Tango Maui
filmed during practica at the Studio Maui.
For more information on Tango in Maui go to:
www.mauitango.net/
www.tangofestmaui.com/
www.dynamics.org/tango-maui/
A Maui Cinema Paradiso production
Easy Ways to Increase the Security of Your Home
While home security devices may be the most obvious way in which to protect your home from intruders, there are other improvements you can make and practices you can employ in order to keep criminals away.
First of all, make sure your doors are secure. Any loose doorknobs, hinges, or doorframes may be an invitation for a robbery. Secure these fixtures or purchase new ones. If necessary, purchase a new door ? preferably steel, with windows that cannot be broken in order to unlock the door from the inside. A door with windows, however, can still contain a deadbolt that locks from the interior with a key (instead of a turn-dial), and still be secure.
A storm or screen door may do little to prevent a break-in. You may want to invest in a wrought-iron or metal scrollwork door. While someone who really wants in still might find a way to get past the metal door, they will be deterred by the potential time it would take to do so.
Window locks should be in working order. It may be desirable to install bars on lower-level windows. In addition, windows should have the proper interior coverings ? blinds or curtains ? so that potential burglars are unable to see what is inside the home. Burglars are less likely to break into a home if they don?t know what valuables are contained within.
It?s a tried-and-true practice, but leave a light or two on while you?re gone. If it looks like someone is home, most potential intruders will stay away. In addition, a ?Beware of Dog? sign will deter many criminals ? even if you don?t own a dog. The possibility of being bitten by an angry beast does not appeal to even those who would try to steal your valuables.
Keep money, jewelry, and other expensive items well-hidden or under lock-and-key in a safe. In the event of a break-in, you will suffer fewer damages than if your valuables were in plain site. Especially valuable items should be taken to a safety deposit box at a bank.
If you are worried about home security, there are many things you can do to make you and your home more secure. Using multiple thief-deterrent practices can increase safety and thwart break-ins before they start.
House Sitters
Even if you have an alarm system, house sitters are invaluable. If you leave your home to to on vacation, your best defense is having actual people in your home. The majority of burglaries in the United States happen during the day while people are at work. Criminals will take the easiest route. If people are in their targeted home, they will move on to a house that appears empty. The problem with traditional house sitting services is that they simply make one or two trips to your home a day to collect mail, open curtains, water plants, and throw off criminals. That still leaves about 23 hours in the day that your home is vulnerable to intrusion or fires.
The best house sitting option is to have people living in your home. If you have house sitter stay at your home full-time throughout the length of your vacation, you will worry less about burglaries, fires, and other problems such as coming back to a flooded home because of a broken hot water heater.
Having a house sitter also cuts down on preparation time and expenses before your vacation. You won?t have to have your mail stopped (all a criminal has to do is watch your postal carrier skip your house to assume you?re on vacation), buy and set light-timers, or even board the dog.
Don?t have a friend or family member who can stay at your home? There are services available that match up people and live-in house sitters. It?s as though someone is renting your house while you?re on vacation, only they generally don?t pay you rent. They will pay utilities, mow the lawn, take care of your mail, pets, and home while you?re away. They will notify you of any problems. The services help you screen candidates and find the perfect person, couple, or family willing to take care of your home.
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The Origins of Our LCD Screens and High Definiton Plasma TV in Vintage Computer Monitors
It may be amazing to current computer users who are used to small compact LCD monitors. Not only were initial computer monitors large and cumbersome but that the early monitors used by computer enthusiasts were Cathode Ray Monitors that were not color,
Initial vintage monitors were monochrome - one color only not the brilliant color displays that we take for granted today.
Some of these monochrome monitors were green or orange iridescent. Others were similar to a black and white television that is grey scale.
It is taken for granted now by young computer surfers and gamers that television was always “color”, not so.
Initially TV broadcasts were in “black and white “.
Color TV had been developed but the technology but the widespread use did not arise till the early 1970’s and even later in some areas.
The broadcasts were seen as black and white on those sets and color on color sets.
Color TVs could receive programs that were in the black and white mode as well. Sort of the backwards compatibility of the day.
What then would be the difference between the picture qualities of a television set a monitor has vastly greater resolution than standard TV sets.
The TV sets of that time (as opposed to current high end LCD and plasma high definition TVs) were basically 1950’s technology - even the newer color TV sets. .
A monitor’s screen display should be stable and of good quality, since the computer user may sit very close to the monitor and spend many hours reading the display.
If the images are fuzzy (low resolution) or waver constantly, you would have a throbbing headache and wavering eyes in no time.
Monitors have knobs to adjust for clarity. On vintage monochrome monitors these usually include a brightness knob which adjusts the illumination of the entire screen, and a contrast knob which makes the letters lighter or darker in relation to the background screen newer color monitors will have additional adjustments for color.
The question will arise - how did the vintage CRT (Cathode Ray Tube) monitors initially handle the color technology which came later and became the accepted standard.
A typical color monitor screen worked in much the same way as a standard CRT television.
The inside of the picture tube is coated with three different phosphors: red, green and blue.
Phosphors are special chemical compounds that glow with characteristic colors when bombarded a stream of electrons.
The phosphor gets “excited” and thanks to the additive properties of the color wheel the different colored lights resulting get mixed and that all types of combinations of the three primary colors result.
The end result is that virtually any color of the rainbow can be produced.
And as for the color white the eyes play a useful trick. When all three colors are mixed together in equal quantities, the eye sees this as “white light”.
Finally the sharpness of the CRT color monitor or a TV set’s image is determined by three factors: the monitor’s bandwidth, its dot pitch, and the accuracy of its convergence.
Although the bandwidth and dot pitch are important to determine a good monitor, convergence is the real measurement.
Indeed we have come a long way from the initial simple vintage monochrome monitors. What we now take for granted with LCD monitors and indeed our high definition TV sets all originated with simple CRT monochrome monitor technology which was merged with the technology and tricks gleaned from the color TV industry.
We should all be grateful. We owe much to “Uncle Miltie”.
About the Author
Mr. Arthur Fellon Ace Employment Services Financial Services
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