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|Combined merchandise display, sound reproduction device and insignia supporting unit
|Tarrant et al.
|Combined greeting card and music box structure
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|December, 1891
a container having a space therein for receiving said product and comprising interconnected wall portions and including a cover wall portion movable between closed and open positions and a mounting wall portion at least in part formed of resiliently yieldable material;
a substantially flat device having opposite sides and including a battery powered signal generator means for generating at least one of an accoustical signal or an optical signal and switch means for actuating said signal generator means;
means for connecting said cover wall portion and said switch means so that said signal generator means generates a signal when said cover wall portion is moved to said open position;
and means for mounting said device on said mounting wall portion and comprising two parts of said mounting wall portion which are interconnected with each other and which are resiliently and elastically biased toward each other and engage at least portions of said opposite sides of said device.
a substantially rectangular bottom portion;
a substantially rectangular first side wall portion;
and said cover wall portion;
and wherein one side of said cover wall portion is hinged to a first side of said first side wall portion, and wherein a second side of said first side wall portion which is opposite said first side of said first side wall portion is hinged to one side of said bottom portion.
a substantially rectangular second side wall portion;
and a second cover portion;
and wherein one side of said second cover portion is hinged to a first side of said second side wall portion, and wherein a second side of said second side wall portion which is opposite said first side of said second side wall portion is hinged to a second side of said bottom portion.
a second substantially rectangular side wall portion;
and a second bottom portion;
and wherein one side of said second bottom portion is hinged to a first side of said second side wall portion, and wherein a second side of said second side wall portion which is opposite said first side of said second side wall portion is hinged to a second side of said cover wall portion.
a substantially rectangular bottom portion;
three triangular side wall portions;
and a triangular side wall portion forming said cover wall portion;
wherein said three triangular side wall portions are hinged to respective sides of said bottom portion, and wherein said opening side wall portion forming said cover wall portion is hinged to one side of one of said three triangular side wall portions which abutts a remaining fourth side of said bottom portion.
The present invention concerns packaging for a product in a container, a package which is cube-shaped with a bottom, four sides and a top, or a pyramid-shaped package with a rectangular base, as well as the use of these packages.
It is known to provide cards, e.g. greeting cards with a melody generator that is activated upon opening such a folded card.
It is an object of the present invention to provide a package of the type mentioned above which when opened, as in the case of a gift package, sounds a melody or produces a series of optical signals, for example the illumination of Christmas candles on a Christmas tree imprinted on the package or the playing of a Christmas melody. This significantly raises the surprise of a person to whom such a package is given and thus favours selling of goods which are packed that way, keeping in mind that the provision of additions to the package to sound a melody are relatively inexpensive with respect to costs of the good, contrary to cards where such additions are expensive relative to the price of the card itself. This is achieved through the provision of a batter-powered signal generator on the container, emitting acoustic and/or optical signals and an activation switch for the generator attached to an opening part of the container in such a manner that the generator is activated by opening of the container. In order, on the one hand, to permit the container to be written upon and imprinted in the usual manner, and on the other hand to ensure a certain surprise effect, and at the same time to keep the container stackable, it is proposed in one embodiment that the generator be located on the inside of the container.
Generators of this type are familiar in themselves. In FIG. 1 there is illustrated such a generator, which comprises a loudspeaker 1 and an electronic chip 3, all brought together upon a cardboard carrier that as a self-adhesive underside, and provided with an activating switch 7 in the form of a pull-release. The switch 7 is tripped by bending a cardboard strap 9, on which a pull-element 11 is located, around the axis A. In order to keep the generator from being damaged by the product, whether by mechanical stress due to installation or removal of the product, or by electrical conductivity of, for example, a product packed in aluminium foil, or by moisture generation, etc., it is proposed in a further modification that the container be constructed with a double wall in at least one area within which the signal generator is located. With this, in order to provide additionally to a self-adhesive fixation, upon installation of a generator such as is illustrated in FIG. 1, an additional mounting fixation for the generator, as well as to have the provision of the generator occupy the least possible volume, it is further proposed that the walls of the double wall construction be formed so they are biased towards one another, at least in the area of the signal generator.
An extremely simple construction of this type of resilient generator mounting or covering is achieved in one embodiment by providing a covering on the wall on which the generator is arranged, having at least one slit of such character that a portion of the covering in the area of the incision lies elastically over the generator within the limits of the elasticity of the covering material.
Should a generator be installed that is, for example, like the one illustrated in FIG. 1, having a mainly cube-shaped volume, then in a modified embodiment it is proposed to provide in the cover two incisions that are at least nearly parallel and are preferably restricted on both sides in order to form an elastic band over the generator.
Considering the requirements for mass production of this type of packaging, in which assembly of such a package from several components is not optimal, it is further proposed in a modified embodiment that the double wall or the single wall and covering, as the case may be, are formed in one piece and are capable of being superimposed upon one another by folding or bending. In this connection an additional optimal condition is achieved if the container comprises a one-piece blank and can be set up by folding or bending, and preferably with tab and slot connections. This enables the entire container, blanked out in one piece, to be manufactured with fold lines and slits, then imprinted, and finally assembled into a three-dimensional container without any provision for glue-joints. A preferred embodiment of the packaging container--for example, for the packaging of chocolate bar--is realized in an embodiment according to which the container has a rectangular exterior bottom portion to a first side of which a rectangular cover portion is connected by means of a front wall portion and on a second side of the exterior base portion, bordering the first side, a rectangular cover portion is attached by means of a wide side portion, wherein a rectangular inner bottom does form a double-bottom, is connected to the cover portion, opposite the wide side portion, by means of a second wide side portion, wherein, further, a locking rear portion is connected to the exterior bottom portion or to the cover portion opposite the first side of the outer bottom portion and wherein attachment connections are provided for setting up the container.
In a further embodiment, the generator, constructed as illustrated for example in FIG. 1, is arranged on a bottom portion, preferably glued on, and a pull-release for the activation switch is fastened onto a wall that is to be opened, wherein the overlay portion is provided with two at least nearly parallel slits that form a biased band overlying the generator.
For the simplest, most cost-effective fabrication possible, it is suggested that the blank for the container be blanked out of cardboard or paper, preferably in one piece.
Obviously it is desirable to remove certain sales information such as sales prices, especially for gift packages. This is advantageously achieved in the package according to the invention through the provision of a tearable tab which is in one piece with the container, which forms a tab to carry the price imprint that can be torn off for gift use, of such type that after sale of such a package this removable tab--which can be connected with the wrapping of the container by a tear-off perforation--can be torn off by the salesperson in a simple manner. Depending upon the goods to be packaged, it is proposed in a further modification to form the container in a pyramid or tetrahedron-shape.
Without considering provision of a generator, a package pe se that is extraordinarily simple to manufacture, with a bottom surface, four side surfaces and a top surface is inventively so formed, for setting up a unitary wrapping and for assuring a package assembly free from glue-points, that a first top surface is connected to a first side of the bottom surface via a first side surface; a second top surface is connected to a second side of the bottom surface, adjacent to the first side, by means of a second side surface; and a third side surface is connected to the second top surface, opposite the second side surface; and, further, that a fourth side surface is connected to the third side of the bottom surface, adjacent to the second side, or to the first top surface, opposite the first side surface; and that tab/slot-means are provided for assembling the container into a cube. Should such a package or container provide for incorporating, for example, the aforementioned generator, it is proposed in a modified embodiment of this packaging that a second bottom surface be connected to the third side surface to form a double-walled bottom.
In this, an elastic portion is advantageously provided in the double bottom, preferably integrated with it, for an elastic mounting for an element such as a sound or light generator lying between the bottom surface or walls.
A pyramid-shaped package with a rectangular bottom surface has in its blank a rectangular base, preferably square, once again for the formation of a unitary set-up and assurance of assembly without glue, and to each of three of the rectangle sides triangular pyramid side-surfaces are connected; further, to one of the triangular side surfaces, adjacent to the fourth side of the rectangle, there is connected a further triangular side surface whereby tab/slot-means are provided for assembly of the pyramid. Here too, in a construction variation of the pyramid-shaped package, a second square surface is connected to the fourth square side in order to form a double bottom for the pyramid for the insertion of, for example, a generator as previously described. In addition elastic means are provided here too, on at least one square surface and preferably integral thereto for the elastic mounting of an element such as the aforementioned generator between the square surfaces. All of the described packages or containers are preferably manufactured from cardboard or hard paper. A sound-series melody generator and/or a generator that controls a light display on the package is provided as the signal generator, such as a generator that controls an LED arrangement, wherein the control of such LED diodes is likewise known. The aforementioned packages are particularly suitable for gift packages for chocolates. Depending on the geometric shape, they can, however, also be used for further packaging purposes such as for jewelry packaging, toy packaging and packaging of pralines, etc.
The invention is hereinafter explained by way of examples with reference to the drawings, in which:
FIG. 1 is a known signal generator (see introduction);
FIG. 2 is a schematic illustration of a package according to the invention;
FIG. 3 is a detail of a package according to the invention, with the generator uncovered;
FIG. 4 is a plan view of a further modified embodiment of a package according to the invention, with the generator uncovered;
FIG. 5 is a perspective view of a preferred unassembled package for bar chocolate according to the invention, with a generator and a modified package for the use without supplemental means as the generator realized by the omission of certain package parts from the package for generator use;
FIG. 6 is the blank for a pyramid-shaped package according to the invention, with or without a generator to be provided; and
FIG. 7 is a perspective view of the package according to FIG. 6 with the generator present, in opened condition.
In FIG. 2 is illustrated purely schematically the principle of a first embodiment of a package according to the invention. It comprises a container 11, formed from a cover 10 and a bottom piece 12, wherein a signal generator 13 is arranged, either as illustrated on the inside of the container or otherwise on its outside, and as an acoustic generator, provided with a loudspeaker 15 for the emission of a series of sounds--a melody--and/or connected with one or more light diodes 17 for producing supplemental or independent optical signals. The generator 15 is battery-powered, as illustrated schematically at 19, and has a starting switch 21 formed as a pull switch wherein, for example, two electrical contact portions 21a and 21b resiliently overlay one another with an insulating pull-actuated element 23 arranged between them. The pull-operated device 23 is so connected to the cover 10 that when the container 11 is opened the element 23 between the contact portions 21a, 21b is pulled out so that the contacts now close an electrical circuit for the operation of the generator 13.
The generator illustrated in FIG. 2 can be of a type already known in the art and illustrated in FIG. 1. In order not to enlarge the volume of this type of package with the additionally provided generator and in order to maintain its stackability, for example, with planar bases, at least the electronic components, battery, loudspeaker, etc. of the generator are arranged towards the inside of the containter 11. To fulfill this target it is obvious that a generator carrier 25 can be arranged in the inside of the container, but also on the outside, and then the aforementioned components of the generator can be inserted through suitable openings in the container wall into its interior. In both cases, however, a covering for the generator 13 must be provided particularly with the use of such packaging for goods which by their packaging or their removal could mechanically damage the generator or which by their storage could influence the function of the generator by humidity or the like. Such a covering is illustrated in principle in FIG. 3. To a container wall 27 is cemented the modular generator 29, constructed, for example, as illustrated in FIG. 1. On the inside of the container a covering 31 is fastened on at least one side to the wall 27 as, for example, by being cemented to the wall 27 at the points 33, and is stretched elastically over the generator. To ensure the best possible sound quality with the illustrated form of the generator 29 as a melodic generator, a sound aperture 37 is provided coaxially with the loudspeaker 35 in the covering 31. Preferably, the container--like the covering 31--is constructed from hard paper or cardboard, and it has a slot opening 39 through which an actuating element 41 for the release switch acts on the generator 29.
In FIG. 4 there is illustrated a highly simplified form of generator covering. Slots 47 are cut in a wall 45 of the container, which is made of cardboard or hard paper. By these a band-shaped covering 49 is formed, defined on the left and the right by the said slots. A generator 51 on a mounting plate 53, likewise constructed, for example, of cardboard and possibly self-adhesive, is so inserted through the two slots 47 that the two margins 55 of the mounting plate rest, on both sides, on the wall 45 and the covering 49 is tensioned over the generator 51. There is again provided an outlet slot 57 for an actuating element 59 for the generator release switch. This construction has, on the one hand, the advantage of great simplicity, but the disadvantage that the generator is perceptible from the exterior of the container.
In FIG. 5 a preferred package for chocolate bars according to the invention, employing the generator shown in FIG. 1, is illustrated in perspective, in disassembled condition. A bottom panel 61 has rectangular form. A fold-line 67 is provided at a first side 63 of the bottom panel 61, on both sides and except of a middle zone 65, whereby the bottom panel 61 is integrally linked to a front panel 69.
The middle zone 65 is cut through. Symmetrically positioned with respect to the middle zone 65 is a generator 71, formed as in FIG. 1, cemented to the bottom panel 61 in such a way that the folding controlled strap 73, designated by 9 in FIG. 1, is cemented to the front panel 69. The fold axis designated in FIG. 1 by A lies exactly on the incision in the middle zone 65. It is thereby assured that the forming up resulting from the fold lines 67 extends only directly up to the strap 73 and the latter lies intimately on the front panel 69 and extends into the generator mounting. As can also be seen in FIG. 1, a hard paper strip 75 is provided on the strap 73 which projects from the strap 73 and which is attached endwise to an insulating strip 77. The insulating strip 77 lies between the metallic contact bands 79 of the generator release switch 81, the details of which according to FIG. 1 are not shown in FIG. 5.
When the front panel 69 is folded down into the illustrated position, the insulation strip 77 is pulled out from between the contact bands 79 and the generator is activated and, conversely, upon folding it up in the direction F69, the release switch 81 is again opened.
Opposite the first side 63 a rectangular cover panel is hingedly connected to the front panel 69 by means of a continuous fold line 83. Opposite the fold line 83 there is integrally connected to the cover panel 85, by means of a fold line 87, a tie strap 89 with a cut-out inner tongue 91 which is connected with the cover panel 85 at tear-off perforations 93. A price imprint, for example, is provided on the bottom side of the tongue 91, whereby the price can be removed from the package, as the gift purposes, by merely tearing off the tongue 91 in a simple manner.
Adjacent to the first side of the bottom panel 61 and on a second side 95 of the said bottom panel 61 a further continuous fold line 97 is made, to which a first side panel 99 of the package is once again integrally hinged. Opposite and parallel to the fold line 97 at a further fold line 101 there is hingedly connected, likewise integrally with the above described portions, a rectangular cover panel 103, the dimensions of which correspond at least approximately to those of the bottom panel 61. On both upright edges 105 of the side panels 99 there are fastening tabs 107, again at fold lines. Opposite the fold line 101, the cover panel 103 continues into the second side panel 111 of the container, again at a continuous fold line 109, and that side panel, again integrally and at a fold line 115 broken at a slit portion 113, continues into a cover panel 117 which corresponds at least approximately to the dimensions of the bottom panel 61. On the upright edges 119 of the sides panels 111 there are fastening tabs 121, again at fold lines.
Opposite the fold line 115 the cover panel 117 continues into an inner side panel 125 across a continuous fold line 123.
Opposite the side 63, across a continuous fold line 127, a back wall panel 129 is also hingedly connected to the bottom panel 61 and continues into a closure tab 131. The connection between the back wall panel 129 and the closure tab 131 is realized by means of two fold line bridges 133, wherein the hinge line defined by the fold line bridges 133 are continued in the side zones and in the mid-section by means of incisions 135 and 137, respectively. A kidney-shaped connecting tab 141 is hinged to the fourth side 139 of the bottom panel 61 at a fold line 143. It is aligned in the indicated X-direction with the incision 113.
The described container, formed preferably of cardboard or hard paper as a unitary blank in one blanking operation, with incisions and fold lines produced in the same operation, is formed into the set-up container in the manner indicated in FIG. 5, wherein the side panel 99 is folded up at the fold line 97, then, with the side panel 111 folded up at the fold line 109 and with the cover panel 117 folded in over the fold line 115, the cover panel 103 is folded up around the fold line 101 in such a manner that the cover panel 117 comes to rest over the bottom panel 61 and the inner side panel 125 rests against the inside of the side panel 99. With this the kidney-shaped side tab 141 is laid into the slit 113. The connecting tabs 121 are opposite to the tabs 107 in the X-direction. The tabs 107, 121 that lie opposite one another are bent inward, whereupon the back wall panel 129 is bent up around the fold line 127 and the closure tab 131 is inserted under the cover panel 103. Thus, a container is created that is particularly suitable for the reception of chocolate bars and which can now be locked shut with the help of the cover panel 85, this last being set up after folding in of the remaining tabs 107 and 121 and then locking the package shut by the insertion of the connectin band 89 into the center incision 37. As is seen, the tongue 91, provided e.g. with a price imprint, now protrudes from the package and can be removed as desired. The cover panel 117 along with the bottom panel 61 forms a double bottom for the generator 71. Two slits 145, again in the X-direction and parallel to one another, are provided in the cover panel 117, aligned on the carrier rectangle for the generator 71, and they preferably have end incisions 147 in order to prevent the tearing of the slits 145.
In the cover band 149 formed between the slits 145 a trapezoidal cutout 153 is made which assures clearance for free actuation of the actuating band 73, strips 75 and 77 relative to control switch 81 of the generator. The container or, better, the carton, is assembled without any glue-points, and in this the kidney-shaped connecting tab 141 assures good stability thanks to its barb-like function in relation to the incision 113.
If such a carton is to be used without provision of a generator as a conventional packaging carton, the cover panel 117 is omitted and only a small edge is left connected to the fold line 115, as indicated by the dotted line, so that the slit location 113 will still be defined. Also, a simplified carton of this type has essential advantages in its manufacture and assembly, with respect to manufacture costs for example. It is obvious that the described carton set-ups can be suitably imprinted on their undersides before their assembly.
It is also obvious that the back wall panel 129 could just as well be provided on the cover panel 85, and in fact where the connecting band 89 is drawn in in FIG. 5, whereby the latter would then be connected to the following the back wall panel 129. Also, the tear-off tab 91 would then be kept.
In FIG. 6 the blank for a pyramid-shaped container is illustrated, likewise for the installation of a generator such as is illustrated in FIG. 1, but also having advantages as a conventional pyramid carton without the provision of a generator--as was already shown in the embodiment according to FIG. 5--and also as far as manufacturing costs are concerned. It comprises a square base panel 155. Triangular panels 157, 159 and 161 are hinged to three sides of the panel 155 at hinge lines. A fourth triangular panel 165 is hinged to the one side of the triangular side panel 161 at a fold line, adjacent to the fourth side 163 of the square. With the means described up to this point, with suitable tabs, a pyramid package is realized of unitary blank that can be put together without glue-points. If a covering is to be provided for the provision of a generator such as is illustrated in FIG. 1, a cover panel 167 is provided on the fourth square side, with slits 169, a resonance hole 171 and a cutout 173 analoguous to the embodiment according to FIG. 5. The cover panel 167 is turned in around the fold line provided on the side 163, over the generator 175 indicated by dotted lines, and the generator's activating strap is connected with the triangular side panel 159 in the manner and by the means described in FIG. 5. The triangular side panel 159 then operates as a cover that can be opened, as illustrated in FIG. 7.
With the described package according to the invention in all its variations a novel, surprising packaging concept is created with which the attractiveness of small gift products can be drastically increased with very slight additional cost.


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Meta-analysis of prevalence of wheezing and recurrent wheezing in infants
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Prevalence and incidence of Alzheimer's disease in Europe: a meta-analysis
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Background: A disease of unknown aetiology, Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the most common type of dementia. As the elderly population grows worldwide, the number of patients with AD also increases rapidly. The aim of this ...
Prevalence and risk factors for wheezing in infants in the region of Pamplona, Spain
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Well, it had to happen, somehow I managed to mess up with my backups and lose the entire information on my blog. And this comes from a guy who always keeps triple backups of everything, photos, videos, server info, etc. So, it was just bad luck, but I will immediately start reposting some of the old posts and add new ones, so within a week I hope the blog will be again fully functional and with lots of information.
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Everybody you meet these days will inform you to get fitter and healthier , and for good motive too. Typically, it is not what you eat, however how a lot of it you might be eating. Even when traveling, you need to use the app to find healthy restaurant dishes wherever you find yourself. You possibly can even search by calorie rely, sort of delicacies, and various nutritional components so you stick with your specific weight loss plan routine. I wish to go on a weight loss program, however it coast a lot of money to do so. I'm very young with a number of weight on me. I need to lose some pounds because I cant run as I used to. I can stroll, however then my again starts to harm quite a bit.
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Nick Clegg has put aside his differences with David Cameron over Europe to join the Prime Minister in opposing the arch-federalist Jean-Claude Juncker's bid to lead the European Commission.
The Deputy Prime Minister said that he and Mr Cameron "are actually one" on the issue of the Commission's next president.
Mr Cameron has reportedly warned Angela Merkel, the German chancellor, that picking Mr Juncker, the former prime minister of Luxembourg, as president could mean that Britain leaves the European Union. Mrs Merkel has this week insisted that she backs Mr Juncker's candidacy.
Mr Clegg said the EU had reached a moment at which it could either change or go into decline. He said: "I think on this at least the Prime Minister and I – if not other European issues – we're actually one.
"What we want to see is people running the institutions – the European Commission, the Council of Ministers, the Parliament and so on – who just get that this is a really important moment for the European Union. We either reform or decline."
Mr Clegg was joined by Chris Grayling, the Justice Secretary, in denouncing Mr Juncker. The Tory Cabinet minister said that Mr Juncker was "not right" for the role.
"What we need for the European Union is people who understand the need for change," he said. "From across different parts of Europe last week in the European elections we got a clear message that reform is what people want.
"You have to have a Commission leadership that understand the need for reform and can engage with that debate.
"I think there are candidates who are perhaps more suited to a reform agenda than others."
Mr Cameron on Tuesday spoke to José Manuel Barroso, the current president, as he continued to lobby European leaders over Mr Juncker's appointment.
Mr Cameron this week described Mr Juncker as a politician "no one has ever heard of", and a poll disclosed that only 8 per cent of EU nationals could name him. There were reports yesterday that Mrs Merkel has asked France if it would be willing to put forward Christine Lagarde, the chief of the International Monetary Fund, as president.
Mr Clegg's comments came as he and Vince Cable attempted to put on a show of unity in a pub in central London, after the Business Secretary was forced to deny involvement in a friend's alleged plot to oust his party leader.
Outside the staged event to announce a policy giving new rights to publicans, the senior Liberal Democrats dodged questions about damaging polls commissioned by Mr Cable's ally, Lord Oakeshott, to undermine Mr Clegg. Once inside, they posed awkwardly pouring a pint as scores of waiting journalists were barred from entering and were left peering through the window.
Asked by one reporter who was allowed into the event if it was a show of unity, Mr Clegg said: "No. Vince and I have worked together for years as party colleagues, as old friends, and will continue to do so.
"Clearly we've had a really difficult time – just look at the election results – neither Vince nor I are in any way trying to brush that under the carpet."


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This poster was designed as a tribute for the film, "Vertigo", directed by Alfred Hitchcock.
This poster utilizes a minimalist design and features a character from the film, which is identified by two separate personalities of which are separated by a white dividing line in the center of the poster. At the bottom of the dividing line is the shape of a woman falling, which is a recurring theme of the film. The poster also utilizes a color scheme reminiscent of the posters promoting the film's release.
This artwork was created using Adobe Illustrator.


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Alternativet election campaign
I am supporting the new Danish political party Alternativet ('the Alternative') through my photography. They bring in fresh, green new ideas and a desire to do things in different ways most of which I agree with. Because it is time for change!
Read The Guardian's article about Alternativet.
The election is in 10 days – on the 18th of june – and I will upload photos to flickr along the way, they can be seen here in this post. Click on the photos to see more on flickr.
Baby steps to teaching
Taking my first baby steps as a teacher is a big thing for me. All my life I have identified myself with being the quiet girl, I never wanted to speak in front of people.
During the last month however I have engaged myself in different teaching situations. With some good friends who are Council Guides like myself we got the opportunity to teach a group of leaders who take part in an experiment with different kinds of leadership.
We were teaching some of the fundamental teachings from our Delicate Lodge wisdom, tools that are helpful, I would say essential, for living a balanced life.
People's Climate March in Copenhagen
Do you know Avaaz?
Avaaz is the organisation – or platform you could say – that was the reason why people all over the world on the 21rst of September went out in the streets to show their concern about climate change.
Making it The biggest climate march ever !
I was part of creating the event in Copenhagen, together with around 10 other people. We all volunteered when we first heard about the event a few months ago.
In the small marketing and communication group of just 3 people, I became the graphic designer. It was meaningful and fun work and happened with an amazing ease.
Out of almost nothing and with no funding, except small amounts that we put in ourselves, we managed to arrange a beautiful day with a fantastic program – both serious and entertaining, with a warm atmosphere and a lot of concerned people wearing green clothes, making me so proud and touched (-:
A great learning experience of how much we can create – together.
I was also photographer of the event. Watch the flickr slideshow:
The mission of Avaaz is to "organize citizens of all nations to close the gap between the world we have and the world most people everywhere want".
It is a global movement consisting of the people itself, organizing themselves via the internet across the planet to influence people of power and create change and a better world.
Everybody can be part of it!
Avaaz means voice in several languages.
Preparing for the tree
The tree is waiting.
I am spending 10 days and nights in nature, living in my tent in a forest in northern Jutland, Denmark. Together with a group of people we are building a small temporary community of around 50 people. All installations are removed when we leave, leaving no trace, only more beautiful.
Our preparations have as objective the actual Sundance, a deep ceremony of dancing, drumming and singing.
The center of the dance is a tree; symbolising Life and the connection between earth and sky. Body and spirit.
We are dancing to and around the tree to celebrate life and by doing so creating a high vibration of energy that will spread out and bring life and heighten the vibrations around the planet.
Deep down we are doing our part in creating a better world with all the work we put into this ceremony, the preparations and support, prayers, intentions, dancing, drumming, singing.
These days I am tuning in to what I am bringing to the tree this year. What is my prayer, my giveaway and what do I wish to develop, what am I working with in myself?
Last year I experienced huge healing and growing my power through giving my pain, sorrow and old wounds to the drum and tree. Getting fresh energy and power back in the most beautiful way.
This year I am holding a question about how to create flow and make my life work.
What am I REALLY here for?
Høslæt på Kildeengen
Hvert år samles en flok naturelskere for at praktisere det gamle håndværk leslåning ved et stort høslæt på Kildeengen ved Hvalsø sydvest for Roskilde.
Engen ligger i Bistrup skovene hvor der er vild natur og sjældne arter blandt dyr og planter. Jeg er ikke biolog eller skovmand som mange af mine medfæller på engen den dag, men min fornemmelse er, at det er noget af det tætteste vi kommer på oprindelig ægte natur i Danmark.
Et skønt naturområde hvor jeg gerne kommer igen for at gå på opdagelse og blive næret af naturens fred og gode energi.
Engperlemorsommerfugl er en ef de sjældne arter som flaksede rundt i stort antal blandt engens blomster.
Dejligt at tilbringe en dag i naturen med et så meningsfuldt fokus: at pleje naturen. Og smukt at opleve folk gå op i at passe på naturen og bruge en dag på denne måde. Der var sørget for frokost og et festmåltid med grillet rådyr ved dagens afslutning.
Leen spiller en stor rolle i høslættet, hos både store og små lesvingere.
Dog er der lige så meget arbejde med at rive sammen og slæbe væk efterfølgende. Det afskårne græs rives sammen og fjernes fra engen for at give luft og lys til ny vækst.
Danmarks Naturfredningsforening har andre høslæts-arrangementer hen over sommeren rundt omkring i Danmark: www.dn.dk/le
Wikipedia om høslæt.
Every year a bunch of nature lovers gather up in a big hay harvest to practice the old craft of scything. The meadow is a beautiful area with natural forest and rare species of butterflies and flowers. Wonderful to experience people taking care of nature, both young and old working with the scythe and helping to gather and remove the cut grasses.
New beginnings
Apologies for the low activity here lately. I have been busy – or rather I am getting more busy, stepping up in activity level which is great and a needed lift in my life.
As the true introvert I am I need big chunks of time dedicated to deeper work like writing or getting ideas for the blog.
It is a new life in many ways.
I have moved back to Copenhagen after 3 years away. Coming back seems to be an opportunity to look at what happened when I left. That was a time of endings: A relationship ended and I had lost a job (again). I had been in a state of low and depressed energy for a long time and it felt as if the world had gotten very small.
I felt a huge need of seeing new horizons – to get some fresh air and inspiration and to expand my view and understanding of the world – to make it bigger again.
And to find hope that the world that I had known was not all there was.
I decided for India and went traveling, just me and my backpack for 8 weeks.
India was perfect. The world showed herself in new and marvelous ways. An opening up to completely different cultures and ways, hope, love, gratitude. Relieved that here is so much more than what we see in the western modern world and so much richness we can't imagine.
Through India the world grew new, big, beautiful and full of love again. Actually India is worth many posts of her own. It is a mysterious country where love flows in the streets. At least if you are open to it.
Here just a few. Many more photos from back then are in my flickr set India.
Clearing out
This summer I have been spending a lot of time cleaning up and clearing out in old stuff. In my parents spacious basement I have stored heaps of things from a good part of my life.
Admittedly, I am a collector. And my parents are too. I have clothes that are from my teenage years – around 25 years old. This has proven valuable through the years, where an old item could be gathered from the hidings and brought to new use.
Yet I have felt the need of cleaning up and letting go of for a long while.
However when I have tried to approach the piles and start looking through it all, I would typically get into a heavy, draining energy and a bad mood.
This summer, time has been available to me, and I am celebrating to have managed to get through all the boxes!
At first it was still challenging this time too, draining me in the first attempts. By starting with small bits here and there, and the possibility to take it easy – I slowly got into the process of it and began to feel the energy rising in doing so.
Amazed to see the pattern change from the draining heavy energy to a light and life growing one, the more I cleared out and was able to throw away.
I have thrown away tall stacks of books and an infinite number of sacks full of paper. Sacks of clothes and piles of old CDs. I still keep some stuff, but now better organized and hopefully easier to find the way through.
Then I am impressed by the number of letters we wrote in the nineties! It was before all communication became digital, on the edge of the millenium. I feel inspired to start writing more letters. They are beautiful proof and souvenirs of friendships.
So… along the findings from different times in my life, I have been walking down memory lane in this period. Getting emotionally overwhelmed by the strong feelings and stories of certain eras. Certain of these memories needs healing, to clear the energies some more.
I am healing right now.
I came home from my Indonesia journey. After a first good day I got into a bad mood. I was tired and it all felt meaningless and hopeless. A depression-like state.
It is not the first time I experience this sort of thing after travel. The last time I was on a longer trip, to Japan, it also took me a couple of weeks to regain my energy. And even after just a weekend in Berlin or Copenhagen I experience a low.
I love traveling and would make a living of it if – when I find a way. My soul rejoices when I take my body to foreign places, and it loves Asia. Maybe it has to do with a longing to stay there. That is how I felt about Japan – it felt so deeply meaningful, beyond words, to stay in that beautiful country.
However this Indonesia trip was a very different story. I feel that I haven't set foot on indonesian ground: I never walked down a street or did anything on my own in any of the towns we passed through. We were accompanied – from car backseat, to hotel, to university lecture halls, to restaurant, back to the car and the hotel. And so forth. Like children. Or rock stars maybe? I didn't make a deep connection to Indonesia because of this constant being 'taken care of'.
The first days I longed for contact with the street life, to go out and explore and discover this new country. Then we got really busy and I may have repressed this desire along the way. And then I got filled up with all the activities and constant company so I had no surplus energy to go exploring anymore. On top of this we spent long travel hours and a few nights sleeping in cars, going from one place to the next. Also rather draining.
Being a highly sensitive and introvert person (HSP), I get my energy from time alone, opposite to extroverts and less sensitive people who are able to reload in company with others. I demand quiet time alone to recharge my batteries, in order to be able to keep living my life with an open heart in the external world. I need to rest, regenerate and digest, to be able to feel myself also. I feel like I drown in constant company. I get overstimulated.
This trip's program challenged me extremely. There was not enough time for me to be alone and recharge. I only drained, and drained myself more. Ended up crying at a few points, and having to shut myself off because I couldn't take more people and crowds and smiling polite conversation. Sad. I hate having to do that.
Ok so I get a little depressed – we all do that now and then you might say. Then you are probably not a HSP – a Highly Sensitive Person. How sensitive are you, my dear reader? People are different.
My depression resulting from the overstimulation is a low energy where the meaning of things evaporate. Why am I doing this? This leads nowhere. I am no good. Etc.
In that state I loose hope, desire and passion for what I otherwise love and want to do. All the things that I normally am excited to explore, develop and play with get out of sight.
Sometimes it feels like I hardly can do anything because I will end up overstimulated at some point and loose my energy, hit the bottom and then start over again. It is a tough roller coaster trip to move between the low and high energy all the time.
When I arrive on top again, I go from zero to hundred in wanting to do everything I have put off (when I was low) and more, and getting lots of new ideas. Creativity booming, so I have trouble following it – and with the risk of overstimulating myself just through my own flow of inspiration…
I get overstimulated in many ways in my life. Certain people trick it if they talk a lot or if I feel bulldozed by them in some other way. I am sensitive to insensitivity. Making too many appointments don't work because I won't have time to digest in between. When I travel on my own and there is so much to discover that I won't give myself time for proper breaks – I may push myself because I don't want to miss anything. Group travel always kick it off at some point; I normally break down on day four (it was also day four in Indonesia).
The paradox is that I love and need stimulation; adventure, exploring, discovering – it is just really hard to balance when I also need the introvert regeneration time. I simply want to do more than I am sensitively capable of. I end up hitting the wall again and again. Meanwhile I do my best to see the learning in the process.
I believe this overstimulation is the main reason for the depressed state described.
However there may be more reasons to my home-coming depression. I mentioned Japan: When I returned home from Japan last year I suffered a two week depression. Being back home had no meaning compared to the meaning and joy I experienced being in Japan. I was in love with the country and my soul longed to go back.
Maybe my soul also longed for meeting 'the real' Indonesia?
Fyring – en energimæssig rutschetur
Jeg oplevede overvældende skift i følelser og energi, da jeg blev sagt op, så forlænget og til sidst stoppede. De voldsomme svingninger gav negative vibrationer og uhensigtsmæssige spild af tid, energi, ressourcer.
En undersøgelse af en proces.
Det kom som en overraskelse. Jeg havde været ansat knap et halvt år på en lille tegnestue i vækst, hvor opgaverne lod til at strømme ind. Jeg var på vej til et møde i den anden ende af landet, da min chef ringede. Ledelsen havde regnet med at jeg var på kontoret den dag så de kunne holde et møde med mig. De havde bare ikke checket min kalender, så i stedet blev jeg sagt op telefonisk. Min chef udtrykte sin beklagelse.
En advarsel
Vi var blevet advaret noget tid inden. I ledelsen var de ved at undersøge om der var opgaver nok til alle medarbejdere. Det virkede noget abstrakt, så jeg tænkte ikke videre over den melding. Vi var en stribe nye medarbejdere som havde fået fastansættelser i en ellers usikker tid, som et tegn fra ledelsen om at de troede på os og et ønske om engagement fra vores side.
Nye omgivelser – tilflytter
Jeg var flyttet til byen for jobbet og var godt tilfreds med det hele – opgaverne, kollegerne, stedet og rammerne for arbejdet. Og min nye by som var velkendt fra tidligere og hvor jeg heldigvis havde en masse venner i forvejen.
En sprække af frihed
Det var underligt at blive sagt op. Det var ikke min første gang, så jeg tog det ikke særligt personligt, følte mig nærmest lidt garvet. Jeg blev overrasket og ked af det, men samtidig mærkede jeg en sprække af frihed åbne sig for mig – og nye muligheder. En velkendt følelse fra mindst én tidligere opsigelse.
Negative vibrationer
Tre måneder er lang tid at være opsagt og stadig på arbejde. Jeg kunne ikke nå at gøre mit projekt færdigt og mistede min motivation. Følte mig som en søvngænger og kedede mig. Den negative energi påvirkede mit humør, og bragte mange morgener fyldt af frygt, frustration og tårer. Sorte følelser og mindreværd pressede livsglæden ud af mig. Det blev en kamp at gå på arbejde.
Afslutningen nærmede sig, og pludselig foreslog min leder at jeg kunne blive forlænget et lille stykke tid for at gøre mit projekt færdigt. Jeg var helt paf og måtte bede om betænkningstid. Kunne jeg fortsætte i denne ulidelige negative energi? Jeg ville virkelig gerne færdiggøre projektet. Hvis bare denne mulighed var kommet noget før, så jeg ikke havde spildt så megen tid og energi. Dårlig samvittighed og præstationsangst.
Nu skulle jeg gøre projektet færdigt alligevel. Pludselig havde jeg en høj produktiv energi, min ansvarsfølelse var tilbage, jeg blev resultatorienteret – og stresset.
På få øjeblikke et vildt skifte i energi. Jeg havde i lang tid været ineffektiv, og nu måtte jeg knokle for at forsøge at indhente det forsømte. For at nå et nogenlunde resultat lagde jeg en del overarbejdstimer.
Ud af døren
I slutfasen var jeg afklaret og med en god energi og humør. Jeg havde slidt for at få afleveret og havde gjort mit bedste plus lidt til. Jeg var afklaret om at skulle stoppe. Overskudsagtigt lavede jeg en gryde indisk chai til kolllegerne som afslutning.
Alligevel blev jeg ked af det da jeg gik ud af døren, og fældede tårer i sorg over at afslutte den periode. Efterfulgt af tomhed den følgende aften.
Et forløb som det beskrevne virker ikke hensigtsmæssigt for nogen af parterne. Jeg synes der spildes for meget energi og ressourcer. Én ting er spild af virksomhedens ressourcer. Værre er, i det overordnede billede, spild af min (og andre medarbejderes) personlige energi. Derudover mine følelsesmæssige reaktioner som jeg vedkender mig som mine reaktioner og gamle mønstre der bliver sat i gang. Præstationsangst. Pligtopfyldenhed. Frygt. Menneskelighed.
Jeg drømmer om en mere blød og hel arbejdsverden. Som det er nu reagerer jeg stadig med at prøve på at skjule de 'dårlige' følelser fordi jeg gerne vil passe ind og være 'professionel'. Hvem er det der siger at der ikke er plads til de negative følelser? Vi er jo alle mennesker. Jeg tror og håber på at der er plads til det hele. Hvis ikke før, så i fremtiden. Og den starter NU.


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… a pair of cuffs by Vanessa Bruno seen at net a porter. Lace has been mixed with pieces of crochet and crystalls. The result looks very magical for me. I would rather wear them in winter – they remind me of snow and ice and a wintry fairy tale… I know everybody is longing for the sun right now (me too by the way) – so I'll keep my dreams for December.
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According to PwC US's Private Company Trendsetter Barometer, most private companies (70%) are now doing some form of customer outreach through digital avenues, including via email and company websites. Within this group of Trendsetter companies that engage / research customers digitally, 67% are leveraging social media and mobile devices to that end.
Fast-growth private businesses in particular are embracing digital tools in their customer outreach. Among Trendsetter companies, those that use digital means to engage and learn about customers forecast 11.3% revenue growth over the next year, compared with 6.3% revenue growth projected by private companies that are not using digital tools for customer-engagement purposes.
"Speed and interaction are essential for businesses looking to remain ahead of their competitors," says Ken Esch, a partner in PwC's Private Company Services practice, "and so most private companies see digital tools as a pathway to faster growth. Not only does digital technology enable companies to reach many customers quickly, it also allows them to learn considerably more about those customers than they could before."
Notably, private companies using digital means of customer engagement and research to a moderate/great degree also tend to have higher annual revenue ($244 million) than those using digital means to a smaller degree ($191 million).
"Digital means of customer engagement level the playing field, helping private companies catch up to their larger public counterparts," says Esch. "By leveraging social media, for instance, private companies can engage and track current and potential customers on a scale that, in the past, would have been cost-prohibitive. It's important, however, that companies have a disciplined social media plan that matches their business objectives. A haphazard approach is apt to yield uneven results."
Digital Tools Deliver Clear Value, But Full Benefits Depend on Data Analytics
Targeted marketing to individual customers — for instance, via email promotions, text messages, and pop-up ads — is the top way private companies are using digital technology for customer engagement/research (65%). Half of private companies that are using digital channels for customer engagement/research are also encouraging customers to act as brand ambassadors — for example, by posting online testimonials about products and services and spreading the word via social media. Roughly the same percentage (48%) use digital means to solicit customer insights for product development, including innovation.
Private companies that are using digital channels for customer engagement are notably positive about the benefits, saying that digital means help their businesses do a better job of marketing their products/services to customers (76% of respondents) and improve customers' experience and overall satisfaction (72%).
Relatively fewer Trendsetter companies are using digital tools to research customers: 43% are using such tools to gather information on customers' behavior and preferences, while 40% are employing digital means to obtain demographic information. Despite these lower percentages, fully three-quarters (75%) of the companies using digital technology in their customer-focused efforts say that doing so helps them obtain better and more useful information.
"To make the most of their digital investment and the information it yields, companies must have the right processes and skills in place," says Esch. "Without these, the customer data a company gathers may be of limited value. Increasingly, companies are looking to hire people who know how to tailor data-analytics tools to a business's customer-research needs, as well as understand how to put that data to profitable use."
Digital Users Lead the Way in Customer-Focused Investment, But It's Still Early Days
Regardless of whether they're embracing digital technology or still relying on traditional means of customer engagement/research (e.g., direct mail), private companies overall are investing in customer engagement and research. That said, businesses enlisting digital tools for this purpose are leading the way, reporting consistently higher levels of customer-focused investment across the board.
Three-quarters (75%) of Trendsetter companies consider the customer information they collect (via both digital and traditional channels) relevant to their product development and innovation. This percentage rises to 84% among private firms that use digital tools to a great or moderate degree.
Nonetheless, roughly one-quarter (28%) of private companies have not yet enlisted digital tools in their customer outreach. Meanwhile, among those companies enlisting digital technology to that end, only a minority (28%) believe that doing so is currently helping them achieve lower costs.
"Most businesses are still getting their feet wet when it comes to effectively harnessing digital technology for customer research and engagement," says Esch. "As investments in these areas begin to pay off, more companies are likely to follow suit. In the process, they'll start moving up the learning curve, discovering the most expedient ways of using digital tools — at which point, lower costs may join the ranks of key benefits to using digital technology for customer outreach."
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Bundi is located in the northwest region of India, Rajasthan. The term 'Bundi' can be traced from a former Meena king called Manan Shreshta. Earlier, it was called 'Bunda-Ka-Nal' which means narrow ways. Bundi is situated in the narrow valley within the Aravalli Hills in Rajasthan. The fortress of the state was built on Aravali hills which acted as natural preventer from enemies. Later Rao Dev Hada took charge of it from Jaita Meena in 1342.
In the year 1947, after British were made to leave India and Partition of India, British authority surrendered their rule over various Princely State. These states were left to decide whether to merge with the newly formed Dominion of India or the Dominion of Pakistan. The last ruler of Princely State of Bundi added his state to the Republic of India, also known as the Union of India. The internal affairs of Bundi eventually came under the control of Delhi.
This Nazarana rupee issued by Ram Singh weighs around 10.7g. The obverse of the coin is inscribed with 'Katar' in the centre with the legend 'Queen Victoria' around and the reverse of the coin is inscribed with the legend 'Bundish Ramsingh' and Vikram Samvat' date 1943.


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A master plan will be prepared for developing Chilika as the world class tourist destination in Odisha.
Odisha government has assigned an agency for preparing the master plan for it within four weeks.
A high level meeting chaired by Odisha Chief Secretary Aditya Prasad Padhi was held at state secretariat yesterday to discuss the master plan and the proposed projects to develop the infrastructure of Chilika, country's largest lagoon.
Meanwhile, a report has been prepared by IPE Global Consultancy on the basic tourism development of Chilika. The draft report proposing the development of three tourist zones — Rambha, Mangalajodi and Satapada — and programmes based on world tourism was tabled at the meeting yesterday.
Suggestions have been given to incorporate the locals, environment and the boatmen dependant on Chilika for livelihoods into the master plan.


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A disappointing season for the Colorado Rockies took another unfortunate turn Friday night.
All-Star outfielder David Dahl was carted off the field after suffering an awful-looking ankle injury during their 5-4 victory against the San Francisco Giants.
The official word from the Rockies on Saturday is Dahl suffered a high right ankle sprain. He was placed on the 10-day injured list and will likely miss several weeks.
MRI on #Rockies OF David Dahl confirms a high ankle sprain of the right ankle. He has been placed on the 10-day IL.— Thomas Harding (@harding_at_mlb) August 3, 2019
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The only thing that's stood between Dahl and success in baseball is health.
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That one was for David.#RoxWin 🖐 pic.twitter.com/GE8vYL9gts— Colorado Rockies (@Rockies) August 3, 2019
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Whisky reviews
I've been enjoying whisky lately and thought I'd try my hand at describing the flavours of a whisky in a classic review format.
My intent being to:
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- Using as little jargon as possible
- Build my whisky flavour vocabulary
- Build my own ability to notice the subleties of a whisky.
Review approach
My initial approach is to use a simplified version of Jim Murray's Approach (Nose, Taste, Finish, and Balance) as detailed in his Whisky Bible. My approach being to only consided Nose, Taste, and Finish, with the intent being to incorporate Balance over time and in subsequent reviews.
Oban 14
Whisky malt with slight sweetness and floral notes
Rich smooth malt flavour with some slight wood notes.
Smooth lingering mouthfeel, with mild peppery feel.
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In early June, here in Louisiana, the strawberries have expired from the heat and we are beginning blueberry season. We are great fans of the blueberry, so, of course, we take appropriate action.
It was in the upper 90s yesterday, with a humidity to match yesterday. (You always know it's more than humid when the outside of your windows fog over). So we got up at 6:30 am, had a quick cup of coffee and was out the door by 7 a.m. Our favorite blueberry place is Country Fair Farms in Franklinton, LA. This is a pick your own kind of place for $1.50/lb or $8.00 for a 2-gallon bucket. This is a big increase from last year, when the price was $1.00/lb, but still an incredible value. Country Farms has 15 acres of Blueberries.
This is the earliest in June that we've been and I'd say they were about 25% ripe and ready, so picking took a bit more time. In previous years, when the percentage of ripe was much higher, the blueberries almost jumped off the bushes and dived towards out buckets. But, this year we had to select. Next year, we'll wait until the 15th or so to go.
We picked up 6 buckets and selected a row for picking. About and hour and a half later, we emerged with full buckets ! We are not discussing how many we eat while picking. And no, I'm not worried about eating them without washing. We then pour the blueberries into plastic bags and place them in the scales.
And the Grand total came to 30 pounds of blueberries.
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I love the summer months ... first strawberries, then blueberries, and any minute now the watermelon will be ready.