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Famous Studios
Mae Questel, Norma Macmillan, Gwen Davies, Cecil Roy
Isadore Sparber
Larz Bourne
Winston Sharples, Jerry Livingston, Mack David
- 1951
- Famous Studios
- Paramount Studios
- Casper, The Friendly Ghost Theatrical Cartoon Series
- Cartoon Characters: Casper, Pal, Dogcatcher, Other Dogs.
- Vocal Talent: Mae Questel, Norma Macmillan, Gwen Davies, Cecil Roy (Casper).
- Directed By Isadore Sparber.
- Animated By Myron Waldman, Larry Silverman.
- Written By Larz Bourne.
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- Scenics: Anton Loeb.
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Casper the Friendly Ghost befriends a stray dog that he names Pal, rescuing the pooch when he's menaced by a mean, gun-toting dogcatcher.
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Blake Lively arrives at the 61st
Blake Lively arrives at the 61st Primetime Emmy Awards held at the Nokia Theatre on September 20, 2009 in Los Angeles, California.
Is it just me or does she look slutty?
I didn't like this much. And the super blond hair wasn't my fave either. I have seen her look much better also.
she looks soo hawt!
love blake!! and stop complaining that she's in here and not Leighton.. I love Leighton's dress too... they have different styles...
Too much chest showing here, ruins the dress.
I think she dresses like a slut .. it is not even fair she is in a best dress catagery !!!!! leighton's dress looks hotter ..

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This is the perfect meal for those days when you desperately need to go to the market for fresh ingredients. Five cans, five minutes, and you're ready to eat! Submitted by KITKATK Carbs: 24.9g | Fat: 0.6g | Fiber: 7.6g | Protein: 7.3g | Calories: 128
This super simple recipe is so much better for you than takeout, and is ready in minutes. Use brown rice to give you lasting energy! Carbs: 23.4g | Fat: 3g | Fiber: 3g | Protein: 4.6g | Calories: 136.9
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My family loves these chicken tenders! Submitted by DEZE509 Carbs: 16.8g | Fat: 2.3g | Fiber: 2.7g | Protein: 31.8g | Calories: 218
A simple sweet treat that's sure to impress! Submitted by LADYBUGJAMI Carbs: 19.2g | Fat: 1.2g | Fiber: 0.3g | Protein: 2.4g | Calories: 119.5
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Shepherd's Pie is essentially a casserole, lined with cooked meat and vegetables, topped with mashed potatoes, and baked. Submitted by GFERBER Carbs: 53g | Fat: 8.3g | Fiber: 7.6g | Protein: 28.9g | Calories: 395.6
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We've updated the classic spinach dip by adding tangy feta and Carbs: 4g | Fat: 5.4g | Fiber: 0.2g | Protein: 4.8g | Calories: 82.8
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This is a great substitute for ice cream, my weakness! Submitted by MARIAOROURKE05 Carbs: 15.4g | Fat: 0.3g | Fiber: 1.5g | Protein: 4g | Calories: 83.8
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High protein, low fat, very high taste! Carbs: 26.5g | Fat: 3.5g | Fiber: 15.2g | Protein: 17.6g | Calories: 154.8
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This is a slimmed down version of one of my favorite party foods--cheese fondue. Mashed cannellini beans slim down the recipe but keep a thick and luscious texture! Submitted by STEPFANIER Carbs: 1.7g | Fat: 10.8g | Fiber: 2.1g | Protein: 14.5g | Calories: 208.8
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A healthy version of a classic fall favorite. Carbs: 29.3g | Fat: 0.4g | Fiber: 0.7g | Protein: 0.8g | Calories: 119.6
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On the ninth day of giveaways, Funcom gave to me... nine ladies lamenting!
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Posted: Dec 21st 2010 5:03PM Omali said
Tortage is the best area of Age of Conan.
Posted: Dec 22nd 2010 12:47AM Justandulas said
I loved the tortage starting area, and of course who doesn't love boobs? :) Good luck to everyone and happy holidays
Posted: Dec 21st 2010 5:04PM Avick said
Nothing can beat the fatalities! For gratuitous amounts of gore, none beat AoC.
Posted: Dec 21st 2010 5:04PM Comrade Domovoi said
Conarch Valley is a pretty sweet place.
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Nothing beats a mature gory game like AoC.
Posted: Dec 21st 2010 5:10PM Flyingv said
Sign me up! Loved the little time I was able to spend with AoC. Tortage was awesome, but my favorite thing has to be the rhino mount, made me feel uber-manly.
Posted: Dec 21st 2010 5:10PM yeppers said
My favorite place was Tortage -- k it's limited. Only played the 1st 30 days after purchase.
My favorite combat move is the beheading.
My favorite class is the Bear Shaman.
My favorite music is the entire soundtrack of AoC.
My favorite combat move is the beheading.
My favorite class is the Bear Shaman.
My favorite music is the entire soundtrack of AoC.
Posted: Dec 21st 2010 5:13PM lovitime said
Wild lands of zelata
I would love a 1 year sub for christmas I want to get back into the game but I dont have the dosh.
I would love a 1 year sub for christmas I want to get back into the game but I dont have the dosh.
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Boobs and gratuitous gore. The two best things about AoC.
Posted: Dec 21st 2010 5:18PM semajin said
Undoubtedly the decapitations are my favorite part of the game! Much like what happened to James Earl Jones as Fulsa Doom.
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I Like the fact they gave away the first 20 levels of the game awhile back. That gives a good sample of the game as a whole. I also love the LORE attached to the game.
Posted: Dec 21st 2010 5:21PM hundred said
my favorite part is pretending to be arnold
Posted: Dec 21st 2010 5:21PM exe973 said
I love the setting. I was always a huge Conan fan.
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Posted: Dec 21st 2010 5:25PM DiscordSK said
By Crom this would be nice
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Don't like Age of Conan (subscribed for a few months) but I would really like to play Bloodline Champions :)


text: No recent wiki edits to this page. PrologueDiana, Julia and Vanessa prepare to go to Themyscira. Diana flies them through the Air of Chaos and arrive at the Royal Palace where Vanessa and Julia meet Queen Hippolyta for the first time. Julia thinks she recognizes one of the Amazons.Chapter 1: The Divine BirdThe Kapatelis' and the Amazons gather at the Cliffs of Poseidon. Vanessa takes pictures as the Amazons perform the Dive Of The Nereids. After Venilia performs her dive, Vanessa reluctantly agrees to go next. Euboea gives Vanessa some instructions and Vanessa cannonballs into the water. Diana is up next and Euboea tells the story of the Princess' first dive when she was a child.After jumping off of the cliff Diana flies and never hits the water. Later that night Euboea prays to Athena for a way to make Diana see the importance of the diving ritual. The next day Euboea makes a clumsy dive and the young Princess laughs. When Euboea doesn't surface Diana frantically dives in after her. Diana doesn't find her but instead meets The Nereids, Goddesses of the sea and attendants of Lord Poseidon. She finds Euboea after swimming ashore. Present Diana takes her place at the top of the cliff and dives off.Chapter 2: DustDiana notices her Mother seems melancholy and Hippolyta tells a story that she was reminded of after seeing Vanessa and Julia on a horse. When leading a squadron of soldiers back to the Capital City they met a man, a young girl and her mother. The woman was Queen of Lemnos and was badly scarred. Hypsipyle, The Lemnos Queen, tells the tale of how the women in her city killed all of the men except for the Queen's father.The Captain of the Argo, Jason, arrived and his men and the women of Lemnos had many children. The Queen and Jason, had a boy and a girl, Phythia. Jason refused to give up his quest and without explanation left Lemnos. The Queen was blamed and all of the men were slaughtered including her father and her son. She was cursed with aged and rotting flesh and banished from Lemnos along with her daughter, Phythia.Hypsipyle begged Hippolyta's sister, Antiope, to escort them back to Lemnos where she may be rid of the curse. Antiope agrees and Hippolyta stays behind to Govern Themyscira. The Former Queen Hipsipyle leads them up to the city of her youth. A Harpy attacks the women and Antiope orders it killed.Reaching the city they discover it in ruins. Skeletons litter the ground. The women of Lemnos had killed each other. Hipsipyle's chest tightend and she dies. Antiope takes in Phythia as her own. Hippolyta learns that any society based on prejudice and violence will surely crumble.Chapter 3: The First StatueDiana soars over the city and lands near the Temple Of Hades. A Shrine honoring the Amazon dead. Vanessa wonders about the first statue, Egeria, Themyscira's first Captain of the Guards. Diana translates for Phillipus as she tells Vanessa the story.Egeria with Phillipus as her Lieutenant were charged with gathering lumber. Phillipus hears something and takes off on her horse after noticing black smoke coming out of Doom's Doorway. The Island rested on a dungeon of demons and the boulder covering the cave wasn't enough.Her horse inhales the black smoke and becomes evil. The evil horse bucks Phillipus off and starts to trample her. Egeria orders the Amazons to block the entrance as she deals with the trampling horse. She slices it's head off with her ax and drags Phillipus away from the now cracking boulder called "The Great Stone". Egeria braces her powerful body against the stone as it burns her. She orders the lumber released and her sisters reluctantly agree. Tons of giant logs tumble and smash into her killing her and blocking the entrance. Phillipus became the new guard after an elimination tournament and her first duty was to build a permanent seal to Doom's Doorway.They honored Egeria with a warriors funeral and a memorial statue. Philipus explains that through the years they've had to erect other statues. They come to Diana Trevor's statue, the only outworlder to be so glorified.Chapter 4: Into The World Go ForthMnemosyne calls Julia into the library. She wants to learn about her and what inspired her to become a teacher and scientist. Julia narrates a series of flashbacks detailing her life. She was fascinated with history and earned a scholarship to a college in Athens where she met David Kapatelis. David was an Archaeology major and they spent hours studying together.They married and her parents hoped she would settle down. Instead they explored the world together. Julia says she began to write down her feelings which is how she developed a second career as an author. Investigating a Scottish legend, their daughter was conceived. Being a punster, David wanted to name her Nessie and they compromised on Vanessa. David died six years later excavating in Egypt. Julia finally settled in Boston where she became the Dean of History and Geology at Harvard University. Pythia, the Amazon Julia thought she recognized comes in and tells Julia she feels it too. Mnemosyne has Julia take Pythia's hands as she unlocks lost memories.Julia is a baby and on her father's boat with her parents and her brother. They are caught in a storm on the Ionian Sea during a storm when Julia falls overboard. Pythia rescues her and brings her to Themyscira. A kiss from Pythia sparks inspiration. She returns to the spot where she was lost after being placed on the beach and taken in by the ocean.Pythia explains the sea Deity, Thetis, would save drowning infants from sea disasters caused by Zeus' rage. The male children were taken elsewhere and the females were brought to the royal chamber. An Amazon is then selected as her Guardian of Inspiration so when she is sent back the subliminal teachings of peace and equality are hopefully spread.Chapter 5: Flight of the IcarusSitting around a fire on the last night of the Kapatelis' visit, Hippolyta wonders why Steve Trevor didn't come. Diana tells her Steve is busy with his new job as a safety inspector for military aircrafts. Diana tells a story of when Steve was called to investigate a recent crash that his girlfriend Etta told him about. Steve concluded it was sabotage.The man who hired Steve needs a new plane tested but all the pilots were reluctant. One of the pilots, Gordon Hall, was the main protester. The plane's name was Icarus and Diana recalled Mnemnosyne telling her the story of Icarus. Steve volunteers undeterred by Etta's protests. He meets with Wonder Woman, who accompanied them, later that night and asks for her help.The next morning Steve takes off with Etta watching in the tower. Then Gordon Hall is seen with another man named Corbin, rigging the plane and Steve loses control. Wonder Woman comes in and Lassos Corbin. Hall tries to escape and Etta is there and knocks him out with her shoe. Forced to tell the truth, Corbin tells them it's impossible to get the controls back.Steve radios them and tells them he can't eject. Diana goes out to help him while Etta works on getting the controls back. Steve asks Diana if she remembers what he taught her even though he isn't sure if she can hear him. She grabs the plane's metal nose and spins turning herself into a propeller. Etta then radios that Steve should have the controls back. Diana lets go and Steve lands the plane. Vanessa gathers Diana, Hippolyta, her mom and a few other Amazons for one last group picture.EpilogueDiana, Julia and Vanessa say their goodbyes and fly back home."Private Lives" TestamentDiana attends Myndi Mayer's will reading as she has been named as a beneficiary. At the reading we see a video will and meet Myndi's jealous sister. Myndi's secretary gets left the business. We meet Myndi's brother, Kevin, who gets left nothing. He's ok with it and says Myndi knew how he felt about that. In the video Myndi asks Diana to spread her ashes around Paradise Island and the last few panels Wonder Wonder is doing just that.


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Hi All, We have been renovating this house for months and I have gone over the paint options a zillion times and cannot seem to make a decision. This is a large living room with fabulous north facing windows overlooking a lake. The room also opens to a tv den, which you see, also with a north facing large window, and a kitchen on the other side, with north windows. Lots of north light ... not much other light. The south side of the room opens to a long hallway -- which has no natural light. I want to be neutral and not busy. The moldings and architectural details on the fireplace wall will be same color as room, but with details popping through a higher sheen but I will hightlight the fireplace surround and soon to be expanded crown modling (which will extend into the ceiling to make it appear higter) with white trim. I want a warm neutral but have tried so many and they seem so yellow in the room -- carrignton beige, bracken biscuit, cornice tan... I really like grant beige in the room but a decorator tells me I will hate it in winter and that it will be very flat and cold. Also, I want deeper colors that coordinate with the main room color in the tv den and kitchen -- Again, I do sort of like grant beige in main room with sandy hook grey in others ... but will it be too cold in winter with icy snowy light reflecting off the lake? Cabinets (which can be viewed from the main room) are Montery WHite. The floors are white oak (old but just sanded in this pic) and will be finished with Tsung Oil which deepens and brings out a warm glow -- not too yellow or oranage -- Also, most of my furniture is warm -- brownish/goldish dark to mid tone woods and some red accents. Thank you! |
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wow. It looks like a gorgeous room, nice wood detail! North facing, warm furniture with brown/gold tones with red accents…warm floors which emit a golden glow… Not a neutral, but I'd TRY BM New York State of Mind, especially if you're going to be hanging paintings, mirrors, etc., leaving trimming wall area. It'll be rich and luxurious in winter, cool and calming in summer. |
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Wow! Gorgeous rooms! I don't have a color to suggest, but I've found that sometimes you have to go with a custom color, as much of a pain as that is, to get a color that looks good in your room in all seasons. |
Or, Benjamin Moore Prussian Blue. |
If you're drawn to Grant Beige, I'd go with it. It's a pretty color. |
youll HATE it in winter? Extreme for any neutral color. Im a blueaholic so also vote blue - wow, the posted New York State of Mind and Prussian Blue Im making note of (they do look like twins). But that aside and while Im not a fan of gray tones, the grant beige and sandy hook clearly compliment each other and see them working with that flooring and white cabinets. For gray tones, they do seem to be on the warm side. Colors can reach us on a gut level. When you check similar colors and then come back to grant / sandy hook, do you like them even more or not as much. Has your decorator recommended similar colors? If not, sounds like they just dislike them to make such a strong statement about these nice colors (and again, thats from a non-gray fan). Make sure they arent getting caught up in their own vision for the room versus assisting you with your own vision. |
- Posted by lazygardens (My Page) on Thu, Jul 10, 14 at 13:36
The floors are bouncing a lot of yellow onto the walls. Good old "Swiss Coffee", perhaps mixed at double strength, would be on the warm side but not yellow out on you. |
Match the cabinets and use Monterey White to create a visual flow through the rooms ..... |
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'Garbage disposal, a major issue haunting the State, has affected the tourism sector'
The tourism sector plays a crucial role in ensuring the State's development. Thus, steps must be taken to ensure basic infrastructure in tourism locales, the Union Minister for Food and Civil Supplies K. V. Thomas said.
But tourism promotion must not be at the cost of the State's culture. Accommodation units like home stays help in showcasing the State's culture and heritage to tourists.
They provide hospitality in a homely setting and numerous tourists prefer this, boosting the State's tourism sector.
The State government's announcement that home stays need not pay commercial tariff on power, is a welcome step, he said.
Speaking after inaugurating the fourth State-level annual convention and workshop organised here on Saturday by Kerala Homestay and Tourism Society (Kerala-HATS), Mr. Thomas added that garbage disposal is a major issue haunting the State.
"This has affected the tourism sector too. Most home stays have their own garbage-treatment systems and rain water-harvesting plants."
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Attempts are on to make Kumbalanghi a solar-powered village.
Under this initiative, street lights on either side of roads will be powered by solar energy, he said. A book titled 'Home stay business' too was released. In his address, the Minister for Tourism A. P. Anil Kumar said steps will be taken to prevent unlicensed home stays from cropping up at different locales in the State.
He said that an inter-departmental meeting will be convened to discuss the possibility of compounding the different taxes that are levied on home stays.
National confederation
The chairman of Kerala-HATS, P. N. Prasannakumar said attempts are being made to create a national confederation of home stays.
"We plan to organise a meeting of licensed home stay owners from South India, in a few months time. Kerala has around 700 licensed home stays, while illegal ones number over 2,000."
Sessions were held on online marketing and the role of police in ensuring the safety of home stays and serviced villas.
The principal of Kerala Institute of Tourism and Travel Studies Vijaya Kumar, led a session on consumer awareness in the tourism sector.
Mayor Tony Chammany, the director of Kerala-HATS M. P. Sivadattan and its technical advisor Muraleedhara Menon also spoke on the occasion.
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Michael Keane, AICP is an urban planner with professional planning experience in the public and private sectors, both in the United States and internationally. He is a Senior Environmental Planner at Langan Engineering, where he helps clients navigate the City Environmental Quality Review (CEQR) and Uniform Land Use Review Procedure (ULURP) processes for major development projects in New York City.
Prior to joining Langan, Mr. Keane worked for BFJ Planning, a New York City-based consulting firm, where he specialized in master planning and zoning, with a focus on land use controls and implementation strategies. At BFJ, he produced master plans for Stamford, Connecticut; the City of Mount Vernon and the Village of Port Chester, New York; Rockland and Nassau Counties; and the Capital City of Hanoi, Vietnam. The Rockland County Master Plan was the recipient of the New York Planning Federation 2012 Comprehensive Plan Award for outstanding and innovative comprehensive plan, while the Hanoi 2030 Master Plan won the 2011 AIA New York Chapter Urban Design Merit Award.
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Rocky Mountain Institute Fostering Innovation in Electricity Sector
e-Lab Driving Economic Deployment of Distributed Energy Resources in the U.S. Electricity Sector
Snowmass, Colorado (PRWEB) June 10, 2013
Rocky Mountain Institute announced today the release of several key results from the first year of its Electricity Innovation Lab (e-Lab), which highlight pilot projects the group has developed to demonstrate how to overcome critical institutional, regulatory, business, and technological barriers to the economic deployment of distributed energy resources in the U.S. electricity sector.
In its first year, e-Lab has focused on building a platform for innovation where a diverse group of influential stakeholders can interact outside the adversarial regulatory environment and work together to create practical solutions for the greatest benefit of customers and society as a whole. The group includes some of the world´s largest corporations such as Walmart and Microsoft, as well as a diverse range of U.S. electric utilities, regulators, and grid operators; advanced technology developers; and customers.
"We´re excited to have built a leading edge ℠change lab´ that is a trusted, influential, and effective forum focused on developing and implementing creative and practical solutions," said James Newcomb, program director at RMI. "One of the most critical areas that e-Lab is focused on is the development of new business models to better align the interests of electric utilities, distributed resource developers, and customers."
e-Lab is tackling the growing issue of how the electricity system will transition an inefficient, rigid, and aging electricity grid–one that will require capital investment of more than $3.5 trillion over the next 40 years just to keep the lights on–to one that is resilient, affordable, sustainable, and creates greater value for all stakeholders.
To do so, e-Lab is fostering innovative approaches to integrate diverse technologies at the "distribution edge" of the grid–the interface between the electricity system´s macrogrid and the rapidly growing portfolios of energy assets, control systems, and end-use technologies at or near customers´ premises. By demonstrating how to broadly apply recommendations and technologies at the distribution edge in real-world applications–frequently the missing element–e-Lab is working to show how these distributed energy resources can drive value for the industry as a whole.
"Transforming the electricity system requires coordinated action between utilities, solar and other technology providers, end users, and policy makers," said e-Lab member Curtis Seymour, director of government affairs for SunEdison. "By initiating collaborative projects with industry partners that address key unmet challenges around the economic and technical integration of distributed energy resources, e-Lab is creating a glide-path to develop and implement these solutions at scale."
Key work products in this first year include:
- A report, "New Business Models for the Distribution Edge," that details how existing electric utility business models are poorly adapted to tap the potential value of distributed resources and outlines principles that should guide the creation of new models and showcases an emerging solution set.
- A "meta-analysis" showing how increasing levels of distributed energy resources (DER) on the grid creates new challenges and opportunities, leading to little ability to make tradeoffs between investments on either side of the distribution edge.
- Through e-Lab´s "Innovation Beacon" workstream, a focused deep dive to develop new ideas and approaches that will allow Fort Collins Utilities to achieve its aspirations to create a zero energy district in Fort Collins, Colo., and to drive carbon emissions reductions throughout the community faster than would otherwise be possible.
e-Lab is working together towards a future electric system that relies on transparent costs and policy and regulations that support demand- and supply-side solutions, and one that provides opportunities for innovation, competition, experimentation, and adaptation to continuously improve the performance of the electricity system. Since no single actor can surmount this challenge alone, building the capacity of stakeholders to work together is critical for success.
"We have joined with thought leaders, technology experts, and other businesses to exchange ideas and find solutions to the most pressing issues," said Angie Beehler, Walmart's senior director for energy regulation and legislation. "It's a unique opportunity for us to collaborate on our shared goal of a clean energy future."
Last month, e-Lab members convened in Austin to set priorities for the second year of the initiative and develop a balanced portfolio of activities and connections to ensure e-Lab drives impact beyond its current scope.
"e-Lab has now matured to the point where it is ready to engage and interact more outside the core group," said Lena Hansen, an electricity principal with RMI, "and to develop a balanced portfolio of activities and connections to ensure we connect our work with wider communities across the industry."
About RMI
Rocky Mountain Institute is an independent, entrepreneurial, nonprofit think-and-do tank with offices in Snowmass and Boulder, Colorado. RMI emphasizes integrative design, advanced technologies, and mindful markets in fulfilling its mission to drive the efficient and restorative use of resources. RMI´s strategic focus is to map and drive the U.S. transition from fossil fuels to efficiency and renewables by 2050. Please visit http://www.rmi.org for more information.
About eLab
The Electricity Innovation Lab (e-Lab) brings together thought leaders and decision makers from across the U.S. electricity sector to address critical institutional, regulatory, business, economic, and technical barriers to the economic deployment of distributed resources. A multi-year "change lab," e-Lab regularly convenes its members to identify, test, and spread practical solutions to the challenges inherent in these questions. e-Lab is a joint collaboration, not a consensus organization, convened by RMI, with participation from stakeholders across the electricity industry.
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US 6285772 B1 Abstract An apparatus is disclosed for the cancellation of ambient noise that impinges upon the front surface of a pressure differential microphone means. The apparatus utilizes one or more curved surfaces that act as ambient noise waveform reflectors. The reflectors cause ambient noise to impinge on the back surface of the microphone. In addition, the reflectors deflect a speaker's voice which is directed toward the front surface of the microphone to be deflected away from the back surface of the microphone.
Claims(1) 1. A noise-controlling apparatus comprising:
a housing having a base element and a barrier element;
the barrier element having a front side and a back side, the barrier element defining a sound opening to enable sound to pass through the barrier element;
the base element having a curved surface defining a pointed apex;
a pressure differential microphone mounted near the sound opening and having one side facing the apex and another side opposing the apex.
Description This invention relates generally to noise-canceling microphones and related devices. More particularly, this invention relates to a bi-directional noise control device for use in environments that have random ambient noise. Microphone units typically operate in environments where unwanted noise is present. For example, a person listening to someone talking on the telephone may be distracted from the speaker's voice because of background noise emanating from machinery, traffic, appliances, or other ambient sounds. Background noises may be reduced for the listener if the person talking into the telephone is using a noise-canceling type microphone. Many noise-canceling microphone element designs employ front and rear sound ports which allow sound to enter both sound ports and impinge upon the diaphragm simultaneously in opposite directions resulting in little or no signal being generated by the microphone. This technique is applied in a wide variety of cardioid microphones as well as telephone handset transmitters and headsets. Some of these microphones employ acoustic tuning to the rear port to make the microphone more frequency-responsive. Noise-canceling microphones depend upon two factors for their operation. The first factor is the polar pattern of the microphone (usually bi-directional) and the assumption that the noise to be reduced is not on the maximum sensitivity axis of the microphone. The second factor is the different responses of the bi-directional microphone for a sound source close to the microphone, such as sound entering the front sound port, and a sound source at a distance to the microphone, such as sound entering the front and rear sound ports. When the sound source is close to the front sound port of the microphone, the sound pressure will be several times greater at the front sound port than at the rear sound port. Since the microphone responds to the difference of sound pressure at the two entries, someone talking close to the microphone will provide a substantially higher signal strength than a remote sound, where the sound pressure is equal in magnitude at the two entry ports Because of construction restraints inherent in front and rear sound port microphone designs, one port of the microphone is always more sensitive than the other. This results from the need to provide a supporting structure for the diaphragm and the resulting impedance that the structure presents to sound entering the rear sound port microphone element. It is common practice for the more sensitive port to be faced forward to capture the desired sound while the less sensitive port is utilized for capturing and reducing or nullifying the undesired background noises. If the front and back sensitivities of the microphone element were equal, then theoretically 100% noise rejection would be possible whenever noise of equal pressure were subjected to both entrances to the microphone. In practice, however, only 10-20 dB noise reduction is possible using the currently available microphone elements for frequencies below approximately three KHz. Frequency response is another factor that differentiates noise-canceling microphones. Frequency response is essentially flat in the near field (a sound source close to the front sound port) over the audio band. In the far field (a remote sound source), the frequency response increases in frequency until the pressures at the front and rear sound ports of the unit are 180 degrees out of phase, at which point resonance occurs. At some frequency, the microphone becomes more sensitive to axial far-field sounds than axial near-field sounds. This crossover frequency will occur at a higher frequency for a microphone with a shorter port separation than a microphone with a longer port separation. Several devices, both electrical and mechanical, used for noise-cancellation purposes exist but have potential drawbacks such as the need for preprocessing. The negative effects of reflections, calibration difficulties, high costs, and operating environments also pose problems. For example, in environments in which human speech is the ambient noise, signal-processing techniques such as filtering cannot effectively be used because the ambient human speech is at the same frequency as the desired speaker's voice and because the ambient noise is random, non-constant or non-periodic. The apparatus of the present invention enhances the performance of pressure differential microphones used to cancel or reject background noise. When the pressure differential microphone and the apparatus of the present invention are used together, they form an electroacoustic noise rejection system exceeding the performance of commercially available technologies. The present invention provides a high degree of cancellation of the impingement of ambient noise upon the front surface of a pressure differential microphone by directing the same ambient noise upon the back side of the microphone. The present invention causes ambient noise, including voice, non-constant noise, non-periodic noise, and random noise, to enter the microphone on both sides of the microphone simultaneously with the strength of the sound on the back side being relatively slightly higher to overcome the relatively higher impedance of the back side of the microphone, thus nullifying the effect of the noise sound waves. Furthermore, the present invention deflects the user's voice (the desired sound to be transmitted) away from the back side of the microphone. The present invention utilizes one or more curved surfaces that act as a reflector to direct ambient noise onto the back side of the microphone, even when the rear port of the microphone is not aligned with the source of the greatest ambient noise. In addition, the sound pressure of the ambient noise entering the back side of the microphone is increased by the reflector. The ambient noise sound waves entering the front of the microphone are canceled at the microphone by the same ambient noise converging upon the back surface of the microphone. The curved reflector also acts to deflect the speaking voice away from the back side of the microphone so that the user's voice enters the front side of the microphone only, essentially preventing self-cancellation of the user's voice. In accordance with the present invention, a noise-controlling apparatus for use with a directional microphone is provided, comprising a housing having a barrier element and a base element, the barrier element housing the microphone, the base element having a curved reflector surface extending from the back side of the barrier element, the curved reflector surface deflecting a user's voice away from the microphone and deflecting ambient noise toward the microphone. In another aspect of the invention, a noise-controlling apparatus is provided comprising a microphone having a sound-receiving front side and a sound-receiving back side, a housing having a barrier element, the barrier element defining a sound opening that extends from a front side of the barrier element to a back side of the barrier element, and a housing having a curved reflector surface positioned adjacent to the back side of the barrier element to deflect a user's voice away from and to direct ambient noise to the sound-receiving back side of the microphone. In one aspect of the present invention, a noise-controlling apparatus for use with a directional microphone is provided. The device has a housing with a barrier element and a base element. The barrier element has an opening that extends from the front side to the back side of the barrier element. A directional microphone is located in the barrier element opening. The housing also has a curved surface that extends radially about a main longitudinal Z axis. The curved surface acts as a reflector that extends away from the back side of the barrier element. The reflector deflects a user's voice away from the back side of the microphone but deflects ambient noise to the back side of the microphone. The present invention produces pressure equalization between the ports when the wave front of the far field sound approaches the rear port and a pressure zone is created. When the instantaneous pressure on the rear port is slightly increased due to the pressure zone, thereby overcoming microphone sensitivity differences between the front and back ports, the instantaneous pressure becomes close to the instantaneous pressure on the front port (due to the far field wave front) and thereby the rejection of the far field noise becomes present and useful. This effect is not frequency-dependent and does not require phase-based interference to produce the noise rejection effect. The noise-controlling apparatus of the present invention is not frequency-dependent, and therefore does not rely on phase-related constructive or destructive interference. The invention will be described in greater detail with reference to the accompanying drawings in which the like elements bear like reference numerals, and wherein: FIG. 1 is a perspective view of the apparatus of the present invention connected to a telephone handset; FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the apparatus of the present invention; FIG. 3 is an exploded perspective view of the apparatus; FIG. 4 is a bottom plan view of the apparatus; FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional view taken along line 5�5 of FIG. 2; FIG. 6 is a top plan view of the apparatus; FIG. 6A is an enlarged top plan view of the portion 6A of FIG. 6 with the microphone removed from the opening in the top of the apparatus; FIG. 7 is a diagrammatic representation of ambient noise interacting with the apparatus; FIG. 8 is a diagrammatic representation of the speaker's voice interacting with the apparatus; FIG. 9 is a perspective view of a second embodiment of the apparatus of the present invention; FIG. 10 is an exploded perspective view of the second embodiment; FIG. 11 is a cross-sectional view taken along line 11�11 of FIG. 9; FIG. 12 is a perspective view of a third embodiment of the apparatus of the present invention; FIG. 13 is an exploded perspective view of the third embodiment; FIG. 14 is a cross-sectional view taken along line 14�14 of FIG. 12; and FIG. 15 is a cross-sectional view taken along line 15�15 of FIG. 12. FIG. 16 is a graph of the near field response and the far field response of a prior-art noise canceling headset; and FIG. 17 is a graph of the near field response and the far field response of the apparatus of the present invention. FIG. 18 is a perspective view of the present invention incorporated in a headset boom. FIG. 19 is an exploded view of the headset boom shown in FIG. 18. FIG. 20 is a diagrammatic representation of the speaker's voice interacting with the apparatus. FIG. 21 shows a microphone having two opposing microphone elements. Apparatus 20 of the present invention improves the noise-cancellation effects of pressure differential microphones, such as a bi-directional microphone 22, for voice recognition and speech transmission when used in ambient noise environments. The present invention can be used with telephone handsets, as well as voice recognition systems, as well as in any number of a variety of environments and devices, such as but not limited to airplane telephones, cellular telephones, automobile telephones, telephone headsets, and stage microphones. The present invention works particularly well in environments that have random, non-periodic noise, non-constant noise, or ambient human speech noise, such as stock exchange floors and trading rooms. However, the device is also applicable to environments in which the ambient noise is constant or periodic and not speech noise. The present invention improves voice recognition and speech transmission clarity by enhancing the signal-to-noise ratio over a frequency range up to 13 KHz, as opposed to conventional devices that generally range up to 4 KHz or less. The first embodiment of the present invention is shown with a telephone handset. As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the apparatus 20 attaches onto a standard telephone handset 30 in place of the original transmitter. The apparatus 20 includes a housing 24 comprising a sound barrier element 26 and a base element 28. As shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, housing adapter 32 has electrical contacts 34 and 36 and is attached to base element 28 to make the proper contacts with the handset 30. As will be recognized by one of ordinary skill in the art, housing adapter 32 may have a variety of configurations to fit a number of devices in which the present invention may be used. In some devices in which the present invention will be used, no housing adapter will be needed. As shown in FIG. 5, a pressure differential microphone 22 has a front port 38 and a rear port 40. The apparatus of the present invention concentrates ambient noise on the rear port 40, while deflecting the speaker's voice away from the rear port, using a curved reflector surface 42 and the sound barrier element 26. An alternative to using one pressure differential microphone is to have two microphones, one placed at the front port 38 location and the second placed at the rear port 40 location. The two microphones would operate in the same manner as a directional microphone. The barrier element 26 has a front side 52 and a back side 46 and extends across the width, or the X axis, of the apparatus 20 and, in conjunction with the curved reflector surface 42, forms a circular ambient-noise sound-concentration zone 48. The base element 28 is designed to screw onto a standard telephone handset in place of the original transmitter. For purposes of description herein, the main X, Y, and Z axes are defined in FIG. 2. The X axis is defined as being across the housing 24 in the general direction of the length of the barrier element 26. This direction is described as being in the �general� direction because the barrier element 26 is tapered from its first end 50 to its second end 52. The X axis therefore is in the direction of a center line running along the length of the barrier element 26. The barrier element 26 is wider at the first end 50 so that a user speaking into the handset may rest their cheek against the wider end 50. However, the barrier element 26 does not have to be wider at one end. The barrier element 26 is supported at the first end 50 by flange 54 and at the second end 52 by flange 56. Opening 58, as best seen in FIGS. 3 and 6A (filter not shown), extends through the barrier element 26 from the front side 44 to the back side 46, and houses the microphone 22. Wires 60 extend through holes 62 and 64 to make contact with the electrical contacts 34 and 36. In the alternative, the wires may extend along the perimeter of the base element 26 and then through the base element 28 at the outer peripheral edge. Curved reflector surface 42 curves along the X, Y and Z axes (that is, the depth, width, and height directions) until reaching an apex 66 at a main Z axis. The curved reflector surface 42 rises slowly from the base element 28 initially, and then increases in steepness as the curved reflector surface approaches the apex 56, thus forming a generally parabolic curved surface when viewed in a cross-section. The curved surface extends radially from and is rotationally symmetrical about the main Z axis. A generally parabolic curved surface, as opposed to a semi-circular curved surface, is preferred so that the reflector reflects sound over a broad range of frequencies and directions with minimal resonance. The generally parabolic curved surface does not have to conform to a simple mathematical equation and can be semi-parabolic, quasi-parabolic, or any of a large variety of generally parabolic curved surfaces. In furtherance of eliminating or minimizing resonance, the back side or underside 46 of the barrier element 26 and the intersection of the curved reflector surface 42 forms a non-tubular sound concentration zone 48 around a slot 68 located between the apex 66 and the barrier element 26. The space bounded by the underside of the barrier element 46 and the curved reflector 42 does not form a column of air as the tubular structures of the prior art often do which can produce resonance at certain frequencies. Rather, the sound concentration zone 48 is an �open� reflector system similar to the human ear so as to eliminate or at least minimize resonance around the slot 68. One purpose of the curved reflector surface 42 is to reflect and concentrate ambient noise through slot 68 onto the back side of the microphone 22. Slot 68 is formed where the opening 58 exits through the barrier element 26 adjacent to the apex 66. The generally parabolic curved surface of the reflector 42 helps to ensure for each angle of incidence of ambient noise 70 that there is some angle of reflection for directing the ambient noise 70 to the back side of the barrier element 26, the slot 68, and the back side of the microphone 22, as best shown in FIG. 6. In addition, because the curved reflector surface 42 is much larger relative to the slot 68, the reflector increases the sound pressure of the ambient noise 70 on the sound-receiving back side of the microphone 22 to overcome the inherent acoustical impedance of the internal support structure of the microphone so that the ambient noise impinges on the sound-receiving front side and sound-receiving back side of the microphone at substantially equal sound pressures for better noise-cancellation. Another purpose of the curved reflector surface 42 is to deflect the user's voice away from the back side of the microphone 22 so as to reduce or eliminate self-cancellation of the user's voice which is caused by the user's voice entering the back side of the microphone. The voice 72 of the user 74 is directed towards the top of the barrier element 26 generally along the main Z axis of the apparatus 20 into the front entrance of the microphone as shown in FIG. 8. After the voice sound 72 passes the barrier element 26, the voice 72 is deflected away from the rear entrance of the microphone by the curved reflector surface 42 as shown in dashed wavefront lines 76. Reflecting the voice 72 of the user 74 away from the back side of the microphone can produce a 10 dB gain over prior-art handsets because the prior-art handsets typically have some self-cancellation of the user's voice. To decrease the amount of the user's voice that might pass around the edges of the barrier element 26, the shape of the edges can be optimized to reduce refraction around the edges or to reflect the user's voice away from the underside of the microphone. The curved reflector surface 42 may be made of a large variety of materials such as but not limited to plastics, foams or rubbers. The barrier element 26 and the base element 28 have a means for interconnecting with each other during assembly of the housing 24. For example as shown in FIG. 3, the base element 28 has a peripheral ring 78 extending from a relief surface 80. The barrier element 26 has a peripheral ring 82 adjacent flanges 54 and 56. The ring 82 has a groove 84 which corresponds with the base element ring 78 so that when the housing 24 is assembled, the barrier element 26 may be fixedly attached to base element 28. Although a snap ring and groove configuration is explained above, it should be understood that a number of attachment means may be utilized to connect the barrier element to the base element. For example, an interference fit or an epoxy may be used to connect the elements together. The advantage of the two-piece construction of the housing 24, consisting of the barrier element 26 and base element 28, is that the parts may be manufactured independently. The two-piece construction also allows for the base elements and the barrier elements to be interchangeable; therefore, different shaped barrier elements may be matched with different shaped base elements depending on the application. In addition, the two-piece assembly allows for complex shapes and curves to be incorporated into the elements without adversely affecting manufacturing costs. In the present embodiment the two-piece construction is made from injection-molded plastic, which allows for the base element 28 to have a curved reflector surface 42 without using a complex manufacturing process. As shown in FIG. 2, a filter 86, preferably made of a fine metallic mesh or expanded PTFE membrane, is positioned inside of opening 58 to encompass the front side of the microphone 22. In the alternative, the filter may be made from either a felt material or a sponge material. The filter softens harsh speech sounds such as plosives spoken by the user 74. The filter may also cover the rear side of the microphone. A second embodiment is shown in FIGS. 9, 10 and 11, wherein apparatus 120 has a base element 128 as described in the above-detailed first embodiment, and a cup-shaped barrier element 126 with a side surface 188 and a top surface 190. The side surface 188 extends around the circumference of the barrier element 126. The side surface 188 contains a series of side openings 192 spaced evenly around the circumference of the barrier element 126, defining a series of peripheral side supports 194. The top surface 190 likewise has a series of equally spaced top openings 196 that extend from the peripheral edge inward towards opening 168, defining a series of top-side structural supports 198. The benefit of the above-described second embodiment is that the barrier element 126 has a series of structural supports 194 and 198 along the peripheral side and along the top side. The structural supports provide added durability to the apparatus 120 while maintaining the required functional openings 192 and 196 along the side and top of the barrier element 126, respectively. This second embodiment has a filter 186 similar to the above-described filter in the first embodiment, except that filter 186 is larger and is positioned adjacent to the side openings 192 and the top openings 196. The filter 186 has a raised portion 187 that extends into opening 158. A microphone 122 is placed inside of the filter raised portion 187 to be adjacent to apex 166. A third embodiment is shown in FIGS. 12, 13, 14 and 15. This embodiment is similar to the above-described first embodiment except that the apparatus 220 has a curved reflector surface 242 that is essentially �U-shaped.� The U-shaped curved reflector surface 242 has an apex portion 266 which extends from a lateral edge 267 to beyond a main Z axis. The U-shaped curved reflector surface 242 has a first curved surface 242 a and a second and opposite curved surface 242 b. A third curved surface 242 c connects surfaces 242 a and 242 b. The three curved surfaces extend from the same plane at base element 228 to apex 266 and form the continuous reflector surface 242. The third curved surface extends over one half of the base element and is substantially identical to one half of the base element of the first embodiment shown in FIGS. 1-6. The apex portion 266 runs parallel to main X axis. A barrier element 226 is aligned axially with the apex 266 and the main X axis. The barrier element 226 extends from lateral edge 267 to beyond the main Z axis. The barrier element 226 has an opening 258 that is axially aligned with the main Z axis. When assembled, the apex portion 266 is adjacent to the barrier element 226 and provides additional support to the barrier element 226. This additional support provided to the barrier element provides for structural integrity to the apparatus 220. One way to cancel the effect of the noise pressure on the microphone is to ensure that the noise pressure felt by the front surface is equal to that felt by the rear surface. FIG. 7 illustrates the wavefronts as they traverse the apparatus and impinge upon the microphone ports. The noise 70 is modeled as a distributed spherical source having intensity Io. The spherical noise source is assumed to be located at a radius R from the center of the microphone 22. The noise pressure felt on the front surface of the microphone is obtained by integrating the noise field over the upper hemisphere by using the formula: where A is the surface area of the microphone, c is the speed of sound in air and Nf is the noise pressure impinging on the front surface of the microphone. The noise pressure felt on the rear surface of the microphone depends on the reflector characteristics. For an isotropic, linearly elastic solid reflector, the acoustic reflectively αr is given by: where ρ is the density of air, c is the speed of sound in air, ρ1 is the density of the reflector medium, c1 is the speed of sound in the reflector medium, and θ is the angle of incidence. Careful study indicates that the acoustic reflectivity is nearly unity for most metallic solids. The material chosen for the reflector of the present invention can also be shown to have a reflectivity of unity. Applying Snell's law, the noise pressure due to reflection is: where y =f(x) is the function that determines the shape of the reflector. This function is chosen such that Nf =Nb. Several families of functions satisfy the given noise-pressure-matching criterion. Of these families, functions are chosen that satisfy three criteria. The first criterion is the frequency range for which noise cancellation is desired. For the current speech application, a frequency range of 0 to 8,000 KHz is desired. By comparing the unreflected wave impinging on the front surface with the reflected wave impinging on the rear surface it can easily be shown that the reflected wave lags behind the unreflected wave. Therefore, the shape function is chosen such that the phase lag is minimal. The second criterion is that the shape minimizes the amount of near field sound reflected back to the microphone and the third is that the surface is easily manufacturable. Noise rejection or cancellation is measured by comparing the signals of a reference microphone to a test microphone under two conditions. The first condition subjects both microphones to a close speaking voice (i.e., near field) to simulate a person speaking into the microphone at close range. The second condition subjects both microphones to ambient room noise (i.e., far field). The difference between the responses of each microphone to the two conditions is a measure of the microphone's noise rejection or cancellation effectiveness. The present invention was tested against a prior art noise-canceling headset. The present invention and the prior art headset each utilized identical microphone elements (i.e., electrets). The response of the prior art device is plotted in FIG. 16 and the response of the present invention is plotted in FIG. 17. Both microphones were tested for noise rejection by comparing each response to that of a Peavey ERO 10 reference microphone which has no noise rejection characteristics but exhibits a well defined flat response from 20 Hz to 20 KHz. The reference microphone and the test microphone were placed in very close proximity to each other equidistant from a noise source. A near field voice source was provided by an acoustic dummy of human dimensions with a JBL Control Micro loudspeaker mounted inside the head. The loudspeaker generated sound which exited through the mouth opening. The reference microphone and the test microphone were placed 2 centimeters from the mouth opening. A far field ambient noise source was provided by another JBL Control Micro loudspeaker mounted on a movable stand about 10 feet away from the dummy. A Hewlett-Packard 3574 two channel dynamic spectrum analyzer was used for source noise and measurement. A white noise signal of 300 millivolts was amplified (McGowen 362SL) and connected to the dummy loudspeaker. The noise signal was adjusted to 80 dB sound pressure at each of the test microphone and reference microphones. The microphones were routed to the analyzer through a Makie 1202 mixer with the reference microphone routed to channel one and the test microphone routed to channel two. With the analyzer in frequency response mode, the two signals were analyzed by the Hewlett- Packard 3574 which automatically divided their power outputs. After plotting the near field response, the amplifier was switched to the far field loudspeaker and without moving the microphones, the sound pressure was again adjusted to 80 dB at each of the test microphone and reference microphone. This required turning up the amplifier volume because of the added distance between the loudspeaker and the microphones. The far field response was plotted to measure how much less responsive each microphone was to distant sounds. The difference between the near field and the far field response is a measure of the microphone's noise rejection. In FIG. 16, the upper trace 89 is the near field response of the prior art headset. The prior art headset followed approximately the −10 dB magnitude line throughout the frequency range of 68 Hz to 8 KHz indicating the prior art headset had a fairly flat response but 10 dB less gain than the reference microphone. The lower trace 91 is the far field response of the microphone which varied between about 10 and 20 dB up to about 3.5 KHz at which point it began to �fade out� because the headset became more sensitive to the far field sounds than the near field. In FIG. 17, the same microphone element was tested in a telephone handset with the apparatus of the present invention following the same procedure. The near field response 93 followed the 0.0 dB line indicating that the handset with the present invention nearly had the same gain as the reference microphone. In addition, the noise rejection of the apparatus of the present invention was dramatically greater, ranging between 10 dB to 40 dB up to 6.45 KHz and beyond as shown by the lower trace 79. While the invention has been described in detail with reference to specific embodiments thereof, it will be apparent to one skilled in the art that various changes and modifications can be made, and equivalents employed, without departing from the scope of the invention. For example, in FIGS. 18 and 19, the noise control device of the present invention is shown incorporated in a telephone headset boom 202. In this embodiment, the curved reflector surface is steepened when compared to the first three embodiments described above since the headset boom is designed to be adjacent to the user's cheek. As shown in FIG. 20, three devices A, B and C are shown. Devices A and B have shallow curved reflector surfaces with A being close to the speaker and B and C being at a distance from the speaker. C has a steepened reflector surface. The speaker's voice is shown in wavefront lines. They hit and are reflected off the curved reflectors. As shown, the reflected wavefront that reflects from the outer periphery may cause backscatter when the voice reaches the rear port of the microphone, which will result in loss of signal. Therefore, the curved reflector surface height is a function of how far away the device is intended to be used from the speaker. As shown in C, even though the wave arrives at the device almost orthogonal to it, the steeper reflector reflects the wave away from the rear port. FIG. 21 shows a variation of the microphone 22 having two microphones 300 and 302. The microphones 300 and 302 oppose each other. Patent Citations
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My best friend lives in PA and he is the one that told me to buy my Kimber Ultra CDP and I do love it. He has 30 or so guns in every caliber you can think of from varmint rifles to a derringer, but he has not been carrying concealed.
He owns a pharmacy and has a CHL (or what ever they call them in PA) and he has started to carry.
Tonight he told me he was carrying with one in the chamber but he only half-cocked the weapon. Now when the Kimber Ultra CDP is at half-cock the thumb safety will not engage.
His thinks this is safer. His plan is if he has to use the gun to pull the weapon and cock the trigger with his thumb.
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Oscar ballots were mailed out to voters on Monday, which means that members of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences will be scrambling over the next couple of weeks to catch up on every movie they might have missed this year.
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A shelf for your hand to "push of of"? "index finger to lay on & push off of"? More power, serve better in every regard? Sounds like a salesman on commission. I don't think that my hand or index finger "push off" when I hit! More of a difference than the strings?
I think that I can safely say that, by the way you describe the benefits of the Wonder Wedge, it's mostly in your head! Absolute snake oil relative to the improvements as you describe them. It may give you a different grip on the racquet, but when you talk about hands & fingers "pushing off", I know you have a very vivid imagination.
Think about for a second....it's hard to explain.....but if you don't believe it just look at what the pros do......they also all have custom made handles for their specific hands.
In fact Roman Prokes will take a mold of your hand to custom make the grip to fit your hand.
Babolat had the same idea as the wonder wedge and they had come out with a grip with a bubble in it to fit your hand......but it six compared to the wedge.
The wedge is a cheap way of doing it but not the best...we can't all afford the real way to do it.
Let me try to explain it a different way......your hand is not flat so why on earth should the grip be flat?
Same principles apply to your feet. Your feet are not flat so sneakers are made with arches....for high arches you can put in an arch support for your feet....the pros of course have it custom made.
Same principle applies to your hand.....it has an arch just like your feet do....the handle should support it the same as an arch support supports your feet.
Maybe a better way to describe it is a "palm support "?
Bolleteri used it in his camp to teach grips as well.
Try it....I'm not a salesman at all...in fact I don't use the wonder wedge. I simply take five pieces of mounting tape stick them together and put it on the handle. If I were a salesman I wouldn't be telling you that because wonder wedge would go out of business.
If you don't like it rip it off and throw it in the garbage....mounting tape only costs a couple of bucks....there's not much to lose.
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Wikipedia has a page about Store Street Aqueduct
The Store Street Aqueduct in central Manchester, England, was built in 1798 by Benjamin Outram on the Ashton Canal. A Grade II* listed building it is built on a skew of 45 degrees across Store Street, and is believed to be the first major aqueduct of its kind in Great Britain and the oldest still in use today.
The aqueduct was constructed to cross the Shooters Brook. It is built of stone with large voussoirs and retaining walls of coursed masonry and is 7.4 metres (24 ft) wide with triangular buttresses. The brook was culverted in about 1805 and Store Street was built over it. The canal is about 4.6 metres (15 ft) wide and 1.45 metres (4 ft 9 in) deep. The arch has a 7.6-metre (25 ft) square span and a 10.5-metre (34 ft) skew span rising 2.75 metres (9 ft 0 in) above road level.
Generally, where a canal (or later a railway) crossed a road, or vice versa, the road would be diverted to cross at right angles. It had not always been acceptable but attempts to build masonry arch bridges at an angle, or "skew" of greater than about 15 degrees, had proved unsatisfactory. The method up to that time had been to build the voussoir arch with the stone course work parallel to the abutments. This transmitted the load outward from the crown in a straight line to the foundations, parallel to the faces of the arch. If a skew was attempted, it threw the lines of force outside the abutments, leading to weakness in the structure.
William Chapman had partially solved the problem in 1787 when building bridges for the Kildare Canal, the first being the Finlay Bridge near Naas. The Kildare was part of the Grand Canal Company, for William Jessop had been the engineer. Jessop would no doubt have discussed it with Outram, his partner, and he experimented with the idea on the Rochdale Canal. Examples are Gorrell's Lane and March Barn road bridges, though it is possible that they were built later. The method used was to build timber falsework parallel to the proposed arches. Planks were laid on the falsework parallel to the abutments. The position of the courses at the crown were marked out, then those across the remainder of the arch.
Although the aqueduct still exists, and is structurally sound, years of neglect led to water leakage through the joints, and the spiral construction can no longer be seen, the surface of the intrados having been rendered.
Later railway engineers improved on the system, producing what became known as helicoidal construction that became the norm in English skew bridge building. An exact solution to the problem was determined in the form of the French, or orthogonal, design. However this was complicated and expensive to build.
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DEFREZ® Launches Music Inspired Packaging – T-shirts in custom limited-edition vinyl record sleeves.
The DEFREZ Collective continues to set themselves apart with the debut of unique and exclusive product packaging. T-shirts purchased online at defrez.com and at select retailers now come in custom limited-edition vinyl record sleeves and is the first of its kind to hit the marketplace.
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When Santi White released her 2008 debut album Santogold, which was then also the Brooklyn polyglot-pop singer-songwriter's stage name, her voice gave off a warmth and fragility that was miles way from the more self-consciously avant-garde M.I.A.'s similarly inclined global street-trotting. Reviews of Santigold's return to the Music Hall of Williamsburg on Monday night have noted her pair of straight-faced, impeccably dressed backup dancers — the New York Times called them "two tough sentries" — but their role was already in place four years ago; back then, their protection felt a lot more urgent. In the video for "Big Mouth," the first track from Santigold's upcoming sophomore album Master of My Make Believe, the two guardian androids are back, only by now the artist has had plenty of time to grow into her badass self-invention. Vicki Leekx, ha — today the internet is shut down, didn't you hear?
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