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FESTIVAL DO RIO 2013 - 01 DE OUTUBRO - ESTAĆĆO RIO - EXPECTATIVA - FILME: BOTECO
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Scan of the postcard announcement for my show opening October 5th at the Fifth Avenue Art Gallery in Melbourne, Florida.
Edited Chandra Space Telescope and Hubble Space Telescope image of the Helix Nebula.
Image source: www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/chandra/news/nasas-chandra-ope...
Original caption: When a star like the Sun runs out of fuel, it expands and its outer layers puff off, and then the core of the star shrinks. This phase is known as a "planetary nebula," and astronomers expect our Sun will experience this in about 5 billion years. This Helix Nebula images contains infrared data from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope (green and red), optical light from Hubble (orange and blue), ultraviolet from NASA's Galaxy Evolution Explorer (cyan), and Chandra's X-rays (appearing as white) showing the white dwarf star that formed in the center of the nebula. The image is about four light years across.
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What is the Lifespan of a TV Aerial?
Perhaps, you want are planning to install a TV aerial or you recently installed one, you will of course wonder how long your aerial would last before a new one will be needed. There are a lot of factors that determine the lifespan of a TV aerial in Leeds. These factors dictate how long before a maintenance check is required and how long before a complete replacement is needed. Here at TV Aerials Leeds will take you through the most important things to note.
What is the expected lifespan of an aerial installed on the roof?
If the installation is done by a professional on a rooftop, the TV aerial typically would last around a decade or even two decades. In some cases, they even last a lot longer. On the other hand, if the installation is carried out by an amateur, it most definitely will not last as long as even 10 years. In some cases, you also have a situation where the cables and fittings develop faults long before there is any issue with the aerial itself.
Poor-fitting of Antenna or Aerial
Even if you buy the most expensive or best quality antenna with the highest quality materials, it still does not guarantee you the longest lifespan if there is an issue with installation. Poor installation is responsible for a host of problems with TV aerials and this includes but not limited to:
Very High Installation of Area
If you intend to install your antenna on an aerial mast, probably to avoid trees or for other reasons, you must use the right brackets that have the capability to support the height of the mast. A very easy way to know if the brackets will be suitable for your installation is to make sure that the spacing of the bracket is set at a minimum of 16.66% of the total height of the mast. This implies that if you are installing the mast on a 6-inch pole, your bracket should have a minimum of 1-inch spacing. However, if you want to get huge radio aerials or high-gain aerial, you can even install at a higher length. In such cases, it would be better to be more cautious and use 25 percent bracket spacing compared to the total height of the mast. It is better safe than sorry. You might also want to use a mast with a thicker diameter and thicker wall. For huge mast heights, poles with 2-inch diameter are often a good option as they would contribute significantly to the overall lifespan of your mast.
Over-tightening the U Bolt at the top
This is a very common mistake that people make when installing on masts. If the V Bolt or U Bolt is over-tightened at the top, the mast could assume a wrong shape and start to bend. The implication is that the mast will become weak, lose its structural integrity and eventually fall off. Tightening the U Bolts requires a lot of care especially for the top bolt. It is recommended that ratchet spanners are not used for the tightening as it makes it easier to over-tighten the nut. I have made this mistake in the past and it is not one I would want to repeat or want you to experience.
Lightning Strikes and Electrical Storm
On a few occasions, electrical storms could result in a TV antenna getting damaged or stop working altogether. Every component of the aerial could be destroyed in the event of an extremely high voltage passing through the aerial. When this occurs, you would have no choice but to change the full TV aerial. You would also need to replace the coaxial cable. If a bolt of lightning should directly strike your aerial, you would not only be worrying about your aerial as several of your electrical appliances are also at risk of damage as well. There is no technique the installer can use that would guarantee you safety from lightning strikes or electrical storms. Your best bet will be to have a guarantee or insurance as a newly and properly installed high-quality antenna could be destroyed by this circumstance.
There are many other practices related to installation that can decrease the lifespan of your TV aerial that will quickly turn this article into a textbook book if they were all to be covered one after the other. Some examples of other practices include a house with loose bricks, failing chimney, snapping of lashing wiring (majorly as a result of age), and aerial cables getting waterlogged as well as upside-down installation of aerials among others.
Quality of the Antenna or Aerial
There is always a temptation to compromise on quality as per budget and opted for cheaper low-quality aerial and/or accessories. There are also chances that you decided to install the antenna on your own without expert knowledge and experience by just following a guide in a bid to save on installation cost. When this is the case, you might not get to enjoy the antenna for as long as 10 years as its lifespan will be very short. Amateur installation and cheap quality equipment does not bode well for the lifespan of the aerial. There was an instance where I was invited to provide a quotation for aerial installation. My quote was rejected. About a month later, I drove past the house and observed a new antenna installation that was already broken and had fallen. The implication is that the individual would have to pay to probably get a new antenna, new materials and/or pay for fixing of the antenna. The cost of these, coupled with the initial cost installing the antenna will already be more than my initial quote that would have lasted up to 20 years or more. This is apart from the inconvenience they would have faced during the period the antenna was down.
You should not try to cut costs by compromising the quality of the parts. This is especially when it comes to items that are installed outside that are in constant exposure to adverse weather elements such as rainfall, gales, and high winds. If you live in an area where you have witnessed the wind pulling off the roof from a property, how much hope do you think a quality antenna would have, let alone a low-quality or poorly installed antenna. It is best to avoid aerials that have elements like Bacofoil as they bend easily and will not serve you well from my point of view. You should read up on recommended TV antennas as they will guide you on choosing the right TV aerial. Wolsey, Antiference and Vision are my preferred manufacturers within the United Kingdom.
Changes in times
Things are changing rapidly in the world today, especially for items that are related to technology. There are instances that your aerial could suddenly become obsolete because of technology advancements. An instance where this has happened in the past is the change to UHF from VHF as well as during the switch-over to digital. As opposed to popular perception, digital aerial does not exist. Thus, your old aerial could continue to work which we expect the switch to digital aerial. You might also be faced with a situation where there is a change in frequency or a new big building was newly built close to you. You might be forced to increase the height of your TV aerial or opt for a satellite dish instead. There is also the fact that very soon, television programs would be streamed only through the internet and no more broadcasted in formats that your antenna will be able to pick. Even though this might still be many years to come, Internet televisions are already in existence.
Loft aerials are more durable
If it is possible, you should not install your antenna in the loft for some reason. First, your loft will most likely be lower than your Fascia fixings, gable end, and chimneys. As a result, you might lose some height and getting a good signal might become a challenge. The signal would have to penetrate roof tiles and walls before your antenna can pick it. In some cases, your antenna might not be able to pick any signal. Even when signals are picked, the picture quality might be poor.
However, since loft antennas are properly covered, weather and high winds would have little effect on them. The implication is that they would last longer as their rate of deterioration would reduce significantly.
Length of Aerial Installations Warranty
Most companies would give between 1 and 2 years guarantee when they install your aerial. I give a warranty of one year. Providing us with an online review will give you a second-year warranty for free. This is not to say that we are not confident about the quality of our work or that there will be a high chance of problems with the antenna after the second year. However, it is mostly because most warranties on the parts we use for installing the aerial only have a warranty of one to 2 years as well. Some companies could give warranties of between 3 and 5 years, however, you would have to pay some money to activate the longer warranty.
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Childern at the Anirudha Dev Middle school. Durowpadi Bedia, an Aganwadi worker conducts meetings and give messages to teach new and expecting mothers about the importance of exclusive breast feeding and visits them in their homes to reinforce the life saving messages of proper health and nutrition for their babies...
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Art-Lovers can expect to find true gems at the Museum which was built by NEW YORK star-architect RICHARD MEIER and features works by contemporary and classic modern artist
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23. Juni bis 4. November2012
Museum Frieder Burda, Lichtentaler Allee
Die Zeitgenossen Fernand LĆ©ger (1881 - 1955) und Henri Laurens (1885 - 1954), der in der Sammlung Frieder Burda vertreten ist, werden in der Ausstellung im Museum Frieder Burda mit ihren kĆ¼nstlerischen Ausdrucksformen (Malerei und Skulptur) gegenĆ¼bergestellt. Thematische Parallelen, gemeinsame Interessen sowie die Freundschaft der beiden KĆ¼nstler werden in der PrƤsentation herausgearbeitet. Viele der hochkarƤtigen Kunstwerke sind Leihgaben aus dem Centre Pompidou in Paris.
Expect the unexpected! CONGRATULATIONS to MISS UNIVERSE 2015 Ms. Pia Wurtzbach, truly a Filipino pride! #MissUniverse2015 #BayangMatuwid
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Much Hadham is a lovely church being much larger than one would expect for its village setting. The church guidebook acknowledges this and points out that the site was owned by the Bishops of London since some date after 952 AD when it was gifted by Saxon Queen Ethelfleda in her will - first to her sister and her brother-in-law Brithnoth, the alderman of Essex - and then to the Bishop after her relative's deaths. I think this is same Brithnoth (spelled variously) who died leading the Saxon resistance against the Vikings at the Battle of Maldon in 991 - see my Maldon church set earlier.
www.flickr.com/photos/barryslemmings/sets/72157630026001994/ to see the full set.
A Bishops' Palace was built nearby and the presence of that palace, and the desire of various London bishops for a more substantial church, led to the construction of the present church which the guidebook admits would not look out of place in a well-to-do town like Ware or Hertford. The building is 121 feet long and the tower is topped with a stiletto-like thin spire called a 'Hertfordshire Spike'.
Dedicated to St Andrew, the present church was almost certainly a Saxo-Norman site but nothing survives today earlier than about 1225. Frustratingly no documents survive before the 19th century as the records should have been in Fulham Palace's archives and should have been transferred to the Guildhall Library in London. Fulham Palace is the main London home of the Bishops of London. An on-site investigation has revealed three phases of construction which - for argument's sake - have been called 13th, 14th and 15th century. It is not possible to ascribe accurate dates to these phases (so far) but future dendrochronology could be used to date the roof timbers with some accuracy and might result in a clearer architectural history.
The oldest part of the church is a weathered door which has now been moved inside and is thought to date to about 1225. It was moved about 100 years later and cut down to fit. Sometime after 1225 the chancel was greatly expanded and this may have been enlarged to allow the bishop and his chaplains to carry out the elaborate rituals which would not fit into a narrow Norman-style chancel. This chancel is Early English in style. Some time later the expansion of the nave was commenced (say 1240-1250) with the building of the south aisle. The first three arches on the south side set the scale for this work and may have been the work of a London mason supplied by the Bishop. This enlargement work continued until around 1280 with two more simpler arches being built on the south side.
Moving into the 14th century (the Decorated style) windows were improved and the north aisle was commenced. In common with many other churches in England the Black Death, in the 1340s, would have brought a halt to any other work as a substantial proportion of the population died along with many skilled artisans. In some English churches it is possible to see where this work halted during the plague. Work at Much Hadham restarted in the Perpendicular style (1390 to 1450). The 90-foot tall west tower carries the arms of Bishop Braybrooke (died 1404) so his arms may date that work at least. Also added were the south porch, a clerestory to the nave and the enlarged east window.
The main furnishings of the church such as the font, some pews, the screen and stalls also date to the 15th century. The pulpit looks like it was made from medieval material but was probably constructed during in the reign of Elizabeth I.
Really wasn't expecting to see this in Dover today!, and this vehicle had brought a Student Group from Folkestone to Dover Castle!, and a big Thank You to this vehicles Driver Mr. Burnett for the freindly converstation and for posing this vehicle so we could both get better shots.
And be sure to check by my other acount: www.flickr.com/photos_user.gne?path=&nsid=77145939%40..., to see what else I saw Very Recently!!
Yes I'm back again.
However due to my main computer on which I edit my work being struck down with a big bad virus, this picture and all the others I am uploading, were Unedited but have now been replaced with Edited versions. So enjoy and Thanks for your patience and understanding.
I do still hate everything about this shit that is new Flickr and always will, but an inability to find another outlet for my work that is as easy for me to use as the Old BETTER Flickr was, has forced me back to Flickr, even though it goes against everything I believe in.
I don't generally have an opinion on my own work, I prefer to leave that to other people and so based on the positive responses to my work from the various friends I had made on Flickr prior to the changes I have decided to upload some more of my work as an experiment and to see what happens.
So make the most of me before they delete my acount: www.flickr.com/photos/69558134@N05/?details=1, to stop me complaining!!
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Choreografie: Mario Heinemann Jaillet
TƤnzerin: Gaƫlle Morello
Darsteller: Nicolas Menze
Puppenspieler: Werner Ries
Licht: Norbert Mohr
Koordination: Sophie Jaillet Heinemann
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Originally based on an idea by wife and husband duo Marie and Jym, the Gin Festivals were conceived in early 2012. It is exactly what you expect it to be. and kinda like any other food and drink festival - but with an obvious focus on the wonderful world of gin and gin related stuff. So, think gin masterclasses, the chance to meet lots of cool brands (big and small) - sample their gins, and buy things that make your mouth go āDAMN SONā (such as some of the lesser known, American bourbon cask aged numbersā¦or Sipsmithās mighty VJOPā¦I could go on but I won't)
The Gin Festivals are all over the country at this point - Manchester, Milton Keynes, Hebdon Bridge, Newcastle, Norwich etc. They also have an online store, selling stuff like home made gin kits, a whole load of rare and craft gins, that kinda good stuff that maybe you forgot to buy at the event. I guess my verdict would be that it had a lot of potential but could have been far bigger! MORE. WE NEED MORE OF EVERYTHING.
Another connection I made here was the overlap between the vintage and gin scenes. The excellent Charlie Hookson Sykes (@The_Lady_Sybil - who amongst many things writes for Tasting Britain) seems to have been doing this for a while but I didnāt know it was quite so common. You can see this in the way in way that much of the staff were dressed (polka dot dresses or blokes wearing things with braces). I suppose this makes sense since gin goes back a few centuries - and it doesnāt really get more āvintageā than that!
Whenever I visit LAX I expect murky, smoggy. blah skies, which is what I get most of the time. This Monday was completely different - it was absolutely gorgeous. Crystal clear skies, nice breeze, very pleasant temperatures - wow. Also, international traffic has really picked up and more traffic was on the south runways as 24L is closed for a few months. This was probably my best day at LAX ever!
On Sunday 27 March 2022, around two years later than expected thanks to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Amersham & District Motorbus Society held its first running day of the 2022 season, centred at Dorking (Main) Rail Station. Based on the former "Surrey Hills Leisure Buses" held in summers during the 1990s, the day saw various conditions of RFs travelling the extensive network, with two RTs, an RMC and a T as a sideline.
RF308 (NLE527) stands outside the Surrey Oaks Pub at Parkgate.
This overhead view shows the target area at White Sands Missile Range, with āsoftā targets shredded by the bomblets dispersed by ATACMS. The crater at the center of the target set was where the ATACMS rocket motor body impacted, precisely where it was supposed to. (Photo courtesy of the author)
Soldiers attached to the 727th Military Police Law and Order Detachment, New
York Army National Guard, participate in their farewell ceremony at Camp
Smith Training Site, Cortlandt Manor, NY, March 26, 2017. Twenty two
Soldiers from the 727th will depart for predeployment training at Fort
Bliss, Texas, and are expected to return for service in Afghanistan. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Michael Davis)
This place, despite its part demolition, had to be done as it has been on the have to do list for a while. It was Friday 31st October, a bright sunny Mother Earth day and 11 years on from the No Opencast Action at Tibshelf, Chesterfield. One day before an event on The Future for Clean Coal - a follow on from the Direct Action at kings North, part of the camp for climate change. We got a train to Doncaster, then a bus to Barnby Dun, we ended up getting off early but we walked part of the canal that was once the main supply chain for Coal to Thorpe Marsh Power Station, the loading deck at the side of the canal lays derelict.
We arrive, this is epic in scale with a theme of Dead Cities, a film set for post-Armageddon where the ruins of Modern Life are subject to Mother Earth's Reclamation yard. What a way to pay homage to Mother Earth. The D20 had already been in action, then power fails, here we were celebrating the demise of consumerism, but with no means to consume! We walk round, fall off ropes, laugh as we synchronize the echoed shouting of Gizmo's name and our four legged explorer looked confused, we were for an afternoon the famous three and their dog, minus the picnic.
We returned back to our childhood, it soon was over but we was to return, this time the D20 was on full charge, we had the Pentax and names for the six Cooling Towers, Bertha, Sandra, Emma, Ruth, JG, and Big Bottom Girl. Their omnipresent good looks underneath their apparent ugliness made you fall in, we also met the security and he seemed more intrested in getting his girlfriend into his cabin than being bothered with us, but we left anyhow, we were going to return.
We were now just two, soon to be three as Dan the man joined us on site. We watched the sun set over Thorpe Marsh Power station, got a lift back to Sheff courtesy of the slavver Jag and to our homely pub to get rather drunk.
Here is some blurb on the place we have found on wickipedia
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Thorpe Marsh Power Station closed in 1994. Since then it has gradually been demollished. Well, everything except the cooling towers - 6 of them. The are also two biggish and several small buildings.
There are various plans for the site - including a nature reserve, and a landfill site (fiercely objected to by local residents). In reality, nothing will probably happen. The towers still survive because it is feared that any explosion caused would rupture the banks of the nearby canal.
The station has been closed since 1994 and the 45 acres (18 ha) site was accquired by Able UK in 1995.[2] Much of the station has been demolished and now only its six cooling towers (each 340 ft (100 m) high and 260 ft (79 m) in diameter at the base), two ash slurry hoppers, railway sidings and the station's large adjacent electricity switching station still remain. The switching station was nearly flooded during the 2007 Yorkshire flood, which would have knocked the grid out according to news reports. The power station featured in the final episode of the 1999 ITV drama, The Last Train.
The rest of the images here
It goes without saying there is a lot of nasty shit on here along with deep holes and uneven land, we nearly come a cropper a couple of times, despite the ease of access as said there is security (they're chilled mind you) and what you expect with such a place so do not go along on your own, a mate and fully charged phone the 84 bus from B2 Doncaster Bus Station, ask them for the power station, once of the bus you will see them and simple walk towards them..
The evening before the expected release of new methane regulations by the European Commission, the Gastivists Collective and local ally Tegengas organized a āguerrilla projectionā action at the Vilvoorde gas plant on the outskirts of Brussels. The action highlighted new infrared videos of methane leakage taken by Clean Air Task Force from fossil fuel infrastructure sites across Europe.
āJust weeks ago, at the COP26 conference, the EU signed the āMethane Pledgeā to reduce methane emissions. Despite this, there are still billions of euros of public money that is slated to go to new fossil gas projects. If we are committed to reducing methane emissions, we need to stop importing methane and start leaving it in the ground,ā said Kevin Buckland of the Gastivists Collective.
Methane, sold conventionally as fossil gas (ānatural gasā), is quickly being recognized as a false solution to the global climate crisis, and incompatible with the Paris Agreement. Furthermore, the continued expansion of fossil gas infrastructure is only possible through massive investments of public money that is obtained through relentless industry greenwashing and lobbying that tries to pass off methane as a climate solution. Fossil gas is blocking real climate action, and the reliable, decentralized, and renewable energy systems the people most vulnerable to global price shocks and fossil fuel extraction so desperately need.
Europe is the world's largest importer of fossil gas (much of which comes from fracking). New EU legislation, however, only calculates methane emissions of this dirty energy source from inside Europe, while ignoring the massive leaks from extraction and transport outside of EU borders. Europe needs to own up to its responsibility to the full lifecycle emissions of the energy it consumes, and move away from false solutions such as nuclear, hydrogen, and fossil gas.
Groups across Europe are demanding legislation that listens to climate science, and not the fossil fuel industry, and thus a full fossil gas phase-out by 2035. Any new fossil gas infrastructure that is approved today will either become a climate menace or a stranded asset. Our public money should be going to pay for a just climate transition, not to maintain industry share prices.
The current energy situation across Europe, from the conflict between Morocco and Algeria to Russiaās leverage of gas as a geopolitical tool, proves to us that energy is too important to be left in the hands of for-profit industry and rogue politicians and kings. The EU needs to have transparent and reliable methane emissions reporting, and make policy based on science - not by industry lobby groups such as ENTSOG. It is time for Europe to lead the world in developing locally-owned, reliable, and resilient energy systems, instead of continuing to burn public money through the relentless combustion of fossil fuels.
Photo by Pieter Geens
I was expecting some nice weather prior to the shoot early in the morning near Gardens By The Bay. However, I was proven wrong as the weather turned out to be much worse than expected.
There was a strong gust of wind and the grey clouds in the sky already hovered above me as I set up my equipment before it began drizzling away.
The morning light was not exactly favorable but its faint light still somehow managed to bring out the nice structure of Cloud Forest dome.
The Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT), Illinois State Police (ISP) and the Illinois Tollway were joined by their industry partners today to kick off National Work Zone Awareness Week with a reminder to all Illinois motorists: Expect the unexpected driving
through work zones. To signal the start of construction season and call attention to the dangers of driving in work zones, Governor Bruce Rauner has signed a proclamation designating this week
as āWork Zone Safety Weekā in Illinois.
āConstruction season is underway. That means crews will be out working on the roads, often times just a few feet away from traffic,ā said Acting Illinois Transportation Secretary Randy Blankenhorn. āPlease slow down and eliminate distractions while driving through work zones.
The rules are very simple: See orange. Slow down. Save lives.ā
The theme for this yearās National Work Zone Awareness Week is āExpect the Unexpected.ā
Whenever motorists are traveling through work zones, they need to be aware of sudden lane closures and shifts, the presence of construction equipment, changing traffic patterns and speeds, as well as a host of other factors that can make work zones potentially dangerous places. More than 4,300 motor vehicle crashes occur in Illinois work zones every year. Provisional data shows that 29 people, including three workers, were killed in Illinois work zone crashes in 2014.
āConstruction work zones can be hazardous to motorists and workers alike,ā said ISP Col. Mike Zerbonia. āMotorists should prepare for the unexpected by reducing speed and staying focused on the road ahead. Speeding and distracted driving in a work zone is a dangerous offense with tragic consequences.ā
Speed and inattentiveness are major contributors to work zone crashes. Workers are not the only ones at risk, either. Statistics show that approximately 90 percent of all work zone fatalities are
motorists.
This year, IDOT will be expanding on the Smart Work Zone technology introduced last year. The system utilizes computers to relay travel times via digital message boards in advance of an interstate work zone so motorists are aware of any backups and can seek alternate routes. Speed
indicator boards will be deployed again this year to increase awareness of work zone speed limits.
Illinois State Police also will continue to operate photo enforcement vans as another measure to reduce speeds in work zones. Signs are posted prior to motorists entering work zones where photo enforcement vans are stationed, with a speed indicator board above the van to give drivers one last chance to slow down.
āWith so much construction on the Illinois Tollway this year, itās important for drivers traveling
in work zones to use caution at all times,ā said Illinois Tollway Executive Director Kristi
Lafleur. āTollway customers can avoid surprises in work zones by planning ahead and visiting
our website for the latest project information and tools to help plan your trip.ā
Fines for speeding in work zones are $375 for first-time offenders and $1,000 for a second offense, whether or not workers are present. If workers are present, motorists can lose their driverās license for up to 90 days after a second violation. The penalty for hitting a worker is a fine up to $10,000 and 14 years in prison.
In recent years, Illinois has adopted distracted driving laws that prohibit the use of all hand-held electronic devices while driving at all times, work zones included. The use of electronic
communications devices or any other electronic device, to text, e-mail, compose, read or send
electronic messages or access internet sites while driving a motor vehicle also is prohibited.
Visit www.embracetheorange.com to take the Work Zone Safety Pledge and learn more about
work zones.
You can view IDOTās work zone safety public service announcements at