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Ironically, one of the gallerists in the background was complaining about the amount of selfies. Why on earth show mirror/word art then??
We arrived early at Rabbit Key, and spent some time locating the best camp site that would be mostly likely to feel the ocean breeze, to help blow any mosquitos away.
SCOPE merges the basic characteristics of video games and real-life toys to improve existing games or create new ones. By attributing various virtual parameters commonly used in video games (power, life, magic, experience, attack, weapons, etc.) to tangible toys, it brings the toys to life. With this approach, it is possible to create all sorts of video game concepts mixed with the real world. For example, a child’s bedroom could become a natural battleground for play.
I got my Scope Watch, its an eye catching, need some time to get used to reading the time... but when everyone sees it, they start asking, what the hell is that, and what does it do?!!
ILRI's scoping visit to Yunnan, China in January 2011 to learn more about their production system. Senior Scientist Fred Unger with ILRI's partners (photo credit: ILRI)
SCOPE merges the basic characteristics of video games and real-life toys to improve existing games or create new ones. By attributing various virtual parameters commonly used in video games (power, life, magic, experience, attack, weapons, etc.) to tangible toys, it brings the toys to life. With this approach, it is possible to create all sorts of video game concepts mixed with the real world. For example, a child’s bedroom could become a natural battleground for play.
Kyocera T-scope with f/2.8 35mm Carl Zeiss Tessar "T" lens. This camera seems to be a Yashica T3 with a different name. Unfortunately this camera has a problem, as about half of the frames were not exposed.
WWII Imperial Japanese Army Type 92 8x6 NIKKO Spotting Scope No.280
Having used Nikon microscopes and cameras for more than half a century I have developed an interest in collecting historical products from the Company.
It is now well known that Nippon Kogaku KK, the Japanese Optical Company, that would later become the photographic giant Nikon, was formed during the First World War to enable the Imperial Japanese Navy to become self-sufficient in making glass and optical products.
Based on the Carl Zeiss Scherenfernrohr (“scissors telescope”) first produced in 1894, this “Nikko” branded binocular periscope would enable the observer to remain safely hidden with only the upper lenses visible, an advantage with obvious military applications.
Variously referred to as ‘Rabbit ears’, ‘Donkey ears’, Trench Periscope, Spotting Scope, etc. this smaller 8x magnification version was easy to carry in the field.
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I have a personal link to events in Japan at the beginning of WW2.
My father-in-law, Lester, had served as a Royal Navy telegrapher on HMS Hood and other ships between 1927 to 1931. Navy telegraphers were particularly skilled at picking up morse code signals under difficult circumstances and in 1939 he was “approached” by the Admiralty.
In 1940 he sailed to Singapore as a civilian officer and radio operator to “listen” to Japanese transmissions, passing the morse coded messages on to the codebreakers locally and to the British Government Code and Cypher School at Bletchley Park, Buckinghamshire, England.
He invited his wife Elsie to follow, feeling that she would be safer in the Far East than in London. She had just celebrated her 24th birthday and had never before been out of the country. Her journey, however, was not straight forward. She missed her boat at Southampton and had a hair-raising journey crossing partly occupied France by train on her own to pick up the boat at Marseille and travel through the Suez Canal just before it was closed.
The couple lived on the Wireless (“Y”) Station at Kranji, Singapore and on the 7th September 1941 my wife Victoria was born. Her birth certificate reads “HMS Terror, Far East Station”.
Exactly three months later the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbour. Simultaneously they invaded northern Malaya and commenced bombing Singapore.
Through the next two months Japanese troops would ride their bicycles down to the south of Malaya, cross the Johore Strait and invade Singapore.
On the 5th January 1942, with my wife a babe-in-arms, the family were evacuated at an hour’s notice together with the other “Y” Station staff. They knew far too much to risk being caught and tortured by the enemy. With few belongings they disabled their car on the quayside and boarded the Troop Ship SS Devonshire en route for Ceylon.
Singapore fell to the Japanese the next month.
Lester helped to set up “Y” stations at Colombo, Ceylon and later at Kilindini, Mombasa.
Japanese Morse code was very different from the international system with unique syllables and letters and Lester had to master this difficult system. Also, radio reception was particularly bad at Kilindini but despite this they were able to intercept Japanese Merchant Shipping coded messages during 1942. The codebreakers cracked two codes enabling Allied forces to track and attack supply ships and troop convoys resulting in Japan suffering 90 per cent loss of supplies by the end of the war.
The family would not get back to Liverpool until June 1943. Lester continued his career on various RNWT Stations in England and Malta and retired as senior engineer at GCHQ. He is listed on the Roll of Honour at Bletchley Park.
This story is told in more detail in the Album "Escape from Singapore":
www.flickr.com/photos/viewfromolympus/albums/721777203302...
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Japanese military artefacts are relatively rare and not often in good condition. Production capabilities were limited and much equipment was destroyed by Allied bombing raids.
The “island hopping” nature of the Pacific War meant that many Japanese weapons were destroyed or abandoned on isolated islands, making them difficult to recover.
Following the war, strict regulations were placed on the collection and sale of military artefacts from Japan. Ridiculous prices are asked for poor quality items.
I purchased this binocular periscope from a military historian living in San Francisco. He acquired it in 1989 whilst serving on the US Army “Tori Station” on Okinawa in support of the Special Forces Group. Coincidentally he served in a similar role to Lester as a SIGINT (Signals Intelligence) Voice Interceptor listening to Chinese and Russian transmissions, translating language rather than morse code.
This scope is 12 inches high and easily hand-held though it is missing its small tripod of similar height. Condition and quality is remarkably good for its age. Its hard leather case is also good and the Kanji symbols gives some clues to its origin.
Reading from the top, the first three symbols are for “Nine”, “Two” and “Type”. This denotes Type 92, a designation for the year during which it was accepted for production. This in turn is based on the Japanese Imperial year, counting up from the enthronement of the legendary Emperor Jimmu in 660 BCE. Therefore 1932 would be Imperial year 2592 (1932+660) and the product would be Type 92.
However it was not necessarily the year when production was started. According to the History of the Japanese Army Arsenal, production of optical weapons was a problem in every year from the mid-1930's onwards and, in 1940 optical weapons were considered "the most inadequately prepared capability.” Production targets were not being met. Quite a number of these scopes have appeared recently with numbers running into six figures. One such with the number 101270 has more Kanji symbols inside the case dating its manufacture to 1942. With a number of 280 this scope would appear to be earlier.
The two bottom Kanji symbols on the case can be translated to “eye” and “looking-glass”.
If anyone is able to translate the other symbols please comment. No guesses please.
legolas was a gift who stands guard in a bedroom, over the cat litter box. while painting that room, legolas' new home really disturbed my cat. he was terrified of him, clawing to get away. no idea why.
This is Norfolk Scope Arena and Chrysler Hall, located at 201 E Brambleton Ave and 215 St Pauls Blvd in Norfolk, VA, respectively. Both facilities were designed by Pier Luigi Nervi in collaboration with the local firm Williams and Tazewell. They are situated on an elevated plaza above a two-level subterranean parking garage known as the Scope Garage, which is managed by the City of Norfolk Parking Division.
These two structures boast stunning examples of brutalist architecture. Notably, The Scope Arena currently holds the title for the world's largest reinforced thin-shell concrete dome. Both venues are owned and operated by the City of Norfolk, and they operate under the collective name "SevenVenues."
The Scope Arena was completed in 1971, while Chrysler Hall was completed in 1972.