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Reading, United Kingdom, 2013/08/29 - Acision, the global leader in mobile messaging, launched its research report, MAVAM Mexico 2013 (Acision Monitor of Mobile Value Added Services (VAS) fourth edition), which analyses the evolution and usage trends of VAS in Mexico - Acision.com.
Mobile VAS sales increased 13% in Mexico compared with the same period last year;
Mobile internet access now accounts for 32% of VAS sales in Mexico;
53% state they need SMS, despite smartphone owners having access to OTT messaging services;
98% of smartphone owners use more than one instant messaging application; 89% of smartphone owners also use SMS;
Operators can carve out new services and add-ons, which combine all consumer requirements, while improving user satisfaction, stickiness and revenue.
This is the first of three reports looking at the VAS trends across Latin America, with particular focus on Mexico, Brazil and Argentina; the latter two of which will be launched next week.
The research revealed that with the universal availability of 3G networks, alongside increased adoption of lower cost smartphones, and the roll out of high-speed fibre and LTE (4G) networks, accessibility to the internet, web services and applications has increased considerably, boosting VAS usage in the market. Analysing the second quarter (Q2) 2013 (April June), MAVAM shows a 10% year-on-year increase (MEX$) on mobile business net sales to $MEX 57.05 billion (USD $4.57 billion), of which VAS represented $MEX 15.09 billion (USD $1.21 billion), a 13% increase on the same quarter the previous year and representing 33% of service sales.
Mobile internet connections experienced the biggest growth (51%) in VAS compared to the same quarter in 2012, generating revenues of $MEX 4.89 billion (USD $0.38 billion), and accounting for 32% of all VAS with many believing this is just the beginning of this upsurge. Messaging services on the other hand, including SMS and MMS, generated $MEX 7.77 billion (USD $0.62 billion) for Mexican operators in Q2, representing 52% of VAS sales, but with no increase in revenue on Q2 2012 almost certainly due to the reduction in connections and changes to pricing packages which now focus on bundling large numbers of SMS instead of charging per message.
Looking at the overall Latin America (LATAM) market, VAS revenue grew by 24% to around $7.7 billion USD ($MEX 95.66 billion), representing 35% of operators total revenues and proving that accessibility to internet-enabled devices is opening the door for many new applications which are changing the way mobile users connect and communicate the knock on effect being new revenue streams, said Fatima Raimondi, Senior Vice President and General Manager of Acision, Latin America. When comparing Mexico with the rest of LATAM, MAVAM indicates that in line with the flourishing smartphone market uptake of VAS is still rising significantly, particularly for new services.
While traditional messaging services (text and picture messaging) may have reached their peak in terms of revenue, when speaking to operators in the region they agree that these services remain important for more than 80% of the population that dont have a smartphone yet. The majority believe it will remain a stable service for some time to come and are activating new, appealing services which enrich SMS to drive up incremental revenue and subscriber loyalty, continued Raimondi.
The report highlights some of SMS-type services operators can and are deploying and the consumer reactions to these. Services such as message delivery notification, Collect SMS, auto-reply, and black and white listing some of which are already present in Mexico triggered high interest, showing that if operators launched this functionality it would fit with consumer expectations.
New mobile internet services and application usage is also accelerating, with the research results demonstrating that 98% of smartphone owners use more than one instant messaging (IM) service. WhatsApp (84%) is the most popular IM application, followed by Facebook (70%) and Twitter (43%). This is a global trend, one where we are seeing consumers messaging more over multiple applications and devices where services co-exist to fulfill all consumer expectations across reach, reliability and enriched features which today are not achieved by any one single service.
In the case of smartphones users, there is already high dependency on over-the-top (OTT) / IM platforms, with 76% commenting that the lack of service would represent a problem and 26% claiming they would be lost without it. Regarding the use of picture messaging (MMS), 69% of respondents used multimedia messaging at least once in the last three months, which is high compared to previous MAVAMs, and particularly high amongst smartphone users at 78% usage.
Raimondi, stated: "With the evolution of messaging services and the growing requirement by mobile users for richer services where they can share more content, such as pictures, audio and videos, the time is ripe for operators to address these needs with new, innovative services. The use of picture messages is evidence of this, where users have a desire to continue to share content, whether they have internet access or not, due to the social media and content sharing age we now live in.
Globally, we are witnessing operators take a number of approaches to fulfill user requirements, either by enriching SMS services, partnering with OTT partners or by launching their own Rich Messaging, OTT or RCS type services. This may one day lead to a single access point for all messaging services. We believe operators are in a unique position to carve out new services and add-ons, which combine all the elements consumer demand, while improving user satisfaction, stickiness and incremental revenue generation. However, success will be based on the ability to satisfy the majority. Acision is poised to play a leading industry role in accelerating the delivery of richer, IP-based messaging services, and ensuring operators can provide a superior seamless experience for all," concluded Raimondi.
When questioned about such operator-led IP messaging services, referring to the GSMAs RCS initiative, branded joyn, respondents showed a hypothetical acceptance to this with only 12% of those questioned stating they would not use it. This again reaffirms that, while OTT app usage is escalating, a single service from an operator would have a place in a market overcrowded with new applications and too much choice.
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Fresh fruits are shipped to your neighborhood market from all over the country and the world. Mexico, Australia and other countries grow, harvest and transport grapes, kiwi, strawberries and other fruits to the U.S. There is a very real risk of contamination from such pathogens as E. coli, salmonella and hepatitis A. The consumer must protect himself by looking for indications of possible contamination at the point of purchase, storing fruit safely at home and cleaning and sanitizing before eating. Properly sanitizing fruit could save your family from symptoms of foodborne illness that include vomiting, headaches, fever and diarrhea lasting up to three days.
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Choose produce without bruising or blemishes, which allow pathogens to enter the fruit. This includes rind fruit since it can be contaminated when the knife transports to the interior of the fruit as it is cut.
Store produce such as apples, grapes and pears in tightly wrapped plastic in the produce crisper drawer to retard the growth of bacteria. Store naturally ripening fruit such as peaches and bananas at room temperature in a mesh bag in a cool, dry and dark place. Do not wash the produce before storing it in the refrigerator or at room temperature.
Scrub the fruit -- including rind fruit -- with a vegetable brush in a solution of 1 tbsp. chlorine bleach to 1 gallon of fresh clean water. Immerse the fruit in the solution for at least one minute while gently scrubbing it and changing the water frequently. Rinse the fruit thoroughly in clean running water.
Eat the fruit immediately or place it in bowls to be consumed within a reasonable amount of time.
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- Sanitize fruits from your garden as you would those from any other source.
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- Maintain the refrigerator temperature below 40 F.
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Of the many APIs we published this week, eleven were highlighted on the blog by our team of writers. In this post, we'll shine a spotlight on those eleven, which included the OneID API. OneID aims to end the problem that many people have with too many usernames and passwords. It does so by combing a users security keys into one big, encrypted "blob." Apparently this information is more secure than normal user authentication practices and is callable via the OneID API. Once a users information is in the blob, OneID authenticates a user when they are trying to log into a site by confirming three different digital signatures on different devices. To learn more about OneID functionality, visit the OneID site as well as the OneID API blog post.
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Anyone can be their own travel agent with access to all the information they need online. But when trying to plan the perfect trip, internet users may feel bombarded by the vast amount of information available and may not even know where to start. Momondo.com is just the kind of tool that would be relevant in this situation. It's a travel site that provides users with the best prices for flights, hotels and car rentals. Momondo also provides an the Momondo API that allows developers to integrate this functionality with other relevant applications.


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Windham High School recently celebrated the induction of Jody Hill into its Athletic Hall of Fame.
Hill, who is a 1975 graduate of Windham, was recognized for his achievements on the basketball court.
Playing under head coach Ron Kamada, Hill helped guide the Bombers to a 58-9 record during his career. Hill was part of three sectional championships and two district championships.
He joins the Hall of Fame alongside former teammates Rob Garrett, Dave Flegal, Ted McDivitt, Barry Lyons, Larry Jett, Dave Jett and Jim Christopher.
Hill was twice voted First Team All-Portage County League and was known as an all-around player that could shoot, rebound and defend. In his senior season, Hill averaged 19.2 points per game, which allowed him to become the first-ever Windham player to receive First Team All-Ohio honors.
Hill also played football for the Bombers and was a member of the school's band, playing the trumpet. He went on to earn his Bachelor's degree from Malone University and his Master's degree from Trinity Theological Seminary, where he is currently completing his Doctorate in biblical counseling.
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Operation Tuleta: Journalist held on suspicion of mobile data theft
A journalist has been arrested on suspicion of stealing data from a mobile phone by detectives investigating claims of computer hacking arising from the phone hacking affair.
The 51-year-old man is the eighth person held by Operation Tuleta, which was set up to investigate alleged computer hacking and wider privacy offences.
The Metropolitan police said the man was arrested on suspicion of handling stolen goods after attending a central London police station at 10am by appointment.
Operation Tuleta is linked to Scotland Yard's Operation Weeting, which was set up to probe allegations of phone hacking at newspapers.
'A man was arrested this morning by officers from Operation Tuleta, the investigation into criminal breaches of privacy which is being carried out in conjunction with [the Metropolitan police service] phone hacking inquiries,' a spokesman said.
'The arrest relates to a suspected conspiracy involving the gathering of data from stolen mobile phones and is not about seeking journalists to reveal confidential sources in relation to information that has been obtained legitimately.'


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Progress in the new Jewish settlements in Argentine is seen by the fact that many of the settlers are sending for their families. From July 1st, 1928 to June 30th, 1929. 3,375 of the new settlers sent 168,590 pesos ($76,000) to their wives and children in Europe. In addition they are buying steamship tickets on the instalment plan to bring their families to the new country, states a report received by the Hias, Hebrew Sheltering and Immigrant Aid Society, from its offices in Buenos Aires.
During the period covered by the report 7,000 Jewish immigrants arrived. This was a considerable increase over the number in the same period for previous years and was attributed to the extension of the organization established in Argentine by Hias, Ica and Emigdirect working to-together to assist the Jewish migrants.


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J.A.I.L. News Journal
Los Angeles, California October 17, 2005
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Why Can't J.A.I.L. Help People
In response to JNJ "J.A.I.L. Is NOT Part Of The Court System"
(Names are omitted)
This was a very good article. But I don't understand one thing. Why can't
JAIL ...work together [with others within the system]?
(That's the question that was
already answered
in the JNJ to which the reader is responding!)
We are all after the same thing, and that's eliminating court corruption and keeping innocent people out of jail and their money in their pockets. People need help now. JAIL sounds great and hopefully will become a reality, but there is no way it will for a long time. PEOPLE NEED HELP NOW. No one understands how to go about making the courts do it right. Everyday that goes by, more and more people are paying for victimless crimes and the judges and lawyers are getting richer and richer. People need somewhere to turn when they face having to go before the courts. Where is that place? Who can afford to go all over the country helping people? Or where do you go to learn how to do this yourself?
[W]e explained why-- it is outside the scope of J.A.I.L. J.A.I.L. does not get involved with the system. If you don't understand that, I don't know what to tell you. I'll send this to a couple of our people who fully understand the scope of J.A.I.L. Perhaps they may be able to explain further to you. -Barbie
One explanation offered is:
I'll take a shot at trying to explain.
You can win all the cases you want in traffic court or any other court, but the cops still ticket you anyway and you are back defending yourself once more. And if you sue a judge and he is dismissed by his black robed brethren on the basis of judicial immunity, where do you go for redress? Where do you go to compensate you for your losses?
None of us are suggesting you shouldn't keep pursuing wins in court. We all do that. Ya got no choice when they haul you in. By your own admission, you have over 300 wins in court. But they still keep coming after you, don't they? Wouldn't it be nice if they just stopped coming against you? Or do you like court as a hobby as I once did? Heck, I was beating traffic tickets 15 years ago. But they still arrest me on the same charges. And I still beat them. I'd just rather not be there.
The singular purpose of JAIL is to pass legislation which will allow the people
just like you
to determine if a judge should be granted immunity for his actions.
It is my belief after JAIL is passed -
and once a couple of "judges" are successfully sued by people just like you
- that judges will have a whole new perspective on their job... will have a refreshingly new perspective on their responsibility to recognize, declare and protect
rights. It is my belief that once
successfully reach into
pockets a lot of things will change.
By the way, please read JAIL's definition of a judge and think about who it covers.
Another explanation is:
[I]f there is no plug on the cord of an electric saw, that saw is not going to saw anything for you until you put a new plug on the cord. You can dance with the saw, you can pray to the saw, you can form a drum circle around the saw and chant incantations, you can recruit a hundred people, get them to rub the saw against the wood you want to cut ........ but until you put a new plug on the cord that saw ain't going to saw anything.
What people like you don't seem to grasp is that THE MACHINERY THAT YOU NEED TO GET JUSTICE DONE DOESN'T EXIST. IT'S MISSING A VITAL PART THAT THE FOUNDERS AND FRAMERS (BY ACCIDENT OR BY INTENTION....WHO KNOWS) LEFT OUT OF OUR GOVERNMENTAL SYSTEM.
Ron was where you are now.... 20 years ago. He couldn't believe that there wasn't some way to make the courts do justice. 18 [years fighting in the system and] 14 [denied petitions from] the Supreme Court [dissuaded] him of that notion.......and inspired the creation of J.A.I.L.
You too may be incapable of absorbing the reality that THERE AIN'T NO RELIABLE JUSTICE IN THE AMERICAN SYSTEM....AND THERE AIN'T GOING TO BE ANY.... UNTIL THE MISSING PART IS PUT INTO THE MACHINERY.
You may have to skin your own knees.....waste your own time and resources for the next twenty years.....pursuing your dream.
Meanwhile, those of us who are involved with J.A.I.L. are moving ahead to forge and install the missing part so that the machine will work properly.
If you are aflicted with the compulsion (so common to so many) to throw yourself into the legal meat grinder
....believing that "there must be a way to make it work".......go with our blessings.......
good luck.
Of course we'd rather have you spend that energy on something really productive......like helping get J.A.I.L. implemented as fast as possible.
We're not going to divert
time and energy from putting a new plug on the cord..........to dance around the fire with you and chant trying to make the saw work.
The fact of life is that there currently is very little that can be done for those who are caught up in the "litigation vortex".
If you've got a million people holding onto a high tension wire and being electrocuted......
Which makes more sense? ............running along from person to person with a two-by-four.......trying to pry their fingers off of the wire that is electrocuting them.........or finding and disconnecting the main switch? The two by four route might save one or two.......and might not. Cutting the main switch will save hundreds of thousands immediately.......and millions down the road.
If you can't see that.....I understand. You
see it in time. We, however,
have time to play that game with you now because we know, from experience, that it is an exercise in futility.
There was a game warden who noticed an old fellow who came into the dock at the boat club every morning about 10:00 am with a boat full of fish.
He himself had never been able to get that many fish from this particular large lake in a week of fishing
.....let alone part of a morning. So he asked the old codger to teach him how to do it.
"Be at the dock at 6:00 am sharp tomorrow" the old-timer said.
When the game warden showed up the Old Codger was already in the boat with the oars in the water. The game warden just made it aboard in time.
The old Codger rowed, and rowed, and rowed, and rowed for over two hours. The game warden said, "if you don't stop rowing soon we're not going to have any time to fish." "You teachin' or learnin?", the codger growled.
He finally pulled into a remote cove at the most extreme end of the lake and threw a cinder block overboard as an anchor.
The game warden began to laugh hysterically. "Why you dumb old coot," he said, "I'm looking around the boat and I see that you forgot all of the fishing poles
and tackle."
The Old Codger, without answering, spat some tobacco juice over the side and pulled a small wooden box out from under the seat he was sitting on, took out a small net, screwed an extension into the handle and layed it aside.
Then he took out a cigar and lit it up, puffing patiently until it was well fired.
Next he took from the box a half stick of dynamite with a short fuse in it, tied to a brick.
The game warden started to scream at him, "you can't do that, it's totally illegal to fish that way, I'll have to arrest you and........."
While the game warden was screaming the Old Codger lit the fuse on the dynamite with the burning cigar, tossed the dynamite and brick to the game warden and said, quietly, "son,......... you gonna talk........or fish
So ........for my part, that brings us to the end of this discussion.
You gonna talk......or fish?
We thank both of these people for offering their explanations. Hopefully it will help. If not, we did the best we could at explaining why J.A.I.L. can't get involved with system procedures, either directly, or indirectly by advertising their packages. Some refuse to accept our position, no matter what we say. In a country as diverse as ours, we aren't surprised at that reaction; but fortunately they are few and far between. The vast majority of people we hear from DO understand why J.A.I.L. must remain completely neutral regarding the system and must focus on our single issue:
Judicial Accountability to the People
, the means by which the People can enforce the (1787) Constitution pursuant to the admonishment in the Declaration of Independence to "throw off such government and provide new guards for [our]
future security."
Yes, naysayers, there is only ONE genuine and legitimate U.S. Constitutuon that was authorized by and on behalf of the People. We needn't concern ourselves with any subsequent so-called "constitution" created by Congress without authority and based on fraud and deceit which is null and void
ab initio
. Which Constitution?? There is only one, folks!
We need everyone's help in South Dakota, with donations, collecting signatures, and spreading the word any way you can. The signature gathering campaign is currently under way until the beginning of November--
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. We are encouraged by the progress made so far and urge everyone to participate in this cause. Please go to
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We dragged our bicycles across Shoal Line Boulevard and onto a sandy white path. At first it was just a stretch of trees and the occasional dip in the road.
But after half a mile, the trail widened and an expanse of deep blue lakes sat underneath a clear sky before us. This is the view we were treated to as we entered the Weekiwachee Preserve.
The 11,206-acre preserve, most of which lies south of the Weeki Wachee River and between Shoal Line Boulevard on the west and U.S. 19 on the east, is one of the Southwest Florida Water Management District's many protected lands and one of Hernando County's prime recreation spots. Since late 2008, it has been managed by the Florida Parks Service.
"The district buys land to protect water resources, which is the main focus of water management," said William Miller, Swiftmud manager of land use and protection.
Before Swiftmud purchased the property in 2001, it had been mined for lime rock. The preserve's lakes are 45- to 60-foot-deep rock quarries filled with freshwater from the Upper Floridan Aquifer.
The scenic lakes provide protection to local communities from flooding and tropical storms. They are also open to the public for boating with hand-launched boats such as canoes, kayaks and rowboats. Licensed fishing is also permitted. Swimming is not.
Stepping onto the edge of the vast lakes, the clear water will lap across your feet, but a quick glimpse ahead into the darkness warns of its depth. While the cool waters are inviting on a sweltering Florida day, the dangers of taking a swim, or even getting on a float, far outweigh the experience.
"Swimming is not allowed because the water is very deep and the walls are very steep," Miller said. "There are also some very large alligators out there."
While exploring this beautiful expanse of nature, Miller said, it is important to keep safety and common sense in mind. The terrain can be rough, and the area is filled with wildlife. The occasional snake slithers past visitors. Black bears roam deep in the swamp and usually shy away from humans. Fish and wildlife officials say black bears are gentle creatures, and the best thing anyone who encounters them can do is to back away slowly and give the bears their space. There have been no documented bear attacks in Florida.
Officers from the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission and Swiftmud's private security company frequent the area to keep the public safe, Miller said.
"We always try to work with the public, but if they're caught swimming ... they're ticketed," he said.
Five and a half miles of partly paved and sometimes rocky trail invite cyclists to test their skills while taking in the views. Occasional picnic benches offer a break where visitors can look out across the water or take some photos.
Hikers can experience 4.3 miles of marked trails deeper in the preserve, where the wildlife is more abundant. Bird-watchers can note this as site No. 69 of 117 on the west section of the Great Florida Birding Trail, where least terns and Wilson's plovers often nest in the spring and summer.
The din of rushing cars and sounds of the outside world are hidden by the coastal hardwood hammock. Listen, and the sounds of nature fill the air. Mice scurry by, fish jump out of the water, and crickets sing against the silence. If you're quiet enough, you might be lucky enough to watch deer creep out of the brush and race across the open terrain.
Enter the Weekiwachee Preserve on bike or foot through Shoal Line and Osowaw boulevards. It is open daily from sunrise to sunset. On the second and fourth Saturdays of each month, the public can drive into the preserve through the Osowaw Boulevard entrance.


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PJ Harvey has won Britain's 2011 Mercury Music Prize for her album Let England Shake, winning the £20,000 cash prize. She beat out Adele, James Blake and others, but was the odds on favoritie to win. Check out a full list Mercury Prize Nominees below. PJ Harvey also won the Mercury Prize in 2001 for the album Stories From the City, Stories From the Sea. She is the first winner to have received the Mercury Prize more than once.
"It's really good to be here as when I last won 10 years ago on September 11 I was in DC watching the Pentagon burn from my hotel room," she told the audience.
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The militant union has told Mermaid that workers at the Dampier Supply Base in northern Western Australia plan to take 10 consecutive 24-hour work stoppages from Thursday over an enterprise bargaining dispute.
Mr Weber said while Mermaid was working to mitigate the impact to its clients there would be "some disruption".
"I think they [the MUA] are being unreasonable," Mr Weber said.
"It's not good for the industry, it's not good for the country. We are trying to service a major project. It's not looking after their members because the reality is if we can't get more flexibility, there are other alternatives up there."
The supply base warehouses equipment, which is loaded to vessels servicing the construction of Chevron's $US54 billion Gorgon project, Australia's biggest resources project. It also operates a slipway, to dock vessels for maintenance and servicing, which is not impacted by the dispute.
The Dampier strike will not affect
Unreasonable demands 'lead to joblessness'
"It is of great concern [the strike]," Mr Chaney said.
"The MUA need to realise that the actions, that really amount to unreasonable demands for huge pay increases on top of already huge pay increases, damages the industry and leads to higher unemployment, not just for them but for thousands of other workers."
Between 60 and 70 workers will take the protected industrial action. There are between 180 to 200 staff working at the supply base. Mr Weber is concerned that Mermaid may be the collateral damage from simmering tensions between the MUA and Chevron. The US gas giant has argued rampant labour costs in Australia were putting at risk billions in future LNG developments.
The strike is likely to fan concerns by BHP and
MUA workers agreed last Wednesday to take an unlimited number of two-hour and four-hour stop-work meetings and unlimited work stoppages of six hours and 12 hours.
This means its members have the right to walk off the job until August 23, provided they give Teekay three days' notice.
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MUA assistant WA Secretary
Mermaid Marine wants to improve flexibility with its rosters. Mr Weber said at times there were "five or six lifts" left to complete loading before a shift would end, which required about an hour of extra work. But rosters mean highly paid workers clock-off, leaving cargo – that would take an additional one hour to load – on the wharf and the almost loaded vessel lying idle for between 12 to 14 hours. He said he did not want to "burn out" workers but wanted to create flexible rosters.
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The previous enterprise bargaining agreement was struck three years ago, when demand for labour was much greater.
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The union argues its workers are not responsible for Gorgon's $9 billion cost blow out.
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Earlier this year the MUA attempted a two-day strike at Chevron's $29 billion Wheatstone offshore gas project as it pushed marine contractor Tidewater for better conditions.
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degree of the respondent's knpwledge will offer .no difficulty, since the injunction, by its terms,. will precisely define the respondent's duties. , " Tbere being no evidence tQ connect the respondent Sarah S. O'Brien with the flale complained of; no injunction will issue against her. As I am bound by the cases cited, an injunction against the respondent William O'Brien will issue, conformed as closely as may be to the injunction issued in Thomson-Houston Electric 00. v. Kelsey :mlectricRailway Specialty 00.
CO. v. MERROW MACH. CO. et al. ',No. 113.
(CircuIt Court of Appeals, Second CIrcuIt. October 26, 1898.)
Claims 2 and 5 of the Wlllcox& Borton patent, No. 472,OW, for a sewingmachlile, relate to a looper or overseamlng deVIce. The looper consIsts' of a sIngle part, having an upper and a lower jaw, whIch always remaIn In the SRme relative tposltlon, the part moving In a vertical plane, while the. needle of the macbine, In makIng the stitches, moves in a dIrection obllque, to· such plane; so that the looper, when seizing the needle thread below the cloth, Is on one sIde of the needle. and, when presenting the loop above for the completion of the stitch, is on the other sIde. The device, by reason of Its gl'eatersimpllcity and the shorter distances traveled by ltsrespectlve pal'ts, whlah enablelt to be operated at twIce the speed ,of 'any prlOl'devic(h is, Ingenil:ms and meritorIous InventIon, of utility and novelty, which entItles the claIms to a broad con>!truction, and whIch Is applIcable to both and double thread machInes.
Claim 2 of the Wlllcox'& Borton patent, No. 472,095, for a sewIng machine, whIch claim Is for a looper for overseaming, does not dIsclose patentable the device helng the saJ;Ue described in patent No. 472,094, to parties, with slight mechanical changes, which were obvious in "vIew of the prior state of the art, to adapt it for use on machines using a double thread. The 'Willcox.& Borton patent, No. 472,094, for a sewing machine, as to claims 2 and 5, which cover a looper for overseamlng, held infringed by a device having similar ,parts, and operating in substantially the same manner, though adapted for use on a double-thread machIne, while the special kind of seam shown by the draw'ings of the patent is made with a sIngle thread.
Appeal· from the Oircuit Oourt of the United States for the District of Oonnecticut. , This was aauit in equity by the Willcox & Gibbs Sewing-Machine Oompany against, the Merrow Machine Oompany and others for infringement of two patents, relating to' sewing machines. From a decree dismissing the bill,complainant appeals. Hubert I(owson and Edniund for'appellant. Melville Ohurch, for appellees. Before WALLAOE, LACOMBE, andSHIJ;>MAN, Circuit Judges.
WILLCOX & GIBBS !lEWING-MACH.
LACOMBE, Circuit Judge. Two patents are declared upon. The first is No. 472,094, for "Sewing Machine," dated April 5, 1892 (application filed July 23, 1887), to Willcox & Borton, assignors to complainant. The structure described is complete in all its parts, and is an elaborate piece of mechanism. The particular part involved in this action is the device known as a "looper," and the only claims relied upon are:
"(2) The combination with the needle and its operating mechanism, of a looper having an upper jaw provided with a hook and a lower jaw, said looper being arranged to oscillate in a path around the edge of the cloth plate, and means for actuating said looper to carry a loop of the needle thread around the cloth plate, SUbstantially as described." "(5) The combination of the dOUble-jawed looper moving in a single plane, and a needle moving in a line oblique to the plane of the looper's movement, and intersecting the same, Whereby the looper is, when beneath the cloth, on one side of the needle, and, when above the cloth, on the other side thereof, substantially as described."
The second patent is No. 472,095, for "Sewing Machine," dated April 5, 1892 (application filed May 24, 1890), to the same parties. The general form and organization of the machine are similar to that described in 472,094. Of the nineteen claims of this second patent only one is declared upon, viz.: .
"(2) The looper made with two jaws, one of which is furnished with a hook, and the other with an eye, In combination with a reciprocating needle and operating mechanism for moving the looper in a plane oblique to the plane of movement of said needle, substantially as described."
The judge at circuit dismissed the bill, holding that the device of defendants did not infringe either of the three claims above quoted. A brief reference to the genesis of No. 472,094 may be useful. The complainant introduced evidence to show that the Willcox & Gibbs Company had a machine making straight-ahead stitching, and running 2,000 to 3,000 stitches a minute, for the seaming of cut hosiery goods; but this straight-ahead stitching left a raw edge to the seam. There were also in existence so-called "buttonhole machines" which might be availed of to make an overseam, and thus avoid the raw edge, but the most efficient of these did not exceed 1,000 stitches a minute. From the manufacturer's view-point, high speed was necessary to produce knit goods economically; and the company, "in consequence, through [its] experts and mechanical engineers, took up seriously the work of getting out an overedging machine which could be successfully used for overedging cut hosiery goods, and which could be run at high speed. The matter was worked upon steadily by [its] experts and machinists; and, after four years of active, expensive work in experimenting and perfecting their inventions," the machine of patent 472,094 was produced. The circuit court found from the proofs in the case that, "prior to complainant's machine, the practical work of such machines [overseam machines] was not more than one thousand stitches per minute, while by complainant's machine more than two thousand stitches can be made." This finding is abundantly supported by the record. The result of patentees' experimenting has been to double the speed, and it might be expected that the new machine would be
found to contain some radical modification of all earlier ones to bring about such a result. Such' expectation is fulfilled by the proofs shq:wing the prior art. There were many prior patents for making overseam stitches. In all of them it was, of course, necessal'yto lhaw into proper position a loop of needle thread. Hooks of varlio1J;f;1shapes, eyelets,and jaws, and shanks are to be found in abundance; but, although the patentees have borrowed in part from the earlier,art, they have so arranged the various parts as to secure a marked improvement in their operation. From the description of the patent it appears that the looper has two jaws, the upper one to seize the loop of needle thread below the cloth, and the lower one to distend the loop,and hold it distended above the cloth. The upper jaw is hooked so as to seize the loop; the looper then moves around the edge of the cloth, and, as it does so, the jaws being pushed inward, the loop releases itself from the upper jaw, and falls on the lower jaw, which then proceeds to complete the operation. The upper jaw always remains the upper jaw, and the lower jaw always remains the lower jaw. There is no revolution of the parts, nor is there any sidewise or shagging motion imparted to the looper, which remains always in the same vertical plane. The necessary shift of position from one side of the. needle when below the cloth to the other side of the needle when above the cloth is accomplished by so arranging the needle and needle arm that the needle pierces the cloth, not perpendicularly, or nearly so, as usual, but at an angle less than 90 degrees. "This peculiar line of travel of the needle, in connection with a looper moving in [one plane at right angles to the line of seam], enables the looper to seize the loop below the cloth ononeflide of the needle (that nearest the already formed to hold the loop above the cloth on the other side of the seam), needle, viz. that which is furthest from the already formed seam." The specification further states that the "novel and important feature of this part of the 'invention consists in the relative arrangement of.the needle and the double-jawed looper, so that the line of the needle's motion is oblique to the plane in which the looper moves." In the, earlier art the looper had been transferred from one side of the. needle to the other in a variety of ways, and, certainly in one patent (Wanzer), by moving the looper in a single plane diagonal to the path of tlle needle. But the Wanzer looper. was not one with upper and lower jaws, but a revolving, or, as complainant's expert callf;1. it, a "somersault," looper, and one with which high speed__the desideratum of. the complainant's experts-was apparently impossible of attainment. It ,will not be profitable to discuss all the prior patents.' Some of them are briefly referred to in the opinion in the circuit court. Assuming that the object of invention was a high-speed machine, lWd that patentees' machine is the, first practical high-speed machine (as the evidence shows), it will be sufficient to indicate the points of divergence from the machines of the earlier art; and, if it is apparent that the changes devised by the patentees al;'e of such a character as to permit the operator to dounle the speed of the. overseam machine, it may fairly be concluded that they exhibit patentable novelty. All of. the score or so of patents
which have been introduced as showing the prior art may be grouped under one or other of three classes, viz. somersault loopers, twoimplement loopers, and compound-motion loopers. The somersault looper performs its work by throwing a half somersault, so that the end which draws the loop and presents it travels back and forth on a circular path, of which the shank to whicll it is attached is the radius. In consequence, it does not keep close to the edge of the cloth when changing position from below the cloth plate to above it, or vice versa; and, when it clutches the loop of needle thread, it is so far below the cloth plate that the stroke of the needle must be long in order to place the needle thread where it may be caught by the looper. Complainant's experts set forth several reasons why this arrangement is fatal to high speed. It hardly needs an expert to inform the court that the point of the needle can be made to reciprocate more rapidly, with less chance of distortion, if the distance it is required to travel be reduced. The looper of the patent in suit is made to travel as closely as possible around the edge of the cloth, keeping the same side up all the time, so that both looper and needle point operate on lines of travel so much shorter than those of any somersault looper of the prior art that the machine may be organized to work at double the speed attained before. The two-implement looper is one which performs the operation of seizing the loop of needle thread below the cloth, and presenting it in proper position above the cloth, by the aid of two separate pieces of mechanism. These have to be separately operated, and the operating mechanism becomes more complicated. Kot only is the improvement of the patent meritorious, as tending towards simplicity, but complainant's expert testifies-and no one contradicts him-that, the more complicated the mechanism involved, the more difficult it becomes to run at a high speed, while the multiplication of relatively moving implements, which co-operate in their action upon one thread, increases liability to skip stitches. Certainly, the device of the patent in suit is simpler, dispensing with one independently operated part. It is susceptible of high speed (apparently by reason of its greater simplicity), while the earlier two-implement machines were slow, and apparently were not susceptible of being made faster. These remarks apply equally to the compoundmovement loopers, where, besides the motion in a vertical plane, a sidewise or shogging motion is also imparted, requiring a material increase in the complication of the actuating mechanism, and to that extent preventing high speed. No compound-motion overseam machine that ran or was capable of running at a speed at all comparable to complainant's has been found in the prior art. When the increase of speed is so great as it appears to be in this instance, and that, too, in an art where increase of speed (efficiency being preserved) is of such practical importance, we are disposed to consider the changes in parts and arrangement of parts as showing meritorious invention. This capacity for high speed is not an afterthought, for at the beginning of the specification is found the statement:
"The machine has been contrived with reference to running at a very high rate of speed, the reciprocating parts being as short and light as possible," etc.
Referring to the increased speed of complainant's machine, the circuit court says:
"The advantage, complainant now insists, is due to the form of its looper, which allows the stitch to be made with a much shorter thrust of the needle. How much of this Increase of speed is due to this device, and how much to other parts of the machine, does not appear."
It is undoubtedly true that, unless other parts of the machine are contrived (as they are) to drive the entire mechanism at the desired high rate of speed, the result sought for will not be accomplished; but, given mechanism organized to drive at that rate, it seems quite plain, upon the proofs, that complainant's stitch-making (looper) mechanism is so organized as to permit itself to be driven at that rate, and that it is the first stitch-making (looper) mechanism which could be so driven. We areunaule to concur with the circuit court in the conclusion that patentees have not sufficiently set forth and claimed the noninvertingcharacter of their looper. As appears from the quotation above, they set out to attain high' speed. They reciprocatsought to achieve that end by, as they say, "[having] ing parts as short * * .. as possible." They show, in fact, an arrangement which has shorter parts and shorter lines of travel, and whkhpermits increased speed. That,-as compared with the somersault loopers,-this is accomplished by the use of a noninverting looper, is pointed out .supra in this opinion; and that the looper of the patent is .tl) be a noninverting looper seems plain from the requirement thaUt shall be double-jawed, having an upper jaw (which, as the description shows, always remains an jaw) and a lower jaw (Which always remains a lower jaw);. ,The patentees seem therefore to have made an ingenious and meritorious invention, of utility and novelty to support a·hroad patent,. and to have sufficiently described. Eluch ,invention.. ,The extent ,of the patent and the scope of the claim!\! 2 and 5 are next to be considered. AEl tl;1is Opinion abul/.,dantly shows, the art of overseam or buttonhole stitcb,W.g by machinery was an old one, and many varieties of mechanillIl1 were in All such machines were broadly, divided into or douNe-thread machines. The distinction between the, two is succinctly, set forth in the opinion of the circuit court:
"[In double-thread machines] a seWing-machine needle having the eye near the point ieft!'st thrust thrOugh the fabric, carrying the needle thread with it. Then a hook of some kind takes hold of the needle thread below the fabric, and holds it flO th:;tt the needle, in being withdrawn from the fabric, leaves a loop of needle'thread on the hook and below the fabric. This loop of needle thread is then'drawn out to, and lifted up around, the edge of the fabric. Then a loopo! another thread 'Is thrust through the loop of needle thread, and· the needle" lnrmaklng .Its. IJecond stroke, passes through this second loop [of looper In single-thread machines the loop of ne(ldle thread, after being lifted up around the edge of the fabric, Is carried over the fabriC, and the needle; in making its seCond stroke, passes through the needle-thread loop."
When the complainant company set its experts to work, it wanted fast-running, instead of slow, overseam machines, of which two wellknown classes already existed, making, respectively, single-thread and double-thread overseams. The method by which the stitch itself was formed in each kind was well known. The company, as is testified to, started in its experiments upon the single-thread class, because it was the easiest to experiment with. When the inventors had completed their invention (472,094), and came to describe and illustrate it, they naturally used drawings of a single-thread machine, and, when they described those drawings, used language peculiarly appropriate to single-thread machines. But we do not think that they thereby restricted their invention to that single class of machines. On the contrary, the language used by the patentees at the very outset of the specifications indicates that they understood that their improvements were available for all kinds of overseam, and undertook to say so. "The machine represented in the drawings," they say, "is one which makes an overseam, and is intended specially for sewing knit goods; and our improvements are chiefly applicable to machines making some variety of overseam. The special kind of oversearn made by the machine shown in the drawings is formed of· a single thread," etc. When we come to examine the precise improvement under discussion,-the oblique-plane, upper and lower jaw, noninverting looper, with its simplicity of parts, its motion in a single plane, its nearness to the fabric, its securing shortness of travel to needle point and looper,-it is quite apparentfuat those changes from earlier structures are as valuable in giving the capacity for high speed to a double-thread as to a single-thread machine. Unless, then, the claims themselves in some way confine the patentees to the single-thread class, they should be construed so as to cover the actual improvement over the prior art, whether embodied in one or the other of the old and well-known classes. As already seen, it was and is the distinctive mark .of a singlethread stitch that the needle, on its second stroke, should go through the loop of needle thread drawn off from its former stroke; but neither claim 2 nor claim 5 demands this action from the needle. They call for an action of the combination which will draw a loop of needle thread off the needle below the fabric, and carry the same up around the edge, and above the fabric. There both claims leave the loop to have the stitch perff'ded in either of the two ways already well understood in the art, i. e. by driving the needle through it if it were to be single stitch, or by driving a loop of looper thread through it if it were to be double stitch. The claims, therefore, in our opinion, cover the devices of the patent, whether used in a double or in a single thread machine. Deering v. Harvester Works, 155 U. S. 286, 15 Sup. Ct. 118. Patent No. 472,095, as already stated, is for alleged improvements on 472,094. The "object is the formation of an overseam of two threads whose successive loops interlock, and which we denominate an 'overlock seam.' In the looper, as modified to effectuate this object, the lower jaw becomes a needle for the lower thread." The
machine, as a whole, contains many parts, but we are, of course, concerned only with the subject of the second claim:
"(2) The looper made with two jaws, one of which Is furnished with a hook, and the other with an eye, in combination with a reciprocating needle and operating mechanism for moving the looper in a plane oblique to the plane of movement of said needle, substantially as described."
Here we have a two-jawed looper, which the specification shows to be noninverting, moving in a pillne oblique to the plane of movement of the needle, one of the jaws being provided with a hook which seizes the thread from one side of the needle below the cloth, brings it up above the cloth on the other side of the needle, and then lets it drop upon the lower jaw, which has an eye in it for the looper thread. There is no change whatever from the single-thread device illustrated in the drawings of No. 472,094, except to deepen the opening b.etween the jaws, straighten the lower jaw, and punch an eye in it, so that, when the forward thrust comes, the loop of looper thread will .be pushed forward to the descending needle, instead of the loop of needle thread. We con.cur with the judge who tried the cause below that it is difficult to see any patentable novelty in this. It was old to have an eye at the end of the looper to carry the second thread when making a double-stitch overseam. Tarbox's somersault looper (49,803, of 1865) has one. And given the noninverting, double-jawed looper of 472,094, the mere mechanical skill of the calling would seem sufficient to so modify it that it would push a loop of looper thread forward through the loop ofneedle thread to take the second thrust of the needle. In our opinion, claim 2 of 472,095 cannot be sustained. The question of infringement alone remains to be considered. Undoubtedly, the defendants' device is of a different shape from that of complainant, as the following figures show:
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The hook of complainant's upper jaw moves in, catches the needle thread below the fabric, then moves out, drawing out the loop of needle thread left below the cloth by the ascending needle. It next rises, carrying the loop around the edge, and then moves forward;
and, as it moves in over the edge of the cloth plate, the loop of needle thread is pushed off the hook dropping on the lower jaw, where (for a single thread) it. lies well forward, and, as the inward motion of the looper continues, is brought under the descending needle for completion of the stitch. It will be borne in mind that the figure above marked "Complainant's" is for single stitch only, and that we concur with the circuit court in the conclusion that "a skillful mechanic, being presented with a machine of No. 472,094, and with the prior patents in evidence, and requested to adapt the machine to a double-thread stitch, would have made the change almost as a matter of course." The change must be one which will thrust a loop of looper thread through the loop of needle thread, and present the loop of looper thread to the descending needle. The phrase "double-thread overseam" implies precisely that. 'fhatthe loop of looper thread could be brought forward by an eye in the looper was shown by Tarbox; and the natural place for the location of the eye is in the lower jaw, since during the forward movement of the looper towards the needle the loop of needle thread rests on the lower jaw. Finally, if the loop of looper thread is to be pushed forward through the loop of needle thread, clearance for the latter must be provided, manifestly by deepening the mouth between the jaws, so that the loop will slide along as the lower jaw carrying the looper thread moves forward towards the needle. This mechanical change is what is shown in No. 472,095, as illustrated by the following figure from that patent:
Inasmuch as claims 2 and 5 of 472,094 cover a combination which takes the loop of needle thread from the lower side of the fabric around the edge to the upper side, leaving the stitch to be completed either as single-thread or double-thread, infringement is not avoided merel,r by completing it as a double-thread stitch, if the functional operation of the parts performing the operation of the claim are identical, although there may be differences in form. It is apparently not disputed that defendants' looper is an "oblique-plane, noninverting" looper. Defendants insist that it cannot infringe, because it makes a double-thread stitch. That contention has been already considered and disposed of. The other distinctive feature of the claims is a looper which is double-jawed,-having an upper jaw, provided with a hook, and a lower jaw. If defendants' device contains these elements, it infringes, for in all other respects it is the device
of. the. clMms; and, indeed, with a mere change of timing, defendants' commercial looper mayM substituted in complainant's machine,and does the work. Comparing the two loopers,-defendcomplainant's,-as mechanically modified to make a double stitch,'we find a mouth with its opening turned forward (towards the fabric) in complainant's, and back (away from the fabriC) in defendants': The mouth is formed by two jaws opened atone end, and connected together at the other. The upper jaw or member in complainant's device inserts its hook or barb between needle thread and needle,and pulls away from the line of the needle's play; and the loop of needle thread goes with it,even when it rises above the edge of the fabric, because It is still retained in the curved forward (I. e. nearest the seam) portion of the metal jaw which caught it. Precisely this is the action of defendants' device, as may be seen from Fig. 1, ante, and from the figure immediately below, which (except for the dotted line) is taken from defendants' brief.
Here, too, the upper jaw or member inserts its hook between needle and needle thread, and pulls away from the line of the needle's play; and the loop of needle thread goes with it even when it rises above the edge of the fabric, because it is still retained in the curved forward portion of the metal jaw which caught it. Defendants' looper, below the dotted line, might be cut away (in which case, of course, the remaining part would have to be connected with the operating mechanism by some prolongation of the upper member), and the operation so far described would still be performed. Indeed, up to this point it is apparent that the operative instrumentalities are substantially identical,-for it surely makes no difference by which end the upper member is connected with the operating mechanism,-performing the same functions, in precisely the same way. Having now raised the loop of needle thread above the fabric; the next step of the process (in complainant's machine) is a forward movement of the looper. This causes the loop of needle thread to slip off the curved portion of the jaw which held it, whereupon it falls upon the lowt:l' jaw, which pushes it forward for a sin-
gle-thread stitch, and pushes a looper thread forward through it for a double one. The same action is found in defendants' machine. As the looper moves forward, it reaches a position when the curved metal of the upper jaw (down to the dotted line) no longer holds it. It slips off that portion of the metal. It does not fall upon the low· er jaw, since the jaws are here united, but slides down on it, and the further forward movement of the lower jaw completes the stitch. From the moment the loop slides down on to the lower portion of the looper (below the dotted line), the upper portion of said looper (above the dotted line) plays no further part in the operation. Evidently, then, the defendants' looper is composed, as is complainant's, of two parts or members (which, as they form a mouth, may properly be called "jaws"), which, although united together, do not act concurrently, but successively, and the upper one of which has a hooked portion to engage the needle-thread loop. Although there is a difference of form, we are unable to find any substantial differ· ence of parts or of functions, between the two stitch-forming mech· anisms, and are therefore of the opinion that defendants' machine infringes claims 2 and 5 of No. 472,094, permitting a high rate of speed to be attained in taking off the loop of needle thread, and bringing it up into position above the fabrio (a rate of speed not known to the art before patentees' application), by substantially the same combination of parts disclosed in the patent, and covered by these claims. The decree of the circuit court is reversed, and cause remitted, with instructions to dismiss the bill as to No. 472,095, and to enter the usual decree as to claims 2 and 5 of No. 472,094. Since appellant prevails as to one patent, and fails as to the other, the decree should be without costs to either side.
WILLCOX & GIBBS SEWING-MACH. CO. v. MERROW MACH. CO. et aI. (Circuit Court ot Appeals, Second Circuit. No. 113.
March 1, 1899.)
The Willcox & Borton patent, No. 472,094, for Improvements In sewlna machines intended especially for making overseams In sewing knit goods, construed, and heW valid, and Infringed as to claims 2 and 5.
\Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Connecticut. This cause was submitted upon oral argument May 17, 1898, and an opinion reversing decree of the circuit court and directing the usual decree ali to claims 2 and 5 of United States letters patent No. 472,094 was filed October 26, 1898. 93 Fed. 206. An application for rehearing was made by defendants November 18, 1898, and reargument was allowed upon the single "question of similarity of equivalenoy of defendants' hook looper to complainant's double-jawed looper." After rehearing upon briefs and oral arguments (January 30, 1899). the following memorandum of decision is now filed·.


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This is an 8" 3 layer mixed berry ( velvet cake) like red velvet but i had a bit of a play around with the flavors it is boysenberry, raspberry and strawberry chocolate oils to flavor the cake, it is not a box mix cake i have used a scratch recipe so buttermilk oil sugar flour and eggs go into making this one....i have used buttercream on the cake but not the usual sickly sweet buttercream....it also has vanilla buttercream with real vanilla bean paste in the buttercream.... i would really like some help as to what to charge for this, as im finding a lot of people in my town are either tight as a fishes you know what or my price is a bit high....please help what would you charge for this type of cake
my buttercream is a cooked flour and milk base then butter and caster sugar is whipped and then the milk and flour base is added to form a smooth not toooooo sweet buttercream......
your help is much appreciated
I would charge $85, due to the number of servings and based on what my personal ingredients cost would be (about $40) If it were a larger cake I would charge much more, but a cake that size serves 20 or so, giving you a cost of $4.25/ serving.
I would charge $85, due to the number of servings and based on what my personal ingredients cost would be (about $40) If it were a larger cake I would charge much more, but a cake that size serves 20 or so, giving you a cost of $4.25/ serving.
I agree with Norasmom. $85 or so sounds about right.
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thankyou, that is roughly what i was thinking..... $ 80.00
and i had someone question my price.....
she said she didnt pay that much for a slab cake and she then proceeded to tell me how much cake they had left over...( i was thinking cause the cake tasted like junk that is y there was so much left over)
so im on the right path with this type of cake...i was thinking around the $10.00 per inch so an 6"inch is $60
8" is $80 and a 10" $ 100.00
but that is just for like red velvet type cakes...as that is the base that i use ( scratch when im talking base mix) i use a red velvet cake recipe but just omit the coloring and the cocoa...and then go to town with different flavors and oils...omg the orange is to die for.... thanks again
AI was wondering what would be a reasonable price to charge for this cake. The bottom one is a 12"x3" high & the top one is 10"x3"
Thanks for your help Marion....your cakes are amazing !!!
ACheck out the link in my signature for an article about pricing cakes, including a pricing formula.


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"Its not healthy to eat sweets all the time Zeek."Ethan replied from the counter where he was sipping on some amber colored beverage of his choice.
Zeek pited and stuck his tongue out at him."Its not healthy to drink in the middle of the day either but thats not stopping you!"He said with a smirk. Ethan paused and glared at Zeek before scowling.
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"Esteemed soprano Yvette Lewis shines a spotlight on the joys of opera music by setting classic fairy tales to music. Kids will be catching "The Gingerbread Man" as Lewis sweetly sings the story of the animated cookie who high-tails it out of the kitchen and sets off on an adventure across the countryside. Next, Lewis gets it "just right" with a fun adaptation of "The Three Bears." In both cases, Lewis' voice is joined by a soundtrack of jazzy rhythms and upbeat instrumentation. " "
"This fascinating album is part opera music, part storytelling and part educational resource. Featuring the bright, cheery voice if soprano Yvette Lewis and the jangly piano music of Jimmy Hammer, kids are treated to two filled stories that they may likely recognize. First is a twist on the story of "The Three Billy Goats Gruff" called "The Bully Goats Gruff." This story incorporates an anti-bullying message. The second story is a rendition of the classic story "The Little Red Hen."
"Lyric soprano and elementary school music teacher Yvette Lewis presents So This Is Opera, a series of music CDs designed to introduce the concept of opera as a "singing story" to young people. Fairy tales are transformed into complete musical performances to captivate and delight. "The Gingerbread Man and The Three Bears Operas" features two complete operas, based on timeless storybook tales. "The Bully Goats Gruff and The Little Red Hen Operas" goes a step further, offering its two operas in both vocal and instrumental form for a total of four pieces (adults and little ones can sing the opera to the instrumental versions themselves, if they wish). A strong anti-bullying message enriches "The Bully Goats Gruff and The Little Red Hen Operas", making it an especially choice pick for school and public library children's music collections. Both albums are highly recommended for young people in kindergarten through second grade, as an excellent way to introduce them to a classic art form."
Students who turned their 'noses up' prior to the performance now say they love opera! Great show!
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Outstanding educator as well as entertainer! We want Ms. Lewis back for a residency.
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Konfabu-device. O'Reilly says Yahoo's acquisition of mini-application "widget" maker Konfabulator is evidence of a "long term platform shift that I've been calling Web 2.0." He goes on to say that "the expectation that web companies will only buy other web companies should be put firmly into the trash bin." Yes, that makes sense. If one extends this thinking, perhaps it's not just about extending the internet from the web to the desktop, but even further as well? Does this mean that Ambient Devices – which makes actual physical devices connected to the internet – is next on the list?
Tag Me Funny. If you start browsing http://del.icio.us/tag/funny, you won't be able to stop. Trust me. My favorite find thus far is the thirty second bunny reenactment of Pulp Fiction.
WhiteFeed. Feedmail – the next evolution in "email-like" communication or merely an overly-elaborate and overly-complex way to create an email whitelist to avoid spam?
"The New Black" is the New Black. Soon after I declared "tagging" as the new black, Paul Kedrosky (also on the VC Channel) declared "focus" the new black. Tagging's reign ends after merely two days. But then I found this post (through Wikipedia) and realized that everything is the new black.


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General News of Friday, 9 May 2014
Source: Tv3network.com
Rescue operations offshore Takoradi is still ongoing, a day after a helicopter plunged into the Gulf of Guinea, resulting in the death of three.
One person was reported missing after four were rescued from the wreckage on Thursday, May 9.
The rescued are currently receiving treatment at the Takoradi Hospital. They are all workers of Schlumberger, a United States of America oil company.
Director of Air Traffic at the Ghana Civil Aviation Authority Albert Taylor disclosed on TV3's Midday Live on Friday, May 9 that so far, seven vessels have been dispatched into the ocean to find the missing passenger.
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Mr. Taylor confirmed that some parts of the wreckage have been removed.
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Sunday 28th November at 12:05pm on RTÉ1
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This week on Hands On: Rewind we re-visit the issue of primary teaching and how Deaf people are currently unable to get this qualification in Ireland because of the Irish language requirement. We invite Liam O'Dwyer of the CIDP and Ann Heelan of AHEAD to the studio to find out what progress has been made since we last highlighted these difficulties in 2007 and to find out what options are open to Deaf people who want to get around this barrier.
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Recently, Hands On presenter Julianne Gillen took the decision to get a cochlear implant and she chronicled her year-long journey with a video diary. The issue of cochlear implants has been a sensitive subject within the Deaf community with many members apprehensive of the benefits it has to offer. We see Julianne explain her reasons behind going for the operation and the experiences and emotions she went through during the process.
This is one episode you would not want to miss! So don't forget to tune in to RTÉ1 on Sunday 28th November at 12pm! You can also catch it again the following Saturday, 4th December on the same channel around 9.30am - check your TV listings for any changes!
More information:
If you're Deaf and want to become a primary school teacher, there is one option available. You can apply to train as a Montessori teacher at one of Ireland's Montessori Colleges; they don't have an Irish requirement. If you are accepted and qualify successfully you can then apply to the Teaching Council for a licence to teach at certain Special Schools. Schools for the Deaf fall into this category. Contact details for the Montessori Colleges and Teaching council are below.
Saint Nicholas Montessori College Ireland: www.snmci.ie
Montessori College Dublin AMI (Association Montessori Internationale): www.montessoriami.ie
Catholic Institute for Deaf People (CIDP): www.cidp.ie
Association for Higher Education Access & Disability (AHEAD): www.ahead.ie
Department of Education: www.education.ie
Beaumount Hospital (Cochlear Implant Dept): www.beaumont.ie
For videos and information: www.cochlear.com
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Savills Property: www.savills.ie
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