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The Norfolk Scope (1968-71, Pier Luigi Nervi with Williams and Tazewell) is a multipurpose arena at 201 E. Brambleton Avenue, in Norfolk, Virginia. It's located on a superblock that was cleared during the postwar urban renewal period, in a vast plaza devoid of anything of interest except for oversized concrete streetlamps. Underneath is a 600+ car parking garage. It basically resembles a spaceship marooned in L'Enfant Plaza in Washington, DC. James Howard Kunstler, author of The Geography of Nowhere, described it as a vision of "yesterday's tomorrow."
From the autumn 2016 trip to Vietnam:
Upon waking up and checking out around 8:00 in the morning, we found a bright, sunny day; great for a road trip down to Hoi An. After a quick breakfast (also known as me watching Junebug drink coffee), we went back to the store where we’d met Mr. Trung on Monday night.
Mr. Trung & Mr. Trong were there, as they said they would be, and we were off for a quick stop at the Danang Cathedral a few blocks away. This particular cathedral, also called Con Ga Church (Rooster Church) by the locals is slightly peculiar. For starters, it’s a lovely pastel pink. Aside from that, it’s a rather nice looking cathedral, though we couldn’t go inside; it wasn’t open that early in the morning, I suppose. (Some of the windows were open, though, and it was dark inside, so we didn’t miss much.)
The other aspect of this church – that lends to its local name – is the weathercock on top of the steeple. This isn’t an old church (as far as churches go). It was buily for Danang’s French residents in 1923 and today serves a Catholic community of over 4000. (Thanks to LP for this information…)
After 5-10 minutes at the church, we headed off to the Museum of Cham Sculpture, which is a place I was quite interested in seeing. This museum was founded in 1915 and has the largest collection of Cham artefacts in the world. (Before you allow that to excite you, I doubt there are more than a handful of museums in the world that even have Cham art.)
A quick note about the Cham. This is an ancient empire that rivaled the neighboring Khmer empire at Angkor. The Champa empire was nowhere near as large in scope or size as the Khmer empire, though it persevered. The Chams controlled the region on the Vietnamese coast from central to southern Vietnam between the 2nd and the 19th century (before finally being assimilated into Vietnam).
The art from this museum comes from sites all over the country including Phu Quoc and My Son. I was quite impressed by the collection and spent about an hour slowly walking around. It’s not a huge museum, but what they have is excellent.
From the museum, we finally headed off from Danang and made our way south towards Hoi An. Thanks to the advice of Mr. Trung, we stopped at Marble Mountain on the way to Hoi An. (I kept thinking it sounds like an amusement park…) Instead, I’ll give an excerpt from LP Vietnam about the Marble Mountains as it’s fairly succinct and says most of what you need to know:
“Just off the China Beach coastal road, the Marble Mountains (Ngu Hanh Son) consist of five craggy marble outcrops topped with pagodas. Each mountain is named for the natural element it’s said to represent: Thuy Son (Water), Moc Son (Wood), Hoa Son (Fire), Kim Son (Metal or Gold) and Tho Son (Earth). The villages that have sprung up at the base of the mountains specialize in marble sculpture, though they now astutely use marble from China rather than hacking away at the mountains that bring the visitors (and buyers) in.”
When you say you’re going to the Marble Mountains, what you really mean to say is that you’re going to Thuy Son. For about $2-3, you take an elevator up to the top of the mountain. This is the “crowded” mountain in terms of sites and, therefore, people, though it didn’t feel crowded at all – especially by Chinese standards that I’m accustomed to.
The first thing you see upon exiting the elevator at the top of the mountain is a pavilion that affords a nice view of the sea. The Sea Watch Tower & Xa Loi Pagoda are a good introduction to this mountain.
After that, you come to the first temple & cave. The Linh Ung Pagoda is directly in front of the Tang Chon Cave. From there, it’s a short, and not too strenuous, walk upstairs towards the peak. En route, you pass Van Thong Cave (which we skipped), exiting a “gorge” through a masonry gate.
At this point, you come to an area that can go off in quite a few directions. Immediately to the right of the gate is a short walk up to Linh Nham Cave (which we skipped); a relaxation area with another walk off that to the peak (skipped…); a path to Tam Thai Pagoda, Tam Ton Pagoda, and Tu Tom Pagoda (visited all). In addition, the River Watch Tower is off in this direction with its views of the other 4 Marble Mountains and Danang in the distance.
After visiting the pagodas, we returned to the main junction and visited the last two caves (past the relaxation area). Hoa Nghiem Cave guards the entrance to Huyen Khong Cave, which is a somewhat large cavern with a natural oculus.
From there, we walked down to the village at the base, and I bought a little marble Buddha. We talked with Mr. Trong for a few minutes about getting from Hoi An to Hue on Thursday. With very little negotiation, we paid 1.35 million VND/person (~$60). For a point of comparison, the domestic flights in Vietnam all seem to be less than $50, so this was a bit pricy, but also worth it.
With “negotiating” done, we were off again to Hoi An, about 20 kilometers off to the south. The Hoang Trinh Hotel was – by far – the best customer service I’ve had at a hotel on this trip (and possibly anywhere). It felt like we were being welcomed on Fantasy Island. The only thing missing was Tattoo shouting, “De plane! De plane!”
Madam An’s hotel is a wonderful experience. Buffet breakfast; comfortable, trendy rooms; tour arrangements and other advice; and the friendliest demeanor you could wish for. They even gave me a free tie when we checked out. The cost for this? About $25/night.
The Hoang Trinh hotel is right across the street from the Confucian Temple (which was incredibly unappealing to me) and, more importantly, close to the Old Town, which is the reason most people come to Hoi An.
Every full moon, Hoi An has a lantern festival which is supposed to be quite lovely, though we weren’t here during a full moon. That, however, didn’t keep me from enjoying myself. The Old Town is just a section of town near the river where all the buildings appear as they did centuries ago. Inside the buildings now, though, are restaurants (Vietnamese & western), bars, souvenir shops, and the like.
The Old Town is photogenic during day or night, but I liked it best at dusk. On Tuesday, after a quick rest at the hotel, we went to the Old Town in the early afternoon after grabbing some banh mi on the street.
Admission to the Old Town is 120,000 VND (~$5-6 US) and covers a full week. We spent the afternoon watching the sun go by, wandering around shops, and drinking beer (or coffee) on the riverside opposite Old Town. As the sun got lower, we wandered around the Old Town again, eventually eating a less-than-satisfying pizza (thank God I wasn’t too hungry) at one of the restaurants next to the river before passing by the Japanese Bridge on the way back to the hotel.
When we got back to the hotel, we had the fellow at the front desk (whose English wasn’t nearly as fluent as Jean, the day girl, but he was just as helpful) arrange a day trip on Wednesday to My Son, which is “Vietnam’s version of Angkor Wat.” More on that in the next installation.
As always, thanks for dropping by and viewing these pictures. Please feel free to leave any questions or comments and I’ll answer as I have time.
While the Great Outbreak raged across most of the world, China was miraculously spared the attacks of the mutants... which didn't mean that China saw no trouble at all. For most of the 20st century China was plagued by civil war. That changed when the communist party took over in 1949 and founded the People's Republic of China. That came just in time, as mutants came into China now.
China, though finally in order, was now confronted with the chaos of the Great Outbreak. The Chinese troops were unprepared and malequipped. Knowing this, the Chinese leaders sought help. A lot of countries helped in any way they could, casting political differences and ideologies aside.
Most notably, Russia helped, mostly with knowledge. One product of the gained knowledge was the Chinese-built Type 50 SMG.
Credit to BecktheMaestro for the bayonet idea. Done in PMG 0.6.
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Hier een puls diagramma van de opgenomen I2C communicatie tussen de TXT controller en de FPGA module.
Het Robopro programma zie je op:
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De data komt ter controle op de 7 segment displays en op de LCD display van de kogelbaan FPGA sturing en gelijktijdig ook op de Fischer TXT controller.
Eigenaardig is dat de eerste schrijf cycle een clock delay vertoont tussen het schrijven van het adres en de data. Die is niet te zien bij de 2 volgende schrijf cyclussen. De pauze door de TXT controller tussen iedere schrijfblok is ongeveer 110 usec. Later ga ik ook nog het blok schrijven ondersteunen zodat alle data in een cyclus kan verstuurd worden. Daarvoor moet je enkel een vlagje aanvinken in de blok parameter voor read of write van de I2C bij de Robopro software.
That is a wind indicator flag about 100 yards downrange looking through a Nightforce Scope. Ordinarily you wouldn't be sighting in on a wind flag. I was at my gun club, Riverbend, north of Atlanta, last week for a competition.
Nightforce scopes are a little pricey and heavy but very popular because they are rugged, reliable and don't shift point of bullet strike when they are jarred, like lesser scopes do.
Rifle competitors just hate it when they spend many $thousands on their gear and hundreds of hours in practice and load development only to lose badly because their scope is dancing around. But not Nightforce.
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Along the left side of the clock sit the control knobs. Each has a symbol engraved with a soldering iron.
I take photos of my Kenwood oscilloscope with my cameras, with different lenses. This way, it's the same subject, yet seen with a different rendering. I always adjust all my photos to bring out the best of what was captured. Nothing elaborate, done in under 5 minutes - just basic white balance, contrast, saturation, and fine tuning color / luminance noise reduction - all in DPP4. Here, we are looking at the 5D classic with the Sigma ART 35mm lens, wide open at F1.4.
Night Vision goggles
ak side rail
vertical grip
shotgun ranges
airsoft
airgun
red dot sight
green laser sight
rail mount
handgun
gun parts
gun rang bags
tactical rifle
laser grips
Plz visit www.gl-st.com
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Night Vision goggles
ak side rail
vertical grip
shotgun ranges
airsoft
airgun
red dot sight
green laser sight
rail mount
handgun
gun parts
gun rang bags
tactical rifle
laser grips
Plz visit www.gl-st.com
or contact gl-st@hotmail.com
The Bureau of Land Management has a unique mission within the Department of the Interior. It's the scope of our work that sets us apart. We manage activities ranging from outdoor recreation to livestock grazing, from mineral development and energy production to conservation of natural, historical and cultural resources.
More than 10,000 employees across the nation take on the responsibility of protecting our resources and how they're used on public lands. Our people take an active role in serving the communities adjacent to our public lands. And we balance the country's population growth with its natural resources - a consistent source of new challenges for our creative employees to face.
Get to know more about our multiple-use mission and where we work through these photos of #BLMcareers.
Photo by BLM Alaska.
President Tsai makes her first inspection of Jiashan Air Force Base in Hualien County in her capacity as commander-in-chief.
授權方式及範圍：中華民國總統府│政府網站資料開放宣告
Authorization Method & Scope:
Night Vision goggles
ak side rail
vertical grip
shotgun ranges
airsoft
airgun
red dot sight
green laser sight
rail mount
handgun
gun parts
gun rang bags
tactical rifle
laser grips
Plz visit www.gl-st.com
or contact gl-st@hotmail.com
Night Vision goggles
ak side rail
vertical grip
shotgun ranges
airsoft
airgun
red dot sight
green laser sight
rail mount
handgun
gun parts
gun rang bags
tactical rifle
laser grips
Plz visit www.gl-st.com
or contact gl-st@hotmail.com
For the Morris Museums 100th Anniversary in 2013, I was asked to design and build a replica of their museum building. I was really excited about this build because while the original building is 100 years old, there have been a few additions built onto it over the years. This meant for a very interesting design and build – with the varying architectural styles and all. It was fun and in some areas quite challenging! Rounding out this piece I included the trees, bushes, sunflowers and other elements on the grounds of the museum. This model now resides at the museum and you can view it there! Specifications: Size: Appx: 50 inches wide x 30 inches deep x 10 inches high. Scope: Fully Glued. Part count: Appx 15,000 Lego elements. Build time: Appx: 20 hours. Engraved tiles supplied by: Tommy Armstrong/Brickengraver
Night Vision goggles
ak side rail
vertical grip
shotgun ranges
airsoft
airgun
red dot sight
green laser sight
rail mount
handgun
gun parts
gun rang bags
tactical rifle
laser grips
Plz visit www.gl-st.com
or contact gl-st@hotmail.com
A work in progress, this device uses a 3" cathode ray tube to display the current time. Each letter is built up from individual line segments. Anode voltage is roughly 1200V, and the entire clock runs from a 5VDC power supply.
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Select renderings show customs items which would need to be individually quoted by project.
Finish Disclaimer:
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lecroy 9450 scope screendump. Un-freaking-believably annoying. Using National Instruments GPIB utility, I have to read the scope buffer into a 300 character window (max the NI app can accept) and copy that into a wordpad, about 20 times. Then I save that as a .plt since the scope output is in HPGL language. Then I have to download and configure an HPGL viewer and translator (irfanview -- a good program) and *then* I have to figure out how to get stupid crappy Windows to stop secretly renaming it scope.plt.txt instead of just scope.plt because without the correct file type, irfanview opens it as, well, text. Windows *sucks*. The moment I can get linux talking to the weird GPIB hardware, I'll be so very, very happy.
A blood splatter effect i made in photoshop just using the tools they have made from scratch in about 20 min using no photos .... If you would my written tutorial on this or lighting or if you have any questions post a comment and ill help you out