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Julia Rogers Hamrick author of Choosing Easy World, has been a spiritual growth facilitator since the mid-1980s and is a pioneer in teaching that our vibrational frequency determines our experience of life. Julia will teach you how to eliminate fatigue and resentment by letting go of expectations and to be true to yourself for a more harmonious experience that frees everyone else to enjoy themselves and much more!
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My oldest children currently go to an amazing public school where we live in the country. However, we have to move next month, it's looking like we'll have to be in the city. For the rest of this school year, I plan on commuting to their school, but that's going to be a long drive, and stressful. They have been given permission to stay in this district for as long as we'd like (baby sis as well when she starts preschool), but it's really going to depend on where we end up moving permanently if that's a realistic thing to do.
Oldest is very bright, but has ADHD. Both of them are very social, and love their school/friends/staff... but neither of them have any focus when they are together.
I know they will hate being stuck at home instead, and am trying to figure out how the best way to do the transition would be (if it comes to it). I was home schooled through 8th grade, enjoyed it when I was really little, and hated it for the last, probably 5-6 years. Granted, I was an only child, so I had no playmates.
I'm not even sure where to start finding out things about curriculum, or laws regarding home school. I do know that I need at least an AA degree (which i have), but other than that...
Also, how much do you typically spend for one child per year for everything needed?
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Facebook's Secret Mood Experiment
Announcement Date: 2 Oct 2014
Facebook revealed that it had tampered with the news feeds of nearly 700,000 people in an effort to prove that it could alter the emotional state of its users.
This was achieved by showing them an abnormally low number of either positive or negative posts. Outrage followed the reveal. And Apologies followed the outrage. (click here for more)


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Nonna Mae Villa está localizado no coração da pequena aldeia de Giardinetto em Lima Vale do verde e natural, perto da encantadora cidade de Bagni di Lucca e representa um lugar ideal para passar as suas férias no um dos mais famosos região da Itália, Toscana o . Além disso, esta localização permite aos hóspedes visitar alguns dos sites mais populares da Toscana, uma vez que as distâncias são muito razoáveis. Com uma decoração simples, o apartamento oferece um plano aberto cozinha / jantar bem equipada, sala, casa de banho, um quarto duplo, um quarto twin e um quarto filho vivo. A área do jardim (APX 2500 m2) tem seu próprio mobiliário, churrasco e possibilidade de estacionamento.
Fotos extras: Fotos adicionais da propriedade podem ser enviadas a pedido.
We visited the Arnaldo and family,( I say visitited because we were made to feel part of the family) in August 2007. Wonderful hosts, very comfortable accommodation and a fantastic location. The peace and quiet of the garden/orchard was amazing ,especially in the early evening as the sun was setting behind the mountains(big hills but felt like mountains when we walked up to small village behind Giardinetto). If you are looking for a peaceful, relaxing and friendly holiday look no further.
Arnaldo and Family, Thank you for a fantastic time and the Boar stew on our last night was something special.
Ian and Annette From Scotland
We had a wonderful stay at the property of Daniela Bonari. She and her family gave us a great week. Nice people. It is a very good play to bike, you can bike a whole week in different directions. We recommend this property to everybody.
Quel bonheur de trouver des gens aussi sympathiques en vacances ! Très agréable maison pour se ressourcer et prendre le temps de vivre sans stress. Une belle vallée boisée offrant en permanence un petit souffle d'air de manière à ne pas être incommodé par la chaleur, un bon verre de vin sur la terrasse : que demander de plus ? Revenir ! Et apprécier à nouveau la gentillesse de Daniela, Graziano et Arnaldo, le propriétaire, tous attentifs à ce que votre séjour se passe bien. Merci pour ce moment agréable ...
Hugues, Eléonore et Antoine.
My family and I stayed in Arnaldo's beautifully restored Tuscan home for 2 weeks in August 2011. It is nestled in the mountainous area of Bagni di Lucca (LIma Valley) which is not clear from the photographs and shouldn't be missed. The property is furnished comfortably and could sleep easily 6 people. The garden is beautiful and we spent many an afternoon and evening relaxing in the cool shade of the fig trees (the figs and the lovely tomatoes that Daniella grew and gave to us were delicious by the way). The village of Giardenetto is small but has a great grocery store where we bought our fresh bread daily, it was superb.
There is a magnificent river 5 minutes walk from the property that we visited regularly and swam in it's cool waters in the hot afternoons. Brilliant place to picnic, relax and cool down.
It is a perfect base for travelling to Florence, Pisa and Lucca.
The restaurant in Vico (a local mountain top village) is not to be missed for its' hospitality, delicious local food (like wild boar pasta) and in the evening the marvellous mountain views that were illuminated by a sky full of stars.
Most importantly, Arnaldo and his family welcomed us and even helped us out when our car played up, thank you Arnaldo. Thank you Daniella and Grazianno for inviting us to a lovely bbq with your friends it was marvellous and made our first day perfect.
If you want a quiet, relaxing holiday with or without kids then this is the place.
Very much a last minute booking for our family, from our first contact Arnoldo was incredibly helpful. We arrived in the evening on a national holiday when every shop was closed and Arnoldo took us to the local grocer who opened up especially so that we could get some provisions. The grocer is also the local baker and supplies all the nearby villages.
The property is exactly as described and served as a great base for exploring the villages and towns of Garfagnana, or for simply relaxing in the orchard. We enjoyed peaceful breakfasts in the cool clear morning air and long late dinners in dusky warm evenings. Our children made friends with Arnaldo's grand daughter and her friends.
The swimming pool is welcome, but for us, the fantastic wild swimming in the Lima river about 400m from the house was the best we'd ever experienced and certainly stopped us wanting to get to the coast. With safe shallow pools, deep diving pools, fish, frogs and shade to picnic in along with stunning mountain views, afternoons spent at the river were heavenly.
We truly did not want to leave and are especially grateful to Arnaldo and his family for their warmth and welcome.
Nonna Mae Villa está localizado no coração da pequena aldeia de Giardinetto em Lima Vale do verde e natural, perto da bonita cidade de Bagni di Lucca
Outras atividades: instalações de Spa em Bagni di Lucca (10 Km)
Golf: Golf Club localiza-se em Vicopelago - Lucca (30 km)
Ski: O apartamento fica perto de Abetone resort de esqui no inverno que é bem conhecido em toda a Itália e praticamente desconhecido no Reino Unido. Abetone é de 1400 metros acima do nível do mar, perto da fronteira entre a Toscana e Emilia Romagna; ele fica em um esplêndido floresta nacional. Você pode apreciar o lugar, mesmo no verão, com os seus inúmeros colina caminhadas. O ponto mais alto é Monte Gomito em 1940m. Pistas de esqui estão disponíveis em quatro vales pitorescos: Luce, Sestaione, Lima e Scoltenna. Existem numerosas instalações de esqui: 1 teleférico, 11 telecadeiras (3 rápido), 15 teleféricos, 37 pistas de esqui, 5 escolas de esqui, 2 pistas de cross-country e 20 quilômetros de pistas de esqui estão cobertos pela garantia artificial de tomada de neve esqui. Isso cria uma extensa rede de mixed-capacidade pistas acima e abaixo da linha das árvores. Este resort fica muito movimentada nos fins de semana, porque é tão perto de Florença no entanto durante a semana pode ser muito agradável.
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Rental rates include all utilities as well as linen, towels, initial and final cleaning and electricity. Please ask for details.
Terms and conditions: rentals are Saturday - Saturday. Check in: 5 PM, Check out: 10 AM. Payment Options: Swift money transfer. Deposit: 30% of the full booking is payable on booking confirmation. Balance will be payable on arrival in cash. Cancellations and Refunds: Full refund if cancellation is made at least 60 days prior to arrival. There is no refund if cancellation is made less than 60 days prior to arrival. Security deposit: €300.00 (euro) this will be payable on arrival in cash and refunded on departure, less any costs incurred.


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Non-Libertarians Supposedly Supporting Libertarian Viewpoints
From Critiques Of Libertarianism
Many economists and historical figures are claimed to be supportive of libertarianism or "protolibertarians". US founding fathers, various economists, J. S. Mill, etc. Often they are mischaracterized as "Classical Liberals" to confuse the issue. Many were just early liberals or feminists.
- Frederic Bastiat (6 links)
- Libertarians like Bastiat because he criticized some government practices as foolish or thievery. However, he consider taxation for many government services justified, work programs in times of crisis, infrastructure, etc. He was a modern liberal.
- Isaiah Berlin (5 links)
- Berlin was very mixed bag who, while supporting negative rights also held that there were many other competing values. He supported the New Deal, for example.
- Ronald Coase
- Author of the Coase Theorem and a great deal of economics libertarians cite. While his career was spent at the University of Chicago, he was not an ideologue, let alone a libertarian.
- Jesus (1 link)
- Libertarians simply cannot square the Bible with libertarianism. It flat-out says pay your taxes and that authorities are instituted by God. There's lots more too, including support of slavery.
- John Stuart Mill (3 links)
- A famous philosopher of liberty and political economist. He adopted many socialist views in later life. He was never a libertarian: he always understood limits and exceptions to his ideas of liberty.
- John Locke (9 links)
- Essentially all libertarians rely on Lockean homesteading and cite him in the evolution of their thought. But he was not in any way libertarian. He insisted on regulation of markets, limitations of property rights and redistribution of wealth. But his theory of property (which many libertarians adopt) also supported expropriation, enslavement, and serfdom.
- Thomas Paine (4 links)
- Tom Paine is much loved by libertarians (and other freedom lovers) for many of his writings about liberty and freedom. But he also wrote "Agrarian Justice", which proposed the first realistic government anti-poverty program.
- Adam Smith
- Adam Smith, "father of capitalism" and author of The Wealth Of Nations, was a liberal, not a libertarian: see his The Theory of Moral Sentiments. He supported an enormous range of government functions that libertarians generally do not.
- The Authors of Cato's Letters, Thomas Gordon and John Trenchard (1 link)
- Cato's Letters, like most political economy writings of their era, were distinctly NOT libertarian in many specifics. Like Adam Smith, the authors Thomas Gordon and John Trenchard]] condemned corporations, tax evasion by the rich and the rich corrupting government, while supporting infrastructure investment, restricting imports and restricting immigration. Yet the Cato Institute has selected them for their namesake.
- The Founding Fathers Of The USA (3 links)
- Libertarians frequently claim the founding fathers were libertarians based on cherry-picked quotations, mostly from slave owners. Does that show that libertarians endorse slavery? Even worse, many of the quotations are false.
There were some -- Frédéric Bastiat and Jean-Baptiste Say come to mind -- who believed that government should put the unemployed to work building infrastructure when markets or production were temporarily disrupted.
Brad DeLong, "American Conservatism's Crisis of Ideas"
And deserts—the fact that some people deserve what they have and others do not? That idea never made any sense to Adam Smith, for he saw that the overwhelming bulk of our wealth is our joint product through our collective division of labor, rather than the individual creation of some Randite John Galt, who if truly left to stand alone on his own two feet without the social division of labor would soon have his bones bleaching in some Colorado canyon.
Brad DeLong, "Shrugging off Atlas"
Libertarianism as it exists in the United States is basically a mid-20th century American philosophy, at least in origin. [...] basically none of the big old philosophical names can rightly be associated with this mid-20th century libertarianism.
Matt Bruenig, "Sorry, John Stuart Mill Was Not a Libertarian"


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Sorry, looks like tenants only due to the quick take up….
"With an eye on the long-term need to attract and retain key tenants, the owners of one of Perth's prime office towers have converted 14 parking bays into a 240-bicycle parking facility.
The owners of Central Park office tower spent $1.4 million on the new feature for tenants and in a sign the addition to the building has already been well received, more than 200 registrations for its use were lodged within days of its completion.


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Before the high-profile new entrant gets a chance to grab the market share, erect entry barriers. Adopting a fortification strategy to prevent a Reliance run, the existing cell players are going on the offensive and rolling out brand new plans. So, its advantage Calcutta customers, once again.
Both Airtel and Hutch the private cellular operators in the city circle have decided to match the registration amount of Rs 3,000 that Reliance is charging for its connection, besides 12 post-dated cheques of Rs 1,800. The two will now offer, for the first time, a yearlong pre-paid plan for Rs 3,000.
This will create convenience for the customers to recharge just once a year. And the price, which works out to be Rs 250 per month, has never been lower, says Deepak Gulati, chief executive officer, Bharti Mobitel.
This new plan is aimed at adding more numbers to the pre-paid segment, which has been the major growth driver in the past few months that have seen hardly any movement in the post-paid connections. We have observed a flattening in the post-paid share, which now accounts for around 15 per cent of our connections, admitted Gulati.
Getting a connection has never been cheaper. And once all incoming calls become free after April 1, it will become more attractive, said Sunil Sood, chief operating officer, Hutch, adding that new segments like housewives and students are now getting connected. This new segment is the budget segment that wants to use air-time judiciously, reflected in the rise in pre-paid connections.
Sources in Reliance brushed aside the efforts by Hutch and Airtel to erect entry barriers. While confirming that the test-run was well on course and that the launch would take place anytime in March, the cell war words went like this: The response to our entry has been phenomenal, with the total new acquisitions by the two players falling short of the numbers queuing up for a Reliance connection. How can entry barriers work for the floating demand'
As per the January figures of the Cellular Operators Association of India (COAI), the apex body of cellular operators, Airtel added 10,764 connections to its December figure of 188,237, while Hutch added 7,503 to its December head-count of 247,327 in the city. The numbers for BSNL the state-owned telecom player has hovered around 15,000 connections in the city for the past six months. But once its CellOne service is launched in the city, after a technology switch from C-Dot switches to Ericsson, the growth trajectory will be different, claim sources.
The war between GSM (Airtel-Hutch) and CDMA (Reliance), already visible at points of cellphone purchases, will extend to handsets (with Samsung and LG on Reliance ring), lock-in periods, billing cycles and a host of value-added services.


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Super sleuth Sister Fidelma returns in a brand-new historical mystery by Peter Tremayne, acclaimed author of Atonement of Blood, The Seventh Trumpet and many more.Ireland, AD 671.
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Indeed, what was the real reason behind Eadulf's brother Egric's unexpected appearance at Cashel - could he be the culprit?Victims and suspects combine to make a tangled skein of mystery more complex and bloody than Fidelma and Eadulf have ever faced.
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What does "make install" actually do?
Hey all,
For some classes I have to use the ACE_OS library. I have really had no issues, but I have always wondered why you have to do "make install"
what does this command do? Does it have something to do with shared libraries?
I know on the school computers sometimes I cannot run programs that I have compiled with and ACE_OS dependency, but if I type
$setenv LD_LIBRARY_PATH /path/to/ace_os5.6.5.so
then it will run fine (I obviously dont have root access on these machines, so I could never figure out how to make this "cannot find shared object" error go away permanently
The Makefile is essentially a list of instructions, saying how programs should be compiled/linked/installed/whatever. That's a very simplified way of stating it, but that's what "make install" does.
So, in short, to compile a program you usually do "make", and to install it after compiling you do "make install". Usually you do need root permissions if you want to install to /
But, you can safely assume that "make install" will install the program or whatever you just built in your system.
You can automate this process. But this entirely depends on how do you work. If you login in command line mode and you use bash as your shell, then you just need to add this into your ~/.bash_profile file:
export LD_LIBRARY_PATH="$LD_LIBRARY_PATH:/path/to/whatever/"
It just depends on how do you login and your shell of choice.
The make install step of the installation process, just copies the compiled programs, the man pages, the shared objects and so on... to their specific locations. External programs compiled from source are usually installed in /usr/local by default but this is not a general rule. It depends on the developer's choice. Obviously, if you don't have root privileges, you cannot install a software into directories owned by root.
Anyway, you can specify a custom installation directory in the configure step, usually:
./configure --prefix=/home/crab
To avoid this you can install the program into the source directory itself and then create link to the executables in the $HOME/bin directory (on most distribution it is already in the PATH) and create/modify the environment variables needed by the program to run.
LD_LIBRARY_PATH is one of these variables. It contains the path (multiple paths separated by colon) of the shared objects (libraries) that are not in standard locations like /lib, /usr/lib, /usr/lib64 and so on.
If you want to make the modification permanent, just add
setenv LD_LIBRARY_PATH /path/to/ace_os5.6.5.so
'make install' does only what is defined for it in the Makefile. If the Makefile doesn't have a section for it, then it does nothing.
Commonly 'make install' will be run as root and be responsible to copy the relevant executables and configuration files in proper places on the system, so that any user can use it. When installing an application into /usr/bin (a location in the $PATH of all users), then the application can be launched without having to specify the full pathname.
If you omit the 'make install' step, then you need to launch the application either by going to the specific directory (and even running it like './appname') or by giving the full pathname.
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Wow, thanks so much to all. I guess this is a case of the simple explanation was not the one I ever thought of!
It makes sense now, thanks to everyone for the thorough responses!
Somewhere nearby, you'll find a file named: Makefile. Open it up, and have a look inside. (But don't touch anything...)
You'll find the word install in there somewhere... it's what we call a make target. You'll also probably find other make-targets, like all and clean.
In any case, the essential information that you find in a Makefile is: "what depends on what, and if you determine that something needs to be rebuilt, how do you do it?"
Thus, for example, when you say make install, the "make" utility is going to find that target, and work backwards to see what prerequisites there are, and to determine whether those prerequisite steps have already been done. For instance, if the program hasn't been compiled yet, that will happen first, then the stuff will be "installed." (And the Makefile will specify exactly how to do that.)
make is one of those utilities for which the concept is intuitively simple, and the implementation can be quite complex indeed. (And we haven't even touched on configure!) In any case, we can usually stick to the "intuitively simple," namely, "it just works." You can just tell it what to make, and ... sit back and watch the pretty blinking lights.
Again, thanks for the awesome answers - you guys have really helped me get this a lot better.
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For a decade, Asia's rising wealth has given the region's leaders the confidence to shrug off American demands that Wall Street powerhouses, huge foreign banks and insurance companies be granted full access to their markets.
But if money talks, the absence of money screams. And early this morning in Geneva, in the most vivid example yet of how Asia's sudden reversal of fortunes may also shift the world's financial balance of power, countries that only two years ago balked at concessions bowed to most of Washington's demands to open their financial markets to global competition.
It may take years before trade experts and economists can measure the impact of the 102-nation financial accord that was initialed in Geneva, committing countries to open up their financial markets starting in 1999. Like the global-warming agreement that emerged this week in Kyoto, Japan, the economic effects defy neat charts and graphs.
But the political significance was clear. When investors were clamoring for the right to pour money into Asia, the region's governments could set rules that clearly favored local companies and political favorites. Now that they are desperate to attract those investors back, they are suddenly eager to listen to the complaints of institutions like Citibank and New York Life -- which have chafed for years at rules that restrict their right to buy up local banks or sell life insurance to a burgeoning middle class.
''These are negotiations that have been going on for years, and we've had to try to wear down governments one at a time,'' Charlene Barshefsky, the United States Trade Representative, said today after a long night of last-minute negotiations with Japan and Malaysia, both of which balked at letting American insurance companies go head-to-head with their own. ''But it clearly helped that, in the end, they knew that they would compound their own problems if they sent a message that they would continue to close off parts of their markets to foreign investors.''Continue reading the main story
Considering the smoking wreckage of collapsed financial institutions in Thailand, Indonesia, South Korea and Japan, everyone at the table in Geneva feared that failure to reach an accord might send another shock to markets around the world. And in the end, some of the biggest concessions came from countries that have been forced to turn to the International Monetary Fund and to the United States for emergency financial aid, in hopes of restoring enough stability to their battered currency and stock markets to convince Western investors to come back.
''The difference from just two years ago,'' Lawrence H. Summers, the Deputy Treasury Secretary, said today with considerable understatement, ''is that in many countries the problem has shifted from managing capital to attracting capital.'' He was referring to the American decision in 1995 to scuttle an earlier version of this agreement rather than accept far less generous concessions from Asian countries that wanted to keep their markets closed.
Clearly, the deal struck today under the auspices of the two-year-old World Trade Organization fell far short of a clean win for Washington or Wall Street. American negotiators got much less from some nations than they had hoped, though by threatening to walk away from the table again they forced several countries -- notably Japan -- to make major last-minute concessions.
''If you let me draft the agreement, it would say that American companies could hold 100 percent of all their subsidiaries overseas,'' said Gary G. Benanav, the chairman of New York Life Worldwide Holdings, in a briefing at the White House today. ''Obviously, it doesn't say that. But it's very good.''
Indeed, just as many of the countries that a few months ago relished the label of ''big emerging markets'' were under pressure to strike a deal, so were Treasury Secretary Robert E. Rubin and Ms. Barshefsky. If the United States once again scuttled the accord because foreign market opening offers were insufficient, American officials feared they might worsen the financial instability that they are struggling to contain. And Ms. Barshefsky was clearly concerned that walking away from an accord could fuel the growing perception that the United States is using its status as the world's sole superpower to dictate how other nations must run their economies.
Resentment of American economic power is already palpable around the globe these days. And already there have been accusations that the United States, operating behind the scenes at the I.M.F. headquarters a few blocks down Pennsylvania Avenue from the White House, has insisted on a laundry list of market-opening concessions from countries in return for a financial lifeline.
''There is a real risk of the revival of anti-Americanism,'' Clyde V. Prestowitz, Jr., the president of the Economic Strategy Institute, said here on Friday. ''People all over town feel that they have to tread lightly, because the backlash next year could get pretty ugly.''
Still, the United States clearly sees a chance to use Asia's crisis to score some economic points and some philosophical ones as well. A senior Administration official noted that ''these are countries that for two decades have followed the Japanese model -- keep a tight control on your financial institutions and you control your economy.''
Now, he said, ''they have discovered the dark side of that strategy,'' the risks of ignoring sound financial practices like lending money to good borrowers -- instead of good friends.
The crisis in Korea, which worsened considerably this week, is perhaps the most vivid instance yet of how sloppy lending practices, cronyism and a closed financial system can lead to disaster.
Now several of the countries that were nurturing their own securities industries and banking empires -- hoping to build them into world powerhouses, as Japan did from the 1960's through the late 1980's -- are suddenly far more interested than they were a few months ago in bringing in major American and European companies. Those companies, they hope, will bring with them a fairly steady stream of capital.
Not everyone is on board. South Korea, for instance, has long kept a ceiling on the stake foreigners can hold in a securities company, and its negotiators barely budged in these talks, chiefly because their crisis-riddled Government was trying to keep the country out of default. But American officials seem confident that as part of the conditions for international aid to Korea, the country will discover that it has no choice but to open up.
The question hanging over the Clinton Administration, however, is whether its power to force future trade deals could be short-lived.
Congress has refused to grant Mr. Clinton negotiating authority, largely because of Democrats suspicious that most traditional trade deals end up working against the United States. It will be hard to make that case with this accord, because the American financial market is already wide open. But the Administration hopes to make the case that in areas where America holds a clear competitive edge -- especially in services like high finance -- it is foolish not to participate in the writing of new global rules.
''The rules are getting written with us or without us,'' Ms. Barshefsky said this week. ''But I've never known a foreign country that voluntarily wrote the rules in a way that would be favorable to American interests.''Continue reading the main story


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In multi-agent systems, an agent which is dependent on the arrival of information from other agents may have to suspend processes if communication fails or if the information is simply not available. In most cases, communication is not guaranteed, and even if it were, there may be other factors affecting information transfer (such as the impossibility of or delays in acquiring the information at the source). Furthermore, if there is no knowledge about the state of the world, getting the appropriate response to an event becomes impossible. Moreover, in situations which demand a negotiated outcome, negotiation is impaired by missing information or uncertainty. Thus, reaching an outcome in such situations requires the development of decision frameworks that account for missing, contradictory or uncertain information.
Decision Making, Argumentation, Uncertainty, Speculation, Default reasoning, Distributed Systems
- Distributed decision making frameworks
- Coordination mechanisms for rational agents
- Problem solving with incomplete information
- Default reasoning
- Belief revision in multi-agent systems
- Argumentation
- Semantic models and ontologies for dynamic environments
- Models of trust and reputation for agent populations
- Decision theory in multi-agent systems
- Speculation and generation of scenarios
- Communication efficiency in multi-agent systems
- Utility measures in problem solving
- Optimization of information exchange
- Reasoning under uncertainty
- Fault tolerant architectures
- Applications (reasoning techniques in dynamic environments such as a medical setting, dispute resolution, task scheduling, etc)
Organizing Committee
- Tiago Oliveira, National Institute of Informatics (Japan)
- Jose Carlos Montoya, Universidad Carlos III (España)
- Paulo Novais, Universidade do Minho (Portugal)
- Ken Satoh, National Institute of Informatics (Japan)
Program Committee
- Ângelo Costa, University of Minho (Portugal)
- Claudia Schulz, Imperial College London (United Kingdom)
- Davide Carneiro, University of Minho (Portugal)
- Goreti Marreiros, Polytechnic of Porto (Portugal)
- Hiroshi Hosobe, Hosei University (Japan)
- José Neves, University of Minho (Portugal)
- Jason J. Jung, Chung-Ang University (South Korea)
- Javier Bajo, Technical University of Madrid (Spain)
- Kristijonas Cyras, Imperial College London, (United Kingdom
- Paulo Moura Oliveira, University of Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro (Portugal)
- Pedro Henriques, University of Minho (Portugal)
- Randy Goebel, University of Alberta (Canada)
- Tony Ribeiro, Ecole Centrale de Nantes IRCCyN (France)
- Vicente Julián, Valencia University of Technology (Spain)
- Fábio Silva, University of Minho (Spain)
- Igor Kotenko, Laboratory of Computer Security Problems (Russia)
- Brahim Ouhbi, University Ensam-Meknès (Morocco)
- Nuno Silva, Polytechnic of Porto (Portugal)
- Vali Derhami, Yazd University (Iran)
- Antonio Fernández Caballero, Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha (Spain)
- Ryuta Arisaka, National Institute of Informatics (Japan)
Paulo Novais
Tiago Oliveira


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|Publication number
|Publication type
|Application number
|Publication date
|Jun 9, 1987
|Filing date
|Aug 22, 1985
|Priority date
|Aug 22, 1985
|Fee status
|Publication number
|Matt J. Vitol
|Original Assignee
|Vitol Matt J
|Export Citation
|BiBTeX, EndNote, RefMan
|Patent Citations (21), Referenced by (39), Classifications (12), Legal Events (3)
|External Links: USPTO, USPTO Assignment, Espacenet
The present invention relates generally to signs, labels and other unitary identifying indicia and specifically to an easily removable and reusable pressure-sensitive adhesive sign and to a method for producing an easily removable and readily reusable pressure-sensitive adhesive sign.
Signs, labels, tags and similar identifying indicia of the type which are customarily applied to a surface with pressure sensitive adhesive are being used in increasing numbers by government, industry and private enterprise. Every year, or more frequently, state and local governments issue millions of pressure sensitive labels and tags which are required to be applied to automobiles, boats and other vehicles to evidence payment of registration fees, taxes and the like. The label or tag or "sticker" as it is more commonly known must be replaced annually or every time the tax or fee is paid. In some situations, for example in states which allow but heavily regulate gambling, stickers showing the payment of the requisite monthly taxes or fees must be prominantly displayed on devices like slot machines. Other pressure sensitive signs or labels are increasingly being used to impart a wide variety of information from the name of the manufacturer of a product, to instructions for product use, or to the fact that a motor vehicle or other item has been inspected or approved and to whatever message the buyer desires to put on his or her car bumper. The widespread use of such pressure sensitive labels, signs and tags, primarily because of their low cost, is expected to increase to an even greater extent.
The application of pressure-sensitive indicia is generally accomplished with ease although removal from the carrier or backing paper can pose problems. However, when the time comes to remove last year's vehicle registration sticker or last month's weighing scale approval tag or the unwanted bumper sticker, removal is generally only accomplished with great difficulty. Removal of these stickers with the fingers is virtually impossible. Although a razor blade, knife or scraper will usually remove the old sticker, removal in this manner is more often than not accompanied by damage to the surface from which the sticker is being removed, the remover, or both. Moreover, if removal has been attempted with the fingernails, the remover will be left with broken or split fingernails as well as a feeling of extreme frustration. In addition, it is highly unlikely that a sticker removed in this way would ever be able to be reused, if such was desired or required. Since there are instances in which the transfer of the information represented by a tag, label, sign or other sticker from one surface to another is necessary, the provision of means which would facilitate removal of the sign for reuse would be highly desirable.
The pressure sensitive adhesive signs, labels and tags disclosed in the prior art are not intended to be easily removed and then reused. Moreover, those prior art signs including means to facilitate their removal from the surface to which they have been applied employ tabs or other protuberances that extend beyond the perimeter of the sign. While these structures do assist in sign removal, the excess material required to produce such tabs results in inefficiencies, wasted material and, hence, increased cost in the production of signs including them. Moreover, these tabs or projections are susceptible of tearing, particularly on a sign intended for repeated reuse.
U.S. Pat. No. 3,421,239 to Smith discloses a circular marker or tag including an adhesive-free tab which extends outwardly of the main body of the tag to assist in removing the tag from its backing paper. The adhesive-free tab area results from the pattern of adhesive application to the back of a sheet containing a plurality of such tags. Not only do the tags disclosed in the Smith reference suffer from the aforementioned disadvantages, but they are also clearly intended only for one-time use and are not intended to be removable or reusable once they have been applied.
U.S. Pat. No. 3,914,483 to Stipek discloses a multiple part label for use on a package or container including inner removable label portions which may be provided with one or more adhesive-free edges to assist in the removal of the inner label from its backing sheet. However, there is no suggestion that once the Stipek label has been removed from its backing sheet and applied to the surface of a package or container that the adhesive-free area has any further utility, particularly since the label described in this reference is not contemplated to be removed and reused. There is, moreover, no disclosure in the Stipek patent of specifically how the adhesive-free area of the label is created.
U.S. Pat. Nos. 2,013,299 to Byrne and 4,201,403 to Turner disclose, respectively, seals and tabs having adhesive-free portions. Neither of these devices, however, is intended to employ the adhesive-free portions disclosed therein to facilitate removal of the device from the surface to which it has been applied so that it may be reapplied to another surface and reused, if desired.
A sticker contemplated for temporary application is disclosed in U.S. Pat. No. 4,055,249 to Kojima. This sticker, however, is formed of a complex, multi-layer arrangement of sticking sheets specially cut to form lugs or tabs which project beyond the body of the sticker to provide a structure which can be grasped with the fingers to remove the sticker. Additionally, a series of several manufacturing steps is required to form this multilayer arrangement. There is, moreover, no suggestion that the potentially costly sticker unit described in this reference is intended to be reused once it has been removed from the surface to which it has been applied.
Consequently, the prior art has failed to disclose a sign, label, tag or the like which is rendered efficiently and effectively removable and potentially reusable by the provision of an integral, self-contained adhesive-free area located completely within the perimeter of the sign or a simple, inexpensive method for producing a readily removable and reusable sign, label, tag or sticker containing such an adhesive-free area.
It is, therefore, a primary object of the present invention to provide a pressure-sensitive adhesive-backed reusable sign which includes an integral, self-contained easily identified adhesive-free portion located completely within the perimeter of the sign whereby the sign may be easily removed from the surface to which it has been applied and readily reapplied to another surface, if desired.
It is another object of the present invention to provide a readily removable and repeatedly reusable sign which may be located on either an exterior or an interior surface.
It is yet another object of the present invention to provide a method for producing a readily removable and repeatedly reusable pressure sensitive adhesive backed sign including the creation of an adhesive-free zone which is completely contained within the perimeter of the sign.
It is still another object of the present invention to provide a method for producing an easily removable, potentially reusable pressure sensitive adhesive backed sign which minimizes material waste.
It is a further object of the present invention to provide a low-cost, efficient method for producing an easily removable, potentially reusable pressure sensitive adhesive backed sign which may be employed with only minimal modification of existing production line equipment.
The present invention provides a readily removable sign or label which may be temporarily applied to a surface, removed easily from that surface and subsequently reapplied to other surfaces. The sign of the present invention includes a sheet which has a first, information-receiving surface and a second, adhesive receiving surface opposite the first surface. An adhesive-free zone located completely within the outer perimeter of the sign is provided on the second surface to form finger grip means. The second, adhesive-receiving surface is laminated to a release-coated backing paper. Optional identifying indicia may be applied to the first surface to mark the location of the adhesive-free zone and thereby assist users of the sign to locate the adhesive-free zone prior to removal of the sign.
The present invention additionally provides a method for producing a readily removable and potentially reusable sign having a first, information-receiving surface and a second, adhesive-receiving surface and including an adhesive-free zone positioned within the perimeter of the zone to form finger grip means. The method of the present invention includes the steps of providing a first sheet having at least one surface characterized by low adhesion, perforating the first sheet at a plurality of predetermined points to form a predetermined pattern of perforations, providing a second sheet including a first, information-receiving surface and a second, adhesive-receiving surface, applying a pressure sensitive adhesive to the adhesive-receiving surface of the second sheet, laminating the low adhesion surface of the perforated first sheet to the second surface of the second sheet to create a laminate having a plurality of exposed adhesive zones, neutralizing the adhesive on the second surface in the area of the perforations to create a plurality of adhesive-free zones, optionally applying information to the information-receiving surface of the second sheet, and cutting the laminated first and second sheets according to a predetermined pattern to form a plurality of signs, each of which includes an adhesive-free zone within the perimeter thereof.
Other objects and advantages will be apparent from the following descripton, claims and drawing.
FIG. 1 is a top view of one embodiment of removable and reusable sign of the present invention;
FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view of the sign of FIG. 1;
FIG. 3 is a top view of a second embodiment of removable and reusable sign of the present invention;
FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view of the sign of FIG. 3;
FIG. 5 is a top view of a backing sheet perforated according to the method of the present invention;
FIG. 6 is a top perspective view of a perforated backing sheet and an adhesive-receiving sheet laminated according to the present invention and including a plurality of signs of a single configuration; and
FIG. 7 illustrates one end use of the present invention.
The proliferation of information-conveying signs or labels which include a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer to enable the temporary or substantially permanent application of these signs to a variety of surfaces has created a need for a way to remove the signs easily so that they can be reused or replaced with additional information-conveying signs. The present invention provides both an easily removable and reusable pressure-sensitive adhesive backed sign and a method for producing such an easily removable and reusable sign. The signs contemplated by the present invention will take a variety of forms, and the examples discussed herein are intended to be illustrative and are not intended to be limiting in any way. Additionally, although the term "sign" is used throughout to designate the information-conveying medium with which the present invention is employed, the term "sign" is intended to include labels, tags, "stickers", "bumper stickers" and similar information-conveying media.
Referring to the drawings, FIG. 1 illustrates, in top view, one embodiment of a sign 10 manufactured in accordance with the present invention. The sign 10 has a generally rectangular configuration, although any geometric or irregular shape desired may be employed. The selection of a regular, geometric configuration, however, substantially reduces material waste during production and, therefore, reduces the cost of each sign. Identifying indicia or information 12 are shown printed on the top surface 14 of the sign 10. The opposite lower surface, as will be described in more detail hereinbelow, includes a layer of pressure-sensitive adhesive which covers the entire lower surface of the sign except for an adhesive-free area or zone 16 indicated by the dashed outline in the lower right corner of sign 10. A marker 18 is optionally provided within the adhesive-free zone 16 to assist in locating the position of the zone. The marker 18 may take a variety of forms. It is preferred to use a hole having a diameter of about 1/64 inch, such as would be made by a punch. A marker of this type is sufficiently small and unobtrusive that it does not interfere with the information contained on the sign, but can still be seen by the person who must remove the sign.
The exact size and location of the adhesive-free zone 16 will depend in large measure upon the shape and the size of the sign 10. The most effective location of zone 16 on a rectangular sign has been found to be at one of the four corners. The size or area of zone 16 relative to the area of the sign does not have to be very large and, in some applications, should be as small as possible. A sufficiently large adhesive-free zone must be provided to enable the person removing the sign to grasp the edge of the sign with the fingers and pull it away from the surface on which it has been applied. The adhesive-free zone 16 is located completely within the outside perimeter of the sign 10 and would also be located completely within the perimeter of a sign having a circular configuration. The adhesive-free zone for a circular sign may be of any effective configuration, however, a wedge-shaped area has been found to work well.
FIG. 2 illustrates the sign 10 of FIG. 1 in cross-section, where it can be seen that sign 10 includes multiple layers. Sign 10 includes a film or sheet 20 having a top surface 14, which receives information such as that displayed at 12 in FIG. 1, and a bottom surface 22, which receives a layer 24 of a pressure-sensitive adhesive. The adhesive layer 24 covers all of surface 22 except for zone 16, which is adhesive-free. Until the sign 10 is actually applied to its intended surface, the pressure-sensitive adhesive is protected by a backing sheet 26. The surface 28 of the backing sheet 26 which covers adhesive layer 24 is provided with a release-type coating (not shown), such as silicone, so that this surface is characterized by low adhesion, and the sign 10 may be readily removed from the backing sheet 26. The marker 18, which locates the adhesive-free area, will assist the user of the sign in locating the adhesive-free zone 16 and removing the sign from the backing sheet 26.
FIG. 3 illustrates a second embodiment of the present invention in top view, and FIG. 4 illustrates this embodiment in cross-section. The sign 30 of this embodiment is particularly well-suited for application to an exterior surface such as an automobile windshield. Sign 30 includes a central signal portion 32 which is covered by a transparent protective film 34. Film 34 extends beyond the perimeter of signal portion 32 to areas 33 and 35 in the sign 30 shown in in FIG. 3 and includes a backing layer of pressure-sensitive adhesive. However, the film 34 could be coextensive with the signal portion 32. This arrangement permits the exterior use of a material for signal portion 32 which might not otherwise be able to withstand adverse environmental conditions. The shape of signal portion 32 can be the unusual elliptical configuration shown in FIG. 3 or any other shape desired. As will be explained in more detail hereinbelow in connection with FIG. 7, one anticipated use of a sign of this embodiment is to provide a marker which can be easily seen and identified from a distance. Consequently, any shape which achieves this objective can be utilized. Since the film portion 34 is rectangular, an adhesive-free zone 36 is positioned at a corner of the rectangle. A marker 38 identifies the location of the adhesive-free zone 36.
FIG. 4 shows the multiple layer construction of sign 30 as it would appear in cross-section at approximately the center of the sign. Film 34 includes a layer 40 of pressure-sensitive adhesive. Disposed below adhesive layer 40 is the central signal portion 32, which also includes a layer 42 of a pressure-sensitive adhesive. The entire assembly is preferably held on a backing sheet 44 until application to a surface is desired. The backing sheet 44 preferably includes a release coating (not shown) so that the sign 30 can be easily removed from the backing sheet and replaced on the backing sheet, if desired.
The signs of the present invention can be made from a variety of materials. Plastic films, such as MYLAR� (polyester), polyvinylchloride, acetate, methylmethacrylate and polycarbonate, are particularly suitable for use in the present invention. They can be transparent or colored, and the surfaces of these films will accept both printing and the application of a pressure-sensitive adhesive. Suitable backing papers which may be laminated to such adhesive-backed films to protect the adhesive prior to application of signs formed from these films are known in the laminating art. Any suitable film or backing paper which achieves the objectives sought by the present invention could be used to form the easily removable and reusable signs described herein. Both sheet 20 of sign 10 of FIG. 1 and the central signal portion 32 of sign 30 of FIG. 3 could, in addition, be made from paper, lightweight paperboard or the like to which a layer of pressure-sensitive adhesive has been applied.
There are available many pressure-sensitive adhesives which could be employed to form the easily removable sign of the present invention. The specific adhesive selected will depend, in part, upon whether the sign is intended for reuse or reapplication.
The present invention further includes a method for producing the readily removable signs described above. The creation of an adhesive-free zone on each sign like zone 16 (FIG. 1) and zone 36 (FIG. 3) and the mass production of a large number of adhesive-backed signs laminated to a backing sheet is efficiently achieved according to the method of the present invention. This method is described with reference to FIGS. 5 and 6.
Pressure-sensitive product laminates typically consist of a film that is coated with a suitable pressure-sensitive adhesive and a backing or laminate sheet which is generally paper and one side of which is characterized by low adhesive attraction. Often a release-type coating, such as silicone, is applied to the backing paper to achieve the low adhesion characteristics. FIG. 5 illustrates such a backing or laminate sheet 50. The backing sheet 50 is perforated at a plurality of regular intervals. The size, spacing and location of perforations 52 will vary, depending upon the ultimate configuration and size chosen for the signs to be produced. A circular or elliptical perforation is preferred, however. For purposes of illustration, the present method will be described as it relates to the production of a rectangular sign, such as that shown in FIG. 1. The same method may be effectively employed to produce a circular, elliptical or even a pretzel-shaped sign. This method, moreover, can be adapted easily to large or small scale production equipment. In the production of a sign of rectangular configuration, the backing sheet 50 can be marked with a series of intersecting parallel lines, such as lines 54 forming the grid shown in FIG. 5. The rectangular areas 56 outlined by the lines 54 correspond to the ultimate dimensions of the plurality of signs which may be obtained from each sheet. It will be apparent that the production of a rectangular sign results in the least waste of material; however, the production of other shapes of removable signs according to this process also results in less waste than do prior art processes.
Perforations 52 are positioned substantially symmetrically about the point of intersection 58 of four adjacent rectangles 56 so that each perforation 52 removes a portion of the corner 60 of each rectangle 56. The perforations 52 may be made in the backing sheet 50 on conventional high speed machinery currently employed for perforating business forms, paper towels and the like.
One surface of the plastic film, paper or other material 62 from which the sign is to be made is coated with pressure-sensitive adhesive appropriate for the ultimate application of the sign according to conventional methods which are well known in the art, and the backing sheet 50, perforated as described, is then laminated to the adhesive-coated film 62 to form the laminate 64 shown in FIG. 6. Perforations 52, indicated in dashed lines in FIG. 6, do not extend through the film 62, but expose areas of the adhesive-coated surface of film 62.
Following the lamination of backing sheet 50 to the adhesive-coated film 62, the laminate is subjected to an adhesive neutralization step, whereby the adhesive-containing areas on film 62 which are exposed by the perforations 52 in the backing sheet 50 are treated to render them adhesive-free. A particularly effective and efficient way to achieve this objective is to apply an adhesive-neutralizing material to the backing sheet side of the laminate 64 so that the adhesive-neutralizing material contacts the adhesive on film 62 in the area of each perforation 52. Any material capable of neutralizing the adhesive coated on film 62 may be used for this purpose. A dry powder is the preferred form for the adhesive-neutralizing material. One particularly effective adhesive-neutralizing material, which is also very low in cost, is powdered talc, a readily available inexpensive form of magnesium silicate. The talc can be easily applied to the perforations on the backing sheet by a variety of methods, such as, for example, dusting by means of inpregnated pads, by rollers, by the application of controlled puffs of talc or by wipe on--wipe off techniques. Other, similar, adhesive-neutralizing materials, such as silica or pulverized charcoal, may also be employed. However, any material which could be used in the process described herein to effectively neutralize the adhesive in a pressure-sensitive laminate is contemplated for use with the present invention. Moreover, the addition of the described adhesive-neutralizing step to conventional laminating proceses can be achieved with only minimal changes in production line equipment.
The application of the talc or other suitable material creates a plurality of adhesive-free areas or zones which are defined by the circumferences of perforations 52 on the adhesive-coated surface of sheet 62. When the laminate 64 is cut along lines 66 to form a plurality of rectangular signs 68 as shown in FIG. 6, each rectangle has an adhesive-free zone 70 in one corner. Adhesive-free zone 70 in FIG. 6 corresponds to the adhesive-free zone 16 of sign 10 in FIG. 1. The adhesive-free zone thus created provides a lifting point for the finished sign which will remain adhesive-free for the life of the sign. The adhesive-free zone serves not only to assist the user in removing the sign from its backing paper and to place it in the exact location selected, but also to aid the user in removing the sign from that location with relative ease and without tools.
Prior to cutting the laminate sheet 64 into individual signs 68, the sheet may be printed by silk-screening or other suitable processes so that each sign contains whatever information, identifying indicia or the like desired. Also, prior to cutting the laminate sheet 64 into individual signs, a suitable marker may be applied to the sheet to mark the precise location of the adhesive-free zone 70 on each sign. This may be accomplished by punching the laminate at points 72 in FIG. 6. A punch which leaves a hole about 1/64 inch in diameter has been found to be especially suitable for this purpose. The arrangement shown in FIG. 6 lends itself particularly well to the use of a machine tool which includes four such punches to punch simultaneously markers 72 in the adhesive-free zones 70 of four signs 68. The markers 72 in FIG. 6 correspond to marker 18 in FIG. 1. If film 62 is transparent or light in color, the adhesive-free area 70 may be simultaneously created and marked by using talc which has been tinted or a naturally dark adhesive-neutralizing material, such as pulverized charcoal.
The printed and punched laminate sheet 64 is then cut along lines 66 to form the finished signs 68. The number of signs which can be obtained from each laminate sheet, such as sheet 64, will depend upon such factors as the size of the laminate sheet and the size and configuration of the finished signs printed on the sheet.
The production of the sign embodiment shown in FIGS. 3 and 4 will be similar to that just described. An additional laminating step would be required, preferably after the printing step, to laminate a transparent film to the upper surface of the laminate sheet 64 so that the printed signs will be protected when they are applied to exterior surfaces.
FIG. 7 illustrates one use for which the removable and reusable pressure-sensitive adhesive sign of the present invention is especially suited. A motor vehicle or automobile 80 is shown in front view and includes mounted on the front windshield 82 a sign 84 produced according to the present invention. The sign 84 would most conveniently be placed in the upper portion of the windshield 82 in the area of the rear view mirror 86. A large area in front of the rear view mirror is an unused part of the windshield. This "free" windshield area forward of the rear view mirror is about six inches by ten inches in almost all vehicles, or about 60 square inches, or about 4% of the windshield area. The windshield of a medium-sized automobile has an area of about 1,500 square inches. Therefore, a 3.5 inch disc, such as sign 84 in FIG. 7, would occupy 9.6 square inches, or only 0.64% of the windshield area, and could be safely and legally applied to a vehicle windshield. A sign identical to sign 84 could also be applied to the automobile rear window in approximately the same location. A 3.5 inch disc would occupy only abouty 1.20% of the area of the rear window of a medium-sized autmobile.
Colorful, light-reflective and luminescent pressure-sensitive shapes that could be seen from afar, and placed at the top center of windshields as indicated by sign 84 in FIG. 7 and on rear automobile windows, as well, would aid in locating parked cars. Shopping centers, airports, stadiums, racetracks and mass transit parking areas, in particular, are places where people constantly encounter difficulty seeking their automobiles, a task made a bit more difficult by trends towards the standardization of automobile models and of colors. Such car finding helps could be made in a variety of colors, patterns and sizes. Placing them anywhere in the top portion of an automobile windshield would be legal, as discussed above, since they would occupy only a minimal area of the windshield. A three inch diameter disc, adhered to a vehicle, can be spotted at a considerable distance, particularly when colors such as international orange or fluorescent yellow or green are employed in the manufacture of the disc 84. The inherent utility of such a product will be immediately apparent to anyone who has ever wandered through a large, crowded parking lot of seemingly identical automobiles trying to locate the vehicle he knew he had parked somewhere in the vast lot.
The uppermost area of the front windshield is heavily tinted in most automobiles manufactured today and in recent years. Hence, for maximum visibility, any signal locator for an automobile must be positioned on the exterior, although interior mounting would be satisfactory on the rear window since few of those are ever tinted. Consequently, it is preferable to employ a material for the top sheet 62 of the laminate or a protective film which is tough and weather-resistant. A sign made according to the present invent and applied, like sign 84, to an exterior location on an automobile windshield as indicated in FIG. 7 has proved to be impervious to the action of both windshield wiper blades and cleaning products, most of which include ammonia, isopropyl alcohol, petroleum-based products and the like. Moreover, this sign has withstood repeated removals and reapplications over an extended period of time and continues to function effectively as an identifying signal. This is in distinct contrast to the pressure sensitive adhesive products currently available on the market.
Removable and reusable pressure sensitive markers and signals similar to the product mentioned above would be of use to funeral directors to keep cemetery-bound mourners together, particularly when there are a large number of vehicles in traffic, and the cemetery is at some distance from the church or funeral home. The provision of an adhesive-free zone within the marker or signal makes removal of the marker or signal quite easy so that it may be reused on subsequent occasions.
An additional use of the present invention would be in the office environment where signs, labels or tags made of paper or similar materials could be provided with an adhesive-free zone, the location of which is preferably indicated by the application of a marker, such as marker 18 in FIG. 1. Such signs could be used to mark files and the like.
The present invention will find its primary applicability in the production of high quality, easily removable and reusable signs, labels, tags, markers and other information-conveying materials which are held on a surface or substrate by a layer of pressure-sensitive adhesive. The number of uses to which the readily removable sign of the present invention may be put is virtually limitless.
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Effective date: 19910609


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Featuring a wide range of work spanning several decades, Viva Photofilm looks at how photographs, when placed in a cinematic context, can create a filmic experience. Photofilms deconstruct cinema into single frames, language, sound, and music. Taking each element as an independent component, the photofilm is consciously assembled in a playful way to become a projected reality.
Find more information about VivaPhotoFilm part 1 at the Goethe Institut website.
Viva Photofilm parts 2 through 6 will be screened from July 12 to 15 at YBCA's screening room.


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A man trying to wean himself off street heroin bought black market methadone as a substitute.
Barry Taylor, 39, of Yew Tree Road, Grange Park, pleaded guilty to possessing class A drugs. He was sentenced to six months supervision by Blackpool Magistrates' Court.
Steven Townley, defending, said his client had been told it could take several months before he was eligible for a methadone prescription, so he decided to self-medicate.
Follow us on twitter @The_Gazette and like our page on facebook to keep up with all the latest news.


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Trick or Treat
Wednesday, September 25
Have Broom,Will Fly!
Trick or Treat
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Beautiful card, just love the TSC image!! Lovely colors!! Thank you for join with us at Artistic Inspirations this week, hugs Kate (DT)ReplyDelete
I love this, especially how you have coloured her stockings! What a great Halloween card! Thanks for playing along with us at Opus Gluei in our Boo Challenge!ReplyDelete
Nicely composed and executed. I like designs that use the traditional halloween colors in muted tones. Your color integration here is fabulous. Design comes across with a softer feel and look. Beautiful coloring of the image, also. Thanks for leaving this on our doorstep here at 613 Avenue Create!ReplyDelete
Chana, Owner
Gorgeous card. Love the colours and paper piecing.ReplyDelete
Thank you for joining us at Creative Fingers
Huggsss, Angelique
Lovely card! Thanks for sharing with us at The Crazy Challenge and hope to see you again in our challenges.ReplyDelete
Cool card. Thanks for joining us at The Crazy Challenges.ReplyDelete
Lovely Halloween card! Thanks for joining at Creative Fingers: Make It ShineReplyDelete
Beautiful work - I just love it!!ReplyDelete
Thank you for joining this week at Creative Fingers I hope you come back for the new challenge today
Zoe x
Handmade with lots of Love
Great card.ReplyDelete
Super cardReplyDelete
Thank you for joining us at BasicGrey Challenges this week
Jo x
fabulous card, thanks for joining us at Artistic Inspirations challengeReplyDelete
fabulous colouringReplyDelete
Thank you for joining us at Artistic Inspirations this week.
Claire x
Deanne, this is a fun Halloween card... the witch is colored so well! Love the fun papers, too!ReplyDelete
Thank you for participating in the ABC Challenges Tic Tac Toe Challenge this week!
The white faux stitching makes everything pop. Love the paper piecing and the sparkly bits you have added. Very cool design. Again, Thanks for joining our Anything Goes challenge at Craftitude. It's been fun to check out your beautiful cards.ReplyDelete
ohh this is sooo cute! Love the paper piecing and the fabulous sparkle of the hat!!!ReplyDelete
Thanks for joining our fortnightly challenge here at Craftitude challenge. Hope you will join us next time. DT Crafting Vicky I have some candy on my blog ;o) http://crafting-vicky.blogspot.ca/2013/09/400-followers-giveaway.html
She's terrific. The perfect amount of glitter. Wonderful card. Thanks so much for playing along with us at OPUS GLUEI.ReplyDelete
Loving the colors you've used and your image is great - I have a feeling she'd be getting more treats than tricks with her sexy witch costume! Thanks so much for participating in our Opus Gluei challenge!ReplyDelete
Thanks so much for your wonderful comments! Always greatly appreciated and read. Have a happy crafting day!!!


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Vacation weather rules across region
Wed., July 15, 2009, 7:24 a.m.
Warm, dry weather – perfect for vacation - continues across the Inland Northwest through Saturday, and forecasters this morning said they see no major changes through the middle of next week.
Highs are expected to reach the middle or upper 80s today across Spokane and Coeur d'Alene and then go into the lower 90s on Thursday through Saturday. Some portions of urban Spokane could see highs of 95 on Friday.
A weak weather system moving into Canada on Saturday should drag a week cold front across the Inland Northwest allowing for some cooling on Sunday through Tuesday, although highs should remain at or above the seasonal normal of 83 in Spokane for this time of year.
High pressure along the West Coast combined with an even stronger high pressure system in the Southwest is keeping the skies blue across the region. Some residual moisture from Monday's rain storms may cause cloudiness across the mountains of northeast Washington and North Idaho, however.
Monday's low pressure system also drew cool air into the upper levels of the mountains. One forecaster said some snow fell at elevations as low as 6,000 feet on Tuesday. Mullan Pass along Interstate 90 in North Idaho set a record cold maximum temperature on Tuesday of 43 degrees, breaking the record of 44 for the date in 1957. Records at the pass date back to 1938.
At 7 a.m., temperatures were in the upper 50s at most locations, including 59 at Spokane International Airport, 59 at Pullman, 55 in Coeur d'Alene, 59 in Deer Park and 55 in Sandpoint.


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The Archdiocese of Mexico, in an editorial published by its official newspaper Desde la Fe, said this week the lawsuit against Cardinal Norberto Rivera Carrera accusing him of covering up sexual abuse by a Mexican priest is a now a closed case, after a court in Los Angeles dismissed the lawsuit.
"Thus have the diabolical intentions of those who sued (the cardinal) over an alleged international conspiracy of the Catholic Church to protect delinquent priests have fallen to pieces," the article stated.
Cardinal Rivera was the subject of a lawsuit in Los Angeles by Joaquin Aguilar, who claimed that the cardinal covered up abuse by Father Nicolas Aguilar, who was a priest from the Archdiocese of Mexico working in California.
The article called Aguilar a "deceitful young person" and said his lawsuit, brought by "unscrupulous lawyers" represented "an abuse against the cardinal, the faithful and all Mexicans." It emphasized that in the wake of the incident, the Church must analyze what measures need to be taken to repair the damage that has been done, especially with regards to how it has affected young people.
The editorial praised U.S. Judge Eliu Berle for his meticulous ruling, noting as well that legal scholars say an appeal of the ruling would not likely succeed. "In the end," it stated, "officials did not find any reason to judge the case in a U.S. court and they decided that the issue—if it has any merit at all—should be under the competence of the Mexican justice system."


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Primary tabs
How should NATO forces be deployed to control the civil war in Libya?
Turn up the heat on Muammar Gaddafi and establish a long-term presence to help democracy take root.
14% (111 votes)
Fight until Gaddafi is neutralized and then pull out, allowing the people of Libya to establish a new regime.
26% (206 votes)
Withdraw forces and let the civil war take its course.
60% (484 votes)
Total votes: 801


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New Autauga Co. bk: 1820-1833 deeds & Mortgages
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- In the "New Releases" in the latest catalog from Pioneer Publishing,
there is a new book by Larry Caver:
"Transcriptions form Deeds & Mortgages, Autauga Co., AL (1820-1833)"
It is available on by phone or mail ONLY as they say it is listed with
them on a temporary basis (you will not find in on the website). The
phone # is 662-237-6010. The address is:
Pioneer Publishing Co.
PO Box 408
Carrollton MS 38917
According to the listing the book is 181 pages with index and is
reasonably priced ($20.00).
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