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Buenos Aires street/park lamp LED conversion.
This lighting design is ubiquitous in Buenos Aires.
After a process of replacement that began in 2013, Buenos Aires became the first metropolis in Latin America to use LED lights in 100% of its street lighting.
The City of Buenos Aires retrofitted 91,000 lights in its streets and parks with light emitting diodes (LEDs) and deployed a smart management system for all public lighting.
As a result, the City has benefitted from energy savings, decreased infrastructure and maintenance costs, reduced carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions, and increased safety and well-being for residents, while advancing on the pathway to becoming a climate smart city.
Thank you !
Can you believe it has been 50 years since the formation of Led Zeppelin.
Hats off to you gentlemen who took the world by storm and gave to us the very best Rock'n & Blues music ever created.
A triumph for those of you who are fans as we at anytime are able to listen or view Led Zeppelin's monumental conquest.
The photo above was taken in 1968 just as the band transformed from The New Yardbirds to Led Zeppelin.
Lower left is John Paul Jones Keyboard and bass guitar virtuoso.
Going right is Robert Plant vocals and harmonica...the very best there is.
Next is The One THE ONLY John Bonham drummer elite.
Then far right is Jimmy Page guitar extraordinaire and also producer of Led Zeppelin.
John Bonham sadly to say left us in 1980...we all miss you John so very much !
More Thanks goes out to manager of Led Zeppelin Peter Grant and to tour manager Richard Cole.
I also would like to say that i was extremely lucky to see Led Zeppelin at the Montreal Forum on February 6th 1975.
I have so many great vivid memories of this concert.
My favorite delight of the night is when they did No Quarter which was truly an amazing experience.
Thank you !
Very striking and long-tailed bright rusty cuckoo, widespread in tropical lowlands and locally up into foothills. No similar species in its Mexican and Central American range, but in the Amazon compare with Black-bellied Cuckoo. Occurs in a wide range of wooded and forest edge habitats. Mostly seen foraging stealthily at mid-upper levels in trees, where it can be surprisingly difficult to see.
This one was photographed in Ecuador on a photography tour led by Juan Carlos Vindas of Neotropic Photo Tours.
Minox 35 ML with Color-Minotar 2.8/35
Compact camera for 35 mm film with manual focusing, aperture priority automatic exposure and programmed shutter AE.
It was introduced in 1985, about 10 years after the first Minox 35, the 35 EL. It has a broader top, but otherwise it looks pretty much the same. And it has some nice improvements, which make the camera very usable, e.g. it uses a battery which is available today, has an exposure lock and the shutter speeds are indicated in the viewfinder with some LEDs instead of a needle.
Some specs and features:
* Shutter speeds from 1 s to 1/500 s @ ISO 100 (at the long end faster/slower for higher/lower ISO-values)
* Electronic shutter
* ISO range: 25 to 1600
* Lens with 4 elements
* Nearest focus distance: 0.9 m
* For advancing the film you have to swing the advance lever twice
* Switches for self-timer and exposure correction ("x2" = +1 EV)
* Battery test button
* Thread for cable release
* Tripod socket
* Bright frame viewfinder without parallax marks
* If the flap is closed, the shutter button is locked and the electronic is switched off entirely (no battery consumption)
* Exposure lock with half-pressed shutter button
* Battery required: PX 28, 6 V. Or a stack of 4xLR44.
* In the viewer LEDs for P-mode, underexposure/slow shutter speeds (> 1/30), shutter speed ranges 1/30 .. 1/500 s, overexposure. In P-mode only "P" and underexposure/slow speeds are indicated. The brightness of the LEDs is adapted to the scene.
* Minox offered 3 flashes for the ML (and its sister, the MB): MF 35, MF 35ST and MT 35 (the most powerful, GN 26). You can use most other common flashes, but not Minox flashes which are made for Minox 35 cameras with the smaller top (FC 35, FC 35ST, TC 35 for 35 GT, PL, GL, EL).
* A switch in the hot shoe sets the shutter speed automatically to 1/125 s when a flash is mounted
* Size: 32 x 62 x 100 mm
* Weight: 180 g with battery
When buying another camera I got this ML for free additively - "I doesn't work anyway!" It was actually in a poor condition: cracks in the housing, window pane of the frame counter pushed in and the locking lever of the film chamber was broken away. Fortunately the previous owner kept it in the film chamber, so I just glued it on again. But when I pressed the shutter button, suddenly a shutter blade lay across in the lens - and I felt challenged.
So I opened the lens from the front side. Warning: if you remove the aperture ring, you simultaneously pull out a pin, which reaches deep into the camera, and it will require some work on reassembling. But I found the reason for the shutter blade on-the-run: the three blades are hinged between two rings, and those rings are hold together by three screws, which can be found under the aperture ring. Two of the screws were unscrewed entirely, the rings were loose and the shutter blade could slip away. I'm not the only one who has trouble with those screws, like I could see in some videos. If they are loose and sticking out, they can block the aperture ring.
For reassembling you possibly want to adjust the focus ring - with a matt screen at the focal plane and without B. You can darken the exposure meter cell and fire the shutter, it will open for a second, so you'll have time to remove the battery ..
While I was pottering around I noticed, that the only way to close the diaphragm is the aperture ring, there is no further connection. So how on earth the camera can close the diaphragm in program mode? The answer: it isn't necessary. In program mode (aperture ring to "P") the diaphragm is fully opened, and the camera uses the shutter blades instead to stop down, like on the Lomo LC-A and Konica C35. Nice design. BTW, it is the toggling between the two exposure modes which requires the pin on the rear of the aperture ring, which reaches deep into the camera.
You probably know, that older Minoxes are sometimes not very reliable: the shutter makes click, but it doesn't open. I thought, that this flaw was eliminated on later models, but I have the same trouble with the ML. And maybe I found a solution. If you open the camera back you can remove the baffle around the lens. It's just clicked in, but it is somewhat delicate, the two hooks are on top and below. With the baffle removed you have an excellent view onto the shutter assembly. You can see two magnetic coils, the one on top opens the shutter, the one below closes it. In front of each coil is a lever which is pushed away, when the coil is activated. Each lever is catching a pin which is connected with the shutter blades, when the shutter is cocked by operating the advance lever. It are those pins which are released, when the shutter is fired. Now, sometimes, the closer-pin is not pushed far enough to be caught when the advance lever is turned. That means, the shutter doesn't leave the closed position, and is already closed when the shutter is fired. So, on the right side you can see a strong lever, shaped like a fork, which transmits the movement from the advance lever to the shutter. My idea is, to "lift" that lever a tiny bit, so that the closer-pin is pushed further and can be caught. For that I loosen the two strong screws which are holding that lever, then I pushed the lever minimally upwards (and tightened up the screws again of course). As a result, the closer-pin is always caught, the shutter opens whenever the shutter button is pressed. I don't know, if this is working on every Minox 35, but here it looks very promising, still not tested with film though.
Red,Green and Blue on a 700c rim, They will work with a remote control but not below 5 degrees centigrade
The 340 uses to be the only route to find these newer Streetdeck diesels when it was based at Garston (GR) Garage under Arriva The Shires. Today you get a mix of hybrids and E400 diesels from Palmers Green (AD) while these units have been confined to the 329.
A mix of hills, town centres and passing the main Metroline base form the route so it’s quite quick if you pick the right type and skip a few stops along the way.
I’ve not had a ride on these SWs yet but I’m led to believe they’re a bit underpowered and strained.
LK16BXJ (SW7) is at Edgware Bus Station heading out towards Harrow via Stanmore and Harrow Weald.