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| It has been about forty years, so it is ok to tell this story. From 1983 to 1987, I was in the Marine Corps working on the AN-TPS-32, a three-dimensional ground radar system manufactured by ITT/Gilfillan. I also worked as a field engineer with that company for a couple of years. Today, on Facebook, someone posted a picture of the Stealth Bomber. I do not know the various Stealth Bomber models or their dates of manufacture. This is what I do know. We have an ITT Gilfillan Engineer (Rick) assigned to our unit on the MCAGCC base in 29 Palms, California. Rick told me he had to go to Nevada for a few days but would return soon. A side note: Rick spent five years in Vietnam working on these radars as a non-combatant! He did not carry a weapon! When he returned from Nevada, I asked him if it had been a successful trip. Then he dropped a few interesting tidbits. He said he had spent the week in Area 51 with the "spooks" as he called them. He said they had a plane being tested that was supposed to be undetectable by any radar system. Several manufacturers were present at the site. Only the ANTPS-32 Radar was able to detect that plane! So, they had to make some design modifications to the plane. Rick was very proud of this fact. Not only that, he was able to help the U.S. develop a better design. But, also because of the performance of the ANTPS-32 radar system, which was a design from the 1950's! For you geeks out there, the system had an "Iron Core" memory module! And still used flatpacks of "and," "nand," "or,"and "nor" gates plus flip flops! |
| I love the stealth bomber..I love the way it looks! |
Reply| Yeah back when I was in elementary school, they had pictures of the delta winged bomber that the Air Force Recruiter brought to show our class. It was so cool! I wanted to be a pilot for a while but my mom got furious and told me that I couldn't do that and wear glasses. Still it's a good looking plane. |
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| The funny thing is that today, "The Big Country" movie is playing on the Friendly TV streaming channel. I was wrong about Peck and Connors fighting. I was Peck and Burt Lancaster. |
| Tomorrow is the celebration of Passover—the 14th day of the 1st Hebrew month, Nisan. The Last Supper was a Passover Celebration. The best inspirational, informative, and humorous teaching on the Last Supper is David Brickner's YouTube video, Christ in the Passover. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Gjf1v6Xmhs |
| Passover is this coming Sunday! This week's Bible readings are Torah Leviticus 16:1-18:30 Haftarahs Ezekiel 22:1-19 Brit Chadashah(New Testament)- Acts 15:20, Romans 3:31, 1 Cor. 5:1-13, 2 Cor. 2:1-11Galatians 3:10-14, Hebrews 7:23-10:25 |
| ....And while various forms of external guidance do indeed have a role to play in the story of our lives, the principle of specific Divine Providence, as elucidated by the Baal Shem Tov, teaches that the greatest indicators of our life’s purpose are embedded and can be found in our inner world, composition, and makeup. Hence, the greatest guide to seeking and finding our purpose in life is our own Divine design. https://www.chabad.org/therebbe/article_cdo/aid/6774626/jewish/The-Book-of-Your-... Israel ben Eliezer known as the Baal Shem Tov , was a mystic healer and funder of the Chasidic movement. |
| April Fools’ Day, in most countries the first day of April. It received its name from the custom of playing practical jokes on this day—for example, telling friends that their shoelaces are untied or sending them on so-called fools’ errands. Although the day has been observed for centuries, its true origins are unknown and effectively unknowable. It resembles festivals such as the Hilaria of ancient Rome, held on March 25, and the Holi celebration in India, which ends on March 31. https://www.britannica.com/topic/April-Fools-Day Some have proposed that the modern custom originated in France, officially with the Edict of Roussillon (promulgated in August 1564), in which Charles IX decreed that the new year would no longer begin on Easter, as had been common throughout Christendom, but rather on January 1. Because Easter was a lunar and therefore moveable date, those who clung to the old ways were the “April Fools.” Others have suggested that the timing of the day may be related to the vernal equinox (March 21), a time when people are fooled by sudden changes in the weather. |
| Have a rough day today but this song is bringing me back.. Because He Lives - Grace Larson https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bxbveK1MrpE |
| I just watched this very enlightening teaching by Rabbi Chaim Richman on the Concealment of Faith! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wOE0h9k2OUo (~17 mins) |
| In your world, all that exists is the Infinite and you. Everything else is but a medium by which the two of you connect. Yet, in the world of the other guy, all that exists is the Infinite and them. You are but one of those means of connection. And this other guy's world is just as true as yours. Knowing this is also part of your world. So that now, with trepidation, humility, and awe, you will enter this holy world of the other guy. Reshimot 44. |
| So, the question I had was: Is there any correlating data in the stars to relate to the New Jerusalem? Indeed, there is! The Sun's location in the Zodiac at the Spring Equinox determines the Celestial Age. According to the Starry Night 8 Astronomy Software, March 18, 3180 CE, the Spring Equinox, Sun, Moon, Venus, Mercury, and Uranus are all in the Constellation Aquarius. The Water Bearer outpours Spiritual Blessings, Knowledge, and Wisdom. |
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