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We made our annual trip to London in November. We travel down by coach from Slaithwaite and stay at The Cumberland Hotel at Marble Arch. It’s actually a weekend ladies shopping trip that is run as a fundraiser for Slaithwaite Brass Band – I’m the only bloke that goes every year! We decided ( the two of us) to stay down in London until Thursday this time as we wanted to see weekday London and be able to explore a bit further afield on foot. We covered up to 16 miles a day, which is tough going on crowded pavements with hundreds of busy roads to cross. I photographed anything that looked interesting but I bent a contact in the CF card slot, fortunately I had quite a few SD cards with me and the 5D has dual slots so I was able to carry on using it. It’s currently at Lehmann’s getting fixed.
With it being close to Christmas the decorations are up everywhere so there was plenty of colour at night. In Hyde Park the Winter Wonderland was in full swing, we’ve never bothered going to it before but I went twice at night this time. It is massive this year, I couldn’t get over how big it is and the quality of some of the attractions. The cost and effort involved must be phenomenal – it was quite expensive though. It was very difficult to photograph, with extremes of light (LED’s) and darkness and fast moving rides into the bargain. I think I have some decent usable stuff but at the time of writing I am only part way through the editing process so I don’t know for sure.
We set off at around 8.15 am every day and stayed out for at least 12 hours. The weather was poor for a day and a half with drizzle and very dull grey conditions, fortunately we had some pleasant weather (and light) along the way as well. Being based at the end of Oxford Street – Europe’s busiest shopping street – meant that I did quite a bit of night shooting on there. Although I carried a tripod everywhere I only used it once and that was during the day! Because there is always a moving element in almost every shot it seemed pointless using a tripod. I would have got some shots free of movement – or I could have gone for ultra-long exposures to eliminate people and traffic but it would have been problematic I felt. In the end I wound the ISO up and hand held – fingers crossed.
We walked out to Camden Market and Locks but it had been raining and we were a bit early as many were only just setting up for the day. We tried to follow routes that we hadn’t used before and visit new places. We paid a fortune to get in St Pauls but you can’t use cameras. This something that I fail to see the point of, ban flash if you want but if you are going to encourage tourism why ban cameras when there is nothing in particular happening in there. It’s a rule that seems to be applied arbitrarily in cities around the world. Fortunately we could take photos from the outside of the dome, which was real reason for visiting, and we had some great light. Expensive compared with a couple of euros in some famous cathedrals. I’ve wanted to walk to Canary Wharf for a number of years and this year we did. We crisscrossed the Thames a few times and tried to follow the Thames path at other times. We covered around ten miles but it was an interesting day. It was also very quiet for the last four or five miles. We got there about 12.00 and managed to get a sandwich in a café in the shopping centre at the foot of the high rise office blocks before tens of thousands of office workers descended from above. It was mayhem, packed, with snaking queues for anywhere that sold food. We crossed to the other side of The Isle of Dogs and looked across to the O2 Arena and the cable car, unfortunately there isn’t a way across for pedestrians and it was around 3.00 pm. With darkness falling at around 4.30 we decide it was too late to bother. We made our way back to the Thames Clipper pier to check the sailing times. They sail every twenty minutes so we had a couple of glasses of wine and a rest before catching the Clipper. Sailing on the Thames was a first in 15 trips to London. The Clipper is fast and smooth, the lights had come on in the city and there was a fantastic moon rise. It was nigh on impossible to get good shots at the speed we were traveling though and there were times that I wished I could be suspended motionless above the boat. Again, hopefully I will have some usable shots.
We felt that the shopping streets were a little quieter, following the Paris massacre it was to be expected, I might be wrong as we were out and about at later times than previous trips. I think I have heard that footfall is down though. It was good to get into some of the quieter backstreets and conversely to be stuck in the city business district – The Square Mile- at home time. A mass exodus of people running and speed walking to bus stops and the rail and tube stations. It was difficult to move against or across the flow of bodies rushing home.
Whilst the Northern(manufacturing) economy is collapsing, London is a giant development site, it must be the tower crane capital of Europe at the moment. It was difficult to take a shot of any landmark free of cranes, it was easier to make the cranes a feature of the photo. It’s easy to see where the wealth is concentrated – not that there was ever any doubt about it. The morons with too much money are still driving their Lambo’s and Ferraris etc. like clowns in streets that are packed with cars , cyclists and pedestrians, accelerating viciously and noisily for 50 yards. They are just sad attention seekers. From Battersea to Canary Wharf we walked the Thames Embankment, the difference between high and low tide on the river is massive, but the water was the colour of mud – brown! Not very attractive in colour. We caught a Virgin Train from Kings Cross for £14.00 each – a bargain!. We had quite a bit of time to kill around midday at Kings Cross so I checked with security that I was OK to wander around taking photos, without fear of getting jumped by armed security, and set off to photograph the station and St Pancras International Station across the road. I haven’t even looked at the results as I type this but I’ll find out if they are any good shortly. Talking of security, following Paris, there was certainly plenty of private security at most attractions, I don’t know if it was terrorism related though, I can’t say I noticed an increased police presence on the streets. It took us three hours and five minutes from Kings Cross to being back home, not bad for a journey of 200 miles. I can’t imagine that spending countless billions on HS2 or HS3 is going to make a meaningful (cost effective) difference to our journey. Improving what we have, a little faster, would be good. There are some bumpy bits along the route for a mainline and Wakefield to Huddersfield is the equivalent of a cart track – and takes over 30 minutes – it’s only a stone’s throw.
Periodic Table of Videos film-maker Brady gave his future mother-in-law this sample of Neodymium for her 60th birthday (because it is element number 60).
See our Neodymium video at www.youtube.com/watch?v=PBbl-3_R3mk
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It was in this chamber that six elements on the periodic table were first created by high-speed ion collisions.
The elements were Meitnerium (1982), Hassium (1984), Darmstadtium (1994), Roentgenium (1994), Bohrium (1996) and Copernicium (1996).
They were created at the GSI Helmholtz Centre for Heavy Ion Research GmbH in Darmstadt, Germany.
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La Botanique (1805) from the "Raphael of Flowers" – Pierre-Joseph Redouté (1759–1840) and Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712–1788). Explore blooming flowers and fruit trees like: daffodils, tiger lilies, and plum trees.
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I own the Honda Element on the left. I felt when I bought it it was the love child of an H2 and a Mini Cooper.
On the first day of our 2010 trip along Route 66 we totaled our 2004 Honda Element EX. The day we arrived back home we went and purchased its replacement, this 2010 Honda Element EX.
This is the LAST picture of the set of 8.
OK so the element works...hooray! But don't forget to DISCONNECT from the electricity supply before you complete the final steps.
I took the opportunity to clean the backplate. There was a lot of encrusted gunk on the back of the plate, partially blocking the fan vents..I wonder if this contributed to the element's demise? I replaced the oven bulb which had failed (15 watt SES 300 degree - I got a Philips T22 E14 about £2). Replace the back plate with the 4 screws - you did keep them in a safe place didn't you? I took the opportunity to clean the glass on the oven door too. Wow...now we can actually see the stuff being cooked for the first time in a couple of years!
I then checked out the oven by starting at 100 degrees and checking the thermostat went out after a couple of minutes. then 150 degrees...another couple of minutes..then 200 and 300. Seemed ok.
This is the item we sent off for the Artist to Artist Mystery Element swap.
Sterling Silver .75" x3.5"
Basic Element played a gig at Hifi Tuning Show´s evening party, at Radisson Blu Hotel, Oulu Finland
-Isabel Baruque MartÃn-
97 anys
Original de 'Piña de Esgueva, del valle Esgueva, a Valladolid'
Grà cies a 'En Bici Sense Edat' (EBSE) he pogut realitzar un reportatge molt Ãntim i personal de la Isabel Baruque, acompañada de la seva filla la Isabel Nuñez, el seu fill Jesús Nuñez i de la seva neta Mireia de Haro. Aquesta última, voluntaria de 'EBSE', és l'element clau en lligar la sortida en bicicleta amb la Isabel i fer el reportatge fotogrà fic. Amb el permÃs de la seva familia i amb una gran responsabilitat em vaig disposar a conèixer la Isabel i la seva familia (primer) i fer unes fotos (segon). Al començar a parlar amb la Isabel vaig percebre que a pesar de l'edat i la calor que feia, era una dona amb energia, 97 anys i tenir ganes de ser portada en bicicleta un dia d'estiu a ple Juliol i amb molta calor ja diu molt d'ella. Parlant amb ella em va explicar coses com que al seu poble natal -Piña de Esgueva- de petita anaven amb cavalls, ni bicis ni cotxes. Després de xerrar una miqueta i fer algunes fotos ens dispossem a fer la ruta que ha preparat la neta, la Mireia, que passa per la plaça de la Virreina, pg de Sant Joan i la Sagrada Familia. Tots aquests llocs els ha triat ella, la Isabel, per què feia molt temps que no els veia amb els seus propis ulls. S'ha de dir que la Isabel ha passat el confinament bastant bé tenint en compte que alguns dels seus fills van passar el covid, una dona forta de salut, ella i els seus fills es troben bé actualment.
'En Bici Sense Edat' és una associació que es dedica a retornar a la gent gran (o mobilitat reduïda) la capacitat d’anar en bicicleta i sentir el vent a la cara, i les bones sensacions que es desprenent al anar en bicicleta.
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-Isabel Baruque MartÃn-
97 años
Original de 'Piña de Esgueva, del valle Esgueva, en Valladolid'
Gracias a 'En Bici Sin Edad' (EBSE) he podido realizar un reportaje muy Ãntimo y personal de Isabel Baruque, acompañado de su hija Isabel Nuñez, su hijo Jesús Nuñez y de su nieta Mireia de Haro. Esta última, voluntaria de 'EBSE', es el elemento clave en ligar la salida en bicicleta con Isabel y hacer el reportaje fotográfico. Con el permiso de su familia y con una gran responsabilidad me dispuse a conocer a Isabel y su familia (primero) y hacer unas fotos (segundo). Al comenzar a hablar con Isabel percibà que a pesar de la edad y el calor que hacÃa, era una mujer con energÃa, 97 años y tener ganas de ser transportada en bicicleta un dÃa de verano en pleno Julio y con mucho calor ya dice mucho de ella. Hablando con ella me explicó cosas como que en su pueblo natal -Piña de Esgueva- de pequeña iban con caballos, ni bicis ni coches. Después de charlar un poco y hacer algunas fotos nos disponemos a hacer la ruta que ha preparado la nieta, Mireia, que pasa por la plaça de la Virreina, pg de San Joan y la Sagrada Familia. Todos estos lugares los ha elegido ella, Isabel, por qué hacÃa mucho tiempo que no los veÃa con sus propios ojos. Hay que decir que Isabel ha pasado el confinamiento bastante bien teniendo en cuenta que algunos de sus hijos pasaron el Covid, una mujer fuerte de salud, ella y sus hijos se encuentran bien actualmente.
'En Bici Sin Edad' es una asociación que se dedica a devolver a la gente mayor (o movilidad reducida) la capacidad de ir en bicicleta y sentir el viento en la cara, y las buenas sensaciones que se desprendiendo al ir en bicicleta.
Bangalore, 2008
I learned about the Montessori method and its focus on self directed activity by children while shooting these images for a friend who is thrilled to be fulfilling a longstanding dream to open a school of her own. We will certainly do a shoot with kids next to add more life and appeal to what will become brochure ware for The Earth School in Bangalore - an element I wish we had right away. That said, it was great fun to explore low angles, common objects, and tabletop photography of the bento box style activity trays for the kids.
Here's the wheel of my new road bike.
If you know a lot about bikes, the tires are Forte Pro DC, 700 x 23C and the wheelset is Formula Element XSR-3, 20H and QR.
Iglesia de la Buena Dicha
Situación: Calle de Silva, 25, c/f Libreros, 12
Autor y fecha: Francisco GarcÃa Nava, 1916-1917
www.monumentamadrid.es/AM_Edificios3/AM_Edificios3_WEB/in...
El origen de la institución fue el Hospital y cementerio para pobres de Nuestra Señora de la Concepción y Buena Dicha, fundado en 1564 con 12 camas dispuestas para enfermos de la parroquia y regentado por la Hermandad de la Misericordia.
En él fueron atendidos, y algunos enterrados, los héroes del Dos de Mayo. Más tarde desaparecieron la iglesia y el hospital, pero se reconstruyó a expensas de los marqueses de Hinojares entre 1914 y 1917. El solar es pequeño, entre medianerÃas, y la planta presenta una pequeña nave en dos tramos y una gran cabecera cuadrada cubierta con bóveda neomudéjar de nervios que no se cruzan en el centro. Recibe luz exterior del gran ventanal situado a los pies.
La nueva iglesia se construyó en ladrillo conjugando estilos neomedievales, en los que se mezclan elementos góticos, mudéjares y nazaritas, que dan como resultado una curiosa composición en piedra y ladrillo en la que se intuye un cierto espÃritu modernista. Hay una pequeña y curiosa fachada neomudéjar a la calle de los Libreros, compuesta por tres arcos entrelazados y un mirador superior. El edificio de viviendas contiguo sigue el esquema de la iglesia pues, aunque fue construido para otro propietario, es también obra de GarcÃa Nava.
Durante su visita a Leticia, en el marco de los diálogos regionales Compromiso por Colombia, el presidente Iván Duque y el Ministro de Ambiente y Desarrollo Sostenible Carlos Correa recorrieron las instalaciones del Instituto Amazónico de Investigaciones CientÃficas Sinchi, donde pudieron conocer de primera mano los laboratorios de agroindustria y biodiversidad que suman iniciativas para la reactivación económica de la región.
El recorrido estuvo acompañado por los directivos del Sistema Nacional Ambiental: Instituto Sinchi, Parques Nacionales Naturales y Visión AmazonÃa, quienes se encuentran en territorio con el Ministerio de Ambiente para lanzar diferentes programas a lo largo de esta semana.
En el laboratorio de agroindustria se detalló el trabajo que realiza la entidad para el procesamiento de frutos amazónicos, la investigación, la transferencia de conocimiento a las comunidades, el apoyo a los emprendimientos y la constitución de negocios verdes.
"La visita al Instituto Sinchi es un mensaje que tiene que ver con nuestra visión de paÃs. Colombia tiene un Gobierno que cree en la ciencia y la tecnologÃa. Uno de los componentes más importantes es el de bieconomÃa, donde interactúa la ciencia con la constitución de negocios sostenibles que le lleven desarrollo y bienestar a las comunidades", expresó el presidente Iván Duque.
Por su parte, el ministro Correa destacó que "la oferta natural, a partir de los frutales, constituye un elemento clave para la reactivación económica de la AmazonÃa y la generación de negocios verdes, permitiendo la conservación de los bosques y la creación de empleo".
Actualmente, en la región se cuenta con 344 negocios verdes en los departamentos de Amazonas (72), Caquetá (82), Putumayo (116), GuainÃa (21), Guaviare (32) y Vaupés (21), que representan el 14,7% del total de Negocios Verdes vinculados a nivel nacional. Estos Negocios Verdes cuentan con un total de 3.550 empleados y cerca de 5.000 asociados.
Nuevas especies para la ciencia
El Presidente Duque celebró las nuevas seis especies que el Instituto Sinchi descubrió para la ciencia, entre las cuales se encuentra la termita, Acorhinotermes claritae, una especie comedora de madera, asociada a bosques secundarios, que solo ha sido encontrada en Colombia; el comején, Rustitermes boteroi, es una especie clara y con abdomen protuberante; y las diatomeas, importantes en la productividad de los rÃos y son bioindicadores de excelente calidad del agua.
"La identificación de seis especies recientemente para la investigación cientÃfica mundial pone a la entidad a la vanguardia de los centros de investigación ambiental. Por eso, queremos con el Ministro Correa fortalecer económicamente a nuestros centros de investigación y convertirlos en atractivos para la cooperación internacional", aseguró el primer mandatario.
Siembra simbólica
En las instalaciones del Instituto, los altos funcionarios realizaron una siembra simbólica de acapú, un árbol emblemático en la Región Amazónica y apreciado por su madera de caracterÃsticas únicas: resistente al agua, dura más de 100 años en tierra y no es combustible. Tiene localmente amenazas por la sobreexplotación.
Esta siembra se desarrolló como parte del plan de reforestación de la AmazonÃa y como contribución a la meta de sembrar 180 millones de árboles al 2022 en el paÃs.
A la fecha se han sembrado 12.357 árboles en el departamento, en los municipios de La Chorrera, La Pedrera, Leticia, Puerto Arica, Puerto Nariño, Puerto Santander y Tarapacá. La meta de la autoridad ambiental Corpoamazonia es llegar a 3,2 millones de árboles sembrados al 2022.
Celebración 60 años Parques Nacionales
Durante la visita, el ministro Correa entregó una placa conmemorativa a la Directora de Parques Nacionales Naturales de Colombia Julia Miranda, como homenaje a los 60 años de la institución en la conservación de la AmazonÃa y las áreas protegidas del paÃs.
Actualmente, existen 59 áreas del Sistema de Parques Nacionales y los 3 Distritos Nacionales de Manejo Integrado suman 20’681.085 Ha, en donde se conservan ecosistemas estratégicos para el paÃs (sitios de patrimonio histórico y arqueológico; áreas representativas de la biodiversidad nacional; especies de fauna y flora únicas, asà como la forma de vida de culturas ancestrales).
Correa manifestó que los Parques Nacionales son lugares de gran valor ambiental y cultural para los colombianos, que se convertirán en foco de desarrollo sostenible y ecoturismo.
Por otra parte, el presidente Duque anunció que siete Parques Nacionales renovarán todas las facilidades para la visita de ciudadanos.
"Esto nos va a poner en la agenda más ambiciosa que haya tenido Colombia para que los visitantes a nuestro paÃs sepan que con todos los protocolos de bioseguridad y los conceptos de preservación van a poder disfrutar del esplendor de nuestros Parques", puntualizó el mandatario. / Dic. 01, 2020. (FotografÃa Oficial Ministerio de Ambiente y Desarrollo Sostenible / Emilio Aparicio RodrÃguez).
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STERILE AREA –
RAF Barnham Nuclear Weapons Storage Facility was heavily secured and at the time was probably one of the most secure locations in the United Kingdom. The security element was the responsibility of the RAF Police (RAFP). Personnel from differing operating periods at RAF Barnham have stated that there were up to three varieties of RAF Police specialisations working at the site: 'Provost' 'Station' and 'Qualified Police Dog' (dog handlers).
As well as a standard outer fence and main gate picket post, the facility included an inner perimeter fence and within that an inner concrete wall with another picket post. The area between these two latter perimeters was classed as ''sterile'', with trip wires and flares in the gap between them and atop the wall, to alert the guard force to intruders. Pole-mounted lighting was positioned at regular intervals within the sterile area and halfway between the towers was a V-shaped bulge in the fence to allow patrolling guards the ability to look up and down the fence line from a small path that ran within the area. A telephone post was located at these bulges.
Two electric sliding gates at the outer and inner fence and a traditional style split middle wire gate acted as ''vehicle traps'' for any vehicle driving in or out. At the front sliding gate was a personnel turnstile controlled by the RAFP guardroom. At the rear sliding gate was personnel access to the inner picket where flammables and other contraband (matches, cigarettes, lighters etc) were surrendered before entering the ''Danger Area''.
RAFP Dog Handlers patrolled the site and the RAFP station staff manned the watch towers and pickets. The area between the outer and middle fence was patrolled by the Dog Handlers, with elements of the outer perimeter reportedly just spools of barbed wire.
Five Watch Towers, one at each point of the pentagonal fence, were located on the inside of the middle fencing when the site was decommissioned. These were accessible along the path within the sterile area near the fence line, some elements of which are still visible under the moss and foliage. A 6th vantage point was located on the maintenance building towards the centre of the compound. Each tower could see the others at the time of operational use (trees get in the way now) and were fitted with searchlights at a third of the way up and right at the top, possibly similar to those used on ships. It has been reported that the angle of the lights had to be limited as the Officer Commanding RAF Lakenheath had made complaints that his pilots were getting dazzled by RAF Barnham's watch towers.
The existing tall metal towers were believed to have been installed in late 1959/early 1960. Prior to this there were wooden ones, described as being pretty basic and about 15ft high, with a base around 6ft square with a large searchlight mounted in the centre which could be swung almost 360° in either direction. Access was reportedly by a wooden ladder and there was a single railing round about waist height. There was a field telephone at the top of the ladder and ''special'' binoculars were issued. The platforms were in roughly the same positions of the new towers but on the inside of the concrete path. It has been reported by another source that when the new towers were built, the fences had to be modified to accommodate them, via a U-shaped cut-out, visible on the site today.
A former RAFP Dog Handler stated that before being posted to Barnham, you and more importantly your dog had to gain at least 90% in exams/tests, meaning they had some of the best personnel and animals in the trade. In comparison, the RAFP Station staff stated that they received no special training as such for the role. They did get sent on a special security course, but that it was of little relevance or use to RAF Barnham. They simply classed it as another security related job. Some have stated that they spent a lot of time on the range, with many of the Police being marksmen. It has been reported that the RAFP were issued automatic 9mm pistols towards the end of the site's operational period, replacing the Smith and Wesson .38 that had been in common use.
The shift pattern recalled by most RAFP personnel spoken to consisted of 9 consecutive shifts comprising 3 evenings (1500-2300), 3 midnights (2300-0700) and 3 days (0700-1500) which would then be followed by 2 days off. Approximately 14 Station staff were on shift, comprising of one Sergeant shift controller, one Corporal deputy shift controller and 12 others, some made up of National Service personnel. Therefore, with an off duty shift, this meant a guard force of around 56, plus all of the ''X'' flight staff (the term used for those involved with the weapon convoys), which had around 14 personnel. It was usually an hour on and an hour off on the old wooden watch towers. The Dog Handler shift patterns were (1800-0000) and (0000-0600), with no day patrols, around 8 dogs were on site at a time.
This and other RAFP sources have said that the security personnel knew very little about the goings on inside, even with the vantage points of the towers. It is reported that all movements were specially screened to be hidden from view, with even the large bombs themselves sheeted. One RAFP officer had even reported as quipping to a convoy commander about ''another glider'' coming in, making reference to the similarity between the ''Blue Danube'' pantechnicon and a glider trailer.
Information sourced from – rafbarnham-nss.weebly.com/security.html