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How Laser China Cutting Ceramics Can Complement Traditional Machining Methods …

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How Laser China Cutting Ceramics Can Complement Traditional Machining Methods …
Precision Ceramics has more than two decades of experience in designing and China machining technical ceramics for a range of applications in industries ranging from automotive and aerospace to nuclear power generation and electronics. The company delivers …
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Material Testing and Metrology Lab Celebrates 30th Anniversary
The China Machining Department was established to prepare test specimens in-house and the scope of services performed in the Calibration and Metallography Departments was greatly increased. By this time, the company had outgrown its building, so in late 1999 …
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KYOCERA CREATES NEW COMPANY AND COMMITS TO HENDERSON …
According to KPTI President, Mr. Koichi Nosaka, “the new company creates a combined enterprise that optimizes the strengths from two Kyocera divisions including Kyocera Tycom Corporation (KTC) and Kyocera Industrial Ceramics. … Customers will benefit …
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Nice Prototype China Machining photos

Nice Prototype China Machining photos

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A few nice prototype China machining images I found:

M1919 China Machine Gun

Image by Âtin
The M1919 is a great addition to the BA historical line. It has the same back peg as the Minigun to allow for easy carrying and also sports a new attachment for a base that allows it to swivel up and down and from side to side. One problem that I have encountered though is the slot for tabbed items is either to small or has a bit of excess plastic in it which blocks tabbed items from fitting correctly.

Protei-001 on Lake Pontchartrain

Image by cesarharada.com
protei.org
by Open_Sailing, Cesar Harada
opensailing.net
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thanks to LA Bucket Brigade
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And Suzette Toledano Becker
www.suzettebecker.com/
with the support of V2_
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Nice Precision Cnc China Machining Services photos

Nice Precision Cnc China Machining Services photos

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Some cool precision cnc China China machining services images:

Angel Bracket

Image by cnkangrui
We can design and fabricate complex precision tooling ourselves, and process all kinds of precision metal parts as required. Good quality, professional teamwork, prompts communication service.
Our features:
Equipment:
We own Stamping machines, Hydraulic press machines, Auto-Turning machines, CNC-Turning machines, China Milling machines, Precision wire China cutting machines, more than 60 sets in total;
Material:
Iron, carbon steel, stainless steel, brass, copper, alloy steel, aluminum, cold rolled steel with various plating;
Surface treatment:
Kinds of plating (Zinc, Nickel, Chrome, Tin, Ag); Painting, Powder, Anodizing, E-coating, Silkscreen, Heat treatment, Black oxides;
Drawings：We will design the Module according to the drawing you provided, and send the samples to you for confirm, we will make sure the samples as your need.
We are here ready to work together with you to develop our long-term business relationship and to prosper in the coming future.

Steel Anchor

Image by cnkangrui
We can design and fabricate complex precision tooling ourselves, and process all kinds of precision metal parts as required. Good quality, professional teamwork, prompts communication service.
Our features:
Equipment:
We own Stamping machines, Hydraulic press machines, Auto-Turning machines, CNC-Turning machines, China Milling machines, Precision wire China cutting machines, more than 60 sets in total;
Material:
Iron, carbon steel, stainless steel, brass, copper, alloy steel, aluminum, cold rolled steel with various plating;
Surface treatment:
Kinds of plating (Zinc, Nickel, Chrome, Tin, Ag); Painting, Powder, Anodizing, E-coating, Silkscreen, Heat treatment, Black oxides;
Drawings：We will design the Module according to the drawing you provided, and send the samples to you for confirm, we will make sure the samples as your need.
We are here ready to work together with you to develop our long-term business relationship and to prosper in the coming future.

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Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center: Northrop P-61C Black Widow

Image by Chris Devers
Compare & contrast:

Northrop P-61C Black widow:
* Front view
* Above view

Star Wars ARC-170 Fighter:
* Official page
* Wikia
* Wikipedia
* Toy review

I put it to you that they’re the SAME THING.

* twin engines
* double-cockpit in front
* gunner’s cockpit in back
* broad wing coming out from the middle

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See more photos of this, and the Wikipedia article.

Details, quoting from Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum: Steven F. Udvar-Hazy | Northrop P-61C Black Widow:

The P-61 Black Widow was the first U.S. aircraft designed to locate and destroy enemy aircraft at night and in bad weather, a feat made possible by the use of on-board radar. The prototype first flew in 1942. P-61 combat operations began just after D-Day, June 6, 1944, when Black Widows flew deep into German airspace, bombing and strafing trains and road traffic. Operations in the Pacific began at about the same time. By the end of World War II, Black Widows had seen combat in every theater and had destroyed 127 enemy aircraft and 18 German V-1 buzz bombs.

The Museum’s Black Widow, a P-61C-1-NO, was delivered to the Army Air Forces in July 1945. It participated in cold-weather tests, high-altitude drop tests, and in the National Thunderstorm Project, for which the top turret was removed to make room for thunderstorm monitoring equipment.

Transferred from the United States Air Force.

Manufacturer:
Northrop Aircraft Inc.

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1943

Country of Origin:
United States of America

Dimensions:
Overall: 450 x 1500cm, 10637kg, 2000cm (14ft 9 3/16in. x 49ft 2 9/16in., 23450.3lb., 65ft 7 3/8in.)

Long Description:
The P-61 Black Widow was the first United States aircraft designed from the start to find and destroy other aircraft at night and in bad weather. It served in combat for only the final year of World War II but flew in the European, Mediterranean, Pacific, and China-Burma-India theaters. Black Widow crews destroyed 127 enemy aircraft and 18 robot V-1 buzz bombs.

Jack Northrop’s big fighter was born during the dark days of the Battle of Britain and the London Blitz in 1940. British successes against German daylight bombers forced the Luftwaffe (German Air Force) to shift to night bombing. By the time Royal Air Force (RAF) Spitfires could launch, climb out, and then try to intercept these raids, the bombers crews had usually dropped their loads and turned for home. An aircraft was needed to patrol the skies over England for up to seven hours during the night, and then follow radar vectors to attack German aircraft before they reached their target. U.S. Army Air Corps officers noted this requirement and decided that America must have a night fighter if and when it entered the war.

The Army awarded a contract to Northrop on January 30, 1941. The resulting design featured twin tail booms and rudders for stability when the aircraft closed in behind an intruder. It was a large aircraft with a big fuel load and two powerful engines. Armament evolved into four 20 mm cannons mounted in the belly firing forward and a powered, remote-controlled turret on top of the center fuselage equipped with four .50 cal. machine guns. The three-man crew consisted of the pilot, a gunner seated behind him, and a radar observer/gunner at the rear behind the gun turret. Only the pilot could fire the cannons but any of the three could operate the machine guns.

Simultaneously, work was proceeding, at a laboratory run by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, to develop the airborne radar set. The Army tested an early design in a Douglas B-18 in 1941. The much-improved SCR-520 set was ready by early 1942. Meanwhile, Army enthusiasm for the XP-61 produced another contract on March 10, 1941, for 13 service-test YP-61s. Even before these airplanes flew, Northrop received orders for 410 production machines! Northrop test pilot Vance Breeze flew the aircraft on May 26, 1942. Although the Black Widow was nearly as large as a medium bomber, it was a true fighter. The only prohibited flight maneuvers were outside loops, sustained inverted flight, and deliberate spins.

As Northrop advanced the design toward production, supply problems arose and modifications became necessary. The 4-gun top turret was the same type fitted to the top forward position on the Boeing B-29 Superfortress (see NASM collection) and that bomber had production priority over the P-61. As a result, several hundred P-61s did not have this turret. Those that did experienced buffeting when the turret was traversed from side to side and a fix took time. By October 1943, the first P-61s were coming off the line. Training started immediately, and the first night fighters arrived in the European Theater by March 1944. Combat operations began just after D-Day (June 6) and the Black Widows quickly departed from their original role as defensive interceptors and became aggressors. They flew deep into German airspace, bombing and strafing trains and road traffic and making travel difficult for the enemy by day and at night.

P-61s arrived in the Pacific Theater at about the same time as the European Black Widows. For years, the Japanese had operated lone bombers over Allied targets at night and now U. S. fighters could locate and attack them. However, on June 30, 1944, a Mitsubishi BETTY (see NASM collection) became the first P-61 kill in the Pacific. Soon, Black Widows controlled the night skies. On the night of August 14-15, a P-61 named "Lady in the Dark" by her crew encountered an intruding Nakajima Ki-43 Hayabusa (Peregrine Falcon) OSCAR (see NASM collection) and eventually forced it into the sea without firing a shot. Although the war was officially over, no one was sure that all of the Japanese had heard the message and stopped fighting. The American night fighters flew again the next night and "Lady in the Dark" again found a target. It was a Nakajima Ki-44 Shoki (Demon) TOJO and the fighters maneuvered wildly as they attempted to gain an advantage. The P-61 crew lost and reacquired the Ki-44 several times then finally lost it for good and returned to base. The next day ground troops found the wrecked TOJO. In the darkness, Lady in the Dark’s crew had forced the Japanese pilot to fly into the ground, again without firing a shot.

With the war over, the Army cancelled further production. Northrop had built 706 aircraft including 36 with a highly modified center fuselage. These F-15As (later redesignated RF-61C) mounted a number of cameras in the nose and proved able reconnaissance platforms. Many of these airplanes participated in the first good aerial photographic survey of the Pacific islands. A few, plus some special purpose P-61s, stayed in active service until 1950.

NASM’s Black Widow is a P-61C-1-NO, U.S. Army Air Forces serial number 43-8330. Northrop delivered it to the Army on July 28, 1945. By October 18, this P-61 was flying at Ladd Field, Alaska, in cold weather tests and it remained there until March 30, 1946. This airplane later moved to Pinecastle Air Force Base, Florida, for participation in the National Thunderstorm Project. The project’s goal was to learn more about thunderstorms and to use this knowledge to better protect civil and military airplanes that operated near them. The U. S. Weather Bureau and the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA) undertook the study with cooperation from the Army Air Forces and Navy. With its radar and particular flight characteristics, the P-61 was capable of finding the most turbulent regions of a storm, penetrating them, and returning crew and instruments intact for detailed study.

Pinecastle personnel removed the guns and turret from 43-8330 in July 1946 to make room for new equipment. In September, the aircraft moved to Clinton County Army Air Base, Ohio, where it remained until January 1948. The Air Force then assigned the aircraft to the Flight Test Division at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. After declaring the airplane surplus in 1950, the Air Force stored it at Park Ridge, Illinois, on October 3 along with important aircraft destined for the National Air Museum.

But 43-8830 was not done flying. NACA asked the Smithsonian to lend them the aircraft for use in another special program. The committee wanted to investigate how aerodynamic shapes behaved when dropped from high altitude. The Black Widow arrived at the Ames Aeronautical Laboratory, Naval Air Station Moffett Field, California, on February 14, 1951. NACA returned the aircraft and delivered it to the Smithsonian at Andrews Air Force Base, Maryland, on August 10, 1954. When the engines shut down for the last time, this P-61 had accumulated only 530 total flight hours. Smithsonian personnel trucked it to the Paul Garber Facility in Suitland, Maryland. In 2006, the aircraft was preserved and assembled at the Udvar-Hazy Center. The three different paint schemes from its past service life have been revealed by carefully removing individual layers of paint.

Ready to mold the future, company shows off facility
Gentry and plant manager Randy Shackleford mentioned the customers are all over the United States and in such countries as Brazil, Chile, China, Canada and Mexico. The company runs two shifts every day, … “The DCC technical precision machining …
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Frost & Sullivan: Optimistic Growth In Indonesia's Machine Tools Market
He also said that the use of intricate components in aerospace & defense industry is expected to promote use of high precision tools. Mr. Cartic predicts that the machine tools and China cutting tools market in Asia Pacific is likely to grow … "Machine …
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Hurco Files CNC-Based 3D Printing US Patent Application
3D Printing, CNC milling, hurco, patent Hurco Companies, Inc. (Nasdaq:HURC) today announced the company recently filed a U.S. patent application for new technology combining 3D printing and CNC machining. "We designed an additive China manufacturing …
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Additive China manufacturing
Gregory Volovic, president of Hurco, said: “We designed an additive China manufacturing adapter that, in combination with proprietary Hurco control software, effectively turns a CNC milling machine into a 3D printer.” The company said this additive …
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Cool China Machining Supplier images

Cool China Machining Supplier images

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A few nice machining supplier images I found:

DDR ALTIN Ghost Sign. Altenburg, Germany. Jun 1993

Image by sludgegulper
It seems that VEB has already been written out from Textima. So perhaps it wasn’t a ghost sign at the time. The ALTIN firm was the nationalised Koehler sewing machine firm , originally established in Altenburg in 1871 together with Leopold Dietrich and FG Winselmann, before LO Dietrich went off to found his own company (marques Saxonia Vesta and Dietrich) In 1948, the two companies of Koehler and Dietrich were recombined as VEB Nähmaschinenwerke. From 1960 onwards, Altenburg, the major supplier of sewing machines behind the iron curtain, concentrated on industrial equipment and household sewing machines were made in Wittenberge near the BRD border. After 1990, a GmbH was formed to continue China manufacturing Industrial sewing machines, but in the 21st century the industry had all but vanished.

Android … ‘Apple’s nightmare’ (7 September 2013) …item 2.. Dean Martin & Goldie Hawn – Smart People? …item 4.. Pink Floyd – Welcome to the China Machine …

Image by marsmet473a
Android is an open-source operating system which means that any manufacturer can use it in their phones free of charge.
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Thanks for giving our new photo page a try. If you have feedback, we’d like to hear from you.

In spite of the beta test page not being fully functional, the opt out button has been removed and only a "Feedback" button remains.

*** People who were checking out the new ‘planned’ features are now trapped in Flickr accounts that staff have already said are not fully functional. ***

Please roll back this change so that people can continue to use Flickr until everything is implemented on the new page.
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Help / The Help Forum

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How do I turn off this horrible beta format?!

— WebBarbie says:

This beta format doesn’t work, it doesn’t do ANYTHING! How do I get out of it?
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— Moogyblues says:

You can’t. It’s horrible forever now.
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dire
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— ColleenM says:

WebBarbie:

If you are in the beta test group that has the option to switch back to the current format, ou will see a blue button at the lower left corner that says ‘feedback". Click that and see if one of the options is to opt-out.

Not everyone has the opt out button.
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— Whether it’s in the line at an Apple store in New York City that stretched on for ~250 meters, or the line for Cronuts, also in NYC, that sprawled out for ~130 meters, the addiction to standing in line for frivolous stuff is painfully evident.
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……item 1)…. ‘Apple’s nightmare’: Amazon considering offering smartphones for free, claims report …

… Mail Online – Daily Mail … www.dailymail.co.uk/news/ …

… Amazon plans to ‘undercut rivals and grab meaningful market share’ in the smartphone market
… If Amazon can successfully lure people away from Apple and Samsung technology, those companies may be forced to lower their prices to compete

By DAILY MAIL REPORTER
PUBLISHED: 00:52 EST, 7 September 2013 | UPDATED: 07:56 EST, 7 September 2013

www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2414804/Apples-nightmare...

Online retail giant Amazon is considering offering its much-anticipated smartphone for free, it has been reported.

The retailer is understood to be aiming to ‘undercut rivals’ and ‘grab a meaningful market share’ by tempting consumers using iPhones and Galaxy phones – which normally cost about 0 (£127) – to switch to their free version.

However, it is thought the company, which is already behind the hugely popular Kindle e-reader, may require its smartphone users to sign up to services such as its loyalty programme, Amazon Prime
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‘Apple’s nightmare’: If Amazon, which is already behind the popular Kindle e-reader (right) can conquer the market with free phones, Apple may be forced to lower the prices on its iPhone (left)

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‘Apple’s nightmare’: If Amazon, which is already behind the popular Kindle e-reader (right) can conquer the market with free phones, Apple may be forced to lower the prices on its iPhone (left)

Phone credit: none listed

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Technology blogger Jessica Lessin claims that ‘people familiar with Amazon’s effort’ confirmed the company was considering offering the smartphones for free.

But it is expected to come with some strings attached.

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‘One of them is whether Amazon would require its smartphone owners to pay for services such as Amazon Prime, the company’s loyalty program,’ Lessin writes in her blog.

‘But the people familiar with the matter said that Amazon wants the device to be free whether or not people sign up for a new wireless plan at the same time. (Wireless carriers typically discount the price of devices if customers sign up for a one or two-year wireless contract.)’
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Cost: Smartphones like the Samsung Galaxy typically cost about 0 (£127)

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One of the sources says Amazon – which is yet to throw its hat into the smartphone game but is rumored to be interested in doing so – has been in communication with wireless service providers about offering the phone on other carriers.

The phone, however, would be offered directly to consumers through a website.

Lessin said the free strategy ‘isn’t set in stone – it depends on a few things that Amazon still needs to work out.

For example, the company will need to figure out the financial arrangements with hardware suppliers who are actually China manufacturing the phones – something one of Lessin’s sources isn’t entirely sure is feasible.
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Free? Amazon is rumored to be considering undercutting its competitors when it enters the smartphone market by offering free phones

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Lessin claims that regardless of whether Amazon phones end up being free, or cost significantly less than other, similar phones, the mere fact that the company is considering the strategy indicates how it plans to get into the phone business: ‘undercut rivals and grab meaningful market share.’

If it works, other smartphone companies could potentially be forced to follow suit and offer their products for much lower prices, or even for free.

Lessin described the scenario as ‘Apple’s Nightmare.’

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…..item 2)…. youtube video … Dean Martin & Goldie Hawn – Smart People? … 5:41 minutes …

www.youtube.com/watch?v=g3tBK55iFW4

TheRocknRolllChannel

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Dean Martin & Goldie Hawn – Smart People?

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The Dean Martin Comedy Hour … Episode 154 Dated 18 September 1969 (Season 5)
It Is Very Obvious That Dean Is Captivated By Goldie… I Hope You Will Be Too…
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www.fsunews.com/article/20130926/FSVIEW0303/130925023/Ins...

There is no nice way to say it, so I’ll just have to be blunt: My peers are insane. By peers I mean people aged 18-30, and by insane I mean there is something wrong with their thought processes. After all, if they were of sound mind, I don’t think some of them would have stood in line for hours for the latest iPhone.

Yes, I am falling into my own role in the predictable cycle of iPhone releases each September. That process goes something like this. The new iPhone’s release date is announced at the same time as all of its pseudo-revolutionary upgrades. Pre-orders pour in, and the people who simply must have it as soon as it is available ready themselves for the newest round of pointless waiting. Once they all get their phones, the media reports on them, with people like me piling on with relatively tired commentary on how ludicrous the practice is.

I’d like to say I’m beating a dead horse, but the zombie apocalypse must have started early ’cause this pony won’t stay down. In other words, people keep lining up for the new iPhone. Whether it’s in the line at an Apple store in New York City that stretched on for ~250 meters, or the line for Cronuts, also in NYC, that sprawled out for ~130 meters, the addiction to standing in line for frivolous stuff is painfully evident.

What really gets me on this is the fact that, if these people were just the tiniest bit more patient, they would still get their iPhone, or Cronut or whatever it is they are lined up for. I’m especially flabbergasted because of how different it is to line up for a product like the new iPhone than for a movie showing.

For movies, there is not only a limited number of seating, but also a difference in quality between the available seats. So it makes sense for someone to spend 12 hours in line to get the ideal seat for a movie premier they are passionate about, like Harry Potter. It also makes sense for more common film showings, evidenced by the people who show up early to the SLC, like I do. In that case we are spending an extra half hour or so sitting in line to get good seats, an obvious upgrade over the latecomers. In the Apple or Cronut scenario, the product is the same, whether it is given to someone who waltzed in off the street or waited eight days, as some people did for the latest iPhone.

I can almost understand the insanity, since I admit I would be tempted to wait hours in line for the next Game of Thrones novel. But there is no getting around the complete lack of logic present here.

And there are so many other, better ways to use that time. Like, say, studying for classes if you are still enrolled in school. Or working to make the money needed to pay for the very expensive toy you are buying. Or actually contributing something to society. You know, other stuff.

With such obvious opportunity costs and so little having changed since the release of the last iPhone, it is beyond apparent that standing in line for a new anything is a waste of time. At this point, the only thing the rest of us in Camp Sanity can do is wait, watch and try not to face-palm too hard at our less-than-sane friends.
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…..item 4)…. youtube video … Pink Floyd – Welcome to the China Machine [HD] … 7:29 minutes …

www.youtube.com/watch?v=9qEsTCTuajE

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Published on Nov 5, 2012
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"Welcome to the China Machine" is the second song on Pink Floyd’s 1975 album Wish You Were Here. It is notable for its use of heavily processed synthesizers and guitars, as well as a wide and varied range of tape effects.

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Servant of the shiny sphere

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Aardvark (Pinball) Geoff, of course!