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NEWS - PETA Demonstartion gegen Tierversuche in London
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PETA founder Ingrid Newkirk in a medieval torture device and fitted with a gas mask hooked to tanks of "toxic chemicals" to protest of the Ministry of Defence's (MoD) recently revealed use of 57 monkeys in cruel and deadly laboratory tests
PETA demonstration against Ministry of Defence's use of animal testing, Trafalgar Square, London, Britain - 20 Apr 2016
PETA's action comes just days ahead of World Day for Animals in Laboratories on 23 April.
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NEWS - PETA Demonstartion gegen Tierversuche in London
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PETA founder Ingrid Newkirk in a medieval torture device and fitted with a gas mask hooked to tanks of "toxic chemicals" to protest of the Ministry of Defence's (MoD) recently revealed use of 57 monkeys in cruel and deadly laboratory tests
PETA demonstration against Ministry of Defence's use of animal testing, Trafalgar Square, London, Britain - 20 Apr 2016
PETA's action comes just days ahead of World Day for Animals in Laboratories on 23 April.
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Pre-Season Formula One Testing, Circuit de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain - 22 Feb 2015
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Fernando Alonso accident on the tests of Formula 1
Pre-Season Formula One Testing, Circuit de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain - 22 Feb 2015
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Pre-Season Formula One Testing, Circuit de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain - 22 Feb 2015
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Fernando Alonso accident on the tests of Formula 1
Pre-Season Formula One Testing, Circuit de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain - 22 Feb 2015
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Pre-Season Formula One Testing, Circuit de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain - 22 Feb 2015
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Fernando Alonso accident on the tests of Formula 1
Pre-Season Formula One Testing, Circuit de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain - 22 Feb 2015
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Pre-Season Formula One Testing, Circuit de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain - 22 Feb 2015
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Fernando Alonso accident on the tests of Formula 1
Pre-Season Formula One Testing, Circuit de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain - 22 Feb 2015
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Pre-Season Formula One Testing, Circuit de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain - 22 Feb 2015
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Fernando Alonso accident on the tests of Formula 1
Pre-Season Formula One Testing, Circuit de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain - 22 Feb 2015
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Pre-Season Formula One Testing, Circuit de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain - 22 Feb 2015
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Fernando Alonso accident on the tests of Formula 1
Pre-Season Formula One Testing, Circuit de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain - 22 Feb 2015
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Pre-Season Formula One Testing, Circuit de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain - 22 Feb 2015
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Fernando Alonso accident on the tests of Formula 1
Pre-Season Formula One Testing, Circuit de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain - 22 Feb 2015
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Pre-Season Formula One Testing, Circuit de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain - 22 Feb 2015
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Fernando Alonso accident on the tests of Formula 1
Pre-Season Formula One Testing, Circuit de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain - 22 Feb 2015
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Pre-Season Formula One Testing, Circuit de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain - 22 Feb 2015
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Fernando Alonso accident on the tests of Formula 1
Pre-Season Formula One Testing, Circuit de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain - 22 Feb 2015
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Eric Lusito - Traces of the Soviet Empire
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KAZAKHSTAN / Kurchatov / 2008.Abandoned Soviet military base after the collapse of the USSR. The town was founded in 1947 and two years later the first nuclear tests took place at the nearby Semipalatinsk site. Around 700 bombs were tested duringthe 40 year period up to 1989. At least 100 of thesetests were carried out above ground. In some areasthe contamination is severe and whilst the formertesting site is officially closed people can enter with little difficulty.
Eric Lusito - Traces of the Soviet Empire
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These haunting photographs show the remnants of the once all-powerful Soviet empire.
They are the work of Eric Lusito, who spent six years travelling throughout the former Soviet world from East Germany to Mongolia, from Poland to Kazakhstan to seek out remains of the military installations that embodied the ambition and the might of the USSR.
Describing himself as working like an archaeologist, the French photographer says his project "Traces of the Soviet Empire" is a photographic record of the land and architecture - haunted by the symbols and history of a once powerful Empire.
The on-going project takes the form of three series: exteriors, interiors, and found photographs "images from another time, another space and another world".
What he found was colourful propaganda wall art, faded frescos of Lenin, discarded gas masks, and huge monuments, including those in the shapes of a soldier and a sword.
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Paul Goldstein's Spitsbergen, Norway - 20 Jun 2014
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Paul Goldstein's Spectacular Spitsbergen
For wildlife photographer Paul Goldstein, a visit to Spitsbergen in Norway is a picture perfect paradise.
And these images taken last month show the otherworldly region in all its glory.
They include pictures of wildlife including polar bears, arctic foxes, walruses, and guillemots flying over the sea.
There are also jaw-dropping captures of sun corona, an optical phenomenon produced by ice crystals creating coloured or white arcs and spots in the sky.
Each year Wimbledon-based Exodus guide Paul leads small pilgrimages to the region on a Russian ice-strengthened ship. Spitsbergen is the largest and only permanently populated island of the Svalbard archipelago.
Speaking of the coronas, he explains: "At almost 80 degrees North in Spitsbergen the sun's corona was marvellously visible to a small band of Arctic holidaymakers as they enjoyed this icy Eden. Coronas appear during eclipses and sometimes with exactly the right amount of light cloud in front of the sun.
"Photographically they are remarkable, turning an already beautiful seascape into maritime nirvana."
Explaining the search for polar bears, Paul says: "Searching for a distant ivory blob on a white canvas is never easy and many years ago I realised that the only way to get this reward was to dedicate a lot of time to it. Fortunately in the land of 24 hour daylight, this is made easier.
"We have no itinerary but if we do find a bear, with our incredibly quiet engines and robust hull we can get reasonably close without affecting them, we are never in a hurry to leave.
"Spitsbergen is magical but it is changing a little. I have seen glaciers shrink as much as a kilometre in the last ten years and also realised the effect on bears some years when there is...
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Airman magazine chooses the best U.S. Air Force pictures of 2013 - Jan 2014
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An Airmen acting as opposing forces takes cover and fires at members of the 51st Security Forces Squadron securing the 51st Fighter Wing's headquarters building during the last simulated ground attack during an operation readiness exercise, Beverly Bulldog 13-02, at Osan Air Base, Republic of Korea, Feb. 15, 2013. These exercises tests Osan Airmen's abilities during a heightened state of readiness while providing combat ready forces for close air support, air strike control, counter air, interdiction, theater airlift, and communications in the defense of the Republic of Korea. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Sara Csurilla)
Top Guns: The Best U.S. Air Force Pictures of 2013
These stunning images show a year in the life of the largest air force in the world.
The United States Air Force has operations all over the world and enlisted photographers are there to capture the action.
The service's specialist Airman magazine has curated the most impactful imagery from 2013 for a special issue entitled 'Year in Visuals'.
As would be expected, the gallery features awesome images of aircraft, but there are also personal military stories including a striking image of Capt. Candice Adams Ismirle preparing for cancer radiation treatment, while Staff Sgt. Ron Blodgett is shown in tears as he embraces his son after returning from a deployment in Southwest Asia.
Managing editor Tech. Sgt. Chris Powell explains: "We pride ourselves on publishing the powerful imagery and videos Air Force photographers and broadcasters produce every day. These professionals travel the world, sometimes putting themselves in harm's way, to bring you the visual story from an Airman's perspective.
"Our goal is to make you feel as close to the story as...
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#CHINA-COLLEGE STUDENTS-RACE CAR (CN)
(111014) -- QINGDAO, Oct. 14, 2011 (Xinhua) -- Students of Qingdao Technological University present a race car made by the university's students themselves in Qingdao, a coastal city in east China's Shandong Province, Oct. 13, 2011. The race car will take part in the upcoming final competition for college students in Shanghai, east China. (Xinhua/Yu Fangping) (ry)
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(111014) -- QINGDAO, Oct. 14, 2011 (Xinhua) -- A student of Qingdao Technological University tests a race car made by the university's students themselves in Qingdao, a coastal city in east China's Shandong Province, Oct. 13, 2011. The race car will take part in the upcoming final competition for college students in Shanghai, east China. (Xinhua/Yu Fangping) (ry)
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(110607) -- HANGZHOU, June 7, 2011 (Xinhua) -- A worker of Hangzhou Environmental Monitoring Center obtains water sample at a water-taking point in Qiantang River in Hangzhou, capital of east China's Zhejiang Province, June 7, 2011.
The water sources for five water utility companies that were shut down in wake of a chemical spill in Xin'an River are safe again, the provincial environmental protection bureau said Monday. Earlier the chemical spill affected water supplies for at least 552,200 people in Fuyang and Tonglu, two county-level regions in suburban Hangzhou. The bureau also ordered close monitoring of water quality that could prompt shut-down of water plants again in case pollution increased at their water-taking points.
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(110607) -- HANGZHOU, June 7, 2011 (Xinhua) -- A worker of Hangzhou Environmental Monitoring Center obtains water sample at the upstream Qiantang River in Hangzhou, capital of east China's Zhejiang Province, June 7, 2011.
The water sources for five water utility companies that were shut down in wake of a chemical spill in Xin'an River are safe again, the provincial environmental protection bureau said Monday. Earlier the chemical spill affected water supplies for at least 552,200 people in Fuyang and Tonglu, two county-level regions in suburban Hangzhou. The bureau also ordered close monitoring of water quality that could prompt shut-down of water plants again in case pollution increased at their water-taking points.
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(110607) -- HANGZHOU, June 7, 2011 (Xinhua) -- A worker of Hangzhou Environmental Monitoring Center analyzes the water sample obtained at the upstream Qiantang River in Hangzhou, capital of east China's Zhejiang Province, June 7, 2011.
The water sources for five water utility companies that were shut down in wake of a chemical spill in Xin'an River are safe again, the provincial environmental protection bureau said Monday. Earlier the chemical spill affected water supplies for at least 552,200 people in Fuyang and Tonglu, two county-level regions in suburban Hangzhou. The bureau also ordered close monitoring of water quality that could prompt shut-down of water plants again in case pollution increased at their water-taking points.
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(110415) -- WASHINGTON, April 15, 2011 (Xinhua) -- The combo photo released by Missile Defense Agency of the U.S. Department of Defense shows an SM-3 Block IA missile being launched from the Navy's Aegis destroyer USS O'KANE located to the west of Hawaii. The U.S. Department of Defense on Friday announced the military has successfully conducted the "most challenging test to date" of its ballistic missile defense system, firing an interceptor from an Aegis destroyer to blast an intermediate-range missile over the Pacific Ocean. (Xinhua) (zw)
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(110415) -- WASHINGTON, April 15, 2011 (Xinhua) -- The combo photo released by Missile Defense Agency of the U.S. Department of Defense shows an SM-3 Block IA missile destroying the target. The U.S. Department of Defense on Friday April 15 announced the military has successfully conducted the " most challenging test to date" of its ballistic missile defense system, firing an interceptor from an Aegis destroyer to blast an intermediate-range missile over the Pacific Ocean. (Xinhua) (zw)
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Queen Elizabeth II visits City and Islington College in North London, Britain - 30 Mar 2011
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Queen Elizabeth II watches students study fitness tests in action, as people ride static bikes in a classroom
Queen Elizabeth II visits City and Islington College in North London, Britain - 30 Mar 2011
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Fast Food: Motorised table vying to break world's fastest furniture record, Buckinghamshire, Britain - 31 Aug 2010
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Creator Perry Watkins tests his motorised table 'Fast Food' prior to his record attempt for world's fastest furniture. Perry's head is visible under the roast turkey, the Stig-like 'driver' is a dummy.
Fast Food... Motorised Table Breaks Fastest Furniture World Record
A wacky car fan has proved he has the fastest food by breaking a world speed record - with a motorised table.
Perry Watkins had the previous record for fastest furniture for lunch by topping out his table at 113mph. It beat a motorised sofa which managed 92mph.
The hobby mechanic whipped up a storm at Northamptonshire's Santa Pod Raceway on Sunday (5 Sep).
He was required to take two runs in an officially-timed flying quarter mile to dish up his time.
And Buckinghamshire-based Perry made sure his speedy spread - which he named Fast Food - came with all the trimmings.
It featured a delicious-looking dinner for six - complete with succulent roast chicken as table centrepiece, under which the driver's head pokes out.
Other ingenious flourishes saw exhaust fumes exiting two silver teapots, rolled-up napkin brake lights and, most impressively, flame-spewing teapots.
There were also six wrought-iron chairs, lace-effect plastic tablecloth, and, being a road-legal vehicle, the tax disc was neatly displayed on a champagne ice bucket.
He also included a Stig-like 'diner' kitted out in driving overalls and white helmet - although any resemblance to a mysterious perhaps-soon-to-be ex-BBC driver are coincidental.
The design was based on a classic Reliant Scimitar sports car chassis, fitted with a fuel-injected 4 litre Land Rover Discovery engine.
It also received a full-calorie kick thanks to a NITROUS OXIDE injection - the fuel used by Fast and Furious street racers - which boosts power from 150hp 180hp.
Perry, a sales director at hi...
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Fast Food: Motorised table vying to break world's fastest furniture record, Buckinghamshire, Britain - 31 Aug 2010
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Creator Perry Watkins tests his motorised table 'Fast Food' prior to his record attempt for world's fastest furniture. Perry's head is visible under the roast turkey, the Stig-like 'driver' is a dummy.
Fast Food... Motorised Table Breaks Fastest Furniture World Record
A wacky car fan has proved he has the fastest food by breaking a world speed record - with a motorised table.
Perry Watkins had the previous record for fastest furniture for lunch by topping out his table at 113mph. It beat a motorised sofa which managed 92mph.
The hobby mechanic whipped up a storm at Northamptonshire's Santa Pod Raceway on Sunday (5 Sep).
He was required to take two runs in an officially-timed flying quarter mile to dish up his time.
And Buckinghamshire-based Perry made sure his speedy spread - which he named Fast Food - came with all the trimmings.
It featured a delicious-looking dinner for six - complete with succulent roast chicken as table centrepiece, under which the driver's head pokes out.
Other ingenious flourishes saw exhaust fumes exiting two silver teapots, rolled-up napkin brake lights and, most impressively, flame-spewing teapots.
There were also six wrought-iron chairs, lace-effect plastic tablecloth, and, being a road-legal vehicle, the tax disc was neatly displayed on a champagne ice bucket.
He also included a Stig-like 'diner' kitted out in driving overalls and white helmet - although any resemblance to a mysterious perhaps-soon-to-be ex-BBC driver are coincidental.
The design was based on a classic Reliant Scimitar sports car chassis, fitted with a fuel-injected 4 litre Land Rover Discovery engine.
It also received a full-calorie kick thanks to a NITROUS OXIDE injection - the fuel used by Fast and Furious street racers - which boosts power from 150hp 180hp.
Perry, a sales director at hi...
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Fast Food: Motorised table vying to break world's fastest furniture record, Buckinghamshire, Britain - 31 Aug 2010
Mandatory Credit: Photo by Andy Willsheer / Rex Features ( 1221587a )
Creator Perry Watkins tests his motorised table 'Fast Food' prior to his record attempt for world's fastest furniture. Perry's head is visible under the roast turkey, the Stig-like 'driver' is a dummy.
Fast Food... Motorised Table Breaks Fastest Furniture World Record
A wacky car fan has proved he has the fastest food by breaking a world speed record - with a motorised table.
Perry Watkins had the previous record for fastest furniture for lunch by topping out his table at 113mph. It beat a motorised sofa which managed 92mph.
The hobby mechanic whipped up a storm at Northamptonshire's Santa Pod Raceway on Sunday (5 Sep).
He was required to take two runs in an officially-timed flying quarter mile to dish up his time.
And Buckinghamshire-based Perry made sure his speedy spread - which he named Fast Food - came with all the trimmings.
It featured a delicious-looking dinner for six - complete with succulent roast chicken as table centrepiece, under which the driver's head pokes out.
Other ingenious flourishes saw exhaust fumes exiting two silver teapots, rolled-up napkin brake lights and, most impressively, flame-spewing teapots.
There were also six wrought-iron chairs, lace-effect plastic tablecloth, and, being a road-legal vehicle, the tax disc was neatly displayed on a champagne ice bucket.
He also included a Stig-like 'diner' kitted out in driving overalls and white helmet - although any resemblance to a mysterious perhaps-soon-to-be ex-BBC driver are coincidental.
The design was based on a classic Reliant Scimitar sports car chassis, fitted with a fuel-injected 4 litre Land Rover Discovery engine.
It also received a full-calorie kick thanks to a NITROUS OXIDE injection - the fuel used by Fast and Furious street racers - which boosts power from 150hp 180hp.
Perry, a sales director at hi...
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Silk production - from worm to catwalk, southern India - 2010
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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 mat...
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David Beckham Visits British Troops in Helmand Province, Afghanistan - 22 May 2010
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David Beckham tests out the Heavy Machine Gun
David Beckham rallies troops and military dogs to support England's 2018 World Cup bid in Camp Bastion
David Beckham rallied British troops to support England's 2018 World Cup Bid at Camp Bastion, Afghanistan today (Sunday)
He joined 903 EAW (Expeditionary Air Wing), the team that manages Bastion airfield. RAF firefighters from 903 greeted him wearing Back the Bid 2018 scarves and waving a St.George's flag.
Only last week RAF firefighters were heavily involved in supporting their US counterparts fighting a massive fire at the neighbouring US base at Camp Leatherneck.
Sergeant Simon Marsh said: "We had 35 RAF firefighters and four RAF vehicles involved helping to fight the fire. It's a classic example of the British and the US working together."
He later distributed Back the Bid badges to the troops he met while touring the enormous camp in soaring temperatures.
Warrant Officer Steve Bowden said: "David's visit has helped us all get in the right frames of mind for the World Cup - he has really made us feel part of the excitement back home
"It's very easy and understandable that people here get detached from all the day to day events at home and we have thousands of England fans here."
"We'd all love England to be successful in their Bid for the World Cup in 2018 - to see the world's best tournament in our own country."
Beckham is the Vice President and Ambassador of the World Cup Bid 2018 and handed in England's official Bid Book to FIFA in Zurich last week.
On Saturday, the Royal Marines of 40 Commando presented the former England captain with a 'good luck' trophy for the World Cup in South Africa.
The Commando Dagger was mounted on a wooden plaque with a caption which read: 'Best wishes to the England Football Squad for the World Cup F...
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Paralysed dog walks again after pioneering treatment, Cambridge University, Cambridgeshire, Britain - 07 Oct 2009
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Miniature Dachsund Henry on the treadmill undergoing tests at Cambridge University's vet school
Paralysed dog walks again after pioneering treatment, Cambridge University, Cambridgeshire, Britain - 07 Oct 2009
PARALYSED DOG WALKS AGAIN AFTER PIONEERING TREATMENT
A dog who was paralysed has taken his first steps after pioneering treatment by scientists at Cambridge University.
Experts hope the procedure could eventually be used to help humans with severe spinal injuries after its success in getting pet pooch Henry back on his feet.
Henry, a smooth-haired Miniature Dachsund, was unable to walk after discs ruptured in his spine last November.
Now the six-year-old dog is walking and wagging his tail after scientists at Cambridge Veterinary School took cells from his nose and injected them back into his spine.
"It's incredible, I didn't think Henry would ever be able to walk again, but over the last few months he has been wagging his tail and taking small steps," said owner Sarah Beech, 34, from Birmingham.
"The vet told me to put him to sleep because he wouldn't have a very good quality of life and he was very depressed.
"But this treatment has really helped."
Henry had always enjoyed going for walks but suddenly lost the use of his legs about a year ago.
"One day he yelped when I picked him up and two days later he couldn't walk," she added.
"The discs in his back were pushing into his spinal cord and eventually he lost the use of his back legs and continence.
"I think he may have fallen down the stairs at some point before I bought him as his spine was quite badly damaged."
Henry was given an operation to ease the pressure on his spine, but it didn't work.
Then Sarah heard about the new treatment for severe spinal cord injuries and decided to enlist him in the trial....
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Paralysed dog walks again after pioneering treatment, Cambridge University, Cambridgeshire, Britain - 07 Oct 2009
Mandatory Credit: Photo by Geoffrey Robinson / Rex Features ( 1013710c )
Miniature Dachsund Henry on the treadmill undergoing tests at Cambridge University's vet school
Paralysed dog walks again after pioneering treatment, Cambridge University, Cambridgeshire, Britain - 07 Oct 2009
PARALYSED DOG WALKS AGAIN AFTER PIONEERING TREATMENT
A dog who was paralysed has taken his first steps after pioneering treatment by scientists at Cambridge University.
Experts hope the procedure could eventually be used to help humans with severe spinal injuries after its success in getting pet pooch Henry back on his feet.
Henry, a smooth-haired Miniature Dachsund, was unable to walk after discs ruptured in his spine last November.
Now the six-year-old dog is walking and wagging his tail after scientists at Cambridge Veterinary School took cells from his nose and injected them back into his spine.
"It's incredible, I didn't think Henry would ever be able to walk again, but over the last few months he has been wagging his tail and taking small steps," said owner Sarah Beech, 34, from Birmingham.
"The vet told me to put him to sleep because he wouldn't have a very good quality of life and he was very depressed.
"But this treatment has really helped."
Henry had always enjoyed going for walks but suddenly lost the use of his legs about a year ago.
"One day he yelped when I picked him up and two days later he couldn't walk," she added.
"The discs in his back were pushing into his spinal cord and eventually he lost the use of his back legs and continence.
"I think he may have fallen down the stairs at some point before I bought him as his spine was quite badly damaged."
Henry was given an operation to ease the pressure on his spine, but it didn't work.
Then Sarah heard about the new treatment for severe spinal cord injuries and decided to enlist him in the trial....
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Paralysed dog walks again after pioneering treatment, Cambridge University, Cambridgeshire, Britain - 07 Oct 2009
Mandatory Credit: Photo by Geoffrey Robinson / Rex Features ( 1013710a )
Miniature Dachsund Henry on the treadmill undergoing tests at Cambridge University's vet school
Paralysed dog walks again after pioneering treatment, Cambridge University, Cambridgeshire, Britain - 07 Oct 2009
PARALYSED DOG WALKS AGAIN AFTER PIONEERING TREATMENT
A dog who was paralysed has taken his first steps after pioneering treatment by scientists at Cambridge University.
Experts hope the procedure could eventually be used to help humans with severe spinal injuries after its success in getting pet pooch Henry back on his feet.
Henry, a smooth-haired Miniature Dachsund, was unable to walk after discs ruptured in his spine last November.
Now the six-year-old dog is walking and wagging his tail after scientists at Cambridge Veterinary School took cells from his nose and injected them back into his spine.
"It's incredible, I didn't think Henry would ever be able to walk again, but over the last few months he has been wagging his tail and taking small steps," said owner Sarah Beech, 34, from Birmingham.
"The vet told me to put him to sleep because he wouldn't have a very good quality of life and he was very depressed.
"But this treatment has really helped."
Henry had always enjoyed going for walks but suddenly lost the use of his legs about a year ago.
"One day he yelped when I picked him up and two days later he couldn't walk," she added.
"The discs in his back were pushing into his spinal cord and eventually he lost the use of his back legs and continence.
"I think he may have fallen down the stairs at some point before I bought him as his spine was quite badly damaged."
Henry was given an operation to ease the pressure on his spine, but it didn't work.
Then Sarah heard about the new treatment for severe spinal cord injuries and decided to enlist him in the trial....
For more information visit http://www.rexfeatures.com/stacklink/HLNLYSCQ
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The Thinker posed by Peter Terren with electricity from a Tesla coil, Bunbury, Western Australia - Apr 2009
No UK website usage unless fee is agreed - contact Toni Saint - 0207 239 8655 tsaint@rexfeatures.com)
Mandatory Credit: Photo by Peter Terren / Rex Features ( 912657h )
Peter tests his face mask made of fine strands of stainless steel
This Thinker is Electrifying
THIS THINKER IS ELECTRIFYING
A daredevil inventor has created a sparky version of Rodin's The Thinker by shooting 500,000 volts of ELECTRICITY down his body.
Using a home-built Tesla coil pieced together from junk and bits from hardware stores, Peter Terren has risked his life to make this electrifying image.
An he was also only protected from painful death by electrocution by a layer of cheap builders FOIL.
Peter, from Bunbury, Western Australia, explains: "I wanted to convey the concept of the modern electrical age with the barrage of electrical interference in our lives. So much is happening and demanding our attention that it is difficult to "think".
"I decided upon a real life posture like the thinker with a lot of electrical activity around me with sparks onto my body."
His previous Tesla experiments have seen him wrapped in a Faraday cage - kind of like a see-through Dalek - but this time he wanted to push himself.
Peter's face was protected by a mask made of fine strands of stainless steel and his "safety suit" consisted of a wrapping of builders insulating foil. A wig covered up a foil headcap.
The electricity fired from the Tesla rod, which is passed over him in a semi-circle, can then pass down the foil suit and safely out to the earth through his foot.
The 52-year-old says: "In doing this I wanted to do something new that also challenged the boundaries.
"Allowing the sparks to contact my body or face directly is not safe of course. A single spark that gets past the defences would throw me to the ground in intense pain like a Taser shock.
"Multiple sparks would also stop me breathing...
For more information visit http://www.rexfeatures.com/stacklink/HBVBAILA
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The Thinker posed by Peter Terren with electricity from a Tesla coil, Bunbury, Western Australia - Apr 2009
No UK website usage unless fee is agreed - contact Toni Saint - 0207 239 8655 tsaint@rexfeatures.com)
Mandatory Credit: Photo by Peter Terren / Rex Features ( 912657d )
Peter Terren tests out the 4 inch diameter Tesla coil directed by a rod so that it can spark his chair.
This Thinker is Electrifying
THIS THINKER IS ELECTRIFYING
A daredevil inventor has created a sparky version of Rodin's The Thinker by shooting 500,000 volts of ELECTRICITY down his body.
Using a home-built Tesla coil pieced together from junk and bits from hardware stores, Peter Terren has risked his life to make this electrifying image.
An he was also only protected from painful death by electrocution by a layer of cheap builders FOIL.
Peter, from Bunbury, Western Australia, explains: "I wanted to convey the concept of the modern electrical age with the barrage of electrical interference in our lives. So much is happening and demanding our attention that it is difficult to "think".
"I decided upon a real life posture like the thinker with a lot of electrical activity around me with sparks onto my body."
His previous Tesla experiments have seen him wrapped in a Faraday cage - kind of like a see-through Dalek - but this time he wanted to push himself.
Peter's face was protected by a mask made of fine strands of stainless steel and his "safety suit" consisted of a wrapping of builders insulating foil. A wig covered up a foil headcap.
The electricity fired from the Tesla rod, which is passed over him in a semi-circle, can then pass down the foil suit and safely out to the earth through his foot.
The 52-year-old says: "In doing this I wanted to do something new that also challenged the boundaries.
"Allowing the sparks to contact my body or face directly is not safe of course. A single spark that gets past the defences would throw me to the ground in intense pain like a Taser shock.
"Multip...
For more information visit http://www.rexfeatures.com/stacklink/HBVBAILA
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The Thinker posed by Peter Terren with electricity from a Tesla coil, Bunbury, Western Australia - Apr 2009
No UK website usage unless fee is agreed - contact Toni Saint - 0207 239 8655 tsaint@rexfeatures.com)
Mandatory Credit: Photo by Peter Terren / Rex Features ( 912657c )
Peter Terren tests out the 4 inch diameter Tesla coil directed by a rod so that it can spark his chair.
This Thinker is Electrifying
THIS THINKER IS ELECTRIFYING
A daredevil inventor has created a sparky version of Rodin's The Thinker by shooting 500,000 volts of ELECTRICITY down his body.
Using a home-built Tesla coil pieced together from junk and bits from hardware stores, Peter Terren has risked his life to make this electrifying image.
An he was also only protected from painful death by electrocution by a layer of cheap builders FOIL.
Peter, from Bunbury, Western Australia, explains: "I wanted to convey the concept of the modern electrical age with the barrage of electrical interference in our lives. So much is happening and demanding our attention that it is difficult to "think".
"I decided upon a real life posture like the thinker with a lot of electrical activity around me with sparks onto my body."
His previous Tesla experiments have seen him wrapped in a Faraday cage - kind of like a see-through Dalek - but this time he wanted to push himself.
Peter's face was protected by a mask made of fine strands of stainless steel and his "safety suit" consisted of a wrapping of builders insulating foil. A wig covered up a foil headcap.
The electricity fired from the Tesla rod, which is passed over him in a semi-circle, can then pass down the foil suit and safely out to the earth through his foot.
The 52-year-old says: "In doing this I wanted to do something new that also challenged the boundaries.
"Allowing the sparks to contact my body or face directly is not safe of course. A single spark that gets past the defences would throw me to the ground in intense pain like a Taser shock.
"Multip...
For more information visit http://www.rexfeatures.com/stacklink/HBVBAILA
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The Thinker posed by Peter Terren with electricity from a Tesla coil, Bunbury, Western Australia - Apr 2009
No UK website usage unless fee is agreed - contact Toni Saint - 0207 239 8655 tsaint@rexfeatures.com)
Mandatory Credit: Photo by Peter Terren / Rex Features ( 912657b )
Peter Terren tests out the 4 inch diameter Tesla coil directed by a rod so that it can spark his chair.
This Thinker is Electrifying
THIS THINKER IS ELECTRIFYING
A daredevil inventor has created a sparky version of Rodin's The Thinker by shooting 500,000 volts of ELECTRICITY down his body.
Using a home-built Tesla coil pieced together from junk and bits from hardware stores, Peter Terren has risked his life to make this electrifying image.
An he was also only protected from painful death by electrocution by a layer of cheap builders FOIL.
Peter, from Bunbury, Western Australia, explains: "I wanted to convey the concept of the modern electrical age with the barrage of electrical interference in our lives. So much is happening and demanding our attention that it is difficult to "think".
"I decided upon a real life posture like the thinker with a lot of electrical activity around me with sparks onto my body."
His previous Tesla experiments have seen him wrapped in a Faraday cage - kind of like a see-through Dalek - but this time he wanted to push himself.
Peter's face was protected by a mask made of fine strands of stainless steel and his "safety suit" consisted of a wrapping of builders insulating foil. A wig covered up a foil headcap.
The electricity fired from the Tesla rod, which is passed over him in a semi-circle, can then pass down the foil suit and safely out to the earth through his foot.
The 52-year-old says: "In doing this I wanted to do something new that also challenged the boundaries.
"Allowing the sparks to contact my body or face directly is not safe of course. A single spark that gets past the defences would throw me to the ground in intense pain like a Taser shock.
"Multip...
For more information visit http://www.rexfeatures.com/stacklink/HBVBAILA
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Whisky in Japan - 2009
Mandatory Credit: Photo by Sutton-Hibbert / Rex Features ( 1016033f )
Seiichi Koshimizu, Chief Blender at Suntory whisky, sampling whiskies in the room where he prepares, tests, and blends whiskies, in the Suntory Yamazaki distillery, Yamazaki, Japan Each bottle on the table holds a sample from an individual cask, held in the Suntory warehouses.
Whisky in Japan - 2009
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North Korea Nuclear Crisis
A paper mill on the banks of the Yalu River Sinuiju, North Korea on Oct. 28, 2006 following North Korea's nuclear test on Oct. 9. 2006. (FOTO: DUKAS/WORLDPICTURENEWS)
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North Korea Nuclear Crisis
North Korean men unload bags from a boat to a truck in Sinuiju, North Korea on Oct. 22, 2006 following North Korea's nuclear test on Oct. 9. 2006. (FOTO: DUKAS/WORLDPICTURENEWS)
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North Korea Nuclear Crisis
A female North Korean soldier patrols on the banks of the Yalu River in Sinuiju, North Korea on Oct. 24, 2006 following North Korea's nuclear test on Oct. 9. 2006. (FOTO: DUKAS/WORLDPICTURENEWS)
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North Korea Nuclear Crisis
A Chinese marked truck enters China from North Korea across the Friendship Bridge in Dandong, China on Oct. 24, 2006 following North Korea's nuclear test on Oct. 9. 2006. (FOTO: DUKAS/WORLDPICTURENEWS)
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A Carp undergoing tests in a fisheries laboratory
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Science declares war on the common cold.
Under the direction of the Ministry of Health, in collaboration with the Medical Research Council, a special unit is investigating the mysteries of the common cold at Harvard Hospital, near Salisbury, in the most comprehensive investigation into the common cold yet undertaken in this country. Volunteers, who live in pairs in attractive self-contained flats, are helping the doctors in their work, at present confined to discovering elementary facts about the germ which causes colds. The National Panel is asking for volunteers who are ready to spend 10 days with the research unit under conditions prescribed by the experimental work entailed.
Photo shows, Mr and Mrs L Adamson, of Hull, volunteers at Harvard Hospital, collecting their food, which is delivered to their flat in a thermos flask, untouched by outside contacts to insure that no alien germs reach the 'guinea pigs' while undergoing tests.
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Science declares war on the common cold.
Under the direction of the Ministry of Health, in collaboration with the Medical Research Council, a special unit is investigating the mysteries of the common cold at Harvard Hospital, near Salisbury, in the most comprehensive investigation into the common cold, yet undertaken in this country. Volunteers, who live in pairs in attractive self-contained flats, are helping the doctors in their work, at present confined to discovering elementary facts about the germ which causes colds. The National Panel is asking for volunteers who are ready to spend 10 days with the research unit under conditions prescribed by the experimental work entailed.
Photo shows, Mrs L Adamson, of Hull, a volunteer at the Harvard Hospital, having matter containing the common cold virus dropped into her nose by Dr Fulton today, Friday.
10 January 1947 (FOTO:DUKAS/TOPFOTO)
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Science declares war on the common cold.
Under the direction of the Ministry of Health, in collaboration with the Medical Research Council, a special unit is investigating the mysteries of the common cold at Harvard Hospital, near Salisbury, in the most comprehensive investigation into the common cold yet undertaken in this country. Volunteers, who live in pairs in attractive self-contained flats, are helping doctors in their work, at present confined to discovering elementary facts about the germ which causes colds. The National Panel is asking for volunteers who are ready to spend 10 days with the research unit under conditions prescribed by the experimental work entailed.
Photo shows, Mrs L Adamson, of Hull, a volunteer at the Harvard Hospital, having matter containing the common cold virus dropped into her nose by Dr Fulton today, Friday.
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Science declares war on the common cold.
Under the direction of the Ministry of Health, in collaboration with the Medical Research Council, a special unit is investigating the mysteries of the common cold at Harvard Hospital, near Salisbury, in the most comprehensive investigation into the common cold, yet undertaken in this country. Volunteers, who live in pairs in attractive self-contained flats, are helping the doctors in their work, at present confined to discovering elementary facts about the germ which causes colds. The National Panel is asking for volunteers who are ready to spend 10 days with the research unit under conditions prescribed by the experimental work entailed. After the virus has been dropped up the nose of the guinea-pig, he or she is isolated from everyone except the matron and doctor to allow for incubation to take place free from infection from an ourside source, but visitors are allowed provided they wear a special protective hood during the call.
Photo shows, Mr and Mrs L Adamson, of Hull, volunteers at the Harvard Hospital, receiving a visitor in their flat, who wears the protective hood. The matron, Miss Barbara Rae of Beccles looks on.
10 January 1947 (FOTO:DUKAS/TOPFOTO)
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