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Only 15 minutes walk from the old town of Salzburg and Marabell Squar small apartment house "Vogelweiderstrasse". 1.5 km from the centre, in a quiet, sunny position. In the house: lift, central heating. Parking by the house. Grocers 50 m, supermarket 300 m, shopping centre, restaurant 500 m, bus stop 200 m, railway station 2 km. Golf course 15 km. Store room for bicycles in the house. Residence with 4 or 5 blocks of apartments. Residents exterior parking area.
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We were well looked after in the run and locally.
it was all in order to give way to far to the pillows and the shower was not very clean ... would still stay there again.
wir wurden gut betreut im vorfeld und vor ort.
es war alles in ordnung soweit bis auf die zu weichen kopfkissen und dass die dusche nicht top sauber war... würden dennoch wieder buchen.
Hi, the apartment was clean, equipped with everything you could need under a short stay. Located close to the city center (15-20 min walk) and the cars had a secure car park. We were pleased with the apartment and had a lovely time in Salzburg.
Hallo, die Wohnung war sauber, mit alles ausgestattet, was man so unter einem kurzen Aufenthalt braucht. Liegt nah zur Innenstadt (ca. 15-20 Min. zu Fuß) und die Autos hatten einen sicheren Parkplatz. Wir waren mit der Wohnung zufrieden und hatten eine schöne Zeit in Salzburg.
Perfect if you're going with car because parking is free and secure. The center is 15 minutes walk.
Es perfecto si vas con coche porque tiene aparcamiento gratuito y seguro. El centro está a 15 minutos andando.
We enjoyed it very much! The apartment has served us perfectly, would you want to cook, not a 10 course meal on two plates would indeed come out - but for a quick snack there is always enough. Otherwise, everything is there (coffee maker, toaster, etc) and in the bed you sleep wonderfully! A folding dining table (IKEA makes it possible) and folding chairs were lack of space certainly possible and facilitates the oral event. Meals. Also, parking is limited at the Salzburg conditions geklapptund good proximity to downtown is great, the bus is you downtown in no time. For shopping, there are several supermarkets within walking distance. Even with the Contact the owner it was easy key collection / return designed not get much easier! If we are back in Salzburg, this apartment is our first Address. Thanks again - we will be back!
Wir haben es sehr genossen! Die Wohnung hat uns vollkommen gereicht;hätte man kochen wollen, wäre auf 2 Platten zwar kein 10 Gänge Menue rausgekommen - aber für einen schnellen Snack reicht es allemal. Ansonsten ist alles da (Kaffemaschine, Toaster etc) und im Bett schläft es sich wunderbar!
Ein Klapp-Esstisch (IKEA machts möglich) und Klappstühle wären aus Platzmangel sicherlich möglich und erleichtert das Einnehmen event. Mahlzeiten. Auch das Parken hat bei den begrenzten Salzburger Verhältnissen gut geklapptund die Nähe zur Innenstadt ist super; mit dem Bus ist man in kürzester Zeit downtown. Zum Einkaufen gibt es in Laufnähe mehrere Supermärkte. Auch mit dem Kontakt zum Vermieter war es einfach, die Schlüsselübergabe/ Rückgabe gestalteten sich völlig unproblematisch! Wenn wir wieder in Salzburg sind, ist diese Wohnung unsere 1. Adresse. Vielen Dank nochmal - wir kommen wieder!
An accommodation beneath contempt . Dirty , leaky shower stall , broken lamps and contacts that did not work . Wifi only worked if you sat out in the yard . We had ants in the kitchen and bathroom.
Fee for cleaning, towels and sheets.
To pay for cleaning when the apartment was so dirty known very irritant . Smaller service oriented staff made it known not worthwhile to go and complain. Would never recommend this accommodation !
Very nice, pieceful and relaxing house.
We really enjoyed the large rooms and terasses outdoor. It is great to have realy furniture inside and outside.
The house is big and especially with a great view but:
- There're no curtains or shutters on the windows
- The sheets are minimal (and not optional)
- The house was quite dirty despite the payment for the cleaning
- The manager of the property accused me to stole one (1) pillowcase the day after we left. The pillowcase has been obviously found after a while, it was left behind during the collecting.
I've enjoyed my stay in Stintino for the sea, the nature, the landscape, but, for a short stay of 4 days, too many thing that didn't work out with the house.
Nice place and great pool. BUT too expensive! Bad kitchenequipments. Expensive sheets and towels. Not value with the money!
My boyfriend and I stayed here for 6 nights and it was absolutely wonderful! Exactly what you see in pictures, except there isn't actually a balcony. Just a glass door with railings right behind it. The area was by far our favourite in Barcelona. Truly unique and enjoyable to just walk around at any time of the day. The stairs are a frightening first impression, 57 in a small spiral staircase, but still definitely worth the mission. But yes, pack light!
Thank you Maria for your kind hospitality, suggestions and being readily available for anything we needed.
I definitely recommend :)
Very disappointed at the standard of the apartment and the arrival and departure procedure! This apartment was let through Wimdu by Interhome. I will never book anything let by Interhome again. Having made the booking and paid for it we were totally unaware until one week before departure that bed linen and towels were not included and an extra charge was levied (Euro 28 for sheets and 12 for towels). When I challenged Interhome on non disclosure of information they told me it was in the small print: having trawled though every last word I found it in tiny print under Cancellation Policy! Again I challenged Interhome about deliberately placing this important piece of information where nobody will think to look. It should be clearly displayed on the webpage under Amenities where a note can be posted in the relevant area for all to see.
Arrival procedure - what a nonsense. Having paid for the sheets you have to collect them in person from the office. We made it by the skin of our teeth before the office closed for the weekend. Because our flight was delayed we arrived in Chamonix later than expected and had the office been closed we would have had no sheets at all! They are bulky to carry and I have photos of my husband looking like Santa Clause with a big white sack over his shoulder. It's the height of nonsense to expect arrivals to lug luggage and carry this bulky bad around Chamonix. On departure we had to return the sheets to the office again in said bag!
End cleaning - the previous tenant had presumably paid therefore we expected a clean apartment. The hard surfaces were clean but the living room carpet was disgusting with stains and grime and dirty black marks (photographed). It needs either professionally deep cleaned or dumped. Personally I would replace it. My bed sheet had a dirty brown mark on it (photographed) and the "white" patio furniture was grey with grime. I don't think it had been cleaned in years. Before I would set as much as a mug on it I scrubbed it with the dish scrubber (which I then couldn't use on the dishes!). Again we have photographic evidence. The best feature of the apartment is the wonderful view of Mont Blanc from the balcony. I don't know who is employed to clean this apartment but they could do with a lesson or two. I will never use Interhome again and I recommend that you steer clear of it too. I've used Wimdu many times and always been satisfied but not on this occasion.
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text: Tucker Max's Movie: PoopHamilton Nolan8/26/09 3:59pmFiled to: ReviewsTucker MaxMoviesPreviewsExecrable thingsTerrible thingsI hope they serve beer in hellPoopJezebelTopDefamer712EditInvite manuallyPromoteDismissUndismissHideShare to KinjaToggle Conversation toolsGo to permalink Last night I went and watched the upcoming Tucker Max movie, in full. Here is what I saw, before I erase it from my mind entirely.It was bad. It was really bad. It was not bad in the good way. It was not bad ironically. It was not bad in the "Let's go see it because we like to watch bad movies like Knowing, and laugh at them" way. I do not want to say the wrong thing here, that might convince anyone that this movie is worth paying to see, even for train wreck purposes. This is the movie that happens when a narcissist—not an interesting one, though—writes an entire movie about how cool he is, and is given full creative control over that movie. Imagine someone you know who is an asshole. Now imagine that person being able to write and produce a movie about themselves, and how awesome they are. There you have it. Advertisement The plot of this film: Tucker Max and two of his bros go to a bachelor party, meeting various cum sluts along the way. Whore bitches can't get enough of Tucker Max's bad boy personality, which is probably why so many of these twats want him inside of their vaginas. Tucker fucks a midget stripper and the world loves him for it, the end. Other highlights: Close-ups of poop, coming out of someone's butt, a lot.There's a wedding scene in the end where the guests are all white and the servers are all black. There's not a joke to go with that.The best character in the film is Tucker's friend Drew, because he looks like he was just dropped in from another movie, and can't wait to get back. Drew is a misanthropic video game nerd who goes to strip club and meets a hot stripper who is also a video game nerd and falls for him and they rush home and sleep together and Drew instantly bonds with her son and they become a couple immediately. This is as close to a plausible male-female interaction sequence as this movie gets. If you're still curious about Making a Mess In a Cum Slut's Mouth Because She Won't Let Me Not Do That , just watch our preview clips or read the script we published a year ago , which did indeed turn out to be pretty close to the final version. This movie is not, in fact, hilarious. [Pic: Flickr] Sponsored Reply71 repliesLeave a reply


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We experimentally demonstrate the use of the transmission matrix (TM) to quantitatively control the amplitude and phase of the light transmitted through highly scattering media. This is achieved by measuring the absolute value of the TM elements. We also use the fact that the cross-correlations between the contributions of different input channels at the observation plane is important in describing the transmitted optical field. In addition, we demonstrate both quantitative control of the intensity at multiple output spatial modes, each with a different intensity, as well as a "dark" area of low intensity. Our experiments are carried out using a low cost (less than US$600) spatial binary amplitude modulator that we modify for phase-only operation, as well as a novel optical setup that enables independent control of a reference and control signal while maintaining interferometric stability. The optical implementation used in this paper will make such experiments widely accessible to many researchers. Furthermore, the results presented could serve as the foundation for many useful potential applications ranging from the biomedical sciences to optical communications.
1. Introduction
The ability to control the transmission of light through highly scattering media has several potential applications ranging from imaging and actuation of thick biological systems to fabrication and characterization of three dimensional structures. Recently, these and other potential applications have led to several interesting studies [1–5]. For example, Vellekoop and Mosk [1] showed in 2007 that light can be focused through a scattering medium by iteratively modifying the light's incident wavefront. Later it was shown that, with an appropriate feedback mechanism, light can also be focused inside the scattering medium [2]. A key insight in this work is that in the absence of any time-varying processes, scattering is deterministic. As a result, the contribution of each point from the incident field to the field measured at each point in the observation plane would also be independent of time [1, 3]. These contributions can be measured and arranged in what is known as the transmission matrix (TM) [3]. The first experimental measurement of the TM was reported in 2010 [3]. In this case, the measured elements of the TM were used to design the appropriate input field profiles necessary to focus light through a scattering medium [3]. Although a dynamic scattering medium has a time-dependent TM, recently it has been shown that when the measurement process is fast compared to the time constant of the scattering medium, the TM can be used to focus light through a dynamic scattering medium as well [4]. A goal of these and other similar studies have been to maximize the amount of light transmitted to the desired output spatial modes. However, it is well established from the scalar-wave model of light that intensity (or amplitude) and phase are two of the intrinsic properties that are required to completely describe the state of light [6]. In addition, for some applications it is necessary to exercise precise control over the intensity and/or phase of the light. For example, in photodynamic therapy, the effectiveness and side effects of the treatment depend both on the light dose and fluence rate [7]. Another example is with generating arbitrary states of polarization which requires controlling the relative complex weights of the constituent eigenpolarizations. Similarly, exotic optical field states like vector beams and optical vortexes [8–10], which have been shown to possess several interesting properties and applications [10–13], also require full control of the amplitude and phase of the input light.
In this paper, we show that the TM can be used to design input optical field profiles to control both the amplitude and phase of the light transmitted through a scattering medium. We find that doing so requires the use of the absolute value of the TM elements [5] rather than a scaled version of the TM elements [3]. In a previous report, we presented a technique for measuring the absolute value of the TM elements in [5]. However, the approach required that a separate reference beam path be used in the measurement process. In contrast, the optical setup we present in this paper allows measurement of the absolute value of the TM elements using a single incident beam path, thereby both reducing the complexity of the optical setup and improving interferometric stability. We also find that it is necessary to account for the partially coherent nature of the light transmitted through the scattering medium when quantitative control over the transmitted light is to be exercised.
The article is organized as follows. In Section 2 we describe our approach for measuring the TM elements, whereas in Section 3 we discuss the calculation of the phase images for controlling the intensity and phase of the transmitted light. We present our results in Section 4 and our conclusions in Section 5.
2. Measurement of the transmission matrix
Figure 1 is a schematic of our experimental setup for measuring the TM elements. A collimated, 808-nm diode laser beam [Power Technology, Inc IQ2C(808-150)] is incident on a deformable mirror device micro-mirror array (DMD-MMA) [14]. This DMD-MMA, acquired as part of the DLP LightCrafter DMD (Texas Instruments), costs less than US$600, and imparts only a binary amplitude modulation. However, measuring the TM elements requires a spatially dependent phase modulation [3–5]. To address this challenge, we use Lee's synthetic binary holograms [15], which can be implemented through binary amplitude modulation and have been shown [4, 15] to be able to provide spatially dependent phase modulation. Thus, for a desired phase profile g(x, y), we implement Lee's synthetic binary hologram f (x, y) using the following expression [15]15] and is set to 0.5 in our case. Since the DMD-MMA is a pixelated device, we calculate the hologram function f (x, y) only at the center of each of the available micro-mirrors. The calculated binary hologram is then displayed on the DMD-MMA which results in several diffraction orders. The desired phase modulation is in the first diffraction order, which is selected by using an iris to obstruct the other orders at the Fourier plane of lens L1. The selected order is then collimated by lens L2, wherein the desired phase modulation is observed at its back focal plane. This field is then focused onto the sample S by an infinity corrected, 10X microscope objective OBJ1 (Spencer) with numerical aperture (NA) 0.25. Part of the scattered light is then collected by a second, infinity corrected objective OBJ2 (Reichert) with magnification 45X and NA of 0.66, and passed through an analyzer P (Thorlabs LPNIR100-MP) before finally being recorded by a CMOS camera (Thorlabs DCC1545M). The scattering samples were prepared by depositing a mixture of ZnO and ethanol onto the standard microscope slides which resulted in ZnO films with average thickness of 100 μm. Similarly deposited ZnO films have been reported in the literature to have an average mean free path of 6 μm [16].
Fig. 1
To measure the TM elements, we divide the DMD-MMA into two areas, the central control area and the peripheral reference area, such that the measured matrix elements relate the input field corresponding to the control area to the field observed on the camera. The input field corresponding to the peripheral area provides the reference signal required in the four-point phase-shifting interferometry used in the measurement process. Figure 2(a) shows an example hologram that extends over the whole DMD-MMA, whereas Figs. 2(b) and 2(c) show holograms that cover only the control and reference areas, respectively. The control area is divided into 64 independently controllable segments. Since the contribution of each control segment at the input to an observation point at the output is weak, measuring the TM elements in the canonical basis results in a low signal-to-noise ratio (SNR); therefore we measure the TM elements using a Hadamard basis at the input [3, 5]. The measured TM elements are of the form6] |gnm| defines the correlation between the reference signal and the control signal at the nth observation point corresponding to the mth Hadamard basis element input. In the previous studies [3–5], this term was not considered. However, we find its inclusion to be crucial in exercising quantitative control over the intensity and phase of the transmitted light. We note that in our experiments each observation point or region, unless otherwise specifically stated, is square-shaped with a side length of 10.4 μm (equivalent to two physical pixels of DCC1545M on each side) and is smaller than the speckle size.
Fig. 2
Ideally, the TM elements should not depend on the reference signal. However, Eq. (2) shows that the measured TM elements depend on both the reference and control signals. To filter out the effect of the reference signal, we measure its strength at each of the observation points and divide the TM elements obtained from Eq. (2) by the square root of the measured reference signal. Measurement of the strength of the reference signal is achieved by turning off the control area on the DMD-MMA using the hologram shown in Fig. 2(c) and subsequently measuring the intensity of the transmitted optical field. This allows us to measure the absolute values of the TM elementsFig. 2(b) on the DMD-MMA, which turns off the reference area, and subsequently measuring the intensity of the transmitted field; this gives us the strength of the control signal. From this |gnm| is calculated as
Further, we find that determining tn,m through curve fitting consistently provides better results. Here, the intensity at the nth observation point corresponding to the mth Hadamard basis element is phase modulated by α such that3, 5]; in contrast, using our approach, as discussed above, 5M + 1 phase images are required. However, our approach provides information that is not captured in the standard process, namely, the absolute value of the TM elements as well as the magnitude of the cross-correlation between the reference and the control signals. Note that although the TM elements are measured for a Hadamard basis input, we convert them to the canonical basis input Tn,m using a standard Hadamard to canonical conversion [17] before using them in designing of the input phase profiles.
3. Input phase profile calculation
To control the intensity and/or phase of the transmitted light using the TM, one needs to design and implement an input field profile that would result in the desired transmitted field. In our experiments, this is achieved using computational optimization techniques. For example, an input phase profile that would result in the desired intensities s at the chosen observation points k = k1, k2, ··· ,kN′ is calculated by solving the optimization problem of the formEq. (7) these cross-correlation terms need to be experimentally measured. One approach to measuring these values could be to perform pairwise interference measurements between the contributions of all the available control segments. However, these measurements in canonical basis could lead to a low SNR. An alternative approach would be to measure the transmitted intensities corresponding to at least MC2 distinct input phase profiles and to solve the resulting system of linear equations. However, if one is to limit interest to regions where the measured values of |gnm| are relatively large, results with sufficient accuracy can be expected with a simpler relation of the form Eq. (1) and then displayed on the DMD-MMA.
To deliver an optical field of intensity at a phase of , one needs to solve the optimization problem5, 18] accessed from the MATLAB computational environment. We further point out that the optimization process followed in our case is a purely computational process and uses the information about the scattering medium captured in the measured TM [5]. It is unlike the iterative optimization followed for example in [1] where a physical measurement is required at each step of the optimization process. Further, we note that with an optical setup that can implement both the phase and amplitude modulation of the input field direct matrix inversion should suffice in calculating the required phase profile.
4. Results and discussion
In Fig. 3 we show the magnitude of the cross-correlations between the control signal, corresponding to each of the Hadamard basis inputs, and the reference signal at a region on the observation plane. Contrary to what has been assumed in previous studies [3–5], we observe that the cross-correlations values are less than one. The magnitude of these cross-correlations depend upon the temporal and spatial coherence of the input field as well as the distribution of optical path lengths traversed by the incident photons [19]. Further, it also shows that each control segment contributes a partially coherent field to the region of interest.
Fig. 3
Figure 4 are results demonstrating quantitative control of the transmitted intensity using our aforementioned approach. Here, we first measure the TM elements. Next, we select the regions to be studied. These regions are randomly selected under the constraint that at least 50 of the 64 transmission matrix elements of the selected region have a measured |gnm| between 0.7 and 1. For each selected region, we calculate 25 phase profiles, each predicted to generate one of the 25 targeted intensities at that region. The 25 targeted intensities range from grayscale intensity level of digital number (DN) = 10 to 250 in steps of 10. This range is chosen since the camera used in our experiment is limited to an 8-bit output with possible outputs ranging from DN = 0 to 255. Then, we generate input optical fields with the prescribed phase profiles using the binary holograms calculated according to Eq. (1). Finally, we measure the respective transmitted intensities at the region of interest and compare the measured intensities with the targeted ones. From the Fig. 4, we see that the measured values follow the targeted ones with a maximum standard deviation of less than 30 DN and a mean standard deviation of 23.8 DN. A trend in the observed intensity values to be larger than the targeted intensities for smaller targeted intensities and smaller than the targeted intensities for larger intensities is consistent with our using Eq. (8) in the calculation of the input phase profile. Specifically, when the magnitude of the cross-correlations is not one, Eq. (8) underestimates the intensities for lower intensities and overestimates for larger intensities. Figure 4 demonstrates that even in the presence of multiple scattering events, it is possible to transmit light of a desired intensity through the scattering medium. It is expected that using Eq. (7) in the optimization process compared to Eq. (8) that is currently used, the quality of the control can further be improved. We also point out that the ability to modulate intensity is dependent upon the magnitude of the cross-correlation values. The maximum range can be expected when the magnitude of the cross-correlations is unity and the range decreases progressively with decreasing magnitudes. In the limit, when all the cross-correlation values are zero, no intensity modulation can be expected.
Fig. 4
The ability to simultaneously maximize the intensity at multiple points using the transmission matrix has previously been demonstrated [3]. However, controlling each of the multiple points to a specified intensity value has not yet been demonstrated. In Fig. 5, we demonstrate such control. Figure 5(a) is captured by modulating the control area with a phase profile designed to make the region on the right brighter, whereas Fig. 5(b) uses a phase profile calculated to turn the left area brighter. Both of these phase profiles are calculated by taking N′ = 2 in Eq. (6). The ability to independently modulate the intensity at multiple points demonstrated in this paper should be useful in projecting grayscale images through highly scattering media. This is in contrast to transmission of phase images through such media as demonstrated in [20], and projection of binary intensity images as reported in [21].
Fig. 5
We also use our ability to control the intensity profile to generate a "homogeneously" low intensity speckle field, and show such a field in Fig. 6. In Fig. 6, an area of approximately 218 μm2 is targeted to have a low intensity whereas no control is exercised on the rest of the observation plane. The maximum value of intensity in all the areas is 111.5 DN whereas the maximum intensity value within the area of interest (AOI) is only 19.5 DN; note that this further decreases to 12.5 DN when only the central portion of the AOI which is half the size of the AOI is considered. This type of control could lead to interesting applications such as encoding of information in highly scattering channels.
Fig. 6
Figure 7 shows our experimental results for controlling the phase of the light transmitted through the scattering medium. In this case, we also restrict ourselves to the regions on the observation plane that have at least 50 of the 64 measured values of |gnm| larger than 0.7. For each selected region of interest, we calculate the initial input phase profiles necessary to generate a constant targeted intensity of 190 DN, and a concomitant range of phase values from 0 to 330° at an interval of 30° using the approach outlined in Section 3. From these phase profiles we calculate four new phase profiles shifted from the original by 0°, 90°, 180° and 270°. Next, we determine the reference and control signals by judiciously using the area of the DMD as discussed above, and shown in Fig. 2, and measure the corresponding transmitted intensities.
Fig. 7
Finally, we use the measured intensities to calculate the phase angle φ of the transmitted signal using the curve fitting approach outlined in Section 2. Since different regions have different reference signals, to filter out the influence of the reference signal on the measured values, for each region we take the phase value measured corresponding to a targeted phase of 0° as offset and subtract that value from the rest of the measured phase values for that observation region. From the graph we find that, unlike the case of the intensity control, all the targeted phase values show a small standard deviation of about 10°. Further, the mean values of the measured phases are close to the targeted values. It shows that the phase angles are less strongly affected by the amplitude of the cross-correlations compared to the magnitude. It can be easily seen for two channels by looking at the expression for the relative phase in four point phase shifting interferometry which is , where Iα=x is the resultant intensity with a phase modulation α of x radians. Although the intensities are dependent upon the amplitude of the cross-correlation, the relative phase is not as the amplitude of the cross-correlations in the numerator and the denominator cancel out.
5. Conclusion
In this paper, we experimentally demonstrated that by measuring the absolute value of the transmission matrix elements it is possible to quantitatively control the intensity and phase of light transmitted through a scattering medium. To achieve this, we used a novel, phase-stable, interferometric optical setup that comprised a low cost, micro-mirror array that was modified to behave as a phase-only spatial light modulator. Our setup was used to generate areas of low intensity in the speckle field of the transmitted light, as well as to quantitatively control the intensity transmitted to multiple observation points. The quantitative control reported in the paper has the potential to be useful in varied applications ranging from biomedical imaging to optical communications. Moreover, the low cost, optical setup employed will make these studies more (experimentally) accessible to many optical researchers.
K. C. T. acknowledges partial support from an NSF CAREER award (NSF DBI 09-54155).
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The present invention is in the field of storage cabinets. More specifically, the invention comprises a plurality of shelves, fixed and slideable; drawers having adjustable dividers all of which combine in various configurations to provide a wall cabinet which can serve as entertainment center, a secretarial station or a computer work station.
The increased interest in, and acquisition of, computers and all the associated equipment to maximize their inherent potential has unfortunately outsped the provision of work stations which properly correlate the arrangement of the physical components for ease of operation and ready accessibility of support materials as manuals, storage disks, paper supply, etc. Users have been faced with the problem of assembling desks, shelf units, storage drawers and the like which were generally not made up as units which can be readily and practically assembled.
The family entertainment center has progressed from just a television set to include stereo players/recorders and sound systems, video cassette recorders, video games, cassettes for recording programs and storage areas for recorded cassettes, video games and the like. Standing or hanging shelf units of proper size and strength are not readily available and generally must be used in combination with desk and drawer units.
The present cabinet has been designed with as many adjustable features as possible to allow a wide variety of equipment to be used in a comfortable and convenient fashion within a piece of fine furniture, at the same time providing this equipment with protection against dust and light. It has been engineered to make any operator feel comfortable at the station through the adjustable features which allow a CRT or television to be mounted at a height to fit his or her individual needs and prevent an unnatural head and eye position. It has been designed for a dual purpose: to act as both an entertainment and practical work station for people who have a limited amount of space in their living quarters or who would prefer to house their home and office equipment in a dust-free atmosphere within an aesthetically beautiful piece of furniture.
A multi-purpose cabinet in the mode of fine furniture, comprising a configuration of shelves and drawers capable of housing a wide variety of equipment including varying sizes of computers, televisions, video cassette recorders, video games, typewriters, telephones and modems, books, diskettes and tapes as well as a free-standing cart mounted on casters designed to hold a printer, said cart having a sliding shelf to catch paper fed from the printer; said cabinet having bifold doors to enclose the equipment therein. A slight variation of the above comprises the identical cabinet with the cart modified slightly to hold bottles to act as a roll-around bar. A third variation of the above cabinet eliminates the rolling cart, substituting drawers and shelves for storage.
The present invention is shown in the accompanying drawing figures which illustrate the principal concepts of the present invention and are not be be limiting in the scope of the invention.
FIG. 1 is a front elevation perspective view of the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a front elevation perspective view of a removable component of the present invention.
FIG. 3 is a front elevation perspective view of a modification of the component seen in FIG. 2.
FIG. 4 is a front elevation perspective view of another embodiment of the component in FIG. 2.
FIG. 5 is a front elevation perspective view of the embodiment seen in FIG. 4 with the top opened for an unassociated use of the component.
FIG. 6 is a front elevation perspective view of a component for storage of VCR tape cassettes.
FIG. 7 is a front elevation perspective view of a component for storage of computer floppy diskettes.
FIG. 8 is a rear elevation view of the invention seen in FIG. 1.
FIG. 9 is a partial frontal view of a modification of the drawer portion of the invention seen in FIG. 1.
FIG. 1 shows the interior of the cabinet which will be seen to comprise a back wall joined to spaced-apart opposing side walls, top and bottom walls joining the back and side walls and a front wall composed of two pairs of bi-folding doors hingedly mounted on the front edges of the side walls. The cabinet is shown with its four bifold doors 1a-d open. It will be noticed that the doors fold back onto themselves to allow the cabinet to be stored in the least possible space. When closed, the doors prevent dust and light from reaching delicate equipment stored inside. The cabinet is basically designed in two sections, an upper cabinet and a lower cabinet, joined as one large piece of furniture. The top half of the cabinet may be used independently of the bottom half, and vice versa, simply by opening the doors which cover the required space.
When the doors to the upper cabinet are opened as in FIG. 1, the basic features of this section are revealed. A first shelf 2 extends the full width of the cabinet at a height which allows the seated operator's arms to hang naturally from the shoulders in a comfortable typing position. The shelf slides forward (as seen in phantom lines) to hold a computer keyboard or typewriter, providing legroom underneath. When pushed back into the cabinet along guides 2a, the upper doors close over the shelf and conceal the contents of the upper cabinet. The purpose of this sliding shelf, known hereinafter as the keyboard shelf, is to hold either a typewriter, sewing machine, video game control unit, computer keyboard, or like equipment at a height to allow proper posture and eliminate neck and back strain. The keyboard shelf is sufficiently deep to allow storage of virtually any typewriter and most personal computers with their keyboards.
In the event that a computer consists of components with a keyboard that detaches, and those components are too deep to be stored on the keyboard shelf in their normal configuration with the mainframe behind the keyboard, provision has been made to allow the keyboard to be kept on the keyboard shelf with the maincomponents stored on a second shelf, 3 and connected together through a first aperture 4 in the shelf. This shelf may be adjusted up to down, as shown, or removed entirely in the event that equipment mounted on the keyboard shelf is large or a computer has an attached monitor. Shelf 3 has primarily been designed to hold a CRT or television at a height adjustable to suit a person's individual needs and allow him to put the screen at his own eye level in a naturally comfortable viewing position when the screen is connected to a computer or video game or VCR. A third shelf 5 which is vertically adjustable using supports 3a, allows further individualization of the cabinet for storing manuals, files, etc. In case the keyboard of a computer is stored on the keyboard shelf 2 and its maincomponent on the shelf 3, then the monitor or television for this computer may be stored immediately above the maincomponents on shelf 5.
On the left side of the upper cabinet, there are two drawers 6a and 6b designed to hold 51/4" computer diskettes. As seen in FIG. 7, each drawer is provided with removable verticle dividers 6c. These drawers can be removed entirely. Also on the left is one adjustable shelf 7 for additional miscellaneous storage.
On the right side of the upper cabinet is a compartment of removable file dividers 8 for storage of typing paper, computer folders or ongoing files. This space is also specifically designed to act as storage for a telephone and a modem connecting the telephone to the computer by removing as many file dividers as necessary for whichever telephone modem an individual has. A second aperture 9 exists in the side of the file compartment to allow cords to be threaded through to join the modem to the computer. A third aperture 10 (see FIG. 8) also exists in the rear wall of the cabinet to allow the telephone to be connected to its jack. An adjustable shelf 12 is above shelf 11 at the top of the file compartment for miscellaneous storage.
When the bifold doors to the lower cabinet are opened, as seen in FIG. 1 below the keyboard shelf 2, on the left side, is a drawer 13 for the storage of office supplies, manuals, or other items. Below the drawer 13 on the left is a shelf 14 extending across half of the bottom cabinet which slides forward as seen in the phantom and is intended as a storage shelf for a VCR or video game machine but which may be adapted to an individual's needs. There is enough clearance between this sliding shelf 14 and the drawer 13 above to allow use of either top-loading or front-loading VCRs. Directly under this sliding shelf is a divided storage drawer 15 designed to hold VCR cassettes 15a either VHS or Beta, as well as video game cassettes or, with the dividers removed, (see FIG. 6) simply to act as miscellaneous storage.
In the bottom right half of the cabinet in FIG. 1a rollaway cart 16 is stored. There is enough clearance between the top surface of this cart and the keyboard shelf 2 above to hold most household-size computer printers as well as most typewriters. This cart (FIG. 2) is designed to be removed from the cabinet, rolled to wherever desired in the room, and, after use, to be stored once again within the cabinet. It is on casters 17. The cart is basically constructed as a cube and open on two opposing sides. A bottom shelf 18 is intended to hold paper to be fed into the printer up through the top surface 19 through the paper-feed aperture 20. There is a movable shelf 21 which pulls out from the printer cart to act as a paper catch which has a high lip 22 to prevent the paper from spilling over the edge. Handholds 23 are provided to allow easy movement of the cart 16.
FIG. 3 shows the cart in a configuration for use as a portable bar. In this instance, the former pull-out papercatch shelf 21 is now a fixed shelf 24 and the former surface 19 of the cart now contains various cut-outs intended for bottle storage.
FIGS. 4 and 5 illustrate an additional embodiment of the cart which, in substance, combines the features seen in FIGS. 2 and 3. The top surface 26 of the cart 25 contains a paper feed aperture 27 which is longitudinally bisected by a cut 27' which divides the top surface 26 in two. Each half can be pivoted about pins 28 to form serving surfaces 29. The so-laid out surfaces 29 rest on supports 30 which swing out in a manner similar to a gateleg table. It will be noted that the bottle-apertured shelf 31 has a paper feed aperture 32. In lieu of the slide-out shelf 33 for catching paper, the shelf 31 could be so constructed.
FIG. 8 is a view of the rear of the cabinet illustrating the ventilation and power apertures 34 in each of the compartments where machinery might be stored. These are designed so that power cords or connection cables or antennas can be threaded through the rear of the cabinet into the interior to connect the various components.
FIG. 9 shows the interior of the bottom half of the cabinet when no printer cart is desired. In this case there are two general storage drawers 35. The VCR/video game shelf 14 is expanded to extend across the width of the cabinet and in this configuration can hold two VCRs or a VCR plus video game console, or even a printer. The shelf slides out of the cabinet, as in FIG. 1, for easy loading of video or game cassettes, and there is enough clearance for top-loading models. Underneath the sliding shelf there are now two drawers 36 to hold video or game cassettes, rather than one as before. Both of these drawers are divided as in FIG. 4, and the dividers are removable for more general storage.
It is to be noted that the cabinet illustrated in FIG. 1 can be produced in a mirror image without departing from the scope of the present invention.
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NYC Parks Events Calendar
Get up, get out, and do something! Just about any day of the year, you can find something fun, informative, and healthy to enjoy at an area park. Feel free to browse the listings below, or use the search tools to find an event that matches your interests and location.
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Saturday, April 16, 2016
Birding: Spring Migration
at Prospect Park Picnic House (in Prospect Park), Brooklyn
10:00 a.m.–11:30 a.m.
Our Rangers will guide you to the best wildlife viewing spots in the urban jungle.
Category: Birding, Nature
It's My Park at Harlem Art Park
at Harlem Art Park, Manhattan
10:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m.
Join neighbors and volunteers in painting, mulching, and removing litter at Harlem Art Park.
Category: Volunteer, It's My Park
Sherman Creek Stewardship Day: Spring on the Esplanade
at Swindler Cove (in Sherman Creek), Manhattan
10:30 a.m.–1:00 p.m.
Help us prep for the upcoming season by adding mulch and compost to our trees and lawn, cutting back perennials, and, most of all, enjoying the glory of Spring!
Category: Nature, Volunteer
Pop-Up Audubon: Leaf Litter Critters
at Eastwood (in Prospect Park), Brooklyn
11:00 a.m.–4:00 p.m.
Using fun games and experiments, join the Prospect Park Alliance to uncover the secrets of soil creatures, fungus and decomposition.
Category: Birding, Education, Nature, Best for Kids, Hiking
Pop-Up Audubon II: Plant Clues
at Peninsula (in Prospect Park), Brooklyn
11:00 a.m.–4:00 p.m.
Join Alliance educators at the Pop-Up Audubon II tent to learn what trees and plants tell us about our environment.
Category: Birding, Education, Nature, Best for Kids
Central Park Tour: The Ramble
at Belvedere Castle (in Central Park), Manhattan
11:00 a.m.–12:30 p.m.
Coined the "wild garden" by designer Frederick Law Olmsted, the Ramble offers visitors a tranquil spot to meander along winding paths and discover hidden forest gardens.
Category: Nature, History, Tours
Ranger's Choice: Nature Photography
at Clove Lakes Park, Staten Island
11:00 a.m.–12:30 p.m.
Bring your camera and get inspired by nature on this guided walk. To register, visit nyc.gov/parks/rangers/register on Wednesday, April 6.
Category: Nature, Art
Wave Hill History Walk
at Perkins Visitors Center (in Wave Hill), Bronx
11:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m.
Discover the fascinating history of Wave Hill's architecture and landscape on a walk with a Wave Hill Garden Guide.
Category: Nature, History, Tours
Learn to Ride: Adults
at Boxcar Playground (in Crotona Park), Bronx
11:00 a.m.–1:00 p.m.
With our safe, easy, effective method, Learn to Ride students learn how to balance, pedal, start, stop, and steer a bike, as well as adjust a helmet for proper fit.
Category: Education, Sports, Learn To Ride
NYC Family Strong Party for Prevention
at 146th Street and St. Ann's Avenue (in St. Mary's Park), Bronx
11:00 a.m.–3:00 p.m.
New York City kids are our kids. Come out to St. Mary's Park in Mott Haven for a fun-filled, family-friendly event featuring live entertainment, games and more!
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How Ford and MIT's Electric Shuttle Experiment Could Improve Ride-Hailing
And self-driving car tech too.
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The car company will make bigger lithium-ion batteries at the factory.
Tesla plans to make two to three times more batteries at its factory than originally planned.
Uber struck a DNC deal.
The automaker is changing course
Federal government is investigating whether automaker inflated sales.
Follow along as Tesla shows off its massive battery factory and hear from Elon Musk about his plans
The Model S driver was also using advanced driver assistance features.
Car owners could learn how much they're getting soon.
It also plans to compete with the likes of Google and Apple for digital car technology.
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Rivals.com Recruiting Update
Published: Thursday, January 12, 2006 at 11:48 a.m.
Last Modified: Thursday, January 12, 2006 at 11:48 a.m.
Shelby (N.C.) Crest linebacker Brandon Spikes made sure no one but his college coach knew where he would go to school until he made his announcement over the weekend.
He didn't tell his mother, his family or his high school coach.
By Saturday, he made sure all involved knew he committed to Florida.
The Rivals100 member picked the Gators over Alabama and Virginia Tech.
"When I committed to the coaches it came down to the opportunity to be around great players and the opportunity to get on the field early," he said.
Spikes (6-4, 235) is ranked the No. 37 prospect in the country.
This was supposed to be one of the most gratifying times of Tampa Hillsborough athlete Jarred Fayson's high school football career, not the most trying.
Because of a hamstring injury, the Florida commitment has been unable to play in CaliFlorida Bowl and the U.S. Army All-American Bowl during the last month despite practicing for both.
"I worked hard to fulfill my dream of playing in these events," said Fayson, who was injured during the first practice for the CaliFlorida Bowl. "It's been very frustrating."
Springdale (Ark.) tight end Ben Cleveland de-committed from Florida to join former high school coach Gus Malzahn at Arkansas.
Malzahn was hired as Arkansas offensive coordinator in December. Cleveland committed to Florida in July.
Virginia Beach Landstown wide receiver Damon McDaniel admitted he might have made a hasty decision to commit to Florida along with wide receiver teammate Percy Harvin in December.
To help clear things up, he will take an official visit to Florida State on Jan. 20. He said he might add another visit.
"I think I rushed it," McDaniel said. "I don't want to have any doubts."
McDaniel, the No. 6 wide receiver in the country, said he remains committed to Florida.
It's better late than never for Rivals100 linebacker Michael Morgan.
Morgan, from Dallas Skyline, has been discussing an official visit to Tallahassee for months, but this week he set a date. He will visit FSU on Jan. 27, the last weekend for official visits.
Morgan has also taken official visits to Oklahoma and Southern California and plans a visit to Texas A&M.
Lake Butler Union County running back C.J. Spiller will continue to draw out the suspense.
The No. 5 prospect in Florida said he will decide from among Florida, Florida State, Miami, Clemson and Southern California on Signing Day in his high school auditorium.
He visited USC in November and will take visits to the other four in January, the last coming on Jan. 27 to FSU.
"That is a crucial visit," he said. "There's a lot of pressure because it's the last one."
Three Miami coaches visited Rivals100 running back Kylan Robinson last week at his Tampa home, taking Robinson somewhat by surprise.
Coach Larry Coker, secondary coach Tim Walton and strength coach Andreu Swasey stayed at Robinson's house for an hour and watched his basketball game at Hillsborough.
"I was surprised three of them came in," said Robinson, who moved from Alaska to Tampa this year. "I was expecting maybe two."
Robinson visited Ohio State last week and plans visits to Miami, South Carolina and Florida.
Emmanuel Moody's official visit to Miami on Dec. 16 complicated his college decision, but in the end, the Coppell, Texas, running back stuck with his first choice.
Moody, a Rivals100 recruit, committed to USC last weekend.
Moody de-committed from Texas in November, expecting to go to USC. However, an official visit to Miami put the Hurricanes into his top two.
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Reggie Odom stands 6 feet, 290 pounds but brings all the talent and skills a high school defensive lineman is expected to have in order to make a successful jump to Division I.
Rated as the No. 26 defensive tackle in the nation, Odom was a selection for the annual CaliFlorida Bowl and showed well through all days of practice. He was also a strong piece of a very powerful Florida defensive line.
His footwork, quickness and technique also are skills that college coaches caught on to early. He picked up offers from Auburn, Louisville, Mississippi State, South Carolina and Wake Forest among others.- John Talman
I was a first-team all-state linebacker at White Springs Hamilton County in 1996. I was also an all-state basketball player. At Florida, I had 33 career sacks, a school record. I was an All-America defensive end and SEC Defensive Player of the Year. ... The Bears selected me in the fourth round. I had 20 sacks in my first four seasons in Chicago ... Who am I?
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Ford says the four-cylinder Escape delivers best-in-class fuel economy. We'll have to take the company's word on that one as this test is all about track numbers. Meaningless you say? Not completely. Any SUV can deliver decent mileage with a small enough engine; the trick is balancing usable power with everyday efficiency.
Judging from the numbers, the Escape does a pretty good job of maintaining that balance. It surprised our test driver with its off the line punch and pulled out a respectable 0-to-60mph time. Braking wasn't a strong point, however, so the Escape has some work to do in that area. An overly intrusive stability control system hindered its handling numbers, but this is nothing new for this segment.
For more details, see the full results after the jump.
Vehicle: 2009 Ford Escape XLT 2.5 FWD
Odometer: 3447
Date: 12/02/08
Driver: Josh Jacquot
Price: $24,970
Drive Type: Front-wheel drive
Transmission Type: 6-speed automatic
Engine Type: Inline-4
Displacement (cc / cu-in): 2488cc (152cu-in)
Redline (rpm): N/A
Horsepower (hp @ rpm): 171 @ 6,000
Torque (lb-ft @ rpm): 171 @ 4,500
Brake Type (front): Ventilated disc
Brake Type (rear): Drum
Steering System: Electric speed-proportional power steering
Suspension Type (front): MacPherson strut
Suspension Type (rear): multi-link
Tire Size (front): P235/70R16
Tire Size (rear): P235/70R16
Tire Brand: Michelin
Tire Model: Latitude Tour
Tire Type: All-season
Wheel Size: 16x7 front - 16x7 rear
Wheel Material (front/rear): Alloy
As tested Curb Weight (lb): 3,378
Test Results:
0 - 30 (sec): 3.3
0 - 45 (sec): 6.0
0 - 60 (sec): 9.8
0 - 75 (sec): 14.9
1/4 Mile (sec @ mph): 17.2 @ 80.1
0-60 with 1-ft Rollout (sec): 9.5
30 - 0 (ft): 35
60 - 0 (ft): 143
Braking Rating: Poor
Slalom (mph): 57.5
Skid Pad Lateral acceleration (g): 0.70
Handling Rating: Poor
Db @ Idle: 46.0
Db @ Full Throttle: 77.6
Db @ 70 mph Cruise: 70.2
Acceleration Comments: Just a hint of wheelspin. Feels remarkably quick for a 4-cylinder SUV. Shifts are clumsy and harsh. Engine sounds almost sporty, but mostly just loud.
Braking Comments: Lots of dive and a tendency to pull right. Also, the ABS cycles slowly as can feel the tires skid and hop as the vehicle comes to a stop. Noisy and not very confidence-inspiring despite remaining consistent.
Handling Comments: (Skid pad) Very low limits thanks to stability control which defeats the throttle here. Feels soft, not much confidence. (Slalom) Feels as tall, soft and awkward as it looks. Stability control limits are low. Bounces off bump stops between cones. Feels like it could actually roll if not for the stability control.