Aircraft Carrier

An aircraft carrier gets about 6 inches per gallon of fuel.

Airplanes

The first United States coast to coast airplane flight occurred in 1911 and took 49 days.
A Boeing 747s wingspan is longer than the Wright brother’s first flight (120ft).

Aluminum

The Chinese were using aluminum to make things as early as 300 AD Western civilization didn’t rediscover aluminum until 1827.

Automobile

George Seldon received a patent in 1895 - for the automobile. Four years later, George sold the rights for $200,000.

Coin Operated Machine

The first coin operated machine ever designed was a holy-water dispenser that required a five-drachma piece to operate. It was the brainchild of the Greek scientist Hero in the first century AD.

Compact Discs

Compact discs read from the inside to the outside edge, the reverse of how a record works.

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Here are a few ways by which you can access Gmail at places where is is blocked.

#1: Use different web addresses

Instead of using http://mail.google.com use https://mail.google.com

You can also try

• http://www.gmail.com or https://www.gmail.com
• http://gmail.com or https://gmail.com
• http://m.gmail.com or https://m.gmail.com
• http://googlemail.com or https://googlemail.com
• http://mail.google.com/mail/x/ or https://mail.google.com/mail/x/

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To set up access to a Gmail account in Windows Live Mail desktop:

• Make sure POP access is turned on for your Gmail account.
• Go to Mail under Shortcuts in Windows Live Mail desktop.
• Click Add an e-mail account at the bottom of the list.
• Enter your name under Your name:.
• Type your Gmail address under E-mail address:.
• Make sure Automatically determine my login ID is checked. (You can verify it is working correctly if the local part, i.e. what comes before the @, in your Gmail address appears under Login ID:.)
• Type your Gmail password under Password:.
• Make sure Manually configure server settings for e-mail account. is not checked.
• Click Next >.
• Click Finish.
• Click Send/Recv in the Windows Live Mail desktop toolbar.

That’s it. By now, a Gmail account should have appeared in the folder pane, and if you had any mail waiting in Gmail, it is now in its Inbox.

Now, to send and receive mail to and from a Gmail account in Mac OS X Mail:

• Make sure POP access is turned on for your Gmail account.
• Select Mail |ÂÂ Preferences… from the menu.
• Go to the Accounts tab.
• Click the plus sign under the accounts list.
• Make sure POP is selected under Account Type:.
• Type “Gmail” under Account Description:.
• Enter your name under Full Name:.
• Type your full Gmail address under Email Address:.
• Click Continue.
• Enter “pop.gmail.com” under Incoming Mail Server:.
• Type your full Gmail email address under User Name:.
• Put your Gmail password in the Password: field.
• Click Continue.
• Make sure Use Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) is checked.
• Select Password under Authentication:.
• Click Continue.
• Type “smtp.gmail.com” under Outgoing Mail Server:.
• Make sure Use Authentication is checked.
• Enter your full Gmail address under User Name:.
• Put your Gmail password in the Password: field.
• Click Continue.
• Make sure Use Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) is checked under Outgoing Mail Security, too.
• Under Autentication:, select Password.
• Click Continue.
• Click Continue again.
• Now click Done.
• With the new “Gmail” account highlighted, click Server Settings… under Outgoing Mail Server (SMTP):.
• Type “465″ under Server port:.
• Click OK.
• Close the mail preferences.

To send and receive Gmail email with IncrediMail:

• Make sure POP access is turned on for your Gmail account.
• Select Tools | Accounts… from the menu in IncrediMail.
• Click Add.
• Make sure Let me configure settings myself is selected.
• Click Next >.
• Type your name under Your name is:.
• Enter your full Gmail address under Your email address:.
• Click Next >.
• Enter your entire Gmail address in the Username: field again.
• Type your Gmail password under Password:.
• Click Finish.
• Now click OK.
• Finally, click Close.

IncrediMail has set the appriate server names, ports and authentication methods automatically.