The Dragon, however, is simply a superb machine. Normally, some tradeoff is required to get auto-reverse convenience-though, in fairness, most reversing decks we've tested sell for less than half of this one's price. Superficially, this is not too different from the head arrangement in some other decks we have tested with bidirectional playback actually, the automatic azimuth adjustment, added to the inherently flat, wide-band response that is a Nakamichi hallmark, makes the Dragon the first automatic-reverse model we have tested for which no performance apology need be made. There are three heads: erase, recording (for the forward direction only), and playback (a four-track design, with a bifurcated right-channel gap for each direction). Nakamichi solves the problem with a quartz-lock system that keeps the takeup capstan running 0.2% faster than the supply capstan (for optimum tape tension and head contact) no matter which direction is in use. The use of different capstan diameters (and, therefore, rotation speeds), to prevent cumulative resonances in the two drive systems, complicates the issue. Furthermore, its direct-drive capstans must be used in two directions, whereas all previous Nakamichis have been unidirectional. The Dragon's closed-loop dual-capstan drive follows the design of Nakamichi's ZX-9, except that in Dragon, each capstan is individually driven by its own motor. We found many tapes in our collection that required azimuth adjustment away from the playback head's median position, but none whose azimuth was beyond NAAC's range. Its inventors call this feature NAAC, for Nakamichi Auto Azimuth Correction, and its range is broad enough to encompass azimuth disparities that, left uncorrected, would produce serious high-frequency rolloff, with response theoretically down by about 3 dB at 10 kHz and 10 dB at 17 kHz. (The direction indicator in use- forward or reverse-flashes until any ' 'perceived" error is corrected.) So the azimuth of any tape, no matter what its origin, can be matched by the adjustment process as long as the error falls within the Dragon's adjustment range (☑2 minutes of arc, or one-fifth of a degree). The Dragon compares the signals coming from the two sections of the gap and automatically adjusts the playback head's azimuth until their phases exactly match. Its right-channel playback gaps (of which there are two-one for the forward and one for the reverse direction) are split, so that the inner and outer edges of the track are read separately. Herein lies the Dragon's breakthrough: Instead of aligning its recording head to match the playback head's azimuth, it adjusts the playback head to match the azimuth of whatever tape is being played. (The current version of that model, the 1000ZXL, performs this task automatically before you start recording.) But alignment of the recording head does nothing to eliminate the disparities that can occur when you try to play a cassette that wasn't recorded on that particular deck. When Nakamichi introduced the first three-head cassette deck, the original Model 1000, it included a system that enabled the user to align the azimuth of the recording head to that of the playback head, so that every cassette made on the machine would play back on it with the highest possible accuracy.
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It’s now been 2 days and I haven’t heard back though I’ve followed up via email - in fact, I forwarded the initial email to the manager's email on their website, but this email address gets bounced back.Īll of this to say, what truly differentiates a good hotel from a great one is how you treat your guests, and how you handle issues that arise. They did let me know that they don't replace sheets during your stay so I slept on that stain for 2 nights. Upon checkout, they offered me no explanation (though they did as if I was sure it wasn’t my blood) but said someone would get back to me that day. Christian gave me his email and told me to email him pictures and he’d have management get back to me the next day. My biggest question: what 5-star hotel asks me to replace my sheets that they left blood on rather than offer me a different room or frankly anything else as an apology? The gentlemen who brought them to the room was kind enough to put them on for me and took the dirty sheets. I called downstairs and Christian apologized but said due to the time he could only deliver me sheets but nobody could put them on. I got back to the room around 1 am and saw the room made up but the stain was still there - again, no problem, I realize I didn’t call to explicitly request new sheets (though I thought they’d be replaced) but let’s get it fixed. I was on a call so I didn’t get to call downstairs, I just activated the “make up room” button so housekeeping would clean the room (I left the stain visible). It is obviously gross and definitely not ok, but stuff happens - let’s just get it replaced and move on. I moved the comforter and noticed what was clearly a blood stain toward the foot of the bed. On my last night there, I was looking for the remote control to turn the TV off on my way out of the room. I was offered early check-in and a room upgrade which was absolutely fantastic. The hotel is extremely nice, and the location is incredible, right in the middle of Hudson Yards. While I usually stay at the Pendry, I decided to give the Equinox Hotel a try. (On wall outer side:) EDGEWOOD PARK (Inside of bench:) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 EDT unsigned The information provided about this artwork was compiled as part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture database, designed to provide descriptive and location information on artworks by American artists in public and private collections worldwide. Office of Cultural Affairs, City of New Haven, 2007. Broadside, "A Guide to Public Art in New Haven," New Haven, CT: City of New Haven, Department of Cultural Affairs, 1989. Save Outdoor Sculpture, Connecticut survey, 1993. Object Details design firm TPA Associates assistant Hagan, Stephen R. Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, African Art.The Phragmite population is showing signs of being stressed, acres of tidal wetland have been restored, and anecdotal evidence of increased fish passage has been reported. It will take years for the habitat of the river to return to pre-1920 conditions (or anything similar to those conditions) but some immediate improvements have been noted. The SRTs are also designed to close when the incoming tide is extremely high and would cause damage to the existing infrastructure upstream. These SRTs allowed water to exit the river when the river was higher than the harbor tide and allowed salt water to enter the river system when the tide rose above the river. This project removed 3 of the 12 existing flapper tide gates and installed 3 self-regulating tide gates (SRT). After several revisions to the plans, based on neighborhood input, the project was completed in 2012. In 2009, a grant under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act and distributed by NOAA funded the West River Habitat Restoration Project, managed by Connecticut Fund for the Environment, a local environmental nonprofit. The degraded nature of the river was recognized for several decades through studies by Yale University and by private consultants hired by the City of New Haven. Most notably aggressive root systems and dense growth patterns allowed the common reed ( Phragmites australis) to crowd out a variety of native species. This change to a fresh water regime allowed invasive species to overrun the river's banks. However, the flapper gates degraded the environment in several ways: they blocked fish passage upstream to historic spawning areas they change the vegetation to a fresh water regime they limited the extent of flushing in the reflecting pool and they reduced tidal influence up to and including the Duck Pond in Edgewood Park. The gates were installed to control mosquitos, to provide flood control, and to allow areas of the salt water marsh to be filled to provide for additional land for development. Tide gate Īround 1920, the City of New Haven installed flapper style tide gates downstream of Orange Avenue (U.S. The development by the International Rowing Course Foundation would have included a grandstand with seating for 5,000 people and a variety of other athletic facilities. During the mid-1970s, there were further plans for the expansion of the rowing course into an "Olympic rowing course", but these plans never came to fruition. At the time, the Yale athletic program studied the idea of building a larger course for use in collegiate rowing competitions, but evidently decided against it. The reservoirs are named Konolds Pond, Lake Dawson, Lake Watrous, and Lake Bethany, in order from south to north.Ī rowing course was constructed along the river in New Haven in what is now West River Memorial Park in 1920. The river is dammed in several places and some of the reservoirs are used by the South Central Connecticut Regional Water Authority to provide a percentage of the public water supply. There is a public canoe launch, maintained by the City of New Haven Department of Parks, Recreation, and Trees, in the constructed channel at Derby Avenue. While the river's natural channel winds along the western edge of the West River Memorial Park, a very straight channel (a former rowing course) cuts through its middle and terminates at the park's northern edge (Derby Avenue). Within the city of New Haven, the river is surrounded by Edgewood Park and the West River Memorial Park along much of its length. It flows through the towns of Bethany, Woodbridge, New Haven, and West Haven before discharging into New Haven Harbor. The West River is a 13.5-mile-long (21.7 km) freshwater stream in southern Connecticut. River in Connecticut, United States Map showing the West River watershed. The design of the two houses, inspired by the topographic particularities of the site, allows optimal integration into the existing estate and leaves enough presence, space and views for the villa. The relation between the new buildings, the existing villa and the landscaped grounds were essential. The project is an example of a modest densification of villa plots in rural living areas. An economical and considerate use of housing space contributes to sustainability, as well as the use of uncoated materials and efficient building services with heat pump, thermal solar panels and comfort ventilation. The curved ceilings are indicated with hard concrete bands – the light filling in between is composed of ceiling-high windows and curtain walls covered with translucent polycarbonate panels. Also on the outside, the facades were developed to support the volumetric concept. The effect of the curved ceilings in the interior is enhanced by the reduced and honest choice of materials concrete ceilings, dyed concrete floors and white plaster walls. Curved roofs help your entire home reach its peak attractiveness, making it more interesting to look at and boosting its curb appeal. It also allows daylight into the translucent bathroom cubes – which are built out of glass blocks and divide and structure the lower floor. The dynamic and open staircase creates a strong reference between the two floors. On the inside, a single-flight staircase provides the spatial connection between the entrance hall on the upper living floor and the sleeping floor below. The curved shape of the roof creates its own topography, which connects the two floors and turns the location on a slope into a part of the design concept. The buildings are situated across the slope and are accessed from the north on the upper floor level, which offers a beautiful view towards the first hills of the Jura Mountains. “The two houses “Im Wygärtli” are located in a villa garden on the southern hillside of Hofstetten. Hip roofs were usually used for Imperial Palaces, resting hill roofs were used for official buildings such as the Government and hard hill roofs were used for civil buildings.Īs you can see, these roofs are beautiful, but a lot of thought went into the architecture of these roofs in order to protect the most valuable asset inside, their family.Curved shape of the roof connects the two floors and turns the location on a slope into a part of the design concept Protection: Chinese roods typically had wide eaves, which provided protection to the walls from even the fiercest wind driven rainfall.Ī Symbol of Hierarchy: Architecture in China showed many different levels of importance for buildings. Not only did it help the drainage, but it was nice to look at as well. This would also reduce snow load as well in the winter time. The most common way to interlock rounded tiles was to place rows of cupped tiles on the roof, then some rows of arched tiles spanning between them.ĭrainage: The use of lines, curves and eaves not only increased the surface area, but provided a great way for water to drain off of the roof. Round Tiles: These kinds of tiles were more commonly used with profiles of arcs and semicircles. They were the preferred method until the Song Dynasty from 970 - 1279. This first appeared during the Han Dynasty from 206 BC to 220 AD. The interlocking columns not only made them strong, but very interesting to look at as well!Ĭurved Shapes: The up-curved eaves are the most recognizable feature of Chinese architecture. Timber Jointing Systems: Joints were typically favored over metal fixings. Read below the 3 main features of Chinese roof architecture: Not only do they look great but there was a method to their madness behind what they did. The curved arches of Chinese roofs and the architecture look so majestic. The additional capabilities provided by the Marines include artillery fire to give cover to locals battling the militants. About 300 Marines arrived in Syria in arly March 2017 to provide additional capabilities for allied forces working to push Islamic State forces from their de facto capital of Raqqa. The so-called caliphate has been shrunk thanks to ground action by allies, including Syrian and Iraqi Kurdish militias and reconstituted Iraqi state forces.Ībout 100 soldiers with the 75th Army Ranger Regiment under Operation Noble Lance were deployed in and around Manbij, Syria, with Stryker armored fighting vehicles. The terror group’s ability to replenish itself with foreign recruits has been choked. The Pentagon claims U.S.-led airstrikes have killed up to 75 percent of IS fighters, including 180 top commanders. Pentagon planners said much had changed tactically since Flynn wrote The Field of Fight. If the countries sheltering jihadists won’t eradicate them, then American forces should march in and do so, he argued. Flynn also argued for cutting ties with any foreign powers deemed to be assisting the jihadists indirectly or otherwise, including traditional Gulf allies. In "The Field of Fight", Flynn says the full weight of American power should be brought to bear on the jihadists, much as the United States did in the Second World War to defeat its foes. In book "The Field of Fight", which was published July 2017 and co-authored with conservative historian Michael Ledeen, Flynn offered what he described as “a winning strategy” to defeat IS and al-Qaida, one relying more on military muscle than the technology-driven and drone-strike policy favored by Trump’s predecessor, Barack Obama. On 03 February 2017, Trump turned to his generals for a detailed military strategy, and he signed an executive order instructing members of his Cabinet and the Joint Chiefs of Staff to come up with a plan within 30 days - one that can be implemented immediately. military commanders believe that ultimately they can influence the SDF's behaviour and temper their territorial ambitions in Syria." rank and file PKK fighters believe that the fight against Daesh is not an end in itself, but the first step in a continuum of a struggle for independence, and more than likely the prelude to the ultimate battle: fighting the Turks. This myopic approach is a recipe for future disaster. Anything else is considered peripheral and a distraction from the mission at hand. Oubai Shahbandar, a Fellow in New America's International Security Program, noted 08 March 2017 that "The US military has one simple binary objective to achieve in Syria: defeating Daesh. Ankara's position was that the inclusion of the US-backed YPG in any operation to take Raqqa from Daesh was unacceptable. Turkish forces were ready to work with the US-led coalition on the operation to liberate Raqqa, which is Daesh's de facto capital in Syria, provided the YPG was not involved. Both the Turks and the Kurds were more interested in fighting each other than Da-esh, but the small American force was postured to discourge such action. Neither nationality had a sigificant presence in Raqqa, a Sunni Arab city, so the matter of who and what would govern Raqqa after it was liberated remained an open question. The Turkish proxies were largely Turkoman Syrians, and the American proxies were largely Kurdish Syrians. When it came to a war plan, candidate Trump offered just three tactics: intensifying the bombing of the Islamic State, seizing control of oilfields in Iraq, and recruiting NATO to invade strongholds in the Middle East to “knock the hell out of ISIS.”īy early 2017 forces backed by NATO members Turkey and the United States were slowly moving on Raqqa, the headquarters of Da-esh in Syria. On the presidential campaign trail, Donald Trump demurred when asked to outline his war plan to defeat the so-called Islamic State terror group, arguing he wasn’t going to tip his hand to America’s foes by revealing his intentions. Operation Inherent Resolve - 2017 - Trump
That day was May 1st known as “Sweeps’ Day” in Great Britain. Other than room-and-board, their only reward was a single day off work each year. A trained climbing boy would be expected to perform this task at least four or five times each and every day. Once the climbing boy reached the very top, they would need to slide back down to the bottom of the fireplace, bag up the accumulated pile of soot, ash, and debris, then remove it to their master’s cart waiting out in the street. This is supposedly where the term “ light a fire under someone” originated. If the master sweep thought a climbing boy was moving too slowly or needed some extra "encouragement" to get moving along, he might purposely light a fire within the fireplace below. As the climbing boy pushed upwards, a continuous cloud of dust and ash would rain down upon them from above, making it impossible to see and very difficult to breathe. The scraper was used to loosen any remaining deposits that were left behind. The brush was held overhead to dislodge loose soot and ash. Two tools were typically used a large bristle brush and a metal scraper. As crazy it sounds, these small children were expected to wriggle their way up a chimney in caterpillar-like fashion by wedging their back, knees, elbows, and feet outward for support. Their small stature made them ideal for working in narrow flue passages within chimneys. Boys and girls would usually start service as early as age six (sometimes younger) to work as “ climbing boys”. Few, would picture small children doing this work, but that was once the cold, hard reality.ĭuring the late 1700’s and 1800’s, orphans and young children purchased from poor families were enslaved to work as apprentices for master chimney sweeps. When asked to picture a “Chimney Sweep”, most think of the character portrayed by Dick Van Dyke in Mary Poppins. Wire between said pins, and add a small glob of solder. For the enableĪnd PWM dimming pins though, i decided to slip a thin strand of copper If you havent done it before, planning your LED strip light installation can be difficult, particularly when considering power supplies, controllers, wiring. The power connections areĮasier, with them being two sets of four adjacent pins. Make This Portable LED Light Panel and Take Better Pictures Lighting is everything, so build this DIY light panel to give your photos a boost. Of the solder, and whatnot), it can be quite interesting to reliablyĪnd controllably bridge two (or more) pins together, especially whenįurther soldering needs to be done on them. Since the pins of theĬonnector are quite small, and due to how physics works (surface tension For that reason alone (well, that and because i had some at hand), i chose a 1206-package resistor for the top half of the divider.Īnyway, back to the dirty work. Now, as can be seen in the pinout of the connector, there are two "NC" ("No Connection") pins between the backlight power supply and the rest. Heres how to make a super-bright LED light panel. You guess it, ye olde two-resistor voltage divider. For factory-made lights, the price is usually around 1000 for a 1×1 unit. Since i want these things to be as simple as possible - basically just power on/off - the way to source a suitable voltage for the enable pin is obvious.
In fact, so often do enemies appear and in such great numbers that the Dead Space remake feels more like an action game than a horror one. I swear, the Dead Space remake sticks you in a room and fills it with enemies so many times it loses all impact. It may be that I remember the original Dead Space with rose-tinted glasses, but I don’t remember it being so lousy with kill rooms. After a while, they actually become annoying. Instead, the AI Director conditions you to expect enemies all the time and so when they appear they’re not shocking or surprising. There isn’t any build-up of suspense, no fake-outs and no curated moments of terror. From what I can tell, the AI Director just throws enemies at you semi-constantly. As a horror game, it simply fails and I think I can point to a few reasons why.įirst and foremost is the new, much touted AI Director that supposedly has hundreds of scares. With the Dead Space remake, I was scared literally zero times. I remember having to stop playing some nights because I was getting too worked up and worried something was going to come through the window and get me. Speaking of scares…The original Dead Space scared the hell out of me. When Isaac speaks, player agency is diminished and the game loses its scariness. Again, it doesn’t change the gameplay but it certainly creates a totally different tone. I’m also not a fan of having Isaac speak in the remake. It doesn’t change the way the game plays but it does feel really strange considering how hyped the remake is as being faithful to the original. Isaac’s new face, for example, is a weird departure from the original character model, as is Nicole’s for that matter. However, not every visual change and upgrade is a winner. It’s a suitably gory way to provide visual feedback in a game that has always prided itself on doing away with a HUD. Flesh gives way to bone, which gives way to splinters before finally being dismembered altogether. Layered on top of this is the deformation system which shows enemies literally peeling away as Isaac deals damage to them. There are so many tiny details to take in that you can really get lost just by absorbing the art. The USG Ishimura looks and feels like a real place and one that’s actually been lived in by human beings. The art direction and design remain absolutely stellar too. The decade and change since the original have meant EA Motive could really go ham on lighting effects and throw every new trick in the book at players.įlickering lightbulbs, industrial torches, flames and more all weave together to create the rich foundation of lighting that Dead Space is built on. Like the original, lighting plays a huge role in setting the tone and creating a spooky atmosphere aboard the USG Ishimura. There were some occasions where the framerate would bottom out for no reason and once or twice there were some odd graphical bugs and glitches but for the most part, Dead Space is a visual treat. I played with all settings on Ultra and switched between performance and quality and (mostly) played for the duration without incident. Includes an introduction to cabochon cutting. This is our favorite book for a person who does rock tumbling and now wants to make beads, pendants, and other jewelry from tumbled stones. Polychrome Jasper Towers, Polished Organic Shape Main Stone: Polychrome Jasper Style: Polished Organic Shape Tower Colours Present: Tan - brown, grey. Gemstone Tumbling, Cutting, Drilling and Cabochon Making (by Jim Magnuson and Val Carver). It has about 100 pages of basic gemstone information and about 200 pages dedicated to photos and descriptions of over 100 gems and gem materials. 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