Although the field of view is somewhat restricted, this is not a significant drawback since the SkyAlign software and GoTo system simplify object locating. It offers user-friendly operation, capturing images that are both sharp and luminous while providing a substantial and tactile hand controller. □ Celestron NexStar 4SE If you want to view the planets and bright objects in the sky quickly and effortlessly, the Celestron NexStar 4SE will certainly do the job. ★★★★įor beginner astronomers, the Celestron NexStar 4SE is an excellent choice. And if you're looking to pair a telescope with one of the Best cameras for photos and videos, we've got you covered there too. We also have a full guide on the Best binoculars. You can also use the navigation bar on the left to switch between categories if you already have some idea of the type of scope you're looking for - beginner telescopes, computerized GoTo, smart telescopes, best scopes for astrophotography and more.Īt, we don't just review telescopes. If you're not sure what all the telescope jargon means, scroll to the bottom of this page, where we have explained all you need to know in our Telescope FAQ. ![]() So whether you want to view and take astrophotographs of the night sky from your smartphone, travel to a dark sky site with a more portable telescope or want to hunker down with a massive Dobsonian, we've got you covered. We test and review various telescopes, from entry-level to advanced models, encompassing different types like refractors, reflectors, catadioptric telescopes such as Maksutov-Cassegrains and even the latest smart telescopes. Wondering which telescopes are the best and which one suits your needs? If so, there's no need to spend hours searching the internet because our expert panel has done the hard work for you. The best telescopes are designed to transform astronomers view of the heavens, aiding with stargazing and bringing glorious galaxies, nebulas, planets and other deep sky objects to our eyes in unparalleled depth and detail.
0 Comments
![]() I also used shims (pieces of 14g wire) and tape to hold it in place during testing.īest approach for adjusting the strike plate. In anticipation of having to move it several times I used shorter screws until I was sure of the position. It was surprising how finicky this was to have the door click shut with an appropriate amount of force and still have the deadlatch not fall into the pocket. So in the end I did remove the strike and toothpick'ed the holes, redrilled, and moved it slightly towards the outside. I'm thinking the only option is to remove the strike plate and maybe make the screw holes a tad wider to allow it to be shifted.įinally got around to finishing this - I had to replace the latch again because the latch jammed as it has before from wear on the dead latch mechanism. I don't see any way to effectively adjust the weatherstripping to keep the door from closing so far. Making new holes so close to the existing ones seems like a bad idea. The strike plate does have the piece of metal that bends into the pocket, but I doubt bending that out would make a difference as the bend would pretty much be in the same place. I've seen some articles talking about shimming - but I don't see how shimming the strike would keep the deadlatch from falling in. The strike plate we have is one of those larger ones so I can't just replace it with an off the shelf adjustable one. ![]() If you look at the latch, you can see where it has been worn from rubbing against the pocket. Our front door's deadlatch falls into the strike pocket when pulled close - if gently closed, it's ok. ![]() ![]() IP - Image Prompt: A striking image or album ».TT - Theme Thursday: Weekly themes announced Thursdays ».CW - Constrained Writing: Limitations or forced usage of words, letters, etc.EU - Established Universe: Based on existing fiction ».SP - Simple Prompt: Max 100 characters in the title (including the tag) ». ![]() WP - Writing Prompt: No restrictions (other than the rules of the sub) ».All submissions must be tagged at the beginning of the post, capitalized in square brackets Responses don't have to fulfill every detail Prompts are meant to inspire new writing.Users are held to a higher standard here.Be civil in discussion, feedback, and critiques Use your best judgment, but mods have final say.Avoid racism and detailed uses of suicide, mental health stereotypes, and political debate.Includes, but is not limited to, pedophilia, bestiality, incest, rape, violence against children, and explicit abuse or torture.No sexually explicit responses, hate speech, or other harmful content For off topic/clarification, reply to sticky comment.No joke, copypasta, or AI-generated responses.Write something new using the prompt for inspiration (No AI).100 words minimum for stories, 30 for poems but include.Prompt responses must be good-faith attempts at new stories/poems (No AI) □ Write Your Own r/WritingPrompts Jingle! □ The subreddit where it's all made up and the points don't matter.Ĭlick features below for archives Feature We are a subreddit dedicated to inspiring people to write! Find a prompt that moves you and respond with a story or a poem. Junk Town When the Crow Comes Dreams of Wonderland r/DCFU ![]() This helps support Whiskey Raiders at no additional cost to you. This post may contain affiliate links, so we may earn a small commission when you make a purchase through links on our site. If you’re interested in having a great whiskey deal and the latest news and reviews delivered to your inbox each morning, sign up for our Daily Deal Newsletter! We also scour the internet daily in search of the best whiskey deals out there. We are the only media property reviewing whiskeys and aggregating the scores and reviews of other significant voices in the whiskey world in one place. Here at Whiskey Raiders, we do more than write about current events in Whiskey. Taste: Honey-roasted figs, apricot jam on grilled brioche, black pepper, coconut pound cake, French oak spice, caramel drizzled over blood orange slicesįinish: A bold but inviting finish of cold brew coffee, berry crème brûlée and roasted pecans Nose: Cherry blossom, pomegranate, macerated prunes, dried violets, ginger beer, dark mead, toasted cedar chips High West The Prisoner’s Share Tasting Notes, Via the Brand You can find our review on that release here. In September, High West unveiled the 10th release of its A Midwinter Night’s Dram whiskey. The announcement of this whiskey came with little warning or promotion. High West The Prisoner’s Share will be available nationwide in limited quantities beginning this month at a suggested retail price of $174.99 per 750-milliliter bottle. Park City, Utah distillery High West has unveiled the launch of its latest limited-release whiskey, The Prisoner’s Share, which is finished in red blend barrels from California wine company The Prisoner.īottled at 102 proof, High West The Prisoner’s Share is a blend of straight bourbon and rye whiskeys aged between four and 15 years. High West supports the American Prairie Foundation, to find out more go to High West Tasting Notes. High West The Prisoner’s Share is the latest release from the Park City, Utah distillery. Our American Prairie is a carefully crafted blend of straight bourbons at least 2 years old, (see for technical details and sourcing.) making a great sipper and thoughtful person’s whiskey. ![]() If I go the search route, I get to enter two characters in the search box before the keypad disappears because the list is being populated. Now I have to either search for my login or touch the ‘My Vault’ icon to list all of my logins and scroll through the list. Now the Autofill pop-up is in my way! Now it wants to stay on the screen! After entering my PIN, I have to wait several seconds for BW to populate. So I open Firefox, scroll down and touch the Bitwarden add-on link and then I am prompted to enter my PIN (no option for fingerprint scan). My thought was to just open Firefox and use the BW add-on as a replacement for Firefox’s bookmarks menu. Since the above method is a crapshoot and such a waste of time, I figured I’d remove the shortcuts to my commonly used logins from my home screen and use the BW add-on in Firefox, instead. It would have been quicker to forgo BW and just enter the credentials manually. I then get an option to view the item or autofill. The next thing I can do is pull down the BW notification at the top of the screen and search for the login and touch it. When I finally find the correct login and touch it, I am taken back to the webpage but 50% of the time, no login fields are filled in. No matter what I have set for global URI match, it displays a list of all logins that have the same base domain name. Once BW opens, I have to scroll through all of the logins that match the same base domain name. If it does stay on screen long enough for me to touch it, I am prompted to scan my fingerprint so BW can be unlocked. It does this disappearing act about 85% of the time. It does not stay on the screen long enough to touch it. I can touch the password field in the webpage and see the autofill pop-up flash on the screen for a millisecond. Now I have a couple of choices on how to proceed. I have both Autofill and Accessibility enabled so that should be all that is required. Once I touch the Firefox shortcut, the webpage opens but the fields remain empty. With BW, I have to create/save a Firefox bookmark of a login page to the phone’s home screen. Or I could open the RF app, scan my fingerprint and search for or select a login from the list (which displays instantly unlike BW) and have it open the webpage with the login fields auto-filled, every time. ![]() To use them, all I had to do was touch the shortcut icon, scan my fingerprint and the webpage would open with the fields populated, every time. With RF, I could create shortcuts on my phone’s home screen for commonly used logins. I created a new Linux VM on my vSphere server (just for BW) and imported my hundreds of logins from Roboform (RF).Īdjusting to the switch from RF to the BW client on Windows is not too painful but Android is a different story. After installing BW server numerous times in both Windows and Linux VM’s that I spun up in VMWare Workstation, I finally decided to go for it. Over the past week, I’ve spent most of my time researching, installing and testing self-hosted Bitwarden (BW). ![]() In order to send larger files, users can insert files from Google Drive into the message. Users can receive emails up to 50 megabytes in size, including attachments, while they can send emails up to 25 megabytes. Users in need of more storage can purchase Google One to increase this 15GB limit. Today, the service comes with 15 gigabytes of storage for free, which is divided among other Google services, such as Google Drive, and Google Photos. Google also supports the use of email clients via the POP and IMAP protocols.Īt its launch in 2004, Gmail provided a storage capacity of one gigabyte per user, which was significantly higher than its competitors offered at the time. A user typically accesses Gmail in a web browser or through the official mobile application. As of 2019, it had 1.5 billion active users worldwide making it the largest email service in the world. Gmail is a free email service provided by Google. We will demonstrate that at trial, and will keep you posted.Java, C++ (back-end), JavaScript (UI) It has been a year of unprecedented change in the tech sector and as we all know, competition is incredibly vibrant. The best thing we all can do is focus on our mission and continue to build helpful products that improve people's lives. Our lawyers are on top of the specifics, and we are confident in our positions. Please refrain from speculating or commenting on this (or any legal case), internally or externally. We expect the trial will get public attention and analysis. People don't use Google because they have to – they use it because it's helpful. In a nutshell, people and platforms have a choice of search engines, and it's easy to change defaults. As for the remaining claims, you can read more about our arguments in last week's blog post. The Court has already significantly narrowed it, rejecting many claims about the design of our products. As we've said from the outset, this lawsuit is deeply flawed. Today we go to trial in Washington DC to defend ourselves against a lawsuit focused on how we distribute Google Search. ![]() We've seen increased regulatory interest not only in the US but across the globe for well over a decade, and we've consistently shown that our services support both competition and consumers. Our success is born from years of innovation, work, and focus on our mission. And for 25 years we've invested in building helpful products and experiences. Hi everyone – From the beginning, our mission has been to organize the world's information and make it universally accessible and useful. "Our lawyers are on top of the specifics, and we are confident in our positions."Ī Google spokesperson did not immediately respond to a request for comment. "Please refrain from speculating or commenting on this (or any legal case), internally or externally," Walker wrote. ![]() The company has become increasingly careful over the years about putting sensitive information into emails and other messages. Walker also asked employees not to discuss the trial. In his memo to staff, Kent Walker, Google's president of global affairs, called the lawsuit "deeply flawed," according to a copy of the email seen by Insider. This story is available exclusively to InsiderĪnd start reading now. Account icon An icon in the shape of a person's head and shoulders. ![]() Over the years we have become one of London's most trusted dry cleaning and laundry services. If you are looking for quality Laundromats, you must do your homework properly and then go in for their services.We serve all parts of the energetic capital, helping residents and businesses of London with their laundry, dry cleaning, and ironing with a 24 hour turnaround. It is quite possible that such detergents may come with some extra price tag attached to it. Look for stores who are known to use eco-friendly and chemical free detergents. You could be allergic to some detergents and therefore you must ensure that the Laundromat facility does not use such detergents. ![]() You must look at reviews which perhaps talk about the scent of the clothes, the quality of folding the quality of wash amongst other things. You would do better to look at some online reviews, and customer feedbacks to have a better idea about the same. Checking consistency of wash is rather difficult because at times it could be objective in nature. Therefore it is quite natural that you would expect the same from the Laundromat. You will also be used to a certain after-wash aroma. You will get used to the level of quality and the amount of detergent you need to use. ![]() Washing your daily and regular wear clothes at home has its own advantages. While this might come with an extra cost, it is worth it because at the end of the day time is money and you would not like to lose it on such mundane drives to the Laundromat outlets. Therefore it would make sense to look for a 24 Hour Laundromat provider that has pickup and delivery facilities. You might like to spend the time for something more productive. Visiting the coin laundry every third day is something which you may not prefer. Therefore you must try and look for a laundry that offers a reasonably justified loss and damage policy. It has got more to do with your comfort level and peace of mind. However, as a customer you would like to get back your single sock even if it is not very expensive. Losing a single sock or a pair of socks may not look a big deal when compared to your expensive suits and the blazers. This is a point which many of us often tend to overlook when we choose a 24 hour Laundromat. ![]() Hence, the efficiency of service and reasonably fast turnaround time are of importance when choosing these professionals to get all your washing and drying done. It could be your daily use inner wears, socks, shirts, t-shirts, trousers and also your bed sheets and quilts. This is because you will be washing clothes almost on a daily basis. Hence, you must try and always look for a 1 hour laundry which promises reasonably efficient and fast turnaround time. If you are in the habit of using a late night laundry you will certainly wish that you get back your clothes washed, cleaned and perhaps folded within the shortest possible time. Therefore this is a point to keep in mind while choosing the right Laundromat.Ĭlick here for Laudromats Open Late Turnaround Time While some charge just for washing the clothes, others charge something extra for neatly folding and then handing over the clothes to you. Therefore you would do well to research properly and then decide which service provider to choose. This would depend on various factors like location, ambience and other such things. It could vary from one dollar a pound to a few dollars a pound. Washes are typically charged based on the weight of the clothes which you wash and launder. Yes, pricing is one of the most important points to bear in mind when choosing a suitable 24 hour Laundromat. We are sharing some useful and time-tested tips which we believe could be useful in choosing the right coin laundry keeping in mind your specific needs and requirements. Lack of knowledge is one main reason which prevents us from choosing the right Laundromat with a 24 hour facility. While this is good news, you may find it difficult to choose the good over the not-so-good. Today, there are scores of such providers in almost all cities and towns. The term name Laundromat was perhaps coined by George Edward Pendray many decades back. The clothes are dried and do not require much of professional or personalized help. However, with changing times and situations, the demand for 24 hour Laundrys is becoming extremely popular and even necessary. The concept of Laundromat services is quite old, though it may not have been widely used. Radium wristwatches were manufactured right here in America, and the U.S. In the 1920s, a young working-class woman could land a job working with the miracle substance. Doctors used it to treat everything from colds to cancer. Radium was the latest miracle substance - an element that glowed and fizzed, which salesmen promised could extend people's lives, pump up their sex drive and make women more beautiful. For the most part, outrage is the order of the day in Radium Girls anger that corporate greed could have so callously doomed loyal employees to protracted, painful deaths - and the nagging suspicion that there remain quarters of our world where things have not changed all that much.EPA Expected to Issue Million-Year-Long RegulationĪnd it did seem magical. Reflecting the real-life resolution of the Radium Girls case, the film ends on a note that is neither stand-up-and-cheer nor shake-your-head-and-cry. (In the actual proceedings, company lawyers cruelly dragged the matter out for years in hopes that the plaintiffs would die before they’d have to pay out a single penny.) At this point, after having let the story unfold at a satisfying pace, the film hurtles into unrealistic overdrive: Events that in a real court would require months of wrangling unfold here in a matter of days. In fact, many are openly hostile to the idea.Įventually Radium Girls winds its way to a climactic courtroom scene. But the money is too good and the work environment is relatively pleasant, so few want anything to do with the suit. Plucky in that uniquely cinematic sense, the women get themselves a lawyer and try to enlist their co-workers to join them in a lawsuit against the company. And when the oily company doctor (Neal Huff) arrives at the women’s home late one night with his scandalous diagnosis, they know for sure something is very wrong - Josephine’s never even had a boyfriend. Her cheeks seem to suffer from constant sunburn, despite the fact that she’s inside all day. Spared the effects of radiation because she instinctively feels licking those brushes isn’t a good idea - and facing constant ridicule at work for that reason - Bessie watches with growing concern as Josephine’s teeth loosen and fall out. The film, however, is an excellent and soul-stirring primer a corporate horror story made all the more terrifying because it’s true. If you want the full story, by all means read Kate Moore’s exhaustive 506-page account, Radium Girls: The Dark Story of America’s Shining Women, which teems with colorful, tragic characters and despicable corporate shills. The actresses bring just the right blend of defiance and vulnerability to the roles (although the illusion of living in a bygone era is sometimes thwarted by their decidedly Millennial speech patterns, particularly when they drop “t’s” from words like “but” and “important”). Tentatively asserting their rights in a world where women have been voting for barely a decade, the sisters lean on each other for moral - and at times physical - support. The name of the offending company is changed to American Radium and the real-life drama’s primary characters are consolidated into two fictional sisters, Bessie and Josephine - heartbreakingly portrayed, respectively, by Joey King (Hulu’s The Act) and Abby Quinn ( Little Women). Of course, rather than face public humiliation, nearly all of them went to their graves quietly, thinking they’d had no one to blame but themselves.Īll those lowlights are grimly enumerated here by co-directors Lydia Dean Pilcher and Ginny Mohler (Mohler also co-wrote the script with Brittany Shaw). To make matters worse, as one young woman after another fell to jaw cancer, the company doctor assigned them all with the same fictional diagnosis: untreatable syphilis. ![]() “If you swallow any radium, it will make your cheeks rosy,” they were told. To keep the paintbrush tips pointy, they were told to lick the brush between each number - the worst possible advice, as the highly radioactive paint was slowly absorbed into their bones and teeth. Radium Company employed hundreds of young women at its East Orange, NJ, plant, paying top wages for their painstaking hours tracing luminous radium paint onto the faces of watches and airplane instruments. ![]() Think they treat you badly at work? Consider the subjects of Radium Girls, an infuriating and engrossing drama based on the true story of 1920s factory women who endured deadly radiation poisoning - contracted from the dabs of fluorescent paint they applied to watch faces day after day, year after year. Directors: Lydia Dean Pilcher, Ginny Mohler
![]() ![]() After Tutankhamen, a series of three military leaders and government officials in turn assumed the throne. Akhenaton moved the capital out into a new desert city that was abandoned after the traditional religion and government were restored. Tutankhamen’s reign marked the end of what is known as the Amarna Interlude, a sixteen-year period of revolution in Ancient Egypt when the religious fanatic Akhenaton mandated that his “personal god,” Aton, be the only one worshipped. Ramses came to power approximately 46 years after the death of Tutankhamen. The pharaohs of the New Kingdom were kings of a massive nation, and many of their tremendous works, temples and fortresses are still extant today as testament. When the young Ramses came to power, 1300 years had already passed since the time of the Fourth Dynasty, the dynasty that is traditionally associated with the famous pyramids and Sphinx of the Giza plateau (although much evidence suggests that they were constructed many years before even the first historical dynasty). He was a pharaoh of the Nineteenth Dynasty, during the New Kingdom. Ramses II ruled for 67 years during the 13th Century BC. The system of dynasties dates back to the third century BC, when the High Priest of Heliopolis, Manetho, defined the basic Egyptian chronology still in use today. In an effort to handle the 3,000 years of Egyptian history which includes 170 or so pharaohs, Egyptologists have divided Ancient Egypt into Old Kingdom, Middle Kingdom and New Kingdom, with intermediate periods in between. Ramses’ place in Ancient Egyptian History Finally, the astute history student will know that Ramses II, popularly known as “Ramses the Great,” built more temples, statues and obelisks than any other pharaoh of Ancient Egypt. A series of best selling novels has recently been written based on the life of Ramses II. Many may remember him from Shelly’s famous, if historically inaccurate, poem, “Ozymandias.” Some associate him with “Pharaoh” from the Biblical story of the Exodus. ![]() Even if little importance is currently placed on knowledge of ancient history, legends of this great ruler still live on. Returning to our “name that pharaoh” question, if the average person were to be able to name a second pharaoh, it would almost surely be Ramses II. Outside of the contents of his tomb, little is known of his reign, and he is not considered to be a pharaoh of major importance. If, today, at the end of the twentieth century, one were to ask the average person to name an Egyptian pharaoh, the reply would probably be, “Tutankhamen.” This, of course, is due to the highly unusual discovery by Howard Carter in 1922 of the child-king’s small but almost intact tomb. |
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |