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Sagrada Família or Basílica i Temple Expiatori de la Sagrada Família (Catalan) or Basílica de la Sagrada Familia (Spanish) or Basilica of the Holy Family, is a large still largely unfinished church building in the Eixample district of Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. Designed by the Catalan architect Antoni Gaudí (1852–1926), his work on Sagrada Família is part of a UNESCO World Heritage Site. On 7 November 2010, Pope Benedict XVI consecrated the church and proclaimed it a minor basilica. On 19 March 1882, construction of the Sagrada Família began under architect Francisco de Paula del Villar. In 1883, when Villar resigned, Gaudí took over as chief architect, transforming the project with his architectural and engineering style, combining Gothic and curvilinear Art Nouveau forms. Gaudí devoted the remainder of his life to the project, and he is buried in the crypt. At the time of his death in 1926, less than a quarter of the project was complete. Relying solely on private donations, the Sagrada Família's construction progressed slowly and was interrupted by the Spanish Civil War. In July 1936, revolutionaries set fire to the crypt and broke their way into the workshop, partially destroying Gaudí's original plans, drawings and plaster models, which led to 16 years of work to piece together the fragments of the master model. Construction resumed to intermittent progress in the 1950s. Advancements in technologies such as computer aided design and computerized numerical control (CNC) have since enabled faster progress and construction passed the midpoint in 2010. However, some of the project's greatest challenges remain, including the construction of ten more spires, each symbolizing an important Biblical figure in the New Testament. It was anticipated that the building would be completed by 2026, the centenary of Gaudí's death, but this has now been delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The basilica has a long history of splitting opinion among the residents of Barcelona: over the initial possibility it might compete with Barcelona's Cathedral, over Gaudí's design itself, over the possibility that work after Gaudí's death disregarded his design, and the 2007 proposal to build a tunnel nearby as part of Spain's high-speed rail link to France, possibly disturbing its stability. Describing the Sagrada Família, art critic Rainer Zerbst said "it is probably impossible to find a church building anything like it in the entire history of art", and Paul Goldberger describes it as "the most extraordinary personal interpretation of Gothic architecture since the Middle Ages". The basilica is not the cathedral church of the Archdiocese of Barcelona, as that title belongs to the Cathedral of the Holy Cross and Saint Eulalia (Barcelona Cathedral). The Basílica de la Sagrada Família was the inspiration of a bookseller, Josep Maria Bocabella, founder of Asociación Espiritual de Devotos de San José (Spiritual Association of Devotees of St. Joseph). After a visit to the Vatican in 1872, Bocabella returned from Italy with the intention of building a church inspired by the basilica at Loreto. The apse crypt of the church, funded by donations, was begun 19 March 1882, on the festival of St. Joseph, to the design of the architect Francisco de Paula del Villar, whose plan was for a Gothic revival church of a standard form. The apse crypt was completed before Villar's resignation on 18 March 1883, when Antoni Gaudí assumed responsibility for its design, which he changed radically. Gaudi began work on the church in 1883 but was not appointed Architect Director until 1884. On the subject of the extremely long construction period, Gaudí is said to have remarked: "My client is not in a hurry." When Gaudí died in 1926, the basilica was between 15 and 25 percent complete. After Gaudí's death, work continued under the direction of his main disciple Domènec Sugrañes i Gras until interrupted by the Spanish Civil War in 1936. Parts of the unfinished basilica and Gaudí's models and workshop were destroyed during the war by Catalan anarchists. The present design is based on reconstructed versions of the plans that were burned in a fire as well as on modern adaptations. Since 1940, the architects Francesc Quintana, Isidre Puig Boada, Lluís Bonet i Gari and Francesc Cardoner have carried on the work. The illumination was designed by Carles Buïgas. The director until 2012 was the son of Lluís Bonet, Jordi Bonet i Armengol. He has been introducing computers into the design and construction process since the 1980s. In 2012, Barcelona-born Jordi Faulí i Oller took over as architect of the project. Mark Burry of New Zealand serves as Executive Architect and Researcher. Sculptures by J. Busquets, Etsuro Sotoo and the controversial Josep Maria Subirachs decorate the fantastical façades. The central nave vaulting was completed in 2000 and the main tasks since then have been the construction of the transept vaults and apse. As of 2006, work concentrated on the crossing and supporting structure for the main steeple of Jesus Christ as well as the southern enclosure of the central nave, which will become the Glory façade. The church shares its site with the Sagrada Família Schools building, a school originally designed by Gaudí in 1909 for the children of the construction workers. Relocated in 2002 from the eastern corner of the site to the southern corner, the building now houses an exhibition. Chief architect Jordi Faulí announced in October 2015 that construction was 70 percent complete and had entered its final phase of raising six immense steeples. The steeples and most of the church's structure are to be completed by 2026, the centennial of Gaudí's death; as of a 2017 estimate, decorative elements should be complete by 2030 or 2032. Visitor entrance fees of €15 to €20 finance the annual construction budget of €25 million. Computer-aided design technology has been used to accelerate construction of the building. Current technology allows stone to be shaped off-site by a CNC milling machine, whereas in the 20th century the stone was carved by hand. In 2008, some renowned Catalan architects advocated halting construction to respect Gaudí's original designs, which, although they were not exhaustive and were partially destroyed, have been partially reconstructed in recent years. In 2018, the stone type needed for the construction was found in a quarry in Brinscall, near Chorley, England. The main nave was covered and an organ installed in mid-2010, allowing the still-unfinished building to be used for liturgies. The church was consecrated by Pope Benedict XVI on 7 November 2010 in front of a congregation of 6,500 people. A further 50,000 people followed the consecration Mass from outside the basilica, where more than 100 bishops and 300 priests were on hand to distribute Holy Communion. Gaudí's original design calls for a total of eighteen spires, representing in ascending order of height the Twelve Apostles, the Virgin Mary, the four Evangelists and, tallest of all, Jesus Christ. Nine spires have been built as of 2021, corresponding to four apostles at the Nativity façade and four apostles at the Passion façade and the Virgin Mary spire. According to the 2005 "Works Report" of the project's official website, drawings signed by Gaudí and recently found in the Municipal Archives, indicate that the spire of the Virgin was in fact intended by Gaudí to be shorter than those of the evangelists. The spire height will follow Gaudí's intention, which according to the report will work with the existing foundation. The Evangelists' spires will be surmounted by sculptures of their traditional symbols: a winged bull (Saint Luke), a winged man (Saint Matthew), an eagle (Saint John), and a winged lion (Saint Mark). The central spire of Jesus Christ is to be surmounted by a giant cross; its total height (172.5 meters (566 ft)) will be less than that of Montjuïc hill in Barcelona, as Gaudí believed that his creation should not surpass God's. The lower spires are surmounted by communion hosts with sheaves of wheat and chalices with bunches of grapes, representing the Eucharist. Plans call for tubular bells to be placed within the spires, driven by the force of the wind, and driving sound down into the interior of the church. Gaudí performed acoustic studies to achieve the appropriate acoustic results inside the temple. However, only one bell is currently in place.
The completion of the spires will make Sagrada Família the tallest church building in the world—11 meters taller than the current record-holder, Ulm Minster, which is 161.5 meters (530 ft) at its highest point. The Church will have three grand façades: the Nativity façade to the East, the Passion façade to the West, and the Glory façade to the South (yet to be completed). The Nativity Façade was built before work was interrupted in 1935 and bears the most direct Gaudí influence. In 2010 an organ was installed in the chancel by the Blancafort Orgueners de Montserrat organ builders. The instrument has 26 stops (1,492 pipes) on two manuals and a pedalboard. To overcome the unique acoustical challenges posed by the church's architecture and vast size, several additional organs will be installed at various points within the building. These instruments will be playable separately (from their own individual consoles) and simultaneously (from a single mobile console), yielding an organ of some 8,000 pipes when completed. Together with six other Gaudí buildings in Barcelona, part of la Sagrada Família is a UNESCO World Heritage Site, as testifying "to Gaudí's exceptional creative contribution to the development of architecture and building technology", "having represented el Modernisme of Catalonia" and "anticipated and influenced many of the forms and techniques that were relevant to the development of modern construction in the 20th century". The inscription only includes the Crypt and the Nativity Façade.
Delta Xray Dual Weapon System (DWS)
DX Company bought weapon plans for Fabrique Nationale's FN2000 and upgraded them into this multi-role gun. Gun is in much part computerized and uses enchanced mechanic parts (like self-recharger for sniper rifle - no gas pipes - or electronic ignition system - no hammer). Due to this, gun will totally break down after an EMP or rough water/sand treatment.
Upper Barrel - 7.62x51mm Sniper Rifle (20 rounds in mag)
Lower Barrel - 5.7x28mm SMG (40 rounds in mag - works like the mag in P90)
Scope is on QD mounts, normally held in backpack.
Front sight is flippable, rear is 'pop-up'. Little button behind the rear sight (lower picture) pops out the sights
Took me 3-4 days to think, and 3 hours to make. I can upload pasties for anything u want from this gun, just give me a hint in comments.
A 36 row planter. A large part of the Pitstick Farm operation. Shown in the retracted position. The feeders will be lowered to the soil and seed distribution controlled automatically by the computerized electronics in the tractor. The large yellow hoppers send seed to the mini-hoppers for each row pneumatically.
About 3 minutes of video is here: youtu.be/584eKtjkRXc?hd=1
LCRFM
The Shamen-Ebeneezer Goode
Soup Dragons-I'm Free
Daft Punk feat. Jay-Z-Computerized
The KLF-Last Train To Trancentral
Lily Allen-Sheezus
Counting Crows-Mr. Jone
Bingo Players-Knock You Out
EMF-Unbelievable
Ferreck Dawn and Redondo-Love To
Tubthumping-I Get Knocked Down
Right Said Fred-I`m Too Sexy
New Radicals-You Get What You Give
Dimitri Vegas and Martin Garrix-Like M
The Farm-All Together Now
George Michael-Older
Hanson-MMMBop
Aloe Blacc-The Man
All Saints-Pure Shores
Jack the Biscuit-Tell Me Please
Hey! dw-Blue Is The Warmest
Pharrell Williams Ft Daft Punk-Gust of Wind
Prince-Pussy Control Bass Boosted
Three Lions-Football's Coming Home
Sagrada Família or Basílica i Temple Expiatori de la Sagrada Família (Catalan) or Basílica de la Sagrada Familia (Spanish) or Basilica of the Holy Family, is a large still largely unfinished church building in the Eixample district of Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. Designed by the Catalan architect Antoni Gaudí (1852–1926), his work on Sagrada Família is part of a UNESCO World Heritage Site. On 7 November 2010, Pope Benedict XVI consecrated the church and proclaimed it a minor basilica. On 19 March 1882, construction of the Sagrada Família began under architect Francisco de Paula del Villar. In 1883, when Villar resigned, Gaudí took over as chief architect, transforming the project with his architectural and engineering style, combining Gothic and curvilinear Art Nouveau forms. Gaudí devoted the remainder of his life to the project, and he is buried in the crypt. At the time of his death in 1926, less than a quarter of the project was complete. Relying solely on private donations, the Sagrada Família's construction progressed slowly and was interrupted by the Spanish Civil War. In July 1936, revolutionaries set fire to the crypt and broke their way into the workshop, partially destroying Gaudí's original plans, drawings and plaster models, which led to 16 years of work to piece together the fragments of the master model. Construction resumed to intermittent progress in the 1950s. Advancements in technologies such as computer aided design and computerized numerical control (CNC) have since enabled faster progress and construction passed the midpoint in 2010. However, some of the project's greatest challenges remain, including the construction of ten more spires, each symbolizing an important Biblical figure in the New Testament. It was anticipated that the building would be completed by 2026, the centenary of Gaudí's death, but this has now been delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The basilica has a long history of splitting opinion among the residents of Barcelona: over the initial possibility it might compete with Barcelona's Cathedral, over Gaudí's design itself, over the possibility that work after Gaudí's death disregarded his design, and the 2007 proposal to build a tunnel nearby as part of Spain's high-speed rail link to France, possibly disturbing its stability. Describing the Sagrada Família, art critic Rainer Zerbst said "it is probably impossible to find a church building anything like it in the entire history of art", and Paul Goldberger describes it as "the most extraordinary personal interpretation of Gothic architecture since the Middle Ages". The basilica is not the cathedral church of the Archdiocese of Barcelona, as that title belongs to the Cathedral of the Holy Cross and Saint Eulalia (Barcelona Cathedral). The Basílica de la Sagrada Família was the inspiration of a bookseller, Josep Maria Bocabella, founder of Asociación Espiritual de Devotos de San José (Spiritual Association of Devotees of St. Joseph). After a visit to the Vatican in 1872, Bocabella returned from Italy with the intention of building a church inspired by the basilica at Loreto. The apse crypt of the church, funded by donations, was begun 19 March 1882, on the festival of St. Joseph, to the design of the architect Francisco de Paula del Villar, whose plan was for a Gothic revival church of a standard form. The apse crypt was completed before Villar's resignation on 18 March 1883, when Antoni Gaudí assumed responsibility for its design, which he changed radically. Gaudi began work on the church in 1883 but was not appointed Architect Director until 1884. On the subject of the extremely long construction period, Gaudí is said to have remarked: "My client is not in a hurry." When Gaudí died in 1926, the basilica was between 15 and 25 percent complete. After Gaudí's death, work continued under the direction of his main disciple Domènec Sugrañes i Gras until interrupted by the Spanish Civil War in 1936. Parts of the unfinished basilica and Gaudí's models and workshop were destroyed during the war by Catalan anarchists. The present design is based on reconstructed versions of the plans that were burned in a fire as well as on modern adaptations. Since 1940, the architects Francesc Quintana, Isidre Puig Boada, Lluís Bonet i Gari and Francesc Cardoner have carried on the work. The illumination was designed by Carles Buïgas. The director until 2012 was the son of Lluís Bonet, Jordi Bonet i Armengol. He has been introducing computers into the design and construction process since the 1980s. In 2012, Barcelona-born Jordi Faulí i Oller took over as architect of the project. Mark Burry of New Zealand serves as Executive Architect and Researcher. Sculptures by J. Busquets, Etsuro Sotoo and the controversial Josep Maria Subirachs decorate the fantastical façades. The central nave vaulting was completed in 2000 and the main tasks since then have been the construction of the transept vaults and apse. As of 2006, work concentrated on the crossing and supporting structure for the main steeple of Jesus Christ as well as the southern enclosure of the central nave, which will become the Glory façade. The church shares its site with the Sagrada Família Schools building, a school originally designed by Gaudí in 1909 for the children of the construction workers. Relocated in 2002 from the eastern corner of the site to the southern corner, the building now houses an exhibition. Chief architect Jordi Faulí announced in October 2015 that construction was 70 percent complete and had entered its final phase of raising six immense steeples. The steeples and most of the church's structure are to be completed by 2026, the centennial of Gaudí's death; as of a 2017 estimate, decorative elements should be complete by 2030 or 2032. Visitor entrance fees of €15 to €20 finance the annual construction budget of €25 million. Computer-aided design technology has been used to accelerate construction of the building. Current technology allows stone to be shaped off-site by a CNC milling machine, whereas in the 20th century the stone was carved by hand. In 2008, some renowned Catalan architects advocated halting construction to respect Gaudí's original designs, which, although they were not exhaustive and were partially destroyed, have been partially reconstructed in recent years. In 2018, the stone type needed for the construction was found in a quarry in Brinscall, near Chorley, England. The main nave was covered and an organ installed in mid-2010, allowing the still-unfinished building to be used for liturgies. The church was consecrated by Pope Benedict XVI on 7 November 2010 in front of a congregation of 6,500 people. A further 50,000 people followed the consecration Mass from outside the basilica, where more than 100 bishops and 300 priests were on hand to distribute Holy Communion. Gaudí's original design calls for a total of eighteen spires, representing in ascending order of height the Twelve Apostles, the Virgin Mary, the four Evangelists and, tallest of all, Jesus Christ. Nine spires have been built as of 2021, corresponding to four apostles at the Nativity façade and four apostles at the Passion façade and the Virgin Mary spire. According to the 2005 "Works Report" of the project's official website, drawings signed by Gaudí and recently found in the Municipal Archives, indicate that the spire of the Virgin was in fact intended by Gaudí to be shorter than those of the evangelists. The spire height will follow Gaudí's intention, which according to the report will work with the existing foundation. The Evangelists' spires will be surmounted by sculptures of their traditional symbols: a winged bull (Saint Luke), a winged man (Saint Matthew), an eagle (Saint John), and a winged lion (Saint Mark). The central spire of Jesus Christ is to be surmounted by a giant cross; its total height (172.5 meters (566 ft)) will be less than that of Montjuïc hill in Barcelona, as Gaudí believed that his creation should not surpass God's. The lower spires are surmounted by communion hosts with sheaves of wheat and chalices with bunches of grapes, representing the Eucharist. Plans call for tubular bells to be placed within the spires, driven by the force of the wind, and driving sound down into the interior of the church. Gaudí performed acoustic studies to achieve the appropriate acoustic results inside the temple. However, only one bell is currently in place.
The completion of the spires will make Sagrada Família the tallest church building in the world—11 meters taller than the current record-holder, Ulm Minster, which is 161.5 meters (530 ft) at its highest point. The Church will have three grand façades: the Nativity façade to the East, the Passion façade to the West, and the Glory façade to the South (yet to be completed). The Nativity Façade was built before work was interrupted in 1935 and bears the most direct Gaudí influence. In 2010 an organ was installed in the chancel by the Blancafort Orgueners de Montserrat organ builders. The instrument has 26 stops (1,492 pipes) on two manuals and a pedalboard. To overcome the unique acoustical challenges posed by the church's architecture and vast size, several additional organs will be installed at various points within the building. These instruments will be playable separately (from their own individual consoles) and simultaneously (from a single mobile console), yielding an organ of some 8,000 pipes when completed. Together with six other Gaudí buildings in Barcelona, part of la Sagrada Família is a UNESCO World Heritage Site, as testifying "to Gaudí's exceptional creative contribution to the development of architecture and building technology", "having represented el Modernisme of Catalonia" and "anticipated and influenced many of the forms and techniques that were relevant to the development of modern construction in the 20th century". The inscription only includes the Crypt and the Nativity Façade.
The cockpit instruments are entirely computerized. Very high-tech. There's a flight computer in the center console. Just type some stuff in and the plane flies you there. Pretty neat, huh? They call it a "glass cockpit" because there's no vacuum instruments or mechanical gauges (but they still exist elsewhere for backup purposes).
The world of healthcare is becoming computerized. Patients from all walks of life are learning that they can get their information quickly through computerized efforts. Physicians are learning that they can access your data a lot faster if they can just type in a few words and your entire...
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My Singer Superb computerized sewing machine. Prior to getting this 3 years ago I sewed on the Kenmore I bought way back in 1974. This was my 1st modern sewing machine and it brought a new level of joy and creativity into my life long love of sewing. This is a wonderful sewing machine and came with an extension table and lots of presser feet and accessories. The only problem is the light is too dim so I bought the Bendable Bright Light. I did not use the plastic disks that come with the light for attaching it. Instead I use stick on velcro. Works much better. I also made a scrap bag out of vinyl. It runs under the machine and is stuck on with velcro. Under the right front of the machine (right where the scrap bag goes under the machine) are 3 pull out cards of all the stitches the Superb has. Each stitch has a number to access it. It's great--no scrolling to find the stitch you want!
Short 2 minute on the Superb: www.youtube.com/watch?v=2nv88nTV1Es
Bowling lanes at Playdrome in Cherry Hill. When I last bowled here in the early 90s, computerized bowling was recently installed here. The equipment has been upgraded but is still Brunswick.
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
In the picture, the colourful buildings of HK island, decorated for Christmas.Some building's faades have computerized lighting systems that are used for advertisement. In the middle, the TWO and ONE International Finance Centre buildings.Built in 2003, the 88-storey construction (TWO, on the left) is the tallest building of HK, rasing 415m over the streets
8-inch TEC APO refractor mounted on a Losmandy computerized drive (big bucks!) on the left, and 24-inch Dobsonian reflector (huge light bucket!), with owners preparing for a night of star gazing at Mt. Pinos. Mt. Pinos is around 8300 feet elevation, and is the base for a Nordic ski camp in the winter. Cold at night, even in the summer.
LCRFM
The Shamen-Ebeneezer Goode
Soup Dragons-I'm Free
Daft Punk feat. Jay-Z-Computerized
The KLF-Last Train To Trancentral
Lily Allen-Sheezus
Counting Crows-Mr. Jone
Bingo Players-Knock You Out
EMF-Unbelievable
Ferreck Dawn and Redondo-Love To
Tubthumping-I Get Knocked Down
Right Said Fred-I`m Too Sexy
New Radicals-You Get What You Give
Dimitri Vegas and Martin Garrix-Like M
The Farm-All Together Now
George Michael-Older
Hanson-MMMBop
Aloe Blacc-The Man
All Saints-Pure Shores
Jack the Biscuit-Tell Me Please
Hey! dw-Blue Is The Warmest
Pharrell Williams Ft Daft Punk-Gust of Wind
Prince-Pussy Control Bass Boosted
Three Lions-Football's Coming Home
Sagrada Família or Basílica i Temple Expiatori de la Sagrada Família (Catalan) or Basílica de la Sagrada Familia (Spanish) or Basilica of the Holy Family, is a large still largely unfinished church building in the Eixample district of Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. Designed by the Catalan architect Antoni Gaudí (1852–1926), his work on Sagrada Família is part of a UNESCO World Heritage Site. On 7 November 2010, Pope Benedict XVI consecrated the church and proclaimed it a minor basilica. On 19 March 1882, construction of the Sagrada Família began under architect Francisco de Paula del Villar. In 1883, when Villar resigned, Gaudí took over as chief architect, transforming the project with his architectural and engineering style, combining Gothic and curvilinear Art Nouveau forms. Gaudí devoted the remainder of his life to the project, and he is buried in the crypt. At the time of his death in 1926, less than a quarter of the project was complete. Relying solely on private donations, the Sagrada Família's construction progressed slowly and was interrupted by the Spanish Civil War. In July 1936, revolutionaries set fire to the crypt and broke their way into the workshop, partially destroying Gaudí's original plans, drawings and plaster models, which led to 16 years of work to piece together the fragments of the master model. Construction resumed to intermittent progress in the 1950s. Advancements in technologies such as computer aided design and computerized numerical control (CNC) have since enabled faster progress and construction passed the midpoint in 2010. However, some of the project's greatest challenges remain, including the construction of ten more spires, each symbolizing an important Biblical figure in the New Testament. It was anticipated that the building would be completed by 2026, the centenary of Gaudí's death, but this has now been delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The basilica has a long history of splitting opinion among the residents of Barcelona: over the initial possibility it might compete with Barcelona's Cathedral, over Gaudí's design itself, over the possibility that work after Gaudí's death disregarded his design, and the 2007 proposal to build a tunnel nearby as part of Spain's high-speed rail link to France, possibly disturbing its stability. Describing the Sagrada Família, art critic Rainer Zerbst said "it is probably impossible to find a church building anything like it in the entire history of art", and Paul Goldberger describes it as "the most extraordinary personal interpretation of Gothic architecture since the Middle Ages". The basilica is not the cathedral church of the Archdiocese of Barcelona, as that title belongs to the Cathedral of the Holy Cross and Saint Eulalia (Barcelona Cathedral). The Basílica de la Sagrada Família was the inspiration of a bookseller, Josep Maria Bocabella, founder of Asociación Espiritual de Devotos de San José (Spiritual Association of Devotees of St. Joseph). After a visit to the Vatican in 1872, Bocabella returned from Italy with the intention of building a church inspired by the basilica at Loreto. The apse crypt of the church, funded by donations, was begun 19 March 1882, on the festival of St. Joseph, to the design of the architect Francisco de Paula del Villar, whose plan was for a Gothic revival church of a standard form. The apse crypt was completed before Villar's resignation on 18 March 1883, when Antoni Gaudí assumed responsibility for its design, which he changed radically. Gaudi began work on the church in 1883 but was not appointed Architect Director until 1884. On the subject of the extremely long construction period, Gaudí is said to have remarked: "My client is not in a hurry." When Gaudí died in 1926, the basilica was between 15 and 25 percent complete. After Gaudí's death, work continued under the direction of his main disciple Domènec Sugrañes i Gras until interrupted by the Spanish Civil War in 1936. Parts of the unfinished basilica and Gaudí's models and workshop were destroyed during the war by Catalan anarchists. The present design is based on reconstructed versions of the plans that were burned in a fire as well as on modern adaptations. Since 1940, the architects Francesc Quintana, Isidre Puig Boada, Lluís Bonet i Gari and Francesc Cardoner have carried on the work. The illumination was designed by Carles Buïgas. The director until 2012 was the son of Lluís Bonet, Jordi Bonet i Armengol. He has been introducing computers into the design and construction process since the 1980s. In 2012, Barcelona-born Jordi Faulí i Oller took over as architect of the project. Mark Burry of New Zealand serves as Executive Architect and Researcher. Sculptures by J. Busquets, Etsuro Sotoo and the controversial Josep Maria Subirachs decorate the fantastical façades. The central nave vaulting was completed in 2000 and the main tasks since then have been the construction of the transept vaults and apse. As of 2006, work concentrated on the crossing and supporting structure for the main steeple of Jesus Christ as well as the southern enclosure of the central nave, which will become the Glory façade. The church shares its site with the Sagrada Família Schools building, a school originally designed by Gaudí in 1909 for the children of the construction workers. Relocated in 2002 from the eastern corner of the site to the southern corner, the building now houses an exhibition. Chief architect Jordi Faulí announced in October 2015 that construction was 70 percent complete and had entered its final phase of raising six immense steeples. The steeples and most of the church's structure are to be completed by 2026, the centennial of Gaudí's death; as of a 2017 estimate, decorative elements should be complete by 2030 or 2032. Visitor entrance fees of €15 to €20 finance the annual construction budget of €25 million. Computer-aided design technology has been used to accelerate construction of the building. Current technology allows stone to be shaped off-site by a CNC milling machine, whereas in the 20th century the stone was carved by hand. In 2008, some renowned Catalan architects advocated halting construction to respect Gaudí's original designs, which, although they were not exhaustive and were partially destroyed, have been partially reconstructed in recent years. In 2018, the stone type needed for the construction was found in a quarry in Brinscall, near Chorley, England. The main nave was covered and an organ installed in mid-2010, allowing the still-unfinished building to be used for liturgies. The church was consecrated by Pope Benedict XVI on 7 November 2010 in front of a congregation of 6,500 people. A further 50,000 people followed the consecration Mass from outside the basilica, where more than 100 bishops and 300 priests were on hand to distribute Holy Communion. Gaudí's original design calls for a total of eighteen spires, representing in ascending order of height the Twelve Apostles, the Virgin Mary, the four Evangelists and, tallest of all, Jesus Christ. Nine spires have been built as of 2021, corresponding to four apostles at the Nativity façade and four apostles at the Passion façade and the Virgin Mary spire. According to the 2005 "Works Report" of the project's official website, drawings signed by Gaudí and recently found in the Municipal Archives, indicate that the spire of the Virgin was in fact intended by Gaudí to be shorter than those of the evangelists. The spire height will follow Gaudí's intention, which according to the report will work with the existing foundation. The Evangelists' spires will be surmounted by sculptures of their traditional symbols: a winged bull (Saint Luke), a winged man (Saint Matthew), an eagle (Saint John), and a winged lion (Saint Mark). The central spire of Jesus Christ is to be surmounted by a giant cross; its total height (172.5 meters (566 ft)) will be less than that of Montjuïc hill in Barcelona, as Gaudí believed that his creation should not surpass God's. The lower spires are surmounted by communion hosts with sheaves of wheat and chalices with bunches of grapes, representing the Eucharist. Plans call for tubular bells to be placed within the spires, driven by the force of the wind, and driving sound down into the interior of the church. Gaudí performed acoustic studies to achieve the appropriate acoustic results inside the temple. However, only one bell is currently in place.
The completion of the spires will make Sagrada Família the tallest church building in the world—11 meters taller than the current record-holder, Ulm Minster, which is 161.5 meters (530 ft) at its highest point. The Church will have three grand façades: the Nativity façade to the East, the Passion façade to the West, and the Glory façade to the South (yet to be completed). The Nativity Façade was built before work was interrupted in 1935 and bears the most direct Gaudí influence. In 2010 an organ was installed in the chancel by the Blancafort Orgueners de Montserrat organ builders. The instrument has 26 stops (1,492 pipes) on two manuals and a pedalboard. To overcome the unique acoustical challenges posed by the church's architecture and vast size, several additional organs will be installed at various points within the building. These instruments will be playable separately (from their own individual consoles) and simultaneously (from a single mobile console), yielding an organ of some 8,000 pipes when completed. Together with six other Gaudí buildings in Barcelona, part of la Sagrada Família is a UNESCO World Heritage Site, as testifying "to Gaudí's exceptional creative contribution to the development of architecture and building technology", "having represented el Modernisme of Catalonia" and "anticipated and influenced many of the forms and techniques that were relevant to the development of modern construction in the 20th century". The inscription only includes the Crypt and the Nativity Façade.
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((NOTE... This is the write up from 2010, 5-1/2 years before the tragic brain aneurysm robbed Carol of all the attributes mentioned about her skilled hands.))
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Carol's hands are never idle. When she's not making sure her environment is just right, and everything is in it's place... and clean; when she's not fixing and moving and revamping her world; when she's not shopping and adding and subtracting her surroundings; her hands are busy with arts and crafts and making both useful or ornamental things.
Carol's hands paint pictures, make crafts, knit, crochet and sew. Paintings are created, crafts are formed, and articles of clothing are produced. Her environment is filled with machines, materials, and the tools of her trade(s). Even when she rests and sits at the end of the day, her hands continue with some artistic endeavor.
When we first met, I saw Carol's fingers move at the speed of light... typing on keyboards at speeds far beyond what is considered normal. Her hands earned income in typography back then. Since then, I've seen those same hands and fingers produce every imaginable item possible. Those hands have clothed musicians, actors and dancers and have contributed to the arts in every possible way.
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The artist is both professionally trained and self-taught in traditional art mediums... as well as utilizing the computer for yet another means to a visual end.
My subjects include the familiar world around us... nature in all it's beauty; the four seasons; people; places; the effects of our involvement upon our world; the animal world; etc.
Since computer technology was invented, the development of other technologies went very fast as well. That is possible because things that were conventionally done manually have been digitalized and computerized over the last two decades. This specifically affects telecommunication and its manners. While we had mails that are brought to our mailbox by mailmen and telephones that could not be taken anywhere further than the length of their cords in the past, now we have electronic mail, text messages, instant messengers, and some other modern ways of telecommunicating.
Electronic mail, or e-mail, is one of the first digital telecommunicating systems that began to become popular in the early 90’s. It was and is still the most used means of modern telecommunication for it can contain a large number of characters and can be attached with multimedia files with a certain limit on their size. Today, there are many e-mail service providers available on the internet. A few of them that are widely used, for example, are Yahoo! Mail, Gmail, Hotmail, and AOL. In a nutshell, all of them provide the same basic purpose, which is to enable people worldwide to communicate with each other through e-mail. What differs each of them is the features that they have.
Gmail, the e-mail service provided by search engine giant Google, has been serving its users since 2007 and is currently an e-mail client provider with the most users worldwide since 2012 with approximately 900 million accounts. It is famous not because it is Google’s product, but because of its convenient features that other e-mail service providers do not have. If you happen to be someone interested to experience Gmail’s service, it does not take a long time to set up your account and explore its features.
How to sign in to Gmail
If it happens that you are new to Gmail, then most likely you never have a Google account before. Today, Google services are tied with a single, universal account; therefore you will be automatically able to access other products from Google once you register to Gmail. Gmail sign inprocess is simple and will not take more than ten minutes. In case you do not know Gmail’s website address, type mail.google.com or www.gmail.com on the address bar in your browser and let it take you to the website.
When you arrive in Gmail’s homepage, you will see a blue button on the top right corner of the page which has “create an account” text on it. In order to create an account, kindly click that button and it will take you to a new page. In this page, Gmail sign in form is shown on the right side and what you need to do is just inputting information that Gmail needs to make your account.
First, you will need to provide your full name, followed by a username that you have decided for your email address and a password. Similar to lots of other websites, you need to double-enter your password. What are required next is your birthday date, gender, mobile number, and another email address if you have any. Your mobile number here is not only for formality; it is required for Gmail’s two steps verification. It is one of Gmail’s privacy policies where users need to input certain random code that will be sent to their mobile number after they log in using username and password. After that, you only need to insert a captcha code to verify that you are not a program and choose the country where you live. After you’ve done to input everything in, just hit the ‘next step’ button on the bottom of the form and another page will appear. Gmail will then ask you to provide a profile picture for your identification, but this is optional and can always be done in the meantime.
If you happen to be a company owner and wanting to make a personalized e-mail address for your employees, Gmail is ready to serve you. To start, you just need to choose the ‘for work’ menu on the top menu bar in Gmail’s homepage. What you need to do next is just providing your company’s name, the desired e-mail domain (like @company.com), and the amount of employee that you are hiring at the moment. After that, the process is done and you can just inform your employees (or new employees) to register to the e-mail domain that you have created with Gmail sign in.
Benefits of a Gmail account login
Gmail: Customizing your account
Setting up a Gmail sign in account is that easy. After uploading a picture of yourself, there will be a notification telling you that your account has successfully been created. After it is done, what might be the first question that appears in your mind is you can customize the interface of your Gmail sign in inbox or not. It is absolutely possible since you are able to personalize it by changing the theme. To configure your inbox’s theme, click the settings button below your profile picture on the right top corner, which is depicted with a gear icon. Gmail sign in already has a pack of theme presets, so you can choose from them. If not, there are also custom themes that are made by other Gmail users. If it still does not appease you, then you can always upload a picture to be the background of your inbox. Now that your account is all set, it is the time to look around and explore Gmail’s features and their function.
Gmail: Perfectly organized layout
Gmail’s basic layout looks very similar with Google’s search engine, with a noticeable search bar on the middle top of the page. The search query can be more specific if you expand it by clicking the little arrow on the right end of the bar. The expanded search criteria include senders, recipients, mail subjects, the existence or absence of certain words or attachments, specific mail size, and a specific date. Another revolutionary feature that can be noticed easily is the inbox tabs. Gmail invented the tabs in order to improve the organization of your inbox by grouping them. There are five tabs, which are primary, social, promotions, updates, and forums. The primary tab basically contains incoming messages from personal e-mail accounts or corporate e-mails while other types of e-mails come into the other tabs.
You must be aware that the list on the left side of your mail list is your mail folders. There are your inbox, outbox, draft, trash, and so on. If you expand it, however, you will see that there is what is called ‘labels’. These labels are folders that are customizable and intended to give you the ability of organizing your mails more specifically. The default label presets that Gmail has already given are personal, work, and travel; but you can always add more label. In addition to the usual email folders, there is also a folder for your Google+ circles, if you are active in it.
Below the mail folders list, there is a feature which might be similar to that of Yahoo! or Windows Live messenger. As you can see, Gmail has a chat box integrated on its inbox; something which is, again, cannot be found in other e-mail client services. This chat box makes you able to converse with all of the Gmail users that you have been sending e-mail(s) to. At the same time, this Gmail offers to exchange this chat box with Hangouts chat platform. If you do so, you will be able to make audio calls, or even video calls. What is different between Hangouts chat and the traditional Gmail chat is that you are restricted to only talk with those who are already in your Google+ circles or you have added into your Google contacts. As an addition, Hangouts video call in a personal Gmail account can accommodate up to ten users at the same time, while work accounts can hold up to fifteen users. Of course, this is related to its function as a workplace communication service.
Gmail: Integration with other Google services
As already mentioned before, Gmail sign in is also tied to other Google services since Google uses one account to access all of its utilities. This gives a whole new experience and ease in managing the important things that matters to you. When you accept e-mails that have attachments on it, there are interesting and useful actions that can be done because of Google Drive and Docs integration. You can either save the attachment(s) to your Drive storage, or edit documents-type file attachments like Microsoft Office Word, Powerpoint, and Excel in Google Docs.
Recently Gmail integrates Google Calendar to its service. When there is a text that Gmail’s system recognizes as a date, you will see that the particular text it underlined with grey dots. If you click it, Gmail will automatically create a reminder on your Calendar on the specific date, then you can edit the details of the reminder. Google’s new service, Inbox, is also a great addition to Gmail. It combines Gmail’s full function, Google Calendar, Keep, and Hangouts. One can say that Inbox is a new, optimized Google organizer utilities combined in a single website.
Inbox’s layout is somewhat different than Gmail, although it still retains the mail folders on the left side of the page. Its layout merges e-mails, Calendar and Keep reminders, and flight times which it extracts from your e-mails, in a timeline layout. This way, you can keep track anything that is important for your daily activities. Not only that you can snooze your reminders, but also any kinds of incoming mails to notify you to read it later. Another fun feature from Inbox is that you can see all attachments without opening the e-mail threads.
Lastly, since Gmail is integrated with Google Drive, it also shares Drive’s storage space. After signing in to Google, all users are accommodated with 15 gigabytes storage for free. If you do not really use your Drive storage for storing files, 15 gigabytes will already able to store a very large number of both incoming and outcoming mails. If you do, however, there are some storage size choices which can be bought. The storage option is expandable up to 30 terabytes; thus you should not worry to lack a space for your important mails.
Gmail: Other features
Back in the past, sometimes we received mails from people we do not know, or companies we never have any relation with. It also happens today, when almost every mail is sent through e-mail. Of course you can report certain mails as a spam; and this feature is absolutely available in other e-mail client providers. However, when you report a spam, Gmail’s system does not just block similar mails for you in the future, but also do so to all other Gmail users.
Gmail also care for the security of its users’ account. That is why Gmail sign in implements only the best security method in its e-mailing experience. As already mentioned before, logging in to Gmail needs two steps of verification; the first one is using username and password, and the second one is using a verification code that is sent to your mobile number. Apart from that, Gmail also prevents viruses to infect its users’ device by scanning every mail and attachments when a user is going to open a mail. If it has a virus, Gmail will clean it upon the process of opening the mail. Gmail sign in will also lock accounts that attempt to download or receive a large number of mails in one time for 24 hours.
Lastly, sign in offers its users to participate and contribute their feedback on its experimental features and services as a part of their improvement and development program, called Gmail Labs. In this feature, we can try Gmail’s utilities that are unofficially released yet and give our opinion about them. Many of these experimental utilities end up being released, such as the ‘unsend’ feature that was released recently, which enables users to abort their sent e-mails within 30 seconds after it is being sent.
Captures made with a handheld Nikon D40 aimed into a Celestron NexStar 8SE Telescope. Special thanks to Jason Kendall of The Inwood Astronomy Project.
I volunteered with Camp Createability today to help students who are classified on the autism spectrum to produce their own videos. We took the campers on a tour of the WKOW (channel 27) studios here in Madison. Production is almost entirely computerized now, but these analog control boards are maintained as a backup system.
Fully Posted Sofa
Imported Fabric
Computerized Stitching of fabric design
Sofa includes 3+2+1
Guarantee of 10 years of Foam and Structure
In United States service, the Hawkeye provides all-weather airborne early warning and command and control functions for the carrier battle group. Additional missions include surface surveillance coordination, strike and interceptor control, search and rescue guidance and communications relay. An integral component of the carrier air wing, the E-2C uses computerized sensors to provide early warning, threat analysis and control of counteraction against air and surface targets. It is a high-wing aircraft with stacked antennae elements contained in a 24-foot (7.3 m) rotating dome above the fuselage.
The continuous improvements in early airborne radars by 1956 led to the concept of an airborne early warning and command and control aircraft. The first aircraft to perform this mission was the Grumman E-1 Tracer (a variant of the S-2 Tracker anti-submarine aircraft), which saw service from 1958 to 1977. The E-1's successor, the E-2 Hawkeye, was the first carrier-based aircraft designed from the outset for the all-weather airborne early warning and command and control function. The first production version, the E-2A, entered service in January 1964.
The original E-2C, known as the Group 0, became operational in 1973 and has been through several upgrade programs since then. The first of these was the E-2C Group I which replaced the older APS-125 radar and T56-A-425 engines with the improved APS-139 and T56-A-427. This version was soon followed by the further improved Group II which now featured the APS-145 radar. The Group II has been incrementally upgraded with new navigation systems, displays and computers culminating in the E-2C Hawkeye 2000 variant (sometimes referred to as Group III, although the term is no longer used as an official designation).
.The Hawkeye 2000 features the APS-145 radar with a new mission computer and CIC (Combat Information Center) workstations (Advanced Control Indicator Set or ACIS), and carries the U.S. Navy’s new CEC (cooperative engagement capability) data-link system. It is also fitted with a larger capacity vapor cycle avionics cooling system. A variant of the Group II with the upgrades to the mission computer and CIC workstations is referred to as the MCU/ACIS. All Group II aircraft have had their 1960s vintage computer-processors replaced by a mission computer with the same functionality but built using more modern computer technology. This is referred to as the GrIIM RePr (Group II Mission Computer Replacement Program, pronounced "grim reaper"). In 2007 and 2008 a hardware and software upgrade package is being added to Hawkeye 2000 aircraft that allows faster processing, double current trackfile capacity, and access to satellite information networks. Hawkeye 2000 cockpits are also being upgraded to include solid-state glass displays, upgraded weather detection systems, and GPS-approach capability. Testing for in-flight refueling modifications is also being conducted.
Cradle of Aviation Museum Long Island NY
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.
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"BINGO! Hold your cards!," caller Dolores Byrne yells out to Wednesday night's crowd. "That's a good bingo."
Ms. Byrne, 76, has been the bingo caller at the American Legion Jack C Fortune Post No. 205 on Highland Avenue for 15 years. In that time, she has befriended all the regulars and watched as bingo technology has become computerized.
"Oh, I love it, I don't know why," Ms. Byrne says about the game and her role. "I just enjoy the people. We have a beautiful crowd," she said.
"Where is everybody tonight? My goodness. Well, as long as we're here, that's all that counts."
Every Wednesday from 7:30 to 10 p.m. you can find Ms. Byrne behind a table with numbered balls popping and a grid to place them. Because her husband was a veteran, she became involved with Post No. 205. She volunteered regularly and then signed up for the caller position.
"Everything we have going on here is to help the veterans," she said, and she is happy to help.
The first hour or so before the game starts is more of a social hour, to catch up with friends. It's hard to believe that in a while everyone will be vying for the cash winnings.
Every so often, Ms. Byrne has someone fill in for her, and she gets behind several bingo cards herself for a night of 17 games. She won't play on a night she's working, though, because other players get suspicious.
Once "she won a game, we caught the dickens," Jim Hodges, bingo committee chairman and junior vice commander of the post said. "They thought it was rigged."
The two laugh at the thought.
The only tip from her 15 years of experience that Ms. Byrne let slip was the rule of leaving for the night once you win. You don't want to test your luck.
And to the losers?
"Have a piece of candy. We don't charge for the candy," Ms. Byrne said, gesturing toward the bowl full of various hard candies on her console table.
"We tell all the losers, come up and have a piece of candy."
And there's always next week and 17 more chances to win.
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photo column for the Augusta Chronicle.
i just started a weekly summer sports photo column, too. i'll probably be posting some of them here after they run.
An old N.J. vechicle inspection card showing all the inspections they preformed, today only emissions and is computerized. This would go under your winshield wiper and each station would punch the results, the last station would either give you a pass sticker or you got the card back with a fail sticker. This was from my 1974 Ford Torino's last inspection, which I gave up on and donated to a charity since it wasn't yet old enough for Historic registration.
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Daft Punk feat. Jay-Z-Computerized
The KLF-Last Train To Trancentral
Lily Allen-Sheezus
Counting Crows-Mr. Jone
Bingo Players-Knock You Out
EMF-Unbelievable
Ferreck Dawn and Redondo-Love To
Tubthumping-I Get Knocked Down
Right Said Fred-I`m Too Sexy
New Radicals-You Get What You Give
Dimitri Vegas and Martin Garrix-Like M
The Farm-All Together Now
George Michael-Older
Hanson-MMMBop
Aloe Blacc-The Man
All Saints-Pure Shores
Jack the Biscuit-Tell Me Please
Hey! dw-Blue Is The Warmest
Pharrell Williams Ft Daft Punk-Gust of Wind
Prince-Pussy Control Bass Boosted
Three Lions-Football's Coming Home
Sagrada Família or Basílica i Temple Expiatori de la Sagrada Família (Catalan) or Basílica de la Sagrada Familia (Spanish) or Basilica of the Holy Family, is a large still largely unfinished church building in the Eixample district of Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. Designed by the Catalan architect Antoni Gaudí (1852–1926), his work on Sagrada Família is part of a UNESCO World Heritage Site. On 7 November 2010, Pope Benedict XVI consecrated the church and proclaimed it a minor basilica. On 19 March 1882, construction of the Sagrada Família began under architect Francisco de Paula del Villar. In 1883, when Villar resigned, Gaudí took over as chief architect, transforming the project with his architectural and engineering style, combining Gothic and curvilinear Art Nouveau forms. Gaudí devoted the remainder of his life to the project, and he is buried in the crypt. At the time of his death in 1926, less than a quarter of the project was complete. Relying solely on private donations, the Sagrada Família's construction progressed slowly and was interrupted by the Spanish Civil War. In July 1936, revolutionaries set fire to the crypt and broke their way into the workshop, partially destroying Gaudí's original plans, drawings and plaster models, which led to 16 years of work to piece together the fragments of the master model. Construction resumed to intermittent progress in the 1950s. Advancements in technologies such as computer aided design and computerized numerical control (CNC) have since enabled faster progress and construction passed the midpoint in 2010. However, some of the project's greatest challenges remain, including the construction of ten more spires, each symbolizing an important Biblical figure in the New Testament. It was anticipated that the building would be completed by 2026, the centenary of Gaudí's death, but this has now been delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The basilica has a long history of splitting opinion among the residents of Barcelona: over the initial possibility it might compete with Barcelona's Cathedral, over Gaudí's design itself, over the possibility that work after Gaudí's death disregarded his design, and the 2007 proposal to build a tunnel nearby as part of Spain's high-speed rail link to France, possibly disturbing its stability. Describing the Sagrada Família, art critic Rainer Zerbst said "it is probably impossible to find a church building anything like it in the entire history of art", and Paul Goldberger describes it as "the most extraordinary personal interpretation of Gothic architecture since the Middle Ages". The basilica is not the cathedral church of the Archdiocese of Barcelona, as that title belongs to the Cathedral of the Holy Cross and Saint Eulalia (Barcelona Cathedral). The Basílica de la Sagrada Família was the inspiration of a bookseller, Josep Maria Bocabella, founder of Asociación Espiritual de Devotos de San José (Spiritual Association of Devotees of St. Joseph). After a visit to the Vatican in 1872, Bocabella returned from Italy with the intention of building a church inspired by the basilica at Loreto. The apse crypt of the church, funded by donations, was begun 19 March 1882, on the festival of St. Joseph, to the design of the architect Francisco de Paula del Villar, whose plan was for a Gothic revival church of a standard form. The apse crypt was completed before Villar's resignation on 18 March 1883, when Antoni Gaudí assumed responsibility for its design, which he changed radically. Gaudi began work on the church in 1883 but was not appointed Architect Director until 1884. On the subject of the extremely long construction period, Gaudí is said to have remarked: "My client is not in a hurry." When Gaudí died in 1926, the basilica was between 15 and 25 percent complete. After Gaudí's death, work continued under the direction of his main disciple Domènec Sugrañes i Gras until interrupted by the Spanish Civil War in 1936. Parts of the unfinished basilica and Gaudí's models and workshop were destroyed during the war by Catalan anarchists. The present design is based on reconstructed versions of the plans that were burned in a fire as well as on modern adaptations. Since 1940, the architects Francesc Quintana, Isidre Puig Boada, Lluís Bonet i Gari and Francesc Cardoner have carried on the work. The illumination was designed by Carles Buïgas. The director until 2012 was the son of Lluís Bonet, Jordi Bonet i Armengol. He has been introducing computers into the design and construction process since the 1980s. In 2012, Barcelona-born Jordi Faulí i Oller took over as architect of the project. Mark Burry of New Zealand serves as Executive Architect and Researcher. Sculptures by J. Busquets, Etsuro Sotoo and the controversial Josep Maria Subirachs decorate the fantastical façades. The central nave vaulting was completed in 2000 and the main tasks since then have been the construction of the transept vaults and apse. As of 2006, work concentrated on the crossing and supporting structure for the main steeple of Jesus Christ as well as the southern enclosure of the central nave, which will become the Glory façade. The church shares its site with the Sagrada Família Schools building, a school originally designed by Gaudí in 1909 for the children of the construction workers. Relocated in 2002 from the eastern corner of the site to the southern corner, the building now houses an exhibition. Chief architect Jordi Faulí announced in October 2015 that construction was 70 percent complete and had entered its final phase of raising six immense steeples. The steeples and most of the church's structure are to be completed by 2026, the centennial of Gaudí's death; as of a 2017 estimate, decorative elements should be complete by 2030 or 2032. Visitor entrance fees of €15 to €20 finance the annual construction budget of €25 million. Computer-aided design technology has been used to accelerate construction of the building. Current technology allows stone to be shaped off-site by a CNC milling machine, whereas in the 20th century the stone was carved by hand. In 2008, some renowned Catalan architects advocated halting construction to respect Gaudí's original designs, which, although they were not exhaustive and were partially destroyed, have been partially reconstructed in recent years. In 2018, the stone type needed for the construction was found in a quarry in Brinscall, near Chorley, England. The main nave was covered and an organ installed in mid-2010, allowing the still-unfinished building to be used for liturgies. The church was consecrated by Pope Benedict XVI on 7 November 2010 in front of a congregation of 6,500 people. A further 50,000 people followed the consecration Mass from outside the basilica, where more than 100 bishops and 300 priests were on hand to distribute Holy Communion. Gaudí's original design calls for a total of eighteen spires, representing in ascending order of height the Twelve Apostles, the Virgin Mary, the four Evangelists and, tallest of all, Jesus Christ. Nine spires have been built as of 2021, corresponding to four apostles at the Nativity façade and four apostles at the Passion façade and the Virgin Mary spire. According to the 2005 "Works Report" of the project's official website, drawings signed by Gaudí and recently found in the Municipal Archives, indicate that the spire of the Virgin was in fact intended by Gaudí to be shorter than those of the evangelists. The spire height will follow Gaudí's intention, which according to the report will work with the existing foundation. The Evangelists' spires will be surmounted by sculptures of their traditional symbols: a winged bull (Saint Luke), a winged man (Saint Matthew), an eagle (Saint John), and a winged lion (Saint Mark). The central spire of Jesus Christ is to be surmounted by a giant cross; its total height (172.5 meters (566 ft)) will be less than that of Montjuïc hill in Barcelona, as Gaudí believed that his creation should not surpass God's. The lower spires are surmounted by communion hosts with sheaves of wheat and chalices with bunches of grapes, representing the Eucharist. Plans call for tubular bells to be placed within the spires, driven by the force of the wind, and driving sound down into the interior of the church. Gaudí performed acoustic studies to achieve the appropriate acoustic results inside the temple. However, only one bell is currently in place.
The completion of the spires will make Sagrada Família the tallest church building in the world—11 meters taller than the current record-holder, Ulm Minster, which is 161.5 meters (530 ft) at its highest point. The Church will have three grand façades: the Nativity façade to the East, the Passion façade to the West, and the Glory façade to the South (yet to be completed). The Nativity Façade was built before work was interrupted in 1935 and bears the most direct Gaudí influence. In 2010 an organ was installed in the chancel by the Blancafort Orgueners de Montserrat organ builders. The instrument has 26 stops (1,492 pipes) on two manuals and a pedalboard. To overcome the unique acoustical challenges posed by the church's architecture and vast size, several additional organs will be installed at various points within the building. These instruments will be playable separately (from their own individual consoles) and simultaneously (from a single mobile console), yielding an organ of some 8,000 pipes when completed. Together with six other Gaudí buildings in Barcelona, part of la Sagrada Família is a UNESCO World Heritage Site, as testifying "to Gaudí's exceptional creative contribution to the development of architecture and building technology", "having represented el Modernisme of Catalonia" and "anticipated and influenced many of the forms and techniques that were relevant to the development of modern construction in the 20th century". The inscription only includes the Crypt and the Nativity Façade.
So, this is the big purchase of the weekend! A new Janome sewing machine! Can I just say, this thing basically thinks for me! I was very scared of the computerized machines, thinking it would take away all my control. The salesman was very helpful and explained that the machine only wants to help me. He threw in a 1/4" seam foot and a darning foot when I mentioned I would want those too, and this was the floor model so I got an extra $50 off! Bargain!
or for Film, Finally. I know it's not an exciting photo, but I'm excited that my problem is solved.
Polaroid Land Camera 103
Fuji Pack Film FP-3000B
Our local library only moved to a fully computerized system in the last few years. The card files are still in use.
Thank you so much to Bridget (Aviary Images) for pointing out that my polaroid land camera problem was probably the battery. It was (a battery had popped out), and I only wasted 7 exposures on that. Sheesh. I guess that's part of the fun of film -- the challenge.
For FILM26 and This Little Instant (*)
This was the first high dollar-high tech street rod I ever saw. It was shocking and elating in the late '80s to see a hot rod built using parts from European cars with computerized components and an interior worthy of a Rolls Royce. Yet with a funky American attitude and balls out stance.
This was a real eye opener on an extremely hot August day.
This is a sketch for a specimen poster i gotta do for this hebrew tagging font i am working on.
so basically i've decided on all the final letters for the hebrew alphabet and added some symbols as well.
the poster says "Fast Forward Calligrpahy" cause the tagging has many calligraphic elements in it and one of its main characteristics is that its done really fast.
i manually write the whole hebrew alphabet for this font in 30 secs.
so yea...it is now vectorized and computerized..
Schmidt Cassegrain type
5" inch telescope with 1250mm FOCAL
Recommended zoom magnification x175
Max x300
During a week-long psychology class project, students are assigned a computerized doll that cries at random moments, 24/7. Students must comfort the doll, feed it, change its diapers and rock it to make it stop crying. The challenges of caring for a real baby are made clear. The dolls have electronic bottles, diapers and a how-to manual -- unlike the real thing.
The staff at Animal Medical Clinic, Fayetteville, AR has state of the art diagnostic capabilities at its disposal. These include a tonopen for measuring intraocular (internal eye) pressure, a Doppler blood pressure unit, computerized ECG machine, an ultrasound machine, in-house serology, chemistry, and Complete Blood Count (CBC) machines. In addition, we use outside laboratories and work closely with board certified veterinary specialists such as an endocrinologist, cardiologist, dermatologist, and internist/oncologist. Our goal is to correctly diagnose a problem in order to provide proper treatment.
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