Fish lovers unite at Hollywood's divine New American seafood Mecca where "thrilling," "whimsical preparations" of fin fare "so fresh it practically swims" provide a "spectacular" "culinary adventure" from "magician" chef Michael Cimarusti; "outstanding tasting menus," "seamless," "refined service" and a "lovely," "understated" setting rounds out the "unforgettable" "experience," but at "big prices" that leave some joking just "bring the deed to your home."
Carol drove me back up to Ventura on Saturday, and by Sunday I was back at it, albeit a bit slower. It will be another six weeks before I'm fully back and able to do heavy lifting again. Right now, I still don't have all my energy back and my Circadian rhythm is all off! Nonetheless, with a bit more napping, I'm still making progress and managed to complete the new overhead in the aft cabin.
Great craftmanship has gone into that aft cabin....so impressive. I look forward to spending some time there! I also love the documentation of the Providence experience. Yum.
ReplyDeleteOmg that food is a miracle.
ReplyDeletegood you are doing smaller projects anyway. Its summer and there is no hurry. Those slats look so perfect. Looking forward to whats coming on the side.
nie flowers!! what is that yello banananana looking one? SaltyMonkeys want to know!
The yellow flower is a bird-of-paradise.
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ReplyDeleteA red light has been the traditional choice for retaining your night vision since before WWII when the military settled on red as the best choice. Recently, there has been a move to green and blue-green light, precipitated in large part by the military's change to green, which itself has been primarily motivated by the increased use of night vision equipment. As it turns out, green light also offers some advantages over red as a means to retain night vision capability. However, it isn't cut and dried.
Total brightness, or illumination level, of the light has a potentially more significant effect on night vision retention than does the choice of red or green. Because your eyes are more receptive to green light, we gain better visual acuity at lower light levels than when using red light. Green also allows for differentiation between colors that red does not and the magenta used on aviation charts, for example, is readily readable under green light, not always the case with red.
Both reasons contribute to the fact that pilots and many others generally seem to prefer green over red, it simply makes it easier to see and read in the dark cockpit. The potential problem is with the actual illumination levels we use, not the color of the light. The brighter the light, the more negative impact on night vision, both in our capacity to see and in how long it takes to gain back optimum night vision. This is true regardless of whether it is red or green.
Ideally, you want to use only as bright a light, red or green, as is necessary to perform your chores and no more. However, if you have a brighter light than you actually need, a brighter green light will generally have a more negative effect than an equally bright red light. Green or blue-green has a greater capacity to adversely effect night vision because the eye is about 100 times more sensitive to these colors, so even moderately too bright light can have a serious deleterious effect.
Another complication is that individuals' visual acuity at low light levels varies quite a bit, so what would be perfect for one, might be too bright or too dim for another. In other words, without some means to vary intensity, odds are no light will be perfect. Bottom line is that red or green will both perform adequately, but what you really should be more concerned about is to avoid very high illumination levels, of either color, if retaining night vision acuity is your goal.
Thanks for the information; very interesting. What was the source? My take-away: intensity level may be more important than color. I feel better now because the light for my chart table is red. Ideally, all the night vision lights should be on dimmers...
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