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Daily Life In Bucharest
BUCHAREST, ROMANIA – OCTOBER 09:
Graffiti reading 'Diploma Award for the Best Unemployed Person. R.I.P. Stock Market' is seen in the city center of Bucharest, Romania, on October 9, 2025. (Photo by Artur Widak/NurPhoto) -
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NEWS - Mode-Onlinehändler Asos übernimmt Topshop
Mandatory Credit: Photo by Guy Bell/Shutterstock (11740316p)
Boohoo, who have offices next door, appear to have lost the bidding war - The Top Shop brand seems to have been sold to Asos, meaning the closure of its stores, including the Flagship Oxford Street one (now fenced off here), and redundancy for all the staff. Many retail units have closed since the pandemic started. Difficult times for the high street during national Lockdown 3 as the Government instruction is for everyone to stay at home.
Top Shop - Difficult times for retailers as the third lockdown continues., Oxford street, London, UK - 01 Feb 2021
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NEWS - Mode-Onlinehändler Asos übernimmt Topshop
Mandatory Credit: Photo by Guy Bell/Shutterstock (11740316n)
Boohoo, who have offices next door, appear to have lost the bidding war - The Top Shop brand seems to have been sold to Asos, meaning the closure of its stores, including the Flagship Oxford Street one (now fenced off here), and redundancy for all the staff. Many retail units have closed since the pandemic started. Difficult times for the high street during national Lockdown 3 as the Government instruction is for everyone to stay at home.
Top Shop - Difficult times for retailers as the third lockdown continues., Oxford street, London, UK - 01 Feb 2021
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NEWS - Mode-Onlinehändler Asos übernimmt Topshop
Mandatory Credit: Photo by Guy Bell/Shutterstock (11740316j)
Boohoo, who have offices next door, appear to have lost the bidding war - The Top Shop brand seems to have been sold to Asos, meaning the closure of its stores, including the Flagship Oxford Street one (now fenced off here), and redundancy for all the staff. Many retail units have closed since the pandemic started. Difficult times for the high street during national Lockdown 3 as the Government instruction is for everyone to stay at home.
Top Shop - Difficult times for retailers as the third lockdown continues., Oxford street, London, UK - 01 Feb 2021
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NEWS - Mode-Onlinehändler Asos übernimmt Topshop
Mandatory Credit: Photo by Guy Bell/Shutterstock (11740316k)
A deliveroo rider passes - The Top Shop brand seems to have been sold to Asos, meaning the closure of its stores, including the Flagship Oxford Street one (now fenced off here), and redundancy for all the staff. Many retail units have closed since the pandemic started. Difficult times for the high street during national Lockdown 3 as the Government instruction is for everyone to stay at home.
Top Shop - Difficult times for retailers as the third lockdown continues., Oxford street, London, UK - 01 Feb 2021
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NEWS - Mode-Onlinehändler Asos übernimmt Topshop
Mandatory Credit: Photo by Guy Bell/Shutterstock (11740316i)
The Top Shop brand seems to have been sold to Asos, meaning the closure of its stores, including the Flagship Oxford Street one (now fenced off here), and redundancy for all the staff. Many retail units have closed since the pandemic started. Difficult times for the high street during national Lockdown 3 as the Government instruction is for everyone to stay at home.
Top Shop - Difficult times for retailers as the third lockdown continues., Oxford street, London, UK - 01 Feb 2021
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NEWS - Mode-Onlinehändler Asos übernimmt Topshop
Mandatory Credit: Photo by Guy Bell/Shutterstock (11740316m)
Boohoo, who have offices next door, appear to have lost the bidding war - The Top Shop brand seems to have been sold to Asos, meaning the closure of its stores, including the Flagship Oxford Street one (now fenced off here), and redundancy for all the staff. Many retail units have closed since the pandemic started. Difficult times for the high street during national Lockdown 3 as the Government instruction is for everyone to stay at home.
Top Shop - Difficult times for retailers as the third lockdown continues., Oxford street, London, UK - 01 Feb 2021
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NEWS - Mode-Onlinehändler Asos übernimmt Topshop
Mandatory Credit: Photo by Guy Bell/Shutterstock (11740316b)
The Top Shop brand seems to have been sold to Asos, meaning the closure of its stores, including the Flagship Oxford Street one (now fenced off here), and redundancy for all the staff. Many retail units have closed since the pandemic started. Difficult times for the high street during national Lockdown 3 as the Government instruction is for everyone to stay at home.
Top Shop - Difficult times for retailers as the third lockdown continues., Oxford street, London, UK - 01 Feb 2021
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NEWS - Mode-Onlinehändler Asos übernimmt Topshop
Mandatory Credit: Photo by Guy Bell/Shutterstock (11740316a)
The Top Shop brand seems to have been sold to Asos, meaning the closure of its stores, including the Flagship Oxford Street one (now fenced off here), and redundancy for all the staff. Many retail units have closed since the pandemic started. Difficult times for the high street during national Lockdown 3 as the Government instruction is for everyone to stay at home.
Top Shop - Difficult times for retailers as the third lockdown continues., Oxford street, London, UK - 01 Feb 2021
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NEWS - Mode-Onlinehändler Asos übernimmt Topshop
Mandatory Credit: Photo by Guy Bell/Shutterstock (11740316d)
The Top Shop brand seems to have been sold to Asos, meaning the closure of its stores, including the Flagship Oxford Street one (now fenced off here), and redundancy for all the staff. Many retail units have closed since the pandemic started. Difficult times for the high street during national Lockdown 3 as the Government instruction is for everyone to stay at home.
Top Shop - Difficult times for retailers as the third lockdown continues., Oxford street, London, UK - 01 Feb 2021
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NEWS - Mode-Onlinehändler Asos übernimmt Topshop
Mandatory Credit: Photo by Guy Bell/Shutterstock (11740316f)
The Top Shop brand seems to have been sold to Asos, meaning the closure of its stores, including the Flagship Oxford Street one (now fenced off here), and redundancy for all the staff. Many retail units have closed since the pandemic started. Difficult times for the high street during national Lockdown 3 as the Government instruction is for everyone to stay at home.
Top Shop - Difficult times for retailers as the third lockdown continues., Oxford street, London, UK - 01 Feb 2021
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NEWS - Mode-Onlinehändler Asos übernimmt Topshop
Mandatory Credit: Photo by Guy Bell/Shutterstock (11740316h)
The Top Shop brand seems to have been sold to Asos, meaning the closure of its stores, including the Flagship Oxford Street one (now fenced off here), and redundancy for all the staff. Many retail units have closed since the pandemic started. Difficult times for the high street during national Lockdown 3 as the Government instruction is for everyone to stay at home.
Top Shop - Difficult times for retailers as the third lockdown continues., Oxford street, London, UK - 01 Feb 2021
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NEWS - Mode-Onlinehändler Asos übernimmt Topshop
Mandatory Credit: Photo by Guy Bell/Shutterstock (11740316g)
Selfridges appears to continue to be selling - The Top Shop brand seems to have been sold to Asos, meaning the closure of its stores, including the Flagship Oxford Street one (now fenced off here), and redundancy for all the staff. Many retail units have closed since the pandemic started. Difficult times for the high street during national Lockdown 3 as the Government instruction is for everyone to stay at home.
Top Shop - Difficult times for retailers as the third lockdown continues., Oxford street, London, UK - 01 Feb 2021
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NEWS - Mode-Onlinehändler Asos übernimmt Topshop
Mandatory Credit: Photo by Guy Bell/Shutterstock (11740316c)
The Top Shop brand seems to have been sold to Asos, meaning the closure of its stores, including the Flagship Oxford Street one (now fenced off here), and redundancy for all the staff. Many retail units have closed since the pandemic started. Difficult times for the high street during national Lockdown 3 as the Government instruction is for everyone to stay at home.
Top Shop - Difficult times for retailers as the third lockdown continues., Oxford street, London, UK - 01 Feb 2021
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NEWS - Mode-Onlinehändler Asos übernimmt Topshop
Mandatory Credit: Photo by Guy Bell/Shutterstock (11740316e)
The Top Shop brand seems to have been sold to Asos, meaning the closure of its stores, including the Flagship Oxford Street one (now fenced off here), and redundancy for all the staff. Many retail units have closed since the pandemic started. Difficult times for the high street during national Lockdown 3 as the Government instruction is for everyone to stay at home.
Top Shop - Difficult times for retailers as the third lockdown continues., Oxford street, London, UK - 01 Feb 2021
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NEWS - London: Proteste gegen Zwangspause des Parlaments
Mandatory Credit: Photo by Wiktor Szymanowicz/REX (10374014b)
Demonstrators gather outside Houses of Parliament to protest against plans to suspend parliament for five weeks ahead of a Queen's Speech on 14 October, just two weeks before the UK is set to leave the EU. British Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced today that the Government has requested the Queen to prorogue parliament in the second sitting week of September meaning MPs will have limited time to pass legislation preventing no-deal Brexit.
Parliament Suspended, London, UK - 28 Aug 2019
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NEWS - London: Proteste gegen Zwangspause des Parlaments
Mandatory Credit: Photo by Wiktor Szymanowicz/REX (10374014ac)
Demonstrators gather outside Houses of Parliament to protest against plans to suspend parliament for five weeks ahead of a Queen's Speech on 14 October, just two weeks before the UK is set to leave the EU. British Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced today that the Government has requested the Queen to prorogue parliament in the second sitting week of September meaning MPs will have limited time to pass legislation preventing no-deal Brexit.
Parliament Suspended, London, UK - 28 Aug 2019
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NEWS - London: Proteste gegen Zwangspause des Parlaments
Mandatory Credit: Photo by Wiktor Szymanowicz/REX (10374014t)
Demonstrators gather outside Houses of Parliament to protest against plans to suspend parliament for five weeks ahead of a Queen's Speech on 14 October, just two weeks before the UK is set to leave the EU. British Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced today that the Government has requested the Queen to prorogue parliament in the second sitting week of September meaning MPs will have limited time to pass legislation preventing no-deal Brexit.
Parliament Suspended, London, UK - 28 Aug 2019
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NEWS - London: Proteste gegen Zwangspause des Parlaments
Mandatory Credit: Photo by Wiktor Szymanowicz/REX (10374014e)
Demonstrators gather outside Houses of Parliament to protest against plans to suspend parliament for five weeks ahead of a Queen's Speech on 14 October, just two weeks before the UK is set to leave the EU. British Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced today that the Government has requested the Queen to prorogue parliament in the second sitting week of September meaning MPs will have limited time to pass legislation preventing no-deal Brexit.
Parliament Suspended, London, UK - 28 Aug 2019
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NEWS - London: Proteste gegen Zwangspause des Parlaments
Mandatory Credit: Photo by Wiktor Szymanowicz/REX (10374014m)
Demonstrators gather outside Houses of Parliament to protest against plans to suspend parliament for five weeks ahead of a Queen's Speech on 14 October, just two weeks before the UK is set to leave the EU. British Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced today that the Government has requested the Queen to prorogue parliament in the second sitting week of September meaning MPs will have limited time to pass legislation preventing no-deal Brexit.
Parliament Suspended, London, UK - 28 Aug 2019
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NEWS - London: Proteste gegen Zwangspause des Parlaments
Mandatory Credit: Photo by Wiktor Szymanowicz/REX (10374014w)
Demonstrators gather outside Houses of Parliament to protest against plans to suspend parliament for five weeks ahead of a Queen's Speech on 14 October, just two weeks before the UK is set to leave the EU. British Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced today that the Government has requested the Queen to prorogue parliament in the second sitting week of September meaning MPs will have limited time to pass legislation preventing no-deal Brexit.
Parliament Suspended, London, UK - 28 Aug 2019
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NEWS - London: Proteste gegen Zwangspause des Parlaments
Mandatory Credit: Photo by Wiktor Szymanowicz/REX (10374014j)
Demonstrators gather outside Houses of Parliament to protest against plans to suspend parliament for five weeks ahead of a Queen's Speech on 14 October, just two weeks before the UK is set to leave the EU. British Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced today that the Government has requested the Queen to prorogue parliament in the second sitting week of September meaning MPs will have limited time to pass legislation preventing no-deal Brexit.
Parliament Suspended, London, UK - 28 Aug 2019
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NEWS - London: Proteste gegen Zwangspause des Parlaments
Mandatory Credit: Photo by Wiktor Szymanowicz/REX (10374014af)
Demonstrators gather outside Houses of Parliament to protest against plans to suspend parliament for five weeks ahead of a Queen's Speech on 14 October, just two weeks before the UK is set to leave the EU. British Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced today that the Government has requested the Queen to prorogue parliament in the second sitting week of September meaning MPs will have limited time to pass legislation preventing no-deal Brexit.
Parliament Suspended, London, UK - 28 Aug 2019
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NEWS - London: Proteste gegen Zwangspause des Parlaments
Mandatory Credit: Photo by Wiktor Szymanowicz/REX (10374014ab)
Demonstrators gather outside Houses of Parliament to protest against plans to suspend parliament for five weeks ahead of a Queen's Speech on 14 October, just two weeks before the UK is set to leave the EU. British Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced today that the Government has requested the Queen to prorogue parliament in the second sitting week of September meaning MPs will have limited time to pass legislation preventing no-deal Brexit.
Parliament Suspended, London, UK - 28 Aug 2019
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NEWS - Professor Stephen Hawking: Sein Rollstuhl und weiter persönliche Sachen kommen unter den Hammer bei Christie's
Mandatory Credit: Photo by Nils Jorgensen/REX/Shutterstock (9948641bb)
Stephen Hawking's authorial presentation copy of Albert Einstein's The Meaning of Relativity, (1950), estimate 6,000-9,000
Professor Stephen Hawking personal items auction, Christie's, London, UK - 30 Oct 2018
Personal items of Stephen Hawkins, one of the most well regarded physicists of all time, to auction at Christies, including one of his iconic wheelchairs, his Bomber jacket, his PHD Thesis, a copy of his best-selling 'A Brief History of Time' (1988), and personal copies of his most important papers.
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FEATURE - Pix of the Day: Bilder des Tages
January 29, 2018 - Artists Bakr Omar and Rania Murad paint murals of Jerusalem near the port of Gaza, to express solidarity with Jerusalem. At the beginning of last December US President Donald Trump announced US’s recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital. In spite of the announcement Palestinians continue to view East Jerusalem, currently occupied by Israel, as the capital of their future Palestinian State (FOTO: DUKAS/ZUMA)
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FEATURE - Im tschechischen Ustek springen Engel vom Kirchturm
Mandatory Credit: Photo by Slavek Ruta/REX/Shutterstock (7582228l)
Festival of Angels during Advent 2016 with flying Angels from the tower of the church of St. Peter and St. Paul in Ustek.
Advent is a season observed in many Western Christian churches as a time of expectant waiting and preparation for the celebration of the Nativity of Jesus at Christmas. The term is a version of the Latin word meaning "coming".
'Festival of Angels' celebration, Ustek, Czech Republic - 17 Dec 2016
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FEATURE - Im tschechischen Ustek springen Engel vom Kirchturm
Mandatory Credit: Photo by Slavek Ruta/REX/Shutterstock (7582228m)
Festival of Angels during Advent 2016 with flying Angels from the tower of the church of St. Peter and St. Paul in Ustek.
Advent is a season observed in many Western Christian churches as a time of expectant waiting and preparation for the celebration of the Nativity of Jesus at Christmas. The term is a version of the Latin word meaning "coming".
'Festival of Angels' celebration, Ustek, Czech Republic - 17 Dec 2016
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FEATURE - Im tschechischen Ustek springen Engel vom Kirchturm
Mandatory Credit: Photo by Slavek Ruta/REX/Shutterstock (7582228n)
Festival of Angels during Advent 2016 with flying Angels from the tower of the church of St. Peter and St. Paul in Ustek.
Advent is a season observed in many Western Christian churches as a time of expectant waiting and preparation for the celebration of the Nativity of Jesus at Christmas. The term is a version of the Latin word meaning "coming".
'Festival of Angels' celebration, Ustek, Czech Republic - 17 Dec 2016
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FEATURE - Im tschechischen Ustek springen Engel vom Kirchturm
Mandatory Credit: Photo by Slavek Ruta/REX/Shutterstock (7582228o)
Festival of Angels during Advent 2016 with flying Angels from the tower of the church of St. Peter and St. Paul in Ustek.
Advent is a season observed in many Western Christian churches as a time of expectant waiting and preparation for the celebration of the Nativity of Jesus at Christmas. The term is a version of the Latin word meaning "coming".
'Festival of Angels' celebration, Ustek, Czech Republic - 17 Dec 2016
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FEATURE - Im tschechischen Ustek springen Engel vom Kirchturm
Mandatory Credit: Photo by Slavek Ruta/REX/Shutterstock (7582228p)
Festival of Angels during Advent 2016 with flying Angels from the tower of the church of St. Peter and St. Paul in Ustek.
Advent is a season observed in many Western Christian churches as a time of expectant waiting and preparation for the celebration of the Nativity of Jesus at Christmas. The term is a version of the Latin word meaning "coming".
'Festival of Angels' celebration, Ustek, Czech Republic - 17 Dec 2016
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REPORTAGE - Im Kampf gegen die Isis - Ausländische Soldaten im Nordirak
MANDATORY CREDIT: Rick Findler/Rex Shutterstock. Only for use in this story. Editorial Use Only. No stock, books, advertising or merchandising without photographer's permission
Mandatory Credit: Photo by Rick Findler/REX/Shutterstock (5668214af)
KURDISTAN, NORTHERN IRAQ, Dokuk.
Qalubna Ma'Kum Feature:
Qalubna Ma'kum (meaning "Our hearts are With You") are a group of foreign volunteer fighters who have joined up with the Peshmerga in Kurdistan to help with the battle against Daesh, also known as ISIS.
Pictured: Joe Pollard of Qalubna Ma'kum stands in front of town which had been flattened by coalition airstrikes two weeks before.
Foreign volunteer fighters against ISIS, Kurdistan, Northern Iraq - Feb 2016
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British photojournalist Rick Findler spent ten days embedded with Qalubna Ma?kum - a group of foreign volunteers who have teamed up with the Peshmerga in Kurdistan, Northern Iraq to help them in the fight against Daesh AKA ISIS. Here, he recounts his experiences.
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Kat, a 29-year-old volunteer fighter based here in Kurdistan, started the Qalubna Ma?kum volunteer organisation when she arrived back in December last year. The name - literally meaning ?our hearts are with you? in Arabic - was thought of after many hours of deliberation by Kat, her French boyfriend Guillaume and medic Michael Wagnon.
Kat is currently talking about how she used to use sky diving as her ?zen? to cope with the very boring free time she had in California after her seven year stint in the United States Army.
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FEATURE - Saudade: Fotograf Valerio Berdini sucht die Sehsucht in Lissabon
MANDATORY CREDIT: Valerio Berdini/REX Shutterstock
Editorial use only. Only to be used in context of story about Valerio Berdini's photo series on captuiring the spirit of Saudade in Lisbon. No stock, books, merchandising or advertising
Mandatory Credit: Photo by Valerio Berdini/REX/Shutterstock (5754641z)
A girl with a dress the colour of the sky walks past a blue Mini Rover car in the old city of Lisbon. Blue (Azul) is a defining colour in Portuguese culture, its english meaning keep a link with Portuguese saudade
Finding 'Saudade' in Lisbon, Portugal - 2015
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Photographer Valerio Berdini spent days walking the streets of Lisbon, trying to put into pictures the most peculiar of Portuguese feelings: 'Saudade'.
Saudade is a Portuguese word that has no direct translation in English.
It describes a deep emotional state of nostalgic or profound melancholic longing for an absent something or someone that one loves. Moreover, it often carries a repressed knowledge that the object of longing may never return.
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REPORTAGE - Äthiopien: Bilindenschule in Mek’ele
MANDATORY CREDIT: Tom Pullen/Rex Shutterstock. Only for use in this story. Editorial Use Only. No stock, books, advertising or merchandising without photographer's permission
Mandatory Credit: Photo by Tom Pullen/REX/Shutterstock (6260581r)
Children walk to class at the Mek'ele Blind School. The campus is split into two sections, sprawled over a large dusty compound. Their dormitories, the staff office, canteen and toilet block are separated from the classroom blocks by an area of rough terrain and vegetation, meaning the children naturally navigate the campus in groups for safety
World Sight Day, Mek?ele Blind School, Ethiopia
Mek'ele Blind School in Ethiopia is home to around 100 children, whose companionship and passion for their education is inspiring to encounter.
Photographer Tom Pullen visited the school last year, which lies on the outskirts of the city of Mek'ele in the vast northern Tigray region of Ethiopia.
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What if you could see Wi'Fi - 25 Jul 2013
Mandatory Credit: Photo by Nickolay Lamm/MyDeals.com / Rex Features (2714218e)
Artist's impression of WiFi waves at The Natioanl Mall, Washington, D.C
What if You Could See Wi-Fi...
What If You Could See WiFi?
Although we use it often, we rarely think about how it works. Now, American artist Nickolay Lamm has worked with former NASA Astrobiologist M. Browning Vogel to produce these colourful depictions illustrating wifi waves.
One image featuring New York's Central Park shows an idealised wifi data transmitted over a band that is divided into different sub-channels, which are shown in red, yellow, green and other colours.
Another image featuring Washington D.C.s National Mall depicts Wifi waves travelling through space as rapid, data encoded pulses or waves. A 'freeze frame' of these pulses shows that the pulses are about 6 inches apart.
Nickolay explains: "Wifi routers or antenna can be attached to trees, buildings, lamp posts and other structures. A typical outdoor router can project its signal 300 feet or more from its location. Objects such as trees can obstruct the signal such that it has to be augmented by multiple wifi routers placed in different positions."
MUST CREDIT: Nickolay Lamm/MyDeals.com
For more information visit http://www.rexfeatures.com/stacklink/KEKYFWCYG (FOTO:DUKAS/REX)
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Silk production - from worm to catwalk, southern India - 2010
Mandatory Credit: Photo by Haydn West / Rex Features ( 1196132u )
Silk production - from worm to catwalk, southern India - 2010
SILK PRODUCTION - FROM WORM TO CATWALK
For many silk - the Queen of all fabrics - spells luxury, elegance, class and comfort.
But for hundreds of thousands of people in India it is something much more mundane but infinitely important - a vital life line.
An estimated 700,000 people are involved in various sericulture (silk production) activities in India.
Half of all the silk produced in India comes from the region of Karnataka where a sub-tropical climate allows for year-round production.
In 2007-08 India exported more than GBP 400 million of raw silk, carpets and ready made garments.
In 2007 alone it produced 18,320 metric tonnes of raw silk, making it the second a largest silk producer in the world.
It is second only behind China, which produced 108,420 metric tonnes of raw silk in the same period.
While the difference is vast, India's contribution is even more impressive considering that much of its production is done using outdated tools or by hand.
Ultimately, however, poor technology and high production costs undermine the vital role played by sericulture in improving India's rural economy.
The Worm
The Silkworm Seed Production Centre in Mysore is run by Professor N.M. Biram Saheb.
He explains that the Indian government pioneered the provision of disease free lays of eggs as a way of improving yields without increasing start-up costs
The practice means that farmers are provided with a steady stream of healthy silkworm eggs.
It is deep in the seed production centre where the 'work' of creating these eggs takes place - in darkened rooms where moths are laid out on newspaper in racks of plastic trays.
Powerhouses of the silk industry they may be, but in reality they are pale weaklings whose only purpose is to mate...
For more information visit http://www.rexfeatures.com/stacklink/EJXQVU
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Silk production - from worm to catwalk, southern India - 2010
Mandatory Credit: Photo by Haydn West / Rex Features ( 1196132l )
Silk production - from worm to catwalk, southern India - 2010
SILK PRODUCTION - FROM WORM TO CATWALK
For many silk - the Queen of all fabrics - spells luxury, elegance, class and comfort.
But for hundreds of thousands of people in India it is something much more mundane but infinitely important - a vital life line.
An estimated 700,000 people are involved in various sericulture (silk production) activities in India.
Half of all the silk produced in India comes from the region of Karnataka where a sub-tropical climate allows for year-round production.
In 2007-08 India exported more than GBP 400 million of raw silk, carpets and ready made garments.
In 2007 alone it produced 18,320 metric tonnes of raw silk, making it the second a largest silk producer in the world.
It is second only behind China, which produced 108,420 metric tonnes of raw silk in the same period.
While the difference is vast, India's contribution is even more impressive considering that much of its production is done using outdated tools or by hand.
Ultimately, however, poor technology and high production costs undermine the vital role played by sericulture in improving India's rural economy.
The Worm
The Silkworm Seed Production Centre in Mysore is run by Professor N.M. Biram Saheb.
He explains that the Indian government pioneered the provision of disease free lays of eggs as a way of improving yields without increasing start-up costs
The practice means that farmers are provided with a steady stream of healthy silkworm eggs.
It is deep in the seed production centre where the 'work' of creating these eggs takes place - in darkened rooms where moths are laid out on newspaper in racks of plastic trays.
Powerhouses of the silk industry they may be, but in reality they are pale weaklings whose only purpose is to mate...
For more information visit http://www.rexfeatures.com/stacklink/EJXQVU
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