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Mursejler, Common Swift (Apus apus), (Apodiformes), (Apodidae)
The bird genus Apus comprise some of the Old World members of the family Apodidae, commonly known as swifts.
They are among the fastest birds in the world. Common Swifts are 16-17 cm long with a wingspan of 38-44cm, weight 35-56 grams, and entirely blackish-brown except for a small white or pale grey patch on their chins which is not visible from a distance. They have a short forked tail and very long swept-back wings that resemble a crescent or a boomerang.
They resemble swallows, to which they are not related, but have shorter tails and sickle-shaped wings. Swifts spend most of their life aloft, have very short legs and use them mostly to cling to surfaces.
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Like flying anchors, these symbols of high summer have greater mastery of the air than any other bird. Swifts drink, bathe, preen, collect food and nesting material all without alighting. The night is spent on the wing and they are the only bird known to mate on the wing.
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Mursejleren lever i flokke, og de flyver skrigende over byens tage.
Mursejleren er noget større end en svale. Den flyver højt på himlen og er svær at sætte størrelse på. Kroppen måler 17-18 cm, og mursejleren er altså lidt mindre end en stær. Men vingefanget er helt oppe på 40-44 cm.
Fjerdragten er helt gråsort. På panden har den hvidligt skællede fjer og struben er helt hvid.
Mursejleren er bygget til lufthavet med lange, smalle vinger, torpedoformet krop og kort hale. Den lever af flyvende smådyr i de øverste luftlag – mest insekter, men også små edderkopper, som flyver efter en lang tråd.
Mursejlerne kommer til Danmark midt i maj, og de trækker bort igen i august-september. De overvintrer i det sydlige Afrika.
Der er flest mursejlere i byområderne på Øerne og langs den østlige side af Jylland. I hele det sandede Midt- og Vestjylland er den fåtallig. Bestanden er anslået til 100.000 ynglepar.
Mursejleren er udbredt i hele Skandinavien, bortset fra det nordvestligste Norge. Den er vidt udbredt i hele Europa, Nordafrika, Mellemøsten og Asien.
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Primera Iglesia Metodista Libre representatives receive their invoice from Community FoodBank of New Jersey Customer Service Specialist Maria Sylvia, for more than 2,000 pounds of commodities, on January 20, 2016, in Hillside, New Jersey. A computerized system summarizes warehouse data from checkout points to produce invoices for charitable organization representatives departing with their goods. Fresh foods will soon be used to produce meals at congregate feeding centers for those in need throughout the state. Other goods with longer shelf life will be used to support meals through the month.
U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) partnered with the Community FoodBank of New Jersey, the New Jersey Department of Agriculture, and Emergency Support Function #11 partners to respond to the disaster nutrition needs of those most severely impacted by Hurricane Sandy. FoodBank packaged and delivered USDA Foods as part of a Disaster Household Distribution Program to communities in need throughout New Jersey. The FoodBank utilized the processes it already had in place for packaging Commodity Supplemental Food Program boxes and lessons learned from Hurricane Irene and Tropical Storm Lee to quickly serve 24,000 households affected by Hurricane Sandy. USDA FNS relies on strong partnerships with food banks, such as the Community FoodBank of New Jersey, and other organizations at the local, state, and federal levels to provide USDA Foods for disaster congregate and household feeding. USDA coordinated its disaster nutrition response efforts with the State under FEMA’s Emergency Support Function #11 - Agriculture and Natural Resources. At the Federal level, ESF #11 supports State, tribal, and local authorities and other Federal agency efforts to provide nutrition assistance to those most severely impacted by disasters. USDA Photo by Lance Cheung.
Art by Sherrie Thai of Shaireproductions.com
Medium: Traditional pen/ink and digital illustration, inspired by Edward Curtis photograph. The title is a collage with handwritten and computerized fonts.
1. Aim Allan wake
2. I told people outloud, that i live in fever swamp by goosebumps and philly the movie, with will smith and bald guy, about isolation, gays, and aids, but everyone around me thinks I'm in hbos the wire.
3. Just how he computer7zed my internet to not help me, and only let disinterested people see my websites, he computerized 300 miles where i live, to all hate me, and all the hot girls only like the guys who hate me, and he gives the guys who help spread propaganda against me really hot pussy, and i could tell ppl 100percent the truth, and no one would care here in fever swamp, only if they going to suck a hot glitch, cause were there's100s roar the guys"the troops here " and I'm reserve, any guy here can get hot women, and there 1000s and I'm one guy, I'm the one with massive attention, and they are dumb....but in there biodome, they win, they all can have hot babes , i can not, there the troops, i signed up for army, I'm not, i getinsulted 24/7, while they score hot babes like rockstars
IMO Secretary-General Sekimizu has opened the second session of the Sub-Committee on Ship Design and Construction (SDC) (16-20 February), which is being chaired by Mrs Anneliese Jost (Germany). Items on the agenda include: revision of SOLAS chapter II-1 subdivision and damage stability regulations; development of second generation intact stability criteria; passenger ship matters including computerized stability support for the master in case of flooding and amendments to SOLAS in relation to the opening of passenger ship watertight doors; and revisions to the Interim Guidelines for wing-in-ground (WIG) craft.
Bangladesh Railway (BR) started its journey in this portion of the sub-continent 142 years ago. Historically Bangladesh owned the Railway network, which was a part of the sub-continent. BR has recently introduced train related information using IVR (Interactive Voice Response) system through Mobile Phone and has taken initiative for computerization of pay roll, asset management, accounting, inventory control etc. which are the steps towards the implementation of Digital Bangladesh.
In Bangladesh, due to the huge population in the country, an inadequate number of seats on the local trains, and punishing poverty, some people are forced to borrow a ride now and then. Some are so poor that they cant buy ticket even. They ride on the roof top as well as between the carriages of Train or seat in floor between two carriages, canteen, beside door area every where.
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Times Square, New York City, New Years Eve Ball Drop, 2012 - 2013
The Times Square Ball is a time ball located atop the One Times Square building in New York City, primarily utilized as part of New Year's Eve celebrations held in Times Square. Yearly at 11:59 p.m. EST on December 31, the ball is lowered 77 feet (23 m) down a specially designed flagpole, resting on the midnight to signal the start of the new year. The first ball drop in Times Square took place on December 31, 1907, and has been held annually since (except in 1942 and 1943 in observance of wartime blackouts). The ball's design has also been updated over the years to reflect new advances in technologies—its original design utilized 100 incandescent light bulbs, iron, and wood in its construction, while its current incarnation features a computerized LED lighting system and an outer surface consisting of triangle-shaped crystal panels. As of 2009, the ball is also displayed atop One Times Square year-round and is removed only for general maintenance.
The Times Square ball drop is one of the best-known New Year's celebrations internationally, attended by at least one million spectators yearly, with an estimated global audience of at least 1 billion. The prevalence of the Times Square ball drop has also inspired other similar "drops" held locally in other cities and towns around the world.
“Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve with Ryan Seacrest,” from American Idol as the host
Performers of the 2012 - 2013 celebration Carly Rae Jepsen, Neon Trees, Flo Rida, Pitbull, with Taylor Swift, in the headliner position just before midnight.
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12-31-2012
Freedom Golf Association’s First Annual “Honor Wounded Vets 5K Run/Walk” succeeds in showing how adaptive golf is aiding vets’ road to recovery
The enthusiasm and good will were palpable at McDonald’s corporate campus in Oak Brook, Illinois on Sunday, October 29 as the Freedom Golf Association’s (FGA) First Annual “Honor Wounded Vets 5K Run/Walk” succeeded in drawing attention to the fact that adaptive golf is clearly helping wounded vets return to normality after their military service. The more than 100 participants conquered the 5K course to show their support for the programs of the Freedom Golf Association, which is leading the way In Illinois in bringing the joy of golf to persons with physical, emotional and developmental needs.
“The 5K Run/Walk was a terrific way to honor Veterans who have been wounded in their service to the country and to acknowledge Illinois’ wounded vets, a growing number of whom have taken up golf to enjoy its many physical, emotional and social benefits,” said Sally Ruecking, FGA’s Vice President of Strategic Advancement. “Adaptive golf is bringing fun into the lives of people who are often left out due to their disabilities.”
Cheered on by the music of the Elmhurst College Jazz Band and with welcoming remarks from E.Q. Sylvester, Chairman of FGA; radio and TV personality Bob Sirott of event co-sponsor WLS-AM radio; and Ruecking, the runners and walkers took to the track with smiles and a sense of mission. Other event sponsors included Molex LLC, Rich Harvest Farms, KF Partners LLC, and Reebie Storage and Moving.
The overall men’s winner was 16-year old Matt Pierce of Alsip, Illinois, who ran the 5K course in 18:59. Second place went to Thomas Potaczek of Bensenville, IL, with a time of 19:23 and third place went to Andrew Pyle of Hinsdale, IL with a time of 22:14.
Among the women, the overall winner was Eileen Skisak of La Grange, IL with a time of 18:59. Eileen also ran in fifth place overall. The second-place women’s winner was 12-year old Alexandra Two, with a time of 25:36; third place went to 10-year old Kelly Fergus of Chicago, with a time of 27:27.
Winners by age group were:
•Male 10-14: James Mercurio, Hinsdale, IL
•Male 15-19: Thomas Mercurio, Hinsdale, IL
•Male 20-24: Ben Landress, Chicago, IL
•Male 30-34: (1st) Michael Bellino, Villa Park, IL; (2nd) Nick Bada, Villa Park, IL
•Male 45-49: (1st) Jim Mercurio, Hinsdale, IL; (2nd) Carmelo Aguinir, Joliet, IL
•Male 50-54: (1st) Bob Fergus, Chicago, IL; (2nd) Ross Hurst, Clarendon Hills, IL; (3rd) Randy Pyle, Hinsdale, IL; (4th) Roger Keys, Northbrook, IL
•Male 65-69: (1st) Jerome Getter, Oak Park, IL; (2nd) John Kosmatka, Valparaiso, IN; (3rd) Karl Johnson, Woodridge, IL
•Male 70-74: James Smith, Clarendon Hills, IL
•Female 15-19: Maria Meyer, Hinsdale, IL
•Female 40-44: Lori Kosmatka, Chicago, IL
•Female 45-49: (1st) Kimberly Mercurio, Hinsdale, IL; (2nd) Arlinda Nunez, Hinsdale, IL; (3rd) Christine Two, Wilmette, IL
•Female 50-54: (1st) Joy Hyzny, Burbank, IL; (2nd) Christie Bellino, Villa Park, IL
•Female 55-59: Jud Hrad, Chicago, IL
•Female 60-64: Sue Shepard, Elmhurst, IL
•Female 65-69: Carol Raska, Oak Park, IL
Freedom Golf Association leads the way in bringing adaptive golf to Illinois and is an integral part of the growing national movement, which has been embraced by major golf entities such as the PGA, LPGA and USGA.
“Freedom Golf Association encourages corporations with cause marketing programs that help the disabled to become FGA sponsors or corporate foundation grant providers and help us grow,” said Ruecking.
About Freedom Golf Association
Freedom Golf Association (FGA), a 501(C)3 non-profit charitable organization, is the leading adaptive golf organization in Illinois and is a charter member of the United States Adaptive Golf Alliance. FGA was founded in July 2012 by Edmund (E.Q.) Sylvester. E.Q. is a director of the Western Golf Association (WGA), member of the United States Senior Golf Association (USSGA), member of the United States Golf Association (USGA) and a triple amputee. FGA is dedicated to bringing joy and a sense of freedom to the special needs community through their inclusion in the game of golf.
FGA believes that all special needs individuals deserve a chance to accomplish the same things as any others do and work towards bringing a positive transformation to their lives. FGA contributes to the positive development of those with special needs through the magic of golf.
FGA works to assist individuals with disabilities in many ways:
•Provides professionally run adaptive golf instructional clinics and golf events
•Engages children, adults and veterans with special needs in FREE adaptive golf instruction with other classmates
•Conducts adaptive golf training workshops to increase the number of qualified adaptive golf coaches to instruct individuals with special needs
•Provides leadership and collaboration with nationally recognized organizations on how to expand/grow adaptive golf programs
Based on its growing understanding of the needs of disabled golfers, the FGA has developed a ground-breaking Adaptive Golf Enhancement Program™ that increases the golfing ability of special needs golfers. FGA’s golf coaches learn this six-step process, which helps them better understand and enhance the capabilities of special needs golfers.
To assist coaches and special needs golfers in determining what adaptive measures would be most beneficial, FGA recently invested in what they call a “personal swing sensors and computerized program” to 1) measure the disabled golfer’s initial swing path and limitations; 2) develop an appropriate exercise program to improve flexibility and range of motion; and 3) to chart the golfer’s progress, using the initial swing measurements as a baseline.
In 2016, FGA provided more than 1,300 adaptive golf lessons. In the same year, 110 special needs golfers went out and played on the course. Ten individuals became trained FGA Adaptive Golf Coaches, growing the total number to 42.
79 cents out of every dollar received goes to FGA’s special needs golf programs and events. FGA has led 40 Chicagoland courses in becoming accessible to the disabled community.
For more information about the Freedom Golf Association, please visit the official website at www.fgagolf.org and the online newsroom at www.newsline360.com/freedomgolfassociation. Contact FGA by phone at 855-342-4465 or 630-455-6018, or by email at playgolf@fgagolf.org. Donations to Freedom Golf Association can be made at www.fgagolf.org/donate.html.
Follow FGA on Facebook at www.facebook.com/FGA4Golf. Follow FGA on Twitter at www.twitter.com/FGA4Golf.
Photo credit: Cindy Kurman, Kurman Communications
The Pulse Front is a light "show" held at the Toronto Harbourfront Center for a limited time. Originally displayed as part of the Illuminato festival, it has been extended, probably by the same length as the cabaret show.
Consisting of a number of computerized flood lights that tear through the night sky, it revolves around a set program eventually at one point crossing paths in the center. Quite an interesting piece of work.
Cruise in comfort aboard Bali Bounty Cruises 600 passenger catamaran. With a cruising speed of up to 30 knots, you may sit back, relax and enjoy full staff service while reading the daily newspaper or viewing our onboard video entertainment. We sail from Bali every day.
Bounty Cruises is equipped with state of the art computerized stabilizer and meets with International Safety Standards. Complete with an executive standard of service, the Bounty Catamaran is three decks of pure luxury.
Day Cruise
Join our cruise for a full day of water activities above and below the sea from our 48 m pontoon at the beautiful crystal clear bay on Nusa Lembongan Island. Your day includes hotels transfers, morning and afternoon tea, snorkelling, surf ski, unlimited banana boat rides, 44 m waterslide, glass bottom boat rides, village tour and a scrumptious buffet lunch. Optional extras include diving with BIDP, surf bike and massages.
Please Visit our Official Website: www.bali-individually.com/tour-organizer/category/adventu.... If you have questions or need assistance with a reservation, please call or click to chat online or send us e-mail for inquiry, the best price and packages: sales@bali-individually.com | Telp. +62 - 361-7415637 | text message: +62-81338579071 | facebook: www.facebook.com/pages/Bali-Villa-Reservation/251116974245
In 1985 the X-29A on display became the world's first forward-swept aircraft to fly supersonically. The X-29A program explored cutting-edge aircraft design features, including forward-swept wings, advanced materials, a forward-mounted elevator (or canard) and a computerized flight control system. It was managed by the U.S. Air Force and funded by DARPA (Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency), the USAF and NASA.
The museum’s aircraft is the first of two X-29As built by Grumman, and it made its first flight in December 1984. The second X-29A first flew in 1989 and continued to perform test flights into the early 1990s. After successfully completing the test program, the X-29A on display was retired to the museum in late 1994.
National Museum of the US Air Force
Wright-Patterson AFB
Dayton, OH
Inaccessible Pothole Data in Chicago
by Daniel X. O'Neil (Bio), January 12, 2009
Tagged: chicago, everyblock, maps, potholes, transportation
Recently in Chicago, as the weather warmed inordinately from a deep freeze, with a 70-degree swing in temperature, the attention of the media and the municipal workers turned to potholes.
The two daily newspapers sent writers to a press conference at the city's "Pothole Command Center," where Commissioner of the Chicago Department of Transportation (CDOT), Tom Byrne, and his top spokesman, Brian Steele held forth on the problem of holes in the street.
From the Chicago Tribune story:
"Byrne said a computerized map that tracks work crews and unfilled potholes will speed the patching process and added that an estimated $300,000 in savings from the overtime deal will be crucial in helping the city stay within its $10 million-to-$12 million pothole repair budget."
And the Chicago Sun-Times references specific, detailed pothole numbers:
"The city had a daily average of 300 to 400 potholes in the days before Christmas, but the number jumped to more than 1,100 Monday, city officials said."
These quotes indicate that the city has relatively sophisticated technology for managing street defects. They are able to track the location of potholes from the data in their 311 system. With GPS on city trucks and in city worker cell phones, they can track equipment and personnel. As workers report back on filled potholes, the city has real-time data on the exact location of street defects.
To us at EveryBlock, that's what matters. It's nice to read in the paper that there's a lot of potholes outside, and that the city is working to fill them. But it's more useful to know exactly where the potholes are on your street, or on your way to work. And it would be great to know when these holes are filled, and to get all of this information on a daily basis. That might even help me make decisions on where to drive. In turn, this may reduce the number of pothole damage claims filed in Chicago.
Last summer -- long before pothole season -- I requested the following from CDOT:
"...a list of every pothole filled by the Department of Transportation in the City of Chicago. For each record, we would like the Department to publish the exact location of the pothole, the date the pothole came to the attention of CDOT, and the date the pothole was filled. We request that this information be refreshed on a daily basis."
CDOT rejected this request and all of the follow-up efforts we've made to get this data.
It's time to stop reading static stories about pothole data that are out of date before the day is out. The people of Chicago have paid for the Department's technology, and we deserve all the benefit from it. Today, as a blizzard bears down on the city and another deep freeze is on its way, we made a renewed inquiry to CDOT.
Cruise in comfort aboard Bali Bounty Cruises 600 passenger catamaran. With a cruising speed of up to 30 knots, you may sit back, relax and enjoy full staff service while reading the daily newspaper or viewing our onboard video entertainment. We sail from Bali every day.
Bounty Cruises is equipped with state of the art computerized stabilizer and meets with International Safety Standards. Complete with an executive standard of service, the Bounty Catamaran is three decks of pure luxury.
Day Cruise
Join our cruise for a full day of water activities above and below the sea from our 48 m pontoon at the beautiful crystal clear bay on Nusa Lembongan Island. Your day includes hotels transfers, morning and afternoon tea, snorkelling, surf ski, unlimited banana boat rides, 44 m waterslide, glass bottom boat rides, village tour and a scrumptious buffet lunch. Optional extras include diving with BIDP, surf bike and massages.
Please Visit our Official Website: www.bali-individually.com/tour-organizer/category/adventu.... If you have questions or need assistance with a reservation, please call or click to chat online or send us e-mail for inquiry, the best price and packages: sales@bali-individually.com | Telp. +62 - 361-7415637 | text message: +62-81338579071 | facebook: www.facebook.com/pages/Bali-Villa-Reservation/251116974245
Argentine cities are full of specialty shops. You'll find places that specialize in just diapers and diaper-related items. Or maybe one with just cleaning supplies, or just thermoses. Here, we have a shop that deals in an essential part of Argentine life, the stamp. In bureaucracies that have not fully embraced computerized databases, the stamp serves as proof that a piece of information has been received from an authorized source. Also, like anywhere, they show that an certified authority has approved of or looked at a document. Argentines have LOTS of things to stamp.
For example, I bought a car while I was there and it took about a month and about 20 visits to a variety of city offices (each with their own special stamp) to get it properly registered. Since none of the offices (which serve as databases of physical documents) are networked, I had to prove to each office I visited that a piece of information at another office that was essential for my registration process to continue was present, in a proper status, paid for, and authorized.
I cannot communicate how frustrating that process was.
Before this bureaucratic adventure, I thought stamps were charming, beautiful, and nostalgic. While I no longer hate them (because I no longer have daily contact with them), they have permanently lost much of their charm.
Regardless, pictured here is a charming little specialty shop that deals in stamps and charming, multicolored stamp supplies. The charming young lady to the right is a graphic designer that can make any image you desire into a stamp for a low price. She also designs business cards and letterheads.
How strange that the stuffy, angry world of bureaucratic paperwork is pounded on daily by the ink-stained products of this happy face.
Located on Jerome Avenue in the Bronx, The Jerome Avenue Yard is home to the R142 and R142A cars, which run some of the newest technology in the system, including recorded announcements and digital displays on board. General Superintendent for Car Equipment Ray Delvalle takes us behind the scenes of the IRT Division yard to explore the computerized troubleshooting system and maintenance inspection techniques currently employed by road car inspectors.
Photo: James Giovan
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Four Steps to Better Health Through Quality Chiropractic Care
If you decide to become a patient of a CBP doctor, there are four important steps we ask you to go through:
History of Injury and Examination,
Postural Analysis (some doctors utilize computerized methods such as the PosturePrint system)
Spinal X-rays (analyzed either by hand or with use of computer aided systems such as PostureRay),
Report of Findings - Where the doctor will explain your problems and if he/she can help through application of chiropractic services and the unique recommended plan for your case.
History of Injury and Examination
Our History of Injury is designed to determine whether your condition is within the realm of our care. Based upon the results, one of the doctors will make appropriate recommendations regarding an examination or referral to another doctor if your presenting problem is not a chiropractic condition. Most often, your condition will be treatable by our care.
A thorough spinal and musculo-skeletal examination will be performed in order to identify which structures of your body are injured and most likely causing your problem.
Computerized Postural Analysis
It has been known for years that body posture is like a “Window into the Shape of the Spinal Column”. Figure 1 shows that Abnormal Posture is always associated with an abnormal spine. Body Postural problems aid the doctor of chiropractic in identifying a variety of dysfunctions in the spinal column. Abnormal Postures can cause or relate to a number of health problems. Abnormal Posture causes increased force and pressure on the muscles, ligaments, and bones of your spinal column. These abnormal forces (caused by abnormal posture) lead to a break down of body tissues causing pain and damage.
Figure 2: Postural Decay as we age.
Posture Digitization: Postural photographs of you the patient can be obtained, in which a sophisticated computer program known as PosturePrint will objectively measure your postural distortions. These photographs enable the doctor to detect and measure abnormal positions of the human skull, shoulders, ribcage, pelvis, knees, and feet. In other words, he or she can show you how far out of alignment your posture is. This helps explain why you may be hurting as well as aid the doctor in prescribing corrective postural-based exercises unique to CBP rehabilitative methods.
(Click Here to download sample PosturePrint Report of Findings - This PosturePrint Examination is part of your initial patient workup)
Spinal X-rays
Many patients often ask if a chiropractor should take x-rays of their spines. The answer is simple. Properly taken spinal x-rays are like a blue print of your spine. With x-rays, the chiropractor can see how an individual spine deviates from normal alignment and we can clearly decide on appropriate treatment. Without an x-ray they would only be guessing. Would you want a mechanic to work on your car engine without looking under the hood?
For example, the figure below is a sample of common abnormal neck alignment subluxations (viewed from the side) with an estimate on average time needed to rehab such problems. It is clearly evident the further your neck is from the normal, then the longer you will need to perform rehabilitative measures. Please note that these are only generic estimates, as many factors dictate how fast a patient responds such as age, the length of time the problem has been there, amount spinal degeneration, etc.
Another important finding that properly taken x-rays will identify is spinal arthritis. Many people are not even aware that spinal disc disease and bone arthritis are developing in their spines. For many people this is a “time bomb” waiting to explode. Figure 6 below shows an abnormal neck (viewed from the side) with arthritis in the mid neck.
Figure 6: Side view showing arthritis in the Neck
Report of Findings
The report of findings is a very important part of communication in a CBP chiropractor's office. Before they decide if Chiropractic care is right for you, they will sit down with you (the patient) and explain the findings of the examination, posture analysis, and spinal x-rays. Many times patients tell the CBP chiropractor that other doctors never have shown them their spinal x-rays. This never happens at at a CBP practioner's office. We are confident that you will find that CBP trained chiropractors are very thorough in the search, identification and explanation of your spinal problem.
Once they have identified your particular spinal problem, the doctor will recommend an appropriate treatment plan specific to your condition.
Volume Rendering of a contrast enhanced thoracic CT.
Lung metastases.
This is a stereogram (crossview technique).
Rendering done with a Carestream workstation.
The Ritz Carlton Grand Cayman had its grand opening on January 6, 2006. Tony Bennet and Sheryl Crow provided the entertainment. Prominent at the ribbon cutting, holding scissors and standing side by side, were Mike Ryan the brash young Canadian born developer and Alfred Schwan. Who is Alfred Schwan? Schwan was a director for the Marvin M. Schwan Charitable Foundation and Marvin's brother. In 1992, Marvin M. Schwan created the charitable trust foundation, funded with nearly $1 billion, to benefit organizations associated with the Lutheran Church. At the time of his death, he lived in Sioux Falls, South Dakota and was one of the wealthiest men in America. Forbes magazine rated Marvin M. Schwan the 70th richest American in 1992.
Privately owned Schwan’s, based in Marshal, Minnesota, is a sizable producer, wholesaler, and retailer of food products employing about 16,500 people. It operates an estimated 2,300 computerized vans that deliver frozen food, including meat, vegetables and juices, to customers’ homes. The yellow vehicles, bearing a swan logo, have been described as traveling 7-Elevens. Schwan also expanded into the nation’s leading supplier of frozen pizza to school cafeterias and grocery stores under the Tony’s, Better Baked and Red Baron brands. Marvin Schwan died suddenly in 1993 at the age of 64. Alfred P. Schwan died in 2011 age 86.
Developer of the Ritz-Carlton Grand Cayman, Michael Ryan, formed a company IRR Limited that was incorporated in the Cayman Islands on April, 21 1998, to develop the project. According to a 2009 US tax return The Marvin M. Schwan Charitable Foundation loaned IRR Limited $210,828,153 with an owing balance of $202,218,186. The tax return says that IRR Limited were not in default as of 2009.
Critics question how Mike Ryan was able to pull off getting The Ritz-Carlton, Grand Cayman built. Ryan claims he was just a young, 31-year-old guy “trying to make something happen”. He got a call from the regional head of development for the Ritz-Carlton. “He… said ‘we want to be in Cayman and we can’t make it work. Would you come and put a project together and we’ll give you the brand and we’ll invest money’. That’s how it started, in 1997,” he says.
Ryan's idea was to create the best Ritz-Carlton in the world. He got Greg Norman to design Blue Tip (nine hole) golf course and La Prairie to establish a spa at The Ritz-Carlton. Ryan also targeted Chef Eric Ripert who created Le Bernardin, the New York City restaurant known as the Temple of Seafood. Ripert's Ritz Carlton restaurant is known as Blue - now entering its 12th year. Getting Ripert on board was a major coup for Ryan.
In 2012 Ryan said the hotel was paying about $100,000 per month to keep North Sound Club Golf Course open. He said the hotel is paying $150 per night per room for electricity. He says the current business model is simply unsustainable.
While the Ritz-Carlton Grand Cayman proved to be a successful hotel, the companies created by its developer, Michael Ryan, to construct and later manage the property were placed into receivership in 2012 over an unpaid $250 million loan. The hotel was then sold by the receivers at a public auction in November 2012 to Connecticut based Five Mile Capital Partners for just $177.5 million. It was the largest real estate auction in the history of the Cayman Islands. The $210 million invested by Marvin M. Schwan Charitable Foundation was unsecured and was a total loss following the auction.
Cayman-based Dart Real Estate purchased the 375-room Ritz-Carlton, Grand Cayman from Five Mile Capital Partners, LLC. in October, 2017. Kenneth Dart’s Dart Real Estate is the most important real estate firm in the Cayman Islands, best known for its flagship Camana Bay mixed-use development and the Kimpton Seafire Resort + Spa and accompanying residences. The long-term management agreement with The Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company remains in place.
Compiled by Dick Johnson
February 2018
The Purdue Bell Tower was constructed in 1995, at Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana. The tower stands 160 feet tall and has a clock on each of four faces. A computerized carillon marks every half hour and also plays Purdue's fight songs and the alma mater at Noon, 5 PM, and 10 PM.
With the aging of the Grumman S-2 Tracker and the increasing effectiveness of Soviet submarines, the US Navy issued a requirement for a new carrier-based ASW aircraft. Lockheed won the contract, partnering with LTV to design carrier-specific equipment and Univac to design the ASW suite. The resulting S-3A Viking first flew in January 1972 and entered the fleet in February 1974.
While the S-2 integrated the hunter-killer team concept into a single airframe, the S-3 went one step further by completely computerizing the sub-hunting process, integrating the entire sensor suite into one system rather than in several as on the S-2. Initially, this employed a Univac AN/AYK-10 computer served by Texas Instruments AN/APS-116 radar and AN/ASQ-81 MAD sensor in a retractable tail boom. Flown by a crew of four, the S-3’s interior was so efficient that one aviation writer described it as the most compactly designed aircraft in history.
The S-3A--nicknamed "Hoover" for the sound of its engines-- acquired a reputation for being a reliable, easy to fly aircraft, and spawned a number of variants, including the US-3A carrier-onboard delivery (COD) transport aircraft and the ES-3A Shadow Elint variant. A dedicated KS-3A tanker never went into production, but S-3s were increasingly equipped with buddy refuelling packs. When the KA-6D Intruder dedicated tanker was retired from the US Navy in the mid-1990s, the S-3 took over the role, though its relatively slow speed meant it could not accompany strikes into enemy territory. Despite that, the S-3 always had the capability to carry not only antisubmarine ordnance such as torpedoes and depth charges, but also bombs and later the AGM-84 Harpoon antiship missile and AGM-65 Maverick AGM. The S-3’s antiship capability was used in both Gulf Wars: in 1991, a S-3 sank an Iraqi attack boat with conventional bombs, while in 2003 a S-3 destroyed an Iraqi command post with a Maverick in Basra.
Beginning in 1991, the S-3As in service were modified to S-3B standard, with upgraded avionics and a new APS-127V synthetic-aperature radar, giving the S-3B a significant ship-detection and SAR capability as well. Though the ES-3A was withdrawn from service in the mid-1990s, several S-3Bs were converted to littorial reconnaissance (Gray Wolf) and ground surveillance (Brown Boy) roles. With the reduction of submarine threats to the US Navy, the S-3 fleet is being gradually retired; those remaining in service have had their ASW equipment removed and serve primarily as tankers. Their role has been largely replaced by the SH-60B/F Seahawk series, and, aside from a handful of test aircraft, the S-3 was retired in 2009.
This particular S-3B is Bureau Number 159731, which entered service sometime in the 1980s. Its history is obscure until 2000, when it flew with VS-29 ("Dragonfires") aboard USS Carl Vinson; in 2004, it was transferred to VS-41 ("Shamrocks") at NAS North Island, California. In 2006, it was withdrawn from service and donated to Patriots Point and the USS Yorktown.
When I took this picture in 2014 aboard the USS Yorktown, the museum foundation was in the middle of repainting it, hence its worn condition (note also the rust on the deck; the humid South Carolina climate is hell on preserved ships and aircraft). The "S" above the aircraft number indicates that the squadron was given an award by the US Navy for safety.
Cruise in comfort aboard Bali Bounty Cruises 600 passenger catamaran. With a cruising speed of up to 30 knots, you may sit back, relax and enjoy full staff service while reading the daily newspaper or viewing our onboard video entertainment. We sail from Bali every day.
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Edwards AFB - NASA 04/03/14
Grumman X-29 "Advanced Technology Demonstrator Aircraft" (USAF 82-0049)(N049NA)(NASA 049) (Built from Northrop F-5A Freedom Fighter airframe USAF 65-10573)(The X-29 was an experimental aircraft that tested a forward-swept wing, canard control surfaces. The aerodynamic instability of the airframe required the use of computerized fly-by-wire control. Composite materials were used to control the aeroelastic divergent twisting experienced by forward-swept wings, also reducing the weight. The X-29 first flew in 1984.)
These were the last chainrings made before Shimano added pick-up pins on the outer chainrings. Thes have only subtle tooth profiling to enhance shifting. Note the reduced height of some teeth at the top of this photo. At two points on the rings, these were designed to catch a chain at the downstroke in crank rotation for lowest torque. I don't know whether that makes any difference, but I'll accept that in made sense in Shimano's computerized design model. These cranks always shift smoothly for me. I was thrilled to finally find new-in-package replacement chainrings for only $10 USD which were the ideal period correct rings for my FC-7402 crankset from 1990.
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With the development of technology, computers are indispensable for various human production activities. Machine learning, which has been remarkably developed in the field of computer science in recent years, has attracted public attention as a technology to replace a part of human intellectual activity, and it is actively studied. However, garments that are essential to human beings are still being designed by humans. Also, the design of fashion brands is produced by several designers, so succession of technology and sensitivity is difficult. Therefore, we propose a computerized garment design created by cooperative work of human and machine intelligence using Deep Neural Network (DNN). This AI learns a certain brand design and generates new design images of clothing. From the generated image, the patterner creates the pattern and completes it as new clothes. We made clothes using the system DeepWear through a series of designs, such as design by deep learning, patterning by patterners, and creation of costumes. With this DeepWear, it is possible to inherit the design in clothing without depending on the designer.
Credit: Ars Electronica / tom mesic
Alcazar Cabaret Show in Pattaya City has all the allure and razzmatazz of a Las Vegas nightclub. Dazzling performances by artists in glittering evening gowns thrill nightly audiences, as well-groomed ladies mime and dance against a backdrop of surround-sound and computerized lighting. The unique feature of Alcazar's entertainment, that sets it aside from Las Vegas, is that all the girls are boys!!!!!
Performed in a state of the art theater seating up to 1,200 patrons, the cabaret makes extensive use of computer technology, making for a stunning show.
Three-dimensional atomic-resolution tomographic imaging requires analyzing a microscopic sample viewed from several directions, followed by a computerized reconstruction of the sample’s 3-D atomic structure. Such an exacting process has eluded researchers for decades, but is now possible with the Transmission Electron Aberration-corrected Microscope (TEAM) Stage. It holds and positions samples inside electron microscopes with unprecedented stability, position-control accuracy, and range of motion.
The technology was developed by Thomas Duden, Nord Andresen, Rich Weidenbach, and Andreas Schmid of Berkeley Lab’s Engineering and Materials Sciences Divisions. Scientists from Attocube Systems, FEI Company, and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign also contributed.
The TEAM Stage will make one of the world’s most powerful electron microscopes even better, and enable previously impossible experiments. Trial-and-error detection of defects in a thin-film nanocrystal solar cell material may be minimized; and the fabrication of new biomaterials for longer-lasting artificial bone implants may be facilitated.
credit: Lawrence Berkeley Nat'l Lab - Roy Kaltschmidt, photographer
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Some time ago, I built a Lego MRI system as a giveaway for a pediatric radiologist and had it CT scanned later.
This is a volume rendering based on the axial scan. Note that the density of the bricks is different for each color.
Here is a photograph of the lego toy MRI:
Times Square New Years Eve Ball Drop in New York City 2014 - 2015
The Times Square Ball is a time ball located atop the One Times Square building in New York City, primarily utilized as part of New Year's Eve celebrations held in Times Square. Yearly at 11:59 p.m. EST on December 31, the ball is lowered 77 feet (23 m) down a specially designed flagpole, resting on the midnight to signal the start of the new year. The first ball drop in Times Square took place on December 31, 1907, and has been held annually since (except in 1942 and 1943 in observance of wartime blackouts). The ball's design has also been updated over the years to reflect new advances in technologies—its original design utilized 100 incandescent light bulbs, iron, and wood in its construction, while its current incarnation features a computerized LED lighting system and an outer surface consisting of triangle-shaped crystal panels. As of 2009, the ball is also displayed atop One Times Square year-round and is removed only for general maintenance.
The Times Square ball drop is one of the best-known New Year's celebrations internationally, attended by at least one million spectators yearly, with an estimated global audience of at least 1 billion. The prevalence of the Times Square ball drop has also inspired other similar "drops" held locally in other cities and towns around the world.
“Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve with Ryan Seacrest,”
Performers of the 2014 - 2015 celebration Jenny McCarthy, Anderson Cooper, O.A.R., Idina Menzel, American Authors, Magic!, Jencarlos Canela, Florida Georgia Line, Va Por ti including Yazaira López, - José Enrique Poyato -Virginia Stille - Fernando Corona - Ana Cristina Pagán, Alejandra Guzmán, Taylor Swift,
For more on New Years Eve in Times Square visit:
www.timessquarenyc.org/index.aspx
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Times Square, New York City, USA, North America
12-31-2014
This graph shows the number of customers in the computerized billing for Afghanistan's national power utility (DABS) Kabul province cumulative cash collection. The information is from a SIGAR analysis of Kabul electricity service improvement program final report. This graph appeared in SIGAR audit 13-7.
Audit Report: www.sigar.mil/pdf/audits/2013-04-18-audit-13-7.pdf
Cruise in comfort aboard Bali Bounty Cruises 600 passenger catamaran. With a cruising speed of up to 30 knots, you may sit back, relax and enjoy full staff service while reading the daily newspaper or viewing our onboard video entertainment. We sail from Bali every day.
Bounty Cruises is equipped with state of the art computerized stabilizer and meets with International Safety Standards. Complete with an executive standard of service, the Bounty Catamaran is three decks of pure luxury.
Day Cruise
Join our cruise for a full day of water activities above and below the sea from our 48 m pontoon at the beautiful crystal clear bay on Nusa Lembongan Island. Your day includes hotels transfers, morning and afternoon tea, snorkelling, surf ski, unlimited banana boat rides, 44 m waterslide, glass bottom boat rides, village tour and a scrumptious buffet lunch. Optional extras include diving with BIDP, surf bike and massages.
Please Visit our Official Website: www.bali-individually.com/tour-organizer/category/adventu.... If you have questions or need assistance with a reservation, please call or click to chat online or send us e-mail for inquiry, the best price and packages: sales@bali-individually.com | Telp. +62 - 361-7415637 | text message: +62-81338579071 | facebook: www.facebook.com/pages/Bali-Villa-Reservation/251116974245
Despite the theft of our elections by Republican-controlled computerized voting, please vote on Tuesday - election day
***Changed photo 8/9/12*****
***Combined January's image seen below in comments for Galaxy core***
While awaiting new OIII filter, re-shot M101. Sky conditions were ok, not the best. Had a hard time processing T3i frames(no filters). Cropped final to include NGC 5474 in the upper right
Orion ED102T CF Triplet Apochromatic Refractor Telescope.
Orion Sirius German-equatorial Computerized Goto Mount
Images aquired using APT
Guided with Starshoot Autoguider and 50mm guide scope
Aligned and stacked with Nebulosity
Post-process with StarTools GIMP & Windows Live Photo
16 total frames: (2hrs 30min)
3x300 4x900 iso 800 Canon T3(modified) with Astronomik 12nm Ha clip-in filter w/Orion ST-80T
3x300 6x600 iso 800 Canon T3i no filters w/Orion ED 102mm
Added core data from 1/29/12:
8x120 5x300 2x600 iso 800 Canon T3i CLS filter w/ Orion ST-80T
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British Columbia’s first-ever computerized inventory of Chinese historical records and artifacts is now complete, giving easy access to anyone interested in learning more about the rich cultural history of Chinese Canadians in BC.
Learn more: news.gov.bc.ca/releases/2016MIT0014-001222
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This is the Wizard Nebula rotated with normal RBG
Used various combinations of Canon T3i/Modified Canon T3 and Orion 80mm/120mm refractors:
w CLS filters:11x300 6x600
w/Ha filters:4x600 11x900
w/OIII filter-2 x600 7x900 3x1200
no filters-12x300
Orion ED102T CF Triplet Apochromatic Refractor Telescope
Orion ST-80T "guide scope"
Orion Sirius German-equatorial Computerized Goto Mount
Images aquired using APT
Guided with Starshoot Autoguider and 50mm guide scope
Aligned and stacked with Nebulosity
Post-process with StarTools GIMP & Paint.net
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