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At 25 weeks pregnant with twins my belly was a sight to see! It was the epitome of Buddha belly and a magnet for hands, familiar and strange. At the 25 weeks pregnant with twins point, the big parts of the nursery were finished and twin baby showers were in full swing. I kept myself busy putting the finishing touches on the twins baby room, keeping up lists and writing thank you notes for the unique twin baby gifts that kept rolling in, and daydreaming of how wonderful it would be to finally have them in my arms instead of in my tummy.
The major points of the nursery were covered. The walls were painted, 3 light green, and the one behind the cribs a medium pink with glossy stripes. Baby beds for twins were set up on either side of the large arched window and just waited to be adorned with bedding. The bedding I found at Target was almost perfect, it had the colors I wanted-pink and green, and polka dots and stripes. The only thing it lacked was a splash of zebra print, but I fixed that by attaching zebra ribbon at each bumper tie. A friend gave me the overstuffed rocking chair that she used with her two boys and I had it recovered in a super soft white material. I remember sitting in the rocker and reading to my identical twin girls who still flounced around inside my belly. I would look around and just imagine what else I wanted to see in their room before they arrived and how great it would be when they actually got to lay in their beds.
Other than putting extra ties on the bedding, I had several other little projects going for their room. I painted the ceiling fan blades with zebra print and I also painted 4 canvases with variations of the number 2 to hang on the walls.
I still felt good and everything was going smoothly, but it seems that it was around this time that sleeping began to pose a problem. I'm naturally a back sleeper and since this was definitely ruled out I resorted to side sleeping hugging a body pillow. Sleep was not only difficult because I wasn't accustomed to side sleeping, but also because of the strange dreams and having to get up all hours to pee. Now, I have always been a wild dreamer, but the vivid dreams during pregnancy take the cake over anything I had ever experienced. It became kind of routine for those close to me to ask about what kind of wild adventure I had during my sleep the night before.
At 25 weeks pregnant with twins I was busy as a bee and an easy target for jokes centering around the grand size of the Buddha belly, the seemingly miniscule size of my bladder, and the dumbing effects on my brain.


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Britney Spears' little sister Jamie Lynn said goodbye to her teens on Monday.
Her 2-year-old, Maddie Briann, gifted her with a chocolate birthday cake and the pair spent the 20-year-old's big day together.
Jamie tweeted the picture of herself with the cake with the caption "Cake from my baby girl! That's a wrap!"
A few hours earlier the former Zoey 101 star also had Happy Birthday sung to her by her daugher's preschool class, tweeting "just got serenaded by Maddie's preschool class- no present will top that!!!"
Jamie Lynn split up with fiancé and father of her daughter, Casey Aldridge, in early 2010.
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text: Lets hear your horror stories about customers installing their own Christmas Lights. I have two client stories that are both from this season: 1. A new client calls and asks us to install his C9 Lights, he says the lights have been installed before and just need to be re-hung. As I'm looking over his lights I notice he is using the typical residential lights (25 per pack with in-line fuses) that are sold at any Wal-mart or Target store. This individual had over 12 of these strands all running off one outlet. At first I was amazed that he could run so many lights off one outlet without burning out the in-line fuses, so I opened up the plugs and noticed that he had placed tinfoil jumpers on each of his plugs to bypass the safety feature. I can only imagine what he has done with the breaker box. 2. Another new client calls this year asking for us to install some pre-existing lighting for her. I go to do the job and she brings out several sets of C7 lighting that see has hung up by herself in the past. At first I was trying to figure out how she has hung the lights on the house and it soon became very clear. About every two feet on the cord there was a small nail that she pounded through the center of the wire to attached the wire to the house. I don't think she even realized how close she came in past years to burning her house down. Anyone else have a client nightmare you had to deal with?


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Shortstop's bat, glove a big reason why Tigers moving on
By Jason Beck / MLB.com
When the Tigers had taken their playoff celebration onto the field at Comerica Park, Guillen was like a rock star, standing on top of the home team dugout and spraying champagne around to fans in the stands. That's about as close to a star as he behaves. Instead, he simply plays like one.
No matter how many questions reporters asked about his own performance, Guillen wasn't going to say much about his own performance. The only personal satisfaction he allowed himself to take from this was a 5-year-old score he had to settle.
"I'm very happy," Guillen admitted. "When I was in Seattle, they beat us twice in the playoffs. I said, 'This is our time. This is our chance. We've got to take it.'"
The Mariners made the playoffs as a Wild Card team in 2000, Guillen's first full season in the big leagues, but lost in the AL Championship Series to the Yankees. A year later, the M's won 116 games, only to fall one step shy of the World Series again -- and again to New York. Each time, the Mariners became part of the postseason mystique of the Yankees. The face of the mystique is Guillen's counterpart, Derek Jeter, who was on his way to earning his title as the next Mr. October.
It took half a decade and a move back east, but Guillen finally had his rematch against the Yankees. It was Jeter who received the MVP chants during the ALDS, but it was Guillen who played like one on the winning side.
Lost amid Detroit's dominant pitching, Guillen went 8-for-14 at the plate with three doubles, a home run and three RBIs. Guillen was one of six Tigers with three runs scored. He reached base safely in 10 of his 16 plate appearances. It wasn't flashy, but it was the best performance by a Tiger in a postseason series since another shortstop named Alan Trammell was the MVP of the 1984 World Series.
"Unbelievable," Brandon Inge marveled.
It was a lot like Guillen's performance all season.
Guillen has been consistent for just about his entire three years when healthy. Injuries have always been his question. In his first year in Detroit, he became the first player in club history to put up a .300 season, 30 doubles, 20 homers, 10 triples and 10 stolen bases in the same season -- this coming for the same franchise that has such all-around hitters as Ty Cobb, Charlie Gehringer and Harry Heilmann in its history.
After knee and leg injuries hampered Guillen last year, he spent the offseason working out in his native Venezuela, came back healthy and picked up where he left off. He fell one home run shy of a 20-homer, 20-steal season, but he topped 40 doubles for the first time in his career.
Still, when the Tigers reached the ALDS, the talk centered around Guillen's counterpart, Jeter. Their regular-season offensive numbers were very similar, and Guillen actually put up a higher combination of on-base and slugging percentages, but Jeter had the durability edge and the better defensive numbers.
Their offense was just about as similar this series -- both with eight hits and a homer, while Jeter added a fourth double. This time, however, it was Guillen advancing.
"We've got nine guys, not only myself," he said. "We believe in our players. That's the most important. They throw strikes, and we've got nine guys out there trying to make an out, trying to make a play. We've got nine guys out there with bats that can do some damage."
Nobody will tout Guillen as an MVP, certainly not Guillen himself. Yet on the team that advanced past the Yankees and into the ALCS, Guillen is playing a pretty similar role.
"He's a leader," Inge said. "I really look up to him as a fellow infielder. The way he goes about his business, I'm glad to have him on my team. He has led very well."
Now, he's leading them on to Oakland.
"This game is not about where you start, but where you're going to finish," Guillen said. "We celebrate here. Hopefully the next celebration, we're going to celebrate the same way.
"We've got eight more games to win. Every celebration is going to be better. But it's one step at a time."
Jason Beck is a reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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(Excerpts from the historical notes of Constance Fowler's Collection in the Archives & Special Collections.)
The Constance Fowler Collection consists of her biographical records, correspondence, exhibition catalogues and fliers, reviews, publications, manuscripts, selections from her library, as well as examples of her prints, printing blocks, paintings, and drawings.
Fowler taught art lessons in Salem for one dollar a session and, in 1935, volunteered as advisor to an art club at Willamette University. That same year, the University's president, Bruce Baxter, hired Fowler to teach art and to establish the school's first art department (art lessons had been taught at Willamette since the nineteenth century, by Marie Craig Le Gall and others, but there had been no department). Fowler taught at Willamette for twelve years, until 1947.
For three summers (1936, 1937, 1938), Fowler was the recipient of the prestigious (and in the Depression years highly desirable) Carnegie grants to help art teachers complete their Master's of Fine Art degrees. Carnegie programs were offered on two campuses in the country-Harvard University and University of Oregon. Fowler studied at Oregon with the architectural philosopher W. R. B. Willcox (whom she held in highest regard throughout her life), the painter Andrew Vincent, and others. She earned her M.F.A. degree in 1940, her Master's thesis project being the execution of twenty wood engravings of historic sites in the Willamette Valley, which she published (with text) as The Old Days. In and Near Salem. Oregon (Frank McCaffrey's Dogwood Press, Seattle, 1940). The book was immediately popular, respected for the quality of the prints, the design. layout, and typography of the book itself, and the historic commentary, based on original research, written by Fowler to accompany her engravings. The Old Days remained Fowler's single most significant accomplishment; in 1969, in retirement, she arranged for the publication of seventy-five additional books, with engravings printed from the original cherry wood blocks.


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In a move that may come as a shock for all Arrow fans, fan favourite Felicity Smoak (Emily Bett) may be on her way out of the show. The fate of Ms. Smoak is unconfirmed, but Emily's co-star Colton Haynes (who plays Roy Harper on the show) posted the following image on instagram:
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wikiHow to Change Your Profile Access on oDesk
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People from around the world have been using oDesk to work online for quite some time. There are many sites out there similar to oDesk, but none that offer the customization options that they do. You can set your profile access through oDesk so that only certain groups of people can view your profile. It can be set up in just a couple minutes and can change the way people see your account by following the steps below.
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1Head to the oDesk website. You will need to open your preferred Internet browser first. Once it is open, click on the search bar and go to www.odesk.com.
2Log into your oDesk account. You will be asked to log in with your account information. Enter your username in the first box, followed by your password in the second. Click "Sign in" when you are finished to load your account.
3Access your account settings. On your oDesk home page, you will notice in the blue banner there is a small gear on the right-hand side. This is how you edit your settings. Click on the gear box to access your account settings.
4Enter your password. You will be asked to enter your password again. This is just in place for your security because you are about to edit account-sensitive information. Simply enter your password again and click "Continue."
5Enter your security answer. It is just an extra layer of security added to your account. After you enter your security answer, click on "Authorize" to get to your settings.
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1Open the "My Freelancer Profile" options. On the left side of your settings screen is a list of different sub-menus. The third option down says "My Freelancer Profile"; click on this to open up new options to your right.
2Find and click on "Edit." Once the settings load on the right, scroll down until you see the heading "My Public Profile." Look to the right of this option for the clickable word "Edit."
- Clicking on "Edit" will open up your public profile settings in an editable format.
3Edit your profile access. The first you will see is "Profile Access" followed by a drop-down menu. Click on the menu for the 3 more options:
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- "oDesk users only"—Choose this if you want your profile to be viewed only by oDesk users.
- "Private"—Choose this if you don't want your profile to be viewed by anyone but yourself.
- All you need to do is click any of the options how you would like your profile access to be set up.
4Save your changes. Once you have set up your preferred access, double check it to make sure it is correct and click on the green "Save" button to confirm your changes.
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BOSTON (CBS) – A violent attack in Boston was caught on tape Monday. Boston Police are trying to identify both the victim and the attackers.
A woman was walking down Huntington Avenue near Northeastern University when she was jumped by six people including five women.
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Boston Police posted surveillance video of the attack on YouTube:
Boston Police provided the following descriptions of the suspects:
- Suspect #1) described as a dark skinned female wearing a black jacket, white pants attempted to snatch her pocketbook from her by forcefully pulling it off her shoulder.
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CheckQuota is the professional monitor program for directories. It monitors directory size, sends alerts and locks write processes if a limit was exceeded. The main functions of CheckQuota are: Directory quota function:With CheckQuota it is possible to specify one or more users for your directories. Then if the directory space comes over the limit all write processes will locked for the specified user. The user can read and delete the data, but it is not possible to copy new files or changing existing data in that folder. So a system administrator can control and stop increasing directory size. When user deletes data, in order that the directory space comes under specified limit, the users gets all the write access back. Two step mail alert system: CheckQuota has a two step mail alert system. For example, in the first step you can notify that directory limit is reached soon. I the second step you can notify that limit is reached and writes processes are locked. File type blocking: With CheckQuota it is possible to block specific file types for specific directories. For example, it is possible to prevent that users can store MP3 or video files in their home directories. HTML status reports: CheckQuota has a unique HTML report engine. With help of that engine you can create a clear html report of your directories. It shows used disk space, limit, locking status, etc. and can be publish in the network so that everyone can control the status. EMail status report: With CheckQuota you can send the status of your monitored directories via eMail. For example, it is possible that users can be notify of their used directory space daily. Running as system service: CheckQuota will install as a system service. That means, it will be loaded on system start and runs without an user must be logged on. CheckQuota is must-have for every system administrator and should be install on every server!
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The impact of the global economic and financial crisis on central, eastern and south-eastern Europe: A stock-taking exercise
The paper first reviews the main drivers of the growth and real convergence process in central, eastern and south-eastern Europe (CESEE) since 2000 and assesses the key macro-financial strengths and vulnerabilities of the region at the beginning of the global economic and financial crisis. The main part of the paper reviews financial and real economic developments in these countries since the crisis started to impact the CESEE region. The paper finds that developments have been rather heterogeneous in the region. CESEE countries with the largest economic imbalances tended to be most affected. National and international support measures appear to have helped to stabilise financial markets, and parent banks of foreign bank subsidiaries in CESEE were committed to sustaining their exposure to the region. The degree to which CESEE governments were able to use policy instruments to counter the real effects of the crisis is rather heterogeneous, depending inter alia on the exchange rate regime in place and the initial fiscal positions. JEL Classification: E52, E58, E44
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|Jan 31, 2006
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|Mar 20, 1992
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|James C. Ashby, III, Roy G. Tiemann
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|Chips International, Inc.
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|Patent Citations (39), Referenced by (6), Classifications (3), Legal Events (2)
|External Links: USPTO, USPTO Assignment, Espacenet
1. Field of the Invention
This invention relates to an apparatus, system and method for recording and/or retrieving audio information. It particular, the apparatus, system and method hereof acts as an audio label for voice identifying a product to which the label can be attached.
2. Description of the Relevant Art
Identity, contents and instructions for use or assembly of a product are often written in a manual associated with the product or on a label attached to the product. Written information in manuals or on labels are provided on almost every product available to help the consumer or user of the product identify the product and the proper use of that product. While written information is satisfactory for the majority of people, written information is sometimes meaningless to the visually impaired or illiterate consumer. Pursuant to Americans With Disabilities Act of 1990, and similar regulations relating thereto, counseling of impaired consumers as to certain products may require that information regarding the product be presented in other than written form.
As the expected life span of the population increases, the number of elderly people who are visually impaired also increases. Often times, elderly people have difficulty reading simple instructions regarding the products necessary for their continued well being. Such products certainly would include prescription medicants having labels which dictate time and quantity of dosage. Moreover, immigrants, or people of which the native language is unrecognizable or is their second language, those people require help in understanding information about a product. Often times, immigrants learn to speak their new language before they can read or write the language. Similar to elderly people, immigrants may also find it less difficult to recognize and understand audio information as opposed to counter-part written information.
With the rapid rise in both immigrant and elderly population, it is important that product information be brought to their attention in a simple, easily recognizable fashion. Misinformation regarding attain products could prove hazardous to the ill-informed buyer or user. It is therefore important that the information being fed to the user or buyer be one that he or she is most familiar with and therefore can, be more easily recognized.
The problems outlined above are in large part solved by the apparatus, system and method of the present invention. That is, the recording and/or retrieving apparatus, system and method hereof provides easily recognizable audio information to the buyer or user about the product of interest. The present invention uses an audio label which can be adapted for and attached or attachable to various products. Voice or audio information can be transmitted and stored inside the label for subsequent playback or retrieval by the consumer. A manufacturer, instructor, or even the consumer himself can record his voice concerning the product and place that voice information inside the label for subsequent playback by the consumer. Alternatively, the manufacturer, instructor, or consumer can record his voice concerning the product corresponding to a bar code placed upon the product. The bar code can be read and audio information corresponding to that bar code be output to the consumer as an instructional device using existing bar code labels associated with many off-the-shelf products. Using either technique, i e., an audio label which contains voice information or a bar code which can access voice information, the consumer can rapidly assimilate familiar voice information concerning the product instead of running the risk of misreading a conventional written label. Not only is the audio labeling apparatus, system and method hereof more convenient for the end user, but it is also more easily input and, if need be, changed by the manufacturer, instructor or consumer. In the dynamic world to which we live, rapid communication of information is necessary to meet the growing demands in the marketplace.
Broadly speaking, the present invention contemplates an instructional apparatus comprising a label which can be attached to a product. As used herein, "product" includes any commodity having an outer packaged configuration of various size and shape. The product may include, e.g., consumable or non-consumable goods which may be contained in a package or bottle. An exemplary consumable good may include prescription or non-prescription medicine, etc. Non-consumable goods may include any good which is packaged with a label, manual or has a warning as to proper operation or use of the good.
According to one embodiment of the present invention, the label includes a microphone mounted proximate to the external surface of the label to aid in converting an identifying vocal message to an electrical signal. A storage device may be operatively coupled to the microphone to sequentially receive and store the electrical signal. The storage device can operate in either analog or digital format. If the storage device stores analog format information, an analog input filter is used to receive the electrical signal and at least two sample and hold circuits are coupled to sequentially receive an analog format of the electrical signal. An array of addressable storage calls can be addressed to programmably write the analog format in a page addressed methodology. Alternatively, the storage device may operate in digital format using an analog input filter with sample and hold circuits placed on the input of an analog-to-digital converter. The analog-to-digital converter an receive the analog format and convert the analog format to digital format. An array of addressable storage cells can then programmably write or read the digital format into or from select calls.
According to one aspect of the above embodiment, a record switch may be mounted on the outer surface of the label. Upon activation, the record switch initiates the storage cycle such that the vocal message is transmitted from the microphone mounted upon the outer surface of the label to the storage device located within the label.
In accordance with another embodiment of the present invention, the label need not include a microphone. Instead, the label receives an electrical signal sent from a programming unit remotely placed from the label. Accordingly, the label may include at least one electrode mounted on the outer surface of the label and a storage device coupled to the electrodes to sequentially receive and store an electrical signal sent from the remote programming unit. Thus, the remote programming unit is separate from the label and can access the label either remotely or by physical contact with the label. The programming unit includes a microphone and a record switch foe transmitting the vocal message into the storage device when the record switch is activated. Electrical signals from the microphone can be sent over a transmission path to the electrodes mounted on the outer surface of the label. The transmission path may include either an optical transmission path or physical connection between the label electrodes and the programming unit.
According to one aspect of either of the above embodiments, the vocal message stored within the label can be addressed and retrieved in a form substantially near its original format. The retrieved vocal message is sent to the consumer as telephone quality voice indicative of the identifiable characteristics associated with the product. The vocal message is retrieved from the storage device and sent to a speaker which receives a stored electrical signal from the device and converts the signal to a telephone quality voice signal substantially similar to the original vocal message placed within the device. Thus, the output voice signal is not internally synthesized. Instead, the output voice signal is simply the original voice message recalled in a form substantially similar to the original form. Similar to the microphone, the speaker can be associated with either the label or it can be mounted separate from the label on a remote programming unit. If the microphone and speaker are placed on the label, the label is self-contained and the remote programming unit is not needed. Conversely, if the microphone and speaker an placed on or connected to a remote programming unit, the label can be made much smaller since it need not contain the microphone, speaker and many of the other record/retrieval elements. A remote programming unit is therefore useful whenever the label must be small or inexpensive. A single remote programming unit can therefore be used with numerous labels to record and retrieve information into and from each label. Also, the record and playback function may be separated onto different units to restrict unauthorized programming of the label. Thus, one unit can only record and the other unit can only playback the recorded information.
According to yet another embodiment of the present invention, the label includes a bar code label attachable to a product. A vocal message can be recorded into a storage device corresponding to the bar code label. The storage device is remote from the bar code label and upon reading the bar code label, the vocal message stored therein is reproducibly retrieved so as to indicate the identifiable characteristics associated with the product. Therefore, according to this embodiment of the present invention, bar code information commonly placed upon existing products can be read and corresponding vocal message associated with the bar code can be output to the consumer. When a bar code is read from a product, bar code digital information is sent to the storage device which then activates a pre-programmed vocal message within a voice recorder and sends that message to a speaker which then reproduces the recorded message as telephone quality audio output.
The present invention also contemplates an audio labeling system including both a label and a remote programming unit for recording information into the label or retrieving information from the label via the programming unit. The label of the audio labeling system includes electrodes and a storage device or voice recorder mounted proximate to or within the label. The programming unit includes a record switch that, when activated, allows a vocal message to be written into the storage device and a play switch that, when activated, allows a stored electrical signal to be read into a speaker mounted on the outer surface of the unit.
According to one aspect of the audio labeling system, the remote programming unit can communicate with the electrodes using a transmission path (e.g., optical, infrared, etc.) which allows the label and remote programming unit to communicate with each other. According to another aspect of the system, the remote programming unit includes at least one lead on the outer surface of the unit which can be physically contacted or connected to at least one electrode on the outer surface of the label. Accordingly, whenever programming or reprogramming is desired, the operator merely brings the remote programming unit in optical, infrared or physical contact with the label to either place one or more voice messages within the label or read from the label current voice messages.
The present invention also contemplates a method for audio labeling a product. The method includes the steps of attaching a label bearing an audio recorder to a product. Audio signals or vocal messages can be sent to the label where those signals are then recorded within the recorder. Upon demand, the audio signals can be subsequently retrieved from the recorder to, for example, audibly discern the contents of that product.
According to one aspect of the present method, changes in audio signals can be reprogrammed into the recorder to indicate a change in product to which the label is affixed. Thus, a label can be attached to a product such as a bottle of prescription medicine and, after the medicine has been fully used, the label can be reprogrammed and placed on a different bottle of medicine having the attached label reprogrammed indicating a different instructions for use. The present invention can therefore be used to identify any characteristic associated with the product, including product type, contents of the product or pertinent instructions for use. Of course, all these characteristics being delivered in an easily recognizable verbal format from an audio storage device or recorder which may be affixed to the product itself.
Other objects and advantages of the invention will become apparent upon reading the following detailed description and upon reference to the accompanying drawings to which:
While the invention is susceptible to various modifications and alternative forms, the specific embodiment thereof has been shown by way of example in the drawings and will herein be described in detail. It should be understood, however, that the drawings are not intended to limit the invention to the particular form disclosed, but on the contrary, the intention is to cover all modifications, equivalence and alternatives thereof which fall within the spirit and scope of the invention as defined by the appended claims.
Turning now in the drawings,
Referring to
Also associated with label 12a are a plurality of sound channels or ports 16 arranged radially inward around the circumference of label 12a. Sound ports 16 allow retrieved voice information to exit label 12a when play/record button 18 is activated in a play mode. Play/record button 18 can be a two-way switch for enabling either a play mode or a record mode. If button 18 is placed in a play mode, then voice information stared within label 12a can be played or retrieved through sound ports 16. Conversely, if play/record button 18 is activated in a record mode, then sound information can be sent to and recorded within label 12a via microphone 16.
While any form of coupling or attachment between label 12a and product 10 falls within the scope of this invention,
Label 12a as well as alternative embodiments of labels 12b and 12c, etc. may also include an earplug jack or adaptor 22. Adaptor 22 can receive a male end of an earplug of common design. The earplug (not shown) can be inserted into the user's ear to aid those who are hearing impaired.
Referring to
Illustrated in
Tapered collar 20 allows product 10 to be slid between the outwardly resilient inside walls 32 of collar 20. Tapered collar 20 is intended to be the same geometrical shape as a portion of product 10 regardless of the general shape of that product.
Extending inward from port 16 is a sound baffle area 34 used to distribute the sound from speaker 36 contained within speaker chamber 38. Speaker chamber 38 thereby not only houses speaker 36, but also creates the sound waves that escape label 12a through sound ports 16.
Coupled to microphone 14 and play/record button 18 is a storage device 24. Storage device 24 may include a single integrated circuit or several integrated circuits (with or without additional discrete components) placed on a PC board 28. PC board 28 serves as routing of conductors placed therein. Each conductor is selectively connected to various input/output pins associated with microphone 14, play/record button 18 and/or speaker 36. As will be described below, input from microphone 14 and play/record button 18 activates recording of voice information into storage device 24. In addition, input from device 24 and from play/record button 18 activates speaker 36 for subsequent dispersion from label 12a through sound ports 16.
Associated with the recording and retrieval of voice information to and from storage device 24, is a power source or battery pack 40 shown in FIG. 4. Batteries of battery pack 40 can be interchanged via a cap 42 removably secured at one end of label 12a.
Shown as a front view along plane 5—5 of
Although conductive electrodes 26 are preferred, other transmissive receptors may he used to transient or receive information from a remote programming unit 46 described below. Because low-profile label 12b contains only electrical storage and access means and does not contain only all the necessary elements to store and retrieve voice information, various elements to achieve such functions are placed on remote programming unit 46 as shown in FIG. 8. Programming unit 46 can communicate via electrodes 26 to and from storage unit 24. Programming unit 46 may contain matching electrodes or leads 48, as shown in FIG. 8. Leads 48 may couple to electrodes 26 similar to a male/female coupling or, alternatively, can simply contact male-to-male. Still further, electrodes 26 and leads 28 can function as optical receivers and detectors to send voice information over an optical transmission path. Still further, other forms of transmission may be used such as, e.g., infrared, character recognition and/or bar code reader (as described below).
Illustrated in
Once addressed via central and timing logic associated with sequencer 60, electrical signals stored within array 58 are output to speaker 36. Control and timing logic within sequencer 60 also provides necessary owing for input of record (or write) information as opposed to output of retrieved (or read) information.
By using a remote programming unit 46, similar to that shown in
Instead of a single play/record button 18 placed on the label 12a, as shown in
Although compete analog format is preferred, a digital format may be used similar to that shown in FIG. 10. In particular, sample-and-hold analog input can be converted by analog-to-digital converter 66 to a digital format. Digital information can then be stored in an array of storage cells 68 of conventional design, preferably a RAM exceeding one Megabit in size. Power can be supplied from battery pack 40 to refresh data stored therein. A clock address sequencer 60 may also be used to provide correct row and column sequence and addressing scheme. Upon retrieval, stored digital information is sent from storage cells 68 to digital-to-analog converter 70 which then amplifies the analog signal for proper reading by speaker 36. Alternative storage elements, other than RAM, may be used to store the digital information, including, but not limited to, static, dynamic, EEPROM, flash, core, bubble, light wave, magnetic, masked ROM a CD ROM. Clock address sequencer 60 orchestrates the memory address sequencing for play to record of the voice information. During the playback mode, the digital-to-analog converter 70 receives sequential information from the storage device 68 and converts this data into analog electrical signals readable by speaker 36.
Other digital techniques such as a digital signal processor (not shown) using a suitable voice coder/decoder algorithm such as, but not limited to, continuously variable slope delta modulation (CVSD), sub-band coders, or coded excited linear prediction (CELP) can also be implemented in the present digital design shown in FIG. 10. An exemplary encoder/decoder is Texas Instrument part No. TMS3477NL, an exemplary analog filter is Texas Instrument part No. TSP66C61NL and an exemplary memory device is Texas Instrument part No. TMS62256. Moreover, a suitable flash memory device may be useable as storage cells 68, and is produced by INTEL Corp., part No. I48F512. An advantage of flash memory is that, contrary to dynamic RAM, flash memory cells, once programmed, need not be continuously refreshed.
If digital conversion and storage techniques are used, a digital signal processor (DSP) may be employed. A suitable DSP is part No. TMS320C10 manufactured by Texas Instruments, Inc. An exemplary analog-to-digital converter or digital-to-analog converter is manufactured by Analog Devices, Inc., part No. AD7569. A digital signal processor combined with proper A/D or D/A converters could be combined with a suitable memory device such as those mentioned above, and using a sub-band coder algorithm as described in T. P. Barnwell, et al., "A real time speech sub-band coder using the TMS32010", IEEE Southcon (1984).
According to another embodiment of the instructional apparatus of the present invention, a bar code reader may be used to convert universal bar-code formats commonly printed on a bar-code label 72 into digital signals that can be interpreted by a terminal 74 remote from product 10 onto which label 72 is affixed. Terminal 74 can be placed at the point-of-sale area or it can be hand-held and usable by a consumer when browsing the shelves containing product 10. Thus, a consumer can rapidly assimilate vocal messages stored within hand-held terminal 74 by merely scanning bar code labels 72 arranged on the shelves. The consumer can thereby listen to recorded vocal messages placed within terminal 74 which identify the unique product upon which the bar code label is attached. Identifiable characteristics such as the contents of the product, type of product or instructions for use of the product being scanned are all verbally delivered to the consumer to aid his or her recognition of the product's preferred use. While conventional bar code systems identify products, the information is generally limited to the product name and/or price. Moreover, voice information retrieved from conventional bar code systems are generally computer synthesized and not actual reproduced human voice recordable by the manufacturer, instructor or consumer as in the present invention. The familiarity of a human voice (possibly the user's own voice) provides a substantial advantage over synthesized voice. Not only is actual recorded voice clearer than synthesized voice, but it can be recorded in, for example, the user's foreign language in a form familiar to the user.
When bar code 72 is read, digital information from the bar code activates a pre-programmed vocal message stored within terminal 74 concerning any information which is deemed necessary by the programmer, and which could be made available in a plurality of languages selectable by the user. Vocal messages can be reprogrammed by adding a suitable record circuit. Features such as automatic tabulation of the cost of the products, display price, special product promotions, advertising, instructional information about the product, reduced price information, etc. may also be added.
Digital bar code, i.e., a stamp-sized patch of alternating thick and thin stripes with different spacings on a white background imprint, is a highly effective alternative to keyboard data entry. Bar-code scanning is faster and more accurate than key entry, optical character recognition and magnetic stripe encoding. Furthermore, bar code offers significant advantages and flexibility of media, simple placement and is relatively immune to electromagnetic fields. Still further, bar code information is generally placed on products sent from the manufacturer to the wholesale or retail stores and thereby generally available to consumers at the checkout line or while browsing the store shelves. Almost all products that are widely distributed for sale are now marked with bar codes. Retail stores or consumers themselves have access to bar code 72 via a central computer 78 placed within terminal 74. The computer can access vocal information regarding product 10 stored in memory and sends the information to terminals 74 for vocal reproduction and possibly display. Central computer 70 78 accesses bar code 72 using what is commonly called a wand 80. The hand-held wand 80 contains an optical LED sensor sensitive to 655 nanometer (nm) visible red light, 700 nm visible red light and 820 nm infrared energy, a photodetector IC (integrated circuit), and precision aspheric optics. A suitable hand-held wand 80 may be purchased from Hewlett Packard Corporation, Part Nos. HBCR, HBCS, HEDS, and/or 16800A. Regardless of which bar code wand 80 is chosen, wand 80 interfaces with central computer 78 placed upon hand-held or point-of-sale terminal 74. Central computer 78 accesses various memory medium media such as hand disk drive 81, CD ROM 82, floppy disk or RAM card 84 as shown in
If the amount of vocal information is extremely large, drive 80 81, ROM 82 and floppy or RAM card 84 can be placed at a remote site with access using electrode-lead contacts, radio-linked or infrared-linked transmissive paths as described above so that the hand-held unit can be made fairly small. CD ROM can store large amounts of digital audio information necessary to include substantial information concerning all the possible products to which bar code labels may identify. Audio information concerning all necessary information regarding a product can be quite lengthy and thereby requires large amounts of storage medium provided by the present invention.
Terminal 74 operates according to a simple addressing or matching methodology wherein wand 80 is scanned across code 72. Computer 78 then searches its memory (i.e., hard disk drive 80, CD ROM 82 or floppy/RAM card 84) for a bar code and verbal message match. When a match is found, computer 78 transfers the appropriate stored digital data to a digital voice decoder 90. The decoded information is then converted into soundwaves by speaker 36 for identification by the listener/user.
The foregoing description of the present invention has been directed to particular embodiments. It will be apparent, however, to those skilled in the art that modifications and changes in either the apparatus, system and/or method may be made without departing from the scope and spirit of the invention. Therefore, it is the Applicants' intention that the following claims cover all such equivalent modifications and variations which fall within the true spirit and scope of this invention.
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In her earlier days -- just after she was unveiled as an Andrea Marcovicci and Michael Feinstein protégé -- she kept things relatively straightforward, reminiscing about the 1920s and '30s. Recollecting the past in that way was a reflection on the fragility of her voice, on the acknowledgment that beautiful, young, and innocent, she seemed an avatar of an earlier era.
Now that she's in her own 30s, she's grown confident about her interests and proclivities and so wants to plumb them more openly, more trenchantly, more analytically -- as if she's ruminating about herself while the audience eavesdrops. It could be she's concluded there's no reason the nightclub stage can't be regarded not just as an arena for autobiographical intimacy but rather as a confessional.
This posture -- and Maggart, wearing a demurely sexy off-the-shoulder gown that slips farther off the shoulder, has great posture -- raises some questions, of course. For her display of what could be called cabaret artistry and might be more rewardingly presented as a theatre piece, Maggart will gain fervent advocates like me even while risking discouraging patrons who like to hear familiar material or who don't relish listening in on possibly embarrassing revelations. (Karen Akers ran into the same trouble parsing personal problems at her last stint in this room.)
Maggart begins her current Oak Room at the Algonquin Hotel stop -- six weeks, no less, which surely indicates management confidence -- with the Loonis McGlohon -- Alec Wilder "Be a Child," the Marshall Barer–Anita Nye "What Is My Name?," and Stephen Sondheim's "Beautiful" from Sunday in the Park With George. She thereby establishes the burden of her message: She is no longer a child but doesn't fully feel she's an adult. Later, she particularly substantiates this contention by reporting she still lives in her father's house. (Her father is the actor Brandon -- known to friends as Buddy -- Maggart; her mother is actor Diane McAfee; Fiona Apple is her sister.)
With John Boswell at the piano and cellist-guitarist Yair Evnine giving ultra-sensitive support, Maggart continues the trip down parent-child lane through mostly obscure tunes, all of them well worth hearing but possibly a test for the unadventurous ringsider. Included are Babbie Green's "No Way, José," a caustic reflection on a troubled upbringing; Maury Yeston's lovely remembrance, "My Grandmother's Love Letters" Robin Williamson's insightful "First Boy I Loved" the Roche Sisters' "Runs in the Family" and Dolly Parton's bright weeper about mother's love and love of mother, "Coat of Many Colors."
Curiously or maybe not curiously, Maggart does her best out-and-out singing on "The Man I Love," one of two George and Ira Gershwin songs she favors. The other is "Our Love Is Here to Stay." Notice these are by siblings, and Maggart points out that Ira wrote the lyric to the latter ballad after George's death. The sentiments are believed to concern fraternal rather than romantic love.
Whether Maggart's theme pleases all parties, she certainly sticks to it.
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Legal Question in Family Law in Maryland
Divorce - subpoena for work emails
My wife has issued a subpoena to my employer for all ''personal emails'' from my work account. Can she get this, and if so, how does my employer define ''personal''? I have personal emails to my attorney through my work account.
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Re: Divorce - subpoena for work emails
If the emails pertain to a legitimate issue in your case, she's entitled to see them. "Personal" would be defined as anything not pertaining to your employment duties. As for those directed to your attorney, s/he should seek to quash the subpoena as to them on the basis that they were privileged communications. However, your wife in response may claim that you should have known when you sent them that there would be a record accessible by third parties, and therefore you had no reasonable expectation of privacy. But I think on balance a court would not allow her to obtain those emails (between you and your attorney).
Divorce - subpoena for work emails
Unless your employer specifically allows you to use his computer for personal e-mails, any e-mail sent to your attorney from your employer's computer would not be subject to attorney client privilege.


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ANN ARBOR, Mich. — The healthcare reform law will add 6 million Americans to Medicaid and 21 million to affordable insurance exchanges, according to a new study.
Truven Health Analytics drew data from the Truven Health Insurance Coverage Estimates database, which includes Medicare, Medicaid, private insurance enrollment rates and geographic, population, demographic and other data, analyzing it to estimate bottom-line effects when the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act takes effect next year. Among other findings, the study, titled "Coverage Expansion Under the ACA: Challenges for Government, Health Plans, and Providers," estimated that Medicaid enrollment would increase from 2012's 47 million to 53 million in 2016.
"The U.S. Supreme Court's decision last June to uphold the individual mandate of the ACA, but prohibit penalties for states that elect not to expand Medicaid, created uncertainty about the volume and health risk profiles of newly insured patients that can be expected starting in 2014," Truven president and CEO Mike Boswood said. "However, by leveraging the power of big data and statistical modeling techniques, we are able to make detailed projections that bring much needed clarity to states, health plans and providers on the changing dynamics of the soon-to-be-insured population so that they may plan accordingly."
Other findings included an estimate that New York and Los Angeles would see the largest absolute increase in Medicaid rolls, and large increases would also occur in Houston, San Antonio and Austin, Texas. Meanwhile, newly insured patients would show lower reported use of services, but that this would change once they were insured as the number of uninsured Americans would drop from 49 million in 2012 to 27 million in 2016.


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Facebook Lice! Its REAL!
People used to blame everything on global warming. Then we switched to
blaming everything on the economy. Then it was Facebook's turn. And now it's our PHONES!
Apparently, there's been an increase recently in HEAD LICE among teenagers. And lice
experts say it's because of . . . SELFIES!!!!
Teens are sticking their heads together every day to take cell phone pics.
So tell your kid not to rub heads with other kids, even for photos? Even better, lecture them on how the PURE definition of a "selfie" is just ONE person!


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Bobbi Kristina Under 'Undue Influence'? Family Withholds Houston's Estate
Whitney Houston's estate has one sole inheritor, her daughter Bobbi Kristina, who has been receiving regular payments from the estate. But family members are concerned that Kristina is not making wise decisions when it comes to the money and is under "undue influence." They are seeking to keep the money from her for a time.
Documents filed in Atlanta on behalf of Kristina's guardian, Cissy Houston, state that Kristina is "a highly visible target for those who would exert undue influence over her inheritance and/or seek to benefit from respondent's resources and celebrity," Radar Online reported.
The family hopes that the payment schedule will be altered in order to take the pressure off of Kristina and help her to save what her mother left her. The estate was meant to "provide long-term financial security and protection for her child. Compliance with the provisions of the trust would defeat or substantially impair the purposes of the trust," papers read.
Kristina has been trying to make her own way since her mother's untimely death in February. She has been in a relationship with her "brother boyfriend" Nick Gordon, and the couple was seen wearing matching tattoos on their wrists. It's unknown if the Houston family feels that Gordon is part of the "undue influence" being placed on Kristina.
Kristina has relied heavily upon Gordon and her grandmother Cissy for support after Houston's death. Her father, Bobby Brown, entered rehabilitation for alcohol abuse and has been estranged from his daughter. Even after Houston's funeral, Brown immediately left to perform at a concert.
Kristina was recently involved in a car accident with Gordon, and police are still investigating the accident. Meanwhile, Kristina is hard at work on a new docu-drama "The Houstons: On Our Own," which will premiere on Oct. 24 on Lifetime.


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My name is Mimita and I'm new to this forum.
I have recently discovered that in addition to my passion for embroidering... I now, also love quilting!!! teehee.
I'm just begining to learn and here's my latest wall quilt.
I made it for the Memorial of my father in law whom passed away Easter Sunday.


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HOPES are rising that an ongoing industrial dispute at a South Tyneside school will soon be resolved.
More than 100 members of the National Union of Teachers (NUT) and the National Association of Schoolmasters and Union of Women Teachers (NAS/UWT) took industrial action at St Joseph's Catholic Academy in Hebburn on Tuesday this week.
That followed a walkout by NUT members the previous week,believed to be the first since the Mill Lane school opened more than 50 years ago.
An estimated 800 pupils were forced to take both days off as a result of the action, taken over plans for redundancies and longer working hours.
But a third day of industrial action lined up for Thursday was cancelled after union officials persuaded members to pause for thought.
And now further talks are planned between the unions and the school's headteacher, Frank O'Neill, next Thursday.
In the meantime, no more walkouts are planned.
Jill McManus, division secretary and equal opportunities officer for South Tyneside's NUT branch, said there was a more positive feeling that a compromise deal can be struck to prevent any further disruption to pupils' education.
She said: "We had a meeting with staff on Wednesday, and members agreed that they should postpone the action the following day.
"It was an opportunity to step back and give both sides time to consider where they stand. The members could see the sense in that."
Ms McManus said the teachers' main concerns still centred on increased workloads after they were asked to teach two extra lessons a fortnight.
Staff say they have not had the necessary assurances that their workloads in other areas will be reduced to compensate for the change.
She added: "The situation is more hopeful, I have to say. There is no industrial action planned for next week at this stage, and there's goodwill on both sides going in to the talks."
The ongoing discussions have been overseen by Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service.
The NUT staff went ahead with last week's strike action against the advice of their regional office, a decision which Terence Carney, chairman of governors at the school, described as "disappointing and regrettable".
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Serving Size: 4 fl oz (120 ml) to make 1 cup. Servings: 8 Calories: 10g, Total Fat: 0g, Sodium: 0g, Total Carbohydrates: 2g (1%), Sugars: 0g, Protein: 0g
Water, Coffee, Chicory, Spices
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Posted: Mar 14, 2012 at 11:25 AM (Last Updated: Mar 20, 2012 at 9:43 AM)Marketed as a "New Orleans style" cold brew coffee, Grady's Cold Brew is made with water, coffee, chicory, and spices. The flavor of the coffee is quite enjoyable, with a strong body and a smooth finish. The other ingredients add a touch of spice and subtle earthy sweetness to the product. Grady's Cold Brew can either be diluted to make iced coffee (they suggest equal parts milk and coffee) or consumed hot or straight from the bottle. The product has a short shelf life (about 3 weeks), so you'll need to drink it pretty fast -- although we don't see that being a problem. Packaging is either a 16 ounce or 32 ounce dark amber glass bottle. This being a product from Brooklyn, it has the obligatory vintage look to the design, but it's clean and well executed. Overall, Grady's Cold Brew is a nicely executed product that delivers fresh coffee flavor in a cool looking bottle. It's a great alternative to the countless dairy laden and sugar sweet coffee drinks that clutter the market. Definitely worth a try.


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Fairfield soccer players make All-Conference team
The 2014 All-Southeast Conference soccer teams have been announced.
On the girls' side, Huma Liptak, Katie Bell, Claudia Sloat and Erica Winslow each made the All-Conference team.
Liptak led the Trojans with 27 goals on the season. The Trojans three goals combined in their two regional playoff games, and all three were scored by the Fairfield senior. She also finished the year with six assists.
Sloat scored 13 times and made six assists in her senior campaign. Also a senior, Winslow had three goals and 13 assists. Bell, just a sophomore, had two assists and made an impact on the defensive end of the field.
Keri Schwarz and Sidney Adam both made the honorable mention team.
The girls that made the conference All-Academic team are Liptak, Sloat, Winslow, Adam, Schwarz, Tracy Andermann, Elaine Brandt, Alyssa Murphy, Valerie Payne, Furi Sloan and Meredith Wallerich.
As for the boys, Solomon Constant was named Southeast Conference Player of the Year. Constant finished the season with 27 goals and seven assists.
Austin Lauderman and Seikh Saine both made the All-Conference team.
Lauderman split time between playing in the field and playing goalie. He scored four goals and had nine assists. In net he finished the year with a 91 percent save percentage. Saine scored three goals and had seven assists.
Niko Thiel and Davin Titus both received honorable mention recognition.
Saine, Thiel, Titus, Zach Smith and Alex Hoffman made the All-Academic team.


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Ex Mountain Cop was named 2008 Oregon Horse of the Year and champion older male at the Oregon Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders' Association's Annual Awards Banquet March 7 at Portland Meadows.
The son of Ex Mark The Cop—Dubakella Mountain, by Kleven won last year's Oregon Sprint Championship and Inaugural Handicap at Portland Meadows. Owned and bred by Maynard Davis and Richard Novak, he is trained by Jonathan Nance.
Other 2008 award winners are as follows:
Catalina Harbor, 2-year-old female
Owner/breeder: Bar C Racing Stable
Trainer: Jim Fergason
Chief Jafatica, 2-year-old male
Breeder: Bar C Racing Stable Inc
Owner: D.H. Walker
Trainer: Jim Fergason
Jimbos Fire Ant, 3-year-old female
Breeder/owners: James and Carol Owens
Trainer: Ben Root
Delegocho, 3-year-old male
Breeder: Aaron and Marie Jones
Owner: Margaret Root and the Horseplayers Club
Trainer: Ben Root
Silver Patrona, older female
Breeder/owner: B Bar C Racing Stable and Melodie Bultena
Trainer: Jim Fergason
Baquero, sire
Owner: Dr. & Mrs. Jack Root Jr.
Stands at: Oakhurst Thoroughbreds near Newberg, Ore.
Dubakella Mountain, broodmare
Owner: Maynard Davis and Richard Novak
Dr. and Mrs. Mylon Buck, Oregon Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders' Association award winners\
Dr. and Mrs. Jack Root, breeders


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Snoop Dogg – Doggumentary
It would almost be too kind to say that Snoop Dogg has been sleep walking through his career of late. The once contentious west coast megastar has, for lack of a better pun, been neutered by age and fame, his previously towering presence becoming something of a shadow to the Snoopâ"¢ media empire of movies and reality TV shows, izzle suffixes, and autotune radio-pop punch-lines.
But though Snoop's bite has softened in recent years, his bark has been well worn with the Dee Oh Double Gee releasing frequent solo LPs, not to mention the obligatory feature rap he knocks out weekly. However his 2009 effort, the absurdly titled Malice 'n Wonderland, marked a commercial nadir for Snoop, landing on the charts as his lowest selling release ever, a worrying honour for any rapper pushing 40 as Snoop now is. And so less than 18 months later Snoop is back with his latest LP, Doggumentary, aiming to reclaim some of his pulling power.
As it happens the threat of irrelevance is a great motivating tool for rappers, as Doggumentary turns out to be a really solid offering from Snoop, with a logic that contradicts the album's overblown 20+ tracklist with features galore. What's more the 'Dogg sounds re-energised on Doggumentary, proving his staying power with instantly likable track selections and that still-smooth flow, and that fire in the belly seemingly ignites his guests to peak performance with the assembled masses of producers and vocalists like Kanye West, John Legend, Devin The Dude, DJ Khalil and T-Pain bringing their A-game to the table. The latter vocoder tragic features on album standout Boom, the album's second single that squiggles along with thudding drums and squiggly Yazoo samples. It's a far more successful attempt at club-rap than Snoop's recent feature on Ian Carey's intolerable Last Night and also a ringing endorsement for Scott Storch's exhumed production gifts.
While just four of the 21 tracks here see Snoop without the company of a featured artist, he shows he's a malleable MC in any environment, whether it's the downbeat hood tribute My Own Way, if he's getting weird with Gorillaz on the disjointed tropical funk cut Sumthin Like This Night, or if he's playing pimp with R. Kelly on Platinum. What's most impressive about the contributing talent pool is its surprising diversity; though there are some obvious attention grabbers present including Wiz Khalifa and David Guetta for the plain-awful bonus track Sweat, Snoop doesn't pander to of-the-moment heat (all the time), instead recruiting veterans like E-40, Bootsy Collins and Too $hort to add some journeyman esteem to highlight tracks like We Rest In Cali and Toyz N Da Hood.
Snoop's collaborative bent occasionally get the best of him – as can be heard on the Willie Nelson assisted porch-swing cut Superman – and his rotating cast of artists on call prevent Doggumentary from ever achieving any lasting coherence, but other than the album sounds like Snoop Dogg stirring from his slumber, no longer as content to rest on his laurels.
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Although I live among several excellent Indian restaurants, ungrateful sow that I am I've developed a yen for the kind of old-fashioned, very un-authentic curry I used to get served in British hotels with names like The Balmoral or the The Belgravia. It was a mild yellow sauce - no nasty capsicum surprises - rather on the sweet side with a nonetheless robust aftertaste. It has more of something - tumeric? fenugreek? - than real marsala, and it dyed clothing permanently. I've also had it in France, Belfast and Idaho, never in a restaurant with the faintest pretentions to South Asian authenticity. Even my San Francisco supermarket curry powders are more authentic nowadays.
Does anybody know what I'm talking about? Or how I can recapture the magic of this dish?


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Northern Ireland shoppers will have to pay at least 5p for a carrier bag in two weeks time
Shoppers will soon have to fork out at least 5p for each carrier bag they use.
The charge, which takes effect on April 8, will affect all new single use bags including those which are biodegradable.
"The levy, a first for Northern Ireland, will apply to the majority of new single use carrier bags, regardless of the material from which the bag is made," said Environment Minister Alex Attwood.
"It is not just on plastic bags but other single use bags from other natural materials.
"There are still some occasions when a bag will be provided free of charge."
Bags for medication, meat and hot food will be exempt from the 5p levy as will some small bags.
"At the moment we are using around 250 million carrier bags each year in Northern Ireland and we need to cut that number dramatically to reduce environmental damage. The evidence from other countries shows that a bag levy is a very effective way of doing this. Bring your own bag and you will not have to pay the levy," the minister added.
A new video outlining the criteria for the new charge is available from the website www.nidirect.gov.uk/baglevy.
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