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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
Our cataloguing systems haven't really changed since 1960s, but indexing and searching has been computerized. Plus we invented subject headings somewhere along the line.
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
Voted ballots are collected in locked boxes beneath the computerized ballot machines during the June 15 recount process at the Osage Nation Election Office. BENNY POLACCA/ Osage News
((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.
Sailing - Common Swift in the sky! 2008 © All rights reserved. - PC-graphic .
Mursejler, Common Swift (Apus apus), (Apodiformes), (Apodidae)
The bird genus Apus comprise some of the Old World members of the family Apodidae, commonly known as swifts.
They are among the fastest birds in the world. Common Swifts are 16-17 cm long with a wingspan of 38-44cm, weight 35-56 grams, and entirely blackish-brown except for a small white or pale grey patch on their chins which is not visible from a distance. They have a short forked tail and very long swept-back wings that resemble a crescent or a boomerang.
They resemble swallows, to which they are not related, but have shorter tails and sickle-shaped wings. Swifts spend most of their life aloft, have very short legs and use them mostly to cling to surfaces.
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Like flying anchors, these symbols of high summer have greater mastery of the air than any other bird. Swifts drink, bathe, preen, collect food and nesting material all without alighting. The night is spent on the wing and they are the only bird known to mate on the wing.
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www.commonswift.org/swift_english.html
www.birdsofbritain.co.uk/bird-guide/swift.asp
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_Swift
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Mursejleren lever i flokke, og de flyver skrigende over byens tage.
Mursejleren er noget større end en svale. Den flyver højt på himlen og er svær at sætte størrelse på. Kroppen måler 17-18 cm, og mursejleren er altså lidt mindre end en stær. Men vingefanget er helt oppe på 40-44 cm.
Fjerdragten er helt gråsort. På panden har den hvidligt skællede fjer og struben er helt hvid.
Mursejleren er bygget til lufthavet med lange, smalle vinger, torpedoformet krop og kort hale. Den lever af flyvende smådyr i de øverste luftlag – mest insekter, men også små edderkopper, som flyver efter en lang tråd.
Mursejlerne kommer til Danmark midt i maj, og de trækker bort igen i august-september. De overvintrer i det sydlige Afrika.
Der er flest mursejlere i byområderne på Øerne og langs den østlige side af Jylland. I hele det sandede Midt- og Vestjylland er den fåtallig. Bestanden er anslået til 100.000 ynglepar.
Mursejleren er udbredt i hele Skandinavien, bortset fra det nordvestligste Norge. Den er vidt udbredt i hele Europa, Nordafrika, Mellemøsten og Asien.
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www.fugleognatur.dk/artintro.asp?ID=431&dknavn=Mursej... apus
2003-07-19M271-crop+(MG024ROCKZ)(NY)
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Nothing you see here is real, even though the conversion or the presented background story might be based on historical facts. BEWARE!
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.
I call this CMC machining - Computerized Manual Control. I have developed a program to print lathe coordinates for manual machining to create curves and tapers.
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
North American RA-5C 'Vigilante' (BuNo 156625) pictured at NAS Key West, Florida, during its assignment to Reconnaissance Attack Squadron (RVAH) 3, May 4, 1979-edited-Not part of my personal collection.
un-edited-Not part of my personal collection
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The North American A-5 Vigilante is an American carrier-based supersonic bomber designed and built by North American Aviation for the United States Navy. It set several world records including long distance speed and altitude records. Its service in the nuclear strike role to replace the Douglas A-3 Skywarrior was very short; however, as the RA-5C, it saw extensive service during the Vietnam War in the tactical strike reconnaissance role. Prior to the unification of the Navy designation sequence with the Air Force sequence in 1962, it was designated the A3J Vigilante.
Design and development
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 United States Navy aircraft carrier. It had a high-mounted swept wing with a boundary-layer control system (blown flaps) to improve low-speed lift. There were 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 (the same as used on the McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II fighter), fed by intake ramps and a single large all-moving vertical stabilizer. Preliminary design studies had employed twin vertical fin/rudders. The wings, vertical stabilizer and the nose radome folded for carrier stowage. 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) seated on individual North American HS-1A ejection seats.
Despite being designated by the US Navy as a "heavy", the A-5 was surprisingly agile; without the drag of bombs or missiles, even escorting fighters found that the clean airframe and powerful engines made the Vigilante very fast at high and low altitudes. However, its high approach speed and high angle of attack in the landing configuration made returning to the aircraft carrier a challenge for inexperienced or unwary pilots.
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.
Given its original design as a carrier-based, supersonic, nuclear heavy attack aircraft, the Vigilante's main armament was carried in a novel "linear bomb bay" between the engines in the rear fuselage, which provided for positive separation of the bomb from the aircraft 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 per second (30 knots) relative to the aircraft. It thereafter followed a typical ballistic path.
In practice, the system was not reliable and no live weapons were ever carried in the linear bomb bay. In the RA-5C configuration, the bay was used solely for fuel. On three occasions, the shock of the catapult launch caused the fuel cans to eject onto the deck; this resulted in one aircraft loss.
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. In practice the hardpoints were rarely used. Other improvements included blown flaps on the leading edge of the wing and sturdier landing gear.
The reconnaissance version of the Vigilante, the RA-5C, 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 ECM. 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-build RA-5Cs had more powerful J79-10 engines with afterburning thrust of 17,900 lbf (80 kN). 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 cost it acceleration and climb rate, though it remained fast in level flight.
The Royal Australian Air Force considered the RA-5C Vigilante as a replacement for its English Electric Canberra. The McDonnell F-4C/RF-4C, Dassault Mirage IVA, and the similar BAC TSR-2 was also considered. However, the TFX (later the F-111C Aardvark) was accepted.
Fully Posted Sofa
Imported Fabric
Computerized Stitching of fabric design
Sofa includes 3+2+1
Guarantee of 10 years of Foam and Structure
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 time ago, I built a Lego MRI system as a giveaway for a pediatric radiologist and had it CT scanned later. So the poor minifig got a double scan ;-)
This is the axial scan shown as cine.
Note that the density of the bricks is different for each color.
In MRI, Lego material would have no signal, of course.
This is a photograph of the lego toy MRI itself:
Times Square New Years Eve Ball Drop in New York City 2014 - 2015
The Times Square Ball is a time ball located atop the One Times Square building in New York City, primarily utilized as part of New Year's Eve celebrations held in Times Square. Yearly at 11:59 p.m. EST on December 31, the ball is lowered 77 feet (23 m) down a specially designed flagpole, resting on the midnight to signal the start of the new year. The first ball drop in Times Square took place on December 31, 1907, and has been held annually since (except in 1942 and 1943 in observance of wartime blackouts). The ball's design has also been updated over the years to reflect new advances in technologies—its original design utilized 100 incandescent light bulbs, iron, and wood in its construction, while its current incarnation features a computerized LED lighting system and an outer surface consisting of triangle-shaped crystal panels. As of 2009, the ball is also displayed atop One Times Square year-round and is removed only for general maintenance.
The Times Square ball drop is one of the best-known New Year's celebrations internationally, attended by at least one million spectators yearly, with an estimated global audience of at least 1 billion. The prevalence of the Times Square ball drop has also inspired other similar "drops" held locally in other cities and towns around the world.
“Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve with Ryan Seacrest,”
Performers of the 2014 - 2015 celebration Jenny McCarthy, Anderson Cooper, O.A.R., Idina Menzel, American Authors, Magic!, Jencarlos Canela, Florida Georgia Line, Va Por ti including Yazaira López, - José Enrique Poyato -Virginia Stille - Fernando Corona - Ana Cristina Pagán, Alejandra Guzmán, Taylor Swift,
For more on New Years Eve in Times Square visit:
www.timessquarenyc.org/index.aspx
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Times Square, New York City, USA, North America
12-31-2014
Times Square New Years Eve Ball Drop in New York City 2015 - 2016
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 2015 - 2016 celebration
Daya
Wiz Khalifa & Charlie Puth
Jessie J
Demi Lovato
CNCO
Luke Bryan
Maluma -(Juan Luis Londoño Arias) reggaeton singer from Medellín, Colombia performing Borro Cassette and Carnaval
Carrie Underwood
Jessie J (singing 'Imagine')
For more on New Years Eve in Times Square visit:
www.timessquarenyc.org/index.aspx
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Times Square, New York City, USA The United States of America, North America
12-31-2015
The above photo of the Orion constellation is a representation of one of the hallmark star patterns in the evening night sky from December through April. Orion is the Hunter from Greek mythology. He is sometimes imagined in a half-kneeling stance as a human image that the ancient Greeks projected on the night sky. Different ancient civilization projected their own mythological figures onto the star patterns in the night by connecting the “star dots” into their own stick figure star patterns.
The rectangular area of the sky shown in the Flickr photo is an area is about 34x50 full Moons in size. Close examination of the Flickr photo reveals a wide array of colorful stars that populate its myriad of background stars. This region of the sky is known as the Orion Molecular Cloud Complex which is a giant stellar nursery in which new stars are constantly forming.
The constellation has 7 prominent stars that form its instantly recognizable geometric pattern in the sky. The identity of the major stars are usually given by Arabic or Latin names. The most recognizable stars that stand out to the unaided eye are the 3 star of Orion’s belt stars. These stars are Alnitak, Alnilam, and Mintaka. These are the 3 bright supergiant stars forming the inclined line in the center of the photo.
Another prominent star is Betelguese, which marks the upper-right shoulder of Orion and is located quadrant of the photo and is above Orion’s belt. Betelguese is an old red supergiant that is nearing the end of its life. It is clearly red in the Flickr photo.
Opposite Betelguese in the upper-right quadrant of the photo is the star Bellatrix. Bellatrix is a young blue supergiant star that lies above Orion’s belt. Bellatrix marks the position of Orion’s left shoulder. The bright blue supergiant star named Saiph is located in the lower-left quadrant of the photo below Orion’s belt. This star marks the location of Orion’s kneeling left knee.The star Rigel is located in the lower-right quadrant of the photo below Orion’s belt. Rigel is hot blue supergiant that is a young star. Rigel represents Orion’s right foot in his half-kneeling stance being held by the Hunter.
In addition to the prominent stars of the Flickr photo, there is the Orion Nebula (M42) which is the second bright white and red object in the column of three bright objects aligned vertically below Orion’s belt. M42 is often referred to as beings in the center of Orion’s sword which is suspended from Orion’s belt. Several nebulae are adjacent to the Alnitak, the left-most star in Orion’s belt. These nebulae are the red emission Flame Nebula (NGC 2024), the dark Horsehead Nebula (B33), and the large red emission nebula (IC 434). Barnard’s Loop is the large semi-circular red emission nebula arc that encompasses Orion’s belt, M42, and the right foot star Rigel. Orion’s head is located by the large red round nebula between the shoulder stars of Betelguese and Bellatrix at the top center of the photo. Several blue stars mark the center of Orion’s head. The primary stars in Orion are in located in our cosmic backyard. They are from several hundred to a few thousand light years from Earth.
The camera that was used to acquire the Flickr photo image data is much more sensitive than the human eye to the colors in the night sky. The long exposure used to capture the image data far exceeds the color threshold sensitivity capability and image retention of the human eye to reveal nebulae that would be otherwise invisible.
The raw image data for the Flickr photo was made available for processing by Adam Block. The data was obtained using a Canon EOS Ra camera with a Canon EF 24-105mm f/4 L IS USM zoom lens. The zoom lens was set at f/5.6 with a focal length of 70mm. The ISO value was set at 3200 and the exposure time for each light frame was 320 seconds. Twenty-seven light frames were taken for a total exposure time of 2.4 hours. Ten 320 second dark frames were taken to calibrate light frames. A computerized tracking mount was used to fix the stars of each of the 27 exposures at the same location on the camera’s sensor to counteract the Earth’s rotational motion.
The following software was used to process the Orion constellation’s raw data: Affinity Photo, PixInsight, Photoshop 2021, Topaz Denoise AI, and Topaz Sharpen AI.
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
UN Women witnesses the launch of Thailand’s first IT-equipped One Stop Crisis Centre that promises to give immediate social assistance to children, women, elderly and persons with disabilities who face problems of teenage pregnancy, human trafficking and domestic violence.
The One Stop Crisis Centre (OSCC) houses a Hotline of trained staff with network of 22,000 crisis centers around the country and works with 1,300 mobile units to access communities. Administered by the Ministry of Social Development and Human Security, the OSCC functions with computerized database where survivors are able to report cases to all government agencies, not necessarily with the police to navigate through the justice chain.
Photo credit: UN Women/Montira Narkvichien
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.
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.
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.
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
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.
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.
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!
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.
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
Pan American World Airways, originally founded as Pan American Airways and commonly known as Pan Am, was the principal and largest international air carrier and unofficial overseas flag carrier of the United States for much of the 20th century. It was the first airline to fly worldwide and pioneered numerous innovations of the modern airline industry, such as jet aircraft, jumbo jets, and computerized reservation systems. Until its dissolution in 1991, Pan Am "epitomized the luxury and glamour of intercontinental travel", and it remains a cultural icon of the 20th century, identified by its blue globe logo ("The Blue Meatball"), the use of the word "Clipper" in its aircraft names and call signs, and the white uniform caps of its pilots.
Founded in 1927 by two former U.S. Air Force majors, Pan Am began as a scheduled airmail and passenger service flying between Key West, Florida, and Havana, Cuba. Under the leadership of American entrepreneur Juan Trippe, in the 1930s the airline purchased a fleet of flying boats and focused its route network on Central and South America, gradually adding transatlantic and transpacific destinations. By the mid-20th century, Pan Am enjoyed a near monopoly on international routes. It led the aircraft industry into the Jet Age by acquiring new jetliners such as the Boeing 707 and Boeing 747. Pan Am's modern fleet allowed it to fly larger numbers of passengers, at a longer range, and with fewer stops than rivals. Its primary hub and flagship terminal was the Worldport at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York City.
During its peak between the late 1950s and early 1970s, Pan Am was world renowned for its advanced fleet, experienced and highly trained staff, and numerous amenities. In 1970 alone, it flew 11 million passengers to 86 countries, with destinations in every continent save Antarctica. In an era dominated by flag carriers that were wholly or majority-owned by governments, it became the unofficial national carrier of the U.S. Pan Am was a founding member of the International Air Transport Association (IATA), the global airline industry association, and helped shape the industry standard in hospitality and customer service.
Beginning in the mid-1970s, Pan Am began facing a series of challenges both internal and external, along with rising competition from the deregulation of the airline industry in 1978. After several attempts at financial restructuring and rebranding throughout the 1980s, Pan Am gradually sold off its assets before declaring bankruptcy in 1991. By the time it ceased operations, the airline's trademark was the second most recognized worldwide, and its loss was felt among travelers and many Americans as signifying the end of the golden age of air travel. Its brand, iconography, and contributions to the industry remain well known in the 21st century.
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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
Kopernik Observatory & Science Center - Southwestern Equatorial Room: 14 in (0.36 m) f/11 C14 Schmidt-Cassegrain Reflector manufactured by Celestron of Torrance, California, USA, which uses a Celestron CGE Computerized German Equatorial Mount.
I arrived early tonight, while it was still light outside. The domes were open for setup and they allowed me to wander around, taking photographs.