn't work as expected. This happened to me earlier this week when I tried to setup a quick cron script to dump the contents of an SQL table every day. I had set it up as follows:
37 3 * * * /usr/lib/postgresql/8.2/bin/pg_dump db -U backup -t table | bzip2 - > /backups/table-monitoring/`date +%Y%m%d`.table.sql.bz2
I checked the next day that things were working and found the directory empty. Interesting.
After a quick check of my email I found the culprit:
/bin/sh: -c: line 0: unexpected EOF while looking for matching `"' /bin/sh: -c: line 1: syntax error: unexpected end of file
This is where things got complicated. Had I checked crontab(5) this story would probably have ended here. I didn't.
After a couple of attempts at escaping this command line to make things work I ended up with the following:
backup:~% ls /backups/table-monitoring | head -n 3 `date \+%Y%m%d`.table.sql.bz2 date +%Y%m%d.table.sql.bz2
Even more interesting...
Turns out the answer is quite simple. The man page has this to say about it:
The ''sixth'' field (the rest of the line) specifies the command to be run. The entire command portion of the line, up to a newline or % character, will be executed by /bin/sh or by the shell specified in the SHELL variable of the crontab file. Percent-signs (%) in the command, unless escaped with backslash (\), will be changed into newline characters, and all data after the first % will be sent to the command as standard input. There is no way to split a single command line onto multiple lines, like the shell's trailing "\".
Ooops. A quick change later, I end up with the following snippet:
37 3 * * * /usr/lib/postgresql/8.2/bin/pg_dump db -U backup -t table | bzip2 - > /backups/table-monitoring/`date +\%Y\%m\%d`.table.sql.bz2
I'm still wondering about the usefulness of the % to send data to the standard input as opposed to using standard pipes though.


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Which Business Colleges Are in the El Paso, Texas Area?
Learn about business colleges in the El Paso, TX, area. See program options, degree requirements and courses to make an informed choice concerning your education. Schools offering Business degrees can also be found in these popular choices.
Do you want to study business and need to know which schools offer degree programs in the El Paso area? If so, read further to find out about degree options, program requirements, coursework and tuition costs to help you find the right fit for your educational needs.
What You Need to Know
Depending on the position you are seeking, you could begin a career in business with an associate's or bachelor's degree. Advancement to executive or senior management positions typically require a master's degree, usually a Master of Business Administration (MBA). You will find all of these types of degree programs available at a few colleges and universities in the El Paso, TX area.
Undergraduate degree programs are generally designed to introduce you to various business concepts and disciplines. You will likely learn about accounting, marketing, business information systems, business communications, finance, management principles and business economics. Areas of concentration can be available, and focus on a specific area of business, such as finance, human resources or supply chain management.
An emphasis on managerial responsibilities and roles is found in an MBA program. How to manage in organizations and adhere to business ethics are among the topics you will likely study at the graduate level. As an MBA student, you might also choose to obtain your degree at an accelerated pace.
More details about these programs can be found below.
Business Associate's Degree Program in El Paso, TX
El Paso Community College
Business degrees you can select at El Paso Community College include the Associate of Arts (A.A.) in Business and Accounting or the A.A. in Business. While working on degree requirements, you'll take courses in business computer applications, accounting, macroeconomics, research writing, communication and microeconomics. EPCC's Business Programs and Services Department also provides non-credit business programs in office technology, occupational skills, real estate, management and customs brokering. Occupational skills include accounting and bookkeeping. The management program provides courses focusing on business communications, human resources and management techniques.
- Program: Associate of Arts in Business and Accounting, Associate of Arts in Business
- Program Length: Two years, full-time
- Tuition and Fees: $2,386 for in-state residents and $4,042 for out-of-state residents per year (2015-2016)
- School Type: 2-year, public; approximately 28,300 undergraduate students
Business Bachelor's Degree Program in El Paso, TX
The University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP)
At UTEP's College of Business, you can pursue a bachelor's degree in business administration and select a major in operations and supply chain management, marketing, accounting, general business, management, computer information systems, finance or economics. Concentrations in the finance program include commercial banking, financial analyst and general finance. As a management major, you have the option of concentrating in human resources, entrepreneurship or general management.
- Program: Bachelor of Business Administration
- Fields of Study: Accounting, operations and supply chain management, computer information systems, economics, finance, management, marketing and general business
- Program Length: Four years, full-time
- Tuition and Fees: $7,259 for in-state residents and $19,159 for out-of-state residents per year (2015-2016)
- School Type: 4-year, public; approximately 23,100 students (19,800 undergraduate)
Business Master's Degree Program in El Paso, TX
The University of Texas at El Paso
The College of Business at UTEP provides three Master of Business Administration (MBA) options: Executive, Accelerated and Full-Time. You can complete the executive program in 18 months and the full-time program in 22 months. You can earn the Accelerated MBA in the same amount of time it takes to complete the full-time program, but you only have to attend classes twice a week for each 6-week class. Courses you might encounter while pursuing the MBA include organizational management, business ethics, financial accounting, quantitative methods and managerial economics. In addition to the MBA programs, the college also offers master's degrees in accountancy and economics, as well as doctoral degree in international business.
- Program: Master of Business Administration
- Program Length: About two years, full-time
- Tuition: $4,336 for in-state residents and $11,517 for out-of-state residents per year (2015-2016)
- Prerequisite: Bachelor's degree
- School Type: 4-year, public; approximately 23,100 students (19,800 undergraduate)
For business majors in the El Paso area, El Paso Community College offers an associate's degree in business and the University of Texas at El Paso offers both a Bachelor of Business Administration degree and a Master of Business Administration degree.
To continue researching, browse degree options below for course curriculum, prerequisites and financial aid information. Or, learn more about the subject by reading the related articles below:


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- 69 years old
- Date of birth: Sep 12, 1945
- Place of birth:
Los Angeles, California, United States
- Date of passing: Jul 4, 2015
- Place of passing:
Rapid city, South Dakota, United States
|Those we love don't go away. They walk beside us everyday...unseen, unheard, but always near, still loved, still missed and very dear.
"Well another year u r still missed mom passed this year I miss and love u both"
"It's been almost a year since u passed first u than my mom I miss u both dearly love u both"
"Well Steve still miss you can't believe your not here its your bday soon so happy bday love u"
"I remember when I was with you, steph, and u re- introduced me and his comment was...,"oh... You are the friend the other one doesn't like!!!! " I laughed so hard especially when I saw the look on your face steph... Oh the memories.... You will be missed papa Steve... Watch over all your family, friends and loved ones!!! RIP!"
"U will always be in my heart I love u always"
"Dear papa Steve,
Through the brief time I have spent with you, you have taught me that people need to keep family close, and seeing the love that this family has for each other has made me a better person.
Rest in peace papa Steve. You will be remembered always in my heart.
Homeless guy,
Galen Haeder"
"Tonight we were remembering the story of when you first moved back here 6 years ago. You thought it was so amazing that the deer would come so close to the house. You would go to the store and buy carrots for them. Nothing like that happens in LA"
"I asked Ray about when he first knew Steve. He said he was Steve's best man at the wedding and Steve was SO nervous and having trouble with his tux. Ray had been to the prom and in another wedding or 2, so together they were able to help get everything together.
I always think of the time we all went out to eat and Steve asked the waitress when her baby was due. You guessed it---not pregnant. But pretty funny. He will be missed--no better legacy than that."
"STEVEN, when I think of you I think of Logan St, all the times you made me laugh you and Carmen and the little car of yours that we would use to go up and down the strip, how you would always have something funny to say to make everyone laugh that voice love the memories thanks RiP"
"The only time goodbye is painful is when you know you'll never say hello again"
"Papa Steve I will always remember all of good jokes you told us always bringing a good laugh to the room. My best memory of you is when we got tricked into going to the twilight movie and we got shhhh for making jokes threw the whole movie about glittery vampires!!! We always had a great time watching movies together and cracking jokes I will miss you dearly and love you lots ps don't worry I get the number from that truck"
"Dear dad
I thought of you today, but that is nothing new. I thought about you yesterday and days befor that too. I think of you in silence. I often speak your name. All I have are memories and a picture in a frame, your memory is a keepsake, from which I'll never part. God has you in his arms, I have you in my heart.
""Papa Steve"
It was such an honor knowing you. We loved your great sense of humor and your carefree attitude. You had the best sense of humor and such a contagious laugh. I loved listening to you and Shawn pick on one another.Even though you were Shawns uncle You had a Father / son bond that was strong . I remember when you first got your scooter and just had to take it to walmart and the battery went dead before you got home. You loved having the mobility to do things for yourself. I want to Thank you. Had it not been for you Shawn and I never would have met. Shawn and I giggled every time we heard you call me his girl friend a year, two, almost three years after we got married. We will miss your voice mail messages asking us to bring you a burrito or a quesadilla, then saying "This is Steve.". Rest in peace with the knowledge that We love you We will cherish the memories and we will miss you more with each passing day.
God saw that he was getting tired,
A cure was not to be.
So He put His arms around him
and whispered, "Come with Me."
With tearful eyes, we watched him suffer,
And saw him fade away.
Although we loved him dearly,
We could not make him stay.
A golden heart stopped beating,
Hard working hands to rest.
God broke our hearts to prove to us
He only takes "The Best"."
"Papa Steve,
you were definitely one of the funniest people I know and you knew how to put a smile on anyone's frown;
I will miss you always and will be forever thankful to have known you
Rest in Peace"
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Despite first-hand knowledge of the problems linked to the recalled Chevrolet Cobalt, some college-age owners of the car said they stand by the company, amid reports that 13 deaths and 2.6 million vehicles have been linked to faulty ignition switches.
"This is something that could have happened to any manufacturer," said Georgia Regents University senior Heather Doolittle, the owner of a 2009 Chevrolet Cobalt. "It's an unfortunate fact of life. Mechanical problems happen. I do not fault the company."
Doolittle, who is studying social working, said her boyfriend's father was involved in a fatal wreck four years ago that was linked to the faulty ignition switches that General Motors executives have admitted they knew was defective for at least a decade.
GM has linked 13 deaths to the problem, which can shut off the engine
while the car is moving, disabling power steering and brakes, and preventing air bags from inflating in the result of a crash.
Doolittle said her boyfriend's father's car froze on him and he drove into a tractor-trailer.
"The family is very devastated," she said. "They are currently seeking legal representation."
Of those killed, the majority were women
under the age of 25, a population that safety experts say is less likely to have the upper body strength to wrestle a disabled car safely to the side of the road.
Low-priced cars such as the Chevrolet Cobalt and Saturn Ion, also recalled in February along with other small GM cars worldwide, were marketed to young, first-time buyers and parents shopping for their kids.
For instance, 68 percent of people who now own Cobalts, which were discontinued in 2010, are 35 to 64 years old, according to the Edmunds.com automotive Web site.
Many of those buyers were at an age when they had teenage children, said Karl Brauer, a senior analyst at Kelley Blue Book.
Kelly Cooksey, a senior kinesiology major at GRU, said she got her 2006 Cobalt a few years before she moved to Augusta in 2011.
In 2010, while driving on Interstate 75 near her hometown of Tifton, Ga., the engine stopped and she had to pull into an exit lane, she said.
"It just quit working," Cooksey said. "It scared
me. It was really dangerous."
Cooksey said that she has had numerous engine repairs since, including a fuel injector recall, and that she is confident the problem no longer exists. She said she likes the Cobalt, because it is an "easy" and "inexpensive" fix.
"If Chevy would just get rid of recalls, everything would be great," Cooksey said.
Adam Logemann, the general manager of Gordon Chevrolet, said about a dozen people have either called or visited the Augusta dealership in the past 10 days to schedule a repair and arrange for a courtesy car while theirs is in the shop, if necessary.
"We are just as inclined as the customers to
get the vehicles fixed," Logemann said. "We want them to feel safe and see their vehicle as a reliable automobile."
Doolittle said she has received two postcards
in the past six months and, on the strong urging of her boyfriend's family, plans to get the part changed next week, during spring break.
"This is my third Chevy," Doolittle said. "I had an Aveo and Camaro in the past. I still trust the brand."
Information from The Associated Press was used for this article.


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In partnership with the Coles College of Business, we now offer a dual degree program that combines the skills of the Master of Science in Conflict Management and the Master of Business Administration. The MS in Conflict Management/Masters in Business Administration dual degree prepares students for competitive leadership and managerial positions in careers requiring extensive understanding and interaction with conflict management and business acumen.
The students' desire for this program comes from the extensive interaction between the two sectors in areas such as global project management, negotiations, and contracting. The programs are completed in 53 credit hours rather than the 72 hours that would be necessary if they degrees were pursued separately.
To be admitted into the dual degree program, the applicant must specify the option at the time of application to the Graduate School. Students interested in applying for the Masters in Business Administration (MBA)-MS in Conflict Management dual degree program should consult with both the MS in Conflict Management Director and MBA Director with regard to admission requirements and required courses. Applicants will be reviewed individually by both Program Directors.
To be considered for admission to the dual degree program, applicants must complete the electronic Application for Graduate Admission and submit the following supporting documents by the the final deadline July 1, 2017.
The Admission Requirements are the same as the Admission Requirements for regular MS in Conflict Management students except students must take the Graduate Management Admission Test (GMAT).
The GMAT is a standardized assessment of preparation for advanced study in business. For more information, visit The Graduate Management Admissions Council (GMAC). For all MS in Conflict Management/MBA dual degree program applicants, the Coles College offers a complimentary four-session GMAT Prep Seminar (capacity limits apply). CLICK HERE FOR INFORMATION.
The program consists of a minimum of 53 hours of graduate study of which 27 hours are in areas of Business Administration and 26 hours are in Conflict Management. Additional credit hours may be taken depending on each student's academic background. It generally takes approximately three years to earn both degrees for a full-time student.
Students will be required to take the core courses from both MBA and MS in Conflict Management programs as well as two electives in the Coles College of Business:
orMSCM 7355
orAdvanced International Mediation Clinic
orMSCM 7365
orHumanitarian Crisis Intervention
The list below includes the final required MSCM course for semester 4. The remaining required courses for the MBA program may be taken in any order.


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Proud members of the Huronia Beekeepers Association and the Ontario Beekeepers Association, we are a small producer of honey and other hive products located in Barrie, Ontario.
Our adventures in beekeeping began as an extension of the sustainable lifestyle we try to live. We were gardening and canning, making our bread, yogurt, soap, wine and so on. Rose read an article on backyard beekeeping with top bar hives and suggested I could probably build one. Producing our own natural sugar and pollinating our garden – beekeeping seemed like a great fit. This lead to a long period of research and eventually the purchase of a single Langstroth hive and the beginning of the journey we are on today.
Our handmade and packaged products embrace those founding principles that are so important to us:
- Sustainable
- Natural
- Local
We sincerely hope you enjoy them and if there is ever any issue, do not hesitate to contact us. We stand behind everything we produce.
Adam & Rose Ritchie


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About This Activity
Gate fee is $5.00 for adults $3.00 for seniors (55 and older) 12 and under are free. Playing GHSA rules. Time limit 2 hours. Make checks payable to LHS Dugout Club. We can only have 8 teams per age group so do not hesitate this has filled up fast in past years.
Organizer Info
LHS Dugout Club