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The Taveta weaver (Ploceus castaneiceps) is a striking bird species native to East Africa, particularly found in areas of southern Kenya and northern Tanzania. It is known for its vibrant chestnut-colored head and yellow body, with males displaying more vivid plumage during the breeding season to attract mates. This social species is often seen in large flocks, building intricate, hanging nests in trees, and primarily feeds on seeds and insects, typically in grasslands and savanna habitats.
The photograph was the property of the Bracknell Development Corporation.
It is available to view in hardcopy at Bracknell Central Library.
The Compass Point development around Saunders Ness Road and taking in Mariners Mews and Sextant Avenue was built in the mid-80s forming a quiet, neat upmarket estate on the Isle of Dogs.
As part of the development, two tall blocks of flats are abutted by full height cylindrical towers, framing and echoing the view of silos across the Thames and acting as a small reminder of the estate's industrial past.
Architect Sir Jeremy Dixon's Georgian-inspired designs were built on Dudgeon's Wharf, reclaimed after the closure of the docks.
At the end of Sextant Avenue, a memorial remembers the old Wharf - not for its years of hard labour in the service of heavy industry - but for a reason more poignant and tragic.
Forty years ago the world was looking skywards for news of Nasa's audicious mission to take Buzz Aldrin, Neil Armstrong and Mike Collins to the moon.
On July 17, a day after Apollo 11 shot into the skies atop a cone of fire, another explosion took the lives of five fireman, the biggest loss of life suffered by the London Fire Brigade in peace time.
Dudgeon's was a ship building firm in the 1800s and was one of a cluster that prospered on the island - including names such as Ash, Stewart's and Samuda's. At its height, in the early 1860s, it is estimated that the firms on the Isle of Dogs employed up to 15,000 men and boys in the shipyards and engineering firms.
The most iconic of the ships built at these docks was Isambard Kingdom Brunel's SS Great Eastern, the largest ship ever built at the time of her launch in 1858.
But the Great Eastern was a last hurrah for ship building on the Thames. The rivers of the North were more efficient and labour and materials were cheaper and in double-quick time large firms of the Thames went bankrupt and tens of thousands were out of a job.
People starved, shipyards became wastelands and revival would take many long painful years.
Some shipbuilding survived by specialising - Yarrow built steam-powered gunboats while other firms turned to ship repair. Shipbuilding skills evolved. Workers produced a diverse range of goods including parts for major civil engineering projects - bridges and gas holders - as well as boilers, engine parts, tanks, propellers and wire rope. Other skills were cannabilised into new industries - sacks and tarpaulins, woodworking and paint, varnishes and chemicals.
Industry survived one way and another for another 100 years of so until the docks and their associated works began disappearing in the 1960s.
The arrival of containers - which London couldn't handle - in the late 60s finally rendered the docklands obsolete.
By the time of the 1969 tragedy, the wharf was a redundant "tank farm" with an array of a hundred or so containers for storing oils and spirit, some up to 200,000 gallons in size. However, these tanks were destined to go as part of the regeneration of the land and demolition contractors had received advice on how to take apart these structures safely.
The demolition was rife with danger and difficulties and firefighters had frequently attended the site after sparks from cutting gear ignited small fires.
Less than two weeks before the fatal explosion, 40 men with eight pumps had tackled a fire on waste oil in a derelict tank and now another call arrived at Millwall Fire Station at 11.21am alerting the emergency services to another fire.
Two appliances were sent from Millwall in F Division and another from Brunswick Road. A foam tender from East Ham was sent later along with a fireboat from Greenwich.
Station Officer Innard, believing the fire to be out when he arrived, decided to put a curtain of water into the open top manhole of Tank 97.
Four other officers joined him on top of the tank to feed in the water. Later reports concluded that this pull of water drew air into the tank, mixing with the flammable vapours.
SO Innard then decided to ensure there was no further fire by opening the bottom manhole. Unable to find a spanner to undo the nuts, it was suggested they should be burned off.
As soon as a workman applied the cutting flame of his torch to the first nut, the vapours inside the tank ignited immediately, blowing the roof off the tank, together with the five firefighters and a work man.
The explosion happened at 11.52. Three appliances were sent from Bethnal Green and Bow. Their role was to collect the bodies.
Remembering the tragedy on a brigade forum, one ex-firefighter wrote: "I had been in the job for seven years when this happened and it really shook us. As you say 'Never forgotten' especially from us guys who could have been involved. Rest easy, mates."
THE VICTIMS
- Temporary Sub Officer Michael Gamble of F23 Millwall, 28, married, 10 years in the brigade.
- Fireman John Victor Appleby of F22 Brunswick Road, aged 23, married, three children, almost five years' service.
- Fireman Terrance Breen of F22 Brunswick Road, aged 37, married with three children, 12 years' service.
- Fireman Paul Carvosso of C25 Cannon Street, aged 23, married, one child, four years' service.
- Fireman Alfred Charles Smee of F23 Millwall, aged 47, one son, 24 years' service.
The flight over showed Arrested Development and Fraiser with Finnish subtitles. For some reason, this amused me greatly.
Work has started at Bournville Gardens retirement village! ExtraCare's Chief Executive, Nick Abbey, local residents Brian and Patricia Ford and Bournville Village Trust Chief Executive Peter Roach.
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The EC range was introduced in 1993, coinciding with the companies diamond jubilee, was the last all new product to be launched by the firm during independent family ownership, before the company was swallowed up by Western Star, and later sold on to MAN. in 2000. The EC featured a new and larger cab with a brand new dashboard that wrapped around the driver in a more ergonomic fashion in day and sleeper cab options
The flagship of the range was the Olympic model. Featuring a super high cab with well over 6 feet of interior headroom, built in lockers, microwave oven, air conditioning, velour seats, carpeting, tinted windows and plush curtains. Power units varied from the Cummins B series for the rigid trucks through to the 14-litre Cummins NT-A for the tractor unit and drawbar models. Other engine options included the Shrewsbury built 12-litre Perkins 800 TX (based on the Rolls-Royce Eagle design) and latterly, a CNG powered ultra green model (EC 127) fitted with a Detroit power unit converted to operate on gas. The standard transmission of the Eaton constant mesh ‘twin split’ was carried over in to the EC, but gearboxes from ZF or Fuller could be specified as an option.
Diolch am 94,122,126 o olygfeydd anhygoel, mae pob un yn cael ei werthfawrogi'n fawr.
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Shot 28.05.2022 at Smallwood Steam Rally. Cheshire REF 160-161
The Compass Point development around Saunders Ness Road and taking in Mariners Mews and Sextant Avenue was built in the mid-80s forming a quiet, neat upmarket estate on the Isle of Dogs.
As part of the development, two tall blocks of flats are abutted by full height cylindrical towers, framing and echoing the view of silos across the Thames and acting as a small reminder of the estate's industrial past.
Architect Sir Jeremy Dixon's Georgian-inspired designs were built on Dudgeon's Wharf, reclaimed after the closure of the docks.
At the end of Sextant Avenue, a memorial remembers the old Wharf - not for its years of hard labour in the service of heavy industry - but for a reason more poignant and tragic.
Forty years ago the world was looking skywards for news of Nasa's audicious mission to take Buzz Aldrin, Neil Armstrong and Mike Collins to the moon.
On July 17, a day after Apollo 11 shot into the skies atop a cone of fire, another explosion took the lives of five fireman, the biggest loss of life suffered by the London Fire Brigade in peace time.
Dudgeon's was a ship building firm in the 1800s and was one of a cluster that prospered on the island - including names such as Ash, Stewart's and Samuda's. At its height, in the early 1860s, it is estimated that the firms on the Isle of Dogs employed up to 15,000 men and boys in the shipyards and engineering firms.
The most iconic of the ships built at these docks was Isambard Kingdom Brunel's SS Great Eastern, the largest ship ever built at the time of her launch in 1858.
But the Great Eastern was a last hurrah for ship building on the Thames. The rivers of the North were more efficient and labour and materials were cheaper and in double-quick time large firms of the Thames went bankrupt and tens of thousands were out of a job.
People starved, shipyards became wastelands and revival would take many long painful years.
Some shipbuilding survived by specialising - Yarrow built steam-powered gunboats while other firms turned to ship repair. Shipbuilding skills evolved. Workers produced a diverse range of goods including parts for major civil engineering projects - bridges and gas holders - as well as boilers, engine parts, tanks, propellers and wire rope. Other skills were cannabilised into new industries - sacks and tarpaulins, woodworking and paint, varnishes and chemicals.
Industry survived one way and another for another 100 years of so until the docks and their associated works began disappearing in the 1960s.
The arrival of containers - which London couldn't handle - in the late 60s finally rendered the docklands obsolete.
By the time of the 1969 tragedy, the wharf was a redundant "tank farm" with an array of a hundred or so containers for storing oils and spirit, some up to 200,000 gallons in size. However, these tanks were destined to go as part of the regeneration of the land and demolition contractors had received advice on how to take apart these structures safely.
The demolition was rife with danger and difficulties and firefighters had frequently attended the site after sparks from cutting gear ignited small fires.
Less than two weeks before the fatal explosion, 40 men with eight pumps had tackled a fire on waste oil in a derelict tank and now another call arrived at Millwall Fire Station at 11.21am alerting the emergency services to another fire.
Two appliances were sent from Millwall in F Division and another from Brunswick Road. A foam tender from East Ham was sent later along with a fireboat from Greenwich.
Station Officer Innard, believing the fire to be out when he arrived, decided to put a curtain of water into the open top manhole of Tank 97.
Four other officers joined him on top of the tank to feed in the water. Later reports concluded that this pull of water drew air into the tank, mixing with the flammable vapours.
SO Innard then decided to ensure there was no further fire by opening the bottom manhole. Unable to find a spanner to undo the nuts, it was suggested they should be burned off.
As soon as a workman applied the cutting flame of his torch to the first nut, the vapours inside the tank ignited immediately, blowing the roof off the tank, together with the five firefighters and a work man.
The explosion happened at 11.52. Three appliances were sent from Bethnal Green and Bow. Their role was to collect the bodies.
Remembering the tragedy on a brigade forum, one ex-firefighter wrote: "I had been in the job for seven years when this happened and it really shook us. As you say 'Never forgotten' especially from us guys who could have been involved. Rest easy, mates."
THE VICTIMS
- Temporary Sub Officer Michael Gamble of F23 Millwall, 28, married, 10 years in the brigade.
- Fireman John Victor Appleby of F22 Brunswick Road, aged 23, married, three children, almost five years' service.
- Fireman Terrance Breen of F22 Brunswick Road, aged 37, married with three children, 12 years' service.
- Fireman Paul Carvosso of C25 Cannon Street, aged 23, married, one child, four years' service.
- Fireman Alfred Charles Smee of F23 Millwall, aged 47, one son, 24 years' service.
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The long diverse journey exploring the themes around OKSparks! Research & Development touched on everything from circuit board assembly and testing, software development, board game making, drawing, graphic design, Amateur Radio License Exams, Research interviews, planning meetings, workshop trial runs, laser cutting, lab visiting, micros residencies, site visits endless car journey conversations on the relationship between art, science and tiffin tins and community building events. Investment in this kind of practice needs time and space; Ok Sparks allowed all this to happen!
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ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, Md. -- Dale Ormond, director of the U.S. Army Research, Development and Engineering Command, and RDECOM Deputy Commanding General Brig. Gen. Daniel Hughes toured the Army Research Laboratory Nov. 7.
ARL scientists and engineers briefed the RDECOM leaders on research and development topics, including materials sciences, ballistics/aeromechanics sciences, manufacturing science, Soldier head protection, and aeromechanics.
Of all the wonderful creatures in nature, the human teenager is one of the most curious. Caught in a paradoxical dilemma, teens strive for independence from their parents, but they also rely heavily on their dependence. “Mom, get out of my life, but first take me to the mall.”
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Sofia Moreira de Sousa, Deputy Head of Delegation, European Commission in South Africa speaking at the Kapuscinski Development Lecture at University of Cape Town on 5 November 2014. More: kapuscinskilectures.eu
A view of participants attending the event “International Day of Sport for Development and Peace 2023: Scoring for People and the Planet”.
UN Photo/Eskinder Debebe
6 April 2023
New York, United States of America
Photo # UN7980493
A Malawi Defense Force student (top, center) acts as an instructor during a small group practical exercise as part of African Deployment Partnership Training in Senga Bay, Malawi recently. The course focuses on pre-deployment, convoy and train-the-trainer development. U.S. Army Africa’s Capt. Brad Copas was the primary course facilitator for the two-week course. Staff Sgt. Jacinta Bonner and Chief Warrant Officer Two Francis Ash of the 299th Brigade Support Battalion, 2nd Brigade, 1st Infantry Division, Fort Riley, Kan., worked with U.S. Army Africa as primary instructors for a Phase III ADAPT training. (U.S. Army Africa photo by Capt. Brad Copas)
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Development Impact and the PhD scholarship - Road Map training, December 2013
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Clergy and lay members from across the Diocese of Connor were in Ballymena on Wednesday October 3 for the annual Diocesan Synod.
This was preceded by a Service of Holy Communion in St Patrick’s Parish Church, which also hosted the evening meal.
In his Presidential Address, Bishop of Connor, the Rt Rev Alan Abernethy, spoke about Brexit, the ‘tragic’ absence of a Northern Ireland Assembly and the need to pray for a way forward and to find ways of dealing with the past.
The Bishop has recently returned from a four–month sabbatical, which he described as a ‘gift’ which gave him time to ‘recover from the constant demands of ministry and leadership.’ His new book, The Jewel in the Mess, will be published in the new year.
Bishop Abernethy spoke about the ‘real potential’ for Ordained Local Ministry and described his membership of the World Council of Churches Central Committee as ‘challenging and stimulating.’
He said it was critical that the Church was aware of how it engages with its own local culture, adding that he was encouraged to see the number of parishes trying new and innovative ways to engage with their local communities.
In his wide–ranging address Bishop Abernethy also spoke about his Lent Seminars, parish issues, the growth of the Diocesan Learning Agreement, and the ‘disturbing’ news from Connor’s link diocese of Yei in South Sudan.
Synod was divided into two sessions. The afternoon session included the President’s Address, reports from Diocesan Council and Associated Notices of Motion.
The Report of Diocesan Council was proposed by Mr Ken Gibson, Lisburn Cathedral, and seconded by the Rev Danielle McCullagh, Lisburn Cathedral.
Tributes were paid to members of Team Connor for the work they are doing in the diocese, in particular Diocesan Development Officer Trevor Douglas, Youth Officer Christina Baillie, Children’s Project Development Officer Jill Hamilton and Church Army Evangelists Karen Webb and Stephen Whitten.
In his report to Synod, Mr Douglas said he had assisted several parishes to develop strategic three–year plans. He said he was impressed by the number who had progressed their outreach work with new relationships established and new ministries formed.
Mr Douglas said he had secured additional funding for both children’s and youth ministry, and seed funding for a leadership training programme for clergy and lay, designed to enable leaders to explore new forms of mission and ministry at parish level.
His report also highlighted work he has done with the Bishop to develop relationships with a range of community leaders and activists. “It is encouraging that even in what appears to be a growing secularism of society, that these leaders welcome a relationship with the Church and are willing to listen to our voice,” Mr Douglas stated in his report.
In her report, Mrs Baillie revealed she will be launching a new project exploring issues around mental health and emotional well–being for young people later this year. “AFFIRM will equip and provide opportunities for young people in difficulty and their communities as a whole,” the report stated.
The Rev Andrew Campbell, rector of Skerry, Rathcavan and Newtowncrommelin, paid tribute to Mrs Hamilton, Mrs Webb and Connor Children’s Council for bringing Patrick’s Mysterious Adventure to Broughshane for four days in March. He said the event had engaged more than 550 local people.
Mrs Karen Webb updated Synod on the success of the TLG (Transforming Lives for Good) programme initiated by the Centre of Mission in Shankill Road. She said this project, which supports primary school children who might be at risk of being excluded from school, now has nine new coaches, making a total of 15. It was already apparent what a difference this one–hour mentoring a week was making in the lives of the children being coached, Mrs Webb said. “This could happen in any parish in the diocese,” she added.
Mrs Valerie Ash, whose six–year term as Diocesan President of Connor Mothers’ Union President finishes at the end of this year, spoke about developments in Mothers’ Union, particularly on the home front, and how the organisation supports the needs of others. Mrs Ash will be succeeded as Diocesan President by Mrs Sally Cotter.
At the end of the first session, Dean Sam Wright extended the thanks of the clergy for the support the Bishop has given them over the year. “In the challenges of life you are a listening ear. Your constant encouragement is appreciated by all of us,” Dean Wright said.
Mr Tom Lyttle stepped up to thank the Bishop on behalf of the laity for all his ‘openness and honesty’. “Thank you for the way you handle the business of the diocese on our behalf,” Mr Lyttle said.
Thanking both speakers, Bishop Abernethy said: “One of the greatest gifts is the gift of encouragement.”
The evening session of Synod began with stories of outreach work in four Connor parishes – an Alpha course in Ardoyne; Messy Church and more in St Aidan’s, Sandy Row; Filling Station (contemporary worship) in Ballymoney; and the African Child Ministries Shop in Greenisland.
Synod members then moved to the adjoining hall to meet representatives of a number of organisations, namely Messy Church, the North Belfast Centre of Mission, Xplore, Youth Forum, Streetreach, University Chaplaincy, CAP (Christians Against Poverty) and the African Child Ministries.
The final stage of the evening session was a keynote address by Bishop Abernethy, in which he reflected on his sabbatical, and how it helped him rediscover the wonder and beauty of Jesus.
The Bishop also looked at issues facing the Church today, including buildings, finance, and the dependence on clergy. He spoke about how, after the initial confusion, bewilderment and excitement of being appointed Bishop of Connor in 2007, he began to see a lot of ‘disconnection.’
That led to the diocesan Vision Strategy with its focus on Engaging culture, Empowering ministry, Effecting change.
This Development Team has created new networks with Youth Council, Children’s Council and a Centre of Mission building links with local community, local parishes and the parishes throughout the diocese, and recognition from civil society that the Church can be entrusted to be channels of help, Bishop Abernethy said.
He said the Inter Diocesan Learning Project had helped him and others see the things that were happening in the diocese – equipping new leaders, discipling young people, new ministries emerging from the Centre of Mission, parishes reaching out in new ventures, university chaplaincies growing, Belfast Cathedral addressing its mission in the heart of the city – and all these stories being told to the diocese through the diocesan magazine.
The Bishop said he had visited various Church Army projects during his sabbatical and that the diocese in its vision could focus on the Church Army’s DARE strategy – Doing, Advocating, Resourcing, Enabling.
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Sierra Leone is one of the seven pilot countries of the African Development Bank (AfDB)-funded NERICA project carried out by the African Rice Initiative (ARI ) of AfricaRice. AfricaRice Deputy Director General for Research, Dr. Marco Wopereis, Dr. Inoussa Akintayo, Regional ARI Coordinator of AfricaRice, and Ms. Chileshe Paxina, AfDB representative with project participants at the multinational NERICA Dissemination Project, Demonstration of improved rice technologies near Lungalol, Port Loko, Sierra Leone on 11 Sep 2009 (Photo credit: R.Raman, AfricaRice)
In Hypnobirthing classes, the predominant philosophy is that birth is something your body is designed to do–and that you can manage it, says Elliott.
Are you a business owner looking to expand or relocate your operations? Choose Medicine Hat.
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Microsoft Azure Blockchain has caught the aggregate interest of the Business, Innovation & Technology world. It quickly approaches the pinnacle of the buildup cycle observed in the other innovations or technology of the past. It gives an approach to record and exchange information safely as it makes thing decentralized, law-based, proficient and straightforward. At Katpro Technologies, we can help you with implementing Microsoft Azure for your business.
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Four miles east of the Calico Ridge development that is in the other nearby pictures, I’m now in the Lake Mead National Recreation Area, looking back at the Lake Las Vegas development (and as close as I could get for pictures). The five story buildings in the right half of the picture are the Mantova Condominiums which, per Zillow, have been recently selling for $400K-$500K for 1500 sq ft units.
On the slope above the lake on left side of the picture are very large developments that are under construction, at the top is “Del Webb at Lake Las Vegas”, predicted to be 460 homes – couldn’t find information on the very large amount of cleared space below Del Webb.
A local mediareport indicates that Lake Las Vegas, the large artificial lake in the picture, used 1.2 billion gallons in 2020 and probably still uses that. The water for Lake Las Vegas comes directly from Lake Mead and is roughly equivalent to what 10,000 homes in Las Vegas would use in a year. Though Lake Las Vegas appears to be in the Las Vegas Wash, the wash is actually channeled under the lake so as to not contaminate the lake.
See the adjacent, very similar, picture for another perspective on construction at Lake Las Vegas.
On an exploration through Nevada and California in May, 2022. See tag CANV0522
Marvelling at the exceptional people within this organization and the leadership they bring to their work.