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activerecord - rails 3.2.2 Unable to deserialize serialized model object - strange behavior - Stack Overflow
Using rails 3.2.2 (ruby 1.9.3-p194), we are saving user-specific ActiveRecord model objects to the session using Dalli/memcached for the session store, and during development we sometimes see an error when retrieving data from the session:
ArgumentError (Unable to unmarshal value: dump format error for symbol(0x46)):
Usually, the error happens when there's something wrong with the data (e.g., the object has a foreign key pointing to a non-existent record).
However, we still get this error whenever we add or remove a record involving a many-to-many association, even though all foreign keys are valid and everything seems to be correct (after blowing away databases, killing rails and memcache servers, etc.).
The many-to-many association is implemented with a join table and has_many-through. A highly simplified view of our schema is:
Foo ==== Bar
where a User has many Profiles, a Profile has many Foos (indirectly, through other tables), a Profile has many Bars, and Foos and Bars have many of each other through the BarFoo join table.
The error is normally triggered when adding/removing a Foo to/from a Bar. Although we became aware of it at the point of retrieving from the session, the session/memcache itself is not to blame, since the error can be forced to happen even before the data is stored in the session.
To eliminate the session from the equation, I've inserted this code right after the Foo/Bar record creation/deletion:
Marshal.load(Marshal.dump(user)) # throws exception first time
This throws an exception. The really puzzling thing is this: If I catch the exception so that the request can continue to be processed, the user object is actually stored in the session and will be fetched after that with no problems. (I found this out because during a debugging breakpoint, running the above code once fails, and immediately running it again succeeds and "fixes" the problem when execution continues.)
Even stranger, if instead of the above code, immediately after Foo/Bar creation/deletion I do:
Marshal.load(Marshal.dump(profile)) # does not throw any exception
I get no exception at all, and the rest of the code works (the user is stored and retrieved from the session with no errors).
I've read a lot of discussions that seem to say that AR model instances should not be cached, because they may contain procs, IO, etc. However, we are not getting TypeErrors when dumping the objects. The fact that the problem is "corrected" by running the serialization/deserialization twice on the User model or once on its child model is very puzzling. How can the serialized representation of an object be invalid one moment and valid the next?
Can anyone tell me if this is a bug in rails? Or are we doing something that is not supported? Is there a way to serialize model objects with their associated models, or do I have to implement my own serialization/deserialization code for model objects and their associations?
Update: this error is not limited to the many-to-many association. It also happens when creating/updating/deleting other tables in the schema, but in those cases it is much more rare and virtually impossible to reproduce.
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Spicy Squash Season Penne
Hey everyone! Fall is finally here, and this month, we've got lots of awesome fall recipes for you!
Okay, before I start, I have some HUGE NEWS! I was recently nominated for Best Food Blog in the Best of Western Washington (via KING5 News) competition, and I'm currently ranked in first place holding 15.6% of the vote! This is a huge honor for me, and I really want to win. How awesome would it be to be just a teenager and win this regionally known contest? I'd love to win, but I need your help! Please vote at the following link, and share the link with everyone you know on Facebook/Twitter/Instagram/tumblr/etc.! Voting goes all the way until October 24th, so while I may be in first now, that could change over the course of the next few weeks. Please vote here: http://best.king5.com/teens-can-cook-too/biz/688717
I'm not like most other teenage girls my age, who anxiously await fall because of Pumpkin Spice Lattes from Starbucks. My biggest reasons for wanting fall to arrive are sweaters, hot tea and squash! Squash is so much more versatile than you think, and I really want to show you guys that, so you'll probably be seeing a lot of squash recipes this month. You better like squash, and if you don't, learn to like it. That's an order. You're missing out if you don't!
One fall favorite of mine has been a Winter Squash Curry Soup, which is a puree of squash with heavy cream and curry powder. It's not exactly the healthiest thing, but I love the curry element to the dish. Whenever I think of curry, I think of spicy foods because I always make my curries fairly hot. This inspired me to experiment with the idea of a spicy squash dish rather than a curry squash dish, leaving the unconventional element without ripping off a previous concept I've seen. If you don't like spicy things, don't worry! You can still easily make this dish by toning down the spice factor or omitting the hot spices completely. There's still a lot of flavor in the rest of the dish, especially in the amazingly creamy sauce. This honestly turned out better than I expected, so I suggest you give it a try! Serve it with roasted pork chops and applesauce, roasted chicken with thyme, or any other protein-packed entree.
1 (16 oz) bag whole-wheat penne
1. Preheat the oven to 425 degrees Fahrenheit. Take the half of the squash, which should have been cut from the squash by slicing it lengthwise down the center, and remove the seeds. Coat in 1 tbsp of coconut oil, using your hands to warm up the oil a bit and spread it evenly. Don't worry about clumps at all - since the oil is a solid at room temperature, it's bound to do this, but it will liquefy in the oven. Season with dried thyme, dried oregano, salt and pepper. Bake, face down, for 45 minutes to an hour, until fork tender. Do your homework while you wait! Remove from heat and let cool.
2) While the squash is cooling, you can bring a large pot of water to a boil. Salt the water and add the pasta. Cook according to the directions on the package. Drain and put the noodles back into the pot.
3) Once the squash is completely cool, scrape out all of the edible flesh into a bowl and place the contents in a Vita-Mix, food processor or blender. Add the almond milk, nutritional yeast, cayenne pepper, chili powder, crushed red pepper flakes, salt and pepper. Blend on a medium speed and gradually increase to high until a super creamy consistency is reached. It should also be fairly thick, like the consistency of soft-serve ice cream. If you want it thinner, just add more almond milk. Adjust the seasonings and set the sauce aside.
4) Heat the remaining coconut oil in a large skillet at medium-high heat. Add the onions and saute until just coated in oil. Then, let them sit for about 3-5 minutes, until they begin to get golden brown. Stir and let sit for another 3 minutes. Repeat this process until they look almost caramelized. Add the garlic, mushrooms, salt and pepper. Incorporate the ingredients in thoroughly and saute until the mushrooms are tender, about 3-5 minutes. Remove from heat.
5) Combine the noodles, pasta sauce and mushroom mixture in the large pot. Stir thoroughly and serve. Enjoy!
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3 Sauces, Infinite Possibilities
Hey, everyone! I hope you've been having a few great first weeks of school. My first two weeks have actually been really great. Junior year isn't as scary as everyone says.... well, at least not yet.
Cooking during the school year can be really hard - especially if you pack a lunch to school (which I highly encourage). One thing that is always a life saver in the mornings is frozen pesto. My dad or I will make pesto and then freeze it in an ice cube tray. In the morning, all you do is boil some whole-wheat pasta, defrost the pesto cube, stir them together and put them in a Thermos. Adding vegetables is always a good idea, too. I know, I know, what a typical thing for me to say, but it really does make it taste better. I've got to admit, though, pesto can be a little boring if I have it every single day. That's why I've created three amazing and very different sauces that you can freeze. The best part is that you can use them for so many things! Don't just feel limited to lunches here - use these during dinner and even breakfast, too.
My favorite ways to use these sauces are, but are not limited to:
Spread over meat/fish and grill/bake to perfection
Toss in some whole-wheat pasta and add veggies, beans and/or meat of your choice
Use as a condiment for some super snazzy sandwiches
Dip chopped vegetables in them
Spread on whole-wheat toast with avocado and freshly ground pepper
Flavor any cooked whole grain (quinoa, brown rice, bulgur, etc.) with the sauce of your choosing and jazz it up with some colorful veggies
Add to any soup or stew
Package them in jars and give them to friends as gifts
The absolute best part about these sauces is the fact that they all have the exact same preparation process. They take about ten minutes to make each. Make them all at once on a Sunday so you're all stocked up for the week, or try them out one at a time. Your choice! Enjoy!
From left to right: Classic Pesto, Roasted Red Pepper and Cilantro Pesto, and Sunshine Sauce
Ingredients for Classic Pesto (Makes about 2 cups)
1 (12 oz) package of fresh basil, leaves only
The juice of half of a large lemon
Ingredients for Roasted Red Pepper and Cilantro Pesto (Makes about 1.5 cups)
1/3 cup roughly chopped roasted red peppers
1/4 cup raw, unsalted almonds (it doesn't matter whether they're whole, slivered or sliced)
Ingredients for Sunshine Sauce (Makes about 1 cup)
1 cup raw, unsalted cashews, soaked in a bowl of water for 30 minutes
The juice of 1/2 of a large lemon
Salt and lemon pepper/pepper, to taste
Preparation for All Sauces
Combine all the ingredients in a Vita-Mix or food processor. Remove the plastic plug from the lid. Start blending on a low speed. Gradually drizzle in a couple tablespoons of olive oil, increasing the speed as you go. Add more olive oil and/or water if you want the consistency to be smoother or thinner. Stop blending once you're happy with the consistency. Adjust the seasonings as needed. Transfer to an ice cube tray and freeze to save for later use. When you want to use it later, simply pop a cube of sauce out of the tray and defrost in the microwave for about 20 seconds. Enjoy!
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Chicken and White Bean Hummus Wraps
Hey, everybody! Teens Can Cook, Too is FINALLY back! I'm so sorry that I took such a long break this summer. I was doing so much and it just got too overwhelming. I promise you that I'm back for the entire school year, and you'll also be hearing a lot from the team members as well. We'll be posting more videos and keeping more active on social media, so keep an eye out!
As usual, we'll be sticking with the monthly themes. This month is: Back to School! Unfortunately, school is starting, which means our eating patterns are shifting into a more structured routine. It also means there's less time to cook, making it difficult to stay healthy. I'm really trying to set a solid foundation and routine for health this fall that will hopefully carry into the remaining seasons. This theme will have everything you need as school starts again: quick lunch recipes, super quick breakfasts that you can make even when you're rushing out the door, dinners that can be prepared and eaten in a short amount of time, and so much more.
This week, I have a quick lunch recipe. I just made this for dinner, and I can honestly say that these are the best wraps I've ever made. The best part is that you can use a rotisserie chicken from your favorite grocery store - just be sure that the chickens were raised humanely. You can also leave the chicken out to make it vegan. The recipe may also make a little extra hummus, so save it and pack it as a snack for school the next day! Enjoy!
Makes 4 whole wraps/8 half-wraps
4 organic 8-inch tortillas, preferably whole-wheat
2 cups shredded rotisserie chicken, preferably antibiotic free and fed a vegetarian diet
1/2 of a medium-sized cucumber,
1. Combine all the hummus ingredients, except the olive oil, in a Vita-Mix or food processor and begin blending on a low speed. As it blends, drizzle in the olive oil. Gradually increase the speed to high until you reach a very smooth consistency. If you want it to be thinner, add water. Adjust the seasonings and set aside.
2. Peel the half of the cucumber that you're using. Cut it in half lengthwise, and then thinly slice it. Cut the top off of the bell pepper and cut perpendicular to the membrane, leaving a hunk of seeds behind. Thinly slice half of the pepper. Set aside with other veggies.
3. Combine the paprika, cayenne, lemon pepper/pepper and salt with the shredded chicken. Stack the tortillas on top of each other, placing paper towels in between each of them. Microwave for 15 seconds on high to heat them, making them more pliable.
4. To assemble the wrap, spread 1/4 cup of the hummus onto the tortilla evenly with a knife or the back of a spoon. On one end of the tortilla (about 2 inches from the bottom), add the chicken, cucumber, pepper, tomatoes and basil. Make sure you have about 1.5 inches on either side to fold the edges of the tortilla in. Fold these edges in, and then fold the bottom over. Carefully roll it away from yourself, tucking the edges in as you go. Keep it as tight as possible. Once it's all rolled up, cut it at an angle down the middle. To save these for school lunches, wrap each half in plastic wrap and refrigerate. Just pop as many halves as you'd like in your lunch with an ice pack. Enjoy!
That's all for this week! As much as we all don't like going back to school, I hope you have a great first few weeks back in the classroom. Remember to make healthy food choices! Please share your recreations with me using #teenscancooktoo on Instagram, and follow us at all the social media sites below:
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The Traveling Triathlete: The Land of Oz
It's about four days post-Ironman New Zealand, and I've moved on. As I expressed in my last blog, I finished the race feeling bummed about the outcome, but not entirely discouraged and still happy with the overall experience. That lasted less than a day, and then I was more in the sad, frustrated, embarrassed and even a little angry phase. Fortunately, I managed to pull myself out of that fairly quickly. Now I'm in the "moving on" phase. There are lots of things to figure out, nutritionally, physically, mentally etc. etc. etc., but that'll be on another day.
Because now I'm in Australia and probably too hungover and distracted to engage in any sort of deep or even not-so-deep thinking.
One of my good friends from law school, we'll call her LSF (law school friend), flew on over from the States yesterday and we met up in Sydney. We'll be here a few days, then move north to the Brisbane area for a bit, then she leaves and I continue on to Cairns and the Great Barrier Reef. LSF travels a ton for work and has thus amassed about 800 trillion Starwood points (that's an official count), so we're hopping from fancy schmancy hotel to fancy schmancy hotel, and I am most certainly not complaining.
Yesterday, after getting settled in, we just walked around Sydney for a while, checking out the neighborhoods, walking across the Harbour bridge, wandering through the Royal Botanic Gardens.
Those folks climbing the bridge are insane
Interspersed within the sight-seeing was some good drinking and eating. I'm taking my "recovery"/ mid-season break seriously, and debauchery is not just a likely outcome of this trip (debauchery is, quite frankly, the foundational rock of my friendship with LSF), but an actual goal for me. There may have been some beers at noon yesterday. I may have consumed a glass (or two) of red wine while actually laying in bed, which is only the second-least classy thing I've done in the last week. (The least classy, of course, was during the race, in the late stages of my epic meltdown, when I became so consumed by insane hunger that I actually asked some spectators, who were having a picnic, for food, ("I'm sorry, this is totally rude, but I'm in a really, really bad place and I'm so, so hungry") and ran off with a few crackers and hummus. True story.)
In the evening, we hit up Sydney's Chinatown, which really ought to be called Pan-Asia Town, had Indonesian food for dinner and Taiwanese dessert. Apparently both Indonesian and Taiwanese desserts often incorporate black beans. I want to be adventurous in my dining, but black beans and dessert....I just can't get my mind around that one. So I went with some mango/ crushed ice concoction, and that suited me just fine. I could get used to this wining and dining and desserting life.
One thing we're not doing: talking about triathlon. I needed a mental break, and it's a nice relief to be traveling with someone who heard about the distances involved in an Ironman and asked the inevitable question: "wait, you do that all in ONE DAY?" She also made the very astute observation about the current state of our circle of friends from law school: "it amazes me, six years out from law school, how so many of our friends are not only no longer practicing law, but are not even working at all." There's a quote for our law school's recruiting website, right there:)
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Molly March 5, 2013 at 5:10 PM
Black bean desserts are The Best!!!!! Also red bean, try those too!!!


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Edward Leo "Buddy" Burden
DANBY -- Edward (Buddy) Burden, 60, a lifelong resident of Danby, died on Tuesday night, July 6, 2004 at the Rutland Regional Medical Center following an illness. He was born in Danby March 13, 1944, the son of the late William and Helen (Wells) Burden. He attended Danby schools.
He went from school right into working for Vermont Quarries where he worked for more than 40 years operating machinery. Buddy always kept very busy. When he wasn’t in the quarry he would still have work to do. Buddy loved his family and animals. He enjoyed working outdoors in his flower and vegetable gardens. His family, friends and dog Misty will miss him dearly.
He is survived by his brother, Gene Burden of Danby; his sisters, Linda Wade of Danby, Barbara Twenty of Rutland, and Betty Waite of Pawlet; also several nieces, nephews and cousins. He was predeceased by his brother, William Charles Burden Jr., and his sister, Carol Burden.
The funeral will be held on Friday, July 9, 1 p.m. at Brewster Funeral Home in Manchester. A graveside service of committal will follow in the Danby Cemetery. The Rev. Larry Jenney, pastor of the Congregational Church in East Dorset, will officiate. Following the services a reception will follow in the Danby Town Hall. Friends may call at Brewster Funeral Home in Manchester from 7 to 9 p.m. For those who wish memorial gifts may be made to the American Diabetes Association, C/O Brewster Funeral Service, P.O. Box 885 Manchester, VT 05255. For directions or to send the Burden family e-mail condolences please consult www.sheafuneralhomes.com.
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The Booklover's Den: Reading Challenge: Book Awards Reading Challenge
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All your book choices are fantastic. Water for Elephants and Middlesex is a must read. You wouldn't be disappointed.
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Open Letter To The Man Who Made Me Feel Complete – Nikkipedia
April 11, 2016 February 24, 2018 Nikki
I call you my fiancé, my future husband, my best friend, my love. I don’t think I’ve told you enough what you mean to me. You’ve given me a life that’s made me feel whole. You’ve given me a love that is so warm and comforting, it’s the best feeling in the world!
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That is so heart warming. I hope I find someone to make me like this one day.
Thank you for your comment Esraa. Love is out there for everyone. You'll find it one day 🙂
This is such a sweet and beautiful letter! It's so amazing to find someone who understand you and loves you for you 🙂
Thank you Leta. Its the best feeling in the world. I'm so grateful for him every day! 🙂
i hope he gets to read this open letter
Thanks Tunde, he has read it. I have his full supporta and he reads everything I post 🙂
Beautiful! Loved your choice of words and how you expressed yourself. You a lucky girl hold on to him!
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REFILE-UPDATE 2-Centrica returns to profit growth but flat dividend weighs on shares - Times of India
CENTRICA-RESULTS/ (CORRECTED, UPDATE 2):REFILE-UPDATE 2-Centrica returns to profit growth but flat dividend weighs on shares
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* Lost 409,000 household customers in 2016
* Profits rise 4 pct to 1.52 bln pounds in 2016
* Trading arm helps bottom line with 144 pct rise in profit
* Shares down 3.5 pct on lack of dividend increase
LONDON, Feb 23 (Reuters) - Britain's largest energy supplier Centrica returned to profit growth last year as it benefited from volatile energy prices and colder weather but shares fell after investors were disappointed not to see a dividend increase.
The utility, which owns British Gas, lost 409,000 household customers last year as smaller rivals offered cheaper energy deals, but it managed to stem the flow of customers leaving in the second half of the year after cutting prices, it said.
Centrica reported a 4 percent rise in 2016 adjusted operating profit to 1.52 billion pounds ($1.89 billion), compared with analyst expectations of 1.47 billion. Adjusted operating cashflow was ahead of its own guidance of up to 2.6 billion pounds, coming in at 2.69 billion pounds.
Its trading unit helped boost the group's bottom line as the segment's profit rose 144 percent to 161 million pounds on the back of bets made amid volatile power prices and deferred gas purchases. It typically makes an annual profit of 50-100 million pounds.
However, Centrica shares were down 3.5 percent at 0918 GMT, among the top three losers on London's FTSE100 index, as investors were disappointed by a flat dividend payment.
Centrica said historically low interest rates meant its pension liabilities had spiralled to 1.14 billion pounds, up from 119 million at the end of 2015, meaning it had less capital available to return to shareholders.
It said a dividend increase was on the cards once debt levels fall to 2.5-3 billion pounds, a range it expects to hit by the end of the year. Net debt stood at 3.47 billion pounds at the end of 2016.
"I can't say if it (a dividend increase) will be in the final 2017 or not. We are going to keep it under review each time we report," Centrica Chief Executive Iain Conn told journalists.
"With the group saying a resumption of dividend growth is unlikely until it has shed more of its debts, shareholders are still feeling the effects of the hangover from the decision to splurge billions on offshore exploration and production at just the wrong time," said George Salmon, equity analyst at Hargreaves Lansdown.
Centrica stuck to 2017 guidance figures, with adjusted operating cash flow of more than 2 billion pounds and capital expenditure of 1 billion pounds.
It expects to cut another 250 million pounds in costs this year as it lets go another 1,500 people by the end of the year as part of its plan to cut 6,000 jobs. ($1 = 0.8024 pounds) (Additional reporting by Nina Chestney in London and Esha Vaish in Bengaluru; editing by Jason Neely and David Evans)
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Cool cartoon ads from Wood's Household Magazine, The Youth's Companion, and Wide Awake. Nine of these, in typical 19th-century fashion, feature dialogue below the panel, while two feature dialogue inside the panel, with the W.L. Douglas $3 shoe ad sporting a dialogue balloon. The "Samantha at Saratoga" ad features a book excerpt (er, extract) to accompany its cartoon.
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Patent US6289615 - Calendar with refillable sleeves - Google PatentsSearch Images Maps Play YouTube News Gmail Drive More »Sign inPatentsA refillable combination calendar and photo album device for selectively displaying particular calendrical time periods and personal memorabilia, concurrently. The combination calendar and photo album apparatus is defined by at least twelve transparent sleeves, each having an upper edge, a lower edge,...http://www.google.com/patents/US6289615?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US6289615 - Calendar with refillable sleevesAdvanced Patent SearchPublication numberUS6289615 B1Publication typeGrantApplication numberUS 09/440,673Publication dateSep 18, 2001Filing dateNov 16, 1999Priority dateNov 18, 1998Fee statusLapsedPublication number09440673, 440673, US 6289615 B1, US 6289615B1, US-B1-6289615, US6289615 B1, US6289615B1InventorsHeike KytlicaOriginal AssigneeHeike KytlicaExport CitationBiBTeX, EndNote, RefManPatent Citations (17), Referenced by (18), Classifications (10), Legal Events (4) External Links: USPTO, USPTO Assignment, EspacenetCalendar with refillable sleeves
US 6289615 B1Abstract
A refillable combination calendar and photo album device for selectively displaying particular calendrical time periods and personal memorabilia, concurrently. The combination calendar and photo album apparatus is defined by at least twelve transparent sleeves, each having an upper edge, a lower edge, and two side edges. Each of the transparent sleeves are rotatably bound together along the upper edge thereof enabling any one of the transparent sleeves to be displayed in front of the other sleeves. Included in the combination calendar and photo album apparatus are at least twelve calendar display inserts for selectively displaying at least twelve different calendrical time periods. A photo album page is placed behind the calendar insert for showing personal photographs, etc. Formed in each transparent sleeve near the lower edge is a hole, an adhesive tab or a magnetic tab for enabling the combination calendar and photo album apparatus to be suspended from a wall or similar structure.
I claim: 1. A refillable calendar/photo album apparatus comprising:
at least 12 transparent sleeves, each defined by a first side, a second side, an upper edge, a lower edge, and two parallel side edges, each of the two side edges defining a slit opening; at least 12 calendar inserts, each removably and separately inserted in one of said at least 12 transparent sleeves for removably displaying selected dates of a year through the first side; at least 12 memorabilia inserts, each removably and separately inserted in one of said at least 12 transparent sleeves for removably displaying personalized photographs through the second side; a binding means attached to said upper edge of each transparent sleeve for rotatably attaching each of said at least 12 transparent sleeves together; and a suspension means formed at a midpoint in each of said at least 12 transparent sleeves along said lower edge for enabling said transparent sleeves to be suspended from a vertical surface. 2. The refillable calendar/photo album apparatus recited in claim 1, wherein said binding means is a spiral wire.
3. The refillable calendar/photo album apparatus recited in claim 1, wherein said suspension means is a hole formed in each of said transparent sleeves.
4. The refillable calendar/photo album apparatus recited in claim 1, wherein said suspension means comprises:
a tab formed at the midpoint of the lower edge and conventional adhesive material adhesively attached to said tab for enabling the refillable calendar/photo album apparatus to be adhesively suspended from a wall. 5. The refillable calendar/photo album apparatus recited in claim 1, wherein said suspension means comprises:
a tab formed at the midpoint of the lower edge and a thin magnet formed inside of said tab for enabling the refillable calendar/photo album apparatus to be magnetically suspended from a vertical metal structure. 6. The refillable calendar/photo album apparatus recited in claim 1, wherein each of said at least 12 transparent sleeves is made of a plastic material.
This application claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional Patent Application Ser. No. 60/109,069, filed Nov. 18, 1998.
The present invention relates generally to display type calendars and more specifically, to calendars provided with refillable transparent sleeves for displaying personalized photographs, pictures, and the like.
Pictures are often displayed with calendars to make the calendars more attractive. Sometimes a single picture may be used for the entire year with tear-off calendar sheets. Usually calendars display a new picture each month. With such calendars, one, of course, is limited to the particular pictures selected by the manufacturer of the calendar.
To overcome this disadvantage, and to enable one to display the work of their choosing, several inventions have been devised, as typified by U.S. Pat. No. 715,479 issued to F. E. Housh. Housh discloses a frame and calendar with a backing and a mat affixed thereto for displaying a selected picture, advertising devise, or other printed material. U.S. Pat. No. 5,426,876 issued to Jagoe et al. on Jun. 27, 1995 discloses a calendar photo album having a pad of assembled sheets suitably mounted to turn as leaves and presenting pairs of opposed pages, one of the pages of each pair bearing a calendar page of a different month of the year, and the other page of each pair bearing a picture holding member for displaying photos and the like. U.S. Pat. No. 5,715,618 issued to Whang on Feb. 10, 1998 discloses a biennial photo album having at least twelve calendar pages that are bound and supported by a stand. Each calendar page has a photo holding member and a calendar section on the same page. U.S. Pat. No. 5,661,918 issued to Malcolm et al. on Sep. 2, 1997 discloses a combination desk top calendar and picture frame which allows a user to insert his or her picture or photo of choice into the front cover of the calendar. A plurality of calendar pages are held inside the front cover. Other relevant disclosures are those of W. A. Ringler, U.S. Pat. No. 1,487,520; Rannenberg, U.S. Pat. No. 4,201,405; and Rohloff, Foreign Pat. No. WO/04917.
Problems common among previously existing photo-calendar devices include an inability to refill a photo-calendar device with new calendar displays device; an inability to selectively refill a photo-calendar device with new photographs and calendar displays, and an absence of means for suspending a photo-calendar device from a wall or other vertical structure.
None of the above inventions and patents, taken either singly or in combination, is seen to describe the instant invention as claimed. Therefore, a refillable calendar solving the aforementioned problems is desired.
The present invention is a refillable combination calendar and photo album apparatus for selectively displaying particular dates and photographs concurrently. The combination calendar and photo album apparatus is defined by at least twelve transparent sleeves, each having an upper edge, a lower edge, and two side edges. The apparatus is further defined by each of the transparent sleeves being bound together along the upper edge attaching each of the sleeves together. The apparatus is further defined by at least twelve calendar display inserts for selectively displaying at least twelve different calendar time periods. Formed in each transparent sleeve near the lower edge is a suspension means for enabling the combination calendar and photo album apparatus to be suspended from a wall or similar structure.
Accordingly, it is a principal object of the invention to provide a combination calendar and photo album apparatus capable of being selectively refilled with new calendar displays and photographic displays.
It is another object of the invention to provide a combination calendar and photo album apparatus having a plurality of transparent sleeves and a corresponding number of calendar inserts for selective insertion of the calendar inserts into the sleeves.
It is a further object of the invention to provide a combination calendar and photo album apparatus having a suspension means formed therein for suspending the apparatus from a wall or similar structure.
FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a refillable calendar according to a first embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a partial, elevational side view of a refillable calendar according to the first embodiment.
FIG. 3 is a perspective view of a refillable calendar according to a second embodiment.
FIG. 4 is a perspective view of a refillable calendar according to a third embodiment.
Shown in FIGS. 1 and 2 is a combination calendar and photo album apparatus 1 according to a first preferred embodiment. The combination calendar and photo album apparatus 1 is defined by at least twelve transparent sleeves 2 attached together at one end by a binding means 7. Each transparent sleeve 2 is identical and is defined by an upper edge 3, a lower edge 4, and two parallel sides at opposing ends thereof. Preferably, the transparent sleeves 2 are made of plastic material and are rotatively attached together by a spiral wire 10 as a binding means 7. According to a preferred embodiment, formed in each transparent sleeve 2 along the upper edge 3 are a plurality of holes 13 for receiving a spiral wire 10 therethrough. Inserted through each of the plurality of holes 13 of each sleeve 2 is the spiral wire 10 for rotatively attaching together each of the transparent sleeves 2.
Formed at each of the two parallel sides 5 is a slit opening 6 for receiving a calendar insert and memorabilia insert. Formed in each transparent sleeve 2 near the lower edge 4 is a suspension means 9 for enabling the transparent sleeves to be suspended from a wall. FIG. 1 illustrates a first embodiment of the suspension means 9 where the suspension means 9 is a hole 12 formed in each of the transparent sleeves 2 for permitting the combination calendar and photo album apparatus to be suspended from a conventional nail attached to a wall. A second and third preferred embodiment of the suspension means 9 will be described later with reference to FIGS. 3 and 4.
The invention is further defined by at least twelve calendar inserts 8 for displaying calendar dates from at least twelve different time periods on one side of each. Each calendar insert 8 is sized marginally less than the size of each slit opening 6 for enabling one calendar insert to slide easily in each slit opening 6. Inserted in each slit opening 6 of the transparent sleeves 2 is only one calendar insert 8 so that a particular time period may be displayed through one side of a transparent sleeve 2 while a page 11 from a photo album may be displayed through an opposing side thereof.
Shown in FIG. 3 is a perspective view of a refillable combination calendar and photo album apparatus 21 according to a second preferred embodiment. The combination calendar and photo album apparatus 21 of the second embodiment is identical in every respect to the calendar and photo album apparatus 1 of the first embodiment except for the suspension means.
Details relating to the suspension means 9 according to the second preferred embodiment will now be described. Formed in each of the transparent sleeves 2 at the midpoint of the lower edge 4 is a tab 22. Adhesively attached to the tab 22 is a conventional adhesive material 23 for enabling the combination calendar and photo album apparatus 21 to be adhesively suspended from a wall.
Shown in FIG. 4 is a combination calendar and photo album apparatus 31 according to a third preferred embodiment. The calendar and photo album apparatus 31 is identical in every respect to the apparatus defined for the first preferred embodiment except the suspension means 9. Formed in each of the transparent sleeves 2 at the midpoint of the lower edge 4 is a tab 32. Contained inside each tab 32 is a conventional, thin magnet 33 enabling the combination calendar and photo album apparatus to be magnetically suspended from vertical metal structure, such as a conventional refrigerator.
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Rejection Proof (Audiobook) by Jia Jiang | Audible.com
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Overcoming Stress, Anxiety, and Low Self-Esteem
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Have you ever felt like you are teetering on the brink of greatness, but something is holding you back? Maybe it seems like there are two versions of yourself - that confident go-getter you keep locked up inside and the cautious doormat who plays it safe in every circumstance all day, every day. The key to realizing your goals is so easy to see but always seems just out of reach. In reality there are no tethers stopping you from living the ideal life that you know is within you.
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It can be easy to become task-oriented, focusing on the goals ahead of us and checking off our to-do lists rather than focusing on the people in our lives. Entrepreneur and business coach Brian Dixon set out to discover the secret to living a life that matters and finding work you love. In Start with Your People, Brian shares principles, tips, and personal stories to help you maximize the most important resource to succeed in both life and calling: relationships. Join Brian on a journey to discover the people-first mindset that changes everything.
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Jia Jiang came to the United States with the dream of being the next Bill Gates. Despite early success in the corporate world, his first attempt to pursue his entrepreneurial dream ended in rejection. Jia was crushed and spiraled into a period of deep self-doubt. But he realized that his fear of rejection was a bigger obstacle than any single rejection would ever be, and he needed to find a way to cope with being told no without letting it destroy him. Thus was born his "100 days of rejection" experiment, during which he willfully sought rejection on a daily basis - from requesting a lesson in sales from a car salesman (no) to asking a flight attendant if he could make an announcement on the loudspeaker (yes) to his famous request to get Krispy Kreme doughnuts in the shape of Olympic rings (yes, with a viral video to prove it).
Jia learned that even the most preposterous wish may be granted if you ask in the right way, and here he shares the secret of successful asking, how to pick targets, and how to tell when an initial no can be converted into something positive. But more important, he learned techniques for steeling himself against rejection and ways to develop his own confidence - a plan that can't be derailed by a single setback.
Filled with great stories and valuable insight, Rejection Proof is a fun and thoughtful examination of how to overcome fear and dare to live more boldly.
©2015 Jia Jiang (P)2015 Blackstone Audio, Inc.
This was such an enlightening little book. It goes beyond embracing fear, embracing rejection, and flows straight into embracing life: What a concept! You'll be tickled pink at how creative Jia Jiang gets in TRYING to find things to fail at. There's a positive joy in it.
The key thing is that it takes practice to be resilient, practice to find joy and confidence despite the outcome. I've read/listened to many, many (oh GOD: MANY!) self-development books on fear, and this is the only one that has humor in it. Don't get me wrong, he started off as somebody absolutely dedicated to not trying, to living his life for other people, but he blossomed in a truly magnificent way.
During each failure exercise, he analyzed and learned something new, and we can too. Personally, I have six rejection slips from agents, and the book got me thinking: What? Why so few?!? I have GOT to get out there and practice what this little book teaches.
It's a wonderful text, narrated well, and it cracked me up. Inspiring...!
No rejection here...!
Easy and quick read. Kept me engaged and created excitement. Had me view rejection in a different light. Love the Cialdini reference :)
This book demonstrates how changing one's perception of an obstacle can help overcome it.
Great book for recently unemployed/career change
If you have a friend who is struggling with unemployment or career change give this book to them. Action Cures Fear!
Surprisingly enlightening!
Rejection Proof was surprisingly enlightening! Along other things I discovered that overcoming fear and having fun are the keys to success!
This is by far the most inspiring book I've read in years. The content and narration are really excellent. I wish I could have read it earlier.
Fascinating delve into the human and rejection
It is amazing how the thought of being rejected appears to be a universal trait everyone desires to avoid; often at their own detriment. From being the last one selected for a game of kickball in the schoolyard to being unfriended on a social network as an adult, rejection is something we all have to face in our lives but most of us do not enjoy it. I have not met a person who likes being rejected or actively seeks out rejection from others, until I listened to this book. “Rejection Proof: How I Beat Fear and Became Invincible Through 100 Days of Rejection” is a journey into the author’s attempt to lessen the impact of rejection on himself, but he amazed himslef with what he discovered along the way. The book is authored by Jia Jiang and the audiobook edition is masterfully narrated by Mike Chamberlain. The book gives you a good view into the author’s life, feelings, and surprise as he sets out on a journey to be rejected at least once a day for one hundred straight days. The book is a rather fascinating dive into the world of psychology and personality, but what I enjoyed most was the openness and learning of the author himself put to the page.
If you have ever faced a personal giant in your life like rejection, you will understand the reasoning and desire for the author to see if he could rid himself of his fear and often paralyzing reaction to it. What stared off as rejection baby steps with a lone security guard soon expands to the absurd in an attempt to get rejected by a female bodybuilder. When his blog of rejection events goes viral, his entire life is turned around and upside-down. It took hard work and determination to keep up the rejection challenge but, in the end he learned not only around the human reason we all run from rejection, but he also learned about his own hidden talent to help others facing this same issue. He quickly grew into the rejection guru and quickly found fame and the spotlight which opened him up for even greater levels of rejection in his newly discovered life.
Mr. Chamberlain brought the audiobook to life by giving it personality and feeling. As fun as the book would be to read, for me it was more fun to just sit back and listen to the story unfold. I’m glad the author made sure there was a professional narrating the audiobook edition as this would also help to reduce the rejections against the book itself. The audio was crisp and clear, and I do not recall any issues with volume or other audio artifacts while listening. Even though the audiobook is rather short, at just over six hours, the narrator kept me engaged and entertained along the way.
In summary, be aware that this book does not provide a silver bullet making one rejection proof. If you are looking for that, I’m not sure one exists. However, what you will take away from this book are examples and things the author has learned along his path that may help you better cope with rejection, understanding that rejection is not always personal, and what are some of the ways to tuning an initial rejection into a “Yes”. If this at all sounds interesting, I would highly recommend you pick up a copy of this book and give it a listen.
Tips for making requests & accepting rejections
The book starts off slow as it gives the background on the author and his idea for the "100 days of rejection" experiment. It picks up after that, following a logical structure throughout the book. He tells of his many rejections (or sometimes approvals for his crazy requests) and finishes each chapter with tips, such as:
* Rejection is human. It's about what the rejector is thinking, feeling, and have going, not about you.
* Rejection is an opinion - some will say "no" and some will say "yes".
* Rejection has a number. Do it enough times, it may become a "yes." Ask why it's a "no" and modify the request.
* Be direct when making the request.
* Explain the reason for the request.
* Acknowledge doubts about your request.
* Select the right audience for the request.
* Don't assume you know the person and why that person should say "yes."
* Use rejections as lessons learned; what can you do differently to try to change a "no" to a "yes"?
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Storytelling and lessons learned.
It delivers a good balance between storytelling and lessons learned. One should be able to practice most of the learnings.
This is an excellent book, not only for entrepreneurs, but for people who are looking to grow in areas that they are uncomfortable.

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The Truth Seeker Collection of Forms, Hymns, and Recitations: Original and ... - Google-kirjat
The Truth Seeker Collection of Forms, Hymns, and Recitations: Original and Selected
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The Truth Seeker Collection of Forms, Hymns, and Recitations: Original and ...
Abner Kneeland Abraham Davenport Andy Bell angels Anon beautiful bless bloom brave breath Bright messenger brother cheer clouds creeds dare dark dawn dead dear death deeds dream earth Elmina error eternal evermore eyes faith fear flowers flushes river forever freedom Freethought friends give glorious glory grave hand happy hath heart heaven holy hope hour human HYMN immortal Jacob Martin kind labor land laws liberty life's light live mankind marriage mind moral morning Nature Nature's Nature's laws neath never night noble o'er onward pain peace praise prayer reign rest rise Selected shine shore sing slaves smile song sorrow soul spirit stand stars strive sublime superstition sweet sword of truth tears thee There's thine Thomas Paine thou thought to-day toil true truth Twill tyrants voice waves weary wisdom words wrong
Sivu 98 - So live, that when thy summons comes to join The innumerable caravan that moves To that mysterious realm, where each shall take His chamber in the silent halls of death, Thou go not, like the quarry-slave at night, Scourged to his dungeon, but, sustained and soothed By an unfaltering trust, approach thy grave Like one who wraps the drapery of his couch About him, and lies down to pleasant dreams.
Näkyy 976 teoksessa alkaen 1817-2008
Sivu 130 - ALL are architects of Fate, Working in these walls of Time; Some with massive deeds and great, Some with ornaments of rhyme. Nothing useless is, or low; Each thing in its place is best; And what seems but idle show Strengthens and supports the rest.
Näkyy 454 teoksessa alkaen 1841-2008
Sivu 82 - With a bare bodkin ? who would fardels bear, To grunt and sweat under a weary life, But that the dread of something after death, The undiscover'd country from whose bourn No traveller returns, puzzles the will, And makes us rather bear those ills we have Than fly to others that we know not of ? Thus conscience does make cowards of us all...
Näkyy 936 teoksessa alkaen 1745-2008
Sivu 97 - Or lose thyself in the continuous woods Where rolls the Oregon, and hears no sound Save his own dashings — yet the dead are there ! And millions in those solitudes, since first The flight of years began, have laid them down In their last sleep — the dead reign there alone.
Näkyy 760 teoksessa alkaen 1767-2008
Sivu 74 - The hills Rock-ribbed and ancient as the sun,— the vales Stretching in pensive quietness between; The venerable woods— rivers that move In majesty, and the complaining brooks That make the meadows green; and, poured round all, Old Ocean's gray and melancholy waste,— Are but the solemn decorations all Of the great tomb of man.
Näkyy 1041 teoksessa alkaen 1817-2008
Sivu 82 - The oppressor's wrong, the proud man's contumely, The pangs of despised love, the law's delay, The insolence of office and the spurns That patient merit of the unworthy takes, When he himself might his quietus make With a bare bodkin ? who would fardels bear, To grunt and sweat under a weary life, But that the dread of something after death, The undiscovered country from whose bourn No traveller returns, puzzles the will And makes us rather bear those ills we have Than fly to others that we know...
Näkyy 1266 teoksessa alkaen 1758-2008
Sivu 212 - I'll not leave thee, thou lone one ! To pine on the stem; Since the lovely are sleeping, Go, sleep thou with them. Thus kindly I scatter Thy leaves o'er the bed, Where thy mates of the garden Lie scentless and dead.
Näkyy 379 teoksessa alkaen 1814-2008
Sivu 96 - TO him who in the love of nature holds Communion with her visible forms, she speaks A various language; for his gayer hours She has a voice of gladness, and a smile And eloquence of beauty, and she glides Into his darker musings, with a mild And healing sympathy, that steals away Their sharpness, ere he is aware.
Näkyy 997 teoksessa alkaen 1814-2008
Sivu 249 - They are slaves who fear to speak For the fallen and the weak ; They are slaves who will not choose Hatred, scoffing, and abuse, Rather than in silence shrink From the truth they needs must think ; They are slaves who dare not be In the right with two or three.
Näkyy 579 teoksessa alkaen 1841-2007
Sivu 74 - Shall one by one be gathered to thy side By those who in their turn shall follow them.
Näkyy 664 teoksessa alkaen 1817-2008
Otsikko The Truth Seeker Collection of Forms, Hymns, and Recitations: Original and Selected
Avustaja Harry Houdini Collection (Library of Congress)
Kustantaja D.M. Bennett, Liberal and Scientific Publishing House, 1877
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Your the second person I know that has that layout. It’s quite cool. I don’t have the nerve to leave blogger and start over somewhere else, I wouldn’t know how to move all the stuff and I know the longer I wait the worse it will get. I’d like a 3 column template. I also keep telling myself that I’m going to stop blogging, any day now, but of course I don’t. Too much stuff happening in the world for this opinionated chick to ever stop…ciao
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I love your new layout, it looks very chic and stylish!;)
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Yeah… thanks to that coffee and/or iced tea, I’m up rading this right now when I should be sleeping! What socks are you knitting? I have half a mind to cast on for some Monkeys right now, but I know I really need to try to go to sleep instead.
June 19, 2007 at 8:01 am	 ∞
Looks fabbo gal 😉 very professional!
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Love your new layout. Looks really nice. I love the picture you used as your header too. What yarn are you using for your new toe up sock?
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My, my…. you are a busy one!! I like the new look.
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I wish I was as smart as you. That coffee is helping you accomplish all kinds of things. You’ve been a busy girl.
June 19, 2007 at 11:53 am	 ∞
SHE’S BACK! Yay! Psst, email me girl, I need to talk Rhinebeck details with you. Lurve the socks, double lurve the new look!
June 19, 2007 at 1:16 pm	 ∞
Your new layout is so fun. I really love how it is organized. And the footsies are just darling.
June 19, 2007 at 2:09 pm	 ∞
Aww…it was nothing. Thanks for the thanks! And your new blog layout is very modern-looking. I really like how your header photo is split across the 4 columns.
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Your blog looks great. Very organized! Love the finished socks.
It sounds like you’ve been busy, hope your able to get some rest!
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It looks great. And I’m not sure you’re only human. You have an amazing lot of energy 🙂


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Patent US5321547 - Monocular telescope - Google PatentsSearch Images Maps Play YouTube News Gmail Drive More »Sign inAdvanced Patent SearchPatentsA monocular telescope in which the beam path is so laid out that the casing may be flat in the direction of view, and the optical axis of the beam path in the casing describes a somewhat rectangular route, and in which the telescope has a view finder beam path intesecting with the telescope beam path...http://www.google.com/patents/US5321547?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US5321547 - Monocular telescopeAdvanced Patent SearchPublication numberUS5321547 APublication typeGrantApplication numberUS 07/929,925Publication dateJun 14, 1994Filing dateAug 17, 1992Priority dateFeb 19, 1990Fee statusLapsedAlso published asDE9001937U1, DE59102509D1, EP0516641A1, EP0516641B1, WO1991012550A1Publication number07929925, 929925, US 5321547 A, US 5321547A, US-A-5321547, US5321547 A, US5321547AInventorsWalter ZappOriginal AssigneeWalter ZappExport CitationBiBTeX, EndNote, RefManPatent Citations (13), Non-Patent Citations (4), Referenced by (13), Classifications (18), Legal Events (5) External Links: USPTO, USPTO Assignment, EspacenetMonocular telescope
US 5321547 AAbstract
A monocular telescope in which the beam path is so laid out that the casing may be flat in the direction of view, and the optical axis of the beam path in the casing describes a somewhat rectangular route, and in which the telescope has a view finder beam path intesecting with the telescope beam path in the users eye.
1. A monocular telescope with a view finder, wherein the telescope and the view finder have a common sighting direction, a mirror system is provided in the telescope beam path, the view finder comprises at least one view finder objective and a view finder eyepiece which have an optical axis, the telescope comprises at least one telescope objective and a telescope eyepiece with an eye lens, and the axes of the view finder eyepiece and of the telescope eyepiece intersect behind the eyepiece at the pivot point of an observer's eye.
2. A telescope according to claim 1, wherein the ocular lens of the telescope eyepiece and the view finder eyepiece are disposed directly one above the other.
3. A telescope according to claim 1, wherein the optical axis of the eye lens of the telescope eyepiece is aimed toward the eye upwardly at an angle.
4. A telescope according to claim 1, wherein the optical axis of the view finder extends in a straight line to the eye.
5. A telescope according to claim 1, wherein the telescope and the view finder are enclosed by a casing which has a substantially planar surface transverse to the viewing direction.
6. A telescope according to claim 5, wherein the view finder beam path passes substantially perpendicularly through the flat side of the casing.
7. A telescope according to claim 5, wherein the image beam path of the telescope is folded such that the image beam path has an optical axis which describes a substantially flat, approximately rectangular path in the casing.
8. A telescope according to claims 5, wherein the casing is approximately rectangular, and the longer side of the rectangle points downward when the telescope is in use.
9. A telescope according to claims 5, wherein the front lens of the telescope objective and the front lens of the view finder objective are provided on the front of the casing and the eye lens of the telescope eyepiece and the view finder eyepiece are provided on the back of the casing.
10. A telescope according to claim 1, wherein the front lens of the telescope objective is disposed in the upper part of the casing, and the eye lens of the telescope eyepiece is also disposed in the upper part of the casing on the rear side thereof, and that both said front lens and said eye lens are arranged offset from the center of the casing.
11. A telescope according to claim 1, wherein the telescope objective consists of two lens units separated from one another, between which a first planar mirror of an inverting system is provided, such that said first planar mirror turns the imaging beam path into the lower part of the casing.
12. A telescope according to claim 11, wherein said first planar mirror is disposed between the lens units at an angle that is a slight departure from 45� to the axis of entry of light rays.
13. A telescope according to claim 11, wherein said first planar mirror turns the beam path downward at a slight inclination with respect to a longitudinal axis through the telescope.
14. A telescope according to claim 11, wherein a pair of mirrors are provided in the lower part of the casing which turn the beam path into the upper part of the casing toward the telescope eyepiece.
15. A telescope according to claim 14, wherein said pair of mirrors are arranged for displacement together in the direction of the entering light rays in order to focus the telescope.
16. A telescope according to claim 1, wherein said telescope eyepiece consists of two lens units between which a planar mirror is provided.
17. A telescope according to claim 1, wherein said telescope objective and said telescope eyepiece are both chromatically corrected.
18. A telescope according to claim 17, wherein said objective is constructed in divided form as an achromatic lens.
19. A telescope according to claim 17, wherein a field lens of the telescope eyepiece is chromatically corrected.
20. A telescope according to claim 1, wherein the imaging beam path of the view finder is directed through a partially transparent mirror, and a circle of light is reflected by said partially transparent mirror into the view finder image.
21. A telescope according to claims 1, wherein in addition to the view finder objective and the telescope objective in the casing, an illumination opening is provided for a light marker which appears in the image field of the view finder.
22. A telescope according to claim 21, wherein said light marker is a luminous circle.
23. A telescope according to claim 21, wherein the view finder marker is illuminated through a beam path entering at an angle from above.
24. A telescope according to claim 14, wherein a knob for displacing said two mirrors is provided in an upper corner of the casing.
25. A telescope according to claims 5, wherein a knob is provided in an upper corner of said casing, which knob is offset rearward or forward from the casing and operates at least one cover which serves to cover the front lens of the telescope objective or of the view finder objective.
26. A telescope according to claim 25, wherein said cover also covers an illumination opening for a view finder marker.
27. A telescope according to claim 25, comprising an articulated lever mechanism operatively connected to said knob for moving a cover between a first position in which the eye lens of the telescope eyepiece and the view finder eyepiece are covered and a second position in which the eye lens of the telescope eyepiece and the view finder eyepiece are exposed.
28. A telescope according to claim 1, wherein the lenses of the telescope and of the view finder have a rectangular external shape.
29. A telescope according to claim 1, wherein a distance scale is provided which can be viewed adjacent the image field of the telescope.
30. A telescope according to claim 29, wherein a prism member is provided for reflecting the distance scale into the viewing beam path.
31. A telescope according to claim 30, wherein said prism member is a prismatic edge segment on a lens of the telescope.
This application is a continuation of my copending PCT international patent application No. PCT/EP91/00269, filed Feb. 11, 1991, designating the United States of America.
This invention relates to a monocular telescope with a view finder in which the telescope and the view finder have a common sighting direction.
In the case of great magnification, the field of view of such a telescope is small, so that it is difficult to sight a particular object.
It is the object of the invention to provide a monocular telescope with a view finder, such that, with the telescope remaining stationary, the user needs only to turn an eye to shift from the view finder image to the telescope image and vice-versa.
This and other objects of the invention are achieved by providing a monocular telescope having a view finder, wherein the telescope and the view finder have a common sighting direction, a mirror system is provided in the telescope beam path, the view finder comprises at least one view finder objective and a view finder eyepiece which have an optical axis, the telescope comprises at least one telescope objective and a telescope eyepiece with an eye lens, and the axes of the view finder eyepiece and of the telescope eyepiece intersect behind the eyepiece at the pivot point of an observer's eye.
With the telescope of the invention a user is able to sight an object with the view finder in a relatively large field of view and, with the telescope held stationary, needs only to change the line of sight of the eye slightly in order then to see an enlarged image of the sighted object in the telescope. In such a case the pivot point of the eye is determined by the intersection of the optical axes of the view finder eyepiece and the telescope eyepiece. The eye will be placed at this point anyway in the use of the telescope, that is, the location of the eye does not need to be changed.
To permit the telescope to be operated easily and enable the beam paths of the view finder eyepiece and of the telescope eyepiece to meet at the pivot point of the eye, the telescope and view finder are contained in a common casing, and the casing has a flat configuration as seen in the viewing direction. The view finder beam path can in this case pass through the casing through its flat side, approximately in the direction of the telescope aim. Because of its greater length the telescope beam path is folded within the casing.
Since the casing is flat, like a cigarette case or billfold or the like, such a telescope can be contained in a pocket in an article of clothing. Nevertheless, the telescope performs like any other monocular telescope.
In the preferred embodiment of the invention, the objective and ocular lenses are situated virtually in the immediate vicinity of the outer wall of the casing. In a further refinement of the invention, covers are provided to protect the objective and ocular lenses, which can be operated by turning an easily-reached knob, for example in one of the upper corners of the telescope casing.
Operating means, such as those provided for focusing, are also advantageously provided in one of the upper corners of the casing.
For the telescope to have a flat configuration, it is necessary that the course of the imaging beam path be flat. This is accomplished on the one hand by dividing the front lens of the objective and interposing a first mirror, and on the other hand by the flat, folded path of the beam within the casing.
Provision is made for focusing by making two of the mirrors displaceable along the doubled-back objective axis. This can be done by means of a knob provided on the casing.
Additional details of the invention are found in the following description.
The invention will be described in further detail with reference to a preferred embodiment illustrated in the accompanying drawings in which:
FIG. 1 is a front view of the telescope of the invention;
FIG. 2 is a side view of the telescope;
FIG. 3 is a back view of the telescope;
FIG. 6 is a sectional view taken along line VI--VI of FIG. 2, section IV--IV of FIG. 10;
FIG. 7 is a diagram of the optical structure of the telescope as seen in FIG. 3;
FIG. 8 shows the optical structure of FIG. 7 in a lateral view, section X--X of FIG. 7;
FIG. 9 shows the beam path of the view finder and of the circle of light (30);
FIG. 10 is a sectional view taken along line XI--XI of FIG. 7;
FIG. 11 is a top view of the beam path viewed in the direction of the arrow XII of FIG. 7;
FIG. 12 is a representation of the view finder image;
FIG. 13 shows the telescope image for comparison in size to the view finder image in FIG. 12, with an accompanying scale.
As can be seen in FIGS. 1 to 3, the casing 50 of the telescope is of rectangular shape. FIG. 1 shows the front view of the casing. The front lens of the telescope objective is identified by 2, and the front lens of the view finder objective has the reference number 4. Also, on the front of the casing is light-admitting opening 3 for illuminating a mark in the view finder image.
A knob produces the focusing of the telescope. Another knob 5 (FIG. 6) acts, through an articulation 13, 12, on a covering plate which is displaceable in the direction of the arrow 51 in order to cover the view finder eyepiece 6 as well as the telescope eyepiece 7 (FIG. 6) when they are not in use. At the same time knob 5, by means of levers 13 and 9, also operates a covering plate 8 for the front lenses of the telescope objective and view finder objective when the telescope is not in use.
As can be seen in FIG. 2, and also in FIG. 5, the casing 50 is very shallow, so that it can be inserted, for example, into a vest pocket or into any other pocket.
The view finder eyepiece 6 and the eye lens 7 of the telescope eyepiece are set very close together, so that the user need only turn his eye slightly from the view finder eyepiece 6 to the ocular lens 7 of the telescope eyepiece in order to shift from the view finder image (FIG. 12) to the enlarged section thereof (FIG. 13). The pivot point of the eye lies at the intersection 28 of the optical axis of the ocular lens 7 of the telescope eyepiece with the optical axis of the view finder eyepiece 6.
The front lens 2 of the telescope objective and the view finder objective 4 are arranged side by side and, taking advantage of the space in the casing, they are spaced apart from one another on both sides of the center line 67. Between them is a window 3 for illuminating a circle of light 30. The distance scale 54 serves to determine the distance of the viewed object (according to FIG. 13 a church and/or a house) if the size of the viewed objects is known or can be estimated.
The circle of light 30 is reflected into the view finder beam path into the center of the view finder image 60. The object surrounded by it will appear enlarged in the image field of the telescope.
According to FIG. 7 the knob 1 shifts the rod 14 in the direction of the arrow 55, so that the mirror slide 24 can be displaced in the direction of arrow 64 in order to focus the telescope.
When the telescope is deployed, a reduced scale image 60 is seen in the view finder according to FIG. 12.
If now the line of sight of the eye is lowered, for example in FIG. 3 from the view finder eyepiece 6 to the telescope eyepiece 7, a magnified image 19 of the view finder image 60 is obtained. The distance scale 54 can be provided beside the image 19 and in front of it a light-refracting prism 23 is mounted.
Since the telescope has an extremely flat and shallow configuration, the optical elements that serve for the imaging must be mounted in the casing 50 in such a way that on the one hand they will provide perfect imaging, and on the other hand they will permit focusing on the object being viewed, and further so that they will also produce the usually necessary image inversion.
To achieve this, the objective and the ocular are each chromatically corrected. The telescope objective 2, 17 (FIG.10) is constructed in divided form as an achromatic lens such that the chromatic correction is shifted to the second part 17 of the objective. The correction of the telescope eyepiece 7 is shifted to the field lens 20 so that the thickness of the eye lens will not be multiplied, because there is more space available there in the beam direction.
According to FIG. 10, between the front lens 2 and the second part 17 of the telescope objective a first planar mirror 16 is provided, which deflects the beam path in the direction of the arrow 61 approximately perpendicularly into the base plane, downward into the casing at about 30 minutes of angle from the perpendicular. The image field is marked 19 (FIGS. 7 and 8). In the bottom part of the casing 50, the beam path strikes two planar mirrors (18) disposed at a right angle to one another, which turn the beam path upward in the direction of arrow 62. Thus the beam path reaches the eyepiece deflected laterally from the central axis 67 in the casing. It strikes an additional planar mirror 21 which directs the image beams through the eye lens 7 of the telescope eyepiece to the pivot point of the eye 28. As a result of this configuration, considerable space is saved, and the flatness of the beam's course is assured.
A partially transmitting surface mirror 26 follows the view finder objective 4 (FIG. 8). When the beams pass through in the direction of the arrow 63, the view finder beam path is carried by the view finder ocular 6 (eye lens) to the pivot point 28 of the eye. Depending on whether one looks through the front lens 2 of the telescope objective (FIG. 1) or through the view finder objective 4 (FIG. 1), the object is seen either enlarged through the telescope beam path or it is seen in the large field of view through the view finder beam path. For this purpose only a slight turning of the human eye is necessary.
The partially transmitting surface mirror 26 is provided in order to reflect the light entering through the opening 3 into the view finder image, in the form of a circle of light.
The chief advantage of the invention is seen in the creation of an extremely thin and flat monocular telescope, but one which has the full optical quality of a high-priced telescope, permits focusing, and also has a view finder for the purpose of first obtaining a large general field of view, and then, by a slight turning of the human eye from the view finder beam path to the telescope beam path, without changing the position of the telescope, seeing a magnified section thereof. For this purpose both of the eyepieces are preferably arranged so that the casing will be to the right of the viewing eye; however, this arrangement is not essential. The casing could just as well be disposed on the left side if a person sees better with the left eye. The beam path then needs only to be changed about symmetrically.
The additional advantage of the telescope is that the knob 5 makes it possible to cover the lenses and thus close up the entire casing, enabling the telescope to withstand rough treatment.
The knob 1 (FIG. 7) also provides for a displacement of the two mirrors 18 in the direction of the arrow 64, permitting fine focusing.
The mirror 21 is oriented so that it enables the beam path, as represented in FIG. 8, to emerge in the direction of the arrow 65, upward out of the telescope at an angle, so that it enters the point 28 where it intersects the horizontal view finder beam path. A distance scale 54 is provided for estimating distance. The distance scale 54 is disposed alongside the image field so as not to interfere with the use of the telescope. The distance scale 54 situated laterally beside the image field requires an additional deflecting means, namely the prism 23, which can also be configured as a prismatic segment at the margin of the lens. In this manner the desired images, including the reflections from the mirrors, can be viewed in a space-saving manner.
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