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Broadway Tower near to the village of Broadway in Worcestershire, UK was the idea of Lancelot 'Capability' Brown, the renowned 18th century English landscape architect.
Capability Brown designed the house and landscaped parkland at Croome Court at Croome D'Abitot, Worcestershire for George Coventry, 6th Earl of Coventry.
The house and parkland were Brown's first landscape design and his first major architectural piece of work.
Lady Coventry wondered if Croome could be seen from a beacon hill some 20 miles away and so Brown suggested building a 'Saxon' folly in the form of a castle which was designed by James Wyatt who had designed follies and temples for the park at Croome with Robert Adam. When lit, the beacon could be clearly seen at Croome Court.
The tower has been a country retreat for artists including William Morris and Edward Burne-Jones who stayed there in the 1880s.
April 2012
Weekend break based in Bicester, Oxfordshire.
Stowe landscape garden is most notably the work of two people: Lord Cobham and his nephew, Earl Temple. At one time this family was once richer than the king. The Temple family spent a fortune creating and extending the garden to further their political ambitions. Stowe was 'Capability' Brown's first major commission. Stowe reached its social peak in 1822 when Richard Temple was created 1st Duke of Buckingham, but by this time his and his ancestors extravagence had taken the family to the brink of financial ruin with debts of more than £1 million. The 2nd Duke fled and the scandel rocked the English aristocracy.
Stowe was rescued in 1922, when it was turned into a school.
Compton Verney's Chapel was built in 1772 by Lancelot 'Capability' Brown to replace the medieval church that stood by the lake nearby. It has not been used for services since the Verney family left in 1921.
Inside the rectangular room has plaster decoration influenced by Robert Adam's work. The main items of interest are the Verney monuments including a large centrally placed tomb with effigies of Sir Richard & wife by Nicholas Stone c1630. However given the long term disuse of the building most of the monuments have been boxed in for protection. They will remain hidden until funding is found to restore and re-open the chapel as part of the visitor attraction here,
The 16th century glass once contained here was sold in the 1920s and is now in New York. Nobody seems to know what's become of the brasses. They may still be there under all the clutter that the building's mothballed state has generated.
Compton Verney House stands in a beautiful setting overlooking a lake. The grounds were landscaped by Capability Brown who also built the chapel.
The House itself is largely the work of Robert Adam, who in the 1760s who added extra ranges to an existing west range of 1714,
From the early 20th century the house passed through various owners, and after requisitioning in World War II was never lived in again, and thus remained in a state of disuse, slowly falling apart, until rescued and converted into a highly successful art gallery in the 1990s.
www.comptonverney.org.uk/?page=home
The house is now almost fully restored and in use. The chapel however remains closed and awaits proper restoration.
Artwork of a more contemporary date decorating the box currently concealing the Richard Vernery Tomb.
Compton Verney's Chapel was built in 1772 by Lancelot 'Capability' Brown to replace the medieval church that stood by the lake nearby. It has not been used for services since the Verney family left in 1921.
Inside the rectangular room has plaster decoration influenced by Robert Adam's work. The main items of interest are the Verney monuments including a large centrally placed tomb with effigies of Sir Richard & wife by Nicholas Stone c1630. However given the long term disuse of the building most of the monuments have been boxed in for protection. They will remain hidden until funding is found to restore and re-open the chapel as part of the visitor attraction here,
The 16th century glass once contained here was sold in the 1920s and is now in New York. Nobody seems to know what's become of the brasses. They may still be there under all the clutter that the building's mothballed state has generated.
Compton Verney House stands in a beautiful setting overlooking a lake. The grounds were landscaped by Capability Brown who also built the chapel.
The House itself is largely the work of Robert Adam, who in the 1760s who added extra ranges to an existing west range of 1714,
From the early 20th century the house passed through various owners, and after requisitioning in World War II was never lived in again, and thus remained in a state of disuse, slowly falling apart, until rescued and converted into a highly successful art gallery in the 1990s.
www.comptonverney.org.uk/?page=home
The house is now almost fully restored and in use. The chapel however remains closed and awaits proper restoration.
A team of Virginia National Guard communication experts provide critical digital communications capability to National Guard forces conducting security during the 57th Presidential Inauguration held Jan. 21, 2013, in Washington, D. C. Soldiers from the Sandston-based Joint Force Headquarters Communications Section and the Hampton-based Company C, 116th Brigade Special Troops Battalion, 116th Infantry Brigade Combat Team used the Joint Incident Site Communications Capability to provide Internet access and telephone support along with Soldiers from the Tennessee National Guard to make sure leaders had the necessary connectivity to track their personnel in the field and maintain communications essential to the mission. Each JISCC is a mobile set of commercial hardware and associated peripheral equipment designed to provide on-site and reach-back communications capabilities for enhanced command and control and share situational awareness among first responders and with state and federal command authorities and centers. (Photo by Cotton Puryear, Virginia National Guard Public Affairs)
With excellent electrical properties, heat dissipation capability, electromagnetic shielding, high dielectric strength and resistance to bending, aluminum substrates are widely used in many industries such as high-power LED lighting, power supplies, TV backlighting, automotive, computer, air conditioning inverter modules, avionics, telecommunications, medical and audio. When it comes to cell phone cameras which are the most commonly used in our daily life, aluminum PCBs are of great importance. As a metal core PCB (MCPCB), aluminum PCB has many similarities with FR4 PCB in terms of manufacturing process or technology, including thick copper foil etching, aluminum surface etching protection, aluminum board manufacturing and solder resist film printing.
Since the 1970s, aluminum PCBs were first used in power amplification hybrid ICs and have become popular. Due to the development of LED industry in recent years, the application and trend of them are increasingly widespread. Therefore, in order to better utilize them in the product and industry, it is necessary to understand some important characteristics of the PCBs.
Structure of Aluminum PCB
In terms of the structure, it truly shows the structure of aluminum CCL consisting of copper foil, dielectric layer, aluminum base and aluminum base film (which is optional).
(1) Copper foil layer
The aluminum CCL has the same copper foil layer as the ordinary one. The circuit layer requires large current carrying capacity, which is the reason for changing thicker copper circuits from 1 ounce to 10 ounces. The back of the copper foil must be chemically oxidized while the surface should be zinc-plated and brass-plated to improve the peel strength.
(2) Dielectric layer
The dielectric layer consists of a layer of thermally conductive dielectric material with low thermal resistance and a thickness of from 50μm to 200μm, which is the core technology of aluminum CCL. It excels in resistance of heat and aging and can withstand mechanical and thermal stress.
(3) Aluminum base
The aluminum base is actually the aluminum substrate material and is the support component. It requires a high thermal conductivity to be suitable for general mechanical engineering, such as drilling, punching and cutting.
(4) Aluminum base film
The aluminum base film serves to protect the the surface from scratches and etchants. The films can be classified as normal one (below 120°C) and high-temperature-resistant one (250°C). The latter type can meet the requirements of HASL as a surface finishment.
Aluminum PCB performance
(1) Heat dissipation
Compared to normal FR4 PCBs, the aluminum PCBs perform better and more quickly in heat dissipation. Take the FR4 PCB and the aluminum PCB with the same thickness of 1.5mm as an example. FR4 PCBs have a thermal resistance of from 20°C/W to 22°C/W while aluminum PCBs have it of from 1°C/W to 2°C/W, which proves the feature again.
(2) Thermal expansion
The thermal expansion and contraction are common properties of substances but have different coefficients. Because of the excellence in heat dissipation of the aluminum PCBs, the problems on the thermal expansion and contraction on the board surface will be significantly reduced to increase the durability and reliability of the entire equipment and electronic devices. This kind of advantages can be particularly suitable for the thermal expansion and shrinkage problems of surface mount technology (SMT).
(3) Dimensional stability
The aluminum PCBs have significantly stable dimensions. Their dimensions will only change about 2.5% to 3.0% when they are heated from 30 ℃ to 140 ℃ or even 150 ℃.
(4) Other performance
a. Applicability to power device SMT.
b. Effective thermal expansion of circuit design.
c. Helpful to reduce operating temperature, improve product power density and reliability, and extend the shelf life of products.
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Head Joint Capability Coordination Air Vice-Marshal Neil Hart talks with United States Navy Admiral Samuel Locklear and Commander 1st Brigade Brigadier John Frewen.
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Admiral Samuel Locklear, Commander, United States Pacific Command this week visited Australian Defence Force personnel in Darwin.
During his time in the Top End, Admiral Locklear met with members of the Australian Army’s 1st Brigade at Robertson Barracks in Darwin.
Admiral Locklear also paid a visit to other key Defence establishments including HMAS Coonawarra and RAAF bases Darwin and Tindal.
I got a new camera, a 12MP GE A1230, to replace our 2MP Canon S330 Digital Elph. It's meant as a cheap ($97) holdover until I get enough disposable income to drop $400+ on a proper camera. This is my test shoot. Images may be cropped, but were not color or gamma adjusted.
My old camera only went up to ISO400, but this one goes up to ISO1600. Which means that it's ISO400 performance is MUCH MUCH MUCH better than our previous camera, as it's only at 1/4th its capability. This shot would have been pretty much black and smudgy with our old camera.
table, trash can.
kitchen, Clint and Carolyn's house, Alexandria, Virginia.
March 27, 2009.
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U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Daniel Jennings (right) and Senior Airman David Poynter, 169th Civil Engineer Squadron heavy equipment operators, place poured concrete into a repaired section of runway during an Expedient and Expeditionary Airfield Damage Repair (E-ADR) Joint Capability Technology Demonstration at McEntire Joint National Guard Base, South Carolina, April 22, 2021. The demonstration simulates the rapid repair of a battle damaged runway. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Lt. Col. Jim St.Clair, 169th Fighter Wing Public Affairs)
SANDF Capability demonstration at the Rand Easter Show – Helicopters inserted and Parabatt Team to secure the Landing Zone then secure a casualty and extracted using the Hot Extraction method, while Rooivalk Attack Helicopter provided Top Cover
Photos: Lourens Badenhorst
Commemorates the alterations to the gardens carried out in 1768-70 by Philip Earl of Hardwicke and Jemima Marchioness Grey "with the professional assistance of Lancelot Brown Esq.". List description: list.english-heritage.org.uk/resultsingle.aspx?uid=1158972 .
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Bowood House
The Bowood Estate was bought in 1754 by the 1st Earl of Shelburne. His descendants have lived here ever since.
The house sits within 100 acres of beautifully landscaped ‘Capability’ Brown Parkland.
The house and gardens have featured in several Film and TV drama productions including Sanditon, Downton Abbey and Poldark.
Grade I Listed
www.bowood.org/bowood-house-gardens/bowood-house
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bowood_House
Marquess of Landsdown
Since 1754 the estate has been the seat of the Earls of Shelburne, created Marquesses of Lansdowne in 1784.
Marquess of Lansdowne is a title in the Peerage of Great Britain created in 1784. It is held by the head of the Petty-Fitzmaurice family.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marquess_of_Lansdowne
Terrace Gardens
The south-facing Terrace Gardens in front of the Georgian House were commissioned by the 3rd Marquess to remind him of his time in Italy.
The upper terrace, designed by Sir Robert Smirke, was completed in 1818 and the lower terrace, designed by George Kennedy, was added in 1851.
The upper and lower terraces are separated by ornamental stone balustrades decorated with urns which, during the summer months, overflow with colourful flowers.
The distinctive leaning yews were planted in 1900, and over the years they have grown towards the sun creating a unique design.
The terrace gardens provide a view of the magnificent parkland, created by Lancelot ‘Capability’ Brown.
www.bowood.org/bowood-house-gardens/gardens-grounds
Stag
One of a pair
by Philip Moritz Geiss
1852
Zinc
The 3rd Marquess purchased the stags via, Moritz Geiss’s London agent in 1852.
The stags are based on those by Christian Daniel Rauch for the Grand Duke Georg von Mecklenburg-Strelitz’s park at Castle Neustrelitz in North-East Germany.
DPAC activists protest at High Courts as legality of Work Capability Assessment is challenged - London, 29.06.2012
Disability rights activists from DPAC (Disabled People Against Cuts), the Mental Health Resistance Network, WinVisible and Single Mothers Self Defence held a static demonstration outside the Royal Courts of Justice, where the legality of the right-wing David Cameron government's much-hated Work Capability Assessment is being challenged by a group of community lawyers.
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The park at Kimberley Hall, Norfolk, landscaped by Lancelot 'Capability' Brown in the 1760s.
Blogged - uealandscape.wordpress.com/2010/12/13/kimberley-hall/
The chamber has got a gas-mix capability that is rarely found in other chambers - Nitrox 40/60, Nitrox 50/50 and Heliox 50/50.
Croome Court was transformed in the second half of the 18th-century, the house refaced and the grounds landscaped to satisfy the Palladian vision of Robert Adam and Lancelot "Capability" Brown.
Since that time Croome has been many things, including the wartime home of RAF Defford and radar research and, later, of the Hare Krishna movement.
U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Daniel Jennings and Senior Airman David Poynter, 169th Civil Engineer Squadron heavy equipment operators, place poured concrete into a repaired section of runway during an Expedient and Expeditionary Airfield Damage Repair (E-ADR) Joint Capability Technology Demonstration at McEntire Joint National Guard Base, South Carolina, April 22, 2021. The demonstration simulates the rapid repair of a battle damaged runway. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Lt. Col. Jim St.Clair, 169th Fighter Wing Public Affairs)
Signing Ceremony of the Letter of Intent for a Capability Coalition for Electro-magnetic Warfare with Latvia, Norway, United Kingdom, Ukraine, Germany, France, Poland, Denmark, Czechia, and Lithuania
Development of an environmental prediction capability will require incorpo-ration of additional components of the Earth System beyond the physical climate system. The core elements and expertise needed in this regard include atmospheric general circu-lation models, ocean circulation models, land surface models, interactive vegetation models, marine ecosystem models, atmospheric chemistry models, global carbon cycle models, assimilation techniques for atmosphere-ocean-land, population dynamics, crop models, and infectious disease models, to name a few. The challenge now is to bring these core elements together within a common infrastructure and with a central focus on sub-seasonal to decadal prediction of the Earth System in the broadest sense. Further-more, the prospect of Earth System prediction has unique policy relevance at both the national and international levels.
Antonio J. Busalacchi is President of the University Corporation for Atmospheric Re-search (UCAR) in Boulder, Colorado. Prior to his appointment at UCAR, he was the Glenn L. Martin Institute Professor, Director of the Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center (ESSIC), and Professor in the Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Science at the University of Maryland. He received his Ph.D. in oceanography from Florida State University in 1982 and began his professional career that year at the NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center. He has studied tropical ocean circulation and its role in the coupled climate system. His research on climate variability and predictability has sup-ported a range of international and national research programs dealing with global change and climate, particularly as affected by the oceans. He previously served as a UCAR Board of Trustees member. Among his awards and honors, in 1991, Busalacchi was the recipient of the Arthur S. Flemming Award. In 1999, he was awarded the NASA/Goddard Excellence in Outreach Award and the Presidential Rank Meritorious Executive Award. He is a Fellow of the American Meteorological Society (AMS), the American Geophysical Union (AGU), and the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). In 2006, he was the AMS Walter Orr Roberts Interdisciplinary Science Lecturer and in 2016, he was elected as a Member of the National Academy of Engineering.
Petworth House in the last rays of the sun before it disappeared behind cloud, from beside the lake in the grounds laid out by Capability Brown
A Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) Bo-105 Helicopter conducting a Capability Demonstration during the 22nd Philippine International Hot Air Balloon Festival at the Clark Field in Pampanga.
Soldiers assigned to B Battery, 2nd Battalion, 377th Parachute Field Artillery Regiment, 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division, U.S. Army Alaska, police up expended shell casings after a live fire with M119A2 105mm howitzers, Monday, Jan. 11, 2016. USARAK is home to the Army’s only Pacific airborne brigade combat team, and maintains the only airborne rapid-response capacity within the Pacific Command Area of Responsibility. (U.S. Air Force photo/Justin Connaher)
Corsham Court is an English country house in a park designed by Capability Brown. It is in the town of Corsham, 3 miles (5 km) west of Chippenham, Wiltshire, and is notable for its fine art collection, based on the nucleus of paintings inherited in 1757 by Paul Methuen from his uncle, Sir Paul Methuen, the diplomat. It is currently the home of the present Baron Methuen, James Methuen-Campbell, the eighth generation of the Methuens to live there.
Early history
Corsham was a royal manor in the days of the Saxon kings, reputed to have been a seat of Ethelred the Unready. After William the Conqueror, the manor continued to be passed down through the generations in the royal family. It often formed part of the dower of the Queens of England during the late 14th and early 15th centuries, becoming known as Corsham Reginae. During the 16th century, the manor went to two of Henry VIII's wives, namely Catherine of Aragon until 1536, and Katherine Parr until 1548.
During the reign of Elizabeth I the estate passed out of the royal family; the present house was built in 1582 by Thomas Smythe. The owner of Corsham Court in the mid-seventeenth century was the commander of the Parliamentarian New Model Army in Wiltshire; his wife, Lady Margaret Hungerford, built what came to be known as the Hungerford Almshouses in the centre of town.
An entrance archway was built to the south of the house c. 1700–20. The arch, in baroque style. is flanked by massive ashlar piers with ball finials.[3]
Methuen family
The house was bought in 1745 by Sir Paul Methuen for his cousin, also named Paul Methuen, whose grandson became Baron Methuen. The house remains the seat of the Methuen family.
In 1761–64, Lancelot 'Capability' Brown was commissioned to redesign and enlarge the house and landscape the park.[4] Brown set the style of the present-day building by retaining the Elizabethan stables, the Riding School,[3] and the great gabled front to the house, which he doubled in depth and provided gabled wings at either end of the house, creating the Picture Gallery and State Rooms in the east wing and a library and new kitchens in the west wing. The Picture Gallery was designed as a triple cube and has a coffered plasterwork ceiling over a high cove stuccoed in scrolls, designed by Brown[5] and carried out by Thomas Stocking of Bristol (1763–66). The Long Gallery contains Italian Old Masters, with a notable marquetry commode and matching pair of candlestands by John Cobb (1772) and four pier glasses designed by Robert Adam (1770).
File:Corsham Court about 1880
Capability Brown also worked as a landscape architect for his commission at Corsham.[6] His 1761 plan for laying out the park separated it from the pleasure grounds using a ha-ha (sunken fence) so that the view from the house would not be obstructed. Brown planned to enlarge the fish ponds to create a lake and constructed an orangery (neither of which survive) and built a Gothic Bath House (which does survive).[7] He created a "Great Walk" stretching for a mile through clumps of trees. An ornamental arch was built so that the family and their guests could walk underneath the public right of way without having to cross it. Brown also planted screens of trees around the park to obscure roads and fields beyond, making the view more arcadian. The layout of grounds and gardens by Brown represents his most important commission after Blenheim Palace.[8]
In 1795, Paul Cobb Methuen commissioned Humphry Repton to complete the landscape, left unfinished at Brown's death with the lake still to be completed, and in 1796 commissioned John Nash to completely remodel the north façade in Strawberry Hill Gothic style, beating the experienced James Wyatt for the commission. Nash further embellished other areas of Brown's external building works, including Brown's Gothic Bath House in the North Avenue, as well as reorganising the internal layout to form a grand hall and a library, at the centre of which is the large library table associated with a payment to Thomas Chippendale's partner Haig, in 1779.[9] By 1808 much of Nash's work was replaced with a more solid structure, when it was discovered that he had used unseasoned timber in beams and joists; all of Nash's work at Corsham save the library was destroyed when it was remodelled by Thomas Bellamy (1798–1876) in 1844–49[4][10] during the ownership by Paul Methuen, 1st Baron Methuen, who was Member of Parliament for Wiltshire and Wiltshire North.
The Sham Ruin
Brown planned to include a 50,000 m2 lake. This lake, however, was not completed until some forty years later, by Repton, who formed his long working relationship with Nash at Corsham Court. They laid out avenues and planted the specimen trees, including American oaks, Quercus coccinea and Q phellos, and the magnificent oriental plane. The grounds also incorporate a folly ruin, built by Nash c. 1797, incorporating some medieval stonework and some material from the eighteenth-century Bath House built by Brown.[11]
In 1960, the house and the Bath House were recorded as Grade I listed[12][7] and the ensemble of stables, riding school and entrance arch as Grade II*.[3] The park was recorded as Grade II* on the Register of Historic Parks and Gardens in 1987. Wikipedia
U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Daniel Jennings and Senior Airman David Poynter, 169th Civil Engineer Squadron heavy equipment operators, place poured concrete into a repaired section of runway during an Expedient and Expeditionary Airfield Damage Repair (E-ADR) Joint Capability Technology Demonstration at McEntire Joint National Guard Base, South Carolina, April 22, 2021. The demonstration simulates the rapid repair of a battle damaged runway. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Lt. Col. Jim St.Clair, 169th Fighter Wing Public Affairs)
Capability Scotland CEO Dana O'Dwyer and Corseford School pupil Steven Sweeney
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Soldiers and Airmen assigned to the information technology and communication sections of the Virginia National Guard joint staff and Army Guard staff train on the Joint Incident Site Communications Capability July 13, 2016, in Onancock, Virginia. The JISCC is an advanced communications system that can be rapidly deployed to an incident location and uses secure satellite connections to provide the Guard and first responders with high speed internet, voice-over-IP telephones and high frequency radio communications. The training also provided an opportunity to build relationships with local emergency services managers and help them learn more about the capabilities the Guard can provide if there was an incident that degraded normal communication systems. (Photo by Cotton Puryear, Virginia National Guard Public Affairs)
Development of an environmental prediction capability will require incorpo-ration of additional components of the Earth System beyond the physical climate system. The core elements and expertise needed in this regard include atmospheric general circu-lation models, ocean circulation models, land surface models, interactive vegetation models, marine ecosystem models, atmospheric chemistry models, global carbon cycle models, assimilation techniques for atmosphere-ocean-land, population dynamics, crop models, and infectious disease models, to name a few. The challenge now is to bring these core elements together within a common infrastructure and with a central focus on sub-seasonal to decadal prediction of the Earth System in the broadest sense. Further-more, the prospect of Earth System prediction has unique policy relevance at both the national and international levels.
Antonio J. Busalacchi is President of the University Corporation for Atmospheric Re-search (UCAR) in Boulder, Colorado. Prior to his appointment at UCAR, he was the Glenn L. Martin Institute Professor, Director of the Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center (ESSIC), and Professor in the Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Science at the University of Maryland. He received his Ph.D. in oceanography from Florida State University in 1982 and began his professional career that year at the NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center. He has studied tropical ocean circulation and its role in the coupled climate system. His research on climate variability and predictability has sup-ported a range of international and national research programs dealing with global change and climate, particularly as affected by the oceans. He previously served as a UCAR Board of Trustees member. Among his awards and honors, in 1991, Busalacchi was the recipient of the Arthur S. Flemming Award. In 1999, he was awarded the NASA/Goddard Excellence in Outreach Award and the Presidential Rank Meritorious Executive Award. He is a Fellow of the American Meteorological Society (AMS), the American Geophysical Union (AGU), and the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). In 2006, he was the AMS Walter Orr Roberts Interdisciplinary Science Lecturer and in 2016, he was elected as a Member of the National Academy of Engineering.