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A multi-terminal electrical connector having two rows of terminals on one side of a dielectric housing and two rows of terminals on the other side. On one side pairs of terminals are laterally spaced from row to row. Conductors extend through the connector to connect terminals of each pair on one side to terminals of an associated pair on the other side. In one structure, the conductors to alternating conductor pairs on each side are spaced apart laterally of the rows while for the other pairs, the conductors cross over each other. In another structure, the conductors of each of the pairs are spaced laterally and a spacer is provided to cause alternate pairs of untwisted wires to be spaced laterally and the wires of the other pairs to cross over each other. In both structures, the arrangement reduces crosstalk.
1. A multi-terminal electrical connector and wire combination in which the connector comprises:
a dielectric housing means;
a first row and a second row of terminals accessible at a front side of the housing means and a third row and a fourth row of terminals accessible at a rear side of the housing means with the two rows of terminals accessible at each side being laterally spaced with each terminal in one row associated with a laterally spaced terminal in the other row to provide a pair of terminals;
a plurality of pairs of electrical conductors extending through the housing means each pair of conductors connecting an individual one of a pair of terminals on the front side of the housing means with an individual one of a pair of terminals on the rear side of the hosing means, one of the conductors in each pair connecting terminals in the first and third rows and the other conductor in each pair connecting terminals in the second and fourth rows;
and an elongate spacer located at the rear side of the housing means for spacing wires, the elongate spacer extending in the direction of the rows of terminals;
and the wires include a plurality of pairs of wires connected to the third and fourth rows of terminals, the wires in each oak being twisted together exteriorly of the connector and having untwisted end portions which extend one on each side of and are separated by the spacer with first wires of the pairs on one side of the spacer and second wires of the pairs on the other side of the spacer, and in which wires in alternate pairs crossover each other between the spacer and the terminals with the first wires of the alternate pairs connected to terminals of the fourth row and the second wires of the alternate pairs connected to terminals in the third row, and in the other pairs of wires, the first wires are connected to terminals in the third row and the second wires are corrected to terminals in the fourth row.
This is a division of patent application Ser. No. 07/940,279, filed on Sep. 3, 1992 by Paul P. Kish, et al for "MULTI-TERMINAL ELECTRICAL CONNECTORS".
This invention relates to multi-terminal electrical connectors.
Multi-terminal electrical connectors are designed for high frequency transmission in the telecommunications industry. One type of connector has two spaced and parallel rows of terminals at a front side of a dielectric housing and two further spaced and parallel rows of terminals at a rear side of the housing. Conductors of the connector electrically connect the terminals of each row on the front side to the terminals of a specific row on the rear side, the conductors extending in laterally spaced relationship through the housing. In use of this type of connector, two conductors of a twisted insulated pair are connected one to each of two laterally spaced terminals these terminals being located one in each of the two rows at the rear side of the housing.
Cross-talk is a paramount problem in high frequency transmission and has a relationship to the pitch or lay length of a twisted pair of conductors. In other words, as the lay length is reduced, cross-talk between adjacent twisted pairs is also reduced. However, while cross-talk may be lessened by choice of lay length, the effect of this can be somewhat nullified in that cross-talk is permitted to increase when high frequency transmission takes place through the above-described type of multi-terminal connector. This increase is due to electromagnetic coupling inside the connector.
The present invention seeks to provide a multi-terminal electrical connector which in use reduces the above problem.
Accordingly, the present invention provides a multi-terminal electrical connector comprising: a dielectric housing means; a first row and a second row of terminals accessible at a front side of the housing means and a third row and a fourth row of terminals accessible at a rear side of the housing means with the two rows of terminals accessible at each side being laterally spaced with each terminal in one row associated with a laterally spaced terminal in the other row to provide a pair of terminals; and a plurality of pairs of electrical conductors extending through the housing means, each pair of conductors connecting an individual one of a pair of terminals on the front side of the housing means with an individual one of a pair of terminals on the rear side of the housing means, and the conductors of each pair in alternating conductor pairs are in spaced positions laterally of the rows of terminals to connect terminals in the first and second rows, respectively, with terminals in the third and fourth rows, while the conductors of each pair in the other conductor pairs cross over each other and laterally of the rows of terminals to connect terminals of the first and second rows, respectively, with terminals of the fourth and third rows.
The connector according to the invention defined above may be directly connected to conductor wires at the rear side of its housing means and be connectable at its front side to a mating connector within the scope of the invention. Alternatively, a connector of the invention may be provided as a coupling connector for in-series location between conventional multi-terminal connectors.
The invention further includes a multi-terminal electrical connector comprising: a dielectric housing means; a first row and a second row of terminals accessible at a front side of the housing means and a third row and fourth row of terminals accessible at a rear side of the housing means with the two rows of terminals accessible at each side being laterally spaced with each terminal in one row associated with a laterally spaced terminal in the other row to provide a pair of terminals; a plurality of pairs of electrical conductors extending through the housing means, each pair of conductors connecting an individual one of a pair of terminals on the front side of the housing means with an individual one of a pair of terminals on the rear side of the housing means with one of the conductors in each pair connecting terminals in the first and third rows and the other conductor connecting terminals in the second and fourth rows; a spacer locatable at the rear side of the housing means to separate untwisted conductor wire end portions of a pair of exteriorly positioned twisted together insulated conductor wires for connection of the wire end portions to terminals of a pair in the first and second rows; and means to enable untwisted wire end portions of alternate twisted pairs to crossover each other in a lateral direction of the rows of terminals as the end portions extend beyond the spacer and towards the first and second rows of terminals.
Embodiments of the invention will now be described, by way of example, with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which:
FIG. 1 is a view on a rear side of a housing of a conventional multi-terminal electrical connector;
FIG. 2 is a diagrammatic isometric view showing rows of terminals in the housing of the connector of FIG. 1 with conductors extending between the terminals;
FIG. 2A is a view similar to FIG. 2 of part of the connector of FIG. 1;
FIG. 3 is a diagrammatic isometric exploded view of an assembly of two conventional connectors having a coupling connector according to a first embodiment disposed between them;
FIG. 4 is a view showing part of conductor pathways through the assembly of FIG. 3; and
FIG. 5 is a diagrammatic isometric view of a connector according to a second embodiment.
As shown by FIG. 1, in a conventional multi-terminal electrical connector 10, a metal housing 12 (FIG. 2 in chain-dotted outline) extends around a dielectric housing means, i.e. a housing 14, also in chain dot. On a rear side 15 of the housing are provided two rows 16 and 18 of electrical terminals 20 and 22. On the front side 24 of the housing 14 there are two other rows of terminals namely rows 26 and 28 as shown by FIG. 2, the row 26 comprising terminals 30 and the row 28 comprising terminals 32. Each terminal 30 is laterally aligned with a terminal 32 to form a pair of terminals and each terminal 20 is laterally aligned with a terminal 22 as shown in FIG. 2A also to form a pair of terminals. Each pair of terminals on one side of the housing 14 is aligned through the housing with a pair of terminals on the other side as may be seen from FIG. 2. Pairs of conductors extend through the housing to contact terminals together. More precisely in each pair of terminals 20, 22, terminal 20 is connected by a conductor 34 of a conductor pair through the housing with a terminal 30 of a terminal pair on the other side of the housing and the conductor 36 of the conductor pair connects the terminal 22 with terminal 32. These connections are made with the conductors 34 and 36 spaced apart laterally of the rows of terminals as they pass through the housing 14. The terminals 20 and 22 of each pair are each connected to an individual conductor wire 38 and 40 of a twisted pair of conductors as shown diagrammatically in FIG. 2, the twisted pairs being held together in the form of a cable as they emerge from the connector.
In use, the connector 10 is electrically connected to a mating connector of similar construction, the mating connector also having conductors placed similarly to the conductors 34 and 36 to connect terminals of pairs on one side of the connector to terminals of pairs on the other side.
A problem which exists with the conventional connector 10 is that due to an electromagnetic coupling effect there is a cross-talk deterioration in transmission at high frequencies as the signal passes between twisted conductor pairs and extending into one connector and twisted pairs 38 and 40 emerging from the other.
This cross-talk degradation increases with increase in frequency and is particularly significant for data communications at frequencies of 10 MHz. It is believed that the electromagnetic coupling is produced as follows. As may be seen from FIG. 2A, each pair of conductors 34 and 36 borders opposite sides of an area 42 which is shown cross-hatched in the figure for convenience. For equal and opposite currents flowing in each conductor 34 and 36, a current loop is formed which may be considered as the primary winding of an effective transformer. The area of the loop times the magnitude of the current defines the magnetic flux. A portion of the magnetic flux is coupled to other loops formed from adjacent pairs of conductors 34 and 36 and which are located directly below or directly above the primary winding. These further loops may be considered as the secondary windings of the effective transformer.
The rate change in the magnetic flux which links the secondary winding to the primary winding induces a voltage i.e. the cross-talk signal. In accordance with Faraday's law, the magnitude of the cross-talk signal is greatest for adjacent loops and is less significant for loops separated by one or more intervening conductors. The cross-talk signal is proportional to an area 42 bounded by the conductors 34 and 36 and is inversely proportional to the distance separating the loops, i.e. the distance between the conductors along the rows 16, 18, 26, 28. This cross-talk signal thus arises from the geometry of the connector with the relative positioning of the terminals and the relative positioning of the conductors 34 and 36. The cross-talk signal is additive to the cross-talk already present within the cable. As a result of the relative positions of the terminals and conductors in this conventional type of connector, the cross-talk produced in the connector (which may be around 1 inch in length between front and rear sides) may exceed the cross-talk within 300 feet of high performance cable at frequencies of 10 MHz and higher. The degree of cross-talk becomes more noticeable when, as is always the case, the connector 10 is connected to a mating connector with its conductors similarly arranged to the conductors 34 and 36.
The following two embodiments of the invention relate to connector structures which minimize the cross-talk which is generated by a multi-terminal electrical connector.
As shown in a first embodiment in FIG. 3, a connector assembly comprises a conventional connector 10 described with reference to FIGS. 1 and 2 above and another conventional connector 50 which is normally a mating connector for the connector 10. Thus, in the connector 10, the terminals 30 and 32 are designed to mate with terminals 52 and 54 at the front side of the connector 50 and extending along rows 56 and 58.
The connector assembly of FIG. 3 differs from a conventional assembly in that a further connector 60 embodying the invention is disposed between the rows of terminals 26, 28 and 56, 58. As may be seen from FIG. 3, the connector 60 comprises a dielectric housing 62 having two sides 64 and 66. At the side 64 are disposed two rows 68 and 70 of terminals 72 and 74. These are terminals for mating connection with the terminals 52 and 54 of the connector 50 with each terminal 72 receiving a terminal 52 and each terminal 74 receiving a terminal 54. At the other side 66 of the dielectric housing 62 are disposed two rows 76 and 78 of terminals 80 and 82 with the terminals 80 for mating with the terminals 32 of the connector 10 and the terminals 82 for mating with the terminals 30.
Alternate terminals 72 in the row 68 are connected to alternate terminals 82 in the row 78 by conductors 84 while the terminals 74 associated with and forming terminal pairs with these terminals 72 are connected by conductors 86 with corresponding terminals 80 as is shown diagrammatically in FIG. 3. In each of the other pairs of terminals the terminals 72 are connected to terminals 80 by a conductor 88 while the terminals 74 are connected to a terminal 82 by conductor 90. As a result, and as may be seen from FIG. 3 the conductors 88 and 90 extend laterally of the rows of terminals so as to cross-over each other as they extend from the side 64 to the side 66.
In practice, as may be seen from FIG. 4, it is considered that primary windings of an effective transformer are produced through the electrical pathways associated with the conductors 84 and 86. Secondary windings will be provided by the immediately adjacent pathways through and associated with the cross-over conductors 88 and 90. Because of the crossover of the conductors 88 and 90, then the area 96 which is bounded at its sides by the conductors 92 and 94 and the conductors 88 and 90 as far as the crossover position 98 is substantially equal to the area 100 bounded by the remainder of the conductors 88 and 90 and the conductors 34 and 36. If the voltage induced in the secondary winding is positive in the section associated with the area 96, then it is negative in the section associated with the area 100. As a result if the areas 96 and 100 are substantially equal then the cross-talk through the connector assembly of connectors 10, 50 and 60 is effectively reduced to zero. The slight differences in the areas 96 and 100 will produce negligible cross-talk.
As may be seen from the first embodiment, the connector 60, which substantially permits elimination of cross-talk in the connector assembly, may be inserted into an established assembly of connectors 10 and 50 (which are already operational) merely by disconnecting the connectors 10 and 50 and inserting connector 60 between them. Thus, a substantial amount of cross-talk previously produced in connectors 10 and 50 may be minimized fairly easily by the use of the connector 60.
In a second embodiment as shown in FIG. 5, a connector 110 is of similar construction to the conventional connector 10 described above while having the housing 12 (not shown) of the connector extending further beyond the rear side of the connector than is normally required for a conventional connector. The reason for this is that in the connector 110 there is provided a spacer which is a planar dielectric guide member 114 which extends outwardly from the rear side of the dielectric body 116 of the connector 10 to control the positions of end portions of insulated conductor wires extending to the terminals 20 and 22 along the lines of terminals 16 and 18. The guide 114 is disposed in a fixed position extending outwardly from the rear side of the dielectric body 116 while providing a means to enable untwisted wire end portions to crossover between the guide and the rear of the dielectric body 116. The guide 114 is located in position by a registration means (not shown) which forms a gap between the rear of the dielectric housing 116 and the guide 114, the gap forming the crossover enabling means. As a result, when the conductor wires of an incoming cable 118 are connected to the connector 110 then wires 120 and 122 forming alternate twisted pairs may be untwisted sufficiently to extend on either side of the guide 114 and then to extend further in substantially parallel and untwisted relationship to respective terminals 20 and 22 forming a pair of terminals in the two rows. The other pairs of conductor wires 124 and 126 are also untwisted at their end portions to enable them to pass at either side of the guide 114. However, these particular conductor wires 124, 126 are caused to crossover each other by passing them through the gap formed between the dielectric housing 116 and the guide 114 at positions 128 as shown in FIG. 5. As a result the conductor wires 126 at one side of the guide 114 are connected to the terminal 22 of the row 18 at the other side of the housing 116 and the conductor wires 124 are similarly connected to the terminals 20.
As may be seen from the above wiring arrangement which is made possible by the relative positions of the guide 114 and of the housing 116 to provide the necessary gap, the crossover positions 128 for the wires 124, 126 cause two areas 130 and 132 at each side of the crossover points the area 130 defined by the conductor wires 124 and 126 and the area 132 defined by the conductors 34 and 36. The secondary windings related to these areas 130 and 132 produce a positively flowing current associated with one of the areas and a negatively flowing current associated with the other of the areas which act upon the primary windings associated with the conductor wires 120 and 122 to reduce the cross-talk. In the connector, if the guide 114 is designed of suitable size, then the areas 130 and 132 are substantially equal so as to effectively cancel the cross-talk which would otherwise be generated by the connector 110.
In a third embodiment (not shown) and with reference to the first embodiment, the further connector 60 is not used. Each of the connectors 10 is provided with conductors in alternate pairs which cross-over each other in a manner similar to those of the connector 60.


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The Issue: Rep. Charlie Rangel’s criticism of Romney’s refusal to release more of his tax returns.
Rep. Charlie Rangel telling Mitt Romney to come clean about his taxes is almost as laughable as listening to President Obama telling us the same old promises he made in 2008 (“Holy Hypocrisy, Charlie!” Editorial, Sept. 19).
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Rangel’s diatribe against Romney about coming clean on the tax returns that he’s “hiding from voters” is the clearest example yet of the Democrats’ complete lack of shame.
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It would be different if known criminals like Al Capone and John Dillinger were criticizing each other, but here we have a punished, corrupt Rangel criticizing Romney for hiding his tax returns.
Charges have been brought against Rangel for every kind of shady deal a lifetime politician could pull off.
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Did this Arrested Development tattoo on Dave late into last night. Loads of fun. Hard to get a good picture of it as it's half in the ditch of his knee. Also twisted Doms arm into having a spider.
Bit out of the norm for me, but pleased with the results.
Sam Ricketts painted this for me for our painting swap, I'm really pleased with it and can't wait for a couple of other projects we've talked about. More to come.
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This is the 114th day of my project, a year of 366 days of poetry captured in photographs. In my project, I combine photography with poetry. Searching for new ways to bring back poetry to the contemporary life, I want to present a new vision, an experiment that brings together text and image, welcoming the viewer into a magical abstract emotional world. "And I exist only in the world Created in the breath Between you and me."
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I have a public photo gallery up, but fair warning... This isn't a curated collection of my best photography, it's a view of everything in my collection. A more curated view may come at some point in the future, I have attempted to do it a few times in the past and quickly abandon the idea as it takes a lot of time to do and maintain.
However, there are a lot of shots in my galleries that I'm really proud of and should work on exposing better so I'll work on this in the future.
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Sparked by end of year lists – and god knows what else, potentially boredom – people are starting to wonder whether beloved actor Tom Hanks has ever actually been in a good movie.
Yes, he’s been in many classic films – notably romcoms like Sleepless in Seattle and You’ve Got Mail – but his breakout role was in Forrest Gump, widely considered to be a contemporary classic. But people on Twitter seem to be having a discussion about whether Hanks has actually had a good filmography – or just a prolific one – after an end of year list from Vulture, where Will Leitch and Tom Grierson ranked all of the films that Hanks has ever been in. Some would suggest that Hanks might be a versatile actor, but he does tend to play a version of the same person – well-intentioned, everyman – in every film.
This tweet seemed to be the match that lit the fire – which has continued to rage for several days.
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Of course, no one’s arguing that every single movie that Hanks has played a role in is flawless – there is, after all, He Knows You’re Alone, Hanks’ film debut which was also a horror movie that knocked off Halloween very obviously. But his star turns in films like A Beautiful Day in the Neighbourhood – about Mr.Rogers, which came out last year – A League of their Own, and of course, Cast Away – would indicate that he’s a great actor who’s been in several great films.
People disagreed – as they are likely to do on Twitter – to varying degrees.
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This article was written by Ken Saulter
This article was published in Summer 2010 Baseball Research Journal
Overshadowed three months later by arguably the greatest catch in the history of baseball, Hall of Famer Larry Doby performed a remarkable feat in center field for the Indians in July 1954.Arguably the greatest catch in the history of baseball was the basket catch Willie Mays made of a long fly ball in center field in the Polo Grounds in Game 1 of the 1954 World Series, on September 29, 1954. The score was tied 2–2 in the top of the eighth. With runners on first and second, Vic Wertz hit a fly ball, 450 to 480 feet, deep into the unusually deep center field of the Polo Grounds. Mays caught up with the ball and caught it, his back to home plate, with his glove hand held palm-up. He fired a bullet back to the infield, holding the Indians’ Al Rosen to first, although Larry Doby (remember that name) was able to advance to third. Had the ball not been caught, the Indians would have broken the game open and it would not have gone into extra innings. The Giants won that game and went on to sweep the mighty 1954 Indians. Mays’s catch is often considered to have set the tone for the Series.
Lost to the memory of all but a few, and perhaps overshadowed by Mays’s feat in the World Series only two months later, is a catch the Indians’ own center fielder, Larry Doby, made at Municipal Stadium in a game against the Washington Senators. It was a day game on July 30, 1954, the first of a four-game series. The Indians, in the heat of a pennant race with the Yankees, were leading 5–3 in the top of the third. Art Hottleman was on the mound for the Indians. With one out and a runner on first, Tom Umphlett hit a long fly ball to center-left. That, it appeared, would tie the game.
Doby, playing fairly deep, as was his practice, took off for the ball and, as he approached the fence, looked like he was going to crash into it. Instead, he leaped over the top of it, snatched the ball backhanded, and seemed to remain suspended in air for a moment. Finally, obeying the law of gravity, he came down onto the awning above the bullpen. He bounced off that and came down hard on the playing field, the ball still in his glove. Joe Flaherty, the second-base umpire, ruled it caught, and the crowd erupted.
Left fielder Al Smith, who had sprinted to where Doby lay, retrieved the ball and threw it to the infield to keep the runner from advancing.[fn]Moore, Pride against Prejudice: The Biography of Larry Doby, 102–3.[/fn] Doby was motionless. Cleveland players ran from the dugout. As they gathered around him, all eyes were on the huddle. After a few moments, Doby’s partially bald head emerged. The crowd gave him a standing ovation when Doby, still surrounded by his teammates, began making his way toward the Indians dugout.
About halfway there, he stopped and exchanged words with Indians manager Al Lopez. Doby stopped, put on his hat and glove, shook his head OK, and began walking back to his position in center field. The crowd erupted again. The whole episode took several minutes.
“I just went for the ball,” Doby said after the game, “same as I did for Jackie Jensen’s home run a couple of days ago, the one I missed. The fellows in our bullpen told me my right hand went through the awning before I bounced off. If it did I didn’t notice. I didn’t get hurt much. Knocked the wind out of me and my left shoulder gave me a jolt, where I hurt it before. Maybe it hurt a nerve.”[fn]Cleveland Press, sports sect., 31 July 1954.[/fn]
“If this wasn’t the greatest catch of the century,” Frank Gibbons, sportswriter for the Cleveland Press, wrote the next day, “it must be at least a match for any other.”[fn]Frank Gibbons, Cleveland Press, sports sect., 31 July 1954.[/fn] “I’ve seen them all,” Dizzy Dean said. “Moore, DiMaggio, and this here fellow named Mays. But I never saw a catch as good as this one and the pitcher ought to pay that Doby a month’s salary.”[fn]Cleveland Press, sports sect., 31 July 1954.[/fn]
KEN SAULTER, a retired economist, writes from Ann Arbor, Michigan.
The author, 13 years old at the time and selling scorecards at Municipal Stadium, saw the catch. This account, based on his recollection, is corroborated by newspaper accounts and by Joseph Thomas Moore in Pride against Prejudice: The Biography of Larry Doby (Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 1988), 102–3.


Stocks Auckland Head Office
George Stock & Company Ltd is New Zealand’s leading importer and distributor of automotive workshop and tyre shop equipment and a principal importer and distributor of automotive parts, accessories and tyre repair products.
George Stock & Company Ltd is committed to preserving the high business principles on which it was founded and continues to be an innovative, successful, and profitable supplier of specialised automotive products and services throughout New Zealand.
George Stock & Company Ltd – Mission Statement
STOCKS is a highly successful, innovative, and profitable supplier of specialised automotive products and services in New Zealand and Australia.
STOCKS is recognised as providing with integrity the best brands, the best technical knowledge, the best product support and the best service in the automotive industry.
George Stock & Company Ltd – Integrity
STOCKS’ commitment to integrity is founded on the following principles –
- STOCKS will provide excellent service to its customers;
- STOCKS will add quality to all its relationships, at all times showing respect for the individual;
- STOCKS will act with total honesty and professionalism in all matters;
- STOCKS will strive to support its employees in the achievement of their personal and professional goals through the provision of secure and fulfilling employment;
- STOCKS will pursue financial success so that it is able to reward its employees and investors for their service and commitment.
In the beginning
The Stock name has a long and proud history of service to the New Zealand automotive industry. George Stock was 19 when in January 1925 he sailed from London to Melbourne to take up work with the National Bank of Australia. In 1927 George and fellow bank employee Harry Humphrey commenced business as Manufacturers’ Representatives, trading as Humphrey & Stock. By 1930 the business was trading simply as George E. Stock. Later that year George moved his family to New Zealand and established George E. Stock (NZ) Ltd. The Melbourne branch was closed shortly thereafter and the New Zealand business began to prosper.
George E. Stock (NZ) Ltd grew to become one of New Zealand’s most respected automotive and industrial product suppliers and George Stock became one of the elder statesmen of New Zealand business. Highly regarded as a man of his word, he had a long and distinguished association with the New Zealand Chambers of Commerce and the British Trade Association, serving for 12 years as its President. George Stock died in 1972 and his son-in-law, Jan Okkerse (who had joined the company in 1947) succeeded him as Managing Director. The business continued to be managed with the high standards of integrity set by George Stock.
On from the 1980s
In 1980 George Stock’s grandson, Wellington Barrister Michael Okkerse, returned to New Zealand from the USA to help his father secure the future of the business and move into retirement. Michael was committed to ensuring that the company’s future was entrusted to executives who could build the business in the business environment emerging in the 1980s and who would maintain the high standards of personal and business integrity of his grandfather and father.
In August 1980 Bill Strand was invited to join the company. When Jan Okkerse retired shortly thereafter Bill was appointed Managing Director. Bill was formerly General Manager of Repco Automotive and Industrial Sales N. Z. Ltd and Wibroc New Zealand Ltd (an automotive accessory manufacturer owned by Repco).
In July 1982 Brian Foley was invited to join the company. Brian was a specialist in garage and workshop equipment. His extensive experience in that field included various sales and marketing positions with Motor Specialties Ltd. Brian was well known and respected by many of the world’s leading automotive equipment manufacturers.
The company remained wholly owned by the Stock family until 1982 when Michael arranged a buyout by interests representing his family and the families of Bill Strand and Brian Foley. In response to the economic changes of the 1980s George Stock & Company, as the business now was known, moved its Head Office from Wellington to Auckland and STOCKS began its transformation from Manufacturers’ Representative to Importer and Distributor.
Following the purchase of Andrews & Bevan Ltd. by Repco in 1985, STOCKS established Automotive Equipment (NZ) Limited to market Crypton diagnostic equipment directly to the trade. Around the same time, the leading equipment specialists from both Motor Specialities Ltd and Andrews & Bevan Ltd joined the company. STOCKS now had the most qualified and most experienced automotive equipment sales team in New Zealand.
In June 1990 STOCKS purchased W. E. Lewisham (Merchants) Ltd. Of particular interest to STOCKS was Lewisham’s exclusive agency for Italian Corghi tyre fitting and balancing equipment. Corghi was a world-leading brand and was the leading supplier of equipment to the tyre industry in New Zealand. The purchase brought with it a number of other automotive agencies and products, most being sold directly to the retail motor industry through garages and service stations.
In September 1990 Wayne Fowler was invited to join the business as Finance Director and interests representing his family acquired a shareholding in the company.
While STOCKS now was established as a major supplier of garage, workshop and tyre equipment, its acquisition of Retread Supply & Development Ltd in April 1992 established it as a major supplier of consumables to the tyre industry as well, with agencies including Rema Tip Top and B & J Rocket. STOCKS’ AutoParts Division also was expanding rapidly, with focused marketing of key brands including Camelot (now Transteering), Power Plus and Roulands through a strong national network of wholesale resellers.
A strategy at this time was to establish STOCKS as a leading specialist in vehicle suspension. STOCKS’ August 1996 acquisition of the Suspension Division of NZ Transport Supplies Ltd was a major move in this direction. The acquisition provided STOCKS with the agencies, support staff and services necessary to achieve that goal. Most significantly the acquisition brought to STOCKS exclusive agencies for KYB and KONI shock absorbers, King Springs and SuperPro bushes. STOCKS was appointed a Capricorn Society supplier in August 2000.
In May 2008 Barry Reid was appointed a Director of STOCKS and interests representing his family acquired an interest in the company.


With the global economy back on the road to growth, the recovery of exports is widely believed to be more development in the future. Most large current terminal products are still using through-hole connection mode. This method provides the required mechanical support and ensures a solid electrical contact with the power supply layer embedded in the multilayer circuit board.
There are many different types of pins used to connect large current terminals to circuit boards. The metal conductor inside the large current terminal terminal is the core part of the terminal, which transmits the voltage, current or signal from the external wire or cable to the contact part corresponding to the connector it matches.
Therefore, the contact must have excellent structure, stable and reliable contact retention and good conductive properties. In the power industry has a special terminal platoon, Terminal box, above all are terminal blocks, Single-layer, double-layer, current, voltage, ordinary, can be broken and so on. Certain crimping areas are designed to ensure reliable contact and to ensure that sufficient current is passed. As people's demand for terminal equipment is more and more high, the requirement of terminal equipment is more safe, more stable and more efficient.
This is not enough for many traditional mechanical systems, it must be turned to electronic control, and the terminal technology required by electronic control must be continuously improved. The wiring terminal series is connected by a variety of parts by using an easy-to-use pluggable connection combined with a solid, universal screw method. A variety of socket design can be paired with different maternal insertion methods, large current terminal terminal applications in the field of end product shipments in the first quarter of 2010 years to rebound, driving the electronic components industry boom temperature rebound However, the large current terminal manufacturing industry is the main component of the electronic components industry.
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PayPal is facing a potential class action lawsuit over how the payment company handled charity donations.
According to a court filing by law firm Edelson PC, Edelson filed what is seen as a first-of-kind consumer class action in Federal District Court in Illinois, contending PayPal and PayPal Giving Fund violated a slew of laws. The lawsuit, which was brought forth on behalf of individuals and a nonprofit organization, claims that some of the donations made through PayPal Giving Fund didn’t end up at the nonprofit organizations that the consumers making the donation specified. The lawsuit alleges the consumers have no clue where the money they donated actually landed.
In 2016, the PayPal Giving Fund processed around $7.3 billion in contributions, according to Edelson. The law firm argues in the suit that consumers don’t know where the money ends up, because PayPal allegedly won’t give the donations to nonprofits unless said nonprofits have a registered account with PayPal and the PayPal Giving Fund. What’s more, the lawsuit contends nonprofits that don’t register are never told that there are donations waiting for them, and, after a lapse of six months, donations that aren’t claimed are taken back by PayPal and redirected elsewhere.
According to a report in CNBC, one plaintiff said out of the $3,250 in donations she made in December to 13 different charities, only $100 was distributed between three charities that she actually chose. The rest is sitting with PayPal, according to the lawsuit. PayPal didn’t respond to media requests to comment.
While it may be facing a lawsuit over where it’s directing donations, PayPal saw a strong year in 2016 in terms of charitable giving, with the company saying during the holidays it surpassed $971 million. In the same year, PayPal said it processed $7.3 billion in contributions, which marks an 11 percent increase in donations to charities. PayPal also found that eight million users in 181 countries gave to more than 282,000 charities, which resulted in 2016 becoming the biggest year for PayPal donations at the year’s end.
Paypal today (Mar. 2) issued the following statement: “PayPal recently became aware of this filing related to our holiday giving campaign, and we are reviewing the contents. To be clear, PayPal Giving Fund has not redirected any of the charitable gifts donated during our holiday campaign. PayPal and PayPal Giving Fund have a long history of fostering significant social impact by connecting donors and charities. We work to ensure as many charities as possible can benefit from our global donation campaigns. When PayPal Giving Fund receives a donation to benefit a charity that hasn’t enrolled, we contact the charity to notify them of the gift and help them enroll. PayPal Giving Fund does not hold any donations in interest bearing accounts, and therefore earns no interest on any charitable donations. We are disappointed by the lawsuit, and we are fully prepared to defend ourselves vigorously in this matter.”

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Has anyone else seen the news about Facebook's fake accounts, "officially" they say at the moment it isn't a problem but I'm pretty sure that the real figure is much more. Anyway it turns out, off the record wink, wink. Facebook is paying companies in India to create bots to like/click on their advertisements, this entail pushes up their advertising revenue making them look much more valuable than they really are. as literally millions of people every day are switching from their desktop computers to the mobile devices to socially network, Facebook has no clue how to advertise on a mobile device, (Facebook developing there own mobile device, who the fuck wants a Facebook phone.) this is showing analysts the real value of Facebook which isn't even a fraction of there IPO. in a true blackhat style, corporate blackhat. You gotta love the hypocrisy!


What if you just like your old ordinary time piece, what if you’re not into smartwatches, well, with this new accessory, you will be able to keep your old watch and turn it into a smartwatch with plenty of capabilities.
Chronos is a coin shaped small device that wants to attach to the bottom of your old watch, according to the company behind it, the device size is compatible with 80% of the existing watches, anyway, lets pass to what Chronos can do.. Once attached and configured using a companion Android and iOS app, the small coin can bring you smartphone notifications through a LED light, you can select the light’s colors to distinguish between those notifications, the device is also able to track your fitness by tracking your steps and walked distances, and guess what! your mechanical watch face could also be a smarter one! thanks to a gesture control feature, Chronos will allow you to configure specific gestures to dismiss notifications or to take a smartphone photo by swiping or tapping on the ordinary dumb watch face.
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The device can be pre-ordered from the official website for an affordable price of $99, of course, the Chronos should be recharged, and that’s through its wireless charging feature, the battery can last up to 36 hours on a single charge, do you consider getting this treat for your old watch?


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WASILLA — Alaska State Trooper Lt. Tom Dunn was recently recognized by the Mat-Su Health Foundation for his widespread efforts with the Mat-Su Crisis Intervention Team Coalition and Mental Health First Aid training.
Those programs focus on appropriate conduct when responding to a behavioral health crisis, ensuring safe and effective interactions between first responders and citizens. Dunn received the award on June 10.
“He’s really raised the bar across the system,” MSHF CEO Elizabeth Ripley said.
Ripley said that Dunn has been a longtime advocate for mental health in public safety and his contributions have effectively transformed the way the systems work to support people in the community.
“Everybody comes out of it with more dignity and health. It’s really quite remarkable and inspiring,” Ripley said.
Dunn has clocked in nearly 25 years of service with the department of public safety. In 2015, he became a member of the Mat-Su Crisis Intervention Team Coalition, according to a recent press release.
After Dunn completed the Mental Health First Aid course, he wanted to start training fellow troopers and other first responders in the community.
In 2017, he was certified by the National Council for Behavioral Health as an instructor for the program. Since then, he’s trained over 100 first and secondary responders in Mat-Su.
Dunn’s reach has extended past the Valley, venturing to the DPS training academy in Sitka as well as the prison system in Seward. Due to his continued advocacy, DPS added a special lapel pin for CIT graduates to be included as part of the official AST uniform.
“You can see how that’s a game-changer right? Over last three years, he’s done all of this,” Ripley said.
Ripley said that Dunn’s efforts have resulted in improved safety for responding officers as well as a more dignified approach for the person and their family members. She said this is especially important since people struggling with their mental and behavioral health are some of the most vulnerable in the community.
“He’s really raised the bar for how the whole system responds to a crisis, with respect to mental health and/or substance abuse disorder,” Ripley said. “That can be any of us. We are not immune to any of these diseases.
The Bert Hall Award was created in honor of Valley resident Bert Hall, who helped form the Valley Hospital Foundation Board of Directors and has been a Mat-Su Regional Medical Center Trustee.
Ripley said that Dunn’s actions have broken the “status quo” where most people find themselves. She said that he helped set the tone so officers wanted to do it, showing the overall value it brings the community at large. She marveled at his initiative to tackle these issues from inside his own line of work.“All of that has come from the inside, that’s really why we’re honoring Lt. Dunn,” Ripley said.
Dunn’s 25 year mark is around the corner and he will be retiring from AST in 2020.
Contact Mat-Su Valley Frontiersman reporter Jacob Mann at firstname.lastname@example.org

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So you've made the decision to begin your investing career? Very wise. With a new £20,000 ISA allowance at your disposal (since yesterday), there's every incentive to get started.
Does this mean you should dive headfirst into the market? Not necessarily.
While it would be a mistake to wait for the 'perfect' time to begin, it's nevertheless important to ensure that you do so from a firm financial footing.
Here, then, are five steps that all budding investors should ensure they've taken before buying their first shares.
1: Pay off debt
There's little point becoming an investor if -- mortgage aside -- you still owe money. There are two reasons for this.
First, any debt owed on credit cards is likely to be at a far higher interest rate than any return you can expect from the stock market, at least consistently.
Second, the unpredictability of stock markets means that the value of your shares could fall considerably over the short term. Any debts you have, however, can only grow once interest is taken into account. The former will be far easier to deal with without the latter hanging over you.
In both a practical and psychological sense, becoming debt free first puts you firmly in the driving seat when it comes to growing your wealth.
2: Cut down on spending
Having become debt-free, you now need to avoid it like the plague by cutting back on buying stuff you gain little benefit from.
Do you have a subscription to a streaming service that you never use? Cancel it. A gym you can never be bothered to go to? Why not switch to completely free bodyweight exercises or start running?
Eliminate the unnecessary now and your future (wealthy) self will thank you for it.
3: Have an emergency fund
While the actual amount will depend on your circumstances, building an emergency cash fund makes a lot of sense. This way you'll have a financial buffer in the event of sudden redundancy, a broken boiler, or some other event life decides to throw at you.
Shoot for enough cash to cover roughly 3-6 months of living expenses.
4: Know yourself
Charging headlong into investing before thinking about what you want to achieve is akin to driving without knowing your destination, or the route you'll take to get there.
As such, you need to set aside some time to think about the reasons for turning to the stock market (e.g. child's university fees, retirement) and, consequently, your target date for achieving this goal.
Once you know your goals and how long you need to stay invested for, it's important to be realistic about how much risk you're prepared to take. This will determine what assets you ultimately buy. Get this right and you'll avoid a lot of worry further down the line. Click here to find out more.
One last thing.
5: Learn to ignore the hype
Before beginning to invest, it pays to develop a realistic mindset about what returns you can expect. Understand that unless you're incredibly fortunate or skilled, you're very unlikely to build a sizeable nest egg in a short period of time. Warren Buffett didn't become an instant billionaire and neither will you. Put your faith in the power of compounding (interest on interest) rather than any get-rich-quick scheme.
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Dozens of residents from neighborhoods such as Ridgelake Shores and Bentwater Drive reported higher than usual water bills between July and October, particularly in September.
Emily Guerra, a resident of Ridgelake Shores in Montgomery, said her bill went from $50 to $232 between August and September. Her household used 31,487 gallons of water in September, but her usage the rest of the year never exceeded 5,000 gallons, excluding May, which was less than 10,500 gallons.
Sarah Clark, a resident of Lake Forest Falls near Lake Conroe, said on Nextdoor that her bill is usually $75 but totaled $325 in September. Tori Miller, a resident of Seven Coves, said her September water bill totaled 13,500 gallons—the highest she has had in the seven years living there.
“We were out of town for eight days in the billing period,” she said.
Meanwhile, officials with the San Jacinto River Authority said the issue is likely due to an increase in water consumption during hot, dry months or perhaps a leak.
Reasons for rising rates
SJRA General Manager Jace Houston said increased bills correlate with increased water consumption.
Looking citywide, the city of Conroe averaged 13.17 million gallons produced per day in September, compared to an average of 10.02 million gallons from September 2018 to September 2019, according to Jason Miller, the city’s assistant director of public works.
In the city of Montgomery, September was the month with the most water used—16.7 million gallons—from October 2018 to October 2019, according to a Gulf Utility Services Operations Report.
The SJRA did increase its rates for its users by between 3%-4% on Sept. 1, and it now charges a flat fee of $2.80 per 1,000 gallons, Houston said. However, water providers usually charge higher rates for higher usage.
“They’re trying to encourage people to use less water,” Houston said.
Simon Sequeira, the president of Quadvest, a privately owned water provider, echoed Houston’s statement about the reoccurring outcry.
“We see this every summer. ... People’s waters bills go up, and that’s when they get mad,” he said.
There may be other causes for high water bills for specific subdivisions.
Residents of newly developed Ladera Creek, The Woodlands Hills and North Meadows subdivisions said their bills have been high since they moved in.
Willis City Manager Robert Evans said water usage is high in North Meadows because the developers built automatic sprinklers at each house that run off the same meter that measures household water usage.
Meanwhile, Diana Dailey, a resident of The Woodlands Hills, said she contacted her utilities company regarding her water usage, which was much higher than her previous home, and the company agreed to do a study. Community Impact Newspaper has been unable to verify details of this study as of press time.


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W–Cu Tube Processing and Structure Property by Powder Extrusion Molding
In this paper, W–30%Cu tube with 0.8 mm inner diameter, 8 mm external diameter and more than 200 mm on length was shaped using powder extrusion molding and infiltration sintering process. The results showed that the parameters such as powder loading, hot degreasing temperature and sintering temperature and time affected the formability and structure property of W–Cu tube. High properties of W–30%Cu tube with a relative density of 99.6% and an electric conductivity of 49%IACS were obtained when sintering at 1300 °C for 2 h and the powder loading was up to 60%. The effects of sintering temperature and time on the macro-structure and micro-structure were studied.
KeywordsPowder extrusion molding Degreasing Infiltration W–Cu tube
This work was supported by Guangzhou Science Technology and Innovation commission (201510010100, 201509010003) and Research Institution of Guangdong Province Innovation field program (2014B070706022, 2016B070701021, 2014B030301012, 2016B070701024).
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By your 10th trip medicine for uti over the counter to the bathroom in 2 hours, you might wonder if you have a bladder infection.And you may be right, especially if it hurts, burns, or stings. China is blazing trails in smaller, micro systems that the local Asian industries require. Do not give any over the counter pain relieving medication to a child suffering from UTI without first consulting a pediatrician. Use hot packs for relieving cramps Over-the-counter UTI Medicines. To treat and to is there an over the counter medicine for a uti prevent recurrences, drink 4 to 10 ounces a day of cranberry juice Mild urinary tract infections (UTIs) often is there an over the counter medicine for uti. UTIs are typically treated with antibiotics (although there are exceptions), and most antibiotics are prescription-only drugs Phenazopyridine, available commercially as AZO Standard, is an over-the-counter medication indicated for UTIs, and can be purchased at a retail pharmacy. coli is the are there over the counter medicine for uti cause of most UTIs, but viruses and other germs can also cause them.; There are 8 million UTI-related doctor visits per year in.
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Makayla thought she’d fallen in love with the man of her dreams. But after the honeymoon, a horrifying reality sets in. She is a prisoner, a slave, a pawn for a malicious man’s games. When her precious son is born, the need to escape intensifies. Little does she know that the man who helps her escape is working undercover with orders from the FBI to bring her in–a sure method to end not only her life, but her young son’s as well.
Ryan Carter (AKA Robert Shaw from Target of Betrayal) knows way too much about lies and betrayal. His entire life is now a lie. The minute he discovers his target is a victim and not the cruel criminal the FBI’s profiler has made her out to be, his agenda changes. Against the wishes of the FBI, he disappears with their star witness, vowing to keep her and her young son safe from the satanic monster she calls her husband. What he doesn’t plan on is falling in love and having a son of his own. Fate deals them a cruel hand in the form of a simple high school history project. The madman has found them and he’s taken Ryan’s son in exchange for Makayla. Can Ryan save them both? Or will history repeat itself and once again steal all he holds dear?
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This one started out really strong for me. The author just throws you into the middle of Makayla’s story and while some might find that confusing, I LOVE IT when author’s start off their adventure that way. Right off the bat, you hate Makayla’s husband. He seems to be a sadistic bastard that everyone’s nightmares revolve around. This Steven character is the monster under your bed, the bad guy in the closet. As scary as it is, I’m sure there is more than one actual person like this in the world. Man. He just gave me the creeps.
Ohnoutka can sure write a good bad guy.
Once Ryan enters the story, that’s when I’m officially hooked. I love his character. I like how his character develops as the story and the connection with Makayla feels genuine and heartfelt.
Now … all of that being said … after about halfway through the book … I just totally lost interest. I don’t know why. The ending was great, I was a bit surprised how everything came to a head and I really enjoyed how all of the events and characters finished things off but the meat of the story was a little … meh. It really bothers me to say that because I did get really invested in what was going on between Makayla and her husband and then with Ryan. I felt almost robbed. I think that I kinda wanted the beginning part with Ryan to take more pages. A lot more. I really enjoyed the give and take between Makayla, Ryan and Michael during that time period.
Anyhow … pretty good book till about half way … I would definitely give this author another shot since I liked the beginning of the book so much


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Review Article | Open Access
A review of worm-like pipe inspection robots: research, trends and challenges
Soft Sci 2024;4:[Accepted].
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In recent years, the development of worm-like robots has increased significantly. These robots use peristaltic motion comprised of radial expansion and axial elongation to move leglessly through their environments. Soft worm-like robots have the advantage of conforming to their environment, making them ideal for confined spaces such as pipelines which are essential to societal infrastructure. Pipeline contamination and corrosion can be detrimental and costly and thus regular checking is vital. Some pipes are difficult to access due to size, access restrictions and harmful waste contamination (such as in nuclear power plants). This has led to an increase of research into soft worm-like robots for pipe inspection. This review will analyse the recent progress in this area to assess current robotic capabilities and where work may be further needed to ensure they are applicable to real-world applications.
Worm robotics, pipe inspection robotics, soft robotics, inchworm, peristalsis
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Blewitt G, Cheneler D, Andrew J, Monk S. A review of worm-like pipe inspection robots: research, trends and challenges. Soft Sci 2024;4:[Accept]. http://dx.doi.org/10.20517/ss.2023.49
© The Author(s) 2024. Open Access This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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Madison County is bracing for a winter storm that may affect activities for the next few days.
The Madison County Journal print edition will be put out a day early due to the coming storm. But updates will be posted on this site and our Facebook page whenever we have storm news to report.
As of 10 a.m. Monday, no announcements had been made regarding school closings and no government meetings had been canceled.
If you have winter storm photos — whether it’s a downed tree, or a child playing — send them to us at email@example.com and we’ll post them to our Facebook page. Please include the first and last name of anyone pictured, where the photo was taken and who took it. If you take a picture on a cell phone, please send it at a medium to large file size. Small photos won’t reproduce.
Jackson EMC officials say they are getting ready for the storm.
"We'll be making sure our trucks are fully stocked, fueled and ready to roll," said Jim Smith, Jackson EMC's vice president of engineering and operations. "All of our line crews and right of way crews will be on call and dispatched to any outages that may occur. Our Systems Control, the nerve center of our distribution network, will continue to monitor the cooperative's more than 13,500 miles of energized wire as the storm progresses from Tuesday into Wednesday night to detect outages as they occur."
In the event of an outage, Jackson EMC customers may report outages from their PC or mobile device at the cooperative's website, www.jacksonemc.com, or by calling 1-855-422-7600, and can track outages on the cooperative's website Storm Center outage map. Also located in the Storm Center is information on how to prepare for a storm, electrical safety after the storm and generator safety.
Gov. Nathan Deal has expanded the state of emergency to include 31 additional counties, bringing the total to 45.
The additional counties include: Dade, Walker, Catoosa, Whitfield, Chattooga, Gordon, Floyd, Bartow, Polk, Paulding, Cobb, Fulton, Gwinnett, Barrow, Haralson, Carroll, Douglas, DeKalb, Clarke, Oconee, Oglethorpe, Wilkes, Walton, Rabun, Habersham, Stephens, Franklin, Hart, Madison, Elbert and Lincoln counties.
The governor declared a state of emergency in the following counties earlier today: Murray, Fannin, Gilmer, Union, Towns, Pickens, Dawson, Lumpkin, White, Cherokee, Forsyth, Hall, Banks and Jackson counties.
Madison County commission chairman Anthony Dove said county road crews are gearing up for a busy week. The county has four motorgraders to scrape roads and one spreader truck for sand and salt.
“As soon as it starts sticking, we’ll be putting the scrapers out,” he said.
Dove said pre-treating roads could prove difficult in this storm, since early rains in the event could wash off sand and salt before the heavier weather hits. But Dove said the county road will focus first on bridges and areas around schools, along with drives and roadways in the immediate vicinity of county emergency vehicles.
“Then we go out from there and try to make sure the major cut-through roads are taken care of, then we react to reports from areas in need,” he said.
Dove said he would like the county to look at getting a second spreader truck to help prepare roads for winter storms. Such a truck could also be used to spread gravel at other times of the year.
He noted that having enough salt for roads is becoming an issue for many communities right now.
“Atlanta is buying it (salt) up,” he said.
Dove urged motorists to stay off of roads if conditions are bad.
“Anytime the temperature gets around freezing and you have any precipitation, you have to worry about black ice,” said Dove. “And if you can stay off the roads, that’s the best thing you can do. It helps us, because we can focus on roads and not on accidents.”
Editor’s Note: For a detailed local weather report, you may want to check out https://www.facebook.com/athensgaweather


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It seems to have become a fixture that we make this walk in April, partly because of the only known native, unplanted daffodils in Calderdale at one spot.
We were slightly dissapointed in them this year, finding them well gone over, with swelling seed pods. There was some discussion of the ethics of “gardening ” them, by spreading the seed along the same wood (There are thankfully no garden daffodils released into the wild there.)
We weren’t dissapointed by the very reliable little owl, though, that has been sat on the same wall for three years running!
To go back to the daffs, an article in the turn of the century “Halifax Naturalist” (century before last that is!) lists several places where wild daffodils existed, besides the Rishworth site, there was Severhills Clough -Soyland, Shibden – 2 sites, Coley Hall, Salterhebble, Sowerby Bridge to Ripponden, Jumble Hole Clough -top end – Hippins Clough.
We noticed one of the Rishworth herons had a very young chick in the nest. There are just 2 nests now. (I think the third was in a tree that blew down.)
Quite a few migrants were seen or heard singing. Some discussion was had about what was the name for baby bats. We couldn’t think there was one, but some suggestions were batlette, batling, hangling. Then we got onto a collective noun for bats, something not as negative as a swarm or a coven. So we came up with a cave of bats or a flap of bats or, perhaps the best- a belfry of bats.

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Commuters wearing protective masks wait for a train at the Luz station in Sao Paulo. As the country shatters records and the contamination curve fails to flatten, President Jair Bolsonaro remains adamant about his crusade to reopen commerce and the economy.
Lockdowns imposed across the world in an attempt to combat the coronavirus pandemic differed from country to country, ranging from partial to full restrictions on public life. But as those measures have been gradually lifted, some countries are seeing spikes in new coronavirus infections.
The total number of confirmed coronavirus cases around the world now stands at over 9.4 million, according to Johns Hopkins University data, and over 480,000 people have died.
The recent spikes in cases have led to growing fears of a “second wave” of the pandemic, as countries that seemingly passed the peak of infections some months ago experience new outbreaks. Here are some of the countries seeing a spike in infections:
The coronavirus continues to surge in certain U.S. states — particularly those in the south and west of the country.
The number of cases in the country hit a new record high on Wednesday, with 45,557 diagnoses reported, according to a tally by NBC News.
Texas, Utah, Arkansas and Arizona are among the states seeing a rise in coronavirus hospitalizations, while California and Florida reported their biggest daily spikes in new coronavirus cases Wednesday, while Houston said its intensive-care unit beds are near capacity.
Soldiers of the Bundeswehr dressed in full PPE prepare to take throat swab samples from local residents in the village of St. Vit following a Covid-19 outbreak at the nearby Toennies meat packaging plant during the coronavirus pandemic on June 23, 2020 near Guetersloh, Germany.
The outbreak in Gutersloh led to the district being put back into lockdown on Tuesday, and a neighboring district was also shut down hours later, in order to contain any possible spread. Nonetheless, the outbreak (as well as other “major outbreaks” in nursing and retirement homes, asylum and refugee centers, some schools and an outbreak in a religious community) has been blamed for pushing up Germany’s virus reproduction or ‘R’ rate up to 2.88 last weekend, its public health body, the Robert Koch Institute, said Wednesday.
Germany currently has 192,871 confirmed coronavirus cases and has reported 8,933 deaths, according to Johns Hopkins.
The number of infections surged last weekend in Brazil, a country that now has the second-highest number of coronavirus cases in the world, with over 1.18 million confirmed and almost 54,000 fatalities.
Brazil’s government under President Jair Bolsonaro has been accused of trying to cover up the country’s coronavirus statistics and there was uproar earlier in June when Brazil’s health ministry stopped publishing daily infection and death data. It resumed publications after a Supreme Court ruling.
With nearly 55,000 new infections reported last Sunday, Brazil saw its largest rise in daily infections — although this was in part due to a lag in reporting from the states of Bahia, Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo, thus compounding data from two days, the World Health Organization noted.
Supporters of Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro protest outside the army headquarters, against the decision of Brasilia’s Governor Ibaneis Rocha to prevent crowds from attending rallies, amid the new coronavirus pandemic, in Brasilia, on June 14, 2020.
India reported a record single-day spike in cases earlier Thursday, with 16,922 new cases of the virus. This was higher than the previous day’s record of 15,968 new cases. The virus has infected 473,105 people in India and killed at least 14,894, according to data compiled by Johns Hopkins University.
Maharashtra, New Delhi and Tamil Nadu are the hardest-hit states, the data from India’s Health Ministry shows, accounting for around 60% of all confirmed cases in India. The increase in cases in New Delhi, reportedly due to limited hospital and contact tracing capacity, is of particular concern.
India has the fourth-worst coronavirus epidemic in the world, based on total number of confirmed cases, after the U.S., Brazil and Russia.


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What was your first philatelic book?
The first philatelic book I ever picked up was Thomas Alexander’s The Travers Papers Official Records, edited by Barbara Mueller. The two-volume book compiles original documents and official records from a wide variety of sources to shed light on the early operations of the United States Post Office Department. It includes important selections from long-overlooked and underused U.S. Post Office Department records about the production of the earliest U.S. postage stamps.
For those of you who have read my first “Behind the Curtain” column, you know that I discovered The Travers Papers not by happenstance, but because I began my career at the American Philatelic Society in the back room of the library, recording and sorting the research files donated by the Thomas Alexander estate. However, The Travers Papers, while an excellent resource, is not the most effective introduction to the hobby, unless you are highly ambitious and want to dive straight into the riptide that is U.S. Classics collecting without first learning to swim. Not for me.
The first philatelic book I actually used is a different story: the Scott U.S. Specialized Catalogue of U.S. Stamps & Covers. When I took on the APS’ social media responsibilities, I was hit by a constant flow of online messages and emails: “What is this stamp I found? [Is it worth anything?]” I taught myself to read the catalog listings, quickly learned the meaning of philatelic vocabulary, and armed myself with an encyclopedia of knowledge. “Let me check the Scott catalog” was my new refrain. Later, when the American Philatelic Center shut down in March 2020 in response to the emerging pandemic, I strained my muscles – and broke a strap on my favorite tote bag – hauling the six-volume 2020 Scott Standard set out to my car so I could actually get work done at home.
This may read as a sales pitch for the Scott catalog – it really isn’t. Just as Scott catalogs shaped my understanding of philately, your own go-to catalog, whatever it is, likely shaped your own collecting journey. The catalog you prefer is very personal! Your favorite catalog gives you the language and vocabulary that you use to describe and organize your collection and the specialized knowledge you need to make smart buying decisions. It also gives every collector a shared language – a shorthand to communicate with each other, a place to start debates and discussions, and a resource that makes buying and selling stamps from each other easy.
My favorite part of creating this issue was seeing the passionate emails pour in when we asked APS members to recommend their favorite catalogs. Very honestly, “passion” was not what I was expecting. Yet your responses proved me wrong.
I’ll quote just one here. Several more are scattered through the issue. Thank you to Eugene Denson, who told me,
“I am collecting Falkland Islands and Dependencies. It’s far away but I have visited twice on cruises, and the postal history is absorbing. The catalog for serious collectors is The Specialized Stamp Catalog of the Falkland Islands and Dependencies Including Postal History and Cancellations 1800-2020…
“I imagine you will get more people telling you about it. It is a great catalog, and a great catalog makes collecting so much more fulfilling.”
This is my last “Behind the Curtain” column before I doff this cap and don that of editor-in-chief. I look forward to beginning this new era with you. Please feel free to reach out to me at email@example.com.


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I have the Warren Sevigny (.215" green fiber optic front) on my 17, and like that set-up. For my Gen4 34, what front should I use for GSSF if I'm shooting the Atlanta Arms & ammo 147gr GSSF load, the .215" or .245"? Also, I now have a MGW rear sight pusher. Any issues with installing these myself? I have installed the Ameriglo I-dots just fine on a couple of my Glocks, but I'm wondering if these require fitting, instead of just pushing them in. Thanks!