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This picture is taken through a glass viewport into the insertion device. The view shows the end of the magnet array with copper flex tapers. The orange glow is from an internal heater coil which is in the process of activating one of the Ultra High Vacuum pumps.
A weekend of Tea Duelling, a mini Cooper’s Hill Cheese Rolling, and Hobby Horse Show Jumping were some of the highlights of last weekend’s Steampunks in Neverland event.
Organised by Steampunks of Gloucestershire, the event was centred around Kingshill House in Dursley and attracted participants from across the county. The steampunk aesthetic is based around 19th century science fiction that incorporates industrial steam-powered machinery, and steampunk literature is often set in alternative history of the Victorian era.
Matt McCall, the group’s chairman, told Stroud Times: “We’re here for two days and celebrating the science fiction and fantasy of the mid-Victorian period, although science fiction has its roots way back. The first proper science fiction novel of the modern era was Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein; it’s not a horror novel.
“A lot of authors that were writing fantasy had a go at science fiction – even Tolkien and CS Lewis – so today’s theme is Neverland, based on the Peter Pan story. We’re aware the original stories are not quite the way Disney tells them, but it does encourage people to read and stretch their imagination. We’ve got a number of people dressed as pirates and a Peter Pan here today. We’ve even got a shadow running around. It’s all about stretching your imagination and enjoying yourself – there are no rules, so you can’t be wrong.”
The event is meant to be fun – which it clearly was: “We’re here to make people laugh, to make people enjoy themselves and come out of their shells a little bit,” explained Matt.
“A lot of our members are neurodivergent. We have a huge cross-section of community, some of which comes from the LGBTQ+ community as well. We've got a lot of people with disabilities who are very, very isolated and one of our members was saying quite recently how she’d moved to Gloucester and become involved with us and she’s now going out places and doing things – it was like she had found her tribe.”
Rach Hall, a full-time artist and one of the group’s directors, spoke about her late autism diagnosis: “As an adult you’re taught you’re not allowed to play any more, it’s not something we’re encouraged to do, but that’s what we do – we get together and play and do silly things and it gives you a reason to enjoy life outside the structure of everyday life and work.
“Our mission statement is very focussed on making sure everybody feels safe – we only use disabled accessible venues and we’re aware of how we communicate with our neurodivergent members.
“It gives us a space to be ourselves.”
Steampunks of Gloucestershire, founded in 2016, has a team of seven directors and is a CIC (Community Interest Company) whose focus is to run community events. There are around 2,000 members and events can attract anywhere between several dozen, right up to 2,500-3,000 people.
I take a lot of photos with my phone so find myself using portrait mode more often than I used do (with my camera). Fortunate for me this week, as I might not get time to take new pics.
This is another shot from inside the museum undergoing renovations.
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The Princess Royal officially opens Wales First World War Centenary Wood, Coed Ffos Las
It’s been four years in the making, with many hundreds of local people including children helping to plant the trees, and Her Royal Highness The Princess Royal has now formally opened Coed Ffos Las, Wales’ First World War Centenary Wood, in the Gwendraeth Valley in Carmarthenshire. As the Woodland Trust’s (Coed Cadw’s) most recently planted wood in Wales, it's part of the The First World War Centenary Woods project which is helping to plant millions of native trees to commemorate the First World War.
The Princess Royal was joined by around 40 invited guests on 2 July, who saw demonstrations highlighting the hugely important role that woods and trees played in the First World War. There was horse ploughing, greenwood working and a working blacksmith. The 157 Royal Logistics Corp were also present, a company created as a result of the First World War, who have helped plant the trees at Coed Ffos Las and who are proud to have The Princess Royal as their Patron.
Her Royal Highness then formally unveiled a plaque displaying the name of the life-sized War Horse Sculpture which forms a special Commemorative Feature of the site. Created out of Corten steel by the designer Steve Tomlinson, the statue was named Yr Arwr / Hero, after the poem which won Hedd Wyn the Chair at the 1917 National Eisteddfod. The name was chosen by Jane Hutt, formerly Leader of the House at the National Assembly for Wales, from ideas suggested in a public competition for names organised last summer in which nearly one hundred people took part.
Natalie Buttriss, Director of Wales for the Woodland Trust (Coed Cadw) said: “I’m delighted to be able to welcome The Princess Royal to Coed Ffos Las. Working with the local community and with the support of our members and sponsors we have created a beautiful, poignant new woodland which incorporates 90,000 native trees. There is also an orchard, bee hives, a pond, an area of woodland which can be coppiced, open areas for enjoying the panoramic views, as well as the amazing war horse sculpture as a commemorative feature.
“Coed Ffos Las is a unique woodland in Wales which we are using to tell the story of wood, woodland, workers and soldiers in the First World War. A huge percentage of Wales’ ancient woodland was felled for a wide range of uses in the Great War. Ammunition cases, vehicle bodies, gun carriages, matches, pit props, even hazel hurdles were used to build the walls of trenches. Wales is, in many ways, still feeling the environmental impact of a war that wreaked havoc on soldiers’ and communities’ lives.”
“The creation of the Coed Ffos Las has cost around £1.2m in total. The Woodland Trust is hugely grateful to everyone who supported our fundraising appeal for the site, to our lead partner in the project, Sainsbury’s, to Welsh Government’s Plant! initiative and the players of the National Lottery, through the Heritage Lottery Fund, all of which have generously supported different aspects of the project.”
The First World War Centenary Woods project is supported by the Trust’s lead partner Sainsbury's, helping to plant millions of native trees to commemorate the First World War. Mike Coupe, the company’s CEO, said: “We’re pleased to support such a fitting memorial to those affected by the First World War. It’s important to our customers and colleagues, and commemorative to the colleagues who fell during World War One.
Y Dywysoges Frenhinol yn agor Coed Ffos Las, Coedwig Canmlwyddiant y Rhyfel Byd Cyntaf yng Nghymru, heddiw
Mae hi wedi cymryd pedair blynedd o waith caled. Mae cannoedd lawer o bobl leol gan gynnwys plant wedi plannu'r coed. Yn awr mae ei Huchelder Brenhinol, y Dywysoges Frenhinol wedi agor Coed Ffos Las yn ffurfiol. Dyma Goedwig Canmlwyddiant y Rhyfel Byd Cyntaf yng Nghymru, yng Nghwm Gwendraeth yn Sir Gaerfyrddin. Hon yw’r goedwig fwyaf newydd y mae Coed Cadw (Woodland Trust) wedi ei phlannu yng Nghymru mae’n rhan o brosiect Coed Canmlwyddiant y Rhyfel Byd Cyntaf sydd â’i fryd ar blannu miliynnau o goed brodorol i goffau’r Rhyfel Byd Cyntaf.
Fe ymunodd oddeutu 40 o westeion â’r Dywysoges Frenhinol ar 2 Gorffennaf. Fe welson nhw arddangosfeydd oedd wedi cael eu trefnu i amlygu rôl hollbwysig coetir a choed yn y Rhyfel Byd Cyntaf. Fe fu ceffylau gwedd yn aredig y tir, fe fu bobl yn gwneud gwaith coed gwyrdd ac fe fu gof yn gweithio. Roedd y 157 Royal Logistics Corp yn bresennol hefyd. Cwmni yw hwn a grëwyd o ganlyniad i'r Rhyfel Byd Cyntaf. Maen nhw wedi helpu plannu'r coed yng Nghoed Ffos Las ac maen nhw’n falch fod y Dywysoges Frenhinol noddwr iddyn nhw.
Wedyn, fe wnaeth ei Huchelder Frenhinol ddatgluddio plac sy’n dwyn enw'r cerflun ceffyl rhyfel, sy'n ffurfio nodwedd goffaol ar y safle. Wedi'i greu o ddur Corten gan y dylunydd Steve Tomlinson, fe gafodd y cerflun ei fedyddio Yr Arwr / Hero, ar ôl y gerdd a enillodd y Gadair i Hedd Wyn yn Eisteddfod Genedlaethol 1917. Dewiswyd yr enw gan Jane Hutt, a oedd gynt yn Arweinydd y Tŷ yng Nghynulliad Cenedlaethol Cymru, o syniadau a awgrymwyd mewn cystadleuaeth gyhoeddus a drefnwyd yr haf diwethaf, y cymerodd bron i gant o bobl ran ynddi hi.
Dywedodd Natalie Buttriss, Cyfarwyddwr Cymru Coed Cadw: "Rwy'n falch iawn i groesawu'r Dywysoges Frenhinol i Goed Ffos Las. Gan weithio gyda'r gymuned leol a chyda chefnogaeth ein haelodau a'n noddwyr, rydym wedi creu coetir newydd sy’n hardd ac yn ingol, sy'n cynnwys 90,000 o goed brodorol. Mae yna berllan hefyd, cychod gwenyn, pwll dwr, ardal o goetir y gellir ei brysgoedio, mannau agored i fwynhau'r golygfeydd panoramig yn ogystal â'r cerflun ceffyl rhyfel fel nodwedd goffaol.
"Coedwig unigryw yng Nghymru yw Coed Ffos Las. Rydym yn ei defnyddio i adrodd stori coed, coetir, gweithwyr a milwyr yn y Rhyfel Byd Cyntaf. Torrwyd canran enfawr o goetir hynafol Cymru ar gyfer ystod eang o ddefnyddiau yn y Rhyfel Mawr. Defnyddiwyd coed i wneud bocsys ar gyfer bwledi, cyrff cerbydau, cerbydau gwn, matsys, pyst pyllau a hyd yn oed clwydi cyll i adeiladu waliau'r ffosydd. Mae Cymru, mewn sawl ffordd, yn dal i deimlo effaith amgylcheddol y rhyfel, a gododd aflonyddwch ar fywydau milwyr a chymunedau."
"Fe gostiodd tua £1.2m i greu Coed Ffos Las. Mae Coed Cadw’n hynod ddiolchgar i bawb a gefnogodd ein hapêl codi arian ar gyfer y safle, i'n prif bartner yn y prosiect Sainsbury's, i brosiect Plant! gan Lywodraeth Cymru, a chwaraewyr y Loteri Genedlaethol, trwy Gronfa Dreftadaeth y Loteri. Mae pob un ohonynt wedi cefnogi gwahanol agweddau o'r prosiect, a hynny’n hael."
Cefnogir prosiect Coed y Canmlwyddiant gan gwmni Sainsbury's, prif bartner Coed Cadw. Mae hyn wedi golygu plannu miliynau o goed brodorol i goffáu'r Rhyfel Byd Cyntaf. Dywed Mike Coupe, Prif Swyddog Gweithredol y cwmni: "Rydym yn falch o gefnogi cofeb mor addas i'r rhai yr effeithiwyd arnynt gan y Rhyfel Byd Cyntaf. Mae'n bwysig i'n cwsmeriaid a'n cydweithwyr, ac mae’n coffáu i'n cydweithwyr a syrthiodd yn yr Ryfel Byd Cyntaf. "
I've been using highlighters for decades. They're so useful when you need to pick out a relatively small number of words on a page, to serve as an aide memoir. I remember watching a fellow Tube passenger highlighting almost every line on a page, leading me to wonder whether the object would be defeated. Different colours to aid classification of key points can work, though as a rule of thumb I'd suggest a maximum of one in five lines, and no more than ten per cent of the words.
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That's Noodlers Firefly highlighter ink. Even if it does look a bit like a urine sample from a radioactive mutant.
Watch highlights of the great training U.S. Army Soldiers assigned to 16th Combat Aviation Brigade have been doing over the last several months.
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Singapore Zoo
Coordinates: [show location on an interactive map] 1°24?15.9?N 103°47?28.1?E? / ?1.404417°N 103.791139°E? / 1.404417; 103.791139
Date opened 23 June 1973
Location Singapore
Land area 28 hectares
Number of animals 2530
Number of species 315
The Singapore Zoo (Chinese: ?????? ; Malay: 'Taman Haiwan Singapura'; Tamil: ??????????? ????????? ????????????), formerly known as the Singapore Zoological Gardens and commonly known locally as the Mandai Zoo, occupies 28 hectares (0.28 km?) of land on the margins of Upper Seletar Reservoir within Singapore's heavily forested central catchment area. The zoo was built at a cost of S$9m granted by the government of Singapore and opened on 23 June 1973. It is operated by Wildlife Reserves Singapore, who also manage the neighbouring Night Safari and the Jurong BirdPark. There are about 315 species of animal in the zoo, of which some 16% are considered threatened species. The zoo attracts about 1.4 million visitors a year.
From the beginning, Singapore Zoo followed the modern trend of displaying animals in naturalistic, 'open' exhibits, i.e. with hidden barriers, behind moats and shrubbery etc. It also houses the largest captive colony of orangutans in the world. In 1977, primatologist Dr Francine Neago lived inside a cage with eighteen orangutans for six months to study their behavior and communication.
1 History
2 Present
o 2.1 Education and conservation
o 2.2 Rides
o 2.3 Friends of the Zoo
o 2.4 Organizing events
* 3 Incidents
* 4 Trivia
* 5 Awards
* 6 Gallery
* 7 See also
* 8 References
* 9 Notes
* 10 External links
* 11 Public Bus Services
History
Hamadryas baboons by a waterfall
The conception of the Singapore Zoo dates from 1969. At the time, the Public Utilities Board (PUB) decided to use some of its land holdings around reservoirs for parks and open recreational facilities. The then Executive Chairman of PUB, Dr Ong Swee Law, set aside 88 hectares of land for the construction of a zoological garden.
In 1970, consultants and staff were hired, and in 1971, the construction of the basic 50 enclosures started. Animals were collected from dealers and donated by sponsors. The Director of the Colombo Zoo in Sri Lanka, Lyn de Alwis, was hired as a special consultant to work out problems inherent in tropical zoos.
On 23 June 1973, the Singapore Zoo opened its gates for the first time with a collection of 270 animals from over 72 species, and a staff of 130. By 1990, 1,600 animals from more than 160 species lived in social groups, housed in 65 landscaped exhibits with boundaries conceived to look as natural as possible.
Present
A pair of white tigers
Today, the zoo is a model of the 'open zoo' concept. The animals are kept in spacious, landscaped enclosures, separated from the visitors by either dry or wet moats. The moats are concealed with vegetation or dropped below the line of vision. In the case of dangerous animals which can climb very well, moat barriers are not used. Instead, these animals are housed in landscaped glass-fronted enclosures.
The zoo has not expanded beyond the original 28 hectares. However, 40 hectares of secondary forest were later developed into the Night Safari. The remaining undeveloped land has been kept as wooded land. This and the waters of Upper Seletar Reservoir contribute to the Zoo, giving it a sense of natural, unrestricted space.
Among various attractions that the zoo offers,one highlight is the "Breakfast with an Orangutan" programme that allows visitors to meet and interact closely with the orangutans in the zoo, amongst which includes the famous primate matriarch Ah Meng, (died on February 8, 2008) who was an icon of the Singapore tourism industry. Animal shows, as well as token feedings coupled with live commentaries by keepers, are also the daily staple in the Singapore zoo.
Education and conservation
The Wildlife Healthcare & Research Centre was opened in March 2006 as part of the zoo's efforts in wildlife conservation. The centre further underscores Singapore Zoo and Night Safari’s commitment to conservation research, providing the infrastructure for the parks and overseas zoological partners to better execute their research programmes.
The zoo also embarked on various rescue and conservation efforts to protect wildlife.
Rides
White rhinos
The zoo also offers various modes of rides available within the premises: trams, animals, boat, pony and horse carriage rides. Additional modes of transportation which can only be rented include: strollers, wagon and wheelchairs.
Friends of the Zoo
The zoo also has a "friends of the zoo" programme, where people can sign up for a yearly pass which grants them special privileges such as:
* Free and unlimited entry to Singapore Zoo for whole year
* Free Zoo tram rides and parking
* A free quarterly "Wildlife wonders" magazine
* 10% discount at some participating retail outlets
Organizing events
Elephant show and the trainers
There are three event venues available in the zoo, Forest Lodge, Pavilion-By-the-Lake and Garden Pavilion. There are also three cocktail venues, Elephants of Asia, Tiger Trek and Treetops Trail. The Singapore Zoo also facilitates birthday parties and weddings.
Incidents
On 13 November 2008, two of three white Bengal tigers mauled a zoo cleaner to death after the man jumped into a moat surrounding their enclosure.[2]
Trivia
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* In 2002, teams of The Amazing Race 3 also came to the Singapore Zoological Gardens as part of a detour.
* Steve Irwin, the animal activist and conservationalist known as "The Crocodile Hunter", admired the Singapore Zoo greatly, adopting it as the 'sister zoo' to the Australia Zoo. He was at the Singapore Zoo in 2006 to officiate the opening of the Australian outback exhibit.
* The Singapore Zoo is the first zoo in the world to breed a polar bear in the tropics. Inuka was conceived on 26 December 1990.
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.Wembley Park’s ‘Light Up the Night’ celebrates Diwali festival and Bonfire Night with fireworks, music and a spectacular light parade. With 20 fire torches and hundreds of lanterns made by the local community, Dhol drummers, neon dancers, and EEA’s famous go-anywhere mechanical elephant the evening highlights London Borough of Brent’s multicultural diversity. ‘Light Up the Night’ forms part of the ambitious cultural strategy for Wembley Park as the area is transformed into northwest London’s most innovative and creative neighbourhood, with Brent preparing to celebrate its milestone year as London Borough of Culture 2020...Chris Winter / Wembley Park