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Registering at TEE College
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1 Registering at TEE College Welcome to the Theological Education by Extension College The College was established by churches in Southern Africa to provide theological education resources for men and women who are seeking to be better equipped in serving God and their communities through ministry. We are a distance-education College that works with various churches in an extension relationship. This means that there are certain resources and services that are provided by the College, and that the local church, in various parts of Southern Africa, seeks to support students locally. It is therefore important that you are in conversation with your church authorities with regard to your studies. Particularly if your studies are to be formally recognised by your church for authorised ministry. It is important that you: find out what your church requires for study through TEE College choose the correct programme to study on (as it is not always possible to make changes later) complete a registration application correctly Read this booklet carefully and it will guide you through a successful registration This booklet describes the various registration options and processes. It also lists the courses on programmes offered by the College and provides legal information about the College. Once registered on a programme you will be sent the appropriate Year Book as well as a Study Aid booklet. The Rules, Regulations and Policies booklet also deals with important issues which you need to know about as a student of this College. All this information is also available from the College website 1 (2015)
2 As you pursue studies in response to God's call it is our prayer that you will be equipped through your work on the various courses you select; that you will learn and grow in your own understanding, faith and ability; and that you will find your own work and ministry strengthened and enriched from your studies. Conditions for Registration You will only be registered for study with TEE College if: You complete a College Registration Application in full: - You provide the required personal and contact details - You indicate your course selections for the new academic year - You sign your Registration Form (current students have the option of submitting an application via their online account) You meet the entrance requirements for the programme and have supplied any other necessary documents (ID, matric results, other qualifications, etc) with your registration form. You make payment (at least the minimum deposit for each course you select as well as any applicable registration administration fee / exam fee) and include the bank confirmation with your registration form OR include a payment authorization (such as a credit card instruction). Your Registration Form with all supporting documents must be submitted TOGETHER to the College EXCEPTION: Current students may use the Online Registration process described below. New students must always submit a signed registration form with supporting documents (a legal requirement). See below. You will not be registered: If you are a current student and you have not settled any outstanding debt on your student account (including fees, postage, library fines, missing books, etc). If you have been expelled from another institution. If you are currently suspended by TEE College. 2 (2015)
3 If your registration does not meet all of the above requirements then you will NOT be registered If you are registering for personal study and are selecting courses out of interest please include a note explaining that, otherwise we will apply the programme registration rules for pre-requisites. Registration Periods Some programmes are offered once in an academic year and registrations take place in the First Semester registration period. The Higher Certificates (and some courses on year-long programmes) are semesterised and registrations can take place in the First or Second Semester registration periods. First Semester Registration opens on 01 November 2014 (2015 academic year). Closing date for Students outside the RSA 15th January 2015 ALL Programmes. International students please make careful note regarding the instructions below for getting your study material sent to you. Closing dates for students within the RSA Registration closes on different dates for different programmes: 31st January Bachelor of Theology 31st January Diploma in Theology 31st January Diploma in Theology and Ministry 31st January Higher Certificate in Theology 10th February Award in Theology 20th February Certificate of Competence in Theology If you pay your fees in full when you submit your registration application then you qualify for the discounted course price (see Option A). If you choose to pay your fees in instalments for up to three courses (Option C) there is no discount and you will pay the full price. NO late registrations will be accepted. If you post your registration to us then the EFT transfer date / bank deposit-slip date-stamp and the envelope post-mark must be before or on the closing date (If your registration documents only reach the College after the closing date that s OK provided the payment and posting was done before the registration period closed). 3 (2015)
4 If you are a current student who is registering for the first time on a different programme then you need to read both the new students section and the current students section. New Students If you are a new student who is registering with the College for the first time then it is best to submit your application early so that any complications or queries can be resolved in good time. Check the admission requirements for your programme carefully and make sure that you provide everything that is required, and that your registration form is completed in full and is signed. Study path If your studies are part of preparation for formal recognition of ministry within your denomination then it is very important that you consult your church training authorities and be advised by them as to the programme you should register on and the courses you should select. College staff can give you information about programmes and courses, but they cannot advise you regarding your denomination's study requirements. Programme outlines are given towards the end of this booklet, alternatively request a programme brochure from the College or see the College website. Study on any TEEC programmes or courses does not guarantee ordination or licensing for ministry. Consult your church authorities. Registration Application Forms You must submit your application on the official 2015 application form. These can be downloaded from the College website or the College can or post them to you upon request. Your church training authorities might also have copies of these forms please ensure that they are for the correct academic year and programme. (We do not fax registration forms). Please provide a valid cell phone number and/or address as this helps the College keep you up-to-date regarding any changes, corrections, updates, alerts or transactions during your registration. Entrance requirements & exemptions Check the entrance requirements for the programme on which you wish to register. These requirements are stipulated in law and cannot be negotiated. If you do not meet these requirements then you will not be registered. Short-course programmes usually only require a proficiency in the language of instruction. 4 (2015)
5 Registered programmes usually require a National Senior Certificate (NSC), or equivalent. Students who lack an NSC can attempt to successfully complete the TEEC Access Assessment for admission to a Registered programme. The law does allow age exemptions under certain circumstances, so do be in conversation with staff at the College to explore which options will be most useful to you. Also see the Admissions Policy in the College Rules, Regulations & Policies booklet for full details. Available from the website. Official documents If the programme entrance requirements demand copies of official documents (like an identity document, passport or National Senior Certificate) then please send original certified copies of the relevant documents. Do not send the original. Make a copy of the document and have a Commissioner of Oaths certify it (a local police station or your minister might be able to do this). Send us the certified copy with the Commissioner's original stamps / signatures on it do not send us a copy of the certified copy (remember to keep a copy). Transfer of Credits It is the policy of TEE College that credits are only transferred for work completed on a registered and accredited programme offered by a registered institution. Request a Credit Transfer application form from the College. Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) If students wish to receive credit for work completed in another context then they need to request, complete and submit an RPL application form (together with the required supporting documents) to the RPL Secretary at the College. The relevant fees need to be paid in advance, and the proof of payment attached to the application. Applications will not be processed if there is outstanding debt on the student's account. Note: Due to past abuses, RPL applications are only processed for registered students. You are welcome to receive advice from the College as to what credit you are likely to receive in order to guide you in your selection of courses but the official recording of your credits will only happen once you are registered as a student and your RPL application is processed. Student Number All new students, at their first registration, receive a student number. In subsequent years, and even when registering on new programmes with the College, the same student number is to be 5 (2015)
6 quoted and used. Please ensure that your student number appears on all correspondence (including faxes and ) and academic work (assignments). Be ready to give it in telephonic conversations with the College staff. This speeds up the process of tracing your particulars, and also helps to keep your student file up to date. Confirmation of Registration Letter A Confirmation of Registration Letter is issued to every student in each academic period that they register. It will be issued together with your study materials. Studying for non-qualification purposes (NDP) If you do not intend to complete one of the College s study programmes but are simply taking individual courses for interest or further knowledge, then you are free to register for any courses but please do confirm this in writing (otherwise the programme rules for course selection will be applied). Please note that studies on NDP do not count towards a qualification or graduation. Be clear about your church's graduation requirements before starting NDP studies. Current Students All currently registered students are posted a set of documentation and forms for the following academic year. You will also receive a Results letter in December with your results for the current year's courses (results are also posted on the College website). Note: If you are a current TEEC student who is now registering on a new programme for the first time then the instructions for "new students" above apply to you as well. Registration Application Form The application form posted to you towards the end of the year will have your current information already printed on it. Please correct anything that is out-dated, add anything that is missing, and include the details of your course selections for the new academic year. If you lose the pre-printed form we cannot replace it, download a blank form from the College website, or use the online process described below. Please update any cell phone number and/or address as this helps the College keep you up-to-date regarding any changes, alerts, corrections or transactions during your registration. Online registration application We have a new online registration process that (only) current students may use. The process will guide you through your course selection and then automatically submit your registration to the 6 (2015)
7 College. Once we receive your matching payment then your registration will be processed and dispatched without you needing to send anything else to the College. Outstanding debt If you have outstanding debt on your College student account then your results are not released at the end of the year. Neither will a new registration application be processed until all debt is settled. Any money paid to the College will first be used for settling your outstanding debt, and any balance left over will be used for your registration. If that remaining amount is insufficient to register you, then you will not be registered. It is your responsibility to settle your debt in good time as it also incurs interest charges. If you registered previously using payment Option C then you signed an undertaking to settle your instalment payments by June / September of that academic year. All outstanding balances on your student account should be settled by the end of the Exam period. Study Path If your studies are part of preparation for formal recognition of ministry within your denomination then it is very important that you consult your church training authorities and be advised by them as to the programme you should register on and the courses you should select. College staff can give you information about programmes and courses, but they cannot advise you regarding your denomination's study requirements. Programme outlines are given towards the end of this booklet, alternatively see the programme Year Book or the College website. Study on any TEEC programmes or courses does not guarantee ordination or licensing for ministry. Consult your church authorities. Outstanding components Each course has a stipulated number of assessments. If you do not complete and pass all of these, then normally you fail the course and are required to repeat it. However, if you have successfully completed at least half of the required assessments then it becomes possible, under certain circumstances, to register only for the assessments you didn't complete or pass. This means that for some courses you will have the opportunity to do the work of the course over two consecutive academic periods in order to complete that course. Registering for only the incomplete assessments on a course is referred to as a "component registration". 7 (2015)
8 Note: there are certain circumstances where it is not possible to do a Component Registration: the course does not permit it (see the Year Book) the course material has changed the course assessment framework has changed Check your Results Letter in December to see if any of the incomplete / failed assessments have been marked as being eligible for component registration. If you qualify for component registration, then you must do so in the very next academic period (year or semester) the option to register for components cannot be postponed until later (in other words, you do the work of the course over two consecutive academic periods). You will do the assignments set for the new academic period, which will be sent to you, not the 'old' assignments. Also see the Admissions Policy in the College Rules, Regulations & Policies booklet. Repeating a course If you have failed a course (and do not qualify to only repeat outstanding components) then it is recommended that you repeat the course in the next academic period following. This will enable you to work from the workbooks you already have, but you will need to complete and submit the assessments that have been set for the new academic period (throw away your old assignment booklet and only work from the new one so that you don't get confused). There is a reduced fee for repeating a course (as your workbooks are not reissued to you). However, if course material is revised, then you will need to register for the course in full in order to receive the revised material as the new assessments will be based on the new revised material. When to register Register for your new courses as soon as possible to resolve queries and receive your study materials in good time, even if you have not yet received your results letter. If you have registered early, and then become aware that you qualify for any repeat or component registrations, then register for those components before the closing date either using a blank registration form or using the Online Registration process (if you have already paid the annual administration fee then you do not pay it again). 8 (2015)
9 International Students Due to delays that happen with international postage, you must register before January 15 th for all programmes. You need to allow at least one month for postage, otherwise you will not receive your materials in time for you to complete and submit your first assignments! Payments Please choose an appropriate payment method out of the options given further down. Bear in mind that international transfers may take several days before they reflect on our bank statement. We are not able to receive payment by Postal Order, Money Order or Foreign cheque. If you send these to us we will return them to you, and you will not be registered with the College. Postal address On the front of your registration application form use your normal postal address. On the reverse of your registration application form indicate how your study materials are to be sent to you (this can be a different address). Note that postage fees for study materials to destinations outside of South Africa are charged to the student account. Study Fees The table of relevant fees for the academic year is printed with the course information (in the Year Books and online). Each programme has its own fee structure and these are revised every year. Use the correct Year Book when calculating your fees. Please note that: each course you register for has a fee courses with exams on registered programmes have an additional exam fee some programmes have additional administrative fees Also see the "Finance and Fees Policy" in the College Rules, Regulations & Policies booklet. Fees are to be paid at registration (otherwise you will not be registered). If you pay your fees in full when registering you qualify for reduced course price. Option A. 9 (2015)
10 If you cannot pay your fees in full when you register, then you have the option to pay the deposit for up to three of your courses at registration and then pay the outstanding fees in instalments up to and including May. Option C. Note that you can only register for up to three courses on option C any additional courses must be paid for in full at registration. Payment Options You may choose between payment options A or C. Indicate your choice of payment option on the Registration Application Form and sign it. The signed Application Form must be submitted together with a "proof of payment" / "payment instruction" that corresponds with the payment option you have indicated on your Application Form (for option A this will be a discounted full payment; for option C it will be the required minimum deposits for each of your courses). A "proof of payment" is where you have already deposited or transferred the money to our bank account, and then you send confirmation from your bank of the deposit / transfer together with your application form. When we reconcile your deposit on our bank statement we will then proceed with your registration. Instructions on how to make deposits are given below. A "payment instruction" is a completed form such as a Credit Card Authorisation form. Once the bank has processed your Credit Card authorisation we credit your student account and proceed with your registration. Note: A registration application form without a matching payment (either a 'proof of payment' or a 'payment instruction') will not be processed. You will not be registered. Methods of Payment There are seven ways to pay your fees they are listed here, and described in detail further down: 1. M65 bank deposit 2. Normal bank deposit at Standard Bank South Africa 3. EFT / Internet transfer 4. Credit Card 10 (2015)
11 5. Debit Card 6. Cheque 7. In person (at the College in Johannesburg) We do not accept Money Orders, Postal Orders or Foreign cheques In every instance a deposit reference must be used: Current students: Use your student number with your surname and initials. No first names. New students: Use your ID or Passport number with your surname and initials. No first names. Make sure that you use the same ID or passport number as on your application form, or we cannot match your payment! VERY VERY IMPORTANT: If someone else makes the deposit for a student, they must use the student's details as the reference on the deposit slip (and not the depositor's details)! Otherwise we cannot match the deposit to the registration application form and the registration will not be processed. MULTIPLE PAYMENTS. If a sponsor or church is paying for more than one student please use a Group Registration Form where you will include the names and student numbers / ID numbers of those for whom the payment is made together with an allocation of an amount against each individual so that the correct student accounts can be credited with the correct values. Method 1 M65 bank deposit All current students are sent an M65 deposit form with the new yearbook. It has space for your surname and student number. The College bank details are already printed on it, and can be used at any Standard Bank branch in South Africa. This is the best and safest way of making a deposit be sure to use the student's details for the reference, (not the depositor!). 1. Make sure you fill in the reference fields on the deposit slip correctly: For Current students: Fill in the Student's STUDENT NUMBER plus SURNAME and initials. 11 (2015)
12 For New students: Fill in the Student's IDENTITY NUMBER or PASSPORT NUMBER (for non-rsa students) make sure that the same number is written on the application form. 2. The M65 has three forms. The bank will stamp all three, the teller will keep one, and give two back to the depositor. You must keep one of those for your own records as proof of payment. The other you will post (or deliver or fax) to the College together with your registration application. Method 2 Normal bank deposit You may make a deposit at any branch of the Standard Bank in South Africa using one of the bank's deposit forms. However you must complete the form correctly. 1. Make sure your reference on the deposit slip is correct: For Current students: Fill in the Student's STUDENT NUMBER plus SURNAME and initials. For New students: Fill in the Student's IDENTITY NUMBER or PASSPORT NUMBER plus the student's SURNAME make sure that the same number is written on the registration form. 2. College Bank Details Bank: Standard Bank Branch: Southdale Branch Code: Account Number: Always make payments into the College bank account never send your money to a marker or tutor. If you pay via your church or minister then check that the payment has been made to the College on your behalf. Method 3 EFT / Internet Transfer: You may transfer your fees directly to our bank account using the bank account details given above. Your bank might give you the option to forward a proof of payment to us make sure that your student number / reference is clearly reflected. It is preferable to send the confirmation to yourself and then attach the confirmation to your registration documents rather than having your bank send it directly to us separately from all your other application documentation. 12 (2015)
13 Stray bank deposits / confirmations / incomplete registration forms / odd pages etc. are only reconciled after all the final registrations have been dealt with, and if we haven t already identified your transfer on the bank statement before the closing date then it will be too late to register you, and any money deposited will be refunded See the College Refund Policy Method 4 Credit Card You can pay your fees with a VISA or MasterCard credit card. If you come to the College in person, the transaction will be completed with you (You will need to know your PIN number). You can also use a "Credit Card Authorisation" form. One is included in the mailing to all current students. Or download one from the College web site or request that one be ed or faxed to you. You will need to complete it and then send all that back to the College together with your registration application documents. Method 5 Debit Card You can pay your fees with your debit card only if you come to the College in person. You need to know your PIN number and have sufficient funds for the transaction. Method 6 Cheque Any cheque used to pay this College must be drawn on a South African branch of a South African bank. Although Standard Bank operates in other Southern Africa countries you cannot use cheques for accounts in those countries. Make these payable to "TEE College". These must be attached to the application form. These documents must be posted to the College, they cannot be faxed. Write your details on the back of any cheques. DO NOT send cash in the post not even by registered post! If you pay by cheque, and it is returned to us by the Bank for whatever reason, we will charge you an admin fee of R50 and will give you 48 hours to pay at least the minimum deposit required to process your application (Option C). Failure to do so will result in your application being declined. Method 7 In person You may pay in person at the College during normal College working hours. You can pay by cash, credit card, debit card or cheque. Please note that there are times in the day when staff might not be available see the inside cover of this booklet for times. 13 (2015)
14 If you wish to register in person at the same time as making payment then do take note of the earlier cut-off date for registering in person at the College described below. How to Register 1. Select your programme/courses for the new academic year 2. Complete the registration application form 3. Collect together any additional relevant documentation 4. Make the appropriate payment 5. Submit all this together to the College in good time Don't forget your proof of payment or any certified documents. Note: All the documents for your registration application must be submitted together. Incomplete / partial applications are set aside, we do not go hunting for any missing bits and pieces. Please do not send documents many times. This slows down your registration while we reconcile them for possible changes. Post New students are required to post (or deliver) their registration documents to the College. We need the documents with the original signatures. Send everything together, not separately. If you post your documents before the closing date, and we receive them after the closing date, then we will still process it (if the bank deposit-slip date-stamp and the envelope postmark show that you did this before the closing date). There is no need to use a courier or speed services to get registration application documents to the College. Post early to avoid anxiety! Fax Only current students registering for courses on a programme they have already started may fax their registration application form together with their proof of payment. We are not permitted to accept faxed documents for new students or for existing students starting new programmes (this is a legal requirement as we need to hold documents with original signatures). Online Only current students registering for courses on a programme they 14 (2015)
15 have already started may use the online registration process through the College website Please fax or your proof of payment and indicate that you registered online. Only current students registering for courses on a programme they have already started may scanned registration application forms with proof of payment as attachments to You must use an official College appication form for the correct year and programme, and it must be signed. You can't simply "write a note"! Telephone No registration applications can be made over the telephone. In-person Registration applications may be delivered to the College during normal College hours. Registration application documents can only be delivered after 9:00 and before 15:00 on Mondays to Fridays. Anything received outside those times they will only be processed on the next working day. Study materials will be issued later. A very important note! Due to the vast number of last-minute registration applications, January 23rd is the last day that students will be able to register in-person at the College. After this date registration application documents can still be delivered and payments made, but applications can only be dropped-off and queued - study materials will be issued later. Registration Open Day Saturday January 31st 2015 is an open registration day at the College where students are welcome to visit in person and register between 8:30 and 11:30. Do not phone on that day, calls will not be answered. 15 (2015)
16 What happens after you submit your Registration documents? Once you submit your properly completed registration application form with supporting documents and payment details, AND we have reconciled your payment on our bank statement, then your registration is normally completed within three (3) working days counted from when we reconcile your payment. However, in the two weeks before the registration closing date this time-period becomes much, much longer, particularly if additional materials need to be printed. Note: Deposits to our bank account must reflect on our bank statements before we proceed with your registration. Please note that International deposits and deposits made at banks other than Standard Bank may take several days before they reflect on our statement. If everything is in order: we will process your registration, and dispatch your materials with a tracking number to the address you provided. If you gave us a valid address, we will attempt to the tracking number to you. If you gave us a valid cell phone number we will attempt to SMS the tracking number to you. If there is a problem with your registration: a member of staff will attempt to contact you directly using the contact details you provided on the application form. If the problem is with your choice of courses, and we are not able to reach you, then we will select appropriate courses based on the programme's rules. Note: If you are eligible for Component registrations but have not included them on your application form then we will register you for those components first! This means that you will not lose work that you have successfully completed, but it also means that there might be insufficient funds to register your full course selection. If there are insufficient funds: we will try and contact you, failing which we will register you for those courses which your funds cover. This usually happens if you had outstanding debt or if you did not calculate your fees correctly. 16 (2015)
17 If you sent your application in good time and have not heard from the College after ten working days please phone. If you wait longer than two weeks before following up on a problem, and we are up against deadlines, then the College accepts no responsibility for getting your material to you in time. If we cannot reach you to resolve any problem with your registration and neither do we hear from you before the closing dates, then your application will be declined. Do not wait until the closing date of a programme before phoning the College. On closing dates, and on the day following, staff are extremely busy processing last-minute registrations. Checking if you have been registered. If you posted your documents to us, and after a week have not received a communication from the College either with a query or with your tracking number, then call us. If you faxed your documents only call the College after three (3) full working days have passed. When you call we can tell you if you have been registered or not. We cannot tell you where your documents are, or if they have been received. Please do not phone the College 10 minutes after sending us a fax. Once we receive your documents, and if everything is in order, then we will process your application, and it will then appear on the student administration database. Any staff member will then be in a position to confirm the progress of your application. Current students please quote your student number so that we can confirm if you have been registered and if your materials have been dispatched with a tracking number (have a pen and paper ready when you call to write down the tracking number). New students please quote your ID number / passport number (the same one that you wrote on your registration form!) so that 17 (2015)
18 we can confirm if you have been registered and if your materials have been dispatched with a tracking number (have a pen and paper ready when you call to write down the tracking number). NOTE: All registration applications are subject only to the discretion of the TEEC Executive Directors. For Admission Procedures see the earlier section - Conditions for Registration. As well as the College s Admissions Policy in the Rules, Regulations & Policies booklet. Receiving your TEEC study materials Registrations are processed at the College offices in Johannesburg and study materials are dispatched from there. You have several options for receiving your study materials. They are listed here and explained below. 1. Collect when registering in person at the College. 2. Collect from the College once packed and ready for dispatch. 3. Request that your materials be sent via the POST OFFICE this includes a tracking number. 4. Request that your materials be sent via COURIER to a major centre for your collection this includes a tracking number. 5. Request that your materials be sent via COURIER to a physical address where an individual will sign for collection this includes a tracking number. If you select options 2 to 5 then you must include a valid cell phone number or address on your registration form the collection instructions / tracking number will be SMSed or ed we do not phone you. If you do not indicate a preferred delivery option, or if you do not provide all the required information for your selected delivery option, THEN we will post to you using the Post Office 1. Collect when registering in person at the College. Students who chose to register in person (described in the How to Register section above) can also collect their materials at the same time. This is dependent on materials being in stock and the capacity of the dispatch staff to handle ad-hoc collection requests. Please be prepared to wait. 18 (2015)
19 2. Collect from the College once packed and ready for dispatch. If you have visited the College in person to register and do not have time to wait for your study materials to be packed, or if you have either dropped off or sent your registration application to the College and would prefer for your study materials to be collected rather than posted, then indicate this option on your registration application form. You will be sent an SMS or once your study materials are packed and ready for collection. The person collecting the material needs to clearly indicate whose material is being collected, and will be required to sign for the hand-over, confirming the contents being delivered. Should materials go missing after they have been signed for then the cost of replacement is for the student. 3. Request that your materials be sent via the POST OFFICE this includes a tracking number. Selecting this option means that we will post your study materials to you using the South African Post Office Economy Parcel option which includes a tracking number. We will SMS or this tracking number using the information supplied on the registration application form. It is the recipient s responsibility to collect the parcel from the destination Post Office. Once TEE College has delivered the parcel to the Post Office then any queries are to be directed to the Post Office. Do not ask TEEC where the parcel is only the Post Office knows that! Use the service or call If you do not collect your parcel in time from the destination Post Office (usually three weeks), then the Post Office will return your parcel to TEEC and charge us for the return postage, which we will charge to your student account. College staff will attempt to contact the student to confirm the delivery address and will repost the study material. The repost charges are added to the student account. This happens each time the parcel is returned uncollected. If study material has been returned to the College and there is insufficient time to attempt delivery and allow the student sufficient time to study and prepare for the first assignment, then the courses will be cancelled and the material returned to stock. The student remains liable for any registration application fee, any cancellation fees, and any postage charges. See the College Refund Policy 19 (2015)
20 4. Request that your materials be sent via COURIER to a major centre for your collection this includes a tracking number. For 2015 TEE College is working with CourierIT for alternative delivery of student study material. In addition to providing a direct to your door delivery service (described below option 5), the company also allows collection from their distribution centres in major urban areas. This provides the speed and efficiency of an overnight economy courier service at a portion of the price normally associated with a to your door delivery service. This cost will be charged to your student account. Once you receive notification (by SMS or ) that your study materials have been sent to a distribution point operated by CourierIT then you will need to travel to those offices to collect your study materials parcel. Do not call the College for collection instructions or directions. Track the parcel using the CourierIT website ( or the service. Or call CourierIT. Failure to collect the parcel will result in CourierIT notifying TEE College, who will attempt to contact the student. If the student is not contactable, does not respond to messages, or fails to comply with follow-up instructions then uncollected materials will be returned to TEE College and any associated costs will be charged to the student account. 5. Request that your materials be sent via COURIER to a physical address where an individual will sign for collection this includes a tracking number. This is the most direct and secure delivery option and the most expensive! This cost is charged to the student s account. Once TEEC dispatches your study materials parcel, CourierIT (and their associated network) will attempt to deliver the parcel to major urban areas within 24 hours, and may take up to 72 hours to deliver to remote or out-lying areas. You need to provide: a physical address to which the parcel will be delivered the student s cell phone number You need to ensure that someone will be present at the supplied address to take delivery of the parcel. If delivery is attempted but no one is available to receive the parcel then CourierIT will notify TEE College, who will attempt to contact the student. A second delivery attempt will be made. If the student is 20 (2015)
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Dr. Seuss coined many amazing quotes throughout his life. An awesome way to commemorate him is to print off some of your favorite quotes and frame them. You can also print out pictures from his books to add to the frames.
Example Quotes:
Today you are you, that is truer than true! There is no one alive who is you-er than you!
Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better. It's not.
Kid, you'll move mountains.
Oh the things you can find, if you don't stay behind.
There are plenty of Dr. Seuss decorations for your walls including Sally stick-ons from The Cat in the Hat.
My favorite decorating idea is DIY truffula trees! They're made from foam pool noodles, construction paper and tissue paper pom poms. This is an easy and cheap decoration!
One of the most popular Dr. Seuss books is The Cat in the Hat. While decorating your table it's easy to stick with a blue and red color scheme to represent this book. Fairly easy centerpieces for the table can be made by glueing hats and fish from the story onto colorful straws and securing the straws into mini pails or vases in the blue and red color scheme.
You can get creative with the snacks for your Dr. Seuss Party! Fill a pail or bowl with jelly beans and label them Truffula Seeds.
How cute is the Lorax? You can re-create him with your snacks. His body is made from vanilla wafers, his mustache is mandarin oranges and his two eyes are created with icing.
Everybody relates Dr. Seuss with green eggs and ham, so this is a must for your snack table. Melt a piece of white chocolate onto two pretzel sticks and place a green M&M on top and you've created your own sweet and salty version.
The kids will love making ooey, gooey, oobleck from Dr. Seuss's Bartholomew and the Oobleck!
Here's How:
Dump 3 cups of cornstarch into a big bowl. Add about 8 drops of neon green food coloring, and about 4 drops of regular green food coloring. Mix it all together. Slowly add in a cup and a half of water and mix together with your hands.
1 fish, 2 fish, Red fish, Blue fish!
Put as many colorful goldfish crackers in a fish bowl as you like and have the children guess how many are in the bowl. Whoever guesses closest, wins a prize! Perhaps a Dr. Seuss book?!
You're a mean one Mr. Grinch! Pin the heart on the Grinch is an awesome spin on pin the tail on the donkey.
Party Favors:
Fill a bag with blue popcorn and red swedish fish for guests to take home to represent 1 fish, 2 fish, Red fish, Blue fish!
Another party favor option is to put red, white and blue gum balls in a bag with a cute rhyming quote thanking guests for coming.
Oh me! Oh my! Thanks for stopping by!
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Afghan presidential contender threatens boycott of ballot audit
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KABUL, Afghanistan – One of the two men vying to become Afghanistan's next president is threatening to boycott a ballot audit from the country's disputed presidential runoff, his adviser said Tuesday, a development that could further disrupt the already troubled process.
The complicated, U.N.-supervised audit of the 8 million votes from the June presidential runoff has been underway in Kabul for weeks.
The process followed allegations of vote fraud on both sides and is meant to decide whether Abdullah Abdullah, a former foreign minister, or former Finance Minister Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai will replace President Hamid Karzai.
Abdullah is apparently concerned that the audit has allegedly failed to invalidate a sufficient number of ballots so far that would correspond to the level of vote fraud his team claims has taken place.
A top adviser for Abdullah told reporters on Tuesday that if Abdullah's concerns are not addressed by Wednesday morning, he will pull out of the audit.
"If our demands are not accepted, we will announce the end of this process," said Fazel Ahmad Manawi. "This process will not be acceptable to us and the result will not have any value."
Manawi said the election commission ignored their complaints about fraudulent ballots.
If the recount is halted, it would create another major political stalemate for Afghanistan. Karzai has said the new president should be sworn in on Sept. 2. Karzai's successor is also expected to attend a NATO summit to be held next week.
The lack of new president has also held up the signing of a security agreement between the U.S. and Afghanistan. Both candidates have promised to sign the agreement, which Karzai rejected.
The audit has proceeded, with fits and starts, in warehouses on the edge of Kabul, where hundreds of workers of the Independent Election Commission have been pouring through roughly 23,000 ballot boxes from across the country. Their work has been monitored by U.N. as well as international observers and representatives of the opposing teams.
Observers from both Abdullah's and Ahmadzai campaign teams have observed the process, sometimes arguing intensely over issues such as whether unfolded ballot papers should be thrown out or whether check marks on ballots are too similar, a possible indication of fraud.
On Monday, the election commission announced the first invalidations in the audit, saying results from 72 of the 3,645 polling stations it initially assessed have been completely invalidated. Nearly 700 more polling stations were partially invalidated.
There was no immediate information how the invalidations would affect the end result of the election.
But Mujib Rahman Rahimi, a spokesman for Abdullah, said Tuesday the low number of invalidations shows the audit "is not working."


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At Summer's diamond dawn, we woke up tangled
In sheets, in limbs, in the paling of the sky
holding fast to one another, baking in the heat.
breathy whispering and wheezing laughter
summer waxed, the sunlight of our lives
a forever place cemented in our minds.
taking photographs, giving kisses
walking on decrepit old boardwalks,
swimming in each other's eyes.
it was the summer of our most content
loving heedlessly, fearlessly
disregarding the shortening days
it was the summer of our most content
and it will tide us over
through the winter.
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Your everlasting summer
You can see it fading fast
So you grab a piece of something
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Laptops and mobile phones make convenience even more significant because you can pull up your favorite casino from anywhere at all. Enjoy mobile gambling while riding public transport or waiting for appointments, while enjoying a coffee at a local café or relaxing in the sun. By using the Flash version of a casino on a mobile device, it is even easier to play a few hands of poker or blackjack while waiting in line at the grocery store or taking a few minutes of a break at the office. The possibilities are endless, and it's all due to the convenience of internet casinos.
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One of the benefits of playing on the web is the ability to play free games. Most offer a free play version, and you can log on with no financial obligation whatsoever. Brick-and-mortar casinos offer no such option - you have to pay to play.
Playing for free allows you to experiment with all of the games at no cost. You can brush up your skills on your favorite games or learn new games. Some sites also offer strategies, whether basic or advanced, and the free-play sites are the perfect place to implement those strategies and perfect them before you deposit funds on the real-money casino. It increases the odds of winning money through practicing for free.
3) Great Bonuses To Welcome You
When you deposit money at a casino, there are always welcome bonuses to entice you. Those welcome bonuses can range from 50 percent of a deposit to a 100 percent match bonus. As you play games, you earn points toward your bonus, and the money is incrementally put into your cash account.
There are no such bonuses at brick and mortar casinos!
Some sites also offer extra bonuses to new players, such as free slot machine spins or free hands in blackjack. Those bonuses are another way for you to build an initial bankroll with no extra financial contribution. Check out our detailed Casino Guide for more information on choosing a quality casino and scoring a top bonus.
4) Earn Player Points Fast
Online casinos also often offer player points that are accumulated for every hand, or every slot spin. Those points are amassed in your account and, as they increase, they can be used on the website for extra games, free spins, and other perks. While some live casinos offer loyalty points, they can take a very long time to accumulate when compared to the fast point process on Internet casinos.
Most internet casinos also allow you to cash in those points for prizes in the website's stores, where they offer everything from tournament entries to electronics. The more you play on a particular site, the more reward points you can earn. There can even be raffles and contests to win trips and other expensive prizes.
5) Wide Variety Of Deposit Options
Live casinos require cash to play any of the games in their establishments. Online sites, on the other hand, offer several options of funding a real money account. Sites often have five to 10 - sometimes more - payment methods for their customers. Some of them even offer bonuses for using their services.
You can use a credit card or debit card to fund an account, or you can choose from a number of other options. Electronic checks allow direct funding, and there are other options to give you a huge variety of choice at web-based casinos.
6) Huge Selection Of Games
Land-based casinos do offer a variety of games, but they can't compare to the choices that online casinos offer you. Most Internet gambling sites offer hundreds of slot machines, including several versions of blackjack, roulette, keno, and poker. Even better, you don't need to go to the casino to see what's available, nor do you have to settle for whatever the live casino can fit into its floor space. Plus, if you really want the live casino experience, try playing in some of the live dealer games, where actual dealers (generally attractive women) deal the games via webcam.
The most variety with casinos online is in the slot machine department. Players who enjoy the older three-reel and five-reel machines can find them, or they can opt for newer video versions of slots. With hundreds of games just a click away, there is no chance of getting bored or being unable to find the machine you want.
7) Play At Whatever Stake Level You Want
Internet casinos give you the option to gamble as much, or as little, money as you want. Brick-and-mortar casinos, on the other hand, often set minimum limits because they have overheads and wages to pay.
If you play online options you can choose to play for free, for a few cents, or even for $1,000 per spin on a slots machine. And you can do all that without the trouble of a pit boss examining movements and questioning your bets. This is great because it means you can start low and raise your bets when you feel more comfortable, or when you hit a winning streak.
8) Be Comfortable When You Play
Most people prefer to play in private, and at the time and place of their own choosing. This also means that they can wear anything they choose, whether it is pajamas or their work clothes.
Instead of having to get dressed up for a live casino, which includes the process of hair, makeup for women, and clothes suitable for the establishment and per their dress codes, players can wear what they want and not worry about anyone else seeing them. The ability to play on a sofa, or in bed is truly priceless for most.
9) Save Yourself Money
Most people don't live close to brick and mortar casinos, meaning it costs money to get there. You have to take transportation, pay for fuel and parking, and risk accidents or damage to your vehicle. You may have to park a distance from the door and worry about walking across a parking lot, or you could have to pay a valet to park their vehicle. And if they win money in the casino, you have to worry about walking to your car with winnings in your purse or pocket.
Online casinos, on the other hand, require none of that hassle. You can play casino games from home or work without having to worry about getting to or from the venue. You can also feel secure that your winnings are safe in your online account. You can then withdraw it safely whenever you choose.
10) Be Global In Your Gambling
One of the benefits of playing at on the internet is the opportunity to compete with players from around the world. A poker player might find competitors from Asia, Europe, and South America at the same table, which offers a unique opportunity to see how others play and cultures adapt to the games.
Some games offer the chance to set up games with friends, so a person in the United Kingdom could play against a cousin in Australia without having to travel at all. A person in Canada can play a version of a slot machine game that is typically played in Asia, and a player in South America can compete at European-style roulette tables. The international facet of online gambling is one of the perks of playing and experiencing gaming in an entirely new way.
Millions of players log on to Internet casinos every day for one or more of the reasons listed above. The freedom to gamble in private or with friends, at any limit at any game, and with bonuses galore brings new customers to the games en masse.
Security measures taken by the sites today offer safe financial transactions. And new technology allows players to compete on their desktop computers or laptops, or any type of mobile device, including iPads, iPhones, and Androids. Flash technology provides no-download casinos, and players have more choices in gaming than ever in history.
Why travel to a live casino with its hassles and limitations when online websites offer so much more?


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TUMELO KOMAPE, better known in the Twittersphere as TK is one of the faces behind the City of Joburg's Twitter account. He told Mbali Zwane how he manages to keep his sense of humour while responding to an entire city's complaints and service delivery frustrations.
Tumelo Komape (30) has garnered a following online for his light touch in responding to often tetchy service complaints from residents of the City of Joburg (COJ). Originally from Limpopo, Komape is a communications graduate from the University of the Western Cape and a jazz enthusiast. He later moved to Johannesburg and joined the COJ as the organisation's webmaster. He is currently the city's digital communications manager.
Q: Who is Tumelo Komape?
A: I'm both an introvert and extrovert, depending on my surroundings and the company around me. After I matriculated, I enrolled to study journalism but I ended up in communications because of the orientation of the modules. I didn't even know what it meant to be a journalist. Then I wanted to be a journalist and a musician at the same time. At one point I wanted to be a journalist, a musician and a computer guru.
Q: Is there a difference in personalities between Tumelo Komape and TK?
A: Not really. The only difference might be that TK thinks through what he's going to say, and tries to phrase it in a diplomatic way, whereas Tumelo just shoots. I have to be professional at all times so I'll type a tweet, edit and rephrase it three times before sending it. Other than that, we both enjoy humour.
Q: How do you keep your sense of humour from burning out?
A: I don't think it can burn out because people, customers, are my source of fun. They're different so my humour is always evolving. I don't work from a script so I constantly have to apply my mind and adjust my personality or level of humour according to the different customers.
Q: Have you gotten into trouble for the tweets or interaction with customers?
A: No, I don't think I can get in trouble because I craft the tweets carefully. Although some tweets [that we receive] are offensive and provocative, I remain calm and don't take it personally because they're mad at the brand and not me. Customers vary so my approach and response will always be equal to the customer. Sometimes I have to apply my human approach before using the business process to assist customers.
Q: Where did you learn customer service?
A: I have seven years' experience in marketing and four years in customer service, mostly call centre related. I've learnt to develop a thick skin and deal with customers in between all that. I had to come up with a strategy to deal with customers in a way that was not frustrating.
Q: Does humour help you deal with customers?
A: Yes. Our environment is very stressful so we always try to approach things from a lighthearted point of view. I'm not a robot and I want residents to be aware that it's a human being behind the account. I don't work from a script. I'm here to assist customers, and I do that with a human element.
Just followed @CityofJoburgZA and I aint even in JHB because TK❤
— Vuyokazi Qoboshiyane (@VeeQobosshh) December 8, 2015
Q: What is the strategy behind the City's social media? A: When I took over the Twitter account, we had less than 3,000 followers. Now we're sitting at more than 167,000 followers. This is because we increased our engagement and interaction with residents instead of pushing notifications and broadcast messages. Our interaction rate was 11%, and 89% was outgoing messages and notifications. Flipping this around has been fruitful. This strategy demands time so you can imagine, we work as though we don't have lives and families. It's not a 9 to 5 job.
Q: How efficient is the City in resolving queries? A: I log the issue on the system as soon as a customer reports it. I deal with about 700 to 1,000 queries daily and our entities have a certain turnaround time to respond to the query or complaint. The follow-up process is quick, although the organisation is still catching up. Social media requires us to be faster than before so we're currently discussing ways to improve our turnaround time.
I see Home Affairs has joined @CityofJoburgZA in this social media mode of service delivery. Impressive. Convenient. http://t.co/XPGE2BrqEi — Mosa (@PhillMosa) December 9, 2015
Q: How has social media assisted the city in improving services?
A: Social media is able to expose things that wouldn't have been exposed had it not been for it. Residents tweet us pictures of people sleeping on the job or burst water pipes and we're able to send these to depots immediately and hold them accountable for any faults not attended to. It keeps us in check, so we're constantly in the loop about anything negative and we try to attend to it ASAP.
Q: What is the role of social media in good governance?
A: It is everything. It's the biggest thing to happen in the digital era. It helps organisations be aware of anything and everything that has to do with their brand, whether positive or negative. People dread calling call centres to enquire or complain; social media has given them an alternative. Organisations are forced to provide quality service all the time because anything negative shared on social media, is a reputational risk for brands. Social media has changed business operations.
Why is TK running the City of Joburg account not the Mayor of Joburg? Parks must retire just for a week so we have TK as mayor??
— Tinkerbell of Travel (@TheSoloWandera) December 8, 2015


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Dementium II is a first person, survival horror video game for the Nintendo DS. It is the sequel to 2007′s Dementium: The Ward, also for the Nintendo DS. The game is being developed by Renegade Kid and is set to be published by SouthPeak Interactive. It includes new weapons like the sledge hammer.
Dementium 2
Dementium 2 at a Glance
- Platform(s): Nintendo DS
- Genre: ACTION, FIRST PERSON SHOOTER
- Developer: Renegade Kid
- Publisher: Renegade Kid
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from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
- v. Simple past tense and past participle of own.
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- adj. having an owner; often used in combination. Opposite of
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adj. having an owner; often used in combination
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If old media is about to kick the bucket, then why is TMZ.com, the popular Hollywood gossip site that, like CNNMoney.com, is owned by Time Warner, launching a TMZ television show that will air on News Corp.-owned Fox stations this fall?
Privately owned Carrix Inc. is the parent of Seattle-based SSA Marine, the largest U. S.-owned marine terminal operator, with operations in more than 125 ports worldwide.
A new smelter owned by Alcoa, another U. S.-owned aluminum company, began operations in June 2007 and will have a production capacity of 346,000 tons per year when fully operational.
In a significant move against foreign-owned private property, Allende's government nationalized major U.S. corporations in 1971-including the U. S.-owned telephone company, ITT, and the copper mines owned by Anaconda Copper Mining, Kennecott and Braden.
Time for Plan B: Firm owned by Jim Moran's wife seeks mixed uses on D. C.-owned New Jersey and
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He moved to New York in 1999 and later signed with ATO Records, a label owned partly by Dave Matthews that has also been home to David Gray, Patty Griffin and My Morning Jacket.
Girl in a Coma is signed to Blackheart Records - a label owned by rocker Joan Jett - and takes its name from the song "Girlfriend in a Coma" by The Smiths.
Warner Music, the label owned by billionaire Len Blavatnik, had been leading the bids for EMI's recorded-music side, but backed out after failing to agree to terms on taking over EMI's pension liabilities.
Eventually he caught the ear of some powerful industry figures, and a year later had signed to Roc Nation, a label owned my none other than Jay-Z.
Universal beat Warner Music, the label owned by billionaire Len Blavatnik, for EMI's recorded arm, while Sony was vying with BMG Rights Management GmbH, the music company controlled by KKR & Co. BMG Spokeswoman Annika Reiche-Seiz declined to comment.


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Pimple is not at all Simple
Each and every girl has an enemy and that enemy is PIMPLE. It is said that Pimple on faces announces the arrival of youth in girls and boys. I never felt so as I was God gifted child. I had oily skin yet I never had pimples. I found myself damn lucky as I never had to apply stale spit, multani mitti or any other dadima ke nuskhe to remove those kale dhabbe from my skin. I never had to read the articles which helped to remove pimples or never dreaded from looking at mirror. I could eat as many Gol-gappas I wish to have and as much spicy food as I wish. My friends felt jealous of me as I never did anything to save my skin from pimples. My oily skin also could not attract these monsters.
However this happiness was struck by calamity on one horrible day. It was my sister's marriage and for that I got facial and bleach done on my face. God knows what exactly happens but after few days my skin was full of pimples. I was out of my mind and would again and again look at my face which was now full of pimples. I could not believe my eyes. My mummy was also dumbstruck as my skin was considered to be the most beautiful skin and these pimples had ruined everything. I just don't know what caused these monsters but they were destroying my skin and my confidence. From that day journey started. Journey of avoiding spicy food, my life- Gol-gappas, applying Multani mitti, neem pack and visits to doctors. I could understand now the pain and agony of the girls whose beauty was ruined by pimples. I tried variety of lotions and face washes but nothing worked and these monsters kept showing themselves on my skin.
My mummy was more worried as my sister got married and now it was my turn to join her in list of wedded girls. She was cursing God again and again for ruining my beautiful skin at that phase of life when I needed it the most. One day I was just changing channels and I saw an advertisement. Advertisement of Garnier Pure Active Neem face wash. It was a new one. Till that date I had tried many lotions and face washes so I decided to give it a try and so I purchased the face wash as soon as it reached to my nearby market and used it. I really thank God that I saw that ad on that day as Garnier Pure Active Neem worked like a magic wand for me and in a month my skin was again beautiful and devoid of pimples.
I really believe that face is the mirror of person's image so one needs to keep it clear of all the blemishes and pimples. Thanks Garnier Pure Active Neem to help me in achieving this beautiful face of mine.


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Homeowners need to be on alert for scams following severe weather
With storm season comes scam artists seeking to take advantage of distressed homeowners in need of repairs.
People should be extremely cautious of anyone going door-to-door offering services such as home repair, removal of downed trees, landscaping work or even auto repair.
For those with storm damage the Better Business Bureau gives the following advice before choosing a contractor:
- When approached by a contractor, ask for proof of licensing and bonding.
- Try to get at least 3-4 quotes from contractors, and insist that payments be made to the company, not an individual.
- Do not pay for the job in advance. Be wary of any contractor who demands full payment up front.
- Do not hire people who show up at your door offering services such as tree or debris removal and roof repair.
- Resist high-pressure sales tactics such as the "good deal" you'll get only if you hire the contractor on the spot.
- Check out the company first with the BBB at www.bbb.org and deal only with reputable local contractors.
- Get a written contract that specifies the price and the work to be done and a time frame. In Illinois state law requires a written contract with all costs enumerated for home repair or remodeling work over $1,000.
- Prices are often high in the immediate aftermath of a storm. Buy only the services that are necessary to make your home safe and habitable. Wait at least a few days to hire other contractors because the rates are likely to drop.
- Pay by credit card, if possible; you may have additional protection if there's a problem. Otherwise, pay by check. Never pay in cash.
- Check that the contractor's vehicle has signs or markings on it with the business name and phone number.
- Be sure that all promises made are put in writing.
For those with flood damage the BBB offers the following:
- Request bids from two or three different companies.
- Don't automatically pick the lowest bid.
- Base all bids on the same criteria.
Reviewing contracts should remain a key point as well in these situations:
- Research for details and free information on contractors you can trust at bbb.org and consider using the BBB's FREE online service eQuote to obtain estimates, proposals or general information from BBB Accredited contractors.
- Get all estimates in writing.
- Never sign a contract with blank spaces or one you do not fully understand.
- Homeowners should check with local and county units of government to determine if permits or inspections are required.
- Determine whether the contractor has the proper insurance.
Regarding flood insurance the BBB recommends the following:
- Call your insurance agent or company to inquire about the availability of flood insurance in the area. Keep in mind that flood insurance becomes effective 30 days after it is purchased.
- Standard flood coverage does not typically cover damage resulting from sewer backups or sump pump issues. Ask your insurance agent or company if such additional coverage is appropriate to add to your policy.
- Homeowners should take an inventory of their personal property and make photocopies of their insurance policies, keeping all such important papers in a secure location away from home. Taking pictures of various rooms and their contents is also a great way to document the contents.
For more tips on scams visit bbb.org.


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Three members of the Sureño street gang were arrested Wednesday for possessing stolen property and other violations, Mountain View police said.
A press release says the suspects are Rigoberto Lopez, 22, of Sunnyvale; a 16-year-old Sunnyvale boy; and a 13-year-old Redwood City girl.
They tried to sell gold jewelry at a jewelry store on the 600 block of Escuela but were thwarted, police said. When undercover and code enforcement officers contacted them outside the shop, they discovered a bag full of electronics, additional gold jewelry and drug paraphernalia, according to the press release.
Upon further investigation, police found that the goods had been stolen during a recent residential burglary in Sunnyvale.
Police also said that a rash of burglaries and thefts triggered a recent amendment to the municipal code that requires second-hand jewelry dealers to accurately document their purchases from private citizens.
The city's jewelry dealers were informed of the new ordinance and provided with requisite documentation during a three-month grace period, police added.
"We were seeing criminals from outside of the area coming into Mountain View to sell their stolen property," Minor stated in the press release. "This case is a great example of compliance leading to an arrest."
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