A few tips and tricks, included as questions arise.
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Search images
Use this in url:
&tbm=isch
Example to search for middle owhyee:
https://www.google.com/search?q=middle+owyhee&tbm=isch
Organizing by thread vs. by date
To turn off the default grouping of emails with similar subject lines, go to Settings, General, and set "Conversation view off":
then 
Gmail forwarding
Google Apps for UCLA
Emails to jbruin@ucla.edu will go to Google Apps for UCLA, also know as g.ucla.edu, or "g" for short.
To access these emails, go to g.ucla.edu and sign on with your UCLA logon (1 below).
To access Google through a program other than a web browser, you need to set up a Google Apps password; click 2 above, then click "My Google Apps username or password"
You will then be able to create a password for use with Thunderbird, and other software.
Thunderbird settings
Go to Account Settings (Tools menu, or right-click over an account on the left)
Under Account Actions, click "Add Mail Account"
Enter your name, and jbruin@g.ucla.edu as your email address, then your Google Apps password.
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