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DSN Retailing Today, Jan 10, 2005

In a span of just two years, Russell Corp. has transformed itself from a supplier of basic apparel items to a full-service sporting goods company that offers retailers an expanding slate of well-known apparel, equipment and footwear brands.

The most recent example is Russell’s mid-December acquisition of Brooks Sports, a $95 million company best known for its running shoes. Just seven months earlier in June 2004, Russell acquired American Athletic, a $20 million supplier of basketball, volleyball, gymnastics and cheerleading equipment sold primarily through team dealers and a direct sales force.

Then in July 2004, Russell acquired the assets of Huffy Sports, giving it the leading basketball equipment brand and official backboard of the National Basketball Association. In addition, Russell in 2003 acquired the Bike Athletic brand as well as Spalding, maker of the official NBA basketball.

Russell is now the largest equipment company in the basketball category and recently signed an eight-year, $125 million marketing partnership with the NBA.

Daily Record and the Kansas City Daily News-Press, Feb 1, 2006 by Christine Ann Hughes

Recently one of the secretaries where I work asked me, How do you become a Notary? I told her to go to the Missouri Secretary of State’s website (www.sos.mo.gov) and search for notary. She did that and was able to find all the information she was seeking. The State of Missouri requires that a candidate for Notary Public must fill out an application, be at least 18 years of age, be a registered voter in the county for which commission is requested, be able to read and write the English language, have completed a state- approved notary training and obtained a certificate of completion, take a Notarial oath, pay applicable fees and post a $10,000 bond. The term of a Notary Public in the State of Missouri is four years.

Notary Publics have a long history going back as far as Ancient Rome. Scribes were called Tabellions and the tables covered with wax they used instead of paper were called Tabulae. They worked in the Roman market places. As they evolved, Notaries were used by the Roman Senate and the Courts of Law to record judgments and decrees. They also recorded private acts such as deeds, wills and transfer of property.

The term Notarius originated around 100 AD and is a Latin word meaning clerk. Cicero’s secretary, M. Tulluis Tiro, is believed to have developed a new form of shorthand called Notae Teroninae. During the 13th Century Notaries were Papal appointees given ecclesiastical jurisdiction. Although originally applied to the shorthand writer, over time the term Notarius became reserved exclusively to the Registrars attached to the Courts of Provincial governors, to the secretaries of emperors, and to the highest class of officials in the Roman Privy Council and the Imperial Chancery. The Notary, A short History, Tom Halliwell, May 2000.

Under the imprimatur of the church, the Notary was an official whose acts and records were revered and acknowledged internationally. Lost in Translation: Texas Notary Public v. Mexico Notario Publico by Jonathan A. Pikoff and Charles J. Crimmins. Notaries were used to record the questioning of martyrs and the events to follow even to the details of their passion.

England, a region geographically distant from the Roman seat of power, embraced a unique system based on customary law rather than Roman law. Today there are two kinds of Notaries in England, Scrivener Notaries and general Notaries. Scrivener Notaries generally have particular language skills and knowledge of foreign laws and practice mainly in London whereas general Notaries assist members of the public.

It is important to note that Notaries have different powers in the international community