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The meeting and conference rooms, have the advantage of natural daylight in addition to specially designed lighting and air-conditioning systems, whilst some share pleasant river views. Each and every meeting room is soundproofed, computerized, and all have a full complement of the latest audio-visual equipment.
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
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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.
Despite the theft of our elections by Republican-controlled computerized voting, please vote on Tuesday - election day
Bumper damage is quite common these days. Both rear and front bumpers are vulnerable to curbs, branches, runaway shopping carts, etc. Our skilled professionals use only the highest quality automotive paint, repair tools, and technology—including computerized color matching systems to formulate a perfect color match. Sameday offers mobile repair service, so it is convenient for you to have us perform repairs on your vehicle. For more information go to: goo.gl/FiIMhB
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:
U.S. Air Force F-22 Raptor
"The U.S. Air Force F-22 Raptor will be making its first-ever appearance in Maine and the Maine appearance is one of only 20 North American appearances in 2015. The Raptor is the world’s most advanced fighter aircraft and one of the most sought-after demonstrations on the air show circuit. Its incredible maneuverability, aided by its computerized controls and powerful, thrust-vectoring jet engines, make the Raptor an astonishing air show aircraft. The Raptor performs maneuvers in its air show demonstration that appear to be impossible for a jet aircraft to perform including hovering, tail slides and paddle turns more common from a civilian bi-plane. The Raptor is also capable of supersonic flight and will demonstrate incredible high speed passes as part of its performance. The F-22 appearing at this year’s show is based at The F-22 appearing at this year’ show is based at Langley Air Force Base, Virginia and the demonstrations will be flown by Captain John “Taboo” Cummings of Appleton, Wisconsin.
The Raptor was developed to counter the increasing sophistication and threat of hostile air forces and integrated air defense systems in use around the world. The Raptor fighter provides air dominance and a precision ground attack capability for U.S. forces for the next 40 years. Air and ground threats that the F-15 can no longer counter are defeated by the lethal and survivable F-22, with its balance of increased speed and range, enhanced offensive and defensive avionics and stealth. The Raptor’s design also emphasizes reliability and maintainability of systems."
From "Featured Performers" The Great State of Maine Air Show
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:
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Times Square, New York City, USA, North America
12-31-2014
Es un mar lunar localizado hacia el norte de la cara visible de la Luna. Posee un diametro de 1596 km.
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.
Prof. James Packer,"Digitizing Imperial Rome: A computerized Approach to the Architectural History of the Roman Imperial Forum." James Packer, Professor Emeritus Northwestern University (2010). [1].
Abstract - Digitizing Imperial Rome: A computerized Approach to the Architectural History of the Roman Imperial Forum. [2].
"Although each year millions of people visit the Roman Forum – the center of Rome’s former remarkable empire – they find only one or two partially preserved structures and piles of architectural fragments. Most of the ancient buildings, apart from the few converted into churches, collapsed after centuries of neglect, leaving their remains to be quarried by later generations. The details of the individual buildings are still not widely understood, and the Forum has never been studied as a unified architectural composition. Moreover, owing to new archaeological studies and advances in computer technology in the last fifteen years[1], it is now possible both to reconstruct the Forum’s monuments accurately and, with these new reconstructions, to comprehend the design and meaning of the whole site. These considerations led my colleague, Professor and Architect Gilbert Gorski [3], and me to undertake our new, digitally based study of the Forum. [4].
Our work clarifies the design of the buildings around the Forum’s central core. It collects, for the first time in English, the most important material related each of the major monuments and shows visually their structure, size and original appearance. Over a period of nearly forty years (29 B.C. – A.D. 10), Augustus rebuilt the site, and thereafter, in material, size structure and decoration, its buildings related clearly to one another. Together they impressively represented the power and prestige both of Augustus own regime and that of the Mediterranean Empire it governed.
With some missteps (the short-lived colossal equestrian state of Domitian, the unfortunately situated, enormous, gaudy Arch of Severus), later emperors carefully maintained Augustus’ design and structures, even as they rebuilt many of the monuments after disastrous fires. The late third century A.D. additions of Diocletian maintained this tradition but added a fashionable, new architectural framework that expressed that emperor’s optimistic hopes for the future of his recently reassembled Empire. Only the end of Rome as an imperial capital doomed the site to neglect, ruin, transformation and, from the 18th century on, to the investigations of modern excavators."
Prof. James E. Packer, October 11th, 2010.
[ *** Note: The footnotes citing additional references where not part of the original abstract, added here by Martin G. Conde (Oct. 11th, 2010). *** ].
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[1]. Also see: Roma – I Fori Imperiali (1995-2008). The Forum of Trajan. Excavations & Related studies (1998-2008). Prof. James. E. Packer, (ed. it.), Il Foro di Traiano a Roma. Breve studio dei monumenti (Roma 2001). =
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[2]. Digitizing Imperial Rome: A computerized Approach to the Architectural History of the Roman Imperial Forum. Copyright © 2010 University of Notre Dame Nanovic Institute. =
nanovic.nd.edu/events/2010/10/11/4155-digitizing-imperial...
[3]. News - August 30, 2010. "Notre Dame team completes 3D Documentation of the Roman Forum." Copyright © 2010 University of Notre Dame Italian Studies. =
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[4]. Berkeley Ancient Italy Roundtable sponsors its first workshop. September 9, 2010.
"...The event will consist of a keynote address to be held on the evening of Friday, October 8, followed by a day-long conference on Saturday, October 9, at which several scholars will present short papers on their current research. In the Friday keynote address, James Packer, Professor Emeritus in the Department of Classics at Northwestern University, will discuss his new digital reconstructions of the buildings in the Roman Forum. This will represent the first public presentation of this important new work. The Saturday conference will consist of a morning session with six papers on the architecture and topography of the ancient city of Rome and an afternoon session with three papers on topics in ancient Italian art and two papers presenting new research at Pompeii. For full details, see the preliminary program, presented below." =
classics.berkeley.edu/news/articles/story.php?id=66
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Foto- above: Reconstruction drawing of Porch of Tiberius from the project of James Packer and Gil Gorski (seen in Roman garb). in.: Berkeley Ancient Italy Roundtable sponsors its first workshop. September 9, 2010. classics.berkeley.edu/news/articles/story.php?id=66
Foto - left: Roma, "Veduta del Tabularium [ e Foro Romano]." (ca. 2007). in.: Alvaro de Alvariis (a cura di), "Foro Roman & Tabularium," Roma ieri, Roma oggi di Alvaro de Alvariis, Roma (2006-10). www.flickr.com/photos/dealvariis/with/3488436180/
Foto - bottom / center: Rome - Central Archaeological Area - Bird's Eye Views: Capitoline hill, Imperial Fora, Roman Forum, Palatine Hill, Colloseum Valley & Oppian Hill (Jan, 18th 2009). Copyright: Jim Powers (2009). =
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Foto - bottom / left: "Rome - The Model of Ancient Rome," Designed / created by: Arch. Italo Gismondi & Pierini Di Carlo (1933 - 1937). Scale - 1:250. The Museum of Roman Civilization in Rome. =
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Photo Title: SOPs followed during examination of eye patients in Pakistan hospitals
Submitted by: Ansa benazir
Category: Amateur
Country: Pakistan
Organisation: MTI Khyber teaching Hospital,peshawar.kp
COVID-19 Photo: Yes
Photo Caption: in one pic a kid wearing mask is being examined for her diplopia wearing red green glasses, orthoptist is in PPE, in other pic computerized refraction is done ,in one pic convergence of a patient is checked, in other refraction of kid is performed all patients wearing masks because social distancing is not possible and doctors and optometrists and orthoptist nurses all wearing PPEs
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Photo uploaded from the #HopeInSight Photo Competition on photocomp.iapb.org held for World Sight Day 2020.
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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Some background:
The North American A-5 Vigilante (Prior to 1962 unification of Navy and Air Force designations, it was designated the A3J) was an American carrier-based supersonic bomber designed and built by North American Aviation for the United States Navy. In 1953, North American Aviation began a private study for a carrier-based, long-range, all-weather strike bomber, capable of delivering nuclear weapons at supersonic speeds. This proposal, the North American General Purpose Attack Weapon (NAGPAW) concept, was accepted by the United States Navy, with some revisions, in 1955. A contract was awarded on 29 August 1956. Its first flight occurred two years later, on 31 August 1958 in Columbus, Ohio.
At the time of its introduction, the Vigilante was one of the largest and by far the most complex aircraft to operate from a Navy aircraft carrier. It had a high-mounted swept wing with a boundary-layer control system (blown flaps) to improve low-speed lift. It had no ailerons; roll control was provided by spoilers in conjunction with differential deflection of the all-moving tail surfaces. The use of aluminum-lithium alloy for wing skins and titanium for critical structures was also unusual. The A-5 had two widely spaced General Electric J79 turbojet engines, fed by inlets with variable intake ramps, and a single large all-moving vertical stabilizer. Preliminary design studies employed twin vertical fin/rudders, but this was eventually changed to a single tall but foldable fin. The wings and the nose radome folded for carrier stowage, too. The Vigilante had a crew of two seated in tandem, a pilot and a bombardier-navigator (BN) (reconnaissance/attack navigator (RAN) on later reconnaissance versions).
The Vigilante had advanced and complex electronics when it first entered service. It had one of the first "fly-by-wire" systems on an operational aircraft (with mechanical/hydraulic backup) and a computerized AN/ASB-12 nav/attack system incorporating a head-up display ("Pilot's Projected Display Indicator" (PPDI), one of the first), multi-mode radar, radar-equipped inertial navigation system (REINS, based on technologies developed for North American's Navaho missile), closed-circuit television camera under the nose, and an early digital computer known as "Versatile Digital Analyzer" (VERDAN) to run it all.
The aircraft replaced the subsonic Douglas A-3 Skywarrior as the Navy's primary nuclear-strike aircraft, but only briefly. Given its original design as a carrier-based, supersonic, nuclear heavy attack aircraft, the Vigilante’s main armament was carried in an unusual internal "linear bomb bay" between the engines in the rear fuselage, which allowed the bomb to be dropped at supersonic speeds. The single nuclear weapon, commonly the Mk 28 bomb, was attached to two disposable fuel tanks in the cylindrical bay in an assembly known as the "stores train". A set of extendable fins was attached to the aft end of the most rearward fuel tank. These fuel tanks were to be emptied during the flight to the target and then jettisoned with the bomb by an explosive drogue gun. The stores train was propelled rearward at about 50 feet (15 m) per second (30 knots) relative to the aircraft. It then followed a ballistic path.
The Vigilante originally had two wing pylons, intended primarily for drop tanks. The second Vigilante variant, the A3J-2 (A-5B), incorporated internal tanks for an additional 460 gallons of fuel, which added a pronounced dorsal "hump", along with two additional wing hardpoints, for a total of four. Other improvements included blown flaps on the leading edge of the wing, changes to the air intakes and stronger landing gear.
The reconnaissance version of the Vigilante, the RA-5C, was based on the A-5B airframe and had slightly greater wing area and added a long canoe-shaped fairing under the fuselage for a multi-sensor reconnaissance pack. This added an APD-7 side-looking airborne radar (SLAR), AAS-21 infrared line scanner, and camera packs, as well as improved electronic countermeasures. An AN/ALQ-61 electronic intelligence system could also be carried. The RA-5C retained the AN/ASB-12 bombing system, and could, in theory, carry weapons, although it never did in service. Later-built RA-5Cs had more powerful J79-10 engines with afterburning thrust of 17,900 lbf (80 kN), the same engines as the Navy’s F-4J Phantom IIs. The reconnaissance Vigilante weighed almost five tons more than the strike version with almost the same thrust and an only modestly enlarged wing. These changes reduced its acceleration and climb rate, though it remained fast in level flight and was still fully carrier-capable.
The last Vigilante version to be developed from 1964 on and to enter service in 1966 was the EA-5D, a dedicated electronic reconnaissance and electronic warfare version, again replacing respective A-3 Skywarrior variants. With the initial experience from the Vietnam conflict, the EA-5D was primarily conceived as a fast escort for supersonic strike aircraft – namely the USN’s F-4 Phantom IIs which progressively took over more strike missions and direly needed protection from SAMs that could keep up with them during their dangerous missions over enemy territory.
The EA-5D, which was unofficially nicknamed “Electric Vigilante”, “Eva” or simply “E-V” by its crews, was based on the late RA-5C’s airframe and was easily distinguishable through its fairing at the top of the fin which contained the electronics for a Bunker-Ramo AN/ALQ-86 ECM suite. It carried ECM gear in the linear bomb bay and a 16 feet (4.9 m) long canoe-shaped ventral fairing (looking like a shortened but deeper version of the RA-5C’s camera and SLAR installation), plus a heat exchanger, a non-jettisonable auxiliary tank and AN/ALE-41 chaff dispensers in an extended tail cone. The complete installation weighed some 6,000 pounds (2,700 kg). Receivers were installed in a fin-tip pod, or "football", like that of the contemporary EA-6A. This fin array caused some lateral instability, though, which could be compensated with a pair of fins under the rear fuselage.
Like the RA-5C, the EA-5D retained the AN/ASB-12 bombing system and was – in theory – like its recce sibling capable to carry out strike missions, but this never happened either. The EA-5Ds were furthermore equipped with an AN/APQ-129 fire control radar, making the aircraft capable of SEAD missions and of firing the AGM-45 “Shrike” anti-radiation missile, although they were apparently never used in that offensive role. Up to four ram-air turbine powered ALQ-76 countermeasures pods could be carried on the underwing hardpoints, augmenting the internal AN/ALQ-86 system’s bandwidth and jamming power. To improve survivability the EA-5D was furthermore outfitted with a pair of launch rails, mounted as sub-pylons on the outsides of the outer underwing hardpoints. Each could carry a single IR-guided AIM-9 Sidewinder AAM.
Despite the Vigilante's useful service as reconnaissance and ECM platform, it was expensive and complex to operate and occupied significant amounts of precious flight and hangar deck space aboard both conventional and nuclear-powered aircraft carriers at a time when carrier air wings, with the introduction of the F-14 Tomcat and S-3 Viking, were averaging 90 aircraft, many of which were larger than their predecessors. Moreover, the Vigilante did not end the career of the A-3 Skywarrior, which would carry on as photo reconnaissance aircraft, electronic warfare platforms, aerial refueling tankers, and executive transport aircraft designated as RA-3A/B, EA-3A/B, ERA-3B, EKA-3B, KA-3B, and VA-3B, into the early 1990s.
Only 28 EA-5Ds were built (two prototypes, 15 new-build, and 11 conversions from existing A-5A and RA-5C airframes) and the United States remained the only operator of the type. The EA-5D saw extensive use in Vietnam and seven machines were lost (four to SAMs, one to a VPAF MiG-21 and two through accidents), but after the end of hostilities and massive reductions of military expenses the EA-5D was quickly phased out from frontline service in the late 1970s, after an active career of just twelve years. In service it was replaced by the subsonic but much more potent EA-6B “Prowler”, which was based on the carrier-capable A-6 “Intruder” bomber, primarily to reduce the number of types in the USN’s arsenal and therewith operating costs and complexity. Since the EA-6B offered much higher ECM capabilities, the small EA-5D fleet was never upgraded, e. g. with the 2nd generation AGM-78 “Standard” ARM or the AN/ALQ-99 ECM pods.
However, a handful of “Electric Vigilantes” remained active with VAQ-137 (“Rooks”) until the late Eighties – long enough to receive the USN’s new tactical low-visibility paint scheme. These EA-5Ds were operated from land-bases only, not assigned to a Carrier Air Group, with a dedicated tail code (“KW”) to reflect this special status. They acted primarily as electronic aggressor aircraft but were also used to simulate supersonic cruise missiles like the contemporary Soviet Kh-20 (AS-3 “Kangaroo”) or Kh-22 (AS-4 “Kennel”) against land and sea targets during training and naval NATO maneuvers. Thanks to their size, speed and flight characteristics the aircraft were also employed as supersonic bomber aggressors, mimicking Soviet Tu-22s or Su-24s. Most of the Evas therefore received more or less authentic temporary Red Star decorations on their fins, which were, however, rarely overpainted after training missions and became part of the “standard markings”.
In 1987 the machines were finally retired, their airframes had reached their structural limit and maintenance costs of the complex aircraft had become prohibitive. They were in the electronic aggressor role eventually replaced with subsonic and much more economical EA-7L Corsair IIs.
General characteristics:
Crew: 2
Length: 76 ft 6 in (23.32 m)
Wingspan: 53 ft 0 in (16.16 m)
Height: 19 ft 5 in (5.91 m)
Wing area: 701 sq ft (65.1 m)
Empty weight: 32,783 lb (14,870 kg)
Gross weight: 47,631 lb (21,605 kg)
Max takeoff weight: 63,085 lb (28,615 kg)
Fuel capacity: 2,805 US gal (10,618 L; 2,336 imp gal) internal
or 19,074 lb (8,652 kg) of JP-5,
or 24,514 lb (11,119 kg) with 2 × 400 US gal external tanks
Powerplant:
2× General Electric J79-GE-10 after-burning turbojet engines,
10,900 lbf (48 kN) thrust each dry, 17,900 lbf (80 kN) with afterburner
Performance:
Maximum speed: 1,322 mph (Mach 2, 1,149 kn, 2,128 km/h) at 40,000 ft (12,000 m)
Combat range: 974 nmi (1,121 mi, 1,804 km)
Ferry range: 1,571 nmi (1,808 mi, 2,909 km)
Service ceiling: 52,100 ft (15,900 m)
g limits: +5
Rate of climb: 33,900 ft/min (172 m/s)
Wing loading: 80.4 lb/sq ft (393 kg/m2)
Thrust/weight: 0.72
Armament:
4x underwings pylons, each with a load capability of up to 2.000 lb (950 kg),
typically occupied with 400 US gal drop tanks or ALQ-76 Tactical Jamming System (TJS)
ECM pods. Other potential loads: AN/ALE-43(V)1&4 Bulk Chaff Dispensing System pod,
a single AN/AAQ-28(V) Litening targeting pod or AGM-45 Shrike anti-radar missiles
2x launch rails for defensive AIM-9 Sidewinder AAMs on the outer pylons
The kit and its assembly:
This what-if project had been lingering for a long time in the back of my mind, and I shoved it a side for years because of the model’s sheer size that eats up a lot of display space – even though I had the hardware already stashed away, collecting dust. While the build was rather inspired by its livery (see below) I wondered why the Vigilante, an elegant and impressive aircraft, had not been adapted to the ECM role? The concept of a supersonic penetrator/protector aircraft was realized by the USAF with the EF-111A Raven, but in the Vigilante’s time frame, the Vietnam War, esp. its end phase, an escort for fast USN attack aircraft might have made sense, so that I tried to mate the RA-5C with contemporary ECM technology and typical details – and the result became the fictional EA-5D.
With this idea the model became only a conversion of a basic airframe, not a spectacular kitbashing. Since I knew the Hasegawa RA-5C and its underwhelming quality/detail, I settled for the Trumpeter kit – a MUCH better but also a bit über-complicated offering. It is, however, better in any respect, even though you can ask why the cockpit has to consist of no less than thirty (!) parts (including seats and dashboard films), and the pylons as well as even the thin stabilizers and the fin have to consist of halves? One can also wonder why the kit comes with four(!) free-fall nukes but none of the RA-5C’s typical 400 gallon drop tanks? The kit features the type’s underwing flare dispensers, though. If there is something to criticize it’s the lack of air intake ducts – behind the wedge-shaped intakes and their ramps there is nothing inside the fuselage. Since I did not want to put too much effort into that flaw I simple blocked sight into the model’s body with a bulkhead made from black foamed styrene.
Everything goes together quite well, except for the fuselage halves which appear somewhat warped, and the rather massive plastic makes work easy. Despite this splendor of material, the sandwich leading and trailing edges are surprisingly thin and look pretty good.
While the RA-5C was at its core built OOB there were – naturally – some external mods to convey its ECM role. Most obvious detail is the fin top fairing, procured from a KiTech EA-6B, a shabby copy of the Hasegawa kit. This also provided the ECM pods and the pair of voluminous drop tanks.
The retrofitted Sidewinder launch rails on the outer pylons came from an Emhar FJ-4B, the then-state-of-the-art all-aspect AIM-9Ls came from a Hasegawa F-4 kit. To emphasize its electronic mission I added some antenna fairings around the hull. Beyond the fin pod, the EA-5D received sensor fairings along the flanks, inspired by the USAF F-105Gs’arrangement along the bomb bay, a shallow dorsal bulge behind the cockpits and some blister and blade antennae all around the hull.
The large ventral fairing that replaced the RA-5C’s “camera canoe” was scratched from a drop tank half, from a chunky Kangnam MiG-31, in an attempt to create something that the reminds of the EF-111’s arrangement. A ventral adapter for a display holder was integrated into the hull, too, for in-flight scenes.
A pair of long stabilizer fins was added under the rear fuselage, too, because I think that the large tail fin pod could somewhat hamper directional stability… The consist of rotor blades from a Matchbox SA.360 Dauphin helicopter.
The Vigilante’s tail cone, the former fairing for the linear bomb bay between the engines, was also heavily modified, with a thimble-shaped radome and a separate fairing for an internal chaff dispenser underneath, for a different look. To make the model look a bit more lively, esp. in its all-grey low-viz livery (see below) I mounted the flaps (all six are separate elements, and the inner pairs consist of lower and upper halves, too!) in lowered position.
Painting and markings:
The original reason to build this whiffy Vigilante was to see how the sleek and elegant aircraft would look in early USN low-viz colors! With this idea in mind the scheme was improvised and very simple: FS 36320 on the upper surfaces and FS 36375 underneath (Humbrol 128 and 127, respectively), on the flanks (with a relatively high waterline) and the fin. A slightly darker blue grey (FS 35237, Humbrol 145) was used for an anti-glare panel in front of the windshield. Most di-electric panels and the nose radome were painted in brownish light grey (RAL 7032, Revell 75), for low contrast but a significantly different color.
Inside, the landing gear as well as the air intakes were painted gloss white, the cockpit was painted in neutral grey (FS 36231) with dark grey ejection seats. The latter appears a bit tone-in-tone with the all-grey outside, but that was apparently the A-5’s interior design in real life.
To add some variety to the grey livery I painted the ordnance in “old” USN colors: the drop tanks became all-white and the ECM pods also received a white base. The AIM-9Ls on the extra launch rails (also painted white) received blue bodies as training missiles, with black seeker heads and white tail fins.
The wings’ leading edges (bare steel?) were masked and then painted with Revell 91 (iron metallic).
The whole model received a washing with thinned black ink to emphasize the many recessed rivets and panel lines, and then I added panel counter shading with lighter basic tones, also trying to create a slightly worn/weathered and not-so-uniform finish on the large grey surfaces, which underline the Vigilante’s elegant lines but also look quite boring, due to the sheer size/area, esp. from above.
The low-viz markings were improvised and puzzled together from various sources. The Red Stars on the fin were inspired by real-world aggressor markings, AFAIK some A-7Ls, EA-3Bs and A-4Fs carried such decorations, even paired with large bort numbers on the nose.
To improve the worn/grimy look I also treated the model’s surfaces with grinded graphite – only lightly, but I wanted to make the large grey areas to look even more diverse than just with the initial paint effects.
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:
CFD "Engineers" wore a gray shirt and similar color construction worker type of helmet.
Note hose ropes tied around hoses and lashed to the truck to relieve tension on the hose coupling. Engineer feels his 3" line to check if water is currently flowing - no computerized flow meters on these rigs!
first type of their computerized tickets
-used by all cubao-mendez units
-8898-9901
-9909-14
or when HP units are unavailable
OTA: Celestron Nexstar 6se Schmidt Cassegrain
Mount: Computerized GOTO Alt-Azimuth
Camera: Celestron Neximage 5
Software: Registax 6, Adobe Lightroom
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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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.
159743 joined the Navy in 1976 as part of VS-28 ("Hukkers"), but served most of its career with VS-24 ("Scouts") off the USS Nimitz (CVN-68). 159743 was with VS-24 in 1991 during the First Gulf War when it became the first S-3 to drop bombs in anger over a land target, when the squadron struck Iraqi positions on the Kuwaiti coast. In 1993, it was transferred to the Navy's test establishment and was retired from VX-20 at NAS Patuxent River, Maryland in 1999. Returned to Lockheed, it was used in airframe fatigue tests at the Lockheed Marietta plant. In 2010, 159743 was donated to the Marietta Museum of History's airpark.
159743 is missing its engines and looks a little worn, but it's good to see that the first S-3 to see combat has been saved. It wears the overall light gray scheme carried by "Hoovers" in the last decade of their career; the "Force" tail emblem is a carryover from VX-20. It is displayed with wings folded.
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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 had 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. 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 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 has 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 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 was gradually retired; today, only a handful remain with Navy testing units.
This model represents a S-3A assigned to VS-38 ("Red Griffins") aboard the USS Ranger in the late 1980s. It is configured for the antishipping role, with an AGM-84 Harpoon on the port wing and three LAU-3 rocket pods on the starboard. The subdued overall gray camouflage had been adopted fleetwide by this time, making gaudy squadron colors a thing of the past. It is also displayed with the MAD boom extended.
A tour group from Java came to the museum in Denpasar, Bali while we were there. The tour guide was a friend of ours so the children felt comfortable taking our picture. They took many pictures. I took this with my camera held at my waist, shooting blind.
I found my description had been translated into Bahasa Indonesia and then back into English:
A organisation of tourists from Java came to a notable relic in Denpasar, Bali, whilst you were there. The beam was a crony of ours, so which a young kids were gentle in a image. They took most pictures. we took my camera to my waist was banishment blindly.
Computerized translation strikes again.
Analysis and extraction of data has occurred for centuries. The methods used in early times were convention that mainly used pen and paper work. With advancements and increase in business techniques it has become important for a computerized set up for all types of data.
Specifications
50 Stitch Patterns
2 Digit LED Stitch Pattern Indicator
Auto-lock
Lock-A-Matic Stitch
Adjustable Stitch Width from 0 to 7 mm
Adjustable Stitch Length from 0 to 5 mm
Buttonhole System: One-step Sensor Type Automatic 3 Styles
External Feed Balancing Dial
SFS (Superior Feed System)
Box Feed System
Drop Feed System
Automatic Tension
Horizontal Thread Delivery
Lay-in Threading with Numbered Paths
2 Different Sized Thread Caps
Built-in Needle Threader
One Hand Thread Cutter
Snap-On Feet
Conveniently Located Reverse Button
Electronic Foot Control
Speed Control Lever
Failsafe Device: Electronic Beep
Jam Proof, Magnetic, Top Loading, Full Rotary Bobbin System
Auto Declutch Bobbin Winding
See Through Bobbin Cover with One Touch Release Button
Extra High Presser Foot Life for Extra Clearance
15 Needle Positions
Free Arm Removable Accessory Tray
Needle Stop "Up"
Memorized Needle Up/Down Key
Retractable Carrying Handle
Machine Weight: 18.2 lbs (8.2 kg)
Front Position Halogen Lightbulb
DC Motor
Sculpture Stitch (2 Lengths)
Bi-directional Blanket Stitch
24 Heirloom Stitches
6 Satin Decorative Stitches
Star Stitch
Released in September 2001 for the 2002 model year, Toyota released the Camry XV30 series as a larger sedan, but without a station wagon for the first time. The wagon's demise occurred due to its sales erosion to minivans and crossover SUVs.
Toyota redesigned this series from the ground up for the first time since the V30 and XV10. Through efficiency gains such as increased computerization, and by having the XV30 ride on the K platform introduced with the Toyota Highlander (XU20) of 2000, Toyota expedited the XV30 production development stage to 26 months, down from 36 months with the XV20. As a consequence, Toyota claimed the XV30 to have cost 30 percent less to design and develop than its predecessor. XV30 also had increased parts content over the XV20, but did not cost any more to manufacture.
Until the 2003 model year, the Camry Solara remained on the XV20 series chassis, and received only minor styling upgrades to the front and rear ends. However, the Solara did receive the same 2.4-liter 2AZ-FE I4 engine that was available on the Camry sedan. The US received three engine options, a 115 kW (154 hp) 2.4-liter inline-four, a 142 kW (190 hp) 3.0-liter V6, and a 157 kW (210 hp) 3.3-liter version of the same. The 3.3-liter was only available for the Camry's sportier "SE" model.
The white Camry here is undoubtedly a better car than any of the other designed this month. Faster, safer, more efficient, quieter. These are all the hallmarks of progress. The Camry's design, however, is the very definition of cautious.
In the future, no doubt, there will be some people who get misty eyed when they see one drive down the road. As mentioned, not a bad car, but not inspired either.
SM City Cebu is a large shopping mall located in Cebu City, Philippines. It is the 4th shopping mall owned and developed by SM Prime Holdings, the country's largest shopping mall owner and developer. It is the company's first shopping mall outside Metro Manila and the 4th largest shopping mall in the Philippines. It has a land area of 11.8 hectares and a gross floor area of 268,611 m2 ( 2,891,300 sq ft ), becoming part of the world's 15 largest shopping malls and making it the 11th largest shopping mall in the world in 2009.
On an average day, more than 100,000 people visit SM City Cebu, with the figure increasing to 140,000 to 150,000 on weekends. Due to Cebu City's position as a transshipment point for the Visayas and Mindanao, and SM City Cebu's location close to the city's port area, the mall attracts a significant number of transient shoppers.
SM City Cebu proves that variety is the spice of life. You can find an array of exciting food choices, from fast food chains to elegant fine dining restaurants. You can also experience retail heaven with its many shops such as Oxygen, Penshoppe, Mango, Topshop, Promod, People Are People, The Body Shop, National Bookstore, Ace Hardware, Toy Kingdom, Toby’s Sport and much more.
The mall first opened in November 1993, and was seen as catering to the low and middle class of shoppers, in contrast to its upmarket competitor, Ayala Centre Cebu which opened a few months later. An expansion wing that particularly targeted upper class customers was added in 2007. As of 2009, the mall has undergone major renovations. Expansion plans with a hotel and convention centre are being developed. More shops are being proposed in 2012.
SM City Cebu is a four-level complex featuring eight cinemas with a total seating capacity of 8,848, a food court, a fully computerized bowling centre, 8,000-square meter amusement centre, and a 2,000-square meter trade hall. Before the addition of the North wing, it had a car park capacity of 1,629.
The North wing expansion, opened in 2007, features two floors of retail stores, restaurants, and cafes. It houses more than 200 tenants and caters to a more upscale clientele. The expansion also added three levels of covered parking, and a one level of roof deck parking.
SM City Cebu, opened on November 27, 1993 with an area of 161,562 m2 (1,739,040 sq ft ). Initially To attract shoppers, Manila-based movie and television stars and entertainers performed free concerts at the mall. Free jeepney rides to the mall were offered to fulfil the lack of available public transportation.
Construction on SM City Cebu's expansion building, dubbed the North wing, began in March 2006. The expansion, which was developed at a cost of Peso’s 1.3 billion ( US$30.5 million ), was built on the parking lot to the north of the existing building, temporarily decreasing the number of parking spaces by more than 30%. The North wing was started in April 2007, and opened in November 2007, featuring spacious hallways catering to the leisure market and upper class customers, while the existing mall, re dubbed as the South wing, is targeted for those who love the hustle and bustle. It increased the total gross floor area of SM City Cebu by 107,049 m2 ( 1,152,270 sq ft ), for a total of 268,611 m2
( 2,891,300 sq ft ).
IMAX ~ In early 2008, SM Prime Holdings signed a deal with IMAX Corporation for the opening of additional IMAX theatres, following the success of the country's first IMAX theatre at SM Mall of Asia. The IMAX theatre planned for SM City Cebu will replace cinema four screens. It will feature clearer picture quality due to its use of a digital projector rather than a film projector. A budget of Peso’s100-million ( $2.4 million ) was allotted for the renovation and was opened to the public last July 9, 2010 with James Cameron's Avatar in 3D
This is an original drawing using old fashioned textured white paper and an archival ink #1 brush pen. I don’t do computerized digital work….I don’t know how to do that.
-Rebecca Rees
Caltrans Kodiak Northwest rotary snowplow, with automated guidance system. Kingvale, California near I-80, just east of Donner Pass.
Find out how this machine helps prevent cannibalism on the blog!
Here is my latest marble machine. It is called Mr. Marbles because the bowtie reminds me of Mr. Peanut. This machine is made from Maple, Cherry, and Zebrawood for the bowtie, however each one I make will have a different species of wood for the bowtie to give them each a bit of uniqueness. Every part has been made by hand, no cnc milling or computerized design was used.
Here is the youtube video:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=GBG3hctA3P8&feature=youtu.be
Enjoy!
Michael Long (Larry Anderson), an undercover police officer, is shot while investigating a case and left for dead by his assailants. He is rescued by Wilton Knight (Richard Basehart), a wealthy, dying millionaire and inventor who arranges life-saving surgery, including a new face and a new identity--that of Michael Knight (David Hasselhoff). Michael is then given a special computerized and indestructible car called the Knight Industries Two Thousand (nicknamed KITT), and a mission: apprehend criminals who are beyond the reach of the law. The series depicts Michael's exploits as he and KITT battle the forces of evil on behalf of the Foundation for Law and Government.
Meerut City Railway Station is one of the two stations that serve Meerut. The other station is Meerut Cantonment Railway Station. It falls on the New Delhi-Saharanpur railway line. The station is under the administrative control of the Northern Railways.
The station is located about 6 km from the Collector's Office in Meerut. Seat reservations are computerized. Dehradun-Bandra Express, Jalandhar-New Delhi Express, Indore-Dehradun Express, Jalandhar-New Delhi Express, Shalimar Express, Allahabad-Saharanpur Nauchandi Express, Golden Temple Mail and Chhattisgarh Express are the main train connections.
This is a LEGO radiotherapy playset with a medical linear accelerator (LINAC), a CT scanner (computer tomograph) for treatment planning (and diagnostic CT scane), and a control room for both LINAC and CT scanner.
Shown is the CT scan room.
The CT resembles a Philips IQON Elite spectral CT. The patient table of the CT is movable.
There is a shelf with plushies for little patients, a chest of drawers, and a sink. A toolbox on a cart, a stretcher, and a wheelchair have been stored there (temporarily).
Next to the CT there is an injector for contrast agent.