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Gone are the days when a boss could storm down the corridor, blood vessels bursting and steam fuming from every orifice before barking at an office junior: 'Smithers – my office now.' And then behind closed doors proceeding to tear several strips off the beleaguered soul over some perceived inadequacy or fault. Modern employment legislation and corporate procedures require bosses first to discuss matters with Stepford Wife-like human resources executives before initiating performance enhancement mechanisms that fully respect the employee's dignity at work rights, with a comprehensive psychological analysis conducted of all parties in the immediate and medium-term aftermath. All of which is terrific for employment lawyers. Now they are warning employers that staff are surreptitiously recording fellow colleagues and managers with an eye on entering the conversations as evidence in future employment tribunal claims. Our commentators at law firm Withers point to recent Employment Appeal Tribunal case Punjab National Bank (International) and others v Gosain as giving a boost to staff with recorders hidden in their jacket pockets. Keep an eye peeled for the little red light. Click here for more information.
Some 16 years ago, a man walked into a purveyor of fine information technology products to purchase a laptop computer. He made it clear to the shop assistant that he required a machine with an internal modem, which back in the pre-historic days of the late nineties was quite something. The shop assistant scratched his head, inhaled sharply and muttered: 'Beats me, guv. I'm still trying to get my head round fax machines.' Nonetheless, the shop assistant agreed our man could return the laptop if it did not contain that key cutting-edge bit of technology. Long story short – it didn't, and that's when the fun began. The punter had bought the laptop with a £50 deposit and the remainder on the never never. On returning the internal-modem-less computer, he wanted to cancel the financing deal. The bank took a different view. Lawyers at law firm Shoosmiths explain how a consumer champion triumphed 16 years later. Click here for more information.
No-one likes an internet pirate. Well, that's not strictly true – there are plenty of teenagers and others that absolutely adore the pirates, keen as they are to hoover up all manner of music, games and films via intellectual property and copyright-infringing websites. But the EU among other international governmental organisations aren't big fans of the cyber skull and crossbones mob, and recently the European Court of Justice boosted efforts to rein in the digital parrot lovers. Commentators at law firm Taylor Wessing analyse a recent important ruling for content owners trying to eliminate internet piracy. In its judgment, Europe's highest court has allowed site-blocking injunctions against internet service providers in a similar decision to an English High Court ruling. Click here for more information.
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Police ponder royal wedding tactics
Police are considering using stop and search powers to prevent troublemakers disrupting the royal wedding, a senior commander has confirmed.
Metropolitan Police Commander Bob Broadhurst said officers would be taking action to prevent a repeat of the kind of violence and disorder seen around the TUC's March for the Alternative in London on Saturday.
Mr Broadhurst admitted that the police operation had "failed in parts", but insisted that officers were not able to arrest potential rioters ahead of the march and did not need additional powers to deal with protests.
The Met will take a different approach to policing Prince William's wedding to Kate Middleton on April 29, watching out for every threat "from terrorism downwards", he said.
Asked if that could involve stopping and searching people on their way to central London on the day of the wedding, he told the BBC Radio 4 Today programme: "We are looking specifically at the royal wedding and what we can to do prevent Saturday's disorder and violence creeping in to that event.
"We always look at our powers to try to quell violence before it happens."
Mr Broadhurst said the wedding would present a very different policing challenge from Saturday's march, when up to 500,000 people protested peacefully before a few hundred got involved in violence and occupations at famous London venues such as Fortnum & Mason and the Ritz Hotel.
Police will be aware of the threat of terrorism targeting the many VIPs - known in police jargon as "principals" - who will be attending the wedding, he said.
"The royal wedding has a different tenor to it," said Mr Broadhurst. "It is a security operation largely in certain parts of London. That will give us different powers. It is quite appropriate that police have different powers in terms of security, as against people's rights to come and openly protest.
"You are looking at a different type of threat - the threat to the wedding is a threat to principals, it is a threat to democracy. For the wedding, we will be looking from terrorism downwards. For protests we are hoping people will come and protest peacefully. They are two different ends of the spectrum."

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IATA downgraded (02-Mar-2010) its profit forecast for the airline industry from its Dec-2010 forecast of USD9.1 billion to USD8.6 billion due to the rising cost of fuel, which is expected to be 29% of total costs this year compared with 26% in 2010. Oil has increased from USD84 per barrel in Dec-2010 to USD96 per barrel. Details of IATA's revised profit forecast for 2011 are as follows:
- Revenue: USD594 million, +7.6% year-on-year;
- Costs: USD575 million, +9.7%;
- Fuel: USD166 million, +19.4%;
- Operating profit: 18.4 million, -32.8%;
- Net profit: USD8.6 million, -46.3%;
- North America: USD3.2 billion, -31.9%;
- Europe: USD0.5 billion, -64.3%;
- Asia Pacific: USD3.7 billion, -51.3%;
- Middle East: USD0.7 million, -36.4%;
- Latin America: USD0.3 billion, -70%;
- Africa: Breakeven, compared with a profit of USD0.1 billion in p-c-p;
- Passenger numbers: 2570 million, +5.4%;
- Passenger yield: +1.5%;
- Cargo volume: 46.2 million tonnes, +6.0%;
- Cargo yield: +1.9%. [more]
IATA: "So the future of this industry is being built in Asia. I know that we have many people on this call from Asia. We will be looking to airlines in that wonderful and growing part of the world to play a much bigger role in shaping a more profitable future for this industry," Giovanni Bisignani, CEO. Source: IATA, 02-Mar-2011.


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I had meant to post this way back before Halloween, but somehow I forgot! I love baking with my children, and this is a really fun and easy way to get them involved.
What you'll need:
– chocolate cupcakes (don't get fancy with your chocolate cupcake recipe because my boys went for the oreos and reece's pieces and left the rest)
– oreos
– frosting
– reese's pieces
Here's how our little guys turned out. Cupcake owlies don't really need ears do they?
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ENVIRONMENTAL charities have said they are "bitterly disappointed" by the outcome of UN climate change talks in Peru.
Negotiators in Lima reached a last-minute agreement on a framework between developing and rich nations for making firm pledges to cut pollution at a summit in Paris next year.
WWF Scotland described the deal as "half-baked" and said it was more important than ever for Scotland, along with other countries, to take urgent action to deliver on climate change commitments.
The charity's director Lang Banks, who has been in Lima as an observer, said: "The final outcome from Lima is bitterly disappointing.
"These talks leave a huge amount of unfinished business for countries to try and resolve before Paris if we're to stand a chance of securing a new global climate deal that's both fair and ambitious.
"We need to see global emissions peak by the end of decade, yet there's a yawning gap between what the outcome in Lima commits nations to do and the scale of what the climate science is telling us. Worse still, these commitments will not be enough to protect those most vulnerable to climate chaos, but the least responsible for causing the problem."
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He added: "In the case of Scotland, with our three missed climate targets, that means putting at least the same amount of effort into reducing emissions from transport, housing and other sectors as is successfully being put in to harnessing clean energy from renewables."
Samantha Smith, leader of WWF's global climate and energy initiative, said: "Against the backdrop of extreme weather in the Philippines and potentially the hottest year ever recorded, governments at the UN climate talks in Lima opted for a half-baked plan to cut emissions.
"Governments crucially failed to agree on specific plans to cut emissions before 2020 that would have laid the ground for ending the fossil fuel era and accelerated the move toward renewable energy and increased energy efficiency.
"The science is clear that delaying action until 2020 will make it near impossible to avoid the worst impacts of climate change, yet political expediency won over scientific urgency. Instead of leadership, they delivered a lacklustre plan with little scientific relevancy."
Mary Church, Friends of the Earth Scotland head of campaigns, said: "What we've seen in Lima is a deliberate attempt by countries who've benefited from many decades of pumping carbon into the atmosphere to avoid paying their climate debt, with the strong risk of locking in catastrophic warming.
"Exhausted negotiators are walking away from Lima with the foundations of a Paris deal built on sand when the urgency of the crisis demands that they are built on rock."
She added: "Five years on, Scotland's Climate Act remains the most ambitious domestic legislation to limit greenhouse gas emissions in the industrialised world. In the context of the totally inadequate pledges on the table in Lima, it is more important than ever that Scotland starts to live up to its leadership role by putting in place further serious, practical measures to curb emissions."
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May 3 1:29 PM [Blaino] THIS MORNING ONE OF OUR EYES IN THE FIELD HAPPENED TO BE IN HIS/HER/THEIR BANK... IN THE ORANGE STATE... FLORIDA.... AT A BIG FOUR BANK, WAITING ON THE TELLER TO RETURN WITH SOME THINGS... SO, THEN IT HAPPENED... THE NEXT TELLER SPOKE UP TO THE ONE ADJACENT TO HER
"Hey, I thought we were supposed to get that training this morning on that Iraqi money." and the far teller replies "Yeah, it takes about 2 hours and you'll know all about the dinar when you're done."
She nods her head towards the main area where all the desks and cubicles are located. Our watcher turns to look as well.... and suddenly realize's that there are several new desks and six (6) new "suits" milling around and so on.
Our watcher was "at home" in his/her/their own bank and simply hadn't noticed the changes till then. Reports that excitement went up, knees got shaky! Sorry so long, had 3 PM's while trying to get this done
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The competition or rather the comparison is with gas-powered chainsaws that use, obviously, gasoline to run a powerful motor and help you with related tasks. Electric chainsaws work on current, but are they as powerful or versatile as gas saws? With modernized technology and innovations coming out annually, electric saws are indeed taking over.
Their performance and efficiency – especially with a few noteworthy brands – are parallel to their gas powered counterparts.
Different Features
The two words you need to bear in mind while shopping for chainsaw are: 'size' and 'power'. These determine comfort level, efficiency, as well as safety for various tasks and projects, not to forget long-term durability and usage over several hours at a stretch.
- To prevent your saw from producing a sudden and often unexpected back force, low kickback bars and chains are incorporated into most models.
- The chain needs to be kept lubricated, especially if it is not to heat up from over-use. To this end, maintenance is practically cut thanks to an automatic oiler You no longer need to recall when you need to lubricate the chain; go on working. Safety and efficiency with cutting tasks depends heavily on this feature.
- It is never a bad thing to find anti-vibration options on your chosen to chainsaw model or brand. This cuts short your personal fatigue levels by granting superior comfort as you wield the saw. Imagine having a world's worth of cutting and you get tired in the first quarter-hour of work. No heavy vibrations, no heavy workload.
- Suppose you wish to change the tension of the cutting chain and you do not want to do so over several minutes; it will ruin your work flow. Enter, tool-free chain adjustment, another feature to lookout for.
- Just like gas powered chainsaws, even electric ones need a rope pull to start up. The force needed to pull it is distinctly less thanks to a spring-assisted starting.
- The air filter inside these products is one of the most delicate components inside electric chainsaws. With an air-cleaning element, large debris is removed before they even get to the filter, thereby increasing the filter's lifespan.
- Sudden impacts and movements can and will happen with chainsaws, electric ones no bar. A chain brake provides supreme safety by stopping the chain in a matter of seconds when this happens. Automatic as well as manual brakes are available, depending on the saw type.
- A simple but just as important feature is a carrying case that comes with your chainsaw product. These will be specially designed to hold various components of the saw and the machine itself in safe and secure moulds.
Electric Chainsaw Types
We can delve into a detailed exploration of all the sub-types and classifications out there for electric chainsaws, but it is better to keep things simple and down-to-earth.
Type #1. Standard – With front and back handles to provide grip, portability, and comfort, these chainsaw types have handles on the motor housing (or engine). The cutting bar juts out from this housing. As for vibrations, they will certainly be there on standard electric chainsaw models.
Type #2. Pole – Fully called pole saws, these comprise an extention pole on which you can mount the saw and work with cutting and trimming at great elevations. Corded and cordless versions are available; the latter has a good enough battery life. Some string trimmers out there come with pole saw attachments.
Type #3. Jagged Jaw – As 'thrilling' as the name sounds, these are merely another type of electric saw that are designed with a set of jaws around an aptly resized cutting bar. Aside from increased chain protection, the jaw helps with grinding the materials you work with; within reason. Some models display scissor-like behavior and clamp down on the materials to break them up. For all this power-talk, jaw-based chainsaws are good for light cutting and pruning.
Important: Not all electric chainsaws can work heavy-duty tasks. Light- to medium-duty cutting, trimming, and pruning come under their primary purview
Corded or Cordless?
In keeping with our tradition of simplicity, electric chainsaws either come with an extension wire (corded) that uses power or current to work; much like most other electronics out there. Battery-based (cordless) does away with the cord.
- Corded chainsaws are remarkably lighter. Recharging and refueling are not even factors to consider with these. As long as you have the right extension cord that can reach the work area you need, you are good to go. The cord's length certainly determines how far you can move around the work area.
- Keep the cord well out the way or the saw might go through it. Get compatible extension cords; there are smart tips available online, one of them being how you can generate more power output by choosing a low gauge number for the cord.
- As for the cordless variety, mobility is a rather obvious advantage. Because of a battery, operation times will be comparatively shorter (times to recharge). The battery is no dainty-daisy, it adds weight to the saw. As long as your workload is moderate, these saws are ideal.
Important Note: Cordless electric saws are NOT as powerful as their corded cousins.
Needless to stress the importance of this topic.
- Earplugs and earmuffs work to keep your hearing good. Some models have little to no vibration but noise is a very real thing with electric saws.
- Steel-toed boots with non-skid soles are best where footwear is concerned; imagine slipping or dropping the saw by mistake.
- Cut-proof pants or chaps are perfect, they are in fact more than.
- Side-shielded eye protection is compulsory; keeps eyes safe against flying debris.
- Gloves, industrial grade, cut-resistant, and provided with ample grip capabilities; go for these.
- When cutting and/or trimming overhead, like tree branches, don a hard hat (like what construction workers use).
- When you see the words 'chain pitch', it is referring to the rivet spacing on the chain. These spacing and that of the teeth on the sprocket should correspond; the sprocket teeth are found at the end of the bar.
- When you see the words 'gauge specifications', it is referring to the chain's thickness or gauge. This and the bar's groove should fit without hassle. When it comes time to buy a new chain, this measure will help you choose the right one.
Electric chainsaws are efficient, modern, practical, produce no carbon emissions and are varied to suit different projects and requirements.
- Always read the manufacturer's instructions; this includes the manual, safety policies, and so on.
- The weight of the saw determines how long you can go about using it at any given time.
- The cutting chain envelops the bar whose length determines the types of logs you can cut. Example: a bar of 20 inches can work its way smoothly through logs of 40-inch diameters each. Pruning, trimming, and lopping are simple tasks that are not really influenced by bar length. Professionals go for 'tall bars' while hobbyists opt for 'standard' lengths.
- The engine determines power output. Obviously, the larger the engine the more powerful it is. Heavy-duty projects demand more potent engines. These engines are measured in cubic centimeters, with 30cc being the standard.
Finally, regular maintenance is absolutely important. While auto-oiling and auto-tensioning features reduce the amount of maintenance needed, you cannot say no to it altogether.
Tighten those loose nuts, keep the chainsaw clean, and all will be well; durability and lifespan increases for your saw this way. See if you can readily dissemble and re-assemble chainsaws; makes them easier to clean.


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That moment when…Comparison and Keeping-up-with-everyone-else feeling begins to dissipate. Oh, how liberating it is to show up this way in life wherever we may be and whoever we may be with. When this happens, there's this distinct knowing and happy feeling that positive change has occurred for you.
Something new is on the horizon, because you are being more present in the moment and open to receiving it. That is what we call a Positive Shift. Because something changed on the outside that reflects your newer internal way of being, your mind shifted, and your presence shifted.
And a few weeks ago, I experienced just that. After reactivating my gym membership (run and practice yoga in the warmer months), I returned back to the gym for Spin class and Vinyasa Yoga. Actually, [Continue Reading...]


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Custom drapery finishes a room design more than any other design element. This very contemporary Family room and Kitchen dining area feel so much more inviting once the window treatments are installed. Drapery adds acoustical and visual softness and character to the rooms. Expert drapery designs are custom sized perfectly for the windows allowing for maximum viewing area and setting off the style of the room to match the homeowners taste.
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New Fabric Collection – Coastal Colors inspiring calm and peaceful interiors
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New fabric fashions for inspiring window treatments and upholstery selections, blue colors still prevail as homeowner's favorite providing a calm livable quality to any space. Think bedrooms, family rooms or any space you wish for a relaxing retreat from the non stop world we live in.
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BTG has developed its own proprietary software products and is also a distributor of partner products.
"I am very impressed with the high caliber, technical competence and enthusiastic attitude of the BTG employees who report to me….I have had many opportunities to work with other BTG employees and I have always been impressed with these same traits. In every case, the BTG contractors took my cause as their own and were as dedicated as any employees in making our projects successful."
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Vacation Storebuilder's newest eCommerce product helps Vacation Club managers showcase properties, increase sales and provide membership management in one scalable solution.
Chicago, IL (July 31, 2011) — Vacation Storebuilder, the leading provider of comprehensive Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) eCommerce solutions for the vacation ownership and vacation rental industries, launched a ground-breaking new breed of websites for Second Home Destinations which seamlessly combines functionality for showcasing properties with Club member relationship management, including sales, self-service account management, online booking and lead generation.
Vacation Storebuilder's ongoing development of online products for the vacation ownership and vacation rental industries uniquely positioned the company to develop this hybrid solution for Second Home Destinations, which effectively provides Club members the ability to reserve vacation properties, review account information and receive communications.
Paul Adreani, Vice President of Operations for Vibes Interactive said, "The comprehensive development of membership features within Vacation Storebuilder resolves an important challenge which Vacation Clubs face in providing end-to-end relationship management. Now inventory managers can deploy Vacation Storebuilder powered sites for increasing revenue and marketing to current members/owners to achieve their respective goals."
Robin Lake, Vice President of Membership Sales for Second Home Destinations said, "The website and management tool created by Vacation Storebuilder provides an impressive way for us to communicate with members while simultaneously showcasing our properties with vivid photos and rich content. Our new site allows guests and members to view our exquisite properties, like the Reynolds Plantation in Greensboro, GA, and provides them the ability to experience the full benefits of being part of Second Home Destinations."
Sunil Aluvila, CEO of Vacation Storebuilder said, "This innovative product is designed to provide a first-rate, effective website, which effortlessly merges the best practices of the online retail vacation experience with the complexities of membership management and lead generation in the vacation ownership industry."
About Vacation Storebuilder / Vibes Interactive
Launched in 2010, Vacation Storebuilder (VSB) is an advanced e-commerce Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) platform that enables vacation rental and ownership companies to quickly implement and easily manage eCommerce websites for vacation rental management, prospect generation (with value score), resale and short-term membership product marketing. Vacation Storebuilder's turnkey solutions provide robust websites to showcase properties, drive traffic, increase conversion, and manage membership and ownership. Vacation Storebuilder is a division of Vibes Interactive, LLC. For more information visit www.VacationStorebuilder.com.
About Second Home Destinations
Second Home Destinations offers exclusive, affordable luxury vacation accommodations to a travel savvy community through their exclusive members-only Vacation Club. With exceptionally high standards and unprecedented customer service, Second Home Destinations caters its membership to vacation travelers looking for elite accommodations in spectacular vacation destinations and takes pride in offering first class service with affordable rates at the finest luxury hotels, resorts, and vacation estate properties worldwide. Second Home Destinations is currently offering 75% off all levels of membership for a limited time. To learn more about Second Home Destinations go to www.SecondHomeDestinations.com. Let our destinations be your second home.
Vacation Storebuilder Product information:
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All In The Family- Ficus or Fig
The ficus or fig family is a large and diverse family. I never realized how many different ones I had until I started writing this blog post. In the picture above there are 5 different ficus and I have 6 more that aren't in the picture. They range from tiny creeping vines to trees with some of the largest canopies in the world.
The plant below is one of my favorites. I love the variegation with the pink veins and it truly stands out when the sun shines through the leaves. It is the Ficus elastica 'Tineke'.
The small oak leaved ficus below is very small and is a perfect ground cover for a terrarium. Each leaf is approximately 1/4″ wide. It has very thin leaves and dries out quickly, so it is best not to let it dry out. More common is the regular Ficus pumila and the variegated one called 'Snowflake'. Here in the north they are houseplants but in warmer climates such as Florida and California, they are used to cover walls, softening hard surfaces.
The mistletoe fig or Ficus deltoidea is so named for the white fruit it forms which resemble those of the mistletoe. I like the unusual shaped (deltoid) or triangular leaves. I noticed white dots on them and have discovered they are called hydathodes and are like pores. I only found one mention of those, so I'm not exactly sure about them and their purpose. They are said to have water seep out of them which is called guttation. Some may mistake them for scale, but are over all the leaves in a pattern which would not occur if it were scale.
The first picture below is of the fiddle leaf fig (Ficus lyrata) and it can become a large tree which has huge fiddle shaped leaves. The next picture is of the 'Little Fiddle' fiddle leaf fig. It's leaves are much smaller than its larger counterpart, on a much smaller plant.
The willow leaf fig below is not mine. I did buy a bonsai plant like this, but I let it dry out a little too much and it dropped a few leaves so it wasn't photo ready. These plants are great for bonsai as they have small leaves and the trunks can become quite picturesque, as you can see. I can only hope mine looks that amazing some day.
The ficus below is in a terrarium and hasn't grown much since I bought it. I'm not sure if it will stay small or if it is just a seedling of the willow leaf fig.
The plant below is at Matthaei Botanical Garden. I do have one, but it doesn't look like this, so we'll use this picture. The rock fig is one of the figs that may start its life out as an epiphyte that has been deposited into a tree or in a rock crevice, usually by a bird. It begins to grow and it sends roots down to find water and nutrients. These roots can cover the object it is growing on and in the case of the strangler fig, may kill it. Where the rock fig is from it is usually found covering rocks.
I also discovered that the new leaves are covered by two sheaths called stipules. Yet, the rubber tree, Ficus elastica only has one. Notice the two light pink stipules in the picture below The new emerging leaf has come out of them.
The three pictures below are of the new growth which include the stipules. As you can see the burgundy ficus is already starting to unfurl.
The variegated rubber tree below is unfurling a new leaf and the single pink stipule is on the right.
The stipules dry out and usually fall off. Some are persistent and may need to be removed for the plant to look its best. If your ficus needs to be trimmed, be aware that the white sap that comes out contains latex, as some people have latex allergies. It will drip on your floors or get on your clothes, so be careful and wipe it up quickly.
As you can see, the ficus family is one that has some beautiful plants and it is hard to believe some are related to the others. They are easy to care for. Take cues from the type of leaves they have when it comes to watering. The thin leaved varieties will need more water and humidity whereas the more succulent leaved plants like the rubber tree and mistletoe fig will need less water and humidity. Just don't let them completely dry out. The Ficus benjamina or weeping fig is known for its habit of dropping leaves whenever its moved and may do that when only moved across the room. Some of the other varieties aren't so finicky and as you can see, you have lots to choose from.
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And as Jeff Clark at CB notes, there is no mention any stapling procedure. However, there is a mention of the unexpected severity of the injury:
"No surprises other than the severeness of it — I didn't know it was that bad," Garnett said. "They evaluate you from A to Z, but until they actually get in there and see what the problem really is, then you know a 1-to-10 on how severe it was. It was pretty severe, but the best thing about is that I got it out of the way, and my leg is almost 100 percent going forward. Better than anything I'm playing without any pain, which is something I really haven't had for some time now."
Meanwhile, the New York Times (!) offers this tidbit about KG's operation:
His operation was complicated because there was concern that the removal of the spurs could damage nearby tissue.
Brian will have more on media day tomorrow, and I'll have my final (I think, I hope, I pray) take on KG's injury.
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While working with the builder, Jack Scalice of Pigliavento Builders on the design for the Parade of Homes model, I had the great opportunity of designing the interior and exterior of the home with colors and decor as well as choosing tile, cabinetry and hardware.
Since the Riverwalk Development was near water and nature walkways, I wanted the colors and interior feel to be soft, with color shades of water. I love trying to design in unexpected ways…a discovery for all of the thousands of guests that walk through the home…something they may not have seen before. I also like to use products in different ways, use items on hand, or items found at a budget to repurpose.
For the Guest bath on the first floor of the 2012 Parade of Homes, I wanted to design something on the wall of the small bath that would fill the space, not take away from the pretty color on the walls, incorporate the existing window and be unique. I always keep a stash of frames that I find at various garage sales, thrift stores and auctions, and I thought this design would be the perfect project to use up some of the frames in a fun way.
I measured the wall space and on my garage floor, I laid out after several attempts, the best way that the frames would work in the space plus accounting for the spacing to hang. I wanted the frames to look like were suspended in space, including the window, all in the same color plus, since I thought if I used chain to hang them, it would add to the water/nautical feel of the rest of the house. I decided instead of having all the frames hang in their original colors, to paint them all white to match, so your eye just notices the shapes and not distracted by colors. I purposefully did not put anything inside, letting the color of the walls framed by the frame be the "art". Even the toilet paper roll was "framed" The trickiest part was hanging the chain so that they all hung straight….fortunately, I had some helping hands with the builder and his wife to help with this installation!
For over the sink, I decided to paint the framed mirror white to match the other frames, plus added the same painted chain I used to hang the frames and, for fun, water bottle bottom rosettes in the corners. A few more painted frames hung over the toilet and towel bar to round out the white "art" on the walls.
I repurposed an antique commode to hold the glass vessel sink by having the back and a few drawers cut out in back to accommodate the faucet plumbing. The drawers were all lined in old book pages, with added vintage clear glass knobs to match the glass vessel sink.
All in all, the room was a success, and the new owners loved everything and wanted to keep it all! Best compliment I could receive!
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EAST LANSING — There was a frantic text from Celine and her buddy Lauren two hours after we dropped them off at Michigan State soccer camp.
"Help. You gotta come back. We got bed bugs."
I was not driving an hour back to East Lansing Sunday night. I was tired. I told them to find a camp coach and remedy the situation. As it turns out they did not have bed bugs. Some black flecks fell from the ceiling. That did not thrill me but at least the flecks were not alive and were not life threatening.
Besides, I want Celine to figure things out on her own. That is part of the reason we sent her here. My wife Abs wants to call and she wants to text. I told her to leave the girl alone. This should be a growing experience for her. Celine is 12 years old and she is not the most independent person in the world. I sent her to this soccer camp to learn more about the game she loves, meet new friends and have fun.
But I also sent her to experience college life and to do things on her own. She needs to be away from us. Sometimes we do too much for our kids and they don't know how to do things that we learned at an early age. She doesn't even want to put her own dishes in the dishwasher. I told her I had to wash and dry my own dishes as a kid after dinner — by hand.
The only dish washer I knew growing up was Fannie Mae Ratliff, the great grandmother I grew up with. Today's kids kill me. They have the luxury of having machines and gadgets do the work for them. All they have to do is load and push a button. You have to threaten their lives to get them to do it.
I know soccer camp won't change her. But at least she has to pick out her own clothes, make it to the cafeteria and put her dirty clothes in the bag provided for her.
I think everything is OK because Lauren and Celine slept through their alarm this morning.


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Don't read too much into the rumors that Ilya Kovalchuk might return to the New Jersey Devils for the 2014-15 campaign.
Even if Kovalchuk wanted to as the rumors suggest, that doesn't mean that he can. Because he got out of his NHL contract by "retiring," he would only be allowed to return before 2017-18 if he gained the unanimous support of all 30 NHL clubs. It seems unlikely that teams like the New York Rangers and Philadelphia Flyers would just stand aside and let the Devils get back Kovalchuk though.
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Ilya Kovalchuk scored Russia's only goal in a 3-1 loss to Finland in Wednesday's quarterfinals match.
He opened the scoring with a bullet shot on a first-period power play, but Finland rallied with three unanswered goals to earn the victory. Kovalchuk had three goals in five Olympic games. Pavel Datsyuk picked up an assist on the play.
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Ilya Kovalchuk didn't participate in Monday's practice as a precaution, but he's expected to play Tuesday against Norway.
He sustained what appeared to be a lower-body injury in the second period of Sunday's match against Slovakia, but he managed to return to help Russia win in the shootout.
Ilya Kovalchuk F FA 4 years ago
Ilya Kovalchuk scored the shootout winner for Russia in their thrilling 1-0 victory over Slovakia on Sunday.
The star winger has excelled in the shootout this tournament, going 3/5 and showing off some terrific moves. He's settled into a top-six role on the talented Russian squad, playing with Alexander Radulov and Pavel Datsyuk on the second line. He has one non-shootout goal to his credit in three games so far.
Ilya Kovalchuk F FA 4 years ago
Ilya Kovalchuk appears to be happy with his decision to play in the KHL this season after retiring from the NHL.
"I'm really enjoying everything here," Kovalchuk told The Associated Press after Saturday's KHL All-Star game. "It's a great league. The game is different, but we are getting there. There are good players here for sure." He has registered 14 goals and 36 points in 38 games with SKA St. Petersburg this season. Kovalchuk will get a chance to play against some NHL competition during the Winter Olympics when he plays for Team Russia.
Ilya Kovalchuk F FA 4 years ago
Ilya Kovalchuk currently sits eighth in KHL scoring with 13 goals and 33 points through 31 games.
Choosing to retire from the NHL and terminate his mega-contract with the New Jersey Devils last summer, Kovalchuk joined SKA St. Petersburg and has been a huge help so far. SKA is in second place in the 28-team KHL with a 26-9-2 record and have scored the second most goals in the league. Meanwhile, New Jersey is currently in 25th place in the NHL and 26th in goals scored.
Ilya Kovalchuk F FA 5 years ago
Ilya Kovalchuk said the possibility of eventually returning to the NHL is not on his mind.
"I am not going to Russia to start thinking about coming back to the NHL," Kovalchuk said. He signed a four-year deal with KHL St. Petersburg after retiring from the NHL to get out of his contract with the New Jersey Devils. Returning to the NHL would be a complicated process for Kovalchuk given the way he left, but that issue isn't likely to come up for years, if ever.
Ilya Kovalchuk F FA 5 years ago
Ilya Kovalchuk has officially agreed to terms with KHL St. Petersburg.
This move has been widely reported since Kovalchuk first "retired" from hockey last week. At the end of the day, what basically happened is that Kovalchuk got out of the final 12 years of his contract with the New Jersey Devils so that he could continue his career at home. Although Kovalchuk left $77 million on the table when he ended his agreement with the Devils, there have been reports to indicate that Kovalchuk will actually benefit financially from this move.
Ilya Kovalchuk F FA 5 years ago
Ilya Kovalchuk isn't expected to officially sign with KHL St. Petersburg on Friday.
It looks like that move will happen on Monday instead. Kovalchuk retired from the NHL and thus walked away from $77 million over 12 years. That being said, he should be well compensated in the KHL. In fact, it's entirely possible that he'll end up making significantly more money by bolting to Russia.
Ilya Kovalchuk F FA 5 years ago
Ilya Kovalchuk has agreed to join the KHL's St. Petersburg SKA.
That's the same team that Kovalchuk played for during the lockout. Kovalchuk shocked the hockey world on Thursday with his announcement that he would retire from the NHL and thus walk away from the $77 million still left on his 15-year, $100 million contract with the New Jersey Devils. It's not yet known how much Kovalchuk will earn in the KHL, but it will probably be substantial. The Devils will endure a cap penalty of $250,000 through 2025 due to the cap recapture clause. They also don't have a first round pick in 2014 because they were punished over their first attempt to sign Kovalchuk, which was voided because it circumvented the salary cap.


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I don't know how I feel about this cycle. I was feeling hopeful with the clear HSG, and DH being so motivated also helps. But despite finding fertile signs a few days before my HSG and freaking a little about a possible early O, I haven't really had good fertile signs since then. I think I got EWCM yesterday, but it was gone today. Last cycle on the clomid I Oed on CD 16. I took the pills a day later in this cycle so maybe that is it, but I was getting fertile signs by this time last cycle. I keep thinking it is all the stress the last two weeks. Work has been really hectic and this weekend has been crazy so far.
I was feeling really depressed about it all this morning, so currently I am on a not feeling this cycle, but who knows what I will be tomorrow.
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Page: 236A spot near the Piscataqua River was another hiding-place, and early in this century the ground was dug over, two of the seekers plying pick and spade, while another stood within the circle they had drawn about the spot and loudly read the Bible. Presently their implements clicked on an iron chest, but it slid sideway into the ground as they tried to uncover it, and at last an interruption occurred that caused them to stop work so long that when they went to look for it again it had entirely disappeared. This diversion was the appearance of a monster horse that flew toward them from a distance without a sound, but stopped short at the circle where the process of banning fiends was still going on, and, after grazing and walking around them for a time, it dissolved into air.
Kidd's plug is a part of the craggy steep known as Cro' Nest, on the Hudson. It is a projecting knob, like a bung closing an orifice, which is believed to conceal a cavern where the redoubtable captain placed a few barrels of his wealth. Though it is two hundred feet up the cliff, inaccessible either from above or below, and weighs many tons, still, as pirates and devils have always been friendly, it may be that the corking of the cave was accomplished with supernatural help, and that if blasts or prayers ever shake the stone from its place a shower of doubloons and diamonds may come rattling after it.
The shore for several hundred feet around Dighton Rock, Massachusetts, has been examined, for it was once believed that the inscriptions on it were cut by Kidd to mark the place of burial for part of his hoard.
The Rock Hill estate, Medford, Massachusetts, was plagued by a spectre that some thought to be that of a New Hampshire farmer who was robbed and murdered there, but others say it is the shade of Kidd, for iron treasure chests were found in the cellar that behaved like that on the Piscataqua River, sinking out of sight whenever they were touched by shovels.
Misery Islands, near Salem, Massachusetts, were dug over, and under spiritual guidance, too, for other instalments of Mr. Kidd's acquisitions, but without avail.
It takes no less than half a dozen ghosts to guard what is hidden in Money Hill, on Shark River, New Jersey, so there must be a good deal of it. Some of these guardians are in sailor togs, some in their mouldy bones, some peaceable, some noisy with threats and screams and groans—a "rum lot," as an ancient mariner remarked, who lives near their graves and daytime hiding-places. Many heirlooms are owned by Jerseymen hereabout that were received from Kidd's sailors in exchange for apple-jack and provisions, and two sailor-looking men are alleged to have taken a strong-box out of Money Hill some years ago, from which they abstracted two bags of gold. After that event the hill was dug over with great earnestness, but without other result to the prospectors than the cultivation of their patience.


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|David M. Sheiman
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This invention relates to a stereoscopic viewing system, and in particular, to a system which is adaptable for electronic transmission of images and/or projection viewing by a plurality of observers.
Optical stereoscopic viewing systems have been known since practically the advent of photography. The major obstacle encountered in prior systems which has, heretofore, limited their use, has been the inability to confine the sight of each of the observer's eyes to a respective one of a pair of right and left stereoscopic images, while permitting these images to fuse into a single stereoscopic image to the observer.
Attempts have been made to superimpose stereoscopic images onto a single polarizing screen. In this application, the pair of right and left images are polarized and projected onto a special screen that does not lose the polarization of the images which are superimposed on each other. When viewed through polarizing glasses, the illusion of a stereoscopic image is achieved. This system requires the use of elaborate photographic equipment, particularly a specialized polarizing projection system and screen and is not adaptable for electronic transmission, e.g., cannot be transmitted and viewed with television sets.
Some attempts have been made to achieve stereoscopic images with television transmission by use of color filters to view color encoded right and left stereoscopic images which are broadcast and viewed with conventional television equipment. The difficulty with this system is that it compromises both the stereoscopic illusion and the color quality of the images. Furthermore, color discriminate stereoscopic transmission requires the use of encoded filter lenses which if not available or not used results in off color, hazed-edge images. Preferably, a successful system should permit the viewer to see two-dimensional images without compromise of the image quality when the eyepieces, i.e., lenses or filters, are not worn.
The employment of solid prisms and polarizing filters housed in an eyeglass format is disclosed by Karl Schenk in German Patent No. 1,161,128. Other inventors disclosed various uses of solid prisms to refract one or both images at the observer's eye or eyes to achieve stereoscopy. None of the inventions however, accommodate the need, in one pair of glasses, to vary diopter power of the refraction means depending upon the varying distance from the observer to the image source.
This invention comprises a stereoscopic viewing system in which right and left stereoscopic images are displayed in lateral or vertical side-by-side array. Each image is encoded, either polarized or monochromatic lights and the observers wear eyepieces which comprise, at least, a monocle having a stationary, decoding (either a polarized or colored) filter and a rotatably adjustable prism with a diopter angle that is sufficient to diverge the line of sight so that its respective stereoscopic image is received on the fovea of the observer's eyes and fused by the observer into a single stereoscopic illusion. Because the stereoscopic images are displayed side-by-side, they can be transmitted in this fashion using conventional television transmission systems and can be viewed with an ordinary television set or a television projection screen. Since the observer's eyes are blocked optically from the wrong image by the encoding and decoding filters, there is no necessity to position each observer at a very critical, close spacing to the images. Instead, the images can even be projected on the wall of a large room and viewed from any location within the room. This permits an observer to move about the room and several or more observers to view a single stereoscopic image display. An additional advantage is that this system can be used with existing stereoscopic films and photographs since the encoding and decoding filters are between the image display and the observer. The greater the distance the observer is positioned from the image source, the smaller the image is perceived, and the less diopter power is required to overlap the images. The rotatably adjustable prisma described in this application permit the observer to vary the displacement of the image of images to effect comfortable stereoscopy.
This invention will be described with referenced to the FIGURES of which:
FIG. 1 illustrates a stereoscopic system wherein polarized, prismatic lens glasses are employed for viewing a lateral side-by-side image array;
FIG. 2 illustrates a stereoscopic system wherein polarized prismatic lens glasses are employed for viewing vertical side-by-side image array;
FIG. 3 illustrates the field of vision to an unaided observer;
FIG. 4 illustrates the field of vision to an observer using the system of FIG. 1;
FIG. 5 illustrates glasses for the invention which have rotatably adjustable prisms;
FIG. 6 illustrates a Fresnel prism with an integral rotation ring;
FIG. 7 illustrates a Fresnel prism without an integral rotation ring;
FIG. 8 illustrates the stereoscopic system of the invention with solid rotatable prisms;
FIG. 9 illustrates the movement of an image around a fixed point on a grid, simulating image rotation, as effected by prism rotation;
FIG. 10 illustrates the glasses of the invention with intermeshed gears to rotate both prisms simultaneously;
FIG. 11 illustrates the glasses of the invention with 1 intermeshed gear to rotate both of a pair of Fresnel prisms simultaneously;
FIG. 12 illustrates an embodiment wherein only one eyepiece has a rotatable Fresnel prism; and
FIG. 13 illustrates an embodiment in which both prisms are located in the same subfarame and rotate independently.
Referring now to FIG. 1, a stereoscopic system is illustrated as applied to the eyes 10 and 12 of an observer. A pair of stereoscopic left and right images 14 and 16 are positioned in a side-by-side array for viewing by the observer. Each of the images is encoded, preferably polarized by a respective polarizing filter or screen such as filters 18 and 20 which are positioned in front of their respective stereoscopic image. A corresponding polarizing filter is positioned in proximity to the observer's eyes 10 and 12 and these are shown as filters 22 and 24. For the purposes of illustration, the filters are depicted by parallel horizontal or vertical lines. This is only illustrative to represent that these filters are active in polarizing the light in horizontal or vertical planes. The polarizing filters are oriented at right angles in the illustrated manner. Also located in proximity to the observer's eyes 10 and 12 is at least one prism. Preferably two, prisms 26 and 28 are used and are positioned with their apex edges 30 and 32 pointed inwardly, with the result that the lines of sight 34 and 36 from the observer's eyes 10 and 12 are diverged outwardly in the illustrated manner.
Referring now to FIG. 2, an alternate variant of the system is illustrated. As there illustrated, the observer's eyes 10 and 12 are provided with adjacent polarizing filters 22 and 24, substantially as described with reference to FIG. 1. The pair of stereoscopic images 14 and 16, however, are displayed in a vertical, side-by-side array and the corresponding polarizing screens 18 and 20 are similarly positioned in a vertical array. The prisms 26 and 28 in this embodiment, however, are positioned to diverge the lines of sight from eyes 10 and 12 downwardly and upwardly, respectively and, for this purpose, the left prism 26 is positioned with its apex edge 32 pointed downwardly thus deflecting the lines of sight 35 and 37 in the illustrated manner.
Referring now to FIG. 3, there is illustrated an attempted display of stereoscopic images which does not achieve a stereoscopic illusion to the observer. This display comprises left and right stereoscopic images 14 and 16 which are positioned in a side-by-side array about a central point 40. The observer's eyes 10 and 12 have a sufficient field of vision to observe both of the stereoscopic images. This is illustrated with regard to the left eye 10 by lines 42 and 44 which sweep out a sufficiently wide arc to encompass both left and right images 14 and 16. Similarly, the right eye 12 has a sufficient field of vision such that both images are seen by this eye. While positioning of right and left polarizing filters in front of the images and also in front of the eyes 10 and 12 in the manner described with reference to FIGS. 1 and 2 will block observation of each of the other images to the respective eyes, a stereoscopic illusion is not achieved because the images are not fused, i.e., are not received at coacting locations on the retina 11 and 13 of each of the eyes 10 and 12. The result is that the viewer must either cross his eyes to fuse the stereoscopic images or view uncoordinated right and left images to attain a stereoscopic illusion.
Referring now to FIG. 4, the system there illustrated is substantially the same as that of FIG. 3 with the exception that the prisms 26 and 28 have been positioned in front of their respective eyes 10 and 12 and polarizing filters 18 and 20 are positioned in front of the images with cooperative polarizing filters 22 and 24 in front of the observer's eyes. The result is that the center point 45 located between the left and right images 14 and 16 is shifted to the left to point 46 for the left eye 10 and is shifted to the right to point 48 for the right eye 12. This permits the reception of each of the left and right images at the fovea centralis 15 and 17, for each of the eyes, 10 and 12, respectively, and a stereoscopic image is achieved.
As apparent from the preceding diagrams, the stereoscopic illusion can be achieved from a wide variety of angles and various distances from the display of the stereoscopic images. This readily permits observers to move freely about the display without losing the stereoscopic illusion. Preferably, however, some adjustability of the viewing prisms 22 and 24 is provided to permit freedom of movement by the observers in distance from the display of the stereoscopic images. As this distance increases, the required diopter angle of the prisms 20 and 22 decreases, and the binocular eyepiece employed by the observers preferably has adjustable means to permit variation in the positions of the one or more of the viewing prisms to adjust for varied distances from the images.
Referring now to FIG. 5, the invention is illustrated with eyeglasses having adjustable means whereby the observer can rotate one or both prisms on the glasses to assist in the fusing of the images, thus accommodating to varied distances from the images. Eyeglasses 50 has a frame 51 with a pair of subframes 56 and 58 dependent from the nose bridge 52 and supporting temples by laterally disposed hinges 64, the latter being conventional in construction and operation. Each subframe 56 and 58, can have visors 66 and 68, respectively, to reduce glare from any overhead lighting. Polarizing filters 70 and 72 are glued, heat staked or solvent welded to subframes 56 and 58 respectively, positioned as illustrated by broken lines 71. These filters are formed of conventional light polarizing crystals such as calcite mineral crystals which are oriented electromagnetically in the film. Alternatively, monochromatic filters such as blue, green or red filters could also be used. Prisms 78 and 80 can be either solid or Fresnel and are fixably attached to circular discs 74 and 76, respectively. The discs 74 and 76 can be an integral part of the prism, as illustrated in FIG. 6.
Arcuate retainer clips 82 are mounted on the subframes 56 and 58. Each is formed of a web 57 and rim 59 to provide circular retention slots in which discs 74 and 76 are rotatably received on the glasses 50, yet remain rotatably adjustable by the observer.
FIG. 6 illustrates Fresnel prism 86 which is comprised of multiple prismatic facets 88 and an integral ring 90 to replace the disc 74 and prism 78 of FIG. 5. The individual prisms are greatly exaggerated for illustrations. In practice, the prisms are formed by a plurality of V-grooves which are closely spaced at a density of 5-500, preferably 10-200, and most preferably 15-50, prisms per inch.
FIG. 7 illustrates Fresnel prism 92 which is of similar construction to that shown in FIG. 6, except that ring 90 is omitted. The prism 92 fits on glasses 50 of FIG. 5 in substitution for disc 74. The prism 92 fits directly into retainer clips 82, and is rotatably adjustable in a similar manner to the adjustability of prisms 78 and 80 shown in FIG. 5.
Referring now to FIG. 8, the system is illustrated with filters 70 and 72 and rotatable discs with integral prisms, as described in FIG. 5. The rotatable discs and integral prisms are rotated until polarized images 94 and 96 appear superimposed, as illustrated by broken line images 127 and 128. Polarization, as earlier described, is herein achieved by polarizing filters 98 and 100. The rotation of prism discs 74 and 76 allows the observer to adjust the superimposition of the two images so that they comfortably appear on the exact corresponding position of each eye's fovea, thereby achieving stereoscopy.
By rotating the prisms as described herein, the diopter of the prism can be constant, but the prisms nevertheless will adjust for varied distances from the observer to the images. This permits the prisms to superimpose the images by moving the apparent positions of both the images in two planes, as illustrated by chart 102 in FIG. 9. Image 104 illustrates the position of an image with no prismatic refraction. The numbers 0, 1, 2, and 3 on both horizontal and vertical axes, 106 and 102, respectively, represent diopter power. Ring 108 represents positions whereby the image 104 appears when refracted by a number 3 power diopter prism. As can be seen, the image 104 can be effectively moved in complete orbit about its unrefracted position, as shown by refracted positions 110. The rotation of prism discs 74 and 76 in FIG. 8 can thereby position the images anywhere along the orbit perimeter, as desired by the observer, thus achieving an "effective" diopter power from 0 to 3.
FIG. 10 shows the glasses 50 of FIG. 5 with the addition of interconnected gears 112 and 114 which are mounted on the nosebridge of the frame of glasses 50 with shafts 116 and 118 respectively. Both gears are also interconnected to prism discs 74 and 76, which have mating gear teeth 120 and 122 on their peripheral edges. As the observer rotates either gear to adjust for a varied position to the images, both prisms and both gears rotate simultaneously, as described by arrows 124 through 127. In this embodiment, prism discs rotate in opposite directions. This embodiment is preferred for use with the laterally arrayed images, such as shown in the system of FIG. 1.
FIG. 11 illustrates glasses 50 wherein a single gear 112 is interconnected to peripheral gear teeth 120 on prism discs 74 and 76 to facilitate their adjustable rotation in the same clockwise or counterclockwise rotation. This embodiment is preferred for use with the vertically arrayed images, such as shown in the system of FIG. 2.
FIG. 12 illustrates another embodiment that works extremely well for adjustment of image superimposition when the observer's change of distance from the imaging source is minimal. Glasses 51 are of similar construction as described in FIG. 5, except that only one subframe 56, has provision for rotatably mounting a prism disc 74. Each of the subframes 56 and 58 of the glasses has a polarizing filter, 70 and 72, respectively.
Disc 74 is rotatably mounted on glasses 51 to permit the observer to rotate disc 74 and superimpose the images. This embodiment will move the image up and in, thereby working most effectively for viewing of vertically oriented images as described in FIG. 2.
FIG. 13 illustrates another embodiment which has two, independently rotatable prisms mounted on only one subframe, 56. This permits the observer a great freedom of adjustment as the prisms can be rotated to add or subtract diopter powers, or can be independently rotated to displace the image vertically and horizontally, independently in each direction.
This invention eliminates the need for interchangeable varying diopter power prisms. The diopter of each rotatable prism in this invention is most effective, for television size image viewing at around 6 diopters per lens.
It should also be noted that the polarizing lenses could, if desired, be independently rotatable from the prisms. To allow the wearer to utilize the same eyeglasses regardless of the formatting of the polarized image display, such as adopting the classe to different formats in use by different video broadcasters.
It is clearly understandable that another embodiment of this invention could employ glasses with only one subframe having a rotatable prism and with a fixedly mounted prism in the other subframe for simple adjustment of image superimposition.
A slight prismatic distrotion occurs, as typical with any prismatic refraction. As the diopter powers of the prims used in this invention are small, this distortion is minimal. If, however, even this minimum degree of distortion is objectionable, it can be readily corrected with an additional lens element.
The invention has been described with reference to the illustrated and presently preferred embodiments. It is not intended that the invention be unduly limited by this disclosure of presently preferred embodiments. Instead, the invention is intended to be defined by the means, and their obvious equivalents set forth in the following claims:
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Post Event Report LMS New Jersey USA
ELPRO and Softbox thank you for participating at the third Leading Minds Seminar in Princeton, NJ, November 7-8, 2017.
Collaborative Learning that FUELS your Temperature Controlled Pharmaceuticals
About Leading Minds Seminar
It takes a village. Global supply chains are a sum of moving parts, orchestrated by teams of people and supply chain partners. There are no quick fixes in the cold chain; only structured, collaborative approaches.
Leading Minds Seminars bring together serious-minded practitioners to solve very real, very challenging operational hurdles in the pharmaceutical cold chain. Learning from your peers in other pharma companies, ensures you're on track, implementing the right, most cost-effective best practices.
All pharmaceutical manufacturers are invited, complimentary (no fee) attendance. Teams welcome.
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The Asterisk Development Team has announced the first release candidate of Asterisk 14.0.0. This release candidate is available for immediate download at http://downloads.asterisk.org/pub/telephony/asterisk
The release of Asterisk 14.0.0-rc1 resolves several issues reported by the community and would have not been possible without your participation. Thank you!
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tells a
Narrative Nonfiction
Patricia Polacco tells a story about her childhood.
is a written account of
another person's life
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written to
create a response of thought and feeling
from the reader. It often uses
rhythm and rhyme
Jack Prelutsky is a poet who likes to cause his readers to laugh.
is a fictional story with
strange or other worldly
settings or characters
Dav Pilkey wrote a fantasy story about a giant cat and mice who live in a city like people.
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Aesop's fables are famous.
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Sometimes several short stories are bound together in one book.
Some author's write several short stories starring the same characters.
is written using the
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text dealing with an
actual, real-life subject
is a type of
legend or traditional narrative
. It can offer an explanation on how something came to be or can often tell about the actions of the gods.
A Shark is a Pet
A Funny Shark Poem
A shark is a pet
that you don't want to get.
There is nothing less fun than a shark.
He doesn't have fur.
He won't cuddle or purr,
and he never takes walks in the park.
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After 32 Years Behind Bars For A Crime He Didn't Commit, This Man's Conviction Was Finally Overturned
An innocent Black man who spent 32 years behind bars for murder is free. Should be grounds for celebration, right? Well, sort of. Andrew Leander Wilson, who is now 62 years old, was convicted back in 1986 and prosecutors now say that he never received a "fundamentally fair trial" as reported by Fox News.
Wilson has always maintained his innocence, but his first real glimmer of hope came from Loyola Law School's Project for the Innocent three years ago. "I never gave up and by the grace of God I was put in contact with Loyola Law School, and from day one they believed in me," Wilson said.
Because of their diligence, Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Laura F. Priver vacated Wilson's conviction. The good news is that the Los Angeles District Attorney's Office does not plan to retry the case. But, there is still a catch.
At a hearing on May 3, Wilson could be awarded up to $1.6 million in state funds due to his unlawful incarceration. He will have to prove, however, that he is factually innocent—something that the D.A. doesn't believe. So, even if no evidence points to Wilson's probable guilt, he will have lost 32 years of freedom and will be given nothing to help rebuild his life unless a judge rules in his favor.
And yet, Wilson is just focused on spending time with his 96-year old mother in St. Louis and reclaiming some of the time with friends and loved ones he has lost. "I'm happy that I'm at the end of it now. My family's alright. I'm alright," he says.
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