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Be that social butterfly that you were meant to be! You will feel like a million bucks stashing your coins and credit cards in this 100% silk coin purse. Made in Vietnam by the women of Craftbeauty.
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In Hanoi, Vietnam, where most people are raised to be farmers, there aren't a lot of vocational opportunities outside of agriculture. One stroke of bad luck can wipe out a year's worth of hard work -- drought or flood can destroy the year's crops, and the year's income. A lot of farmland is being purchased by developers of apartment buildings, leaving many farmers with no land, no vocational skills, and no source of income.
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Pilot No. 4 : Enhance Citizen Participation Focus: Local Planning Process Purpose: To determine whether strategies exist to make citizen participation more effective and meaningful and document how communities are making the process more meaningful Participants: State of Pennsylvania; Miami Beach, FL; Westchester County, NY; City of Buffalo, NY Pilot Description: Working groups report that, at both the local and State level, public hearings do not provide adequate, effective vehicles for public involvement in the Consolidated Plan. However, public hearings are statutorily required and eliminating them would require statutory relief. To enhance public participation, some communities are supplementing public hearings with other avenues for public participation––broadcasting hearings on radio and TV, encouraging e-mail comments from citizens, and posting Consolidated Plans on local government Web sites. This pilot would consider strategies that enhance citizen participation. A Consolidated Plan Technical Assistance provider would look at existing strategies. In addition, the pilot would consider if different strategies are necessary to improve citizen participation at the State versus local levels and the impact of these changes on public participation in the Consolidated Plan process. Another issue for this pilot group is addressing statutory requirements for public hearings. Participants would work with HUD to determine what statutory changes would be needed to allow alternatives to traditional public hearings. Summary of Grantee Pilots: State of Pennsylvania will replace one of two annual in-person public hearings with a virtual public hearing (chat room format) held over the Internet and the format of the plan will be changed to be more readable and concise to facilitate public understanding. Grantee expects to be submit plan by December 31, 2003. Miami Beach, FL will explore ways to streamline the presentation of data, i.e., Internet opportunities, cable access programming, and informational services to enhance the citizen participation process. Westchester County, NY plans to replace their hard copy document with CD ROM- oriented Internet viewable edition. They expect that providing the information electronically on CD-ROM and on the county's website will better convey the county's needs, the housing market and the selected strategies over the 5 years. They expect that the public and agencies will be better engaged and provide better feedback. They will measure attendance at meetings and visitors to the website. City of Buffalo, NY will explore techniques that might improve their current citizen participation process and options to incorporate a Citizen's Review Board into the process. Pilot No. 4 Status as of June 30, 2004 Miami Beach, FL prepared and submitted a Consolidated Plan that explored ways to streamline the presentation of data, i.e., such as use of Internet opportunities, cable access programming, and informational services to enhance the citizen participation process. The hearings and the workshops were advertised in the Miami Beach Neighbors section of the Miami Herald, and on the City's cable television station. Westchester County, NY demonstrated the format they used for the non-housing community development plan at a meeting of the National Association of County, Community and Economic Development Association and the HUD Field Office. The multimedia approach uses a variety of photographs, tables, and charts to show illustrate community development needs that were developed through a series of meetings in various parts of the county. The plan is posted on the Internet and is available at: . http://www.westchestergov.com/planningdocs/ConsolidatedPlan/ConsolidatedPlan04/W EB SITE/IntroPageHTML/conplan04.htm. The County reached out to its 11 county departments, PHAs, Section 8 offices, citizen groups, municipalities, non-profit agencies, and conducted public meetings to assist in identifying the non-housing needs and CDBG-eligible strategies to address them. The new format streamlined the document and process. Required tables were retained in the new plan, but other methods of illustrating these needs enhanced the significance of this information by enabling comprehension of this information on a wider scale. State of Pennsylvania Department of Commerce and Economic Development conducted its public hearings in a live "chat room" format that resulted in measurably greater participation than the formal hearing used in previous years. Comments were also received in electronic format that was both quicker and more cost effective than traditional mailings. City of Buffalo, NY established a new Citizen's Planning Council that held its first meeting on May 20, 2004 to discuss the process and schedule for the development and approval of its Capital Improvement Program and Annual Action Plan. A public forum dealing with the priorities set forth in the city's comprehensive master plan and 5 year consolidated plan is scheduled for be held on August 11, 2004 to gauge citizen concerns toward the determination of project/program funding. A meeting was previously held in March 2004 with members of local citizens groups, City, Common Council and HUD representatives to discuss the process, recommend changes, and work toward process improvements.
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Mini 65345 Lathe Does Its Job!
Most of the reviews (over 90%) are positive and that's pretty much what prompted me to forego spending hundreds more on the Jet brand for roughly the same lathe. Sure, the Central Machinery...Read complete review
Most of the reviews (over 90%) are positive and that's pretty much what prompted me to forego spending hundreds more on the Jet brand for roughly the same lathe. Sure, the Central Machinery 65345 doesn't come standard with some of the features that the Jet 1014I does but, when it comes down to function and form, they're rivals.So I unboxed it about an hour ago and parked it atop my workbench. The first test was to ensure that the headstock and tailstock aligned and that test passed admirably. Then there was the matter of ensuring that the headstock and tailstock tapers were MT2 as described. They are. The final task was to ensure that all bolts were secure and that the tool rest was ready to go. Although some have stated that their tool rest required milling prior to use, I am happy to report that mine was smooth as glass, requiring no milling.Moving forward, I installed the 1/2" MT2 drill chuck (item 42340 purchased with the lathe) into the tailstock to ensure fit. As reviewed by others, it is about 3/4 to 1 inch too long but it does seat.I was disappointed to discover that my closest Harbor Freight, 100 miles away, did not have any headstock chucks in stock so I'll be forced to order from another company. I was, however, pleased to find a few other tools on the cheap while I was there.Being this is my first lathe since high school and never having actually turned wood before (metal lathes are quite a bit more involved), I snagged a set of HF's wood lathe turning tools, on sale for about $18.00. Cheap. Who buys an entire set of wood turning tools for less than the cost of one quality tool? A wood turning noob. I'd rather abuse these seemingly soft steel gouges and scrapers than tear up some quality carbide.Next phase: a few reviews claimed this machine to be exceedingly underpowered so I wanted to test that with something practical. I grabbed a chunk of 2" x 1.5" rough-cut maple that had been sitting around in the basement since the cretaceous period, cut off a 6" segment, found its centers and mounted it between the spur center and live center. I figured this would be a decent test of vibration dampening and, in roughing a cylinder from the rough cut board, a great test of motor torque. 10 minutes later, the lathe returned to me a beautiful cylindrical, 6" long, 1.5" diameter maple blank. No absurd vibrations noted and the motor didn't bog down in the least. The motor did get hot to the touch but that's to be expected from a motor under load. It didn't slow down or show any signs of fatigue.Final thoughts: my first wood turning lathe. It's been a very interesting week trying to decide on which mini to go with. I'm glad to have decided on the 65345 over the Grizly, PSI, Jet and Rockler variants, mostly because they all appear to be the same lathe under different finishes and definitely because the price at Harbor Freight for the same CM lathe is just too reasonable to pass up. Out the door on sale and with 20% for $159.00. Beat that... and the lathe only took 10 minutes to prove it has the guts to get a job moving forward.Thank you all for your reviews. They were very helpful.
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Functions great, but runs very hot
The lathe has functioned excellently for the last two weeks. I have turned numerous pen barrels. Most of them within five minutes. The other day I turned a more extensive project for about...Read complete review
The lathe has functioned excellently for the last two weeks. I have turned numerous pen barrels. Most of them within five minutes. The other day I turned a more extensive project for about 30 minutes. The motor got so hot that I could not touch it for more than a second or two. Being an engineer I had to find out why.Two things I believe contributed to the excessive heat. First, there is no cooling fan on this motor! It appears the motor shaft has been machined for one, but it is not there, nor is it on the diagram. Secondly, the belt tension plate attached to the front of the motor is blocking the motor casing vents. They did drill four holes for venting, but this is insufficient. I removed the plate after using a gear puller to remove the belt pulley. I then drilled two holes on each side of the existing vent holes for a total of 12 holes. I have mounted a 120V fan motor to the back of the lathe motor to draw some of the heat out. After 40 minutes of use I measured the motor casing temperature with an infrared thermometer and it read approximately 188 degrees!!The excessive heat issue was brought up by Bruce in another review. Others have complained about insufficient power. The lack of the cooling fan may be the root cause to both of these issues - just my opinion. I hope this helps.
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I use mine everyday !
By TurninPoint
from Roseville, CA
About Me Professional
Comments about Central-Machinery 10 in. x 18 in. 5 Speed 1/2 HP Benchtop Wood Lathe:
I recently upgraded to this Lathe and I'm happy with it's performance so far. It has a 1" x 8TPI spindle, and a #2 morse taper allowing for the addition of various accessories such as a chuck. I put a scroll chuck on mine, use it nearly everyday. I make small items to sell such as bowls, vases, boxes. This handles the work with ease, and I've expanded my skilset thanks to this workhorse. I've ran it 2 hrs straight while using it as a sander, then turn around and chuck a 6x6" bowl blank and it doesnt miss a beat. I work primarily with hard woods which has been a problem with my previous model. Not a problem now ! what a great price too ! I would , have recommended to a friend.
Bottom Line Yes, I would recommend this to a friend
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Arrived as expected
By DJ
from Madison, WI
About Me Beginner
Tried to buy it in the store. Inventory said they had three, but none were to be found, so i bought it online, instead. Just as advertised, it showed up on the doorstep.
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Nice little lathe
By Tim Da Toolman
from Watertown, NY
I make custom game calls and was looking to expand my product line with this lathe, but I ended up waiting close to 2 months for the lathe to ship since it was on back order, delaying my expansion. It finally arrived a few days ago and I put it right to work turning a couple of turkey call strikers with ease. This is a super quiet and smooth running lathe with plenty of power for what I need it for. There was one issue with it when I took it out of the box, a knob that holds the back belt access door in place was bent at a 45 degree angle making it difficult to un-thread it to open the door. There appeared to be no damage to the box so it was a surprise to find this knob bent. Over all it's a great little machine for the price, which is a lot cheaper than the competition's exact same lathe.
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(1 of 1 customers found this review helpful)
Must have tool for the hobby shop
By Fulltilt
from Medford, Oregon
About Me Avid Do-It-Yourselfer
Right out of the box, it performed well. For the money, it's a great machine. I also purchased a 1/2" drill arbor at the same time. I would recommend that for any center line drilling.
(3 of 3 customers found this review helpful)
Great for the money
By Rich
from Buffalo, New York
Shop around for similar products, found many to be exactly the same but twice the price. This lathe out of the box was setup perfect. Runs smooth and produces a great product. Very very satisfied.
absolutely great
By Jim
from Western Md.
I'll start out by saying that I really don't like Harbor Freight. But I am an old woodworker and wondered if I would like turning. This lathe got great reviews and the specs were good, so I bought it. I have turned dozens of small bowls from dry three inch thick cherry. I have turned mallets from green maple, I have turned handles to replace the ones on my carving tools. I waited til I had used it a good bit before writing a review. Five star. I would highly recommend it to anyone.
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The solution to the motor heat issue
By Frank
from Colorado
About Me Casual Do-It-Yourselfer
So, the motor runs hot. But it's an easy fix. Assuming your motor has a fan built in, as mine and I assume they all do now:Check. Is the motor's capacitor on the same side as the belt tension lever, facing you? If so, you're good, have fun woodturning. But, if your capacitor is facing the back of the machine, read on.If you look at the plate the motor is mounted to, the one with the lever for adjusting belt tension (flip the lathe over and pull off the plastic panel) you'll see four holes for ventilation, but which are blocked. The motor has ventilation holes, they are just lined up incorrectly. Unscrew the three allen bolts holding the motor to the panel, and rotate it so the capacitor is on the same side as the tension lever. You'll need to pull some cord slack. You'll see that the four ventilation holes now line up perfectly. Mount the motor back on this way.Yep, that's it. Still very warm, but at least there is air pushing through the motor now. Hopefully HF starts mounting the motors the correct way soon.I won't repeat everything the other reviewers have said, suffice to say, this is an incredible machine. Buy it.
(2 of 3 customers found this review helpful)
I love it
By Dave
from South Texas
So far its been just what I wanted. Turning bottle stoppers & pepper grinders. Yes the motor runs hot but so what, I dont touch it and it has not tripped out yet. I wish it hat a variable speed controller though, that would put it up there with the higher priced ones. All in all, good little lathe.
Very good machine
By wood butcher
from Silsbee Texas
About Me retired
This is a very good machine. It runs very smooth and quiet with NO vibration.It is well made and has plenty of power to do any thing I put it to. The only possible problem I see is the plastic locking handles , but time will tell. The price was super with it on sale and % off thanks Harbor Freight. For information on changing the belt go to Grizzly and look at their 10x18 wood lathe . Down load the manual it has the step by step directions.
(26 of 26 customers found this review helpful)
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from Cornfield, Iowa
About Me Diy Enthusiast, Woodworker
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longevity concerns and methods of financing long term care and general retirement income for aging populations (at the macro level); and
financial, social and psychological transitions into retirement, proper planning for property, health and end of life decisions, and mental capacity issues (at the micro level).
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I attended the East Islip High School in Long Island, New York, and then the State University of New York at Albany and earned a BS degree in Applied Statistics.
I served in numerous leadership positions in High School, including editor of the school newspaper, president of the music department, and president of the math club.
As a percussionist, I was selected as a high school student to perform in the all-Suffolk County Orchestra, the all-Suffolk County Jazz Ensemble, and the all-New York State Wind Ensemble & Orchestra. I also taught music and percussion to junior high school students.
As the winner of the All County Science Fair, I served as a summer intern in the Pathology Department of the State University of New York at Stoney Brook.
In college, I started working in the mathematics department as an intern as part of my work-study scholarship, but after that obligation ended, I was hired by the department as an independent consultant to help with any special projects and conferences they were hosting.
I was a D.J. at the college radio station, and served as Associate Program Director in my senior year. I also managed a local record and CD store, that was part of a larger national chain.
In 1987, I began my career as a pension plan consultant and worked for various actuarial consulting firms in New York City. As I realized the importance of professional certifications, I became an Enrolled Actuary, and also earned Chartered Financial Consultant, Registered Representative (FINRA Series 7 and 63), and New York State Life Insurance Broker professional designations.
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I refocused my career in 1996 by moving to Chicago to attend The John Marshall Law School.
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As a member of the American Bar Association's Tax Section, I was among a group of 5 or 6 colleagues who developed its Young Lawyers Forum, and I took the lead in helping to develop its Law Student Tax Challenge.
I presented my first paper at an international conference (the World Congress of Actuaries).
Although not a full time member of the faculty, the Dean allowed me to develop and teach classes that interested me and to participate in faculty committee governance and other institutional service.
I was an instructor at numerous internal IRS training programs for their Employee Plans agents.
I began serving simultaneously in leadership positions at many different professional organizations, thus further developing effective time-management and project-management skills, and also some proficiency in arbitration, negotiation, delegation and other traits required for leaders within different organizational bureaucracies.
In 2007, instead of accepting an invitation to join John Marshall's faculty as an assistant professor, I decided to pursue a Master's degree at the University of Chicago Harris School of Public Policy Studies, assuming that such an offer to join the tenured faculty would still be available upon graduation.
I served on the editorial board of the Chicago Policy Review.
I voluntary wrote a Masters dissertation on the effect of a consumption tax regime on pension savings.
I wrote a text book and a BNA Bloomberg Tax Management portfolio.
When I graduated in 2009, I restored my full-time status at John Marshall, and was promoted to Director of the Elder Law Program, but the intervening economy had eliminated the possibility of a tenured faculty position.
I serve as the American Director of the Sino American Research Center for an Aging Population, a joint venture between John Marshall and the East China University of Political Science and Law, Shanghai, China.
I serve as faculty coach and judge for numerous intra- and inter-scholastic moot court and negotiations competitions, as an advisor for J.D. and LL.M. level independent research papers, and as a mentor to law students and newly admitted attorneys.
I participated in many national and international conferences dealing with legal issues with aging, financing retirement, and adult guardianship, such as the annual Illinois Governor's Conference on Aging, the Third World Congress on Adult Guardianship, the annual American Society on Aging conference, and the annual Law & Society meeting.
I participated in the drafting of the Chicago Declaration, and was part of the John Marshall delegation presenting our view for a Convention on the Human Rights of Older Persons at the fifth and sixth annual meetings of the United Nation's Open-Ended Committee meetings on the Rights of Older Persons.
I was asked to participate as a member of the Data Safety Monitoring Board for a National Institute of Health-funded suicide intervention project in Chicago's Chinese community, organized through Rush University School of Medicine.
In 2012, I began matriculation in the PhD program in Disability Studies at the University of Illinois at Chicago College of Applied Sciences; however, due to personal emergencies and opportunities, I withdrew from the program in 2015 after taking several successive leaves of absence.


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Literature on breastfeeding has long advised parents not to give pacifiers to newborns, fearing that the introduction of artificial nipples would have a negative impact on nursing. There has been little scientific proof of this connection, though -- until now. In a randomized trial that included 700 mother-baby pairs, researchers at the University of Rochester in New York found that moms who gave their infants pacifiers in the first month stopped breastfeeding several weeks earlier than those who didn't use pacifiers until later. Though the study wasn't able to pinpoint the exact cause, the researchers say there's enough evidence to support counseling new parents to back off on the binkies. "If you want to use a pacifier, try to wait as long as you can to introduce it, or at least until breastfeeding is well established," says lead author Cynthia Howard, M.D.
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A multi-purpose objective for use in a compound microscope wherein the microscope has an eyepiece and a multi-purpose processing element in the back focal plane or Fourier plane of the objective and an aperture or slit for the light source situated in the front focal plane or conjugate Fourier plane of the condenser. An aperture specimen stage is disposed between the condenser and objective lenses. The multi-purpose light processing element has a plurality of light processing regions upon a selected region of which the image of the aperture slit is formed. The aperture element is moveable relative to the multi-purpose light processing element so as to direct light onto the selected region of the multi-purpose processing element. By directing the light illuminating the specimen onto the selected area of the multi-processing plate or element, the image selected of the specimen can be viewed in any mode such as, phase contrast, modulation contrast, colored images similar to a differential interference contrast, bright field images, dark field images and stereo imagery.
1. A multi-purpose objective in combination, with a compound microscope, wherein said microscope having a pair of eyepieces and an aperture element in the front focal plane of a condenser lens, and having an aperture specimen stage disposed between said condenser lens and an objective lens along an optical axis of said microscope; and said multi-purpose objective comprising a multi-purpose light processing element, with a plurality of viewing regions, in the Fourier plane of the objective and with said multi-purpose light processing element and said aperture element being movable relative to each other so as to direct light from a light source through said microscope in a desired manner; whereby an image of said aperture element may be positioned on a predetermined region of said multi-purpose light processing element for forming an image selected from the group consisting of modulation contrast images, phase contrast images, colored images similar to a differential interference contrast, bright field images, dark field images and stereo imagery and wherein said aperture element is a double slit with each slit having a polarizer, and being illuminated by said light source; one of said slits transmitting light polarized at right angles to the other of said slits; and with said compound microscope further having analyzers over each eyepiece, for passing light from only one slit, whereby an image viewed combines polarization separation of images and switching light through said eyepieces with light, from either one of the slits which are disposed at opposite sides of the image field of the Fourier plane and, polarized at right angles to each other for providing three dimensional stereo images.
2. The multi-purpose objective according to claim 1, wherein said aperture element is rotatable in said microscope, whereby said aperture element is positioned so as to enable said aperture image to fall on a back focal Fourier plane of said multi-purpose objective where said multi purpose light processing element is disposed.
3. The multi-purpose objective according to claim 1, wherein said microscope produce an image of said aperture element in the back Fourier plane of said multi-purpose processing objective, and said image being capable of alignment by said aperture element so as to fall on any region of said multi-purpose processing element.
4. The multi-purpose objective according to claim 3, further including a spectral filter having all of the spectral colors from red to violet.
5. The multi-purpose objective according to claim 3, wherein said spectral filter is congruent to and above said aperture element but with the spectral colors in a reverse order from violet to red.
6. The multi-purpose objective according to claim 4, wherein said spectral filter being disposed over and at least congruent with said aperture element.
7. The multi-purpose objective according to claim 1, wherein said aperture element is translatable in said microscope, whereby said aperture element is positioned so as to enable said aperture image to fall on a back focal Fourier plane of said multi-purpose objective where said multi-purpose light processing element is disposed.
This invention relates to my Disclosure Document 369545, filed in the U.S. Patent Office on Feb. 13, 1995, and I hereby request the Patent Office to retain such disclosure document in its files and not to destroy same after two years have elapsed since its filing. In addition, I hereby incorporate by reference all of the information included in such disclosure document by attaching a copy of same to this patent application as an Appendix (pages I and II).
As is well known, when Zernike invented the phase contrast microscope which employs a phase plate in the early 1930's (see German Patent No. 636168, granted to Zeiss, F. Zernike, Physica 686,674, 1942 and Osterberg et al., U.S. Pat. No. 2,427,689, he had experimented with several different designs for the illuminating aperture. Zernike chose, from among a cross, a slit and others, the annulus that is now used in all phase contrast microscopes. This choice was dictated by the desire to obtain more illumination over a larger area from the weak microscope lamps available at that time.
The annulus source of illumination in the front focal plane of the microscope's condenser lens requires a matching annular phase ring in the back focal plane of the objective. This phase plate has two deleterious consequences, namely, it reduces the effective aperture of the objective lowering the resolution; and it clouds the image, were the objective used as a bright field objective. As a consequence thereof, phase contrast microscopes are usually sold with two sets of objectives, one for bright field and the other a phase contrast set.
On the other hand, Robert Hoffman's invention of the modulation contrast microscope (Applied Optics, 14: 1169, 1975; (see the Hoffman U.S. Pat. No. 4,200,353, granted on Apr. 29, 1980) which processed the image with a slit in the front focal plane of the objective lens and with a light absorbing matching region, the modulator, in the back focal plane. To insure the use of the full aperture of the objective lens for maximum resolution, the illuminating slit is placed at the edge of the field of view.
Both types of the aforementioned microscopes convert phase differences into intensity changes bringing into view features of transparent objects. The phase contrast microscope is sensitive to small changes in phase, thus revealing minute differences in light path in microscopic structures. However, abrupt changes in the refractive index at structural boundaries causes halos in the image. To minimize halos to some degree, the annular phase plate has, in addition to the phase shift, a light absorption of 75-90%. The light absorption area in the back focal plane of the objective of the modulation contrast microscope absorbs approximately the same amount of light as in the phase contrast microscope. Its location at one edge of the image aperture throws the negative spatial frequencies out of the field of view providing an image in perspective.
This invention is a multi-purpose objective for use in a compound microscope, which objective has the capability to image not only phase contrast, but modulation contrast, as well as provide colored images similar to differential interference contrast (DIC), bright field viewing, dark field viewing, three dimensional viewing and the preparation of stereo pairs of a specimen for full three dimensional appearance and measurement. Such a wide range of imaging through a single objective is unique and highly advantageous when viewing a microscopic specimen to elucidate the desired detail.
Also, such one multi-purpose objective is less costly than presently available separate objectives to accomplish all of such above-noted methods of viewing microscopical phase specimens or stained specimens. When used in its phase contrast mode, the invention has better resolving power since the full aperture of the multi-purpose objective is available for image formation which is not the case for presently available phase contrast microscope objective.
Furthermore, when the illuminated slit in the front focal plane of the condenser is moved to place its image in the back focal plane of the objective just outside of the field of view of the multi-purpose objective, excellent dark field imaging results. Dark field imaging with the multi-purpose objective of this invention will show more features than presently available dark field objectives since the illumination can be directed tangent to any position outside of the complete circle of the field of view. Specimen features that are illuminated from different directions show up in different perspectives revealing more structures than are visible with presently available dark field objectives.
In addition, with the device of the invention, when the specimen is photographed with the slit in diagonally opposite positions, a stereo pair is created. These views of the specimen extend the limits of vertical resolution not available with other methods of viewing microscopic objects.
With the multi-purpose objective retrofitted or replaced in any presently used microscope objective; and with an adjustable slit placed in the front focal plane of the condenser or placed in the same location as the phase annulus is placed in existing phase contrast microscopes, the multi-purpose objective is fully operable in any compound microscope which is reconstructed in such a manner.
The illuminating slit is located in the Fourier transform plane conjugate to the location of the phase altering region in the phase contrast microscope, or the modulator in the modulation contrast objective.
When modulation contrast is desired, the image of the illuminating slit is brought to register on the modulation contrast area by rotating and positioning the slit in the same manner as a phase annulus is brought into registration with the phase shifting region in the objective (see Robert Hoffman & Leo Gross, Modulation Contrast Microscope, Applied Optics 14: 1169, 1975). Optical gradients in the specimen have directionality, and gradients in other directions can be made evident by rotating the multi-purpose objective to effect registration and readjusting the slit.
With the insertion of color filters over the illuminating slit, the modulation contrast image will display colors similar to differential interference contrast (DIC). By choosing an appropriate color filter, the colors of adjacent microscopic structures in the specimen can be emphasized, a feature not available with differential interference contrast. Similarly, for phase contrast, the phase altering region, the phase contrast area, at the edge of the objective Fourier plane, is brought into registration with the illumination by suitably rotating the multi-purpose objective of the invention.
For dark field, the image of the illuminating slit is placed outside of the field of view. For a particular specimen, the desired structure will reveal more detail with the slit positioned at a selected tangent just outside the field of view.
To photograph stereo pairs, the slit is moved from one position to a diagonally opposite position in the field of view. Existing objectives rarely permit rotation of the objective lens elements, in the screw mounting on microscopes. The multi-purpose objective permits registration of the slit image in the desired region of the objective Fourier plane by providing rotational capabilities to the barrel of the multi-purpose objective.
With additional components, the multi-purpose objective can show a 3-dimensional view to the observer directly. In such an arrangement, the single illuminating slit is replaced with a disk containing two slits situated parallel and diagonally opposite and at the edges of the field of view. Each slit has a polarizer and the direction of polarization of one slit is perpendicular to the direction of polarization of the other slit. Analyzers mounted on each of the eyepieces of a binocular microscope are set to pass the light from only one slit. With polarized light, the view in one direction is directed to one eyepiece while light polarized at right angles from the other slit images the specimen to the other eyepiece.
FIG. 1 shows diagrammatically the location or order of the optical elements in a compound microscope along the optical axis thereof, and indicating the positioning of the unique multi-purpose objective, more particularly the optical multi-purpose light processing element;
FIG. 2 shows in plan view the design of the illuminated aperture element, which is preferably in the form of a slit in the Fourier plane of the condenser lens, with the image of the slit being processed optically by the device in FIG. 3;
FIGS. 3a and 3b show two forms of construction of the optical multi-purpose processing element of the multi-purpose objective of the invention;
FIG. 4 shows diagrammatically the configuration or order of the optical elements for use in an alternate construction, such as may be used for real time stereo viewing;
FIG. 5 shows in plan view the aperture element of FIG. 4 having a pair of illuminated slits used for stereo viewing; and
FIG. 6 is one of many configurations of a multiple filter disk having a plurality of colored filters for producing colored images similar to differential interference contrast.
The elements or components of the compound microscope shown in FIG. 1 are identified by the following reference numerals.
1--Light source
2--Light concentrating Lens
4--Aperture Slit (illuminated by light)
5--Condenser Lens
7--Objective Lens
8--Multi-purpose light image processing element or plate
As shown in the drawings, and more particularly in FIGS. 1-2 and 4-5, all elements or components of the microscope, but item 4--the illuminating slit and item 8--the multipurpose image processing element are conventional components of a typical compound microscope. The illuminating slit 4, situated before the condenser, is placed in my new and improved microscope in the focal plane, the front Fourier plane conjugate to the Fourier plane in back of the multi-purpose objective. An image of the slit is formed in the back of the objective, the conjugate Fourier plane; and the multi-purpose optical processing plate 8, is the element that converts the objective to a multi-purpose objective.
The aperture slit 4 is mounted in an adjustable holder, providing means to position the slit for its image to fall on the designated regions of the multi-purpose light processing element 8, or alternately so that it can be moved far enough from the optical axis to cause its image to lie outside of the field of view in the conjugate Fourier plane above the multi-purpose objective. It will be appreciated that the slit assembly is similar to those found in the condenser turret in phase contrast microscopes or the similar turret in modulation contrast microscopes for objectives with different magnifications. More lateral slit motion is provided with the invention to allow the image of the slit to fall outside of the field of view. The slit is uniformly illuminated by the light concentrating lens 2. The slit length subtends approximately 45 degrees of arc, and the slit width is approximately 1/10 the diameter of the field of view. The slit is oriented to the edge of the field of view with its ends touching the perimeter of the field of view. Alternatively, for dark field viewing, the image of the slit is moved outside of the field of view.
The multi-purpose processing element 8 and the aperture element 4 are suitably movable relative to each other so as direct light through the compound microscope in a desired manner. The multi-purpose objective is further rotatably mounted by any suitable means about the optical axis of the microscope as well.
The image of the slit is formed in the Fourier plane above the multi-purpose objective as previously described. The slit is adjusted for its image to fall on and be conjugate to the selected region of the multi-purpose image processing plate. When the slit is rotated and brought into registration with the 1/4 wave phase shifting region A, a phase contrast image is formed and made visible in the eyepiece. The phase shifting region is positioned close to one edge of the field of view, as best shown in the drawings of two possible configurations of the multi-processing element (FIGS. 3a and 3b).
The dotted lines in said figures are representative of the images of the slit on the image processing plate of the invention.
Since the slit is situated to the side of the field of view, the phase contrast image lacks negative spatial frequencies. This enhances the appearance of slight optical refractive index gradients in the transparent specimen. Since the field of view is not encumbered by a phase annulus as in conventional phase microscopes, the same multi-purpose objective is used for bright field viewing when the illumination does not pass through the phase shifting region, but falls in regions C, D, or E.
However, to see a modulation contrast image, the image of the illuminating slit is brought into registration with the modulation contrast region B.
The differential interference microscope reveals an image in perspective almost the same as a modulation contrast image when set to the black and white region of the interference spectrum. With further adjustment, the differential interference image appears colored. Though microscopic structures are resolved better in the black and white region, observers favor the colored images since the eye can distinguish color differences more readily than different shades of gray. By adding color filters in proximity to the illuminating slit, such features of a differential interference contrast microsoope is obtained by the multi-purpose objective of the present invention.
To obtain a colored image, a filter is thus suitably placed over and congruent and in contact with the illuminating slit. In particular, the filter is a color spectral filter comprising all the visible colors in a band from violet to red. In the absence of an object in the specimen plane, the field of view at the eyepiece is filled with white light. When a specimen is viewed in modulation contrast, phase gradients deflect light out of the image of the slit in the Fourier plane in the back of the multi-purpose objective. This produces a colored image of the object with the colors of the spectrum directly related to the sharpness of the phase gradients. A viewer, using the improved microscope embodying the inventive features as set forth herein can select the color of specific regions of the specimen by choosing the color filter to use in the illuminated slit. When red is the color nearer the edge of the field of view, sharp phase gradients will appear blue. When blue is the color of the spectrum nearer the edge, sharp phase gradients will appear red. A filter of three bands, red, green and blue will also provide the same appearance as a full filter but without fewer color differences in the viewed image. Since the human eye is more sensitive to color differences than gradations of gray, smaller features of the microscopic specimen can be revealed when viewed under color sensitive imaging.
The colors revealed in the specimen are similar to the colored images produced by differential interference contrast (DIC) microscopy. This method of revealing specimen features can be more versatile than the colored images seen with differential interference contrast in that the color of the feature in the specimen can be selected by the viewer. One way of accomplishing this is with a color filter plate containing several different color fields that can be brought into registration with the illuminated slit as is best shown in FIG. 6. Rotation of the filter disk will bring successive colored filter regions over the slit until the desired colored image is obtained. This method of coloring image features can be done with inexpensive long working distance objectives. Long working distance differential interference objectives are quite expensive. The color filter plate is suitably disposed when employed immediately above the illuminated slit 4. When rotated into position region A has colors along the length at the slit from left to right from violet to red; and Region B has colors from right to left of red to violet. Regions C and D have the three primary colors red, green and blue in any desired order; and region E has colors from left to right of the entire spectrum in any desired order. Color filter choices other than these can be chosen to emphasize particular features of the specimen under observation.
Also, for bright field observation of the specimen, the images of the illuminated slit is located anywhere in the clear region C, of the multi-purpose optical light processing element shown in FIGS. 3 (a and/or b).
To obtain photographic stereo pair images of the specimen (see FIGS. 4 and 5), the illuminating slit image is adjusted to fall in regions D or E, of the multi-purpose objective. A photograph is then taken. The multi-purpose objective is rotated 180 degrees and the slit image is adjusted to fall on the same region of the image processing plate, now at the opposite end of the diameter. Another photograph is then taken. The resulting two photographs form a stereo pair which when viewed through a stereo-opticon will reveal structures in 3 dimensional appearance. The stereo pair may be made either a bright field image or with modulation contrast imaging.
With additional components, the improved compound microscope of the present invention becomes a stereo microscope for direct viewing as best shown in FIGS. 4 and 5. The illuminating slit is replaced by a plate with two slits. Each slit is suitably provided with a pivotably polarizer across it, one slit is polarized at right angles to the other, as shown in FIG. 5 with arrowheads. Analyzers are mounted on each eyepiece of the binocular pair adjusted to pass light from the slit on the same side as the matching slit. Thus, viewing images with stereoscopic vision combines polarization separation of images and switching light through the binocular eyepieces with light, from either one of two slits placed at opposite sides of the field of view of the Fourier planes and, polarized at right angles to each other.
For dark field imaging, the slit is positioned so that the slit image in the Fourier plane is moved outside of the field of view.
As shown in FIGS. 3a and 3b, regions F and G are suitably coated with a light absorbing film to decrease the intensity of the incident light by 90% or more. Region F removes negative spatial frequencies that can diminish the perspective appearance of modulation contrast images. Region G has the same effect on phase contrast images enhancing the appearance of these images.
A characteristic of phase and modulation contrast images is increased brightness in regions of high phase gradients. Halo is controlled in modulation contrast by introducing light from an area outside the illuminating slit. This light can be controlled by a polarizing film below the slit and an analyzer over a small region of the multi-purpose light processing element.
The foregoing description of the specific embodiments will so fully reveal the general nature of the invention that others can, by applying current knowledge, readily modify and/or adapt for various applications such specific embodiments without departing from the generic concept and therefore, such adaptations and modifications should and are intended to be comprehended within the meaning and range of equivalents of the disclosed embodiments. It is to be understood that the phraseology or terminology employed herein is for the purpose of description and not of limitation.
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Phoenix clamped down on the Memphis Grizzlies, especially in the second half, during a 96-90 win at FedEx Forum Tuesday night. The Suns held Memphis to just 44% shooting from the field and limited them to 38 points after halftime in only their fifth road win of the season.
"It's just more of what we're trying to do and become, it's solidifying our in-the-paint defense stopping guys from getting layups and challenging jump shots," Hunter told Burns and Gambo on Arizona Sports 620 Wednesday. "It's going to take us some time to get there, but when we practice I think we can reinforce a lot of things we're trying to incorporate.
"We solidified a lot of it -- not to the point where it's instinctive but I think awareness is the beginning of instinctively doing things and we've created the awareness that this is how we're going to play and this how we want to play. Defensively, we were much more aware (Tuesday) night than we were."
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I'm trying to read files and create a hashmap of the contents, but I'm having trouble at the parsing step. An example of the text file is
put 3
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#foo 18
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The word becomes the key and the number is the value. Notice that the spacing is fairly erratic. The word isn't always a word (which doesn't get picked up by /\w+/) and the number associated with that word isn't always on the same line. This is why I'm calling it not well-formed. If there were one word and one number on one line, I could just split it, but unfortunately, this isn't the case. I'm trying to create a hashmap like this.
{"put"=>3, "#foo"=>18, "returns"=>3, "paragraphs"=>1, "******"=>2, "4"=>3, "between"=>3}
Coming from Java, it's fairly easy. Using Scanner I could just use scanner.next() for the next key and scanner.nextInt() for the number associated with it. I'm not quite sure how to do this in Ruby when it seems I have to use regular expressions for everything.


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For me, I start to develop the forms of the figures with just line/contour. I try to get a feel for the lights and darks by the line weight. In other words, I apply more pressure to the pencils and create a heavier, darker line and then lighten that pressure to give it less weight. I try not to to create a constant line around the figures, but one that with thick and thin can start to develop the light direction also.
I am going to use the three steps of creating space. The Foreground which is closest to the viewer, the Middle ground is the mid-level of the stage and finally the Background which is the last layer. So if you think of the picture plane in these three levels, it does not matter how deep your space is, it can easily be broken down into these elements. The second step in this process is light. I am going to have a dark object in the foreground, my major lights and focal point will be in the middle ground and the back ground will be the second darkest area. So now I'm rendering this as a darker form.
The background is started, and here I try to keep the values closer. To create a softer background I will restrict the values and keep them close in range.
I'm starting to bring in detail to the middle ground. This is the area I will want the viewer to look at first. It will be the focal point of the whole panel. So it will have the strongest lights, darks and the most visible detail in the drawing (also having the biggest value range).
Working still from the background forward, I try to keep the first two figures softer and darker, and then, adding more detail and surface decoration tot he second and third figure. The figure closest is still the darkest.
Balanced out all the value and line work and next the whites, highlights, and touch ups to make the Foreground, Middleground and Background work together.
The whites are now added and adjustments made to make the space work. I've tried to make you look at the two mid-ground figures. They have the brightest lights, darkest darks and most visible details. Foreground and background have closer value and some small highlights, but not as bold as the middle ground.
Mark A. Nelson is known world-wide for his body of work done in a style which has been described as "carefully articulated". Mr. Nelson's artworks have graced the pages of many Dungeons & Dragons books as well as Dragon Magazine. He has provided illustrations for Magic: The Gathering. He has worked extensively in the comics' industry as well. Mark A. Nelson's work on the very first ALIENS series from Dark Horse is still an iconic fan favorite. Mr. Nelson will be teaching one 90 min. Master Class per day on "Creature Creation" at the Jerry's Artrama Art Classroom (Location WSCC Level 2, Rm 211) at the Emerald City Comic Con (See Jerry's Artarama at the Emerald City Comiccon in Seattle for more details). Mark is honored to be this year's "Emerald City Gaming Guest Artist". He will be appearing daily in the Sheraton's Metropolitan Ballroom at Booth B7 in the Gamer's Area at the Sheraton during the Convention.
The Emerald City Comiccon is celebrating its 12th year in Seattle, Washington March 28-30th, 2014. This year Jerry's Artarama's Comic and Illustrative Division will be will be teaching classes, handing out prizes and will even be hosting a Quick Draw Contest!
Karalyn and Company will be back on the convention scene and are ready for all kinds of excitement. Karayln and others have been attending conventions all over the country this year empowering artists by offering classes, sponsoring art contests, and supporting charities. Karalyn C. Johnson, Jerry's Artarama's Director of Comic and Illustrative Division, has been hitting the convention scene for some time as a professional illustrator, sculptor, multimedia artist and technical expert and consultant. She will be out and working the floor with her team alongside Strathmore, Artograph and Prismacolor.
During the Emerald City Comiccom, she'll be running several events from Jerry's in the "Jerry's Artarama Art Classroom" (WSCC Level 2, room 211) including:
Jerry's will also be sponsoring a Live Art Event at Club Q. THe upscale Club Q is the site of the vent which will feature live models onstage for artists also stationed onstage at easels to paint the models in front of a roaring crowd. The event will also have music and dancing, and even an auction where the art created on stage will be auctioned off to guests. The proceeds from the auction at Club Q will be donated to the Seattle Children's Hospital.
This year, the Emerald City Comicon in Seattle promises to be bigger and better than ever featuring artists, actors, voice talents and more special guests as well as tons of events and panels for guests. Jerry's Artarama is happy to sponsor such a great event. The event is already SOLD OUT so if you are going to attend, stop by the Jerry's Artarama Art Classroom at the Washington State Convention Center Level 2, room 211 and take a class with one of our fabulous teachers, enter a contest or even just say hi.
Big thanks to Michael Byers(Emerald City Comicon | Programming & Events Director) and Karlayn Johnson (Jerry's Convention Services )
We look forward to working with all the students, teachers and the fine staff at Emerald City Comicon.
We look forward to seeing you there!
We all know who Michelangelo is, everyone has seen the statue of David and the Sistine Chapel, but what do we really know about him? Two weeks ago, we wished him a happy 539th birthday in the article Happy Birthday Michelangelo! and showed you some of his more famous pieces. Today, we thought we would present some little known, fun and interesting facts about his life and art:
Michelangelo was an interesting character through and through. And with his works, he may have well been one of the most interesting men in the world!
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The third evening of Twangfest 17 ushered in the weekend at Blueberry Hill's Duck Room, with a three-band bill ready to liven up the venue floor.
The second night of Twangfest 17 was certainly a hit at Blueberry Hill's Duck Room on Thursday night. Featuring a talent-packed, four-band bill, the annual event hosted by KDHX was in full swing.
Day two of Wakarusa was wild and wet, with a bit more action than the first.
Every year I head to Lafayette, La. for an international spring festival with little or no idea of the bands I will see. The quality of musical performers is outstanding, and I find one or two bands that become a favorite that I place on my future "must see" list.
Unique: 1. Having no like or equal. 2. Being the only one of a kind. 3. Highly unusual. All of these definitions apply to the Breaux Bridge Crawfish Festival in Breaux Bridge, La., which began in 1960.
Even before the first note was played, it was clear that this concert at Jazz at the Bistro would be a night of laughter and upbeat sounds.
Sun shines fierce on Kansas City's Country Club Plaza. The business district bustles with affluent types and prom-goers.
As night descends on Kansas City and Middle of the Map Fest, St. Louis' Dots Not Feathers and their assorted company of boyfriends and friends wait outside the Riot Room for load-in. It is 6:30 p.m. before the crew hauls its gear on and around the stage.


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