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|Numéro de publication
|Type de publication
|Date de publication
|21 févr. 1967
|Date de dépôt
|8 mars 1965
|Date de priorité
|8 mars 1965
|Numéro de publication
|Dawson John W, Pfund Charles E
|Cessionnaire d'origine
|Dawson John W, Pfund Charles E
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|Citations de brevets (12), Référencé par (17), Classifications (10)
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Feb. 21, 1967 c. E. PFUND ETAL 3,305,043
ACOUSTIC COMMUNICATION DEVICE AND TOY Filed March 8, 1965 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 INVENTORS CHARLES E. PFUND JOHN W. DAWSON R m, m $1 K ATTORNEYS 1967 c. E. PFUND ETAL ACOUSTIC COMMUNICATION DEVICE AND TOY 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Filed March 8, 1965 INVENTORS CHARLES E. FFUND JOHN W. DAWSON ATTORNEYS E United States Patent 3,305,043 ACOUSTIQ CQMMUNICATION DEVICE AND TOY Charles E. Fraud, 16 Balcarres Road, West Newton,
Mass. 02165, and John W. Dawson, Winter St., Nor- Well, Mass. @2061 Filed Mar. 8, 1965, Ser. No. 437,821 7 Claims. (Cl. 18127) This invention relates generally to short-range communication devices and, more particularly, to an acoustic handheld portable device for two-way communication.
. The deviceof thisinvention is particularly adapted to be carried by an individual and used both for transmission and reception while orienting the directive axis of the device toward a remote person who is equipped with a similar device thereby utilizing the directive gain of both devices for communication over substantial distances. By virtue of the simplicity and reliability of the device, it can be employed in a variety of applications and, in view of its economical construction, makes a novel toy for outdoor use.
Portable acoustic megaphones have been provided in the past for communication such as shown in the patent to Cunningham, 2,496,988, but such devices are limited in their gain and directivity and suffer from the unusually long aspect ratio of the device and dii'ficulty in sighting for any given aperture of the exponential radiating horn. Parabolic .acoustic signaling devices have also been provided in the prior art, such as shown in the patent to Maurer et al., No. 1,649,538, and while the paraboloids there employed are capable of significant gain, they do not provide a hand-held device which is capable of being optically oriented on a remote like-equipped station while being used for both transmission and reception.
It is, accordingly, the principal object of the present invention to provide a simple, compact, sturdy and light Weight paraboloid acoustic communication device which is capable of being used for both transmitting and receiving and oriented by the user accurately toward a remote station during either the transmission or reception operation. These objects are achieved by a variety of constructions which utilize the acoustic gain of a parabolic reflector with the additional structure necessary for both acoustic transmission and reception being provided in a simple construction which is rugged and readily assembled from simple parts. The device in accordance with the invention provides a completely portable station which can be used for transmission and reception while aligning the acoustic directional axis of the paraboloid toward a remote station.
The features and objects of the invention will be understood from the following detailed description taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings wherein:
FIG. 1 is a view in perspective of a local and remote static-n each consisting of an individual equipped with a device in accordance with the invention;
FIG. 2 is a top plan view partly in section showing one form of device suitable for both transmission and reception while sighting along the axis of the directivity pattern of the paraboloid;
FIG. 3 is a modified form of the invention employing a flexible acoustic conduit and an alternate form of optical sighting device;
FIG. 4 is a fragmentary view of a further alternate embodiment employing separate mouthpiece and earpiece devices with a novel switching element for changing from transmission mode to reception mode;
FIG. 5 is a sectional view taken along the line 5-5 of FIG. 4;
FIG. 6 is a fragmentary view of an alternate feed horn arrangement for paraboloid;
FIG. 7 is a plan view of a paraboloid with an acoustic tube terminating in a flared born for energizing the paraboloid;
FIG. 8 is a similar view partly in section of another alternative employing an exponentially tapered acoustic conduit terminated in a folded horn structure for energizing the paraboloid;
FIG. 9 is a view of another alternative employing an acoustic conduit and a convex reflector for illuminating the paraboloid;
FIG. 10 is a top plan view of a modification employing a segment of a paraboloid having the paraboloidal surface offset with respect to the vertex of the paraboloid and requiring no acoustic feed conduit;
FIG. 11 is a top plan view of a paraboloid with a curved exponential horn feed adapted for transmission and reception with the operator standing at the edge of the dish instead of on the convex side thereof; and
FIG. 12 shows a modification employing electronic amplification for the reception mode.
Referring now to FIG. 1, the device of the invention in accordance with its simplest embodiment is seen to comprise a paraboloid 11 constructed of any suitable material, such as metal or plastic, and preferably reinforced by a curved rim 12 and provided with an axial speaking tube 13 which extends from the convex side of the paraboloid to a point on the concave side of the paraboloid just short of the mathematical focus thereof. The distal end of the tube 13 has amxed thereto by means of struts 14 an annular inverting bend in the form of a bowl which acts to invert the direction of sound passing to and from the tube 13 thereby energizing the entire concave surface of the paraboloid 11. The effective acoustic continuity of the voice channel even where physical discontinuity is necessary in order to reverse the direction of the sound progagation is important in devices such as herein disclosed where the physical size of the elements is generally not large in comparison to the wavelengths involved. In particular, the optical analogy is not precise for defining the effect of secondary reflectors at the focus of the paraboloid. This is illustrated by the fact that in the acoustic device useful (although diminished) gain is achieved even with the bowl 15 not present whereas the presence of a secondary reflector in an optical device is essential.
The tube 13 is preferably of substantial inner diameter, of the order of one inch or more, and is mounted at the vertex of the paraboloid 11 by means of a reinforcing collar 16 of any suitable construction. On the concave side three radial supporting struts 17 may be employed to give the tube 13 structural rigidity in alignment with the acoustic directive axis 10 of the paraboloid 11. On one of the struts 17 a bead 18 may be secured positioned for alignment with a small hole 19 in the surface of the paraboloid 11 thereby providing an optical sight which is parallel with the direction of the axis of the paraboloid 11.
The entire structure as thus described may be readily held and used as indicated for both transmission by speaking into the open end of the tube 13 or by turning the head to position the ear at the open end of the tube 13 for listening. In the listening mode the directivity can be maintained at the aligned position established during transmission and the detection of incoming sound can be maximized due to the directive pattern of the paraboloid to maintain the alignment by means of the sensitivity of the ear in hearing the decrease in sound amplitude that occurs when the device is off alignment as little as five (5) degrees from a remote station 21 which is transmitting to the local receiver. If desired, a neck strap 22 may be secured to opposite points on the rim 12 for partially supporting the weight of the device.
The modified form shown in FIG. 2 is adapted for more convenient sighting while both talking and listening by extending the axial tube 13 through a forty-five (45) degree bend 23 and a ninety (90) degree bend 24 to terminate in an open end 25 offset with respect to the projected axis of paraboloid 11. As indicated in FIG. 2, the device can be used for listening while sighting with the right eye of the operator through an aperture such as the hole 19 and a blade sight 26 located on the reflector bowl at the end of the tube 13 (FIG. 3). The alternate speaking position is indicated in FIG. 2 with the head of the operator rotated through ninety (90) degrees to engage the open end in front of his mouth while using his left eye to sight through the optical sighting arrangement as described for listening. An alternate form for supporting the device is shown in FIG. 2 comprising an arm strap 27 and a hand strap 28 secured to the lower convex portion of the paraboloid 11 and engaging the forearm and hand of the operator respectively.
In the modification shown in FIG. 3 the tube 13 is mounted in a specially constructed hub member 16' which has an internal shoulder 31 and a diameter forwardly of the shoulder 31 which provides a snug fit for the outer diameter of the tube 13 thereby making the tube 13 selfsupporting in the bore of the hub 16'. The hub 16 has an extension 32 on the convex side of the paraboloid 11 which provides a snug fit for a flexible hose 33, the free end of which may be fitted with a plastic or rubber ring 34, if desired. The flexible hose 33 is preferably a large diameter (greater than one inch inside diameter) tubing formed by a metal or stiff plastic wire wound in the form of a helix and coated on the outside with a flexible skin and preferably of \a construction having a relatively smooth inner bore. Flexible tubing of the type ordinarily employed in the hoses for vacuum cleaners and hair dryers has been found to be suitable for this purpose. The device of FIG. 3 is fitted with arm and hand straps 27 and 28 as shown in FIG. 2 and employs a clamp-on type of optical sighting device 35. The optical sight 35 comprises a notch 36 at the rear and a blade 37 at the foreend and is used like a conventional open sight. The sight 35 is mounted on the rim 12 by means of a spring clamp 37 of any suitable construction.
The device of FIG. 3 is especially suited for being shipped in three pieces comprising the tube 13 with the bowl 15 mounted thereon, the paraboloid 11 with the hub 16' mounted thereon, and the flexible hose 33. These three pieces can be readily assembled by simply inserting the tube 13 in the bore of the hub 16 until the end of the tube seats against the shoulder 31 and then fitting the flexible hose 33 over the projection 32 on hub 16'. The entire assembly, when so constructed, is self-supporting and can be readily assembly and disassembled for use and storage respectively.
In the device shown in FIG. 4 the tube 13 has its open end fitted with a sliding extension 41 which is urged by spring 42 to an extended position. The tube 41 may be fitted at its open end with a rubber or plastic smooth ring 43 to form a mouthpiece. The tube 13 supports opposed projecting tubes 44 which are fitted to flexible hose extensions 45 that terminate in earpieces 46. The earpieces 46 may be connected by a resilient band 47 in the manner of a radio head set. The inner diameter of the tubes 44, the flexible hoses 45, and the earpieces 46 are con tinuous without discontinuities and of relatively large diameter for transmission of acoustic energy without significant attenuation.
The detail of the transmit-receive switching arrangement of FIG. 4 are shown in the sectional view of FIG. 5 wherein the limits of motion for the sliding tube 41 are determined by the arrangement of a slot 48 in the tube 13 and a projection 49 from the tube 41 through the slot 48. As previously stated, the spring 42 urges the tube 41 to an extended position as shown in FIG. 5. In this position an opposed pair of holes 51 in the tube 41 are covered by the wall of the tube 13 and are ineffective to alter the transmission characteristics of the tube 41 and 13 when the spoken voice is applied at the open end of the tube 41. Two opposed holes 52 in the wall of the tube 13 which provide the communication between the extension tubes 44 and the interior of the tube 13 are similarly covered by the wall of the tube 41 in the position shown in FIG. 5. Thus in this position, all of the acoustic energy applied at the open end of the tube 41 travels through the tube 41 and then through the tube 13 to the remote end where the reflecting bowl 15 reverses the sound waves to illuminate the surface of the paraboloid 11 for transmission. During reception the mouth and surrounding lip area of the user are placed against the mouthpiece ring 43 effectively sealing off the open end of the tube 41. Slight pressure is applied by the user to compress the spring 42 and move the tube 41 inwardly to a position where the holes 51 in the tube 41 register with the holes 52 in the tube 13. In this position sound energy received by the paraboloid traveling in the tube 13 is effectively stopped by the seal effected by the mouth of the user on the ring 43 but is free of travel through the registered holes 51 and 52 into the branch conduits 44 and thence through the flexible conduits 45 to the earpiece openings 46 for reception of the sound signal.
FIG. 6 shows another form of feed in which the acoustic conduit 13 is formed through an offset bend on the concave side of the paraboloid 11 and terminates in a flared horn 54- for translating acoustic energy with the paraboloid for both transmission and reception.
A somewhat similar arrangement is shown in FIG. 7 except that instead of an axial rigid tube 13 a flexible tube 55 is employed and supported by lashings 56 to a strut member 5'7 to maintain flared horn 54 at the effective focus of the paraboloid 11.
FIG. 8 is a schematic representation of a modification in which the flexible tube on the convex side of paraboloid 11 is in the form of an exponentially tapered hose 57. The large end of the hose 57 fits onto a projection 58 from the hub 59. On the concave side of the paraboloid 11 the hub 59 provides a continuation of the exponential flare through a projection 61 the end of which supports by means of struts 62 a folded horn structure 63. By suitably proportioning the spacing of the folded horn 63 from the end of the flared projection 61 and controlling the shape of the interior contour of the folded horn 64, a substantially continuous extension of the exponential taper which starts in the flexible tube 57 can be effected so that the paraboloidal surface is energized without acoustic discontinuity in the transmission and reception path. The open end of the tube 57 can be fitted with a suitable cup shaped ring 65 which is alternately usable as a mouthpiece or earpiece for transmission or reception respectively as shown in FIG. 3. In FIG. 8 the exponential tape for the flexible hose 57 can be constructed by forming the stiff wire helix on a tapered mandrel and applying the plastic flexible skin to the self-supporting tapered helix.
FIG. 9 shows a modification in which the speaking tube 57 terminates at the hub 59 and thus launches the transmitted sound Waves in the direction of the axis of paraboloid 11. A convex reflector 66 (analogous to an optical cassagranian) having a surface contour of a hyperboloid is located nearer the apex of paraboloid 11 than the focus thereof in order to reflect incident sound waves in a manner uniformly to energize the parabolic surface of paraboloid 11. The actual construction of a device of this type is generally analogous to the equivalent optical apparatus and the precise surface 66 and the location thereof with respect to the focus of the paraboloid can be determined in accordance with the usual practice in optics. Since, as in all of the devices of the invention, reciprocity exists, the reception of sound waves by the paraboloid 11 effectively concentrates the energy at the open end of the speaking tube 51 located at the aperture of the paraboloid 11 by the action of the reflector 66.
The device shown in FIG. requires no speaking tube since the mouth and the ear of the user are located at the focus of the parabolic section 71. The section 71 is a portion of a paraboloid having a vertex at 72 and is obtained by slicing an ordinary symmetrical paraboloid with a vertical plane that passes through the vertex 72 at an angle other than ninety (90) degrees to the axis of the paraboloid. The resulting section 71, if viewed along the directive axis thereof, would 'appear as a circle, but if viewed normal to the plane of intersection with the paraboloid from which it was cut would appear as an ellipsoid. Such elliptical parabolic sections are well known in the radio antenna art.
For the purpose of locating the mouth and ear of the user at the focus of such a parabolic section, a set of st-ruts 73 is mounted at the rim of the section 71 and extends to support a ring member 74. The center of the ring 74 is the focus of the parabolic section 71 and, as indicated, by placing the side of the head against the ring 74 the ear of the user is located substantially at the focus of the section 71. As indicated, the user can, by a right side orientation of his eyes, look in a direction that is substantially parallel to directive axis 75 of the section 71. For transmission the head is turned counterclockwise in the view shown in FIG. 10 to position the mouth inside the ring 74- in which position the normal speech by the user will be transmitted from the focus which is at the center of the ring 74 and thus will be reflected by the parabolic section 71 along the directive axis 75 thereof. As an aid in sighting the device during transmission, a plain mirror 76 may be mounted on the strut 73 in a position and angle to permit the normal eye position of the user in transmitting position to see by reflection in the mirror surface 76 along the directive axis 75. As indicated, the entire device can be supported on the arm of the user and steadied by grasping the ring 74 with the other hand.
An improved version of the device shown in FIG. 7 is shown in FIG. 11 wherein the acoustic conduit has been formed as a rigid hollow exponentially flared tube 76 which has a substantially 45 degree bend therein. The tube 76 has a small end 77 which serves as a mouthpiece and earpiece located and rigidly secured to a rim 78 of the paraboloid 11. The opposite end of the tube 76 has a large opening 79 which is located at the effective focus of the paraboloid 11 and securely supported from the surface or rim of the paraboloid 11 by means of struts 81. The area of the end 79 is approximately an order of magnitude larger than the end 77. As indicated in FIG. 11, the device can be used for transmitting sound waves by speaking into the small end 77 of the tube 76 while sighting the remote station with a right eye viewing either directly or through a suitable sighting loop 82 mounted on tube 76. For reception, the head of the user is rotated clockwise through ninety (90) degrees to place the ear at the small end 77 and the left eye is then in position for sighting directly or through the loop 82 in a line which generally parallels the directive axis of the paraboloid 11. This particular construction is extremely rugged and provides a minimum of extensions on the convex side of the paraboloid 11 thereby being particularly adaptable for laying the device down on its convex side without interfering with the feed mechanism in any way.
FIG. 12 shows a device generally similar to that shown in FIG. 1 but adapted for electronic amplification in the receiving mode. For this purpose the bowl 15 is fitted with a microphone 83 that is electrically connected to a transistor amplifier 84 contained in a hub enclosure 85. The amplifier 84 may be equipped with the usual on-off switch, not shown, and the output of the amplifier is connected to a set of head phones 86 in conventional manner. The mouthpiece 87 is fitted to the open end of the tube 13 and mounted adjacent the mouthpiece 87 is a spring return switch 88 having an actuating lever 89 extending for operation by pressure from the check of the user. The switch 88 operates to interrupt the amplification signal channel either by switching the amplifier 84 off or otherwise opening the signal channel thereby rendering the reception in earphones 86 ineffective. Thus during transmission when the mouth of the user is adjacent the mouthpiece 87 a slight pressure of the cheek against the actuation lever 89 will make the amplifier 84 inoperative so that amplified direct sound waves from the mouth of the user will not be applied to the users ears through the earpiece 86. During reception by merely releasing the pressure on the lever 89 the switch 88 which is spring loaded to a normally operative position for amplifier 84 will permit the amplifier 84 to function normally for amplifying sound waves concentrated at the microphone 83 located at the focus of the paraboloid 11.
While various modifications and embodiments of the invention have been described, it will be appreciated that the various features are capable of being utilized in a variety of combinations to achieve a simple, rugged and economical hand-held portable two-way acoustic transmission device which is capable of being used either for transmission or reception while at the same time being oriented with the acoustic directivity axis of the paraboloid aimed at a desired point which usually is the location of a user similarly equipped. Good intelligibility for normal voice levels has been achieved over distances of one-quarter mile or more using paraboloids of 18 to 24 inch diameters. Any one of the embodiments may be employed by either user and various obvious changes may be made in the individual embodiments without departing from the scope of the invention which is defined by the appended claims.
We claim:
1. A portable two-way acoustic communication device comprising a hand-held paraboloid, a large diameter voice tube mounted on the axis of said paraboloid and having a bend in operative condition to extend one open end of said tube on the convex side of said paraboloid to be offset from said axis and the other open end of said tube positioned to transmit and receive acoustic energy from the effective 'focus of said paraboloid, the off-set said one end facilitating communication with the mouth or ear of the user while sighting along a direction parallel to said axis.
2. Apparatus according to claim 1 in which said voice tube is mounted on the axis of said paraboloid and the portion of said voice tube on said convex side has two bends to off-set said one open end from said axis with a projected angle of intersection of said tube with said axis beyond said one open end of approximately fortyfive (45) degrees.
3. Apparatus according to claim 1 and including sighting means aligned substantialy along the axis of said paraboloid.
4. Apparatus according to claim 3 in which said sighting means comprises an aperture in the surface of said paraboloid off-set from the apex and a forward index means mounted spaced in front of the concave side of said paraboloid and aligned with said aperture to provide a sighting axis parallel to the axis of said paraboloid.
5. Apparatus according to claim 1 and including a bowl shaped structure fixed to and spaced from said other end of said tube to form effectively an annular inverting bend for reversing the direction of sound waves passing in and out of said other end.
6. Apparatus according to claim 1 in which a portion of said voice tube on the convex side of said paraboloid comprises a flexible hose to facilitate placing said one open end alternately to the mouth and ear of the user.
7. Apparatus according to claim 1 in which said paraboloid supports at its apex a hub having tubular extensions in both axial directions and said voice tu-be includes a rigid tube mounted on the one of said extensions on the concave side of said paraboloid to extend to the vicinity of said effective focus and a flexible hose mounted on the other of said extensions.
References Cited by the Examiner UNITED STATES PATENTS 220,169 9/1879 Oakley 18127 8 Purcell 181-27 Schanandoah 18120 Maurer et al. 1810.5 Jensen. Spotts. Richer 18126 X Hanson 1791 Alder 181-05 Abrahaims 18126 Cunningham 181-20 Auscher 18126 RICHARD B. WILKINSON, Primary Examiner.
15 STEPHEN J. TOMSKY, Examiner.
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Would the former wide receiver make a good Bachelor? He is certainly no stranger to reality TV, having appeared on VH1's The T.O. Show and ABC's competition show The Superstars. As for his romantic life, he hasn't been single for long: His wife, postal worker Rachel Snider, just filed for divorce in January 2014, a mere two weeks after their wedding. But Terrell sounds like he's willing to lay his heart on the line on the show, not to mention that it's indeed about time for a black Bachelor.
If you ask us, Terrell is a total catch (sports pun!), so we think it would be great to see him get a chance with 25 ladies. Also, on an unrelated note, since when are Ian and Lorenzo pals? Perhaps they're members of a club that only actors who have starred in shark-related B-movies — Sharknado for Ian, Mega Shark Versus Giant Octopus for Lorenzo — can join?
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Dyspraxia is a specific learning difficulty that affects the brain's ability to plan sequences of movement. It is thought to be connected to the way that the brain develops, and can affect the planning of what to do and how to do it. It is often associated with problems of perception, language and thought. The effects that dyspraxia has on a person's ability to function in a day-to-day environment, as well as in a learning environment can vary, depending on the degree of difficulty.
It is possible that dyspraxic students will experience difficulties with memory and attention span and be easily distracted in the learning environment. They may also experience some difficulties similar to characteristics of dyslexia or dyscalculia such as a tendency to reverse or mistype numbers, signs or decimal points, frequent and apparently careless mistakes, particular difficulty with geometry - both drawing and using equipment such as a compass or protractor and difficulty with spatial awareness e.g. drawing shapes, graphs, tables, etc. In such instances it may be relevant to adopt some of the good practice for dyslexic students i.e. sensitive marking, extra time for written assignments, one-to-one specialist support, etc.
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- Provide sufficient time to discuss needs with the student before/during their initial teaching session.
General support for students might include an assessment of individual need, advice on suitable courses, and an institutional policy on assisting students with dyspraxia, grants to help with purchase of equipment and support where necessary, informing tutors and setting up support groups. In addition there are a number of more specific assistance that may help students with dyspraxia, although it should be remembered that each individual has different needs and students will therefore need to be consulted over what best suits their needs.
In Lectures
- Give clear handouts on the subject.
- Write new terms on the blackboard or overhead.
- Let students use recorders or assistants for note-taking.
- Repeat and summarise the main points of the lecture.
- Understand that students may be easily distracted.
- Videoing lectures can be very helpful.
- Multi-sensory materials are important.
- Help students to prioritise books on reading lists.
- Break work down into segments or chunks.
In Seminars and Tutorials
- Give students more time to frame and answer questions.
- Be aware that students may be easily distracted by noise and movement.
- Allow students to take regular breaks if necessary.
- Encourage attendance at study skills tutorials.
- Encourage students as much as possible, emphasising strengths.
- Encourage other students to give assistance.
- Be patient if students have slow speech, and avoid making assumptions about IQ.
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- Provide extra time for course work.
- One to one tuition at least once a week from a specialist support tutor is essential for most dyspraxic students.
- Provide help with planning, organisation, writing and paragraphing.
- Existing essays and reports can be offered as examples to students.
- Provide help with proof-reading.
Organisation and Time-Management
- Teach self-organising strategies.
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- Make use of daily schedules.
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- Structure time and chunk down larger tasks.
- Provide frequent changes of activity.
Exams: Before and During
- Extra help with revision.
- Extra time.
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Eva Mendes let it slip at LAX that she might be carrying more than just her bags with her – there might be a baby involved as well.
Eva Mendes was spotted passing through LAX on her way to NYC, looking way too fashionable to be about to board a plane. When I fly I wear my comfiest sweats, but celebs make it seem like a runway show, especially Eva.
The beauty worked it all the way to security, where she allegedly stopped and told the TSA officers that she couldn't go through the body scanner because she's pregnant.
While this is still just a rumor, it's definitely an exciting one. Eva Mendes was dating Ryan Gosling for a while, ever since they connected on the set of The Place Beyond The Pines, but the pair hasn't been photographed together in quite a while, sparking rumors that they may have broken up.
In fact though, neither celebrity has made any public appearances lately. Hm. Maybe they're trying to figure out how to announce a baby? If there really is a baby, the world is going to have a field day. A possible Ryan Gosling baby? The girls on tumblr are already crying.
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Taylor Swift might not have time for boys, but she definitely has time to make new feline friends. The 24-year-old singer is a officially a mom for the second time — to one of the cutest kittens we've ever seen!
On June 18, Taylor adopted a tiny, adorable white kitten, and shared a photo of herself and her new cat on Instagram. "Meet Olivia Benson," Taylor captioned the picture.
Taylor has a habit of naming her pets after her favorite TV show characters. When she adopted her first cat, a grey and white Scottish Fold, Taylor named her Meredith Grey, after her favorite doctor on Grey's Anatomy. This time, Taylor's paying homage to one of her other faves: Law & Order SVU.
Since Taylor first adopted Meredith in 2011, we've seen her upload countless pictures and videos of her precious (and occasionally funny) first cat — and every so often, they even shop together. We wonder how Meredith will react to her new sister? Hopefully, the two will get along… and we will get even more videos of the two of them being BFFs.
We'd say Taylor's now about one cat away from becoming an actual cat lady. We don't hate it!
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This week I delivered my fifth round of meals and celebrated with a big ol' piece of Southern Sweets strawberry cake and way more-than-usual leftovers, owing to a regular client being out-of-town. Like farmers who take a share of their crops for themselves, a huge perk of the meal delivery is getting to eat the leftovers. Sometimes they're scant – literally a quarter cup of one side, a few tablespoons of dressing – and sometimes they don't happen at all, but when they do, it's always joyful!!! This week, at least, we ate well.
And so did my meal delivery folks! Let's take a look at what they're having this week, shall we?
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Main courses this week:
- creamy chana masala, a long-simmered Indian stew with freshly-ground spices and coconut cream (three & five meal plans)
- a twist on the cassoulet, with cannellini beans and fennel four ways: oven roasted bulbs, feathery fronds, & toasted seeds, topped with Tuscan fennel pollen (three & five)
- pad thai with tofu, lime & peanuts on the side (three & five)
- Bryant Terry's smothered seitan-chops in mixed-mushroom gravy, with locally-grown shiitakes (five only)
- Chilean pastel de choclo, a shepherd's pie-like concoction with a creamy fresh corn topping (five only)
Sides this week:
- Nate's favorite dal with fried onions – organic yellow and pink split lentils boiled with turmeric & salt, spiced with toasted cumin seeds, chipotle powder, and coriander, with lemon juice and garam masala for balance (3 & 5)
- roasted root vegetables in a creamy roasted garlic & lime sauce (3 & 5)
- sweet-savory stir-fried vegetables (3 & 5)
- slow-cooked southern speckled butterbeans (5)
- freshly-shaved field corn with jalepenos (5)
Chana Masala with coconut cream
Fresh corn with pastel de choclo. The latter is a version of Terry Hope Romero's recipe from Viva Vegan! I wanted to make it last week but ran out of time.
fennel four ways cassoulet, made with roasted bulbs, feathery fronds, toasted seeds, and topped with fennel pollen
Roasted fennel and garlic. This week's hummus was roasted garlic – those three heads in two finished cups, whoo!
just a simple pad thai noodle.
Bryant Terry's seitan medallions in mixed-mushroom gravy
This dish was phenomenal, one of the best things I've made all year. Let's take a moment.
When I was a little girl one of my most favorite foods was pork chops. I grew up in the rural countryside and while we had a pig companion animal for a short while (no, we did not eat her; a wild animal did), I hadn't yet made the connection between pigs and porkchops. We were also on the poorer end of the economic spectrum, so (my mom recently confirmed this) we often had meat only once a week, and when we did, they tended to be the cheapest cuts. I remember mamma battering and frying a whole mess of these small, skinny cuts and then throwing them in a half-inch of oil in her electric skillet. I could eat six at a time.
Of course, I now know the source of those pork chops – abhorrent, abominable factory farms – and am certain that animals aren't for our use, but are ends in their own right. But I still love and seek out rich, fatty, salty vegan versions of former favorites. One of the best places to look for such recipes is Bryant Terry's book Vegan Soul Kitchen.
My new favorite recipe in Vegan Soul Kitchen is his Smothered Seitan Medallions in Mixed-Mushroom Gravy. You can check out the recipe on Vegetarian Times here or see what it looks like in the book on Google books here. Also, you should probably listen to Terry's NPR interview here about his Thanksgiving menu.
The recipe has four components: fresh mushroom stock, mushroom gravy, fried seitan, and then all of those things put together (the final recipe). The only changes I made were minimal: substituting boxed organic mushroom broth for fresh (couldn't afford all the extra mushrooms for stock, didn't already have enough stems on hand), adding locally-grown shittake mushrooms, and clipping chives from my back porch garden instead of green onions. I added a fifth component by making seitan fresh before I started the recipe (with more mushroom stock) instead of using commercially-available seitan pieces.
two cups of mushroom gravy, just hangin' out
crispy battered and fried seitan.
the finished dish
The recipe takes a lot of time to make, but it is so totally worth it. In fact, Bryant Terry tweeted at me the night I made it with the following: "hand on bible, i cried the first time i tasted that recipe after testing. glad you like!" (If you're on twitter, follow him here.) Yeah, it's that good. Make it soon!
Just some simple stir-fried veg, to pair with the pad thai and lessen the guilt. ;-) This recipe actually contains no fat at all! (Probably a first in my kitchen this year, if we're being real.)
Terry's roasted root vegetables in creamy roasted-garlic lime sauce. I used a mixture of (all organic) carrots, turnips, sweet potatoes, celery root, and beets.
A mixture of plump fordhook and freckled speckled butterbeans.
Nate's favorite dal with fried onions and lots of cilantro.
So, in summation, the five meal plan:
That's all for this week, folks! Gotta head to the market to get fresh vegetables for next week's yumminess. Let me know if you're ordering!


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What is the fate of Americans left behind after creation of the minority professional middle class? The Civil Rights Movement encouraged major American universities, including MIT and Harvard, to recruit underrepresented minority students under terms that made their academic success probable. American educational institutions still pursue diversity in their faculty, staff, and students…but what of the poor (minority and others) who have not entered the education pipeline?
Chair: Evelyn Higginbotham, Professor of History and African American Studies, Harvard University
Wesley L. Harris, Charles Stark Draper Professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Associate Provost for Faculty Equity, MIT
Professor Harris, an active faculty leader through most of the last 50 years, recounts the creation of MIT's Affirmative Action program, focusing on proactive recruiting of applicants and the creation of the institutional supports that enabled most of those students to graduate.
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Professor Gates, a distinguished physicist at the University of Maryland, was one of the early MIT minority students. He tells us "what it was like" to be an undergraduate, a graduate student, and an untenured minority faculty member at that time.
Paula T. Hammond, Bayer Professor of Chemical Engineering, MIT
Professor Hammond, whose entire academic career occurred at MIT, recently chaired a presidentially appointed committee charged with developing a policy intended to substantially increase the fraction of the faculty drawn from members of underrepresented minorities. She reports on her committee's deliberations and recommendations.
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And I thought my freshman year roommate experience was bad. In The Roommate, a college freshman named Sara is randomly assigned to live with another girl named Rebecca. Maybe shes smelly, maybe shes messy, but the major problem is that Rebecca goes a little wacko, becomes obsessed with Sara and goes after the people shes closest to. Screen Gems doesnt have the film hitting theaters until September 17th, 2010, but they've already released the first photo from the movie.
The image, courtesy of Shock Till You Drop, features our two leading ladies, Leighton Meester and Minka Kelly. Clearly Meester plays the creeper. I cant wait to see her step out of Gossip Girls Blair Waldorfs shadow, especially for a character so eccentric. As for Kelly, I dont watch Friday Night Lights and her role in (500) Days of Summer was minute, so shes starting with a fresh slate for this one. Twilights Cam Gigandet also stars in the film.
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We will achieve this by: Educating our student pharmacists to be life-long learners who are competent scientist clinicians in a variety of health care settings Contributing to the profession of pharmacy by serving as leadership role models in professional organizations and community programs, and achieving local and national recognition for our efforts. Demonstrating to our students the benefits of innovation in teaching and research Partnering with our students to better serve the community by engaging in scholarly activities that lead to improvements in health care delivery and enhanced health outcomes Approved by the Department of Pharmacy Practice 2011 The department of pharmacy practice consists of 16 on-campus faculty members, seven residents, 25 clinical faculty members, and over 400 affiliate preceptors in a variety of pharmacy environments. 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We strive to be not only competent current practitioners, but also the best educators possible! Training Programs and Workshops Our department members are continuously involved in activities that enhance their skills in leadership, teaching pedagogy, and the practice of pharmacy. During the past year, our faculty members have participated in the following training programs and workshops: "Teaching a Superior Online Course", which provides our faculty with skills to use state-of-the-art technology to teach students "live" or "online". On-campus workshops to use today's most cutting-edge software programs to aid in teaching, including Blackboard, Elluminate, Movie Maker, and a variety of presentation and audience polling technologies. Pharmacist Immunization Delivery Training Course. All department members are certified in immunization delivery, allowing not for not only personal provision of such services, but oversight and assistance to students doing the same. Teaching Partners Training Program. A teaching mentorship program designed to provide new educators formal mentorship from the seasoned educators. Regular readings, discussions and experimentation in pedagogy that stem from these activities enable participants to become ever-stronger teachers. Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) – all department members are certified as ACLS providers and are tasked with the continued education in order to keep this certification current. Board Certified Pharmacotherapy Specialist (BCPS) – Our department members are actively seeking this rigorous certification program, with 25% of the department having achieved this prestigious recognition. ACCP Research and Scholarship Training Program ACCP Leadership and Management Training Program Professional Memberships Maintaining active membership (including leadership roles) in professional organizations provides our faculty members a venue for staying current in the profession as well as shaping its future. 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Movies and TV shows are probably the most attractive media of language learning, and the associated subtitle is an important resource in the learning process. Despite its significance, subtitle has never been ex-ploited effectively as it could be. In this paper we present ENGtube, which is a vid-eo service for ESL (English as Second Language) learners. The key component of this service is an integrated environment for displaying the video clips, the source subtitle and the translated subtitle with rich information at users" disposal. The rich in-formation of subtitle is produced by vari-ous speech and language technologies.}, author = {Chi-Ho Li and Shujie LIU and Chenguang Wang and Ming Zhou}, publisher = {MT-SUMMIT}, title = {ENGtube: an Integrated Subtitle Environment for ESL}, url = {http://research.microsoft.com/apps/pubs/default.aspx?id=202253}, year = {2011}, }


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This superior from the Arnold Schwarzenegger Series™ by MusclePharm was formulated by a group of scientists in collaboration with Arnold Schwarzenegger. Regular exercise alone is not enough for building and maintaining muscles. A combination of a high-calorie diet and precise division of nutrients is required to provide the essential components for building muscles.
This supplement may potentially address all aspects of muscle building and uses a 5-stage mass delivery system. This system contains advanced proteins' complex carbohydrates' healthy fats' and a balanced blend of nutrients. It is also low in sugar' which is beneficial for the body. The complex carbohydrates could help give your muscles a rippled look' while the proteins could support the growth of healthy muscles.
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This supplement contains inulin' a starchy substance that could support certain aspects of a heart healthy lifestyle. Inulin and Fructo-oligosaccharides (FOS) might also support the growth a special kind of bacteria that could improve bowel function and overall health.
MusclePharm's Arnold Schwarzenegger Series™ Iron Mass Chocolate Malt might provide a blend of digestive enzymes including protease' amylase' lactase' and lipase for digesting proteins' carbohydrates' milk' and fats respectively.
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Saturated Fat 1g / 6%
Trans Fat 1g
Cholesterol 2 mg / 1%
Sodium 240 mg / 10%
Potassium 550 mg / 27%
Total Carbohydrate 34g / 25%
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Sugars 4g
Protein 40g / 72%
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Name Index to Nikander's 'Amerikan Suomalaisia'
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Name Index to Nikander's 'Amerikan Suomalaisia'
In 1927 the Suomalais-luteerilaisen kustannusliikkeen (Finnish-Lutheran Book Concern) in Hancock, Michigan published Werner Nikander's Amerikan Suomalaisia : Muotokuvia ja lyhyitä elämäkerrallisia tietoja. This "mug book" contains short biographies of 1,308 American Finns, and often includes birthplace and birth date, name of spouse, and other family information. Those biographies located before page 305 also include a photograph.
Below is a name index of the above-mentioned book.
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Baaba Maal: Missing You (Mi Yeewnii)
Missing You (Mi Yeewnii)
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EVOCATIVE CAN BE a loaded word, especially when it's applied to work that conjures up a place or a state of mind you've never experienced before. But all field recordings, be they anthropological studies of a natural habitat or a you-are-there re-creation of a concert, are evocative by nature. Take Smithsonian/Folkways' extraordinary new Bosavi: Rainforest Music from Papua New Guinea, in which veteran ethnomusicologist Steven Feld compiles 25 years' worth of recordings of a community of 1,200 people living in the foothills of an extinct volcano, creating an endlessly rich three-hour soundscape.
Senegalese singer Baaba Maal, on the other hand, isn't looking to preserve history--like any artist, he aspires to make some. Not that his new Missing You (Mi Yeewnii) is particularly groundbreaking. But it's a back-to-our-roots move with the novel twist of combining both the above-mentioned approaches. The album is a quasi field recording of Maal and band performing out of doors in the middle of his native Fulani village. By leaving the recorded sounds of bustling village life and insect rattle to function as background noise, Maal aims to prove that (1) his music comes from a very specific place and (2) despite years of adding sometimes intrusive Western flavor to his sound, he hasn't lost any of his native-born brio.
The results sound as natural as breathing. Without the synthesizers that turned off traditionalists on previous albums, Maal's arrangements bloom. The chattering percussion, rhythm guitars, and kora of a track like "Fa Laay Fanaan" ("Spend the Night") manage to sound simultaneously frisky and unhurried, with an almost imperceptible blues-rockish guitar occasionally wafting through the mix. The call-and-response Maal shares with his background singers is engaging and generous. And Maal, a terrific singer even in mucked-up surroundings, is at the top of his game. Whether subtly goading his countrymen to action on "Senegaale Ngummee" ("Senegalese Get Up") or bigging-up womankind on "Mamadi," he's never less than authoritative and frequently sounds like he's having the time of his life. As for those ambient village noises, you guessed it--very evocative.
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Direct imaging of RecA nucleation and growth on single molecules of SSB-coated ssDNA
Escherichia coli RecA is the defining member of a ubiquitous class of DNA strand-exchange proteins that are essential for homologous recombination, a pathway that maintains genomic integrity by repairing broken DNA. To function, filaments of RecA must nucleate and grow on single-stranded DNA (ssDNA) in direct competition with ssDNA-binding protein (SSB), which rapidly binds and continuously sequesters ssDNA, kinetically blocking RecA assembly. This dynamic self-assembly on a DNA lattice, in competition with another protein, is unique for the RecA family compared to other filament-forming proteins such as actin and tubulin. The complexity of this process has hindered our understanding of RecA filament assembly because ensemble measurements cannot reliably distinguish between the nucleation and growth phases, despite extensive and diverse attempts. Previous single-molecule assays have measured the nucleation and growth of RecA--and its eukaryotic homologue RAD51--on naked double-stranded DNA and ssDNA; however, the template for RecA self-assembly in vivo is SSB-coated ssDNA. Using single-molecule microscopy, here we directly visualize RecA filament assembly on single molecules of SSB-coated ssDNA, simultaneously measuring nucleation and growth. We establish that a dimer of RecA is required for nucleation, followed by growth of the filament through monomer addition, consistent with the finding that nucleation, but not growth, is modulated by nucleotide and magnesium ion cofactors. Filament growth is bidirectional, albeit faster in the 5'→3' direction. Both nucleation and growth are repressed at physiological conditions, highlighting the essential role of recombination mediators in potentiating assembly in vivo. We define a two-step kinetic mechanism in which RecA nucleates on transiently exposed ssDNA during SSB sliding and/or partial dissociation (DNA unwrapping) and then the RecA filament grows. We further demonstrate that the recombination mediator protein pair, RecOR (RecO and RecR), accelerates both RecA nucleation and filament growth, and that the introduction of RecF further stimulates RecA nucleation.
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Fluorescent single-stranded DNA binding protein as a probe for sensitive, real-time assays of helicase activity
2008; 95 (7): 3330-3339
The formation and maintenance of single-stranded DNA (ssDNA) are essential parts of many processes involving DNA. For example, strand separation of double-stranded DNA (dsDNA) is catalyzed by helicases, and this exposure of the bases on the DNA allows further processing, such as replication, recombination, or repair. Assays of helicase activity and probes for their mechanism are essential for understanding related biological processes. Here we describe the development and use of a fluorescent probe to measure ssDNA formation specifically and in real time, with high sensitivity and time resolution. The reagentless biosensor is based on the ssDNA binding protein (SSB) from Escherichia coli, labeled at a specific site with a coumarin fluorophore. Its use in the study of DNA manipulations involving ssDNA intermediates is demonstrated in assays for DNA unwinding, catalyzed by DNA helicases.
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Errors in the Wikipedia logo
This is a page for documenting errors in the Wikipedia logo.
Devanagari and Kana[edit]
- An article in the New York times documented errors in the en:Devanagari and en:Kana letters. A suggested fixed version is at Image:Wikipedia-logo thue.png (After asking somebody who actually knows Japanese, it turns out that the Japanese fix is not complete, and that character will have to be totally redrawn.).
- Japanese Wikipedians are discussing the issue at ja:Wikipedia:井戸端/subj/ウィキペディアのロゴの修正(ワィ問題), and the font is likely to be changed to the Times-like one, not the current Arial-like one.
Kannada va + i written incorrectly[edit]
The Kannada letter vi is written incorrectly on the logo, as one can see from the Kannada main page, which shows the letter written correctly. The letter is currently written like this: when it should be written like this: .
Missing accents in some versions[edit]
Some versions of the logo have accents on the characters Ω (Omega, to the left of W) and И (below W). Since it is probably desirable to have the same logo everywhere, which one is the correct version?
See commons:Image talk:Wikipedia-logo.png#Missing accents for a slightly more detailed analysis of this problem. See also commons:Wikipedia for all the localized versions of the logo.
Some letters not representing "W"[edit]
According to en:Wikipedia:Wikipedia logos#Alphabets represented in the logo, the letters represent the "letter from that alphabet that most closely resembles the English "W" as in "Wikipedia."
However, according to Nohat, the creator of the logo, at en:User talk:Nohat/archive 2005-02-22#Trouble in All the Logos!, "only some of the symbols were selected to represent "Wikipedia"— others were chosen at random." and 2 threads at en:User talk:Nohat/archive 2007-06-06 say the same thing. Angela says the same thing in Talk:Main Page/Archives/2006/01#Error in the Wikipedia Globe. Zocky repeats it at en:Talk:Main Page/Archive 86#Wrong devnagari symbol for "wi" in Wikipedia's logo.
So it is debatable whether letters not representing "W" is an error, since that was apparently never the original goal.
For example, the Chinese character should be changed from 袓 to 維.
And Сyrillic Й (or И in the new version) is odd, see R. Википедия, Biel. Вікіпедыя, Ukr. Вікіпедія, Mac. Википедија, Bulg. Уикипедия, S. Википедија.... If symbolic letters are required, Я would be fine.
White artifacts along the edge[edit]
Some localized versions of the logo have white artifacts along the edge - see for example the discussion at en:Wikipedia:Village pump (proposals)/Archive 26#Wikipedia logo improvement.
The old (since fixed) English Wikipedia logo, with white artifacts along the edge. Compared with the German logo without artifacts.
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The Stanford Law Association (SLA) is the representative organization of the Law School student body. Its officers include a president or co-presidents, a treasurer, a secretary, two chairpersons of academic affairs, two social committee chairpersons, eight general representatives total from the second- and third-year classes, eight representatives from the first-year class and other members in charge of publicity, bar review and web activities. The Stanford Law Association also has standing committees that advise the administration on clinical programs, pedagogy issues, and public interest programs and curricula.
The Stanford Law Association represents the interests of the Law School student body in general and also assists in the orientation of entering students, supervises student elections and referenda and serves as a special advisory council to the Associate Dean for Student Affairs.
The Stanford Law Association also sponsors an active social program which includes the Law School formal and semi-formal, weekly bar reviews and happy hours, intramural sports events and football game tailgates. In addition, the Law Association has co-sponsored events, like the Law School Musical and the Cinco de Mayo celebration, with other student groups.
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