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Hundreds of people gathered at BBC Scotland's headquarters in Glasgow to protest over the corporation's coverage of the referendum
I actually finished one! I thought that the figuring of the pre-printed fabrics would keep me from doing it until the last minute but now I have them all calculated and strips cut and I'm ready to go! And 12 days to spare until the swap deadline.
Block measures 3.5 inches square.
**The rolling pin is indeed going into the seam allowance. It's 3.25 inches long. So it'll just have to be artistic like that. It's what happens when you're working with a premade rubber stamp, I suppose.
The Scottish independence referendum takes place on 18 September 2014.
Voters will answer the Yes/No question: "Should Scotland be an independent country"
At the quiet end of a quiet shopping mall and up some quiet stairs. Mind, it's a nice place once you're inside.
BBC RADIO BABLETOWN (vintage photo, circa 1941). A monitor (listener-in to foreign broadcasts) tunes in to her radio set. Blackboards indicated special matters about which further information was required.
Keyboatrd of a BBC Micro computer at the National Museum of Computing in Bletchley Park
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BBC Quay House
Media City UK Salford
Media City UK is a 200-acre (81 ha) mixed-use property development site at Salford Quays on the banks of the Manchester Ship Canal in Salford and Trafford, England. The project is being developed by Peel Media, and its principal tenants are media organisations. The land occupied by the development was part of the Port of Manchester.
The BBC signalled its intention to move jobs to Manchester in 2004, and the Salford Quays site was chosen in 2006. The Peel Group was granted planning permission to develop the site in 2007, and construction of the development, with its own energy generation plant and communications network, began the same year. Based in Quay House, the principal tenant will be the BBC, whose move marks a large-scale decentralisation from London. BBC Children's, BBC Radio 5 Live, BBC Research and BBC Sport are among the departments scheduled to relocate to the development. ITV's Granada division plans to move from its Granada Studios to MediaCityUK in 2012. The Studios on Broadway house seven high-definition studios, claimed to be the largest such facility in Europe.
MediaCityUK is to be developed in two phases. The 36-acre (15 ha) first phase was completed in 2011, and the second is dependent on its success. The Manchester Metrolink was extended to MediaCityUK with the opening of the MediaCityUK Metrolink station on 20 September 2010,[1] and further extensions are planned. Road access was improved by the construction of Broadway Link Road.
Traditional street names are not used in the development. The main thoroughfares are styled blue, white, pink, yellow, orange, purple and green where street furniture and coloured ambient lighting will be colour-coded to match. A stylised map of the site has been devised. Landscape architects, Gillespies regenerated the brownfield site to create public spaces.[28] The focal point is a piazza and landscaped park, which stretches to the ship canal around which the buildings are located. The piazza's two distinct areas, The Green and The Stage are capable of holding events for up to 6500 people.[29] In front of The Studios are the foundations for a free-standing big screen, which will be viewable from the piazza when it has been commissioned.[30]
Construction of the BBC Centre at MediaCityUK in February 2010The BBC will occupy three buildings: Bridge House, Dock House, and Quay House, all designed by architects Wilkinson Eyre. With simple forms intended to harmonise with their waterfront settings, the buildings provide 450,000 square feet (42,000 m2) of accommodation.[31]
Quay House is the BBC's 135,000-square-foot (12,500 m2) main building from where BBC Breakfast, Match of the Day, BBC Radio Manchester, North West Tonight and BBC Radio 5 Live will be broadcast.[32]
Bridge House will be where Blue Peter, Mastermind, Dragons Den and BBC Bitesize are produced.[32]
Dock House will contain the BBC's Research and Religion and Ethics departments.[32]
Orange is an 11-storey building, designed by architects Sheppard Robson. It is a glazed structure with four types of cladding, including one made of folded aluminium in a diamond pattern. It will house departments from Salford University and on seven floors, staff from ITV Granada.[33][34]
The Studios on Broadway,[35] contain seven high-definition studios, claimed by Peel Media to be the largest such facility in Europe.[36] The largest has an area of 12,500 square feet (1,160 m2), making it one of the biggest in western Europe.[18] Fitting began in 2010 at a cost of £22 million, in time for the BBC's move in summer 2011.[37] The seven studios vary in size; the large studios are on the ground floor, and the smaller studios on the first floor. The larger of two audio studios, sitting on hydraulic jacks to insulate it from noise generated in the surrounding studios, is dedicated to the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra.[38] The studio block contains offices and the glass-fronted, 16-storey Holiday Inn hotel.[39]
The Pie Factory occupies the former Freshbake factory, which after closing in 2006, was converted by Peel Media into a TV, film and commercial production facility. The bakery's facilities were renovated into three sound stages, anxilliary and office space. It opened in 2007 and was the first working studio complex at MediaCityUK.[38][40]
The Greenhouse designed by architects Stephenson Bell, is a refurbished three-storey office block that has been converted into small, flexible office suites for small companies in the media and creative industries.[21]
The Heart and NumberOne are the residential elements of the development, providing 378 apartments in two tower blocks. TheHeart is a 22-storey apartment building on the quayside and NumberOne, another 22-storey building, is next to the studio facilities.[From Wikipedia
IMO number : 9508469
Name of ship : BBC RUSHMORE (since 01/07/2012)
Call Sign : V2GB3
MMSI : 305864000
Gross tonnage : 8255 (since 01/07/2012)
DWT : 9282
Type of ship : General Cargo Ship (since 01/07/2012)
Year of build : 2012
Flag : Antigua and Barbuda (since 01/07/2012)
BBC's Nik Gowing hosts a live "BBC World Debate- Global Economy: A Tipping Point?" with panelists Austan Goolsbee (L), Professor at University of Chicago; International Monetary Fund's Managing Director Christine Lagarde (2nd L); Mohamed El-Erian (2nd R) CEO of Pimco, and Olli Rehn (R), European Commissioner for Economic and Monetary Affairs, European Commission at the IMF Headquarters 2 September 22, 2011 in Washington, DC. IMF Staff Photo/Stephen Jaffe
Speaking to the BBC, Ms Williams said: "We organised this event because we are witnessing increasing discontent over BBC referendum coverage and we felt we needed to stand against this unhealthy bias.
"Whether Scotland votes 'Yes' or 'No', let it be based on facts provided in a fair and accurate way, not because people have been misguided."
She added: "The BBC should be doing what it says in its job description - being unbiased and impartial."
The sign was taken down not long after this picture, as the BBC have now moved out of the Oxford Road building in Manchester to Salford Quays.
BBC Wales headquarters building
3 Central Square
BBC Wales headquarters building
3 Central Square, Cardiff CF10 1FP
Construction started 7 December 2015
Cost £120,000,000
Client BBC Cymru Wales
Owner British Broadcasting Corporation
Technical details
Floor count 5
Floor area 13,900 m2 (150,000 sq ft)
Design and construction
Architect Gerard Evenden
Architecture firm Foster + Partners
Developer Rightacres Property
Structural engineer Arup
headquarters building, officially known as 3 Central Square
Main contractor ISG UK Construction West
The new BBC Wales also known as BBC New Broadcasting House, is located in Central Square, Cardiff. The £120 million building will replace the BBC Cymru Wales Broadcasting House in Cardiff.
Construction started in December 2015 on the site of the former Cardiff Central bus station. The building will be half the size of the current Broadcasting House in Llandaff. The BBC received the keys to the building in April 2018, after which the headquarters would be fitted out with new technology before staff moved in, expected in the autumn of 2019.
The building has been designed by Foster + Partners, with the interior design by Overbury and Sheppard Robson. There will be four floors providing office, studio and production space. There will be desk space for 750 staff, on the basis that not all the 1,200 staff will be on site at the same time.
It is envisaged that an estimated 50,000 people will visit the new building every year. The BBC agreed a 20 year lease on the building at an annual rent of around £25 per square foot per annum with Rightacres Property Company, the developer of the Central Square.
My friend, Mercedes, sent me these pictures she took of the riots from the window of her Dublin flat.
From the viewing balcony I could see the BBC Six O'clock news going out live. Makes a change to see the programme from that angle. The newsroom was a hive of activity as well. Watching the programme as a viewer, perhaps we forget all the people behind the scenes.
From the blog post:
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In the deep space of the sea, I have found my moon~Jacques Cousteau
Man, this episode was something
Kicked it off Wed night and was mesmerized
Going down into the chilling depths of the Antarctic, the undulating ice on the icebergs was something mysterious and magical
Instead of barren waters, life is exploding to the gills
Then the twilight zone, 200m down into the Pacific, the outer limit of light that can reach from the surface
Cock-eyed squid where one eye is normal and the other bulging to see silhouettes of fish swimming above!
Barreleye with a transparent head!
90% of all fish move around here; who knew‽
Lantern fish are most common and move up to the surface in the night to feed
The Cock-eyed squid have a go at the Lantern fish and, when they are exhausted, they start attacking one another. Pouch a smaller one and squirt ink as a decoy!
The BBC team switch off the lights and the surrounding bioluminescence is mysterious and other-worldly
it's enough to explore the Ocean in your backyard to get that far-out feeling of Space
Further down into the midnight zone, 1000m down, where no light ever reaches
A whale carcass falls down (whale fall) and is stripped clean over months by Bluntnose sixgill sharks and other crustaceans such as Spider Crabs
Everything recycled all the way down the chain; everyone gets their cut in due course
All so mysterious
No one told the Old Ma that She couldn't do all this and She goes berserk with gay abandon; in the first episode, we see female fish that turn males when the current dominant male is no longer exciting enough!
Last night, finished the rest of the episode
Gets weirder
The temporary oasis of the whale fall is replaced by the permanent ones of coral, with fish abounding in them
Coral that's 4,000 years old, growing in mm per year
Very delicate and dainty some of it, like the Venus' Flower Basket; with shrimp locked inside for life once they get in and grow big
However, deep-sea trawlers with their dredging nets have destroyed these as well, reducing them to so much rubble
"Marionettes that the puppeteer has thrown into the discard", as Maugham writes in The Razor's Edge
One should live with reverence, says Jiddu. One sees so little of it for other denizens of Mother Earth. IMHO, it's a good thing the Coronavirus happened, otherwise a virus called Mankind would have overrun Mother Earth in no time
Further afield to the Gulf of Mexico where a lake of brine, heavier than sea water, forms at the bottom of the Ocean!
An eel swims in the brine for too long and gets into toxic shock; somehow it wriggles out of it
Then, the underwater mid-ocean ridge formed by plate tectonics
The water is fuming with volcanic fire below and creatures are furiously active there; Ed Ricketts would have been so happy!
Then the Lost City Hydrothermal Field in the Mid-Atlantic Ridge
What a magnificent feeling at the end
Kudos to the intrepid team and their fantastic underwater vehicles that enabled them to record all this for such vicarious enjoyment later
A lot of people attack the sea, I make love to it~Jacques Cousteau
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Bugatti Veyron EB 16.4
The Bugatti Veyron EB 16.4 is a mid-engined sports car, designed and developed in Germany by the Volkswagen Group and manufactured in Molsheim, France, by Bugatti Automobiles S.A.S.
The original version had a top speed of 407.12 km/h (252.97 mph). It was named Car of the Decade and best car award (2000–2009) by the BBC television programme Top Gear. The standard Bugatti Veyron also won Top Gear's Best Car Driven All Year award in 2005.
The current Super Sport version of the Veyron is recognized by Guinness World Records as the fastest street-legal production car in the world, with a top speed of 431.072 km/h (267.856 mph), and the roadster Veyron Grand Sport Vitesse version is the fastest roadster in the world, reaching an averaged top speed of 408.84 km/h (254.04 mph) in a test on 6 April 2013.
Name origin
The Veyron EB 16.4 is named in honour of Pierre Veyron, a Bugatti development engineer, test driver and company race driver who, with co-driver Jean-Pierre Wimille, won the 1939 24 hours of Le Mans while driving a Bugatti. The "EB" refers to Bugatti founder Ettore Bugatti and the "16.4" refers to the engine's 16 cylinders and 4 turbochargers.
World record controversy
A controversy developed in 2013 over the Veyron Super Sport's status as the world’s fastest production car, ultimately resolved in the Veyron's favor.
In early April 2013, driving.co.uk (also known as Sunday Times Driving) began an investigation following claims from US car maker Hennessey that its 928 kW (1,244 bhp) Hennessey Venom GT was entitled to the Guinness World Record. With a recorded speed of 427.6 km/h (265.7 mph) the Hennessey was 3.4 km/h (2.1 mph) slower than the Veyron but Hennessey dismissed Bugatti’s official record saying that the Veyron Super Sport was restricted to 415 km/h (258 mph) in production form and that for it to achieve its record top speed of 431.0 km/h (267.8 mph), the car used was in a state of tune not available to customers. Hennessey said its Venom GT was road-ready and unmodified and was therefore a production car in the strict sense of the term.
Driving.co.uk requested clarification from Guinness World Records, which investigated this claim and found that the modification was against the official guidelines of the record. Upon finding this, Guinness World Records voided the Super Sport's record and announced it was "reviewing this category with expert external consultants to ensure our records fairly reflect achievements in this field."
After further review, Shelby SuperCars, the producers of the Ultimate Aero TT, said that they had reclaimed the record, however Guinness reinstated the Super Sport's record after coming to the conclusion that "a change to the speed limiter does not alter the fundamental design of the car or its engine."
Bugatti Veyron 16.4 Super Sport, World Record Edition (2010–)
The Bugatti Veyron 16.4 Super Sport is a faster, more powerful version of the Bugatti Veyron 16.4. Production is limited to thirty units. The Super Sport has increased engine power of 1,200 PS (880 kW; 1,200 bhp), a torque of 1,500 N·m (1,100 lbf·ft), and a revised aerodynamic package. The Super Sport has a 431.072 km/h (267.856 mph) top speed, making it the fastest production road car on the market although it is electronically limited to 415 km/h (258 mph) to protect the tyres from disintegrating.
The Bugatti Veyron 16.4 Super Sport World Record Edition is a version of the Bugatti Veyron 16.4 Super Sport. It is limited to five units. It has an orange body detailing, and a special, black, exposed, carbon, body.
The vehicle was unveiled in 2010 at The Quail, followed by the 2010 Monterey Historic Races at Laguna Seca, and the 2010 Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance.
[Text taken from Wikipedia]
This Lego (1:18)-scale 2010 Bugatti Veyron Super Sport has been created for Flickr LUGNuts' 88th Build Challenge, - "Let's go Break Some records", - for vehicles that set the bar (high or low) for any number of vehicles statistics or records. In the case of the Veyron Super Sport, the fastest road car in the world - 431.072 km/h (267.856 mph).
These are a bit messy but you get the idea! I'm excited to have a use for my precious Joel Dewberry fabric (I actually have this fabric in 2 colorways -- I never ever do that!)
Another bit of a cliched shot, but as it has stopped raining for the first time in weeks I just had to get out and take some photos...
i couldn't resist a little trip down to the television centre whilst i was so nearby.
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