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I learned a lot this afternoon from simply asking library staff if I could take some photos in the library. First of all, that no one whom I initially asked knew the answer to my question suggests that not many people take photos in the library, for whatever reason, for which reason the staff did not know whether or not I could take photos. Second, that the more I asked around, the more my question crept quietly up the chain of command, until at length the director of the library was asked, when she walked onto the premises after lunch, suggests that there is a centralized command in the library; in that regard, this institution is not organized in a similar manner to the way by which HKU is organized. Finally, that nobody knew the answer but rather than assume authority deferred to the director's discretion suggests that there are very few change agents, if any at all, in this institution. That isn't necessarily a bad thing, however, because this organization likely doesn't have to deal with major change at the moment: the best course of action is plodding straight ahead.
Likewise, no one whom I asked knew about the library's renovation cost and the cost of being a donor; but these staff members did point me to someone else who could possibly answer my question!
The lights were off in the men's washroom. It seems as if the washroom isn't used much. Inside the washroom, I noticed the automated sinks, urinals and paper towel dispenser -- that reminded me much of Hong Kong and South Korea; automation has arrived in America! In addition, I enjoyed the hot water flowing from the sinks. That was a pleasant surprise.
What impresses me the most about this library is the seating variety. There are not only many different types of seating furniture, but also many different environments in which these seats are placed: by windows; inside rooms; in seating areas; in corners. In addition, just as there were many different types of furniture looks, so there were, in fact, more broadly, many different, conspicuous areas in the library. They were clearly labeled to boot. In this way, this library shares its best feature with the City University of Hong Kong library: such a variety of learning spaces that surely one would find at least one type conducive toward studying. In this instance, I liked to study at the rectangular table in the cafe area. Many libraries, including the HKU library, could certainly improve its learning space by following the diversity model adopted by both the CityU library and the Livingston library.
What also makes this library conducive toward studying is its underuse. One could find a seat anywhere in the library: no squatting, thankfully. The shelves also seem underutilized. While on an individual basis, this surplus in seating is a boon, this surplus is lamentable for the community since it obviously isn't taking full advantage of this invaluable learning space!
I gushed about the effectiveness of the library's learning space to the staff. Perhaps they were amused that such a mundane environment to them could be so special to me.
I love this BMW classic, it is such a pleasure to see a wholesome car like this being well looked after and not neglected. Wish more car owners were like this BMW owner
Vehicle make BMW
Date of first registration 11 April 1986
Year of manufacture 1986
Cylinder capacity (cc) 2788cc
CO₂Emissions Not available
Fuel type PETROL
Export marker No
Vehicle status Tax not due
Vehicle colour BLUE
"Now, Elaine, don't panic. On the belt line of the automatic pilot there is a hollow tube... Now that's the manual inflation nozzle. Pull it out and blow it up like a balloon." ~ Steven McCroskey (Lloyd Bridges)
Tampa Theatre Presents Airplane!
Historic Tampa Theatre
Franklin Street Mall,
711 North Franklin Street, Tampa, FL 33602, US
My willingness and desire to live in a society with less throwaway and more reusability, was today substantialized by my purchase of a second hand Husqvarna Automatic 21A. A sewing-machine from the 70:s, totally imbued with genuine quality and durability. No plastic gear here! No limitation of useful life! Plainly a machine that is built to function. The way all machines should be built, long before the streamlining and downsizing of companies. When customers were willing to pay the actual cost of a great product.
Couldn't resist another Transit.
Feels wrong driving a Transit with an automatic gearbox. Good van though, just missing a few bits of trim.
Registration JHD742N
Make WOLSELEY
Model SIX
Description AUTOMATIC
Date of Liability 01 08 1990
Date of First Registration 09 06 1975
Year of Manufacture 1975
Cylinder Capacity (cc) 2227CC
CO2 Emissions Not Available
Fuel Type Petrol
Export Marker Not Applicable
Vehicle Status Unlicensed
Vehicle Colour BLACK
This is a automatic car wash with carlite foam brushes.
UPDATE : This car wash has been rebrushed with black & blue carlite brushes.
Bellissima fotocamera ottimamente conservata con prestigioso obiettivo Rodenstock Ysarex F2.8 50mm. Rarità di una minuscola casa tedesca.
The Iloca Automatic was a semi-automatic rangefinder made by the german manufacturer Iloca. It could be fitted with Rodenstock Ysarex 2.8/50 and Synchro-Compur shutter. The selenium meter is coupled to the aperture and speed settings, the correct exposure is given by a match-needle system visible on top of the camera. No information is given in the finder.
Iloca AUT-O-MATIC
Iloca AUT-O-MATIC
Iloca AUT-O-MATIC
This is one of the last of the Iloca cameras, the Iloca AUT-O-Matic. It is a development of the Rapid III model and shares the same features, including built-in exposure meter and built-in rangefinder. It does, however, differ in a few ways. Firstly, the dial for setting the ASA film speed has been moved to the camera's base. Secondly, the camera's exposure setting is now adjusted using the small dial on the lower front of the camera which is coupled to the in-built lightmeter. Turning the dial changes the aperture until the two meter needles are aligned (note that the meter on this camera has no scales at all). Once set, the coupled shutter/aperture combinations are retained - that is, increasing the shutter speed via the shutter speed ring results in a corresponding decrease in aperture. Hence the 'Automatic' aspect of this camera, and quite a clever approach to setting exposures. This feature was also part of the Iloca Electric design.
This particular camera has a 50mm F2.8 Cassarit lens which is capable of producing quite sharp images. The model was also available with a Rodenstock Ysarex F2.8 50mm lens.
The camera has a good rangefinder and the shutter button is on the front panel similar to the Rapid III. A separate opening for a cable release is located on the top panel. Like most Ilocas, this camera is quite pleasant to hold and has a nice, solid feel to it, although it does feel a little bit more bulky than some of the previous models. However, this does not detract from the overall handling and feel.
This model is in many ways the culmination of all of the Iloca fixed lens rangefinder models, and it illustrates Iloca 's quest to develop a quality camera with a degree of automation to make life easier for the photographer. You can see Iloca's plan unfolding with this model which, together with the more sophisticated Iloca Electric, was headed towards the concept of the Iloca auto-electric, a camera intended to offer photographers a level of automation in the modern idiom.
One tip for opening the back on these cameras - turn the dial marked 'R' on the base plate fully in the direction of the arrow. This causes the rewind knob on the top plate to pop out from its housing. Pull this knob upwards to its full extension, then slowly twist clockwise until the springloaded mechanism releases the back. The back on these models is not symmetrical and only fits one way. Replacing the back is generally the reverse of the above procedure. One thing is for certain - the back is never going to fall off this camera by accident!!
In Summary
A quality camera which was the culmination of all of the Iloca fixed lens models. This camera is capable of producing nice sharp images and, like its earlier counterparts, seems to be robust, well built and has a nice feel. Most likely the last of the production fixed lens Iloca cameras.
Specifications
Camera Type:
Format:
Shutter:
Lenses:
Aperture:
Delayed Action:
Flash Capability:
Frame Counter:
Rangefinder:
Lightmeter:
Other Features:
35 mm Rangefinder Camera
135 film format producing image sizes 24mm x 36mm
Compur–Rapid with speeds 'B', 1, 1/2, 1/4, 1/8, 1/15, 1/30, 1/60, 1/125, 1/250, 1/500 sec, or
Synchro-Compur with speeds 'B', 1/2, 1/4, 1/8, 1/15, 1,30, 1/60, 1/125, 1/250, 1/500 sec with M, X Flash settings, and V (Delayed Action setting)
Steinheil München Cassarit 1:2.8 / 50 mm, focus range 3 feet (0.9 meter) to ∞, or
Rodenstock Ysarex 1:2.8 / 50mm, focus range 3 feet (0.9 metre) to ∞
F2.8 to F22
Approx 10 seconds
PC Flash Contact
0 to 36
Built-in
Built-in, coupled
Accessory Shoe, Tripod Mount, Leather Camera Case, Instruction Manual, Box
source iloca dot weebly dot com
1965-67. Similar to the Polaroid 103, but 2-element plastic lens. Also simplified "image sizer" rangefinder combined with a non-folding viewfinder. Plastic body and shutter housing, limited use of accessories.
1966 MG Magnette automatic. Last SORN declaration expired in June 2012 and last MoT test expired in June 2011.
In the background -
K815 KVG - a 1993 FIAT Ducato 10 camper (last SORN declaration expired in August 2013 and last MoT test expired in September 2009).
Before I soldered up the battery well, I wanted to make sure my splicing didn't fail during reassembly. I stuck the bare end of the splice into the bottom of the well, placed a 357 battery in it, pushed down to make contact, and the meter jumped to life. This test should have been done at the start of all this too, to make sure that there weren't any other hidden problems.
Greater Manchester Police raided 64 scrap metal dealers, recovered stolen metals from five and made 11 arrests for metal and other thefts, drink driving and immigration offences yesterday (Thursday 11 October) in their latest clampdown on metal thieves.
Roads policing officers supported the raids by conducting roadside checks on 427 vehicles suspected to be transporting metal illegally. They seized 28 vehicles for insurance and road tax offences, served 86 Fixed Penalty Notices for traffic offences and 449 for speeding in a 40mph zone.
More than a hundred specialist and divisional officers as well as 11 Special Constables were involved in the day of action, one of many planned under the Force’s Operation Harvest that aims to bring a wide range of thieves, thugs and fugitives to justice in the coming weeks.
Recovered items included overhead power cables, metal cages, copper and beer kegs. Officers were supported in identifying stolen metals by engineers from the telecoms, transport and utility companies.
Officers from GMP’s Operation Alloy team that was set up last year to tackle an increase in metal thefts say hard hitting actions such as these aimed at metal theft and associated crimes have helped to reduce metal thefts by 56 per cent in the last year.
Superintendent Craig Thompson who led the day of action said: “Many people will have been inconvenienced by power cuts, loss of telephone and internet connections and train and tram disruptions as a result of the activity of metal thieves.
“Some will have had their lives put at risk through thieves targeting metal cables that supply power and communication links to hospitals and care homes and the emergency services.
“More than half of metal thefts in Greater Manchester are from the homes of ordinary, often vulnerable people causing them physical and financial hardship that is particularly painful in the current financial climate and during the winter months.
“Because of this we have worked hard in the last year to substantially reduce metal thefts by targeting metal thieves in the scrap metal yards where they off load their ill-gotten gains, on the roads when they are transporting stolen metals and in the communities where they spread misery by stealing metals from people’s homes and community buildings.
“We will be maintaining this level of pressure over the next few months to make it a cold, hard winter for metal thieves.
“People can help by making their homes, businesses and community buildings less vulnerable to thieves by using security lights, fencing, alarms and good locks to keep thieves at bay.
“They can also help us by providing information about suspicious activity either directly to us on 101, the new single non-emergency number or anonymously through the charity Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111.”
To find out more about Greater Manchester Police please visit our website.
You should call 101, the new national non-emergency number, to report crime and other concerns that do not require an emergency response.
Always call 999 in an emergency, such as when a crime is in progress, violence is being used or threatened or where there is danger to life.
You can also call anonymously with information about crime to Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111. Crimestoppers is an independent charity who will not want your name, just your information. Your call will not be traced or recorded and you do not have to go to court or give a statement.
Weather data automatically collected to be downloaded at Ingleborough NNR.
Credit: © Natural England/Peter Roworth
Previous: Adjusting the gamma curve
Building the frames for Hugin
Once I have reviewed all frames and added the build rules to my Makefule, I add this rule:
AonachDubh.pto: aonach_dubh-f1.tiff aonach_dubh-f2.tiff aonach_dubh-f3.tiff aonach_dubh-f4.tiff aonach_dubh-f5.tiff aonach_dubh-f6.tiff
echo "create AonachDubh.pto with Hugin"
In the absence AonachDubh.pto, this will work as a dummy target, causing make to generate the TIFF versions of all frames. Once I have created the panorama file AonachDubh.pto with Hugin, an as long as all frames are present, this rule will have no effect.
Automatic alginment
Adding the frame files to a new panorama in Hugin using its Assistant interface will make it assign the control points and attempt to align the images in one go. With a good enough set of frames, such alignment will normally run without problems, but with this odd set I've got the first result was a bit disappointing.
The mess shown here is caused by a combination of factors, including the lack of overlap between some frames, bogus control points found in the farmes that did not overlap, too few control points between well-overlapping frames, too many control points concentrated in very small areas, and perhaps other problems I am not aware of. The solution in this case was to delete the automatically assigned control points and place them manually, aiming for the best spread.
But before we do that, let's take a look at a few bad cases of control point positioning.