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NEWS - Coronavirus: Ende der Maskenpflicht in Grossbritannien
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Commuters and rail staff disembark a train at Kings Cross station at rush hour. Face coverings and Covid passes are no longer legally required in England, after the relaxation of Plan B rules came into affect on Thursday..
Plan B Covid-19 rule changes, London, UK - 27 Jan 2022
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NEWS - Coronavirus: Ende der Maskenpflicht in Grossbritannien
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Commuters disembark a train at Kings Cross station at rush hour. Face coverings and Covid passes are no longer legally required in England, after the relaxation of Plan B rules came into affect on Thursday..
Plan B Covid-19 rule changes, London, UK - 27 Jan 2022
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NEWS - Coronavirus: Ende der Maskenpflicht in Grossbritannien
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Commuters and rail staff disembark a train at Kings Cross station at rush hour. Face coverings and Covid passes are no longer legally required in England, after the relaxation of Plan B rules came into affect on Thursday..
Plan B Covid-19 rule changes, London, UK - 27 Jan 2022
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NEWS - Coronavirus: Ende der Maskenpflicht in Grossbritannien
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Commuters disembark a train at Kings Cross station at rush hour. Face coverings and Covid passes are no longer legally required in England, after the relaxation of Plan B rules came into affect on Thursday..
Plan B Covid-19 rule changes, London, UK - 27 Jan 2022
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NEWS - Coronavirus: Ende der Maskenpflicht in Grossbritannien
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Commuters disembark a train at Kings Cross station at rush hour. Face coverings and Covid passes are no longer legally required in England, after the relaxation of Plan B rules came into affect on Thursday..
Plan B Covid-19 rule changes, London, UK - 27 Jan 2022
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NEWS - Coronavirus: Ende der Maskenpflicht in Grossbritannien
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Commuters and rail staff disembark a train at Kings Cross station at rush hour. Face coverings and Covid passes are no longer legally required in England, after the relaxation of Plan B rules came into affect on Thursday..
Plan B Covid-19 rule changes, London, UK - 27 Jan 2022
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NEWS - Coronavirus: Ende der Maskenpflicht in Grossbritannien
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Commuters disembark a train at Kings Cross station at rush hour. Face coverings and Covid passes are no longer legally required in England, after the relaxation of Plan B rules came into affect on Thursday..
Plan B Covid-19 rule changes, London, UK - 27 Jan 2022
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NEWS - Coronavirus: Ende der Maskenpflicht in Grossbritannien
Mandatory Credit: Photo by Ben Cawthra/Shutterstock (12777995b)
Commuters disembark a train at Kings Cross station at rush hour. Face coverings and Covid passes are no longer legally required in England, after the relaxation of Plan B rules came into affect on Thursday..
Plan B Covid-19 rule changes, London, UK - 27 Jan 2022
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NEWS - Coronavirus: Ende der Maskenpflicht in Grossbritannien
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Commuters and rail staff disembark a train at Kings Cross station at rush hour. Face coverings and Covid passes are no longer legally required in England, after the relaxation of Plan B rules came into affect on Thursday..
Plan B Covid-19 rule changes, London, UK - 27 Jan 2022
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NEWS - Coronavirus: Neue Rekordanzahl von positiven COVID-Fällen in New York
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A masks required digital sign hangs above the windshield of an MTA bus as pedestrians cross Fifth Avenue in New York City on Tuesday, December 21, 2021. New York continues to set records for positive COVID cases as holiday travel ramps up.
Christmas Day Approaches in New York, United States - 21 Dec 2021
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FEATURE - Fitness-Wettbewerb mit Maske in Cancun,
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An athlete wearing a mask does the required poses for a judge at the registration table prior to the competition. The first fitness competition in Cancun after the Covid-19 quarantine is carried out with sanitary measures and without access to the public.
Mr Quintana Roo Fitness Competition, Cancun, Mexico - 29 Nov 2020
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FEATURE - Fitness-Wettbewerb mit Maske in Cancun,
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An athlete wearing a mask does the required poses for a judge at the registration table prior to the competition. The first fitness competition in Cancun after the Covid-19 quarantine is carried out with sanitary measures and without access to the public.
Mr Quintana Roo Fitness Competition, Cancun, Mexico - 29 Nov 2020
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FEATURE - Fitness-Wettbewerb mit Maske in Cancun,
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An athlete wearing a mask does the required poses for a judge at the registration table prior to the competition. The first fitness competition in Cancun after the Covid-19 quarantine is carried out with sanitary measures and without access to the public.
Mr Quintana Roo Fitness Competition, Cancun, Mexico - 29 Nov 2020
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FEATURE - Die Siegerbilder der Wetter-Fotografie der Royal Meteorological Society
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The picture shows Frosty Bison by Laura Heiden, age 55, from Grayslake, USA. It was taken in Yellowstone, Wyoming. She said: "We were touring the west side of the Park. It was a very cold sunrise, the coldest of the week so far. It was near zero degrees Fahrenheit. We came around the corner in our snow coach and saw this magnificent bison just sauntering down the road as if they owned the Park and they do! Keeping the required distance from him/her we hopped out, grabbed some photos, and quickly got back in the vehicle and watched as she/he walked about five feet right past us. It was as if we were not even there. It certainly added to the ghost-like event."The 26 finalists for this year's Weather Photographer of the Year have been announced and the public are being invited to vote for their favourite.The Royal Meteorological Society (RMetS), which celebrates its 170th birthday this year, in association with AccuWeather, has put the shortlisted pictures on their website and people can visit photocrowd.com/wpotyvote to vote until September 25.The popular competition, which is now in its fifth year, has attracted entries from around the world.
Weather Photographer of The Year Shortlist
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FEATURE - Pix of the Day: Bilder des Tages
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Rotterdam is preparing for Brexit. The consequences of the departure of the United Kingdom from the European Union will clearly be felt here. For example, additional customs formalities and food and goods inspections are required from 30 March 2019.
Rotterdam Harbour, The Netherlands - 12 Sep 2018
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FEATURE - Pix of the Day: Bilder des Tages
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Rotterdam is preparing for Brexit. The consequences of the departure of the United Kingdom from the European Union will clearly be felt here. For example, additional customs formalities and food and goods inspections are required from 30 March 2019.
Rotterdam Harbour, The Netherlands - 12 Sep 2018
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FEATURE - Best of: Bilder des Tages
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Pasadena, CA...Georgia Mascot UGA X takes a walk before the game between the Oklahoma Sooners and the Georgia Bulldogs. Georgia defeated Oklahoma 54-48 on in the 104th Rose Bowl game presented by Northwestern Mutual in Pasadena, California. (Mandatory Credit: Juan Lainez / MarinMedia.org / Cal Sport Media) (Complete photographer, and credit required)
NCAA Football Rose Bowl -Oklahoma vs Georgia, Pasadena, USA - 01 Jan 2018
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NEWS - Frankreich Wahlen: Kandidat François Fillon - Vorwürfe um Scheinbeschäftigung seiner Gattin
January 29, 2017 - Paris, France - Francois Fillon, France's presidential candidate, right, and his wife Penelope Fillon, attend an election campaign meeting in Paris, France, on Sunday, Jan 29, 2017. Fillon repeats pledge to end his run if he is formally investigated, in interview with Journal du Dimanche (FOTO: DUKAS/ZUMA)
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NEWS - Frankreich Wahlen: Kandidat François Fillon - Vorwürfe um Scheinbeschäftigung seiner Gattin
January 29, 2017 - Paris, France - Penelope Fillon looks on as her husband, French right wing candidate for the upcoming presidential election Francois Fillon, speaks at a campaign rally on January 29, 2017 in Paris. The campaign of Fillon, a former prime minister who won the conservative Republicans' nomination last year, has been dealt a serious blow by claims his Welsh-born spouse did nothing to earn half a million euros (,000) paid from public funds over eight years (FOTO: DUKAS/ZUMA)
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NEWS - Frankreich Wahlen: Kandidat François Fillon - Vorwürfe um Scheinbeschäftigung seiner Gattin
January 29, 2017 - Paris, France - Francois Fillon, France's presidential candidate attend an election campaign meeting in Paris, France, on Sunday, Jan 29, 2017. Fillon repeats pledge to end his run if he is formally investigated, in interview with Journal du Dimanche (FOTO: DUKAS/ZUMA)
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FEATURE - Sternenhimmel in der Wildnis
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The full arc of the Milky Way required 14 vertical exposures stitched together for this panorama at Everglades National Park
Wildlife and stars of the swamp, Florida
A photographer set out to inspire awe in nature's wonders through the tropical wetlands of Florida.
This beautiful series presents the swamp in shades of blue from indigo to azure, night and day, with an assortment of skies and wildlife.
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FEATURE - Wettbewerb: Das Neuste aus der Architektur
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Arctic Harvester by Meriem Chabani. The Arctic Harvester houses a floating agricultural community, navigating the Arctic currents between Greenland and Canada, giving access to its primary resource: the fresh-water produced by melting icebergs. This product contains all the nutrients required for the establishment a hydroponic farming system
International future architecture competition - 04 Mar 2016
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An architecture competition that hopes to build lives for humans in space and in the sea has been launched.
The International Future Architecture competition asks entrants to imagine a life where water and space would be populated.
Organisers The Jacques Rougerie Foundation say that the Earth's growing population and a potential sea level rise creates the need for new ideas about where humans can live.
Highlights of previous entries include Neck of the Moon, by El Hadi Jazairy, which sees space debris in the orbital environment compacting into a new 'second moon' called Laika.
Another lunar idea was Moon Origin Point by Miloje Krunic; an autonomous habitat for up to 20 million people designed to utilse the Moon's "abundant mineral resources".
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FEATURE - Wettbewerb: Das Neuste aus der Architektur
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Arctic Harvester by Meriem Chabani. The Arctic Harvester houses a floating agricultural community, navigating the Arctic currents between Greenland and Canada, giving access to its primary resource: the fresh-water produced by melting icebergs. This product contains all the nutrients required for the establishment a hydroponic farming system
International future architecture competition - 04 Mar 2016
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An architecture competition that hopes to build lives for humans in space and in the sea has been launched.
The International Future Architecture competition asks entrants to imagine a life where water and space would be populated.
Organisers The Jacques Rougerie Foundation say that the Earth's growing population and a potential sea level rise creates the need for new ideas about where humans can live.
Highlights of previous entries include Neck of the Moon, by El Hadi Jazairy, which sees space debris in the orbital environment compacting into a new 'second moon' called Laika.
Another lunar idea was Moon Origin Point by Miloje Krunic; an autonomous habitat for up to 20 million people designed to utilse the Moon's "abundant mineral resources".
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REPORTAGE: Goldmine in Kolumbien
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Mercury is added to the rock powder, required to blend the gold. A highly toxic element, especially due to the gas it emits, seriously endangering the miners' health. In Carrizal every phase of extraction is carried out with bare hands, without any form of protection
Illegal gold mining in Colombia - May 2015
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In Columbia the cocaine business has become less important than in past years. It is the land now, with its enormous riches hidden in the subsoil, and the consequent lucrative management of extraction, inflaming economic interest and violence.
The gold fever has returned, supported by the exchange rate of 1111 dollars per ounce, almost 32 euros per gram.
Photojournalist Erberto Zani spent time with workers toiling in a trecherous illegal mine in Carrizal.
Witnessing nightmare conditions in cramped and poorly ventilated spaces, up to 500m under the earth, he experienced the dread of rapidly rising waters when an old pump at surface level broke down and the tunnels began began to flood.
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REPORTAGE: Goldmine in Kolumbien
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Mercury is added to the rock powder, required to blend the gold. A highly toxic element, especially due to the gas it emits, seriously endangering the miners' health. In Carrizal every phase of extraction is carried out with bare hands, without any form of protection
Illegal gold mining in Colombia - May 2015
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In Columbia the cocaine business has become less important than in past years. It is the land now, with its enormous riches hidden in the subsoil, and the consequent lucrative management of extraction, inflaming economic interest and violence.
The gold fever has returned, supported by the exchange rate of 1111 dollars per ounce, almost 32 euros per gram.
Photojournalist Erberto Zani spent time with workers toiling in a trecherous illegal mine in Carrizal.
Witnessing nightmare conditions in cramped and poorly ventilated spaces, up to 500m under the earth, he experienced the dread of rapidly rising waters when an old pump at surface level broke down and the tunnels began began to flood.
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REPORTAGE: Goldmine in Kolumbien
MANDATORY CREDIT: Erberto Zani/REX Shutterstock. Only for use in this story. Editorial Use Only. No stock, books, advertising or merchandising without photographer's permission
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Mercury is added to the rock powder, required to blend the gold. A highly toxic element, especially due to the gas it emits, seriously endangering the miners' health. In Carrizal every phase of extraction is carried out with bare hands, without any form of protection
Illegal gold mining in Colombia - May 2015
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In Columbia the cocaine business has become less important than in past years. It is the land now, with its enormous riches hidden in the subsoil, and the consequent lucrative management of extraction, inflaming economic interest and violence.
The gold fever has returned, supported by the exchange rate of 1111 dollars per ounce, almost 32 euros per gram.
Photojournalist Erberto Zani spent time with workers toiling in a trecherous illegal mine in Carrizal.
Witnessing nightmare conditions in cramped and poorly ventilated spaces, up to 500m under the earth, he experienced the dread of rapidly rising waters when an old pump at surface level broke down and the tunnels began began to flood.
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Eric Lusito - Traces of the Soviet Empire
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MONGOLIA / Bayantal / 2008. Abandoned Soviet military base after the collapse of the USSR. Chemical products. The withdrawal of the Soviet Army left behind a significant legacy of pollution caused by oil-based products and other waste products, as well as the damage caused to the landscape and the soil. Hundreds of contaminated sites have required environmenta linvestigation and cleanup. Major sources of pollution included transport, rocket and jet fuels, kerosene, lubricants, solvents, galvanic wastes, remnants of chemical weapons and decontamination substances.
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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Eric Lusito - Traces of the Soviet Empire
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MONGOLIA / Bayantal / 2008. Abandoned Soviet military base after the collapse of the USSR. Chemical products. The withdrawal of the Soviet Army left behind a significant legacy of pollution caused by oil-based products and other waste products, as well as the damage caused to the landscape and the soil. Hundreds of contaminated sites have required environmenta linvestigation and cleanup. Major sources of pollution included transport, rocket and jet fuels, kerosene, lubricants, solvents, galvanic wastes, remnants of chemical weapons and decontamination substances.
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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BRITNEY SPEARS IN SANTA MONICA, AMERICA -19 JUN 2004
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Britney walking without the cast that she has worn recently following the cancellation of her tour due to an injury that apparently required surgery. Britney today visited Santa Monica's 'ESP' salon with her mother and sister where she spent two hours being pampered.
BRITNEY SPEARS IN SANTA MONICA, AMERICA -19 JUN 2004
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ZUSAMMENFASSUNG: Verletzte Promis
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Baroness Thatcher Of Kesteven Pm 1981 The P.m. At The Schools Design Prize 1981 Held At The Institution Of Civil Engineers Today. Picture Shows The P. M. Mrs. Margaret Thatcher Consoling 4 Year Old Matthew Fahy Of Dunstable Who Burst Into Tears When
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Margaret Thatcher Pm 1981 The P.m. At The Schools Design Prize 1981 Held At The Institution Of Civil Engineers Today. Picture Shows The P. M. Mrs. Margaret Thatcher Consoling 4 Year Old Matthew Fahy Of Dunstable Who Burst Into Tears When He Was Required With Three Other Children To Demonstrate A Play Structure For Young Children Designed By Amanda Grace From Manshead Upper School Luton....baroness Thatcher...pm
Baroness Thatcher Of Kesteven Pm 1981 The P.m. At The Schools Design Prize 1981 Held At The Institution Of Civil Engineers Today. Picture Shows The P. M. Mrs. Margaret Thatcher Consoling 4 Year Old Matthew Fahy Of Dunstable Who Burst Into Tears When
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Zusammenfassung: Margaret Thatcher mit 87 Jahren gestorben - funny Maggie
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Baroness Margaret Thatcher Of Kesteven Prime Minster 1981 The Prime Minister At The School Design Prize Held At The Intitution Of Civil Engineers Today. Mrs Thatcher Consoling 4 Year Old Matthew Fahy Of Dunstable Who Burst Into Tears When He Was Requ
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Margaret Thatcher Prime Minster 1981 The Prime Minister At The School Design Prize Held At The Intitution Of Civil Engineers Today. Mrs Thatcher Consoling 4 Year Old Matthew Fahy Of Dunstable Who Burst Into Tears When He Was Required With Three Other Children To Demostrate A Play Structure For Young Children Designed By Amanda Grace From Manshead Upper School Luton. The Pm Sat On The Floor With The Children For Several Minutes And Then Got Them To Count Up To Ten Before Rising....
Baroness Margaret Thatcher Of Kesteven Prime Minster 1981 The Prime Minister At The School Design Prize Held At The Intitution Of Civil Engineers Today. Mrs Thatcher Consoling 4 Year Old Matthew Fahy Of Dunstable Who Burst Into Tears When He Was Requ
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Zusammenfassung: Margaret Thatcher mit 87 Jahren gestorben - funny Maggie
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Australian Navy transport new battleship using one of the superships of Dockwise - Aug 2012
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You Floated My Battleship! The Superships That Carry Superloads
When the weighty problem of transporting superloads around the world arises, a bulky breed of superships are ready to take up the challenge.
But rather than standard cargo containers, these vessels are capable of floating unimaginable loads including full oil rigs, multiple nuclear-powered submarines and, in one epic voyage, 18 barges from China to the Netherlands.
Currently, the Australian Navy are employing the services of Netherlands-based shipping company Dockwise's MV Blue Marlin, the largest cargo transport ship in the world.
The ship is transporting the first of two aircraft carrier hulls from Spain to Melbourne.
The Australian Landing Helicopter Dock (ALHD) Canberra is the first to commence the 12,000 nautical mile voyage around the Cape of Good Hope, estimated to be completed in 45 days after setting off on 20 August from Punta Langosteira, a new large port just south of La Coruna, northern Spain.
Spanish company Navantia has completed construction of the ships from the keel to the flight deck, and now the hulls are being transported for completion by BAE Systems Australia. The second hull, the ALHD Adelaide, will be transported in early 2014.
Blue Marlin is more than up to the task, being 712ft in length, larger than two football pitches, 138ft deep and able to carry 75,000 tonnes. That said, the ALHD Canberra is so large it overhangs the Blue Marlin deck by 180ft.
Blue Marlin's load capability also meant it was the ship of choice for the U.S. Navy when they had to transport the stricken destroyer USS Cole back to the United States after the warship was damaged by an Al-Qaeda suicide bomber attack while anchored in the port of Aden, Yemen.
The Blue Marlin is manned by a 24 crew and is powered by 17,000 horsep...
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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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The Imperial War Museum, London, Britain - 11 Apr 2010
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World War Two cipher code machine known as the Enigma Machine that required the development of early computers to defeat the codes produced
The Imperial War Museum, London, Britain - 11 Apr 2010
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Three generations of Mexican fisherman work to pick, sort, and clean a huge catch from their gill net in San Ignacio Lagoon, Baja California Sur, Mexico. The men usually fish and clean the gill net, the women traditionally clean the fish while their children play nearby. The going rate for this catch was about 80 cents USD per kilo of cleaned fish. NO MODEL OR PROPERTY RELEASES FOR THESE IMAGES.
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Guests from the Lindblad Expedition ship National Geographic Endeavour doing various things in and around the Antarctic Peninsula in the summer months. Lindblad Expeditions pioneered Antarctic travel in 1969 and remains one of the premier Antarctic Expedition providers to this very day. No property or model releases are available for this image.
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Victoria Beckham Has Never Been Interested In Football So It Was Hardly Surprising That She Passed Up The Opportunity To Watch Her Husband Play In The Worthington Cup Final And Jetted Off To Milan Instead. While David Was Losing On The Pitch In Cardi
Mandatory Credit: Photo by Alex Lentati / Evening Standard / Rex Features ( 977137a )
Victoria Beckham Has Never Been Interested In Football So It Was Hardly Surprising That She Passed Up The Opportunity To Watch Her Husband Play In The Worthington Cup Final And Jetted Off To Milan Instead. While David Was Losing On The Pitch In Cardiff Victoria Was In The Front Row Of Dolce & Gabbana's Winter 2004 Fashion Show. Dressed In Red Snakeskin Stilettos Black Mirrored Shades And A Black Dolce & Gabbana Suit So Fitted She Must Have Required A Shoehorn To Get Into It The Artist Formerly Known As Posh Spice Watched The Show Avidly Tossing Her Long Tousled Brown Hair Extensions Like Rapunzel. Although The Label-loving David Had Better Things To Do He Will Be Sorry To Have Missed Such A Fashion Extravaganza.
Victoria Beckham Has Never Been Interested In Football So It Was Hardly Surprising That She Passed Up The Opportunity To Watch Her Husband Play In The Worthington Cup Final And Jetted Off To Milan Instead. While David Was Losing On The Pitch In Cardi
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Victoria Beckham Has Never Been Interested In Football So It Was Hardly Surprising That She Passed Up The Opportunity To Watch Her Husband Play In The Worthington Cup Final And Jetted Off To Milan Instead. While David Was Losing On The Pitch In Cardi
Mandatory Credit: Photo by Alex Lentati / Evening Standard / Rex Features ( 976625a )
Victoria Beckham Has Never Been Interested In Football So It Was Hardly Surprising That She Passed Up The Opportunity To Watch Her Husband Play In The Worthington Cup Final And Jetted Off To Milan Instead. While David Was Losing On The Pitch In Cardiff Victoria Was In The Front Row Of Dolce & Gabbana's Winter 2004 Fashion Show. Dressed In Red Snakeskin Stilettos Black Mirrored Shades And A Black Dolce & Gabbana Suit So Fitted She Must Have Required A Shoehorn To Get Into It The Artist Formerly Known As Posh Spice Watched The Show Avidly Tossing Her Long Tousled Brown Hair Extensions Like Rapunzel. Although The Label-loving David Had Better Things To Do He Will Be Sorry To Have Missed Such A Fashion Extravaganza.
Victoria Beckham Has Never Been Interested In Football So It Was Hardly Surprising That She Passed Up The Opportunity To Watch Her Husband Play In The Worthington Cup Final And Jetted Off To Milan Instead. While David Was Losing On The Pitch In Cardi
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