|Publication number||US5646601 A|
|Application number||US 08/243,060|
|Publication date||Jul 8, 1997|
|Filing date||May 16, 1994|
|Priority date||Apr 7, 1992|
|Publication number||08243060, 243060, US 5646601 A, US 5646601A, US-A-5646601, US5646601 A, US5646601A|
|Inventors||Richard H. Wallace, Robert W. Pospick|
|Original Assignee||Texas Instruments Incorporated|
|Export Citation||BiBTeX, EndNote, RefMan|
|Patent Citations (13), Referenced by (15), Classifications (18), Legal Events (3)|
|External Links: USPTO, USPTO Assignment, Espacenet|
This application is a Continuation, of application Ser. No. 07/864,840, filed Apr. 7, 1992, abandoned.
U.S. patent application Ser. No. 759,192, filed Sep. 10, 1991 as a continuation of U.S. application Ser. No. 309,451, filed Feb. 10, 1989, now abandoned, is incorporated herein by reference and is a related application, as is U.S. patent application Ser. No. 706,617 filed May 29, 1991 and now U.S. Pat. No. 5,168,138.
1. Field of the Invention
This invention relates to gravity-sensitive switches used in electrical systems. More particularly, it relates to a gravity-sensitive switch featuring a shiftable magnet.
2. Description of the Prior Art
Gravity-sensitive switches employing conductive rolling balls, optical detectors utilized with shifting apparatus, mercury switches and the like have long been used for various purposes.
Switches utilizing magnets are preferable to mercury switches for environmental and safety reasons, as well as for simplicity of design. Magnets used in conjunction with reed switches, however, tend to be bulky because of the magnet size required to effectively overcome the coefficient of friction (i.e. the weight and corresponding size of the magnet must be such that the device is gravitationally sensitive). The size of the magnet can in turn cause unwanted magnetic side effects in the operation of the mechanism. The magnets used in these gravity-sensitive apparatus are also typically completely enclosed. The enclosure aspect of the apparatus leads to undesirable moisture and contamination problems within the casing housing the magnet.
What is needed is a magnetic apparatus (suitable for use with a reed switch or the like) which is relatively small yet gravitationally sensitive. Also needed is an apparatus wherein the magnet is not completely enclosed so that moisture and contamination problems are avoided.
The problems outlined above are in large measure solved by the apparatus and corresponding system in accordance with the present invention. That is to say the invention hereof provides a design for actuating a reed switch, featuring a magnetic apparatus which is relatively small yet gravitationally sensitive and further wherein the magnetic apparatus is not completely enclosed.
The magnetic apparatus includes a bottom plate presenting a gravity reference plane, a first magnet guide, a second magnet guide and a magnet member. The first magnet guide has a first aperture and the second magnet guide has a second aperture. The magnet member includes a magnet shiftable along a slide axis running through the first and second apertures. Thus the magnet is shiftable along the slide axis between a closed position and an open position depending on the orientation of the gravity reference plane of the bottom plate. In preferred embodiments, a weight is secured to the magnet, and the magnet member includes a stopping member for stopping the magnet respectively in the closed or open position, depending on the orientation of the gravity reference plane.
The above-described magnetic apparatus can be combined with a reed switch to form a magnetic assembly. An array of such assemblies can be used in conjunction with a system having a frame and an electrical circuit including logic structure such that depending on the gravitational orientation of the frame, the logic structure generates a signal corresponding to that gravitational orientation. The signal can be used to generate a word, for example, or other response appropriate to the system. In this fashion the system is gravitationally sensitive and can have a variety of predetermined responses appropriate depending on gravitational orientation.
FIG. 1 is a partial sectional view of a magnetic apparatus in the closed position in accordance with the present invention;
FIG. 2 shows the magnetic apparatus of FIG. 1 inclined to a different gravitational orientation so that the magnetic apparatus is in an open position;
FIG. 3 is an exploded view of the magnetic apparatus of FIGS. 1 and 2 in conjunction with a reed switch;
FIG. 4 is a plan view of an array of five assemblies, each assembly including a magnetic apparatus in conjunction with a reed switch;
FIG. 5 is a partial sectional view of the assembly of FIG. 3 depicting a substantially semispherical range of angles over which the magnetic apparatus is in a closed position;
FIG. 6 shows the assembly of FIG. 3 inclined to a different gravitational orientation, and a substantially semispherical range of angles over which the magnetic apparatus is in an open position;
FIG. 7 is a partial perspective view of the assembly of FIG. 3;
FIG. 8 is a partial plan view of the assembly of FIG. 3 illustrating certain geometrical relationships;
FIG. 9 is an elevational view of the assembly of FIG. 3 further detailing certain geometrical relationships;
FIG. 10 is an exploded view of an electronic system incorporating an array of assemblies as illustrated in FIG. 4; and
FIG. 11 is an electrical schematic for the system of FIG. 10.
Referring now to the drawing in general and FIG. 1 in particular, a magnetic apparatus 10 is partially, cross-sectionally shown (with cross-sectional hatchings omitted for clarity of illustration). Magnetic apparatus 10 includes a bottom plate 12, a top plate 14, a first magnet guide 16, a second magnet guide 18 and a magnet member 20. Magnet member 20 is shiftable along a slide axis 22 between a closed position (as shown) and an open position (see FIG. 2). Shifting of magnet member 20 between the closed position and the open position or vice versa is designed to result in toggling a circuit element such as a reed switch or the like, as discussed in detail later on.
Bottom plate 12 is a printed wire board (PWB) in the preferred embodiment but alternatively can be a nonconductive material with a printed wire board mounted thereon. Bottom plate 12 presents a gravity reference plane 24 (perpendicular to the plane of the page as shown in FIG. 1). Gravity reference plane 24 is oriented with respect to a gravity line 26 such that magnet member 20 is in the closed position. Gravity line 26 is defined as a line from the center of the earth to a point on the surface on the earth located directly below magnetic apparatus 10. Essentially, gravity line 26 is the line along which the force of gravity acts on apparatus 10.
Bottom plate 12 can have a size suited for an individual apparatus 10 (as in FIG. 3), or can be larger and have many magnet members 20 associated therewith (as shown in FIG. 4).
Still referring to FIG. 1, bottom plate 12 also includes a first bottom slot 28 and a second bottom slot 30.
Top plate 14 is made of a nonconductive material, preferably a synthetic resin material. A first top slot 32 and a second top slot 34 are formed in top plate 14 (see also FIG. 3).
First magnet guide 16 is made of a nonconductive material, preferably a synthetic resin. First magnet guide 16 has a first bottom tab 36, matingly received in first bottom slot 28, and a top tab 38 matingly received in first top slot 32. First magnet guide 16 includes a first aperture 40 presenting a first aperture diameter 42 (see FIG. 5) and a first aperture plane 44 (see FIG. 5), which is perpendicular to the plane of the page (as shown in FIG. 5). First magnet guide 16 also presents an inside surface 46 and an outside surface 48. First magnet guide 16 is supported by bottom plate 12 in an upright position such that first aperture plane 44 defines an oblique angle with respect to gravity reference plane 24.
Still referring to FIG. 1, second magnet guide 18 is made of a nonconductive material, preferably a synthetic resin. Second magnet guide 18 has a second bottom tab 50 matingly received in second bottom slot 30, and a second top tab 52 matingly received in second top slot 34. Second magnet guide 18 includes a second aperture 54 presenting a second aperture diameter 56 (see FIG. 5) and a second aperture plane 58 (see FIG. 5), which is perpendicular to the plane of the page (as shown in FIG. 5). Second magnet guide 18 also presents an inside surface 60 and an outside surface 62. Second magnet guide 18 is supported by bottom plate 12 in an upright position such that second aperture plane 58 defines an oblique angle with respect to gravity reference plane 24.
Referring to FIG. 2, magnetic member 20 has a magnet 64 (partially visible in FIG. 2, see FIG. 5 for phantom detail), a case 66 partially enveloping magnet 64, and a weight 68 (shown in phantom in FIG. 5). Magnet 64 and weight 68 are separately secured to case 66. Magnet member 20 also includes a first end 70 and a second end 72. Slide axis 22 runs through first aperture 40 and second aperture 54.
In the preferred embodiment weight 68 weighs about eleven grams. Magnet 64 is preferably a conventional cylindrical magnet such as the cast ALNICO 5, Permag PR400. Case 66 is made of a material which slides well on first magnet guide 16 and second magnet guide 18. In the preferred embodiment, nylon 6/6 loaded with 20% TPFE, is used for case 66 material and Delrin, Fulton 404 is used for first magnet guide 16 and second magnet guide 18.
Case 66 includes a stopping member 74 disposed between first end 70 and second end 72. Stopping member 74 has a first stopping surface 76 and a second stopping surface 78. First stopping surface 76 presents a first stopping surface diameter 80 (see FIG. 6) which is greater than first aperture diameter 42 (see FIG. 5). Second stopping surface 78 presents a second stopping surface diameter 82 (see FIG. 6) which is greater than second aperture diameter 56 (see FIG. 5).
Referring to FIG. 3, a magnetic assembly 84 is illustrated in an exploded view including apparatus 10 and a three-dimensional, field-actuated reed switch 86. Changing apparatus 10 from the closed position to the open position (or vice versa) magnetically toggles reed switch 86 by changing the relative proximity of magnet 64 thereto.
Reed switch 86 includes an insulating body 88, a first lead 90 and a second lead 92. Leads 90,92 are partially contained in body 88 (those portions being shown in phantom). In the preferred embodiment, reed switch 86 is a single-pole, single-throw switch and relatively small, such as model MDRR4 available from Hamlin Incorporated of Lake Mills, Wis.
Preferably, body 88 is made of glass and leads 90, 92 are hermetically sealed therein in an inert atmosphere. First lead 90 has a terminal end 94 and a contact end 96. Terminal end 94 is in electrical contact with a first terminal 98 of an electrical circuit 100 (See FIG. 11). Contact end 96 preferably includes a low-reluctance ferro-magnetic blade.
Second lead 92 has a terminal end 102 and a contact end 104. Terminal end 102 is in electrical contact with a second terminal 106 of electrical circuit 100 (See FIG. 11). Contact end 104 preferably includes a low-reluctance ferro-magnetic blade. Contact end 96 overlaps contact end 104. In the open position of reed switch 86, contact ends 96, 104 don't make physical contact (reed switch 86 is shown in the open position in FIG. 3). In the closed position of reed switch 86, contact ends 96, 104 do make physical (and thus electrical) contact.
FIG. 7 shows assembly 84 in perspective with bottom plate 12 and top plate 14 of apparatus 10 omitted for clarity of illustration.
FIG. 8 is an oblique plan view of assembly 84 (again with bottom plate 12, top plate 14, as well as first magnet guide 16 and second magnet guide 18 omitted for clarity of illustration). FIG. 8 illustrates the preferred orientation of magnet 64 and slide axis 22 with respect to body 88 of reed switch 86. Slide axis 22 is projected through body 88 to define a dimension d1, as indicated by the arrows, relative to the bottom end (as viewed in FIG. 8) of body 88. Body 88 also presents a length 1 as indicated by the arrows. The preferred ratio of dimension d1 to length 1 is about one to four. In the preferred embodiment, length 1 is about 0.6 inches and thus dimension d1 is about 0.15 inches.
FIG. 9 is a side view illustrating other dimensional characteristics of assembly 84. Body 88 presents a radius d4. In the preferred embodiment, d4 is about 0.105 inches. Dimension d3 is the distance between the axial center of body 88 and the tip of magnet 64 when apparatus 10 is in the closed position. In the preferred embodiment dimension d3 is about 0.110 plus or minus 0.010 inches. Dimension d2 is the distance between the axial center of body 88 and the tip of magnet 64 when apparatus 10 is in the open position. Dimension d2 is about 0.450 inches, minimum. Also shown in FIG. 9 is angle alpha, defined as the angle between slide axis 22 and gravity reference plane 24. In the preferred embodiment angle alpha is about twenty-five degrees.
FIG. 4 is a plan view of a sensing mechanism or array 108. Five assemblies 84 are the preferred number for this design but other numbers of assemblies 84 can be used to adapt for a particular design application. Note bottom plate 12 is shared by each assembly 84 and that top plate 14 and magnet guides 16, 18 are omitted for clarity of illustration. One common top plate 14 is shared by each assembly 84 in the preferred embodiment, as with bottom plate 12, but in an alternative embodiment each assembly 84 could have its own individual top plate.
Gravity reference plane 24 (not explicitly shown in FIG. 4) is coplanar with the visible surface of bottom plate 12 as shown in FIG. 4, with gravity line 26 indicated as going into the plane of the page and perpendicular to gravity reference plane 24 (i.e. gravity reference plane 24 is parallel to the ground in this orientation and array 108 is in an upright position, with each apparatus 10 in a closed position). It will be readily appreciated that by changing the orientation of gravity reference plane 24 of array 108 in three dimensional space with respect to gravity line 26, any combination of closed and open positions of apparatus 10 of assemblies 84 can be achieved. The total number of such combinations is thirty-two (i.e. 25).
Referring to FIG. 10, an exploded perspective view of a toy or system incorporating array 108 and constructed in accordance with the present invention is generally identified by reference numeral 110. Array 108 could be utilized in other types of systems, nonrecreational as well as recreational in function, as will be readily appreciated by those skilled in the art. Indeed any application wherein a gravity sensing array 108 or the like is useful is within the scope of the invention.
System 110 includes a container or frame 112, having first and second halves 114 and 116. Frame 112 preferably includes a twelve-sided polygon or dodecahedron having twelve planar faces 117-128 (only 117, 119, 121, 125 and 126 are shown in FIG. 10). Faces 117-128 are provided with indicia or a visual display which corresponds with a sound and/or voice produced by a microprocessor as will subsequently be described in greater detail.
For example, system 110 is provided with a first insert 129 and a second insert 130, which are preferably, for example, animal displays (not shown) on each of the planar faces 117-128. Inserts 129 and 130 make it relatively simple to replace the visual displays and still use the same frame 12. Of course the faces 117-128 are transparent when inserts are used. Alternatively, it is possible to provide visual displays that are connected directly to a surface of planar faces 117-128.
Frame 112 is designed so that system 110 must come to rest with one of the planar faces 117-128 uppermost and parallel to the ground. Thus, in this embodiment only twelve of the thirty-two previously-mentioned combinations of open and closed positions can be attained. In FIG. 10 planar face 117 is uppermost.
Frame 112 is constructed with a plastic material that is non-toxic and safe for the use of infants. First and second halves 114, 116 are molded to have smooth or rounded edges rather than sharp edges to facilitate rolling of system 110 onto its various faces 117-128. First and second halves 114, 116 may be secured together by any appropriate method such as sonic welding, gluing or fastening with screws. First and second halves 114 and 116 are provided with a plurality of frame apertures 131 to facilitate the transmission of sound therethrough.
Access to the interior of frame 112 is through a removable cap 132 which is coincident with face 117 and is preferably constructed to deny access except by prying with a screwdriver or coin or the like. Within frame 112 is a battery pack 134, which may contain for example, four AA batteries to provide power for system 110. A cover 136 may be provided for battery pack 134 to allow for an on/off switch. Battery pack 134 is secured to an inner support 138 by any appropriate method such as screws 140, which also connect top plate 14 to bottom plate 12.
Secured to inner support 138 adjacent battery pack 134 is PCB or bottom plate 12, which further includes electrical circuit 100 incorporating a microprocessor 142 (see FIG. 11) necessary to enable system 110 to function, as will be subsequently described in greater detail. Opposite removable cap 132 and within frame 112 is a speaker 144. Speaker 144 is interconnected to PCB 12 via electrical connections 146 and 148, which enable speaker 144 to respond to microprocessor 142. Position sensing mechanism or array 108 (see also FIG. 4) is generally indicated but the remaining portions of array 108 disposed between bottom plate 12 and top plate 14 (i.e. five assemblies 84) are not visible from the angle as shown in FIG. 10. Array 108 is mounted in relation to PCB 12 to allow microprocessor 142 to determine which of the planar faces 117-128 of system 110 is in a predetermined orientation or the "up " position (i.e. face 117 in FIG. 1), in which one of faces 117-128 is uppermost.
In operation, and referring to FIG. 5, as array 108 (only one assembly 84 of which is shown in FIG. 5) is moved in three dimensional space such that gravity reference plane 24 is altered with respect to gravity line 26, each assembly 84 is gravitationally affected. The rays depicted in FIG. 5 illustrate a range of angles through which slide axis 22 can be moved and still keep apparatus 10 in the closed position. Note that slide axis 22 is extended to the left past the substantially semispherical plurality of rays to indicate that slide axis 22 as shown in FIG. 5 is substantially oriented about midway in the range of orientations associated with the closed position. Note also that an eight degree range of angles is indicated on the upper limit of the range and the lower limit of the range. This is to indicate that there is about an eight degree subrange at the limits wherein it is somewhat indeterminate whether magnet 64 will actually shift from the closed position to the open position. Parameters affecting where in this eight degree range magnet 64 will actually shift include the coefficient of static friction between cover case 66 and first magnet guide 16 and second magnet guide 18 respectively, as well as the total weight of magnetic member 20.
Likewise in FIG. 6, when gravity reference plane 24 is positioned with respect to gravity line 26 such that magnet member 20 (and thus magnet 64) slides to the open position, there is a range of orientations of slide axis 22 which will maintain that open position. Once again slide axis 22 has been extended to the left through reed switch 86. A substantially semispherical plurality of rays are configured to show the angles to which the slide axis can be adjusted and still maintain the open position. The extension of slide axis to the left visually indicates that the configuration of slide axis 22 as depicted in FIG. 6 is substantially about midway in the range of orientations corresponding to the open position. Note the twelve degree subranges indicated at the limits of the range of rays. As discussed above with respect to the transition from closed position to open position, analogously there is about a twelve degree subrange for the change from the open position to the closed position. Once again the parameters that determine exactly where within this twelve degree subrange magnet member 20 shifts from the open position to the closed position will include the static coefficient of static friction between case 66 and first magnet guide 16 and second magnet guide 18 respectively, as well as the weight of magnetic member 20.
Referring once again to FIG. 10, when system 110 is moved, it immediately turns on and begins playing musical notes while being rolled or turned. If a child stops turning or rolling the ball, a pleasant voice will announce the identification of and a sound corresponding to the visual display or indicia on whichever planar face 117-128 which is in the "up" position. For example, using the following visual display arrangement:
______________________________________face 117 = a dog; face 123 = a horse;face 118 = a cat; face 124 = an owl;face 119 = a duck; face 125 = a sheep;face 120 = a cow; face 126 = a frog;face 121 = a goose; face 127 = a chicken; andface 122 = a pig; face 128 = a bird.______________________________________
If face 119 having a duck picture is in the "up" position, the system 108 will state that a duck is shown followed by a representative sound of a duck. Continuing the example, if face 122 having a pig picture is turned to the "up" position, system 108 will state that a pig is shown followed by a representative sound of a pig, and so on.
When system 110 is moved again, musical notes play until another visual display is recognized in the "up" position by a pause in motion. As long as the system 110 is rolled or turned, it will continue to respond with an identification and representative sound of the visual display in the "up" position. When the toy 110 is not turned or rolled for a brief period, a short musical signal will play to re-attract the child's attention. If there is no further activity, the system 110 will announce that it is being turned off, which will then automatically occur.
Referring to FIG. 11, an electrical schematic illustrating circuit 100 including microprocessor 142 is depicted. Circuit 100 is used to convert the output of array 108 into an aural response through speaker 144. As shown in FIG. 11, array 108 corresponds to the five assemblies 84 as discussed above. The five assemblies 84 correspond to five planes of a dodecahedron as will be subsequently described in greater detail.
Microprocessor 142 is connected to assemblies 84 by pins PAO, PA1, PA2, PA3, and PA4, respectively. Each node 150 represents the point where terminal end 94 (FIG. 3) comes in contact with first terminal 98 (FIG. 3) of electrical circuit 100, for each respective reed switch 86. Each node 151 represents the point where terminal end 102 (FIG. 3) comes in contact with second terminal 106 (FIG. 3) of electrical circuit 100, for each respective reed switch 86. The five nodes 151 are connected to a node 152 also connected to the low side of battery pack 134.
Microprocessor 142 is preferably capable of decoding at least twelve lines of the encoded data, storing multiple sounds, selecting one of the stored sounds corresponding to a decoding signal and generating an audible sound in response to the decoded signal. The audible sound is preferably of an educational nature corresponding to a visual display on the planar faces 117-128 (See FIG. 10). In the preferred system 110, the audible sounds mimic human speech or animal vocalizations, or both.
Pull-up resistors 154, 156, 158, 160 and 162 are connected to pins PA0-PA4 and the five assemblies 84, respectively. Resistors 154-162 are preferably on the order of 200 ohms and are also connected to the cathode of a diode 164. The anode of diode 164 is connected to a fuse 166, which is connected to battery pack 134. Battery pack 134 provides six volts in the preferred embodiment. Fuse 166 protects circuit 100 from shorts and diode 164 prevents reverse battery damage.
Between a node 168 and a node 170 is a resistor 172 which may be on the order of 200 ohms. Between node 170 and a node 174 is a capacitor 176 which may be on the order of 12,000 picofarads. Node 170 is connected to the anode of a diode 178 with the cathode of diode 178 connected to node 168. The collector of a transistor 180, which preferably is of the pnp type, is also connected to the anode of diode 178. The emitter of transistor 180 is connected to microprocessor 142 at inverse INIT. The base of transistor 180 is connected through a resistor 182, which is preferably on the order of eighty-two ohms, to microprocessor 142 at PBO. A capacitor 184 which is preferably on the order of 2200 picofarads is connected between a node 186 and node 152.
Microprocessor 142 is powered by battery back 134 through VDD and VSS. A capacitor 188 which is preferably on the order of forty-seven picofarads is installed between node 168 and node 152. A ceramic resonator 190 provides the clock to run microprocessor 142 through OSC1 and OSC2. Pins PA5-PA7 of microprocessor 142 are all coupled together and connected to the cathode of diode 164.
Speech output is transmitted to speaker 144 through pins DA1 and DA2. Pin DA1 is connected through a resistor 192 which is preferably on the order of 560 ohms, to the base of a transistor 194 which is preferably of the pnp type. The emitter of transistor 194 is connected to node 168, while the collector of transistor 194 is connected to a node 196. The collector of a transistor 198, which is preferably of the npn type, is connected to node 196. The emitter of transistor 198 is connected to the emitter of a transistor 200 (also preferably of the npn type) and to node 152. The base of transistor 198 is connected to a node 202 through a resistor 204 which is preferably on the order of 100 ohms. the collector of transistor 200 is connected to node 202 while the base of transistor 200 is connected to node 196 through a resistor 206, which is preferably on the order of 100 ohms.
Connected between nodes 196 and 202 is a capacitor 208 which is preferably on the order of ten microfarads. Also connected between nodes 196 and 202 is speaker 144 which is preferably on the order of eight ohms. The emitter of a transistor 210, which is preferably of the pnp type, is connected to node 168, while the collector of transistor 210 is connected to node 202. The base of transistor 210 is connected to the output DA2 of microprocessor 142 through a resistor 212, which is preferably on the order of 560 ohms. The four transistors 194, 198, 200 and 210 form an amplifier for speaker 144 and capacitor 208 provides a filter.
In operation, when schematically topmost assembly 84 is actuated, the initialization circuit including resistor 172, capacitor 176, diode 178, transistor 180, resistor 182, and capacitor 184 activate microprocessor 142 to play a musical tune. When topmost assembly 84 goes from the open to the closed position, a negative voltage spike occurs through capacitor 176. If system 110 is powered down, the negative spike will go through transistor 180 and trigger the inverse INIT causing microprocessor 142 to turn on. If microprocessor 142 is already on, the transistor 180 will be off and the negative trigger will not reach microprocessor 142. Capacitor 184 is present to prevent noise from causing an interrupt to microprocessor 142. As various of the five assemblies 84 are activated, microprocessor 142 interprets the code provided thereto and transmits the appropriate aural response to speaker 144. After a set period of time, when none of the five assemblies 84 are actuated, the circuit will automatically shut down after a warning.
It would also be possible to place a software option in the microprocessor 142 to automate a quiet mode rather than a mechanical on/off switch. Such an option could provide a specific sequence of repositioning system 110 (such as turning back-and-forth from a picture of an owl to a picture of a cow three times) to turn the system 110 off until the sequence is reversed (or another sequence is initiated). This would allow an adult to shut system 110 off and leave it with a sleeping infant without fear of accidentally turning system 110 on. In more detail, as toy 110 is positioned on its various planar faces 117-128, each magnet 64 slides toward or away from reed switch 86. When magnet 64 is proximate reed switch 86, a signal is sent through node 150 to microprocessor 142 indicating a closed circuit for that respective assembly 84. When magnet 64 slides away from reed switch 86, an open circuit response is provided to microprocessor 142.
Since there are five assemblies 84, there is a possibility of thirty-two combinations of signals to be sent to microprocessor 142, of which only twelve are active, as previously mentioned. If toy 110 were designed to present visual displays of animals, a possible sequence of coded signals would be as follows:
______________________________________Assemblies 84 in descending orderas viewed in FIG. 11.Topmost Bottommost______________________________________84 84 84 84 84 1 = open 0 = closed0 0 0 0 0 Face 117 Dog0 0 0 0 1 --0 0 0 1 0 --0 0 0 1 1 Face 121 Goose0 0 1 0 0 --0 0 1 0 1 --0 0 1 1 0 Face 122 Pig0 0 1 1 1 Face 124 Owl0 1 0 0 0 --0 1 0 0 1 --0 1 0 1 0 --0 1 0 1 1 --0 1 1 0 0 Face 118 Cat0 1 1 0 1 --0 1 1 1 0 Face 123 Horse0 1 1 1 1 --1 0 0 0 1 --1 0 0 0 1 Face 120 Cow1 0 0 1 0 --1 0 0 1 1 Face 125 Sheep1 0 1 0 0 --1 0 1 0 1 --1 0 1 1 0 --1 0 1 1 1 --1 1 0 0 0 Face 119 Duck1 1 0 0 1 Face 126 Frog1 1 0 1 0 --1 1 0 1 1 --1 1 1 0 0 Face 127 Chicken1 1 1 0 1 --1 1 1 1 0 --1 1 1 1 1 Face 128 Bird______________________________________
Using the above decoding table, microprocessor 142 will be able to determine which planar surface 117-128 is in the "up" position, and the correct aural response will be produced.
Thus system 110 provides an array 108 of assemblies 84 each assembly 84 featuring a magnetic apparatus 10 having the environmental and safety benefits described above. In addition the construction is rugged, versatile and gravitationally sensitive while each individual magnetic apparatus is also nonenclosed (and thus less susceptible to moisture and contamination than an enclosed apparatus would be). In addition each magnetic apparatus 10 is of a small enough scale so that array 108 is compact and easily adapted to many different applications beyond the type of system 110 described herein.
Although the invention has been described in detail herein with reference to its preferred embodiment and certain described alternatives, it is to be understood that this description is by way of example only, and is not to be construed in a limiting sense. It is to be further understood that numerous changes in the details of the embodiments of the invention, and additional embodiments of the invention, will be apparent to, and may be made by, persons of ordinary skill in the art having reference to this description. It is contemplated that all such changes and additional embodiments are within the spirit and true scope of the invention as claimed below.
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A Brock’s offset top clamp and window links lower the chassis to finish off its “street-prowler” stance. The JS7 Custom Busa is scheduled to display in the American Suzuki/Yoshimura R&D booth during select Progressive International Motorcycle Shows.
For the 2013 AMA Supercross/Motocross championships, Stewart will compete on the No. 7 Yoshimura Suzuki RM-Z450.
James Stewart Notable Achievements:
• 2002 AMA 125 Motocross National Champion
• 2004 AMA 125 Motocross National Champion
• 2006 FIM World Supercross Grand Prix Champion
• 2007 FIM World Supercross Grand Prix Champion
• 2008 AMA Motocross National Champion
• 2009 FIM World Supercross Champion
• 2009 AMA Supercross Champion
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An 11-month-old full-term female infant was referred to the hematology clinic due to marked anemia and neutropenia. She was almost exclusively breastfed and rejecting all trials for supplementary food including artificial formulas. Bone marrow aspirate revealed cytoplasmic vacuolization in precursors of the myeloid and erythroid series with significant dysgranulopoiesis and dyserythropoiesis and ringed sideroblasts. Flow cytometry analysis revealed increased hematogones with aberrant loss/downregulation of CD33 on granulocytes and monocytes (sign of dysmyelopoiesis). Laboratory investigation revealed low serum copper and ceruloplasmin. Administration of a multivitamin including a high concentration of copper for only 1 week improved her hemoglobin and absolute neutrophil count up to 1.9 × 103/µL, then dropped to 0.3 103/µL after she stopped taking the copper multivitamin. Her blood counts improved till total normalization and up to the time this report is issued. The probable role of unrecognized copper deficiency in causing anemia in infants more than 6 months of age is discussed, and the importance of serum copper examination in refractory anemia and neutropenia is emphasized. This case shows that copper deficiency should be an integral part of the differential diagnosis of refractory anemia including sideroblastic anemia and dysplasia. To the best of our knowledge, no such case has previously been described in the literature.Copyright © 2020 by S. Karger AG, Basel.
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7 Walkers will be performing Friday night at Penn's Peak
Special to the times news The band 7 Walkers will be in concert at 8 p.m. Friday at Penn's Peak in Jim Thorpe.
Bill Kreutzmann, former Grateful Dead drummer, has a new band with a new sound and he is pumped.
The band, 7 Walkers, will be making their first appearance Friday night at Penn's Peak.
The concert is at 8 p.m. and tickets are $25.
7 Walkers is comprised of Kreutzmann, Papa Mali, George Porter, Jr. and Matt Hubbard. Their sound is an electrifying mix of New Orleans funk and classic Bay Area rock which they have dubbed "swampadelic."
Their name comes from the title of one of their songs and the band itself is a dream come true for both Kreutzmann and Mali.
Papa Mali found his love of the Dead at age 15 when he and some friends saw the band at a Dallas gig. Kreutzmann played with the band for 30 years until Jerry's passing and has been in a number of configurations with other Dead members over the years.
None of those bands had him as pumped as he is about 7 Walkers though.
Papa Mali teamed up with Grateful Dead songwriter Robert Hunter for their debut album; Hunter emailed the lyrics to Mali and then Mali shaped songs from them.
Their next step took them back in time; they went into the studio and recorded their tracks on old-school analog tape machines.
The band felt that recording the album that way gave it a more honest sound. "It was one of the best recording sessions I've ever been a part of," says Kreutzmann.


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The Iowa pro baseball player you've never heard of
Taking a break from the games to talk baseball with an Iowa angle. Contact the Register's Tommy Birch at email@example.com.
After spending the first 16 years of his life in Iowa, Derek Hill packed his bags, moved across the country and prepared for a life in professional baseball.
California became his new home, but Iowa still held a special place in his heart.
Hill, a first-round pick by the Detroit Tigers in June's Major League Baseball draft, hails from Des Moines.
"Nobody knows that I'm originally from Iowa," Hill said. "Everybody thinks I'm from California."
The 18-year-old outfielder was born and spent most of his childhood in Des Moines, even briefly attending Dowling Catholic.
Hill moved to California midway through his sophomore year to live with his father, Orsino Hill, a scout for the Los Angeles Dodgers, and to play baseball in an area that would offer more exposure. The move paid off for Hill, who had committed to Oregon before signing with the Tigers as the 23rd overall pick.
Hill, the nephew of former big-leaguer Darryl Strawberry, has plenty of family in Iowa, including his mom, Katy Hill, who lives in Des Moines.
"People are always asking about him," Katy said.
Hill said it's nice to know that people in the state are still thinking about him.
"It's really humbling knowing that I still have a little bit of a fan base," Hill said.
Hill is playing for the Connecticut Tigers, the Class A short-season affiliate of the Tigers. He entered Friday hitting .212 with three doubles, three triples and two home runs in 37 games between Rookie Ball and his current team.
"I'm absolutely loving it," he said. "I'd much rather be here than school. I can tell you that right now."
AROUND THE HORN
• How about this for a crazy ending? The Cedar Rapids Kernels picked up a 5-4 walk-off win in the bottom of the ninth inning on Aug. 17 when Logan Wade scored from third base on a wild pitch by Peoria reliever Jacob Booden, who was attempting to intentionally walk Mitch Garver.
• USA TODAY Sports named Iowa Cubs third baseman Kris Bryant a finalist for its minor league player of the year award. Bryant has surpassed the 40-homer and 100-RBI plateaus this season between double-A Tennessee and triple-A Iowa. Members of USA TODAY Sports' baseball staff get one vote, and online fan balloting counts as two votes. Voting closes Aug. 23, with the winner is announced in early September. The other finalists are Joey Gallo, Tyler Glasnow, Matt Olson and Henry Owens.
• You've seen him, you've met him and you've probably heard stories from him. Now you can own your own Red Hollis bobblehead. The Iowa Cubs will give out bobbleheads of the corporate relations representative, who played 11 years of pro baseball, during Saturday night's game. First pitch is scheduled for 7:05 p.m.
• Baseball and football will collide Saturday in Burlington when the Bees host NFL Night. Fans are encouraged to wear their favorite team's shirt or jersey and receive $2 off adult general admission tickets and $1 off youth/senior general admission tickets. First pitch is 6:30 p.m.
• The Quad Cities River Bandits will cap their regular-season home schedule with a variety of promotions throughout the week including Kids Eat Free Tuesday, Isle Casino Night on Wednesday, Modern Woodman Half Price Night on Thursday and Fan Appreciation Night on Friday.
• Iowa Cubs player-coach Manny Ramirez gave fans some excitement when he connected on a home run during the final game of the team's homestand on Aug. 19. The blast came against his former Los Angeles Dodgers teammate Randy Wolf (Ramirez's last homer against Wolf came in 2001). You never know, it could end up being the final homer of Ramirez's professional career. Ramirez declined to answer questions following the game. For the most part this season, "ManRam" has been accessible and even helpful. For the most part doesn't cut it when you're a player-coach, though. It has to be all the time.
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Ville Heleuc estate is located halfway between Mont Saint-Michel and Bréhat island. During your stay there you can program a lot of visits.
It is located on a 20 hectares area, where there are also 2 lodgings for 4 people. Everything is provided for families with facilities for children, as outdoor games and a play ground. You can swim in a natural swimming pool and you can hike on a network of 6km of trails all around.
You really won’t have time to get bored.
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A final attempt to save Alitalia
VIEW FROM ROME
Monday 01 April 1996
The figures make depressing reading. Alitalia has debts of around 3.5 trillion lire (pounds 1.5bn), but only 500 or 600 billion lire in liquid assets. The airline has not made a profit in eight years and is currently losing around one billion lire a day. For the last few months it has been selling off valuable interests, such as its majority stake in the Rome airport authority, but the extra cash seems to disappear almost as soon as it arrives.
The arithmetic is as simple as it is frightening: unless the company can rapidly attract substantial new capital, its assets will have dried up by the end of the year at the latest. It wouldn't be the first national carrier in the world to go bust, but its disappearance would be a severe blow to Italy's fragile sense of national pride - not to mention putting more than 18,000 people out of work.
"We're not a country of idiots. Surely we are capable of saving Alitalia," the Italian prime minister, Lamberto Dini, exclaimed recently. Capable perhaps, but willing is another matter. The state holding company IRI, which has a 90 per cent stake in Alitalia, has promised a 1.5 trillion lire cash injection. But there are two conditions attached.
The first is a settlement of a long industrial dispute with the carrier's pilots, who have staged strike after damaging strike in pursuit of a satisfactory deal on pay and conditions. And the second, stipulated not by IRI but by the European Commission, which must give its consent to any recapitalisation, is a credible business plan to bring the company's runaway finances under control.
Unfortunately, neither condition looks anywhere near being fulfilled. Both have been scuppered by an near-total breakdown in communication between management and the unions - a clash which says as much about post-war Italian political and industrial culture as it does about the problems of yet another ailing European airline.
For much of the period Alitalia was, like all large state-controlled concerns in Italy, a plaything of the powerful, who were far more concerned about carving up jobs and handing out favours than about operating a viable public service. The unions connived with this, obtaining better conditions for Alitalia workers than for any other comparable airline.
In the late 1980s, the money began to dry up, but the freeloading did not. In 1992, Alitalia's costs were 5.9 per cent higher than the average European airline, and 24.6 per cent higher than British Airways'. In the four years since then, the cost of one pilot hour has soared nearly 80 per cent.
After record losses in 1993, IRI finally called in a new management team headed by Renato Riverso, a senior executive with IBM, and Mr Schisano, who was working with Texas Instruments. At much the same time that media tycoon Silvio Berlusconi was promising Italy a free-market revolution, the two men vowed they would inject a US management style into the Alitalia bureaucracy. Together they formulated a three-year plan to cut operating costs by 12 per cent and personnel costs by 20 per cent.
But in the end they had scarcely more luck than Mr Berlusconi, who was hounded out of office after seven months. Mr Schisano, in particular, did not count on the entrenched power of the unions, who quickly identified him as public enemy number one - "the Texan", as they disparagingly called him. Last June, 340 pilots all called in sick with colds at the same time; in response, Mr Schisano had them ordered back to work on pain of criminal charges and sent the tax police to investigate their private financial affairs. Moreover, he began the highly unpopular policy of sub-contracting piloting and cabin crew jobs to an Australian company whose staff were 35 per cent cheaper.
But Mr Schisano was not simply tough, he was devious too. While castigating the pilots in public, he secretly negotiated a 28 billion lire pay rise for them. When news of the deal broke last autumn, Mr Riverso and the management of IRI were so furious that he was summarily fired.
Mr Riverso resumed talks with the pilots using a more conciliatory line, but he got no further than his unhappy erstwhile colleague. Earlier this month he resigned, accusing the unions of intransigence and blaming an "inert, mute and passive" IRI for lack of nerve.
Alitalia is now in the hands of a new general manager, Domenico Cempella, the former head of the Rome airport authority. But the restructuring strategy is in tatters and the long contractual negotiations are back at square one.
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Expedition in Nepal Mt. Kanchenjunga Expedition
Mt. Kanchenjunga Expedition 8586m.
Mt.Kanchenjunga 8,586m / 28.170ft.) is the third highest mountain in the world.Mt Kanchenjunga (8,586m / 28,170ft) Located on the Sikkim (India)-Nepal border as part of the Himalayan mountain range at longitude 27º42' North and 88º08' East. The other name of Mount Kangchenjunga is Kangche Dzo-nga, Kachedzonga, and Kangchanfanga means "The Five Treasures of the Snow" in the local dialect referring its five summits all over 8000 meters. Mt.Kanchenjunga has 5 peaks, of which the true Summit is 8,586 meters /28,170 feet. It was first climbed by a British expedition led by Charles Evans. Our expedition will be climbing Kanchenjunga from the Nepal side of the mountain. We climbed this Mount Kanchenjunga two time ourselves and know how to make successful in the best possible way and besides that we have also decades of experience in the field of mountaineering, organizing many expeditions and climbing in Nepal almost all the high, low Himalayan summit so we invite you to join for Mt.Kanchenjuga expedition/Mountaineering to the world's third highest mountain. we offer Kanchenjunga base camp trekking including the expedition of Kanchenjunga
South Face route
Day 01 : Arrival Kathmandu. Transfer to hotel.
Day 02 : Kathmandu for official procedures and necessary arrangements.
Day 03 : Kathmandu.
Day 04-05 : Drive to Medibung and arrange porters.
Day 06 : Trek to Dandagaon. Overnight in local house.
Day 07 : Trek to Khewang O/N in local house.
Day 08 : Trek to Yanphudin O/ N local house.
Day 09 : Trek to Omje Khola O/ N Camp.
Day 10 : Trek to Torontan O/ N local house..
Day 11 : Trek to Tseram O/ N local house.
Day 12 : Trek to Oktang O/ N camp.
Day 13 : Trek to Glacier Camp..
Day 14 : Glacier Camp.
Day 15 : Glacier Camp.
Day 16 : Base Camp. (South)
Day 17-51 : Climbing Period.
Day 52 : Cleaning up Base Camp.
Day 53-61 : Trek back to Medibung.
Day 62-63 : Drive back to Kathmandu
Day 66 : Kathmandu. Sight seeing & farewell Diner
Day 67 : Return in your Hometown
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Man Utd players would have been delighted at Eden Hazard decision in Chelsea win - pundit
That is according to ESPN pundit Alejandro Moreno.
Chelsea suffered a 2-1 defeat to their rivals in their Premier League encounter at Old Trafford.
And the setback for Antonio Conte’s side has dealt a real blow to their hopes of finishing in the top four.
Willian had given Chelsea the lead after he converted a through ball from Hazard, but Romelu Lukaku and Jesse Lingard turned the game around.
In the 73rd minute with the Blues chasing an important equaliser, Conte made the controversial move to hook star man Hazard for Pedro.
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A section of activists on Monday held demonstration to protest against the Senate’s delay in passing the new revenue formula.
The protesters who camped at Parliament building presented a petition calling on the senators to pass the revenue formula to save the common mwananchi from suffering.
Majimaji who joined the protesters called for the dissolution of the senate if they will fail to agree and pass the be formula.
“If senate does not make a decision and let money get to the counties, devolution will collapse. The mwananchi in Laikipia, the Kenyan in Mathare depends on the funds in the counties. If they fail to decide, we are appealing to the speaker to declare the senate disorderly,” said Majimaji.
“We can not allow political actors to play politics for their selfish gains,” he further stated.
Bunge la mwananchi leader Kiberenge also echoed Maji’s calls stating that the revenue stalemate in the senate should be resolved as soon as possible.
“All we want is a yes or no vote. A yes vote will give power to the new revenue sharing formula, a no vote will mean that we go back to the previous formula,” stated Kiberenge.
The senate has had an existing stalemate over the revenue sharing formula for quite some time now.
On Monday three senators, Cleophas Malala, Steve Lelegwe and Christopher Langat were arrested ahead of the voting putting the resolution of the matter in further jeopardy.


By Gustavo Palencia and David Alire Garcia
TEGUCIGALPA – Leftist Xiomara Castro has a shot at winning an election on Sunday, to become Honduras’ first female president and end years of conservative rule marred by graft and ties to drug smugglers.
An alliance with former rival candidate Salvador Nasralla, a popular television host, gave a boost in the polls to Castro, 62.
She has said that if she beats ruling-party candidate Nasry Asfura, she will explore establishing diplomatic ties with China, which could cause tension with Washington.
But U.S. President Joe Biden, who sees weak rule of law in Central America as driving heavy migration to the United States, may approve of her pledge to enlist U.N. help to build an anti-corruption agency.


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Do I Have an Eating Disorder?
An eating disorder often begins to emerge when there are obsessive dieting behaviors combined with strong feelings of low self-esteem and poor body image. It is an illness that affects all aspects of a person’s life. Common eating disorder types include anorexia (characterized by restricting one’s food intake to below minimum daily caloric requirements on a regular basis, resulting in extreme weight loss), bulimia (consuming a large amount of food in a short period of time, followed by excessive exercising or vomiting), and binge-eating (consuming large amounts of food in a short period of time followed by feelings of guilt, shame and loss of control).
We have successfully treated adults and adolescent teens suffering from all types of eating disorders. At aspire Wellness and Recovery, we always have intake specialists available if you would like to call and schedule a free, confidential evaluation to find out whether or not you or a loved one may be suffering from an eating disorder.
A Patient-Centered Approach
Aspire Wellness Center has been operating patient-centered eating disorder treatment, wellness and recovery programs in residential, intensive outpatient and partial hospitalization levels of care throughout Northern California for over a decade. In our nearly 30 years of experience operating behavioral health programs, we have found that the struggles and challenges that every individual faces are so unique, that an individualized therapy approach that allows the patient to actively contribute to their recovery must be utilized in order for any treatment plan to have long lasting success.
A Focus on Individualized Treatment
At Aspire Wellness Center, we believe that eating disorders are often caused by a combination of psychological, biological, interpersonal, and social factors. We focus on helping to improve self-esteem, self-concept, how one experiences emotions, relationships, and social support system(s). When anxiety, depression, trauma, substance abuse or other related mental health issues are present, we also address these as part of each individual’s customized treatment plan.
We accomplish excellent results with our participants by providing a comprehensive Psychological Evaluation at admission as well as intensive individual therapy by licensed eating disorder therapists (2 – 3 sessions per week on average). Individual consultations with our Registered Dietitian for meal planning are also provided weekly.
An Effective Nutrition Philosophy
We approach nutrition from the basic premise that all foods are good in moderation. Individuals entering our program have often developed complex relationships with food which involve restricting, bingeing, purging and many other compensatory behaviors. Participants work closely with our registered dietitians to create a personalized eating plan designed to meet their unique nutritional needs.
What is most unique about our programs is that we empower our patients by giving them the freedom to make their own food choices. Our patients also learn how to shop and prepare their own healthy meals, as well as how to portion their foods with the guidance of our dietitians and nutritionists. We never tell our patients what they must eat!

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Following the humongous blockbuster during the previous Sankranthi festive season, all eyes are on Ala Vaikunthapurramuloo’s Bollywood remake. Ashwin Verde, the producer who had bankrolled Arjun Reddy’s Hindi remake, Kabir Singh, has also acquired Ala Vaikunthapurramuloo’s Hindi remake rights.
Until recently, there were reports that popular Bollywood heroes Akshay Kumar, Shahid Kapoor and Arjun Kapoor were in talks to reprise Allu Arjun’s role in the film’s Hindi remake. However, the latest buzz is that happening young star Kartik Aryan is the front-runner to grab the role. Bollywood star Varun Dhawan’s brother Rohit Dhawan will be directing the remake.
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A 5-minute drive from Bran village centre and Bran Castle, Villa Roua has 5 bedrooms, a fully equipped kitchen and living room. The property has a sauna and several balconies. Wi-Fi is available free of charge.
The kitchen has a gas stove and oven, a refrigerator and microwave. The bathrooms have heated towel dryers. The large dining and seating area feature leather sofas and a flat-screen TV. Table tennis is also available.
Piatra Craiului National Park can be reached on foot in 20 minutes fr...om Villa Roua. Zanoga Ski Slope is 8 km away. The Poiana Brasov Ski Region is a 30-minute drive away.
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The Committee on Sustainable Tourism Statistics of the UNWTO held its seventeen meeting on the 24th and 25th of January at the UNWTO headquarters in Madrid.
This Committee gathers 65 representatives of national statistics Institutes committed to the project Statistical Framework Measuring Sustainable Tourism: the “SF MST”. More info about the meeting can be found at the following link http://statistics.unwto.org/committeestsa_17thmeeting
The President of NECSTouR had been invited to present our experience on how to attract more visitors to Europe in a framework of a Public-Private partnership.
During his intervention, Mr Torrent presented the six pillars that has been already stated at the last European Tourism Forum in Brussels:
European Parliament Committee on Transport and Tourism - meeting of 25 January 2017
NECSTouR fully supports the Maltese vision and particularly welcomes these important priorities. The invitees from the Maltese Presidency of the Council of the European Union have been presented the priorities regarding transport, and tourism to the MEPs of the TRAN Committee.
Introduction of the priorities
Is possible to make an intense spiritual experience for a young person visiting South Limburg?
Apparently the Netherlands are one of the most secularised countries in the world and young people are really not interested on traditional spirituality.
However, the Pilot test of the Spirit Youth that took place from the 24th to the 27th of January in Valkenburg and its surroundings clearly showed up a very interesting and multiple touristic offer for young people interested on spiritual tourism in this area.
In the name of all the NECStouR's Members, Patrick Torrent send a congratulation letter to the Mr Antonio Tajani, the new elected President of the European Parliament.
On his letter, Mr Torrent especially underlined the support that Mr Tajani and his cabinet provided in terms of innovation of policies and tools for a more sustainable and competitive tourism and especially the realisation of some models of sustainable management of the tousim destinations.
The third and final pilot testing of spiritual activities took place last week in Valkenburg, in the Netherlands, and you can see some photos from the week here. We are now gathering feedback from the pilot testers and are moving into the final phase of the project. Thank you to all that took part in the pilot testing!
We are extremely happy to announce that the three regional pilot tests have been successfully completed, with 75 people testing the activities in Prato, Montserrat and Girona. The groups completed 26 activities in the regions and will be providing feedback to help improve the spiritual offering. The regional stakeholders will also be providing feedback to help us improve the experience.
Hello everybody! As a new intern, I will try to bring my contribution in supporting Indicators and ETIS Working Group in measuring sustainable tourism development within different regions and destinations
From January until June, Malta will held the Presidency of the European Union.
Tourism, Development of Maritime areas and Integrated Maritime Policy – Nautical Tourism are some of the priorities for this semester of Presidency.


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TO GOOD MENTAL HEALTH – PH 2016 Resurrection Day Message
via WHO (World Health Organization)
Mental Health: A State Of Well-Being
Updated August 2014
Mental health is defined as a state of well-being in which every individual realizes his or her own potential, can cope with the normal stresses of life, can work productively and fruitfully, and is able to make a contribution to her or his community.
The positive dimension of mental health is stressed in WHO’s definition of health as contained in its constitution: “Health is a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity.”
This fact file highlights the important aspects of mental health and disorders. The images include pictures drawn by children who participated in the WHO Global School Contest of Mental Health in 2001.
Read the 10 facts about mental health
Source (Read More): http://www.who.int/features/factfiles/mental_health/en
“Talkin bout you
Yo, I took you out
But sex was on my mind for the whole damn route
My mind was in a frenzy and a horny state
But I couldn’t drop dimes cause you couldn’t relate
A Tribe Called Quest
To Good Mental Health.

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Tides Canada provides innovative philanthropic, financial, and project management services for change makers; philanthropists, foundations, activists, and civil organizations.
Tides Canada has been working with emerging leaders in the North to connect and enhance their efforts through the creation of a broader network. Already active in the Northwest Territories and Yukon, Tides Canada plans to deepen its support in Nunavut, and to integrate all three networks into one broader northern Indigenous leadership initiative.
A grant from the Foundation to Tides Canada will support the development of the Nunavut network and strengthening of the broader networks, contribute to meetings and demonstration projects in each region, and fund a comprehensive evaluation of the process and outcomes.
- $ 352,000
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Bang opposite the Oxford Union, the Vanbrugh is a new boutique hotel tucked away in a side street in the heart of Oxford — giving visitors to the city of dreaming spires a fresh alternative to old favourites such as the Randolph, Malmaison and the Old Bank Hotel.
It’s full of character, spread over two buildings dating from the 17th and 18th centuries, with parts of the façade designed by Sir John Vanbrugh (architect of Blenheim Palace) and a staircase by Nicholas Hawksmoor.
In a nutshell
Despite the city-centre location, Vanbrugh House is in a quiet spot. Inside, it has an unfussy look, with exposed stone walls, grey-painted wood-panelling, smart chaises longues, and quality linen.
What are the rooms like?
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Now on Twitter! Daily updates at @The_Week_Ahead.
MONDAY, August 19:
Afghanistan: Independence Day.
Afghanistan/Pakistan: Turkey hosts joint Turkish-Afghan-Pakistani military exercises (to August 28).
Iran: The 60th anniversary of the 1953 coup d'état that overthrew Iran's democratically elected government and its prime minister, Mohammad Mosadegh.
Russia: The 22th anniversary of the August 1991 attempted coup that precipitated the collapse of the Soviet Union.
UN: World Humanitarian Day.
TUESDAY, August 20:
Georgia/U.S.: Georgian Defense Minister Irakli Alasania pays an official visit to the United States.
Pakistan: Former Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf expected to appear before an antiterrorism court in Islamabad on charges of criminal conspiracy and the murder of ex-Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto.
Tajikistan: UNESCO's Secretary-General Irina Bokova visits Dushanbe (to August 22).
Tajikistan: A high-level conference on water cooperation starts in Dushanbe (to August 22).
Ukraine: The 10th World Congress of Ukrainians opens in Lviv (to August 22).
WEDNESDAY, August 21:
Europe: 45th anniversary of the Soviet-led invasion of Czechoslovakia, which crushed the Prague Spring.
THURSDAY, August 22:
Russia: National Flag Day.
FRIDAY, August 23:
Europe: European Day of Remembrance for Victims of Stalinism and Nazism.
Ukraine: National Flag Day.
UN: International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition.
SATURDAY, August 24:
Ukraine: Independence Day.
Ukraine: Japanese Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida visits Kyiv and Chyornobyl (to August 26).


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Bills receivable book
Bills receivable refers to bills drawn, the payment for which has to be received. In case of credit sales of goods, the entity may draw a bill on the buyer (debtor), for a certain period. This is called bills receivable for the business entity and bills payable for the debtor who has accepted the bill. Where number of bills receivable is large, then a separate bills receivable book may be maintained by a business entity to record the details of bills receivable. Such bills are drawn on debtor for a specified amount payable at sight on or after specified period. Bills receivable book contains the details of bills drawn and its disposal. The format of the bills receivable book is given below:
Date: In this column, the date of the acceptance of the bill is recorded.
From whom received: In this column, the name of the debtor, who has accepted the bill and promised to make its payment, is recorded. The bill legally comes into existence after its acceptance.
Term or period: The bill is drawn for a specified period. This period may be one month, two months, three months, etc. or even 60 days, 90 days, 120 days, etc. Period of the bill for which the bill has been drawn is mentioned here.
Due date: Due date is the date on which the payment of the bill is actually due. It is also known as date of maturity. In order to calculate the due date, three days of grace is added to the term of the bill
Ledger Folio (L.F.): This column contains the page number of the ledger in which the account of the acceptor of the bill appears.
Amount of the bill: The actual amount of the bill is recorded in this column.
Remark: This column contains the details of disposal of the bill, whether the bill has been discounted or endorsed, honoured or dishonoured etc.
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Book Talk: Baldacci, ‘First Family’
David Baldacci is one of my all-time favorite authors. I can read his “stand-alone” books in any order, regardless of the date of publication. However, I prefer and strongly recommend reading his “series” books (e.g., The Camel Club, Will Robie, etc.) in order. “First Family” (2009, 452 pages) brings Sean King and Michelle Maxwell together in the fourth book of the King & Maxwell series.
The two former Secret Service agents met in “Split Second,” became partners in “Hour Game,” and dealt with Michelle’s psychological baggage, as well as a group of enigmatic scientists, in “Simple Genius.”
“First Family” begins with a birthday party, balloons, cake, and a kidnapping. The fact that this occurs at Camp David, the private retreat of the President of the United States, turns the crime into a national security incident.
The victim is the niece of First Lady Jane Cox, and Jane hires her old friend Sean (and his partner Michelle) to find the precocious twelve-year-old Willa. With the power of the White House behind them, Sean and Michelle are able to trample over the rules of protocol and step on a lot of toes, including those of the FBI and Secret Service.
The plot revolves around a scheme developed over decades of planning by 62-year-old Sam Quarry, a complex character who lives in an old plantation house, known as Atlee, in the deep south. The house had been passed down from a generation of slave owners, and that is an embarrassment to Sam, who would otherwise impress even Jeff Foxworthy as a “redneck.” However, his brilliant trap proves that he’s “smarter than a fifth grader.” A lot smarter.
A clue, deliberately left by Sam’s idiot son Daryl, leads Sean and Michelle to Alabama, and Sean’s army buddy helps to pinpoint the location where Willa is being held. But, as the search is in progress, Willa becomes acquainted with another hostage, Diane. That, too, is engineered by Sam, the barnyard genius who has challenged the power of every branch of law-enforcement service in the United States.
While all this is being revealed, Michelle has to deal with the demise of her mother, and she suspects that the death may have been caused by her father. This causes a bit of friction with her four brothers, all of whom are cops, as was her father.
This is definitely a “thinking person’s” novel. You can’t help falling in love with Willa who handles her situation with aplomb. And you can’t help hating Sam, although Baldacci does a great job of showing his soft and compassion side, especially for Gabriel, the son of his housekeeper.
The deeper I got into this book, the more I liked it, and the faster I turned the pages. As I approached the conclusion, I kept glancing at the clock. It was the early morning hours and I tried to put the book down and go to sleep. But I had to turn the light back on and finish the story. You’ll do the same.
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The city of Imperial Beach just gained a new city manager from Riverside County.
Gary “Andy” Hall, city manager of Cathedral City, will replace Gary Brown beginning mid-August. Brown, who will retire Aug. 2, has held the job for 10 years.
The City Council voted unanimously July 17 to have Mayor Jim Janney appoint Hall.
“What we were lucky on was he saw what this city has to offer — what the potential is here, what the challenges are here and he wanted to be here,” Janney said.
In April, the city hired consultant Teri Black to assist with recruitment. Nearly 70 people submitted applications with interviews conducted June 24 and 28.
Hall’s last day in Cathedral City is Aug. 14.
He was raised in Wyoming and came to California when he was hired as the community development director for Cathedral City in 2009. He applied for the city manager position in 2012 when his predecessor, Don Brady, announced his retirement.
Before joining Cathedral City, Hall held assistant city manager and other management positions in Utah local government.
He has a master’s in public administration from the University of Utah and bachelor’s in geography-urban studies from Arizona State University. He is also certified by the American Institute of Certified Planners.
While Hall’s base annual salary is $191,000 at Cathedral City. He will be making $175,000 at Imperial Beach, $9,000 more than Brown.
“Brown was the lowest paid city manager in the county of San Diego,” Janney said.
His agreement with Imperial Beach calls for council members to conduct a performance evaluation after Hall’s first six months of employment, then each year thereafter.
Hall will receive an interim housing supplement up to $1,000 per month for up to six months or until he is permanently relocated.
In addition, Hall will receive a monthly automobile allowance of $500 for personal vehicle use for city-related business and/or functions during, before and after normal work hours.
Hall said his reasons for leaving Cathedral City were personal and professional.
“My family is scattered throughout the (San Diego) county,” Hall said. “Professionally, what a great opportunity to be a part of a traditional community that’s right on the beach, has loads of potential, is constantly improving and be part of that positive momentum.”
Hall’s priorities for the city include communication between staff and residents, as well as with the media.
“We need to make sure we make the residents a priority and not always the tourist,” Hall said. “And we need to be mindful of maintaining their quality of life, not just economic development.”
Cathedral City Mayor Kathleen DeRosa said Hall “is a wonderful, dedicated professional” and will be missed.
Mayor Pro Tem Chuck Vasquez couldn’t praise Hall enough.
“He has an amazing ethic,” Vasquez said. “He had no problem giving us his opinion for what he thought should be done even if it was in direct opposition of what the council wanted to do.”
Councilman Sam Toles agreed.
“His work ethic has always been of the highest quality of anyone I’ve had the pleasure of working with both in government and in the private sector,” Toles said.
Councilman Greg Pettis was on the Cathedral City interview panel that hired Hall as the community development director.
“He gave us the facts, not his opinion and let the council make up its own mind,” Pettis said.
However, he said seeing Hall leave is bittersweet.
“I think the entire council was disappointed because we looked forward to working many years with him,” he said.


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Acorda Therapeutics is a biotechnology company focused on developing therapies that restore function and improve the lives of people with neurological disorders. The company was founded in 1995 and is based in Ardsley, New York.
Acorda's (ACOR) earnings and revenues fall shy of estimates in the first quarter of 2020. The company withdraws revenue view for its Parkinson's disease drug Inbrija due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
ARDSLEY, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Acorda Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ: ACOR) today provided a business update and reported its financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2020. “As we continue navigating the unprecedented operating environment created by COVID-19, our entire team remains focused on ensuring that the Parkinson’s disease and multiple sclerosis communities have continued access to Acorda’s critical medications,” said Ron Cohen, M.D., Acorda's President and Chief Executive
ARDSLEY, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Acorda Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ: ACOR) will host a conference call and webcast in conjunction with its first quarter 2020 update and financial results on Tuesday, May 5 at 4:30 p.m. ET. To participate in the conference call, please dial (833) 236-2756 (domestic) or (647) 689-4181 (international) and reference the access code 7999873. The presentation will be available on the Investors section of www.acorda.com. A replay of the call will be available from 8:30 p


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City of Santa Ana
SANTA ANA, CA (January 10, 2014) – In response to recent home fires in the Santa Ana community, the OCFA and the American Red Cross will be stepping up their education efforts on fire safety and prevention. On Saturday, January 11, 2014, OCFA and several community leaders from the Laurelhurst neighborhood association will conduct door-to-door outreach in that neighborhood from 9 am – 11:00 am.
Click here for the link to the Laurelhurst neighborhood association boundaries for reference.
In addition, on Monday, January 20, 2014, The Orange County Fire Authority in conjunction with the American Red Cross will host a larger program aimed to help prepare and protect Santa Ana residents from the dangers of home fire.
Red Cross volunteers and OCFA firefighters will be distributing fire safety information and FREE smoke alarms.
CAUSE FOR ALARM event information:
Orange County Fire Authority – Fire Station 75
120 West Walnut Street
Santa Ana, CA
10:00 am to 12:00 pm
Contact the American Red Cross with any questions – Steve Tomasek (714) 481-5395


Victims' Rights and Backlog Reduction Laws
Right to Timely Disposition
Just as defendants are guaranteed the right to a speedy trial, a number of states have passed laws containing provisions giving victims of crime the right to the timely disposition of their cases. In states where victims’ rights are not contingent on the arrest of the perpetrator or the filing of charges, sexual assault victims whose sexual assault kits have remained untested for long periods of time may be able to argue that they have not been afforded their right to the timely disposition of their cases under the law.
The following are examples of the right to the timely disposition that might apply:
Kan. Stat. Ann. §74-7333. Bill of rights for victims of crime.
(a) In order to ensure the fair and compassionate treatment of victims of crime and to increase the effectiveness of the criminal justice system by affording victims of crime certain basic rights and considerations, victims of crime shall have the following rights:
(1) Victims should be treated with courtesy, compassion and with respect for their dignity and privacy and should suffer the minimum of necessary inconvenience from their involvement with the criminal justice system.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 258B, §3. Rights afforded victims witnesses or family members.
To provide victims a meaningful role in the criminal justice system, victims and witnesses of crime, or in the event the victim is deceased, the family members of the victim, shall be afforded the following basic and fundamental rights, to the greatest extent possible and subject to appropriation and to available resources, with priority for services to be provided to victims of crimes against the person and crimes where physical injury to a person results:
(f) for victims and witnesses, to a prompt disposition of the case in which they are involved as a victim or a witness;
Neb. Rev. Stat. §81-1848. Victims and witnesses of crimes; rights; enumerated
(2) Victims and witnesses of crimes shall have the following rights:
(i) To be entitled to a speedy disposition of the case in which they are involved as a victim or witness in order to minimize the length of time they must endure the stress of their responsibilities in connection with the matter;


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Deadline: We hear that the idea of Hugh Grant as a replacement for Charlie Sheen in Two And A Half Men was first pitched to CBS boss Les Moonves and CBS entertainment president Nina Tassler about a month ago. After a couple of weeks sorting out the Sheen lawsuit fallout, the two execs blessed the plan and Grant was approached by the producers at Warner Bros.
Deliver Me Review: The Swedish series follows two troubled teen and their troublesome lives when one of them is shot dead.
Fight For Paradise Review: This reality show is nothing new but there are so many uncomfortable moments that will definitely give you the ick.
Brigands: The Quest For Gold Review: The Italian drama follows a group of brigands, embarking on a journey to reclaim power and some hidden gold.


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I started taking b-12 1,000 UI and vitamin D3 1,000 UI 2 days ago for my anxiety and depression. When will the vitamins start getting in my system? Or will I even feel the effects?
How long after taking a vitamin will I start feeling effects?
Question posted by justk8 on 2 Oct 2015
Last updated on 2 October 2015 by MeggieGirl
The Mayo Clinic performed a study and found a significant benefit to levels of depression for those taking Omega3, but it specifically has to have EPA & DHA, and at the highest levels possible. I had to purchase mine online, b/c I couldn't find the quality I wanted at any local drugstore. It's best if you buy arctic-quality fish, and a mixture of fish, rather than just the regular anchovies that many use; and highly recommended that you buy one that states 'anti-burp', because fishy burps are really unpleasant.
Justk8; I just found this,JUST A REMINDER most if not all should be taken in the morning.And please do not take more vitamin D than you are without having it checked.Vitamin A and D the most common can be toxic level in time.And vitamin B is okay many clinics like stress, stop smoking, mental health have the class taking Vitamin B-100 your body adsorbs what you need and the rest is sluffed off.OKAY here is what i just read. and also you don't always feel the effects.
Common Nutrients You May Lack
If you're deficient in a nutrient, you may feel something when you add a multivitamin to your diet. The three most common nutrients deficient in the U.S. diet are vitamin B-6, vitamin D and iron, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Both vitamin B-6 and iron help make red blood cells, and upping your intake if you're deficient may help improve energy and concentration within a month. Vitamin D is important for bone health, and its effects may not be noticed immediately, but if you're deficient you should get your blood levels checked every three months after starting a supplement, says the Vitamin D Council.Hope this answers you better
justk8; Yes you should feel effects but it could be 2 weeks to a month and don't take more than one a day unless the doctor or a doctor tells you different. But everyone is different the way we metabolise medication so it could be less or more but try and take them about the same time each day.
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(5 / 5) – Completes Me!
It may be cheeky but “Completes Me!” is entirely appropriate for both what this book is about and my experience reading it.
I picked up Emily Nagoski, PhD’s book “Come As You Are” on the recommendation of adrienne maree brown as a follow up to her book “Pleasure Activism.” Though it sat on my shelf for months, once I started reading I was hooked both by Nagoski’s wit and content.
In “Come As You Are,” Nagoski deconstructs the long ingrained narratives about female pleasure and sexuality offered to westernized American women particularly through the use of science, research and anecdotal stories. There is a deconstruction of preconceived “norms” offered to women about our bodies, what pleasure should look and feel like and particularly for heteronormative women how it has been so tightly woven into the male partner’s pleasure first and foremost. This book is a ride into those gritty places of sex, self-worth, pleasure and relearning accurate stories that place yourself as both the norm and at the center of your pleasure.
Nagoski makes accessible the intertwining of physical, emotional and spiritual health of pleasure for women and provides a solid foundation for the new season of life, love and pleasure. Nagoski offers women freedom from patriarchal tropes and fantasies and permission to narrate and find pleasure in the ways that are natural and right for the individual. This book is not fluff, but a heavily researched understanding that allows for the diversity of humanity. No matter where you are on your pleasure journey I imagine this book would provide some new insight and foundational information for growth and healthy evolution.


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The American Civil Liberties Union of Georgia has decided to represent the Ku Klux Klan in its battle with the state to join the transportation department’s highway cleanup program. The International Keystone Knights of the KKK applied to clean up part of Ga. 515 in Union County, a stretch in the North Georgia mountains that would be marked with a sign declaring the group’s participation. Today’s guest writers have their say on the issue.
Rick Badie is today’s moderator. Commenting is open following Tyrone Brooks’ column below.
By Debbie Seagraves
In 1976, the National Socialist Party of America applied for a permit to march in the village of Skokie, Ill., home to many Jews, including Holocaust survivors. Skokie leaders replied that the neo-Nazi group would be required to post a bond of $350,000, an impossible and unconstitutional requirement.
A long and bitter court battle ensued, and the result was a series of decisions that defined our current understanding of freedom of speech.
What many people don’t know is that even though the group won the legal battle, it never marched in Skokie. Many assert the incident sparked the creation of the Holocaust Memorial Foundation of Illinois.
More recently, the Missouri Highway Transportation Commission refused to grant the Knights of the Ku Klux Klan the right to participate in Missouri’s Adopt-A-Highway program.
Another long and costly series of court battles ended with essentially the same results as the Skokie case.
The opinion of the federal court in this case states: “As lacking as the Klansman’s ideology may be of any redeeming social, intellectual or spiritual value, the Constitution of the United States protects his right to express that ideology as freely as one whose views society embraces.”
It has been firmly established by every level of court that offensive speech and ideas enjoy the protection of the First Amendment.
Indeed, it is only offensive speech and ideas that need protection of the First Amendment.
So now the International Keystone Knights have applied to adopt a stretch of highway in Union County, and it appears that the Georgia Department of Transportation is denying the group permission because its viewpoint is objectionable.
GDOT has suspended the program for stated reasons that have already been ruled unconstitutional by many courts.
It almost seems it is inviting litigation so it can blame the courts when it is finally forced to do the thing that is constitutional but opposed by so many.
Perhaps the most egregious implied justification for denial was a fear that public safety would be jeopardized because other people might misbehave, a “hecklers veto.” This is a transparent way of saying our government condones the bad behavior of those who hate and that the First Amendment may be held hostage by bullies.
It is often difficult to separate the issue from the people involved.
To most of us, the Klan’s message is a uniquely offensive one, and we have the right to speak out about our objections to its philosophy and viewpoint.
Are you willing to cede that freedom to your government?
Is it OK with you for elected officials to have the right to silence those who question their decisions, those who work to hold them accountable through public discourse?
If you ask yourself those questions, I hope you will agree that this debate is really not about the Klan, but rather about how much freedom we are willing to give away in order not to be offended.
U.S. District Court Judge Bernard M. Decker summed up the principles at stake in the Skokie decision:
“It is better to allow those who preach racial hatred to expend their venom in rhetoric rather than to be panicked into embarking on the dangerous course of permitting the government to decide what its citizens may say and hear. … The ability of American society to tolerate the advocacy of even hateful doctrines … is perhaps the best protection we have against the establishment of any Nazi-type regime in this country.”
By Tyrone Brooks
The Ku Klux Klan is a terrorist organization. The group is among the founders of organized domestic terrorism in the United States. No matter how it tries to change and rebrand its image and rewrite history, the blood stains will remain.
Georgia is correct in denying the application of the International Keystone Knights of the KKK to participate in the Georgia Department of Transportation’s Adopt-A-Highway program in Union County.
It is outrageous the group was ever under consideration. This program is for “civic-minded organizations” that build up the community, not hate-filled terrorist groups seeking its destruction.
As a proud American, a lifelong Georgian, civil rights activist and president of the Georgia Association of Black Elected Officials (a nonpartisan, multiracial, multicultural organization), I am a strong supporter and believer in our U.S. Constitution. I am a firm believer in the First Amendment, which guarantees us “freedom of religion, speech, and the press; rights of assembly and petition.”
I support the right of the KKK to clean up highways, and its members can call me any name under the sun, moon and stars in the process.
I do not support it being legitimized by the state of Georgia and having the name of this heinous organization placed on our public highways and supported by the tax dollars of our residents.
If it is sincerely interested in cleaning highways, then it should not matter whether it gets name recognition for doing so.
Organizations defending the KKK should consider using resources to help us in the fight against voter intimidation and suppression.
The KKK’s murderous, terroristic roots run deep throughout the South and this nation. Established at the end of the Civil War, the hooded cowards of the KKK tried to instill fear in formerly enslaved people.
Its ideology and philosophy are treasonous. If it could, it would abolish the United States in favor of the Confederate states.
The KKK is responsible for mass murder, church bombings and burnings, lynchings, and the destruction of numerous homes and businesses.
I authored an anti-terrorism law signed in 1983, which created the anti-terrorism squad of the GBI to target violence by hate groups.
It amazes me that anyone would dare to compare the KKK — founded to kill, maim, intimidate and suppress people — to multiracial, multicultural, civil rights organizations established to work for equal rights, freedom and justice for all people.
What ignorance would prevent someone from understanding the difference?
Many of my colleagues and friends (black and white) have been killed by members of the KKK for standing up for our God-given, human rights and the rights of others.
Unborn babies, children, young people, mothers and fathers have all been victims of its venomous cruelty and hatred.
The KKK is equivalent to al-Qaida, the Taliban and neo-Nazis. Should it be allowed to place its name on our public roads and highways? Should these groups be allowed to adopt Ground Zero in New York?
For a history lesson in heinous KKK genocidal violence, join us at noon July 28 at the First African Baptist Church in Monroe for the annual reenactment of the lynchings at the Moore’s Ford Bridge.
When you join an organization and work under the banner of its name, you are accepting and condoning its history. The KKK will never clean up its image or remove the blood of innocent victims forever staining its hands.


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One still-life oil painting of a vase of flowers. Light mint colored green vase with bright orange, red, pink and yellow toned flowers with a purple, blue and green background. Paint is think on the canvas surface. Signed "Goldberg" on bottom right.
Oil pastel crayon drawing of a vase with flowers. Vase is maroon and flowers are bright red, maroon and pink with bits of blue and green foliage. Signed in blue ink "Greta Hilb" bottom left corner.
Watercolor painting of a vase with flowers in it. Vase is a light blue on an orange and red dotted backdrop, flowers are pinks, yellows, blues, greens and tan. Watercolor is over pencil lines, some of which are still visible. Signed "Greta Hilb" bottom right.

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