Despite growing up during the Second World War, watching the nightly vigil of German Bombers destroying the ship builders by the river,some of us did survive, had our fun, our adventure s, first loves and misfortunes. As young adults our circumstances changed. New pals, new loves, Dont forget to keep in touch, but as time went, you didnt. Untill one day by chance accidentaly colliding into my old school pal Graham, nearly seventy years after parting our ways, things changed. They say everything happens in threes, but in our case it increased as more, now grey haired delinquents from 4A joined the monthly meetings of the Survivers Club, to reminisce on old times over a few beers. Being pressured into putting pen to paper, and transcribe the tesimony of our memorable youth, this narrative was composed.
The Mysterious Benjamin Smith is written using my fathers journals, scraps of paper, written that small the third eye was called for. I inherited his worldly goods on his demise from this mortal coil, and ventured to a new life in the great Navy shipyard in the sky.The magnifying glass was found, I started to read the intriguing stories. His book of discharge started in the mid 20s, on to 1941 during the second world war, stopped and started again in 1944. My mission was to try and find out what happened during those missing years. I had to see friends in France. When I was a lad that didn't mean much to me, but I did meet some of those friends from France, and still have the photos taken in the garden to prove it. I had to find out. The mystery was it all true, or written by a Navy Officer in his free moments. This story unfolded, I had to find out.
Personal memories of a life time. When you're grey, and sometime's forget the odd birthday, the grandkids, some now with kids of their own, appear to think you are past your sell by date. To prove them wrong and the sell by date had been extended, The Secret Life was born. Despite growing up during WW11 with bombs dropping around you in those early days, some of us did survive. We had our fun and dramas, our young loves, we weren't bored as they sometimes are. This book is a record of love, drama, and sometimes misfortunes, a legacy to pass on and untill the sell by date finaly catches up, and I meet my old pals in the great school in the sky, I'll carry on to prove them wrong.
When my father passed from this mortal coil to the great Navy in the sky, I inhereited his earthly belongings. The story's include in this book were writen by him, sometime during his service in HM Navy. The Visit, all true? I didn;t know, but I did meet some of the people named in these narratives when a young lad. I have altered some parts to try and make them into a story, but the main records are as he wrote them.
Volume 2 addresses stereoscopic vision. It starts with the physiology of stereoscopic mechanisms. It then deals with binocular rivalry, binocular summation, and interocular transfer. A review of how images are brought into binocular register is followed by a review of stimulus tokens used to detect disparities. Cyclopean effects, such as cyclopean illusions, cyclopean motion, texture segregation, and binocular direction are reviewed. Factors that influence stereoacuity are discussed. Two chapters describe how stimuli in distinct depth planes produce contrast effects, and affect motion perception and whiteness perception. The Pulfrich stereomotion effect and perception of motion in depth are reviewed. The volume ends with a review of applications of stereoscopy.
The three-volume work Perceiving in Depth is a sequel to Binocular Vision and Stereopsis and to Seeing in Depth, both by Ian P. Howard and Brian J. Rogers. This work is much broader in scope than the previous books and includes mechanisms of depth perception by all senses, including aural, electrosensory organs, and the somatosensory system. Volume 1 reviews sensory coding, psychophysical and analytic procedures, and basic visual mechanisms. Volume 2 reviews stereoscopic vision. Volume 3 reviews all mechanisms of depth perception other than stereoscopic vision. The three volumes are extensively illustrated and referenced and provide the most detailed review of all aspects of perceiving the three-dimensional world. Volume 2 addresses stereoscopic vision in cats and primates, including humans. It begins with an account of the physiology of stereoscopic mechanisms. It then deals with binocular rivalry, binocular summation, binocular masking, and the interocular transfer of visual effects, such as the motion aftereffect and visual learning. The geometry of the region in binocular space that creates fused images (the horopter) is discussed in some detail. Objects outside the horopter produce images with binocular disparities that are used for stereoscopic vision. Two chapters provide accounts of mechanisms that bring the images into binocular register and of stimulus tokens that are used to detect binocular disparities. Another chapter discusses cyclopean effects, such as cyclopean illusions, cyclopean motion, and binocular direction that are seen only with binocular vision. Stereoacuity is the smallest depth interval that can be detected. Methods of measuring stereoacuity and factors that influence it are discussed. Two chapters deal with the various types of binocular disparity and the role of each type in stereoscopic vision. Another chapter deals with visual effects, such as figure perception, motion perception, and whiteness perception that are affected by the relative distances of stimuli. The spatiotemporal aspects of stereoscopic vision, including the Pulfrich stereomotion effect are reviewed. The volume ends with an account of techniques used to create stereoscopic displays and of the applications of stereoscopy.
All areas of construction litigation are covered in this two-volume set, starting with case analysis, pretrial activities, and special forum issues. The authors continue with an in-depth discussion of the difficult presentation issues for delay and acceleration claims, lost productivity claims, and establishing damages. The final section of the text covers trial and other issues, including direct and cross-examination, appeals, and settlement and releases. Practical examples of, and checklists for, the drafting of many of the key documents used in construction litigation are also included.
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