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Stoneware bundle of one of a kind beads available on Etsy. www.etsy.com/uk/listing/235928570/orange-stoneware-oddities
I went through my collection of metal and plastic buttons and picked out a few vintage treasures to use in a new jewelry piece.
Vacuum tubes, resistors, diodes, a Tube Screamer guitar pedal, transistors, terminal strips and more!
In the search for a better musical experience extracting better sound from my recent iFi DAC upgrade and get more pleasure in the sound presentation I discovered SOTM products, I searched for information of network streamers and similar user opinions about them, saw videos and all that I can find about on the web, and after reading lots of average consensus of users in their with their experience, and after some weeks acquired an SOTM sMS-200 Ultra without listening.
I have to admit that acquiring without listening is risky decision, and sometimes you could end with a unit that do not give any positive enhancement to your system. The intent was to remove my noisy Mac Pro from degrading the sound of the DAC, is this case an iFi iDSD Pro that has galvanic isolation but is very sensible to all cables and accessories before it, as any other DAC the quality of the USB connection is primordial to a better sound experience.
You can clean your computer USB, but you will pay the same or more than buy a optimised and clean dedicated computer exclusively for audio.
It’s that quality USB connection I was searching and found it on the SOTM sMS-200 Ultra, it impressive how a single device for giving you a great USB link affects the final sound.
Computers are terribly noisy devices, electricity in an apartment is full of noise, that contaminates the computer, processor, motherboard, fan, hard drive, external devices with bad power supply’s, even software resource needs generate noise, and that noise affects the link that is made from the computer to the DAC.
Any user like me trying to get better audio will start a journey of cleaning that USB transmission with galvanic isolated solutions, USB regenerators and re-clockers, and many other solutions that exist on the market and stores that clean the USB signal. Some of devices at every step give you an extra more, or a different presentation, or change the total presentation, sometimes in a good way, other times not accomplishing what they promote or I expect for the price
What did SOtM do, they produced a small audio optimised network computer to connect to your DAC by USB, it has an optimised and excellent internal clock board, but they build it with high quality audiophile components, for me they have made something very special that results very well on my system.
The SOtM SMS-200 Ultra is a simple audiophile network streamer for the only propose to pass the bits to your DAC in the cleanest way possible.
The sMS-200 Ultra supports various audio standard protocols like the Roon RAAT, HQPlayer, LibreSpot, Minim Server, Airplay, Bubble UPnP, DLNA, Squeezelite, and runs a light linux optimised version for audio called Eunhasu that can be upgraded with more functionality and add support for future DAC hardware.
Their service and support has been very receptive to beginner questions, with fast reply and helpful responses, thats a thumbs up for support. For me, product support is one of the most important features of any product.
The sOTM sMS-200 Ultra is an awesome product it made a big change for the better to my music enjoyment… The final result is based on my personal system, room, cables, and could be different on your system, but one thing I have certain, If anyone tries one of this units the change will be noticed for the better.
When I dedicate some of my time to write about it, it’s because I the product quality and benefit it gave me. Is common that the new upgraded unit is better than the last used solution, and the big motive I upgraded an stayed in the system. But regarding the presence I feel now when I listen to a good album, the SOtM sMS-200 Ultra is one of the best upgrades I have done in the last few years, and the upgrades where a lot.
Apart from some rock concerts, small jazz groups and some classical music concerts, my live music experience is not that active, I will not compare the real presentation that I can achieve, but instead the enjoyment the SOtM offered to me from my system, and with it came a new musical experience. The difference of hearing a real orchestra in plain euforia is something that I never heard any system being capable of, the real thing is a more powerful experience that any system or my small one can reproduce, I herd systems close to that reality with prices impossible to archive by a normal person, but with my hardware limitation, the emulation of the artist presence was upgraded to a new level.
All of this to explain that is difficult to quantify how better in my case the SOtM is compared to reality, but I can quantify listen experience before and after the SOtM, and here it goes.
The SOtM is all about music, after changing the in the box power supply for an SBooster it really shines, the music presentation grows a lot, and the speakers grow the sound to a huge presentation, the sound is so big that the room feels larger, a friend of mine when showing the music, started to look behind searching for surround speakers on the back wall, the SOtM sMS 200 Ultra really made the presentation of some albums impressive. One example of this is the Pink Floyd track On The Run from the Dark Side of the Moon album, or tracks from the album Blood from This Mortal Coil.
The SOtM sMS-200 Ultra is musical and not aggressive in any way, and has this 3D way of presenting the sound a sensation of magical sweetness without loss of information, I am loving it and ordered an SPS-500 Power supply with silver cable, it deserves the best friend to complement and shine even more.
The sound from my Mac Pro was somehow a little bi dimensional when compared to the SOtM, the highs sometimes where to much, and lacked the dimension that the SOtM has, it sounded ok but was not holographic like the sound I have now, and lacked some musicality, some albums where too harsh and very aggressive to be played, this doesn’t mean a bad recording will sound good, the bad will sound always bad, but good recording elevate your experience in a way with the SOtM that the computer did not acomplished.
When used with a good DAC and a quality usb cable, in my case the iFi iDSD Pro DAC and the Audioquest Diamond USB, it gave me impressive results connected to my Focal Solo 6be.
I find the SOtM sMS-200 Ultra very sensitive to power cables, I used Audioquest tornado cables on the iFI and SOtM, and they proved to result very well in my setup.
So I think audiophiles will love it, for me is not an option to revert back to my Mac Pro as a USB source.
If you are using a DAC connected to your computer, you have to try an SOtM streamer and see what you have been loosing in sound with your computer, and pair the SOtM with a good and decent power supply and it will really shine.
made with electronic components from a broken cd player (Flagstaff, AZ) and copper wire
95% recycled
june 2010
Apparently, the principal distributor of French components in Japan in the 1960s was a firm called France's Cycles Japan Ltd. or "FCJ" for short. This is a page from their Catalogue Nº3 (1966). Its particular interest is the Ad Hoc bell, though the variety of Ad-Hoc pump sizes available is pretty spectacular.
La empresa impulsa sistema alemán de formación dual
Visitó Frank-Walter Steinmeier, Secretario de Relaciones Exteriores de Alemania, planta de Schaeffler en Irapuato
IRAPUATO, GTO.– En el marco del viaje que realizó con una delegación comercial de empresarios Alemanes, el Dr. Frank-Walter Steinmeier, Secretario de Relaciones Exteriores de Alemania, visitó la planta de producción de Schaeffler Group en este municipio, donde Georg F. W. Schaeffler, socio y Presidente del Consejo del grupo Schaeffler, Bruce Warmbold, CEO de Schaeffler Americas y Gabriel Rivera, responsable de las operaciones de la firma en México, le dieron la bienvenida, así como a los demás integrantes de la delegación.
Georg Schaeffler, quien también formó parte de la delegación, destacó: “Nos da gusto que haya elegido esta factoría para realizar su visita, porque nuestras plantas en México representan importante apoyo para proveer a nuestros clientes en Norte y Centroamérica; además, con el centro de formación profesional “Schaeffler Academy” que se tiene en estas mismas instalaciones, formamos aprendices y estudiantes según el modelo “dual alemán”, fijamos a nivel regional altos estándares en la cualificación de nuestros empleados.”
Gabriel Rivera, presentó la planta de Schaeffler Irapuato, resaltando los siguientes puntos: “Fieles a nuestra filosofía ‘En la región–para la región’, atendemos a los clientes de la empresa en estas operaciones desde 2008, las cuales representan empleo para cerca de 800 colaboradores, con base en lo cual las actividades se han desarrollado con éxito”.
Dijo además que para el año próximo se tiene planeada la ampliación de sus capacidades, afirmó el directivo.
Esta factoría abastece rodamientos clásicos y productos para sistemas de motores y aplicaciones para el tren motriz a clientes del sector automotriz, a diversas industrias, así como a proveedores en México y Norteamérica.
El recorrido en la planta lo realizaron el Secretario de Relaciones Exteriores, el Dr. Frank-Walter Steinmeier, y los participantes de la delegación, a través de las áreas de producción y de formación y entrenamiento.
El Dr. Steinmeier aprovechó la visita para conversar con los aprendices, estudiantes e instructores, a quienes les preguntó sus experiencias. Como recuerdo y en agradecimiento a su visita, los aprendices le entregaron un juego de ajedrez diseñado y fabricado por ellos mismos.
Nayeli Mariela Becerra Rodríguez, quien estudia la carrera de Mecánica Industrial con especialidad en el tecnología de mecanizado, dijo: “Fue un gran honor para mí conocer al Secretario de Relaciones Exteriores de Alemania.”
Schaeffler México –como todos los centros de formación de Schaeffler en el mundo– ha integrado el exitoso sistema de Formación Dual alemán, dado que los colaboradores con cualificación de primer nivel son factor de éxito en la competencia global. En la “Schaeffler Academy” se encuentran actualmente 53 aprendices y 20 estudiantes de ingeniería con formación o carrera técnica bajo el citado sistema dual. La formación se realiza en los oficios de mecánico industrial, matricero y técnico en procesos de mecanizado. Hasta ahora han terminado su formación o estudios en esta institución alrededor de 160 jóvenes. Todos los egresados a la fecha han encontrado trabajo en la empresa.
En México, Schaeffler tiene actividades desde 1970. En Puebla se fundó la primera planta a mediados de los años 70, con la fabricación de productos de la marca LuK. Actualmente, alrededor de 1,100 empleados producen embragues, discos y componentes para embragues, volantes de inercia, embragues dobles en seco, y actuadores, para los fabricantes de automóviles de Norteamérica. En 1981 se inició una segunda planta en la Ciudad de México. Donde también se estableció en 1998 la división de Schaeffler Automotive Aftermarket. En total, Schaeffler da trabajo en México a mas de 2,200 colaboradores.
Con sus marcas INA, LuK y FAG, Schaeffler Group es líder a nivel mundial de soluciones en rodamientos, cojinetes de deslizamiento, tecnología de impulsión lineal y directa, así como proveedor de la industria automotriz de componentes de precisión y sistemas para el motor, la transmisión y el tren de conducción. Este grupo empresarial con actividades a nivel global, alcanzó facturación de 11.3 mil millones de euros en 2013. Con 79,000 empleados en el mundo, Schaeffler es una de las empresas industriales alemanas y europeas más grandes de propiedad familiar. Con 170 plantas en 49 países, cuenta con una red mundial de operaciones de producción, divisiones de investigación y desarrollo, sociedades de comercialización, oficinas de ingeniería y centros de formación.
FUENTE: Revista Automotores Informa
Captured 19 May 2021, 00:16 hrs ET, Springfield, VA, USA. Bortle 8 skies, Mallincam DS10C camera, Celestron 8 inch SCT f/6.2, exposure 60 sec, gain 10, bin 1, stack of 10 light frames, dark and flat frames subtracted, no filter.
Clouds: clear
Seeing: ok
Transparency: ok
Moon phase: 41%
FOV: 47 x 36 arcmin before crop
Resolution: 0.8 arcsec/pixel
Orientation: Up is South
Apparent magnitude: +8.4
Apparent size: 11 x 7 arcmin
Appearance: Beautiful interacting spiral galaxies.
From Wikipedia:
The Whirlpool Galaxy, also known as Messier 51a, M51a, and NGC 5194, is an interacting grand-design spiral galaxy with a Seyfert 2 active galactic nucleus. It lies in the constellation Canes Venatici, and was the first galaxy to be classified as a spiral galaxy. Its distance is estimated to be 31 million light-years away from Earth.
The galaxy and its companion, NGC 5195, are easily observed by amateur astronomers, and the two galaxies may be seen with binoculars. The Whirlpool Galaxy has been extensively observed by professional astronomers, who study it to understand galaxy structure (particularly structure associated with the spiral arms) and galaxy interactions.
What later became known as the Whirlpool Galaxy was discovered on October 13, 1773, by Charles Messier while hunting for objects that could confuse comet hunters, and was designated in Messier's catalogue as M51. Its companion galaxy, NGC 5195, was discovered in 1781 by Pierre Méchain, although it was not known whether it was interacting or merely another galaxy passing at a distance. In 1845, William Parsons, 3rd Earl of Rosse, employing a 72-inch (1.8 m) reflecting telescope at Birr Castle, Ireland, found that the Whirlpool possessed a spiral structure, the first "nebula" to be known to have one. These "spiral nebulae" were not recognized as galaxies until Edwin Hubble was able to observe Cepheid variables in some of these spiral nebulae, which provided evidence that they were so far away that they must be entirely separate galaxies even though they are seen close together.
The advent of radio astronomy and subsequent radio images of M51 unequivocally demonstrated that the Whirlpool and its companion galaxy are indeed interacting. Sometimes the designation M51 is used to refer to the pair of galaxies, in which case the individual galaxies may be referred to as M51a (NGC 5194) and M51b (NGC 5195).
Deep in the constellation Canes Venatici, M51 is often found by finding the easternmost star of the Big Dipper, Eta Ursae Majoris, and going 3.5° southwest. Its declination is, rounded, +47°, making it a circumpolar (never setting) for observers above the 43rd parallel north; it reaches a high altitude throughout this hemisphere making it an accessible object from the early hours in November through to the end of May, after which observation is more coincidental in modest latitudes with the risen sun (due to the Sun approaching to and receding from its Right Ascension, specifically figuring in Gemini, just to the north).
M51 is visible through binoculars under dark sky conditions, and it can be resolved in detail with modern amateur telescopes. When seen through a 100 mm telescope the basic outlines of M51 (limited to 5×6') and its companion are visible. Under dark skies, and with a moderate eyepiece through a 150 mm telescope, M51's intrinsic spiral structure can be detected. With larger (>300 mm) instruments under dark sky conditions, the various spiral bands are apparent with HII regions visible, and M51 can be seen to be attached to M51B.
As is usual for galaxies, the true extent of its structure can only be gathered from inspecting photographs; long exposures reveal a large nebula extending beyond the visible circular appearance. In 1984, thanks to the high-speed detector—the so-called image-photon-counting- IPCS—system—developed jointly by the CNRS Laboratoire d'Astronomie Spatiald (L.A.S.- CNRS) and the Observatoire de Haute Provence (O.H.P.) along with the particularly nice seeing offered by the Canada-France-Hawaii-Telescope (C.F.H.T.) 3.60m Cassegrain focus at Mauna Kea summit in Hawaii, Hua et al. detected the double component of the very nucleus of the Whirlpool galaxy (article in Astrophysical Letters and Communications, 1987, vol. 25, pp. 187–204).
Whirlpool Galaxy lies 31 million light-years from Earth and has an estimated diameter of 76,000 light-years. Overall the galaxy is about 43% the size of the Milky Way. Its mass is estimated to be 160 billion solar masses, or around 10.3% of the mass of Milky Way Galaxy.
A black hole, once thought to be surrounded by a ring of dust, but now believed to be partially occluded by dust instead, exists at the heart of the spiral. A pair of ionization cones extend from the active galactic nucleus.
The pronounced spiral structure of the Whirlpool Galaxy is believed to be the result of the close interaction between it and its companion galaxy NGC 5195, which may have passed through the main disk of M51 about 500 to 600 million years ago. In this proposed scenario, NGC 5195 came from behind M51 through the disk towards the observer and made another disk crossing as recently as 50 to 100 million years ago until it is where we observe it to be now, slightly behind M51.
The central region of M51 appears to be undergoing a period of enhanced star formation. The present efficiency of star formation, defined as the ratio of mass of new stars to the mass of star-forming gas, is only ~1%, quite comparable to the global value for the Milky Way and other galaxies. It is estimated that the current high rate of star formation can last no more than another 100 million years or so.
Three supernovae have been observed in the Whirlpool Galaxy:
In 1994, SN 1994I was observed in the Whirlpool Galaxy. It was classified as type Ic, indicating that its progenitor star was very massive and had already shed much of its mass, and its brightness peaked at apparent magnitude 12.91.
In June 2005 the type II supernova SN 2005cs was observed in the Whirlpool Galaxy, peaking at apparent magnitude 14.
On 31 May 2011 a type II supernova was detected in the Whirlpool Galaxy, peaking at magnitude 12.1. This supernova, designated SN 2011dh, showed a spectrum much bluer than average, with P Cygni profiles, which indicate rapidly expanding material, in its hydrogen-Balmer lines. The progenitor was probably a yellow supergiant and not a red or blue supergiant, which are thought to be the most common supernova progenitors.
On 22 January 2019, a supernova impostor, designated AT2019abn, was discovered in Messier 51. The transient was later identified as a luminous red nova. The progenitor star was detected in archival Spitzer Space Telescope infrared images. No object could be seen at the position of the transient in archival Hubble images, indicating that the progenitor star was heavily obstructed by interstellar dust. 2019abn peaked at magnitude 17, reaching an intrinsic brightness of -14.9.
In September 2020, the detection of a candidate exoplanet, named M51-ULS-1b, orbiting the high-mass X-ray binary M51-ULS-1 in this galaxy was announced. If confirmed, it would be the first known instance of an extragalactic planet, a planet outside the Milky Way Galaxy. The planet was detected by eclipses of the X-ray source (XRS), which consists of a stellar remnant (either a neutron star or a black hole) and a massive star, likely a B-type supergiant. The planet would be slightly smaller than Saturn and orbit at a distance of some tens of astronomical units.
NGC 5195 (also known as Messier 51b or M51b) is a dwarf galaxy that is interacting with the Whirlpool Galaxy (also known as M51a or NGC 5194). Both galaxies are located approximately 25 million light-years away in the constellation Canes Venatici. Together, the two galaxies are one of the most widely studied interacting galaxy pairs.
The Whirlpool Galaxy is the brightest galaxy in the M51 Group, a small group of galaxies that also includes M63 (the Sunflower Galaxy), NGC 5023, and NGC 5229. This small group may actually be a subclump at the southeast end of a large, elongated group that includes the M101 Group and the NGC 5866 Group, although most group identification methods and catalogs identify the three groups as separate entities.
The National Gas Turbine Establishment (NGTE Pyestock) in Fleet, part of the Royal Aircraft Establishment (RAE), was the prime site in the UK for design and development of gas turbine and jet engines. It was created by merging the design teams of Frank Whittle's Power Jets and the RAE turbine development team run by Hayne Constant. NGTE spent most of its lifetime as a testing and development centre, both for experimental developments and to support commercial engine companies.
The newly merged venture was nationalised. Pyestock, a former golf course in a secluded wooded spot between Farnborough and Fleet was chosen as the turbine development site, as the activities at the NGTE would be top secret and the surrounding woodland would dampen the noise. Construction began in 1949 with small test "cubicles" inside buildings like the Plant House. When the possibility of supersonic jets arose, the site was expanded to the north west, with the Air House and several large test cells built circa 1961.
For over 50 years Pyestock was at the forefront of gas turbine development. It was probably the largest site of its kind in the world. V bomber, Harrier and Tornado engines were tested on site. The power of the air house allowed Concorde's engines to be tested at 2,000 mph. Every gas turbine installed in Royal Navy ships was checked here; captured Soviet engines were discreetly examined.
In 1942 the Royal Aircraft Establishment (RAE) Turbine Division moved to new facilities in Pyestock. In 1944 Power Jets Ltd. (set up by Frank Whittle and two colleagues in 1936) merged with the RAE Turbine Division and was nationalised to form Power Jets (Research and Development) Ltd. In 1946 it was reconstituted as a division of the Ministry of Supply to form the National Gas Turbine Establishment.
The Admiralty Marine Engineering Establishment (formerly the Admiralty Fuel Experimental Station which developed the Admiralty three-drum boiler) was taken over by the NGTE in 1965.
Before The site was expanded,In the North West Corner Of Pyestock is The Plant House.
Its design mirrored the Compressor House of the old Pyestock site. In this building a hall housed the necessary plant for air supplies and down one side of the building individual cubicles contained test rigs where experiments were performed on individual components or scaled-down gas turbines. The Plant House was a scaled up, symmetrical version of this building with a centralised plant hall, two valve bays either side, and rows of cubicles on either side of those.
The Plant House was initially intended for combustion and aerodynamic experimentation and its solid brick construction reflected the requirements for a sturdy building in which to carry out these tests, and one which could contain any mishap.
Following the 1971 creation of the Ministry of Defence Procurement Executive, both the Admiralty Engineering Laboratory (1917-1977) and the Admiralty Oil Laboratory (1953-1977) were amalgamated with the NGTE. In 1995 the establishment became part of DERA.The establishment closed in 2000.
Foto tirada as 6:30hrs........A Lua é o único satélite natural da Terra, situando-se a uma distância de cerca de 340.516 km do nosso planeta.Visto da Terra, o satélite apresenta fases e exibe sempre a mesma face, fato que gerou inúmeras especulações a respeito do teórico lado escuro da Lua, que na verdade fica iluminado quando estamos no período chamado de Lua nova. Seu período de rotação é igual ao período de translação. A Lua não tem atmosfera e apresenta, embora muito escassa, água no estado sólido (em forma de cristais de gelo). Não tendo atmosfera, não há erosão e a superfície da Lua mantém-se intacta durante milhões de anos. É apenas afetada pelas colisões com meteoritos.
É a principal responsável pelos efeitos de maré que ocorrem na Terra, em seguida vem o Sol, com uma participação menor. Pode-se dizer do efeito de maré aqui na Terra como sendo a tendência de os oceanos acompanharem o movimento orbital da Lua, sendo que esse efeito causa um atrito com o fundo dos oceanos, atrasando o movimento de rotação da Terra cerca de 0,002 s por século, e, como consequência, a Lua se afasta de nosso planeta em média 3 cm por ano.
A Lua é, proporcionalmente, o maior satélite natural do nosso Sistema Solar. Sua massa é tão significativa em relação à massa da Terra que o eixo de rotação do sistema Terra-Lua encontra-se muito longe do eixo central de rotação da Terra. Alguns astrônomos usam este argumento para afirmar que vivemos em um dos componentes de um planeta duplo, mas a maioria discorda, uma vez que para que um sistema planetário seja duplo é necessário que seu eixo de rotação esteja fora dos dois corpos. De qualquer modo, a presença da Lua atua estabilizando o movimento de rotação da Terra.
Before my local shop for electronic components, Labb Elektronik, shut down, they gave away free bags with random stuff. These pictures are the result of sorting the components in these bags.
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Standard hole mount resistors, mostly with odd values. I've got 10* this amount
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Band Members of the U.S. Army Reserve Components provide musical support to 6th Regiment, Basic Camp Cadets' graduation on Brooks Field Aug. 16, 2019, after Cadets completed Cadet Summer Training at Fort Knox, Ky. The Band Members of the U.S. Army Reserve Components provided support throughout every graduation during Cadet Summer Training. | Photo by Madison Thompson, Cadet Summer Training Public Affairs Office
B0004985 Human cancer cells in culture
Credit: Matthew Daniels. Wellcome Images
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Human HeLa cells in culture, showing the nuclei in red and the tubulin component of the cytoskeleton in green. The blue staining is a mitotic checkpoint protein that remains in the cytoplasm until pro-metaphase when it is involved in regulating cell division. HeLa cells are derived from a human cervical cancer and can be propogated indefinitely in culture.
Confocal micrograph
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#3352 - 2017 Day 64: When one small component seems critical to functionality. It's small and apparently insignificant, but take it out ...
Kunwar Bros & Co. is a premium manufacturer and supplier of very high quality stainless steel components used for Architectural, Builder and Construction Applications. We are manufacturing products for many famous brand names around the world. We offer a comprehensive range of Architectural Builder's Hardware products. The range includes - Modular Railing, Stair Case Railing, Hand Rail Bracket, Glass Connectors, Door Handles, Pull Handles, Cabinet Fittings, Bathroom Fittings, Anchor Fasteners, Anchor Rods and many more.Our Products are manufactured all under one roof in order to exercise Total Quality Control . We work as an exclusive, high quality manufacturing base for companies in Europe and USA which specialize in developing, producing and marketing products in their respective markets. Our specialization in Manufacturing / Fabrication and investment casting has enabled us to reach out to a widespread network of clients across the Domestic and International Market.
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Before taking the T189 OU photographic course I had only taken family photos on a compact camera. This short 10 week course was the first time I had used a DSLR. Prior to this the only photo editing I had done was a bit of cropping and adjusting brightness and contrast, I had never used Photoshop before.
I passed the ECA with 95% (mark for the CMA was 98%):
Part 1 Visual Awareness: Outstanding
Part 1 Technical Quality : Excellent
Part 2 Written Component: Excellent
Comments were:
Part 1 (i) Visual Awareness - An excellent set of images my favourite of which is the Teddy Bears as I love the warm bright yellow against the grey monochrome of the other bears. An excellent and well thought out choice of colour and mono mix.
I think the scrabble picture is "inspired" and amusing excellent demonstration of using differential focus and choosing the right point of sharpest focus
I appreciated your comparison and contrast of the two pictures of the landscape with cool colours which is a peaceful landscape with an added bonus of the well placed house and the drama and vibrancy of the colours in No.7.
I like your triple image the three different colours used maked a picture which has impact out of a fairly simple subject. Good composition and use of reflections on No.4. The jumping boy image has impact as does the simple image of the bottle. The simple image of the swans head shows a different type of "seeing" to the complex image of the Honeysuckle which for me is one of your best images and the work that you put into it was worth the effort.
Part 1 (ii) Techinical Quality - The techniques used on No.8 and 9 work really well and make a simple subject into something quite different and satisfying.
Your technical standard is generally very good and use of clone tool and other tools shows you are mastering Digital Darkroom techniques.
As the strongest highlight draws the eye I would darken down the right side of the sky in No.5 and carefully lighten or brighten the house to make it stand out as the strongest highlight.
Well done Jill - keep taking the pictures and exploring techniques and subject matter, most of all enjoy your photography.
PictionID:44025640 - Title:Atlas Component - Catalog:14_009111 - Filename:14_009111.TIF - - - - - Image from the Convair/General Dynamics Astronautics Atlas Negative Collection---Please Tag these images so that the information can be permanently stored with the digital file.---Repository: San Diego Air and Space Museum
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SMD: Surface Mount Electronic Components for SMT: SMD or Surface Mount Electronic Components for SMT are no different from through-hole components as far as the electrical function is concerned. Because they are smaller, however, the SMCs (surface mount components) provide better electrical performance.
Below I discuss in detail all the SMD components:
Passive Surface Mount Components:
1. Surface Mount Discrete Resistors
2. Surface Mount Resistor Networks
3. Ceramic Capacitors for SMT
4. Surface Mount Tantalum Capacitors
5. Tubular Passive Components for SMT
SMD Active Components for SMT:
1. Leadless Ceramic Chip Carriers (LCCC)
2. Ceramic Leaded Chip Carriers (CLCC) (Preleaded and Postleaded)
SMD Active Components for SMT (Plastic Packages):
1. Small Outline Transistors (SOT)
2. Small Outline Integrated Circuit (SOIC and SOP)
3. Plastic Leaded Chip Carriers (PLCC)
4. Small Outline J Packages (SOJ)
5. Fine Pitch SMD Packages (QFP, SQFP)
Ball Grid Array (BGA):
1. PGA (pin grid array)
2. CBGA (Ceramic Ball Grid Array)
3. CCGA (Ceramic Column Grid Array)
Here are the components of the Centrex unit. It is on a rotating hinge that locks in the horizontal position when in use, but will flip up and out of the way for changing shaper tooling and other setup chores.
It is possible to remove the safety shield and pressure foot that are mounted on a hex-shaped bar, and replace this with the pressure foot system with a new bracket designed specifically for this purpose.
I finally got around to tidying up after living with a seriously messy bench for too long. I was so impressed by the difference, I thought I'd snap some photos!
I always weigh the base components and keep records so that I can plan the right size of cane for a project.
Bought in 2002 and painted in my colour scheme. Built up as a commuting bike with 26" MTB wheels but gears and brakes never worked particularly well despite following CTC advise on mix and matching components so was converted to an mtb set up in 2003 and fitted with disc brake mounts and repainted orange and blue. Lasted as my commuting bike until 2009. It was never one of my better ideas.
The cargo vessel Forseti registered in Antigua and Barbuda; length 85m, beam 13m, draft 4m.
Looks like they are loading the wind turbine components. Bound for Klaipeda in Lithuania.
1989 Volkswagen Golf GTi cabriolet.
Anglia Car Auctions, King's Lynn -
"Chassis number: WVWZZZ15ZKK030365. The vendor acquired this 1781cc Volkswagen Golf GTI Cabriolet MkI in September 2016. Since then, substantial refurbishment and work has been carried out, including replacement of steering, suspension and brake components, plus braided fuel and brakes lines and clutch. A new mohair hood and window frame have been fitted (November 2018) and the car resprayed in its original colour, with Hammerite and Waxoyl underneath (October 2017). As a result, the car is in very good condition throughout, albeit with two small patch repairs on the driver's seat. The paperwork folder includes a list of all the jobs done since 2016. The VW, registered in August 1989, is now showing 133,262 miles on its odometer, which can be largely verified the history file. The MoT is valid until October 2023.
"The hefty and well-organised history file includes invoices and details of all work carried out since the vendor's acquisition in 2016, along with other invoices back to 1999. The MoT certificates date back to 1996, and there are some old tax discs too. Also supplied are the original rear lights and side repeaters plus other various other parts including a spare fuel relay and a grey tonneau cover."
Estimate: £4500 - £6500. Sold for £7668 including premium.