The hosts, meanwhile, as seeking to avoid a fifth consecutive game without a victory in all competitions.
After securing an impressive seventh-placed finish and reaching the Copa del Rey final last season, Osasuna have since endured a difficult start to the new campaign, winning just two of their opening eight games across all competitions.
Los Rojillos began the month of September with back-to-back La Liga losses to Barcelona and Getafe before playing out a goalless draw with Sevilla last weekend, firing just two of their 16 shots on target in a frustrating contest on home soil.
Jagoba Arrasate’s side have subsequently slipped to 11th in the La Liga table, and at this early stage, they find themselves sitting three points above the relegation zone as well as three points behind Thursday’s opponents Atletico Madrid in fifth place.
Osasuna’s early-season form at Estadio El Sadar will be a cause for concern for Arrasate as they have failed to win any of their first four home matches in all tournaments, losing three times and scoring just two goals in the process, despite ending last season with five home wins in their last six games.
Hopes of securing their maiden home win of the new campaign on Thursday could prove challenging, though, as Los Rojillos have not beaten Atletico Madrid on their own turf since a 3-0 win in February 2014.
Atletico Madrid travel to Estadio El Sadar in buoyant mood after claiming a 3-1 home victory over Real Madrid on Sunday evening – ending a three-game winless streak against their city rivals.
Two goals inside the opening 18 minutes from Alvaro Morata and Antoine Griezmann put Atletico in control, before a sweet strike from Toni Kroos 10 minutes before the break restored hope for Los Blancos.
However, Los Cochoneros did not take long to regain their two-goal cushion as Morata found the net just 30 seconds into the second half, and Atletico eventually held on for an impressive derby triumph to climb into the top five of La Liga.
Diego Simeone is now tasked with finding consistency for his Atletico side, who had previously beaten Rayo Vallecano 7-0, lost 3-0 at Valencia and drawn 1-1 with Lazio in their Champions League group-stage opener.
Los Cochoneros will be confident of claiming back-to-back La Liga wins for the first time this season on Thursday as they have won each of their last 10 meetings with Osasuna, winning their last five away encounters by an aggregate score of 15-1.
Osasuna La Liga form:
Osasuna form (all competitions):
Atletico Madrid La Liga form:
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We say: Osasuna 0-2 Atletico Madrid
Atletico Madrid will be considered firm favourites to win on Thursday and have every reason to feel confident of securing maximum points against an Osasuna side who are yet to find their groove in the early stages of this season.
Only Barcelona and Girona (both 16) have scored more La Liga goals that Atletico (13) so far this term, and we expect their in-form attackers to have more joy in the final third at Estadio El Sadar.


The 45th Annual Huckleberry Festival in Jay will kick off on Thursday with a Carnival at J.B. Earp Stadium.
Many events are planned for this year all centering around the star of the show - “huckleberries”.
The carnival wrist band nights will start Thursday through Sunday from 6 to10 p.m. Advance tickets can be purchased at Grand Savings Bank for extra savings. One wristband is good for one night of your choice only. Pre-sale of wristbands ends on June 29 at 5 p.m.
On Friday, June 28 from 9 a.m. Until 3 p.m. you can attend the Sports Card Show at Wal-Mart
On Saturday, the day will be full of events beginning with registration for the Huckleberry Run at 6:45 a.m. at JB Earp Stadium with the Huckleberry Run starting at 7:30 a.m.
Car show registration is from 8 a.m. until noon at the court house square. Huckleberry Car Show Award and presentations will be between 1 and 3 p.m.
Registration for the Huckleberry Pie Contest is from 8:30 to 9 a.m. followed by the frog jumping contest at Courtyard Printing located on the west side of the courthouse square. Promoters say participants must bring their own frog. Prizes will be awarded and the jump will start at 9 a.m.
Also at 9 a.m. At the New Youth fields, registration for the mush ball games will be held. A drunk take will be set up at the corner of HWY 59 from 9 a.m. Until 3 p.m and face painting by the Boys and Girls Club will be held at the NE corner of the square.
The Huckleberry Arts & Craft show will be held at the Jay Community Center from 9-5. A fundraiser will be held at that same time for the Jay Varsity Cheer.
The famous Huckleberry Parade will be held downtown at 10 a.m. featuring the Huckleberry royalty. At the same time you can sign up for the turtle derby at the Pizza Hut.
On the courthouse square at 10:30 a.m. You can get free ice cream and huckleberry sauce. The pie auction will start at the same time. Bring your bucks for this one, the pies always sell well and it's always a favorite of the crowd.
At 11 a.m. The Turtle Derby begins at the Pizza Hut and the mush ball tournament will start at the New Youth Fields.
Starting at 10:30 you can eat ice cream & huckleberries and watch the pie auction at the gazebo, all on the courthouse lawn.
The turtle derby will start at 11 a.m. At the pizza hut and Jay American Radio Network and a hotdog eating contest will be happening back on the courthouse lawn.
Hungry for hog meat? The Jay Masonic Lodge, located north of the red light on 5th & Carver will be serving up lunch at noon.
After you've finished that fine meal, you can go to the Delaware County Museum, located on the south side of the square and purchase dessert. A Huckleberry milkshake can be enjoyed starting at noon.
After lunch at 12:30, there's a pie eating contest at Nana's Coffee Cup Cafe and the Gold Fish Swim Battle commences at the new Grand Savings Bank located north of Jay.
At 2 p.m. Arvest's “Carry an Okie” will be held on the courthouse square
The 3-leg race, water balloon toss, egg toss and high heel race will start at 2:30 p.m. sponsored by V&V Drug. Several prizes will be given for the high heel race, that was a huge favorite last year. First prize will be $500, 2nd prize $200, 3rd prize gets $100 and $100 will go to the best dressed. You won't want to miss that one.
Sonic is next on the days agenda with a Root Beer Chug-A-Lug Contest starting at 3 p.m.
New this year is the firefighters kids spray at the Jay City Park at 4 p.m. and live music by Kyle Marney at 4:30 back at the gazebo.
Wrapping up Saturday's festivities will be the Green Country Giggers Light Parade and Fireworks Show at the Lake Eucha Bridge at 10 p.m.
On July 1 you can enjoy Movie in the Park at dusk. Always a favorite event.
On Wednesday, July 4 there will be gospel music by Dylan Hall and Second Shift, Jay's own gospel band, from 7:30 to 9:30 pm. at J.B. Earp Stadium before the fireworks show at 9:30 p.m.


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If there were a way, I'd have given the story 3.5 stars. It says it in the description, but in case you missed it - this audio is two books combined into one audiobook. Which is good choice on the part of the audio publishers. If I'd listened to just the first book, I may not have continued. It's not bad, it's just not something that would inspire me to listen to 5 more books. I didn't really care about the characters and it seemed like a pretty cookie cutter sword and sorcery.
HOWEVER - in the second book, the story really hits it's stride. It's nothing revolutionary, just solid writing with fun characters and an enjoyable storyline. Which, in my opinion, is more than we're getting from a lot of fantasy writers of late. By the time I got to the end of all three audio books I was hoping to find more by this author.
To quote from the author himself about this series: "The Riyria Revelations, especially in the beginning, is little more than fast-paced light fantasy. As the series progresses, I think you'll see more depth both in the world of Elan and the characters. This was a purposeful decision and a dangerous one. It means that by design the first book is the weakest of the set, but enables me to end it with a resounding bang."
And he absolutely did.
193 of 205 people found this review helpful
STORY - (Epic fantasy) I have never listened to a fantasy audiobook before, but I read several reviews that mentioned this was not the typical dark, depressing midieval tale that I so dislike. I decided to give it a try, and I'm really glad I did. It's not depressing, but it's not cute or silly either. The main characters, Hadrian and Royce, are very likeable thieves who constantly attempt impossible tasks to help people in trouble. They get into all kinds of sticky situations, giving the story exciting twists and turns. And don't forget that a fantasy must have a kingdom, a wizard, a dragonlike creature, elves, dwarves... that also keep things interesting. It is a long book that never, ever drags down or gets boring.
There is sword-fighting and killing, but I wouldn't consider it overly violent or gory. While the names of some characters and places are unusual, they're not so difficult that you can't keep them straight. The book comes to a satisfactory "semi-conclusion" that ties up a lot of loose ends, but you will definitely want to continue the series.
PERFORMANCE - Good job distinguishing between multiple voices.
OVERALL - (Actual overall rating 4.5) Highly recommended for men, women and older teens. There is no sex, and I don't remember any bad language.
140 of 149 people found this review helpful
I have finally got round to stating how fabulous these books are - all hail Royce and Hadrian brought to life by the fantastic Tim Gerard Reynolds from the mind of Michael J Sullivan - I have lost track on how many times I have listened to these books and I am never bored - to all new readers get these books and I guarantee it will be money well spent 😊
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Where does Theft of Swords rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?
This was a decent fantasy romp with lots of the right ingredients. I liked the main characters, the plot was good & unpredictable.
However .... I get really turned off when the main characters do things I wouldn't expect after coming to know them. Or when events just fit (too) neatly together..
For example (SPOILER) .. two thieves, part of a underground hidden mysterious guild, suddenly become kings protectors (really? what about avoiding the limelight?) ... donate the financial reward to a monk (arent they thieves?) ... help a young woman for a couple of silver... It just didnt add up for me - I didnt buy into it. So whilst I kinda enjoyed the story, liked the main guys, it never really held me by the short & curlies.
What about Tim Gerard Reynolds’s performance did you like?
The narration was great.
Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?
5 of 5 people found this review helpful
Exciting full of adventure! Smart, Witty, Funny. Fell in love with the characters. can't wait to hear the next one :)
1 of 1 people found this review helpful
awesome story! very well portrayed by the narrator! hard to stop listening. this is my third time through the series. keep up the good work guys!

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Huzzah, folks! I am very excited to say that I have met not one, but TWO of my patronage goals!
Milestone the First!
I have acquired enough art patrons that I can commit to a WEEKLY stream of art, starting September 2018! Mondays at 7:30pm (Mountain Time), anybody can drop into my art streams on Twitch, Facebook, YouTube, and Picarto and watch me work on new art, BUT! My patrons will get access to a subscriber-only livestreams on Picarto every first Monday. (Link will be emailed out later!)
Why Picarto? Well, first of all, they are geared more towards creative streaming. Second, they allow for NSFW tagging (because N00DZ are evil, of course). Thirdly, they allow for private streaming.
Milestone the Second!
Yay, I have enough GAMING backers as well to restart my NPCs for The City!
Right, New Stuff!
Hey, I also finished a bunch of art!

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Compared to other countries around the world, The United States is relatively young. Though 250 years is a long time, many nations have existed and persisted for thousands of years, leaving behind landmarks such as the great pyramids of Egypt and the Parthenon in Greece. That said, The United States has its fair share of old structures too like The Cliff Palace that rests in Mesa Verde National Park in Colorado, which was built by the Anasazi around the 1200’s.
It’s rare that structures from so long ago are so well preserved, so we’re lucky to have them. Many structures that were built during colonization survive by the mere fact that they were built 350 years ago instead of 1000. Of course, given the rapid rate of progress and industrialization in the last century, it is still impressive that buildings older than the US still stand, and many of them are right here in New York City.
– The Wyckoff House: Built in 1652 this is not just the oldest house in NYC, but the oldest building as well. Formerly a farmhouse, decedents of the Wyckoff family pulled their funds together to purchase their family home in 1937. From there, they created the Wyckoff Museum, showcasing original items and artifacts from the structure’s days as a farmhouse. It was the first building in NYC to be designated a historic landmark. If you’d like a tour, take a trip to East Flatbush for a blast from the past.
– Queens County Farm Museum: This historic building was built in Floral Park Queens in 1697 and has been a running farm ever since. In fact, it is New York’s oldest running farm, supplying food to New Yorkers while giving historical and agricultural tours. It’s hard to imagine 47 acres of farmland in NYC, but that just shows how important this farm is to the community.
– Britton Cottage: You’ll find that many old structures in NYC will literally be picked up and moved to avoid destruction or inconvenience. One such structure is the Britton Cottage, built in 1670 and moved to Historic Richmond Town in 1965. Once owned by the founders of the New York Botanical Garden, Dr. Nathanial Britton, this building is a jack of all trades being used as a home, a courthouse, and even a meeting place for the Presbyterian Society. Currently, it’s waiting to be restored, but should be open to the public once it’s finished.
– Old Quaker Meeting House: Built in 1694, this structure is considered the oldest church in New York, though it’s not technically a church. Quaker officials would meet in this building to discuss everything from religious freedom to the abolition of slavery. Many of the nation’s leaders have congregated here, including George Washington. More impressive, it’s still used as a meeting house for Quakers today.
– Van Cortlandt House: Formerly the home to the Van Cortlandt’s, one of New York’s wealthiest families, this home was built in 1748 and played an important role in the American Revolution, hiding important city documents after the British took control of Manhattan. In addition to being a war time game changer, the house was also a farm, a brewery, and a timber mill. Currently, it’s a museum, so get on up to the Bronx and see it for yourself!
– The Morris-Jumel Mansion: If you’re a fan of our Haunted New York series, then you’re already well acquainted with this mansion. Manhattan’s oldest home, built in 1765, this home was used as a strategic outpost for both the US and the British, due to its position on a hill. It was also home to former Vice President and duelist, Aaron Burr, but only during his short-term marriage to Eliza Jumel. The home is, you guessed it, a museum! But this one has ghost stories attached to it, so that’s a spooky twist we can all enjoy.
– Flatiron Building: You probably didn’t expect this on the list considering it was built between 1901 and 1902. However, I decided to include it because it’s NYC’s oldest standing skyscraper, which is an impressive feat. The first skyscraper was built in 1889, but that has since been demolished. Since then, the Flatiron build has taken the crown as the oldest and boldest. It’s still a young building compared to the rest of the list, but you can’t have a Historic New York Building list without talking about skyscrapers.
– Dyckman Farmhouse: See why I added a skyscraper? So many old farmhouses exist in New York! Build in 1784, this house was built to replace a house that had been destroyed during the revolution. Largely left abandoned after the 1800’s, this home was restored as close as it could be to its original state. Located on 204th street, this historic farmhouse is now a museum and venue for special entertainment and educational events.
– Hamilton Grange: Remember when I said old, historic homes get moved around a lot? Well, the former home of Alexander Hamilton, built in 1802, fits that mold perfectly. In fact, it was moved three separate times before finally finding its permanent home in Hamilton Height’s Grange Park on 135th street. This historic home contains a ton of memorabilia from the founding fathers and is open to the public.
– St. Paul’s Chapel: Built in 1766, this is the oldest church in Manhattan. It was known as the “Holy Ground” both because it was a church and a place where sex workers attracted customers. One of the only places in the city to see Georgian ecclesiastical architecture, this church has pews dedicated to some of its most famous visitors, George Washington and Bill Clinton.
These are just some of the historic homes and buildings you can find in NYC. Although they might not be the oldest structures on earth, they are a fascinating look at our collective history as New Yorkers and Americans. Through preservation and restoration, they will stand the test of time so that they may teach future generations how their ancestors lived.

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Dealing with Aggression
My definition of aggression is "any attempt to intimidate." How should we respond to a dog that is trying to intimidate another dog or a person? In my 30+ years of teaching obedience classes, I have found that almost all acts of aggression are easily changed. Dogs are problem solvers. If the dog believes that acting aggressively will solve his problem, he will act that way (Read "How Dogs Learn").
Some Case Studies:
- The Bad Actor: Daisy, the Cocker Spaniel showed up with her owner to attend the first night of beginning obedience class. She sat between her owner’s feet. Whenever another dog moved in her direction, she flew to the end of the leash growling and snarling. I gave the owner a “penny bottle,” that is an empty water bottle with 2-3 pennies inside. The next time Daisy lunged at another dog, the owner tapped her on the head with the penny bottle. It took two repetitions before Daisy was looking away or at her owner as opposed to the other dogs in class.
- The Bike Chaser: “Slade” was a Weimaraner that loved to chase cars. Soon he was chasing bicyclists and joggers as well. The problem came to a head when Slade chased and bit a tri-athlete in the calf as he rode by on his bicycle. It was easy to set-up Slade. Riding on a bike past the house, armed with penny bottles and water balloons, when Slade sprinted at the bike, the rider simply turned toward Slade and started shouting, throwing penny bottles and water balloons. The cyclist chased Slade right up to the front porch. It took 3-4 set-ups over the course of two weeks and Slade was convinced that barking and running to the porch was much safer than barking and chasing anyone.
- The Bowl Defender: Coal, the Newfoundland, thought it was perfectly OK to growl at any family member who approached him while he was eating. The owner was under the impression that Coal should be willing to let people walk up and even put their hands in his bowl while he was eating. Actually, it is quite unnatural for two dogs to willingly chew on the same bone or eat out of the same bowl at the same time. Generally one dog gives up the object to the other. We explained to the owner that it was not only unnecessary but also unnatural for Coal to be comfortable eating while the owner’s hand was in his bowl. Instead, we taught the owner that when he set down Coal’s food and walked away, he was giving Coal permission to eat. However, if the owner wanted to go near the food, Coal needed to back away from the bowl. Leaving Coal on a long line, the owner put down Coal’s food and walked to the end of the long line. After Coal started eating, he calmly said, “Coal, Come.” When Coal didn’t come, he gave a tug on the line and made Coal leave the food and come. He then told Coal to sit and went and picked up the food. Within four meals Coal learned that when someone came toward him while he was eating, it was necessary to move away from the bowl and offer to share his possession, not defend it.
- Possession Aggression - This is a dog that defends his food, bone, or toy. He is trying to defend some object that he doesn’t want anyone else to take from him.
- Area Aggression - This is a dog that is acting aggressively in his crate, his car, his house, his yard, etc. He is trying to defend his area.
- Fear Aggression - A dog’s instinct is fight or flight. If the dog cannot flee, he may act aggressively to defend himself.
- Dominance Aggression - This dog is typically the one that thinks he’s in charge of the family or all the other dogs in the family and is going discipline anyone that he thinks is behaving improperly.
By the time an owner is concerned enough to seek professional advice, it is rare for the dog to be exhibiting only one type of aggression. Because dogs are problem solvers, they quickly discover that aggression solves their problem. The puppy that was growling to keep the children away from him while he is eating (possession aggression) then tries to growl to keep people from moving him off the furniture (area aggression).
How do you deal with a dog that has learned that aggression works? Most of the time, it can be quite simple. The dog thinks that he can solve his “problem” by acting aggressively, and has never been shown another way to behave. In the case of Daisy, who was exhibiting area aggression, it was easy to come up with a correction that offended her. She quickly realized that a bop on the head with a penny bottle was a much bigger problem than the problem she perceived the other dogs to be.
Slade, also exhibiting a form of area aggression, was chasing cars and bikes because he perceived that he was successfully chasing them away. Once he found out that they would not leave, but would chase him back, he was largely cured. Pairing that with the noise of a penny bottle and the offensiveness of getting wet when a water balloon exploded near him was enough to make him understand that the consequences of being chased were much worse than the joy of chasing.
Possession aggression is often cured when a dog finds out that he has to be obedient even when he has an object to defend. Enforcing obedience commands gave Coal something more important to think about than defending his possessions.
However, for some dogs, aggression is more complicated. Before any owner can stop a dog that is acting aggressively, he needs to be sure that the dog believes that he must be submissive to the owner.
On August 7, I am conducting a webinar about teaching obedience classes. Included in that webinar there will be a demonstration to show you exactly how we teach our students to respond to aggressive behavior. If you cannot attend live, you will receive a recording of the webinar within a few days.
Meanwhile, feel free to send me your questions so that I can be sure to answer them the night of the webinar.

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Editors. "Maastricht falls to the Dutch". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 01 February 2011
[http://www.litencyc.com/php/stopics.php?rec=true&UID=16044, accessed 19 April 2014.]
The city of Maastricht, formerly held by the Spanish Netherlands, falls to the Dutch. The Infanta Isabella at Brussels attempts to negotiate a peace, but the war is continued.


eh3ngerhl\S produced a new and useful result, was clearly one of the, objects Jaws." " ThisiMguage is perti,nent to the claim, which the ante ,infringe. The usual decree will be entered in favor of complainant.
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Claim lef'letters patlent:No. 258,156, IssUEldMay 16, 1882, to Cleon Tondeur for an furnaces, COVel'S: "The ooinbinllotion of the bars, cl, a:, SIde by side, and alternately between each other, the set, d..supporting the sheets of glass, while the bars, a:, are pushed towards the leer or flattening wheel, lind the set, d, the sheets of glass. Bnd moving them onward and through the tunnel, substantIally as set forth." The drawings show the bars raised some distance'from the floor arid the specificBtions state that a space of about one toot is desirable beneath the bars; also that in transferring the glass one Set of. bars is raise4; aud the other lowered, about one inch. The evidence showed th1l.t there were great advantages in holding the glass some distance above the floor and CliIrrylng it in a horizontal:plane. Held that, in view of the prior patents to Bievez, Bouvy, and others, the patent could only be sustained as describing meohanism for carrying the plate in' a practically horizontal plane, above the floor. andthllt the statem:ents in the specUications were sufficiently definite to be read into the claim, ,so as to give it this construction. Tondeur v. Stewart, 28 Fed. Rep. 5111, and Same v. Chamber8, 87 Fed. Rep. 888, followed. As the speci:\lGations tl0int out ,that the bars are to be located at some distance above the floor, alid so arranged as to carry the glass on prllctically the same horizontal plane 'While advancinglt through the leer, it is immaterial that the inventor did not more preciselypoi;nt out the advantages which would' inure from this arran'gement, or that he himself was not aware thereof when obtaining the patent.
FOB iNVI!lNTIONS-ExTENT OF CLUM-GLAss-ANNEALING FURNACES.
In Equity.:Bill by the Dixon-Woods Company against Pfeifer for infringement of letters patent No. 258,156, issued MaY' 16, 1882, to Cleon.Tondeur, for an improvement in glass-annealing furnaces. Decree for complainant. . W.· Bakewell &- Sons, for plaintiff. HeJ/J &- Wilkinson, for defendant.
WALLACE,. Circuit Judge. The patflnt in suit (granted May 16, 1882, to Clean Tondeur, for glass-annealing furnace) has been twice adjudicated 1:>Y Judge ACHll:SON at final hearing in fully contested cases in the circuit court for the western district of Pennsylvania, and sustained as to all the claims of which infringament wa!,!alleged. The combinations which employed in the furnaces are the subjects of the several Qrleers of the defendant, who isa contractor and builder of leers., Evhas been intr.oduced for the defendant in the present case respecting the prio!;' state QI,the art, and the utility of the patented invention, which was not introduced in the former cases. ,Unless, in view of this new evidence, there should seem to be reason for disagreeing with the conclusious' reached by Judge ACHESON, the rule of comity
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should prevail, and his conclusions should not be disturbed on any questions concerning which there is fair room for a differf!IlCe of opinion. The principal contest is upon the first claim, and it is not contended for the defendant that he can succeed unless the validity of this claim is successfully inweached. The invention set forth in the patent is defined by Judge ACHESON in Tonduer v. Ohambers, 37 Fed. Rep. 333, as follows:
"The patent discloses a device for transporting the sheets of glass from the flattening wheel to the discharge end of the annealing chamber, tunnel, or leer, consisting of two sets of parallel bars (designated d and d / ) extending lengthwise through the leer, and elevated above the bottom thereof. the bars of the resper,tive sets being arranged side by side, and alternately between each other, one set reciprocating longitudinally and conveying the glass. and the other set supporting the glass at certain times. whereby the sheets of glass are supported in and carried through the leer in substantially the same horizontal plane."
The claim reads as follows:
"(1) The combination of the bars, d, d ' , arranged side by side, and alternately between each otber, the set, d. supporting the sheets of glass, while the bars, d ' , are pushed towards the leer or l1attening wheel. a. and the set, d', supporting the sheets of glass, and moving them onward and through the tunnel, SUbstantially as set forth."
According to the views of Judge ACHESON, as expressed in the case referred to, and in the earlier case of Tondeur v. Stewart, 28 Fed. Rep. 561, the first claim of the patent is to be read broadly for two sets of bars arranged alternately side by side some distance above the floor of the leer. so that the sheets of glass are supported by one set and moved onward by the other through the tunnel in practically the same horizontal plane when coacting mechanism is applied. According to the COUlplainant's expert. the claim is infringed. by any leer which employs two sets of bars arranged alternately side by side some distance above the floor of the leer and lj-ny mechanism coacting with said bars whereby they will perform the assigned function of supporting the sheets of glass and moving them onward through the leer in practically the same horizontal plane. A brief description of two types of leers will suffice to exhibit the prior state of the art. These are shown in the patents to Bievez and to Bouvy. The Bievez le!.'r is of the usual, rectangular fornl. with the usual tile or stone floor. The floor is divided longitudinally by a series of channels. Located i.n these channelil, and connected together so as collectively to form a frame, are a series of iron bars, resting on a series of grooved wheels. The wheelH are supported by axles located in transverse channels beneath the floor. Coacting mechanism is employed for actuating the frame whereby the series of iron bars are raised, advanced, lowered, and pushed backward. In operation, a plate of glass from the flattening oven is placed upon the floor of the leer, and the mElchanisUl is actuated to elevate the frame and lift the glass fr?m the floor, carry the glass forward, and deposit it upon the floor. Tne frame is then lowered, pushed back to its original position,
'and tbe :repeated, Ubtll. tlie' glass is through the leer;1lhe :Bou,,"y leer,: ilt general oonstructitlD,:: that of Bievez, but differs in the devices for transporting the glass through 'Tbeft'ame which is SupplH1ed in'the ldngitudinal chilnnelsconsists of two serlijs:ofiron-shelves,whirih reciprocate each betweenthbother, each havinga-verticaland 10ngittidi'Ral Iildtion,'wltich is coincidetltan<lequal,and also eontinuous. Mechanism is' employed which actuates one series of the shelves downward and forward, and the other at the same -time upward and Jjackwatd. ,In operatiotl* the glass isplaced'upon one of the'lleilies ofshelv6s,'ihemechanistD-is actuated; and, as the two series the serieareOloves the glass froIll the descendinJ.· s¢pes, forward _ it is in, like "manner removed l)y' tl16 alld thus throllgh the leer. To summarize: In the .Bievez patent! _ ,the, frame has a fr;ee, vertical, and longittidhlill movement. Its function: is to lift a sheet of glass by its vertical movement from the floor of the leer, and by its longitudiilal movement carry it to an advanced position on the floor. In the Bievez patent, one8erie8 of shelv,esmove$·,v.ertically and longitudinally, while the other set is moving vertically alid longitudinally in an opposite direction.'The fUllctionperformed)bttbe shelves is to transfer a sheet of glass ·from one setto the other, antbld'vance. it through the leer. In the Bievez leer the sheet of glass rests upon the bottom of the leer throughout its passage exceptwhile being'advanced at each elevation of the frame. In the Bouvy leei' the glass does not restatanytiPle ioits passage through the leer upon the floor, but it :is not advanced in the same horizontal plane','and in its movement describes a circle which varies the longitudinal plane inches. ' " : Besides the patents introducediri the former litigation to show the prior state 'of'tbe art, the defendant has introduced others in the present case, of which those relied on it!. argument at the bar are the French patent to Leverne of1868, and the Belgian patent to Bouillet, of 1878. The Belgian piltentto Gugnoh, set up in the answer, cannot 'be considered, because it was notintrbduced in evidence. Neither of these new patents are of any value asirilpeaching the novelty of the claim as it has been construed. Each of them belongs to the Bie\1ez type, but in Bouillet's two sets of parallel bani co-operate to lift the glass from the floor, and advance it along the leer instead of the single set of Bievez.. It is plain that· the novelty of the first claim of Toridel1r's patent resides in the substitution of hIs supporting bars for the floor or floor ribs of the -leer shown in all the earlier ones of the Bievez type, and in so arranging bis two sets of bars that when in operation at all times while the glass is moving through the leer it is carried forward on the same horizontal plane, instead of on thevaryiilg plane of Bouvy. The two pronounced advantages of Tondeur's according to the proofs, arise from the arrangemeritof the bars at some distance above the floor of the leer, and in such relatioli 00 each other-th'at they retain at aU times while advanCing the glass practically in the Same horizontal plane; and unless the claimclm be limited to such combination it is very doubt-
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ful whether it has any patentable noYelty. If Tondeur had stated in his specificationsubl'\tantially th8(t pe,had discovered that by maintaining the glass constantlyatthesame distance above the floor of the leer throughout its 'passage, 'and by advanCing it through the leer in practically the same horizontal plaQe, an improvement in the art of anneal.. ingwould be effected, would be no difficulty in first claim the broadc.oristruCtion which has been placed' upon it bythe.expert forcofi1plainant, and in the previous adjudications. That an improvement i a llffected by sl.lch tre.atment cannot well be gainllai<Iupon the In order to obtain the besl results, both in,obviating breakage»;:' the proces$ and in improving the 'quality of the glass, the cooling process should be such that. the. glass may be homogepe,olls and the tension of unif6,fp1;;' 'Currents of cold air occur at the· floor of the leer. The heat is unequally distributed throughout the glass during the time it is restingu,'pon the floor. The temperature is more uniform at some distance' above. the floor, .and along, the. sarve horizoptal ,plane.. Unless. tMglass is, tained at substantially the same .horizontal plane it is"subjected, .to the variation of temperature which exists between the upper and lowerportions ot the leer. It is advantageous to so support the glass in the leer that the heat may be freely radiated from both surfaces, and atan equal rate. The proofs show quite persuasively that the leers constructed conformably to Tondeur's patent, with the limitations mentioned, have supersedp,d all the leers in this country in U$e. It is to beobservl:J.d that there is no. evidenqe that leers of the Bom>:)" or BouilIet type have been used or constructed. If the specification which is addressed to those skilled in the art instructs them that the bars are to be located at some distance above the floor of the leer, and are to be so arranged that when the operating mechanism is applied to them they will maintain the glass onprl:1-ctically the same horizontal plane while advancing it through the leer, it is. immaterial that Tondeur did not more out the advantages which would inure from such an arprecisely rangement, or whether he himself was aware. of these advantages ,at the time of o1;Jtaining his patent. The specification states that I< a space about a foot deep is desirable beneath the bars." The drawings show the bars raised some diRtance above the floor. The epecification also statee that the reciprocating bars are lowered and the supporting bars are raised in the operation of transferring the glass I<to the extent of about one inch." In view of these statements in the specification, and what is shown in the drawings, it cannot be affirmed that theconclttsions reached by Judge ACIIESON are unwarranted, although, as an miginal proposition, I should doubt whether the necessary limitations are sufficiently implied from the specification to be read into the claim. Certainly the case is not one in which I should bejustified in refusing to follow his decision. A decree ,is ordered for the complainant.'
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.OALn1'ORNIA FIG SYRUP CO.
IMPROVED FIG SYRUP
(Ctrcu1.t Court, N. D. California. May 23, 1899.)
Complainant, "Californl. Syrup Co" "manufaotured a syrup from figs, and put it up in p,aokages, havin, as a device thereon a fig, tree, with leaves and fruit, and the w,ord,s' syru,p of Figs,' , as a trade-mark. Respondent, "Improved Fig Syrup Co.," made and put up the same article In a package with the same device and the words" Improved Syrup of Figs " as a trade-mark. Respondent, on remonstrance, chanl(ed'its device to the figure of a woman holding up a fig, with the words "Fig alta trjl,de-mark, aU of which occupied the same place an.d space on the package as oomplainant's device, and was, besides, animitation of complainant's newspaPer advertising device. Held, that complainant was entitled to an injunction.
The fact that plllointift"s trade-mark, "Syrup of being merely dt>scriptive, was deceptive, 88 a designation of ·the compound, dId not affect plaintiff's right to an injl,ln<;tioJ;1; the matter ill controversy belUg, not the right to the exclusive use of the words\ but respondent'llsimulation of complainant's devices and packages with a view to aeceive customers·. An objeotion to the bill on the ground that It was uncertain whether was made of 'the use of the words "Fig Syrup" or "Syrup of Figs" by themselves orin combination with othel' words, devices, eto., could not be: sl,lst!lined j it being enough, for the purposes of a demurrer, that complainant was entitled to relief in respeot of the combined use, which was olearly set forth in the bill. Tlle bill alleged that respondents B. and others were using respondent corporation as a means of infringement, they being themselves substantililly the corporation. HeM, that theM was no misjoinder in making them parties defendant.
In Equity. Suit by the California Fig Syrup Company against the Improved Fig Syrup Company. On demurrer to the bill. Overruled. Olnf!!J, Chickering & ThQmas and Paul Bahwell, for complainant· . John L. Boone, for respondent.
McKENNA, Circuit Judge, (orally.) Thib is a case of infringement of a trade-mark. There is a demurrer to the complaint, and a motion for an injunction. The granting Of the latter is dependent upon the action of the court on the former. The basis of the suit is the effort of the respondentto imitate the trade-mark o(the complainant, and to thereby represent to the public that its goods are those of complainant. If the bill shows this, the complainantis entitled to relief. In McLean v. Fleming, 96 U. S. 245, the court say:
"It is not necessary, in order to give the right to an injunction, that the specific trade-mark should be infringed, but it is sufficient if the court should be satisfied that there was intent on the part of the respondent to palm off his goods as t.he goods of complainant, ,and that he persi:lts, after being reqnested to desist."
Citing Woollam v. Ratcliff, 1 Hem. & M. 259. To the same effect is Pierce v. GuiUnrd, 68 Gal. 68" 8 Pac. Rep. 645. The bill alleges a high reputation of complainant's compound, acquired by its virtues and by extensive and expensive advertising, and also describes complainant's trade-mark, the form and size of the bottle, and package used by it, and illustrates them by exhibits. It also describes the imitations of respondent, and illustrates them by exhibits. The


Extra Research: Issey MiyakePosted: October 16, 2015
Issey Miyake is a Japanese fashion designer who is known for the structured, 3D shapes in his clothing.
He experiments with new methods of pleating and smocking to allow the wearer more flexibility and movement.
I think this is a really interesting way of achieving geometric pattern without the use of decorative stitch or print.
These techniques are definitely something I would like to experiment with in part 2 of this project.
Young designer Amila Hrustic also uses similar techniques:
I aim to try out different techniques of paper folding and then move on to fabric.


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A link on the 329 PD bought to mind that I have a 357 PD I've never even fired. I got it new at a close-out price when they were discontinued some years ago, and with a 329 PD just never got around to using it.
Does any have a 357 PD they have used to any extent? The .41 Mag caliber looks idea for the model - less recoil than the .44 Mag and thicker cylinder so the cases are less prone to stick with heavy loads. I haven't checked out bullet selection, with the smaller caliber and cylinder length you could shoot a bullet with a better sectional density.

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The fund managers running the X-trackers Harvest CSI 300 China A-Shares ETF at Deutsche Asset & Wealth Management are facing a problem their rivals would love to have. They’re luring too much money.
In the span of five days last month, the U.S.-based exchange-traded fund pulled in $130 million, sending assets surging by 33 percent to $515 million and nearly exhausting its Chinese government-imposed A-share purchasing quota. Managers were forced to get creative. They limited new creations and borrowed quota from another fund to avoid closing the year-old ETF to inflows and keep a potentially disruptive premium to underlying assets from developing.
Their dilemma highlights what’s likely to become an increasingly common predicament as fund providers from BlackRock Inc. to CSOP Asset Management Ltd. look to follow suit and open up China’s more than $4 trillion A-shares market to U.S. ETF investors. How should they handle growing demand for exposure to mainland companies from Industrial Bank Co. to Gree Electric Appliances Inc. even as Beijing continues to ration out the quota foreign ETF providers need?
“The A-shares market has gotten a lot of attention,” Dodd Kittsley, the New York-based global head of ETF national accounts and strategy at Deutsche Bank AG’s Deutsche Asset & Wealth Management unit, said in an Oct. 8 telephone interview. “We’ve been proactive in trying to create capacity without quota.”
Surging demand has been fueled in part by the biggest quarterly gain for mainland stocks since 2009. The Shanghai Composite gauge rallied 15 percent in the three months through Sept. 30, even as the MSCI Emerging Markets Index fell 4.3 percent. The Shanghai gauge slid 0.4 percent today while the X- trackers Harvest CSI 300 China A-Shares ETF climbed 0.3 percent to $25.72 at 10:42 a.m. in New York.
To deal with the influx of new money, Frankfurt-based Deutsche Asset & Wealth Management said Sept. 11 that the ETF would accept just one creation unit per day. A unit represents 50,000 shares or about $1.3 million at current valuation. The fund provider is increasing the cap to 10 creation units per day, according to a statement today.
“We wanted to maintain a valve of liquidity, increasing the fund size but doing so in a measured way, in anticipation of getting a higher quota,” Kittsley said.
A Qualified Foreign Institutional Investor license, known as a QFII, or Renminbi Qualified Foreign Institutional Investor license, known as an RQFII, is needed for foreign asset managers to buy A-shares. Once the license is obtained, the investor also needs to submit an application to China’s State Administration of Foreign Exchange for a specific dollar amount of investment quota that they can use to buy mainland stocks.
U.S.-based asset managers currently aren’t eligible to apply for a license directly, and therefore use sub-advisers to secure quota.
Deutsche Bank has also taken advantage of excess quota from its sister product, the Deutsche X-trackers Harvest CSI 500 China A-Shares Small Cap Fund, and has the ability to invest on a limited basis in futures contracts to meet investor demand.
That’s helped keep the ETF’s premium over its net asset value from spiking. The fund has actually traded at an average discount of 0.29 percentage point to its underlying securities over the past month, data compiled by Bloomberg show.
Now BlackRock, the world’s largest money manager, is looking to roll out a competing U.S.-based product, the iShares MSCI China A ETF, that would similarly invest directly in Chinese equities trading on the Shanghai and Shenzhen stock exchanges, according to a Sept. 15 U.S. regulatory filing.
Since 2004, the fund provider has managed the $9.4 billion Hong Kong-domiciled iShares FTSE A50 China Index ETF, which uses derivatives known as China A-Share access products to replicate mainland stock performance.
CSOP Asset Management, which runs the $6 billion CSOP FTSE China A50 ETF, the world’s second-largest exchange-traded fund investing in mainland Chinese stocks, filed to create a U.S. version of the Hong Kong-registered ETF three days after BlackRock’s filing.
“This ETF product offering, the A-shares suite, is one of many steps in the right direction to get global investors exposure to mainland China,” Chris Hempstead, the head of ETF sales at KCG Holdings Inc. in Jersey City, New Jersey, said. “It’s natural people want to own the companies that will win the most from an expanding and growing Chinese economy. People are tired of watching on the sidelines, they want to be involved.”
While there are at least four other U.S.-registered exchange traded funds investing in Chinese A-shares, including products from Van Eck Securities Corp.’s Market Vectors, Invesco Ltd.’s PowerShares and Krane Funds Advisors LLC, none have taken off like the Deutsche Bank ETF. The largest, the Market Vectors ChinaAMC A-Share fund, has about $30 million in assets, Bloomberg data show.
Deutsche Bank and its sub-adviser, Harvest Global Investments Ltd., continue to work with Chinese authorities and other sources to increase the fund’s RQFII quota, according to Kittsley. They’re also exploring other means to access the market, including taking advantage of a bourse link set to start this month between Hong Kong and Shanghai that will allow a net 23.5 billion yuan ($3.8 billion) of daily cross-border equity purchases.
“We view the Hong Kong-Shanghai connect as another avenue to open up the A-shares market to non-Chinese investors,” Kittsley said. “Down the road it may be an avenue that would allow the fund to access specific securities, but it isn’t something we’d do right now.”
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Last night I made my first batch of svařak (Czech mulled wine). It was pretty decent. I checked out several recipes and landed on this one. I used this one because it didn’t call for brandy, which I don’t have. As it turns out, I may try to keep some on hand for the next time I make it. The svařak was good, but you could tell it had a low alcohol content. But from a flavor standpoint, it was spot on. It makes me miss home. Nothing warms you up better after wandering around Old Town Prague for two hours in sub-zero temperature than a steaming cup of svařak.
Svařak (Czech mulled wine):
- 1-2 sticks of cinnamon
- 8-10 cloves, crushed
- 4-6 allspice pods, crushed
- 4T honey
- 2 bottles of red wine (I used Merlot, but I think Cabernet might be better)
- 1c water
Boil the water and steepe the spices for 10-15 minutes. Add a bit more water if it reduces too much. Stir in honey after the spices have had some time to steepe. Add the wine and experiment with the correct amount of brandy. Warm the mixture, but do not boil. Strain while serving.


You see signs for it all over the city, whether it is on subway platforms, large construction zone wall posters, or just ads that follow you around on Spotify. Red Bull Music Academy pops up in your eyesight early spring every year, and unless you’re heavily involved in the industry, you’re probably asking yourself – “What the hell even is this?”
Unless you’ve been living in some shit town in rural Alabama or something, you’ve probably noticed by now that Red Bull has the lifestyle content marketing down probably better than any other beverage company out there right now. They throw sick parties at events like Fashion Week, SXSW, and sporting events across the globe. They always seem to have some kind of presence at most large music festivals, whether it be at Coachella, Governor’s Ball, or some epically awesome EDM event over in Brussels. Hell, they even branded that dude who jumped back to the earth from outer space. Yes Red Bull understands the ability to get to (young) consumers via the relationship of lifestyle branding and marketing through events those consumers love to attend.
So that brings us back to the question, exactly what the hell is the Red Bull Music Academy? The company website will tell you that it is “A world-traveling series of music workshops and festivals: a platform for those who make a difference in today’s musical landscape.” While it’s not exactly your traditional school in the typical sense of the word, it does offer music industry education in two forms – one being a two-week workshop in which two groups of thirty, carefully selected musicians and producers of various genres throughout the world come to learn about the current and future state of their craft via customized learning areas via lectures, workshops, recording sessions, and gigs in a different city each year- 2015 taking place in Paris. The second form of the Academy is through its media assets, including radio broadcast, films/documentaries, interviews, and an online publication which can be accessed by anyone interested in hearing what the pioneers and tastemakers in the industry have to say.
While I haven’t always seen the point of a relationship between music and Red Bull other than branding, this is a very unique way of pushing music forward with helping artists and fans alike discovering new forms of music through a popular brand platform such as Red Bull. The public portion of the program that takes place here in NYC every year will again feature the shows, interviews, and events for those music obsessed freaks like myself to dive into throughout the month of May. Red Bull’s mantra has always been around the idea of pushing the boundaries of what it possible. In this case they’ve put together a really cool platform to encourage those involved in music to keep pushing those boundaries.
Red Bull Music Academy may be small, and even mostly unknown to those who walk the streets and ride the subways across NYC every day, but it’s one effective piece in a large, ever-evolving puzzle that is the music industry that changes with each calendar year. With so many old-fashioned pessimistic industry veterans focused on trying to keep the old industry model alive, its outlets like RBMA that help a forward progress-based mindset among young tastemakers and musicians in an era where we should be thinking about new possibilities for art and commerce rather than clinging to the past. So keep helping us push the boundaries Red Bull, for who knows what we might discover next!
For more info on what to expect in the next four to five weeks, head over to RBMA’s events page for a full listing of everything going on.
Article by: Tom Shackleford


By Burney Simpson
Washington, D.C.— Several hundred progressive state legislators met here this month, brought together by a new organization that seeks to influence policy much like their conservative counterparts have done for the last several decades.
The Denver-based State Innovation Exchange, calling itself SiX, is focusing on four key issues – criminal justice reform, equal pay, earned sick leave for working families, and voting rights.
SiX is not exclusively for Democrats, but they made up the bulk of the 300 or so state legislators that the organization said came to its two-day conference held near Capitol Hill. An anecdotal view indicated most attendees were white, with a mix of African Americans, Latinos, Asian Americans, and Native Americans.
Progressive state legislators are often a minority within a minority. They are a subset of the Democratic Party, and Democrats are a minority in many statehouses.
Republicans hold a majority in both the state senate and house in 23 states while Democrats hold both chambers in only seven states, according to SiX. Republican governors lead 31 states while Democrats lead 18 states.
Progressive legislation can be enacted, said State Sen. Gary A. Winfield of Connecticut, but the timing must be right and the benefits clear to legislators that usually oppose these efforts.
Winfield is an African American who represents New Haven and West Haven. First elected to Connecticut’s House in 2008, he is now the assistant majority leader of the state senate.
Winfield plans to introduce legislation that addresses drug addiction as a health issue, not a criminal justice issue. The rise in heroin addiction among white youth has many legislators in Connecticut coming around to his approach, he said.
“(Addicts) need to get treatment for what drives addiction. Putting people with a drug issue in prison is not the smart thing to do,” said Winfield. “This has become a middle- class issue.”
Winfield points to two of his legislative successes – elimination of the death penalty in Connecticut, and a bill calling for greater police accountability, more minority police officers, and lower incarceration rates for nonviolent offenses.
Rep. Keith Ellison, a Minnesota Democrat, offered similar advice to the conference. In 2007, Ellison became the first Muslim elected to the U.S. Congress, and the first African American elected to Congress from Minnesota.
“You can speak about race if you start by talking about an issue impacting all people. Then get into a specific race,” said Ellison. “People want to hear this. My district is 12 percent African American. … Whites in my district don’t mind if I speak up about black issues.”
The common issue
Being a minority is only part of the challenge for State Rep. James W. Byrd of Wyoming. He is one of the African Americans that make up 1.5 percent of the state’s population, and he often is the only Democrat at community events. The GOP controls the Wyoming the state senate and house, along with the governor’s mansion.
“That doesn’t mean there aren’t things we can’t agree on and fix,” said Byrd. “Philosophically, we may never agree on some things. That’s not compromise. That’s intelligent policy making.”
Jobs are the common issue for everyone in Wyoming, says Byrd, whether they live in an upscale community or a double-wide trailer.
“Those at the top want to grow business, and those at the bottom want to grow jobs.”
Political conflicts in Wyoming are driven by its vast energy reserves. The state is a major exporter of coal and natural gas but that puts it in the cross hairs of environmentalists fighting climate change.
Byrd, a geophysicist, said Republicans and the coal industry refuse to adapt to the nation’s shift to sustainable energy like solar and wind power.
“We have some of the best wind in the world. We have sunshine 340 days of the year,” said Byrd who argues that Wyoming needs to invest in business incentives for these renewables.
Denver-based SiX arises from the merger of four progressive groups that failed to catch fire as state political players. It was founded by Joel Rogers, a law professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Its eight board members include the vice chair of the Democratic National Committee, the senior director of the National Education Association, and the president of the AFL-CIO.
SiX calls itself a “resource and strategy center” for state legislators as they promote progressive policies. The group also seeks to pair legislators with progressive organizations so they work together to pass legislation, says Nick Rathod, SiX executive director.
It is working to be the progressive alternative to the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), the influential 42-year-old, conservative think tank and research center.
ALEC says its 2,000 members, virtually all Republicans, make up about a quarter of all state legislators. ALEC says its members use its repository of legislation and position papers to craft their own proposals.
However, opponents like the Center for Media and Democracy contend that corporations and trade groups fund as much as 98 percent of ALEC’s budget, and that the funders write the legislation that ALEC’s members introduce in their state.
Impact of the debate
SiX might take a page from black activist group ColorofChange following its successful campaign against ALEC a few years ago, noted Executive Director Rashad Robinson who spoke at a conference seminar.
ColorofChange found that ALEC had been a proponent of the Stand Your Ground laws that led to the death of Trayvon Martin in Florida. Robinson’s organization and its
1 million members raised their opposition to Stand Your Ground to ALEC funders.
That convinced as many as 90 corporations to end their financial support of ALEC, said Robinson. The campaign played a part in the $1.1 million drop in ALEC’s revenues to $7.3 million in 2013, according to The Guardian.
“Opposition to Stand Your Ground translated into energy that forced corporations to (discontinue) their work with ALEC,” said Robinson. “Those most impacted must be at the debate. Get everyone involved so they are engaged.”


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3d-io is happy to announce the next version of Spotmask!
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New features in Spotmask 1.10
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Likewise, a backing plate could do with a coated abrasive product. An abrasive’s fresh supply is ensured through a continuous feed system. The workpiece is rotated during the lapping process and is loaded to offer uniform pressure. This ensures uniform lapping.
While abrasives are typically brittle, hard materials, they can be softer than the work material. In this case, the finish generated or material removal involves chemo-mechanical or chemical action—not mechanical abrasive action.
How does it function?
Lapping machines comprises five components: machine, slurry, topweight, a variety of conditioning rings, the rotating table (also known as a lapping plate).
- Machine: It has the filter, engine, controls, along other subsidiary components to properly perform the mechanism operation.
- Slurry: It’s composed of a number of abrasive materials, for example, carbon/diamond, with a liquid base such as water/oil. It’s fed between the top and the lapping plate and is evenly distributed across the surface by the rotation of the plate. The small abrasives grind away at any micro irregularity in the surface of the part.
- Top plate: To ensure abrasion happens, it presses the pieces down. These can either be piston-like, mechanically operated covers or simple lids.
- Conditioning rings: It operates as the work holding device. These rings increase the life of the lapping plate by distributing the wear evenly across it. They also hold the workpiece together. For unusually long or cylindrical pieces, special rings can be fitted.
- Lapping plate: The motor only turns one thing, and that’s the lapping plate. As the plate turns, the conditioning rings automatically turn as well. Usually, the plate is composed of top-notch soft cast iron. However, soft metals like copper may also be used. The diameter of this plate can be 12-144 inches and may feature rings, cross-hatches, spirals, or other shapes.
What is the duration of a lapping-polishing cycle?
A lapping cycle can be between 30 seconds to an hour. Typically, 3-15 minutes is the range for a lapping cycle. However, polishing cycles differ.
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The International 10 gets delayed, but finds a new home.
Valve has announced that The International 10 will be held this October in Bucharest, Romania.
— DOTA 2 (@DOTA2) July 7, 2021
The company delayed the dates of Dota 2’s biggest tournament, which was initially planned to start in August. Although Valve has mentioned no specific reasons for the delay, it is mostly because of a quick change in locations and the resurgence of the pandemic.
Valve was looking for alternative locations to Stockholm, Sweden who denied hosting the event even after several attempts from the company to resolve the issues. However, it looks like Romania fits Valve’s needs perfectly. They will hold the tournament at Arena Nationala, which is the biggest stadium in the Southeastern European country.
As it now stands, TI10 will feature its Group Stage from October 7-10. Additionally, the Main Stage play starts off on October 1. Two of the best teams in the tournament will face each other in the Grand Finals on October 17. Valve shared that the company was grateful to Romania and the city of Bucharest for their partnership in hosting the event. The community is now looking forward to enjoying the event both in person and virtually.
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VIRUDHUNAGAR: Flying squad officials have seized Rs 43 lakh cash
from the AMMK election office and the farm owned by AMMK candidate S G Subramanian here on Wednesday evening.
Subramanian, who is one of the disqualified MLAs is once again contesting the by-election at Sattur
assembly constituency in Virudhunagar district
as AMMK candidate.
According to sources, based on a tip-off a team of flying squad officials went for a surprise inspection to the AMMK election office which was set up at Ethirkottai village in Sattur on Wednesday evening. When the officials searched there, they found Rs 10 lakh cash in the office which was meant for distribution to the voters. The officials caught Gurusamy, 23, who was at the office and handed him over to the Alangulam police station. Police have registered a case, arrested Gurusamy and are conducting further investigations.
Later, the flying squad officials also searched a farm owned by Subramanian at the village. During the search they seized another Rs 33 lakh from his farm.
Following the cash seizure, officials from the income tax department are conducting an inquiry at Subramanian’s house.
Meanwhile, five people were arrested for distributing cash on behalf of political parties at three places in the district.
According to sources, a team of flying squad officials were involved in vehicle inspection at Sivakasi
road near Vijayakarisalkulam junction at Sattur in the late hours of Tuesday. When they searched a car, they found notices bearing Subramanian’s pictures and gift box symbol of the party. They also found Rs 41,000 inside the car along with a paper in which details about places like Lakshmiapuram, Sevalpatti and Ramuthevanpatti meant for money distribution were mentioned.
The officials immediately handed over the money and two people Nallathambi and Periyasamy who were travelling in the car to the Vembakottai police who registered a case and arrested them.
In another incident, two people Rangarajan and Mariselvam were found distributing money on behalf of the AMMK when officials from the Soolakkarai police station were involved in an inspection at Kullur Sandhai area near Virudhunagar
in the late hours of Tuesday. Police arrested the duo and seized Rs 30,800 cash from them.
In a separate incident the Amathur police officials who were involved in inspection at M Meenatchipuram village near Virudhunagar on Wednesday, arrested a person Muthu who was distributing money to the people on behalf of the AIADMK. Police seized Rs 26,650 cash from him.

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We might have our first details about the inevitable Dead Space 3 from EA and Visceral Games. Our friends over at Siliconera have discovered, via anonymous source within EA, that Dead Space 3 will not take place on a spooky, dialect ship or space station like the previous two games in the series. Instead, Dead Space 3 will have Isaac traversing a snowy, ice planet with “white-out” blizzard conditions.
Before you proceed much further, let me warn you that there are spoilers below concerning the ending of Dead Space 2. So if you haven’t finished the second Dead Space, turn away now.
Apparently, early in Dead Space 3, Isaac crash lands on the icy planet of Tau Volantis, believing himself to be the sole survivor. In order to escape a massive snowstorm, Isaac makes his way to an abandoned waystation for shelter. It is there that he discovers there are other survivors scattered out across other waystation, one of which is Ellie from Dead Space 2. Eventually Isaac and Ellie reunite, along with a third, new character named Jennifer, and the three hatch a scheme to get off the icy rock, but not without running into new creatures referred to as the “hive mind.”
These early story details sound interesting, but it’s also worth noting that this is technically still rumor status. Until EA Games and Visceral formally announce Dead Space 3, we’re going to have to take this news with a grain of salt. But it is exciting to learn Dead Space 3 is in the planning stages. The last game in the series, Dead Space 2, was incredible, so hopefully Visceral can keep that level of quality going into the third title.


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EXPOSURE TO VIOLENCE
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND CHILDREN
Children who experience or witnessing abusive situations are forced to process complex emotions, often without access to the resources they need to do so.
There is substantial medical research that establishes the enormous risk to children of exposing them to traumatic events such a:
The research demonstrates that these children have significant, increased risk of illnesses and injuries as children and need more medical care. Significantly, these medical problems do not end when children reach their majority but continue for the rest of their lives.This is why court systems may remove children from violent households and does not tolerate practices that result in children losing precious years from their lives. They act in the best interests of children because some parents do it themselves until they learn how to not be violent with each other...
Short-term effects of domestic violence and/or abuse on children
Children in homes where one parent is abused may feel fearful and anxious. They may always be on guard, wondering when the next violent event will happen. This can cause them to react in different ways, depending on their age:
Children in preschool.
Young children who witness intimate partner violence may start doing things they used to do when they were younger, such as bed-wetting, thumb-sucking, increased crying, and whining. They may also develop difficulty falling or staying asleep; show signs of terror, such as stuttering or hiding; and show signs of severe separation anxiety.
Children in this age range may feel guilty about the abuse and blame themselves for it. Domestic violence and abuse hurts children’s self-esteem. They may not participate in school activities or get good grades, have fewer friends than others, and get into trouble more often. They also may have a lot of headaches and stomachaches.
Teens who witness abuse may act out in negative ways, such as fighting with family members or skipping school. They may also engage in risky behaviors, such as having unprotected sex and using alcohol or drugs. They may have low self-esteem and have trouble making friends. They may start fights or bully others and are more likely to get in trouble with the law. This type of behavior is more common in teen boys who are abused in childhood than in teen girls. Girls are more likely than boys to be withdrawn and to experience depression.
Long-Term effects of domestic violence and/or abuse on children
The long-term harm of exposure to domestic violence or direct physical or sexual abuse can and does develop in a myriad of ways. A child could develop immediate and obvious symptoms or the harm can go unnoticed for many years.
Nowadays, all medical doctors often ask their patients if they experienced childhood trauma because so many different mental and physical conditions can be rooted from early childhood trauma. This is especially problematic because patients are rarely thinking about events from decades earlier as the cause of their current health problems.
There are many ways in which childhood trauma can seriously impact children's health now and in the future.
Exposure to domestic violence often:
At least half of the homeless population consists of mothers and children who left abusers. Many children also leave home because of domestic violence, physical or sexual abuse. Victims with limited financial resources often can’t afford safe housing, healthy food and needed medical care. All of this contributes to medical problems facing children impacted by domestic violence.
Many victims of childhood trauma suffer from unexplained or inadequately explained conditions. Many are labeled as hypochondriacs which may say more about the failure of the medical community to find the cause than the complaints of the victims. These experiences are painful in many ways both physically and emotionally and can prove debilitating. Living with pain undermines other parts of a person’s life and interferes with their ability to reach their potential.
How can I help my children recover after witnessing or experiencing domestic violence?
You can help your children by:
Your doctor can recommend a mental health professional who works with children who have been exposed to violence or abuse. Many shelters and domestic violence organizations also have support groups for kids.These groups can help children by letting them know they are not alone and helping them process their experiences in a nonjudgmental place
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Alarko Holding's Sefaköy-Halkalı-Başakşehir Havaray Line Construction, Electro-Mechanical, Fine Works and Car Tender tender said in a statement about the tender has been canceled. Alarko 1 had the highest bid for the tender with a billion 292 million TL.
Alarko Holding, Sefaköy-Halkalı-Başakşehir Havaray Line Construction, Electromechanical, Fine Works and Vehicle Procurement on the tender, the paper notified to them today, due to the need for revision of the project in question announced that the tender has been canceled.
In the announcement of the Public Disclosure Platform (KAP) of Alsim Alarko Sanayi Tesisleri ve Ticaret A.Ş., the subsidiary of the holding, Alsim Alarko Sanayi Tesisleri ve Ticaret AŞ, was opened by the Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality European Side Rail System Directorate. Sefaköy-Halkalı-Başakşehir Havaray Line Construction, Electro-Mechanics, Finishing Works and Vehicle Purchase ”is the most economically advantageous bidder, a 10-day objection period has been given against the tender Commission decision, and the company is expected to be invited to sign a contract after the objection period. In the explanation that the bid price (excluding VAT) related to the work in question was 1.292.000.000 TL, it was previously announced to the public, “In the letter of the Contracting Entity that was notified to us today, the tender was canceled due to the need for revision in the project.” expression was used.
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It may seem simple. A relatively narrow stretch of pavement, perhaps 5-6 feet wide that spans a few miles. It’s a bike path, a running trail, a walking trail, nothing out of the ordinary right? In a new neighborhood, it’s a lot more than a simple running trail. It’s a carefully designed connection between neighbors, community events, parks, and pools. All designed to help make development more appealing to homebuyers.
A Path to Connect
These paths that meander through neighborhoods, across open fields are a connection to neighbors. A good trail system helps a community bond together, neighbors can create friendships as they meet each other on their daily runs, walks. As neighbors walk their dogs they can bond as many pet lovers do. A community will also bond over the status of their beloved trails, they’ll help maintain them, keep them clean and safe.
A Path to Good Community
Something about a simple trail is that it also generates a “small town” atmosphere that we all love and want to grow old in. The idea of a simple walk or bike ride to another location gives the sense that the community is a small, tight-knit community away from the hustle and bustle of it’s surrounding city. With a small-town feeling comes the sense that the community is good, it promotes recreation, it encourages its neighbors coming together. In even a bigger picture a path or trail system offers a breath of fresh air.
A Path to Friendships Young and Old
The most obvious use of the trail system is connecting amenities within the community. A trail system connects neighborhoods to parks, pools, and schools. It makes it easy for kids to get together for a game of football at the park. Or parents to put their toddlers on the slide or swing, with an easy connection from home to a park, it’s easy for kids to meet and families to meet and build relationships. These relationships could turn into a long-term friendship, this promotes a healthy community, attracting new homebuyers, and allowing growth.
When you really think about it, a simple path is much more than a stretch of concrete you can run, walk or ride a bike. It’s a path that will help grow a community.


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LIMOGES CHINA refers to porcelain chinaware & dinnerware made in the region of Limoges, France. Over the last two centuries, there have been more than 300 independent chinaware manufacturers and porcelain decorating studios that operated for a number of years, many of which are still in business. The vast majority of Limoges china is decorated with simple and elegant designs and is rarely gaudy or overbearing. The color palette of choice on Limoges porcelain is usually in pastel hues and incorporates matching shades and tones that create a very pleasing effect that often appeals to even the most discriminating of tastes.
Limoges China Makers
Although some Limoges companies, such as Haviland-Limoges
, produced a myriad of chinaware and service sets, the vast majority of Limoges china manufacturers & studios had a limited output. A common practice in Limoges was also that many studios would purchase blanks (undecorated whiteware) from nearby factories and then have them decorated by hand or using decals (transferware designs) prior to sale. This explains why we often see two or even three separate Limoges marks on many items. In most cases, the dates that these marks were in use are close together. However, at times, some remaining inventory of a company that closed may end up being purchased in bulk by a Porcelain Decorating Studio at some later time, who then, in turn, decorated them and sold them a few decades after the original manufacturer produced them.
The quality of Limoges china is exceptional and rarely disappoints. Most Limoges porcelain is fired at high temperatures, which contributes to their durability and long life. Any subsequent decoration that is applied is also fully and carefully glazed, and while usually quite transparent and thin, preserves the entire item and prevents crazing or other age-related wear, even with frequent use over a prolonged time. For these reasons and for their remarkable beauty, Limoges porcelain is the preferred chinaware or dinnerware in many homes. Additionally, it is not particularly expensive, especially as compared to other dinnerware of similar quality made elsewhere. This has expanded their popularity, especially for buyers who seek a relatively inexpensive alternative to other known pricey brands such as Meissen, Rosenthal, Sevres, Doulton, etc.
History of Limoges Porcelain
The name of Limoges comes from the official name of the town and region of Limousine
in France, located about 200 miles south of Paris. This region is also known as Haute Vienne
due to the river Vienne that runs through this region. The presence of this river and the discovery of rich deposits of Kaolin at nearby Saint Yrieix, an essential element of making porcelain, attracted many Potters and Porcelain companies to establish their operation in the area since the 1770s. Historically, the first Limoges Porcelain factory was established in 1770 by Massie, Grellet & Fourneira
, which however did not do too well financially and was forced to close a few years later. Limoges china and dinnerware from this company can now be seen only in Museums and is extremely rare. Nevertheless, other entrepreneurs and skilled artisans quickly flocked to the area and began producing some of the finest porcelain chinaware of the time. This tradition has continued intensely to this day without any significant stoppages other than during WW I & II.
Although the general design style of most Limoges china remained fairly constant throughout the last two centuries, we often see some influence of the artistic norms that prevailed at certain periods, such as the Art Nouveau or Aesthetic Movement (ca 1880s - 1920s) and Art Deco immediately afterward.
Appraising and Researching Limoges Chinaware
When appraising Limoges China, it is important to consider the marks stamped on their underside. These reveal not only the maker but also the period that they were made. To accurately identify Limoges marks and properly authenticate Limoges China marks, please see our Porcelain & Pottery Marks Guides.
Note that many Limoges marks are not necessarily those of their makers, but rather of trading companies that engaged in exporting those to other parts of Europe and particularly to America. In fact, many marks on Limoges china refer to US-based Importers in New York, Chicago & elsewhere, but can help in estimating their age.
Appraisal values of Limoges chinaware or tableware service sets depend heavily on the condition, completeness of the set, and very importantly the specific elegance of its decorative designs. Prices at auction do not vary much between similarly sized or decorated Limoges china sets, but tend to be higher for older pieces or richly decorated wares. See below for some examples from our Antiques Price Guides
or view items in specific categories such as LIMOGES PORCELAIN BOXES
or LIMOGES PLATES
and LIMOGES VASES
To read more on Limoges in general, please see one of our articles on Limoges Porcelain Marks.
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