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  • A male engineer stands on the tramcar roof to carry out maintenance on a De Lijn electric tram in the depot in Gentbrugge, Ghent, Belgium.
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  • A Ghent De Lijn electric tramcar undergoing essential maintenance in the company’s depot on Brusselsesteenweg in Gentbrugge, Ghent, Belgium.
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  • Engine parts inside an De Lijn electric tramcar in Ghent, Belgium.
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  • Construction workers wearing hard hats hook up a pile of concrete beams on to a waiting crane hook. One man bends down to help loop a chain beneath one of the girders and attached to the dangling hook while another secures the chain and another man is in radio contact with the crane driver out of sight. Importantly, behind their low-loader truck is a Smirnoff advertising billboard with a famous ad campaign for the Vodka distillery. It depicts three carved Polynesian statues of Easter Island but seen through a botttle of the alcoholic beverage, is a representation of a face wearing a head band and MP3 headphones. Seen juxtaposed with the construction men and their building technology this scene describes a visual pun between an ancient lost civilization and the modern age of technology. Smirnoff is a vodka distillery founded in Moscow, by Piotr Arsenieyevich Smirnov. The <br />
brand is now distributed in 130 countries and includes flavored vodka and malt beverages. The Sminoff advertising campaign is said to be based on the Belgian surrealist artist Rene Magritte whose paradoxical images stretched our ideas of what was reality and the fantastic.
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  • Rolls of turf are rolled up by exhibition workers at the end of a long day at the Paris Air Show, Le Bourget France. Removing the real grass from at the CFM stand (a company formed from SNECMA and General Electric jet engines) that manufactures a family of 7,200 commercial and military jet engines for Airbus and Boeing airliners. The men bend over to make a tight roll of organic lawn to keep it fresh and watered overnight before another hot day in this hall. Alongside them, a giant turbofan engine is seen, its huge turbine blades lit by artificial lights. The Paris Air Show is a commercial air show, organised by the French aerospace industry whose purpose is to demonstrate military and civilian aircraft to potential customers.
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  • A lone male figure makes his way along a corridor of power in the newly-opened European Parliament building in Brussels, Belgium. As the new head-quarters of the EU and an administrative home to the Members of European Parliament (MEPs), it is a contemporary architectural symbol of infuence and modernity. We see the man walking towards an open atrium. The viewer can see three floors though there are many more out of sight and on two of the levels there are TV screens with the stars denoting the number of member states at that time. The interior is grid-like with warm and inviting lighting, making for a productive environment in which office workers can feel comfortable when dealing with European political business.
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  • A wooden and metal sign post in an University grounds in Kathmandu, Nepal.  The university mostly offers vocational courses.
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  • Razor Blade (real name Josh Stuart) as he calls himself has been playing blues since the sixties with his band the Deep Cuts “they kinda know me around these parts.” It helps to work 15 hours in the cotton fields to really sing the blues he explains. Something these white wannabe blues singers don’t really understand. With the cotton pickers migration north after the introduction of mechanization it is no surprise that something of the blues soul has left with them. The blues museum (0pposite in Blues Alley) is now as important an institution as any of the remaining blues joints.
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  • Lonely tree in Clarksdale seems to echo the loneliness of the blues heritage in the town. Muddy Waters, Robert Johnson, Bessie Smith and ZZ Top are some of the many musicians who have put Clarksdale on the map: with its own blues museum on Blues Alley it is no surprise to hear that  Clarksdale it is famous for being ‘the birth place of the Blues’. However the cotton pickers migration north after the introduction of mechanization  took  something of the blues soul with them with the blues museum as important an institution as any of the remaining blues joints .
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  • VW van parked opposite redundant farm buildings near Clarksdale. If you want to explore Clarksdale and the Blues country in true retro fashion the best place to do so is by staying at the Shack Up Inn. In The Promised Land: The Great Black Migration and How It Changed America, author Nicholas Lemman describes how, on Oct. 2, 1944, a crowd of 3,000 people quietly watched the first public demonstration of the mechanical cotton picker at Hopson's plantation in Clarksdale. At best, wrote Lemman, a skilled field hand could pick 20 pounds of cotton in an hour; the mechanical picker picked 1,000 pounds. Hopson calculated that a bale of cotton (500 pounds) cost $39.41 to pick by hand and $5.26 by machine. It wasn't too hard to foresee the future. Hopson was the first plantation to convert completely to the mechanical cotton pickers. Soon afterward, the sharecropper shacks where the plantation's workers had lived were abandoned and then torn down. But now they're back at the Shack Up Inn, Mississippi's oldest B&B -- and that's bed and beer, y'all. "We don't fool around with any fixing of breakfasts," said Bill Talbot, part owner of the inn.
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  • A traditional oyster fishing boat in the Fal Estuary, a method unchanged for 500 years, on 4th October 1994, in Falmouth, Cornwall, England. Oystermen have harvested on the River Fal in the same traditional and highly sustainable fashion, without the use of mechanical power, for more than five hundred years, being widely grown along the whole Cornish coast when the Romans invaded, and by 1602 they were being caught in much the same way as they are today, using thick, strong nets, called dredges. Byelaws banned oyster dredging by mechanical means, forcing local fishermen to rely on wind and tide in purpose-built, sail-powered Falmouth Working Boats. Although most oyster fishermen in Falmouth have other seasonal jobs, for the most experienced and committed fishermen oysters provide a decent year-round livelihood.
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  • Traditional oyster fishing boats in the Fal Estuary, a method unchanged for 500 years, on 4th October 1994, in Falmouth, Cornwall, England. Oystermen have harvested on the River Fal in the same traditional and highly sustainable fashion, without the use of mechanical power, for more than five hundred years, being widely grown along the whole Cornish coast when the Romans invaded, and by 1602 they were being caught in much the same way as they are today, using thick, strong nets, called dredges. Byelaws banned oyster dredging by mechanical means, forcing local fishermen to rely on wind and tide in purpose-built, sail-powered Falmouth Working Boats. Although most oyster fishermen in Falmouth have other seasonal jobs, for the most experienced and committed fishermen oysters provide a decent year-round livelihood.
    oyster_fishing-04-10-1994.jpg
  • Traditional oyster fishing boats in the Fal Estuary, a method unchanged for 500 years, on 4th October 1994, in Falmouth, Cornwall, England. Oystermen have harvested on the River Fal in the same traditional and highly sustainable fashion, without the use of mechanical power, for more than five hundred years, being widely grown along the whole Cornish coast when the Romans invaded, and by 1602 they were being caught in much the same way as they are today, using thick, strong nets, called dredges. Byelaws banned oyster dredging by mechanical means, forcing local fishermen to rely on wind and tide in purpose-built, sail-powered Falmouth Working Boats. Although most oyster fishermen in Falmouth have other seasonal jobs, for the most experienced and committed fishermen oysters provide a decent year-round livelihood.
    oyster_fishing-04-10-1994_1.jpg
  • Mechanic Dave Nicholls cleans a Napier Railton car at the Brooklands Museum
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  • Original 'Blues brother' style Dodge Monaco police car at the Shack Up Inn, Clarksdale. If you want to explore Clarksdale and the Blues country in true retro fashion the best place to do so is by staying at the Shack Up Inn. In The Promised Land: The Great Black Migration and How It Changed America, author Nicholas Lemman describes how, on Oct. 2, 1944, a crowd of 3,000 people quietly watched the first public demonstration of the mechanical cotton picker at Hopson's plantation in Clarksdale. At best, wrote Lemman, a skilled field hand could pick 20 pounds of cotton in an hour; the mechanical picker picked 1,000 pounds. Hopson calculated that a bale of cotton (500 pounds) cost $39.41 to pick by hand and $5.26 by machine. It wasn't too hard to foresee the future.
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  • Four small vessels belonging to traditional oyster fishermen use nets to catch a new harvest of shellfish aboard their antique boat from the Fal Estuary. On calm waters, the oystermen have harvested on the River Fal in the same traditional and highly sustainable fashion, without the use of mechanical power, for more than five hundred years, being widely grown along the whole Cornish coast when the Romans invaded, and by 1602 they were being caught in much the same way as they are today, using thick, strong nets, called dredges. Byelaws banned oyster dredging by mechanical means, forcing local fishermen to rely on wind and tide in purpose-built, sail-powered Falmouth Working Boats. Although most oyster fishermen in Falmouth have other seasonal jobs, for the most experienced and committed fishermen oysters provide a decent year-round livelihood.
    oystermen-04-10-1994.jpg
  • A businessman reads a 1992 edition of the Daily Express whose headline announces that Prime Minister John Major is fighting the Pound Crisis, on a bench in the City of London aka The Square Mile, the capitals financial centre, on 18th September 1992, in London, England. Black Wednesday occurred in the United Kingdom on 16 September 1992, when John Majors Conservative government was forced to withdraw the pound sterling from the European Exchange Rate Mechanism ERM after it was unable to keep the pound above its agreed lower limit in the ERM.
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  • Portrait of Matt, from Mechanical Fracture (human statues) a living statue street performer painted a dark metallic greay colour and wearing a flat cap, like an old industrial worker character. The South Bank is a significant arts and entertainment district, and home to an endless list of activities for Londoners, visitors and tourists alike.
    20140606_south bank mattA.jpg
  • A businessman reads a 1992 edition of the Daily Express whose headline announces that Prime Minister John Major is fighting the Pound Crisis, on a bench in the City of London aka The Square Mile, the capitals financial centre, on 18th September 1992, in London, England. Black Wednesday occurred in the United Kingdom on 16 September 1992, when John Majors Conservative government was forced to withdraw the pound sterling from the European Exchange Rate Mechanism ERM after it was unable to keep the pound above its agreed lower limit in the ERM.
    pound_crisis02-18-09-1992.jpg
  • Nottingham Express Transit NET tram, number 231, traveling through Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, United Kingdom. Trams run throughout the city to stop people using cars and encourage them to use more sustainable transport mechanisms.
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  • Nottingham Express Transit NET tram, number 231, traveling through Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, United Kingdom. Trams run throughout the city to stop people using cars and encourage them to use more sustainable transport mechanisms.
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  • Nottingham Express Transit NET trams, travelling through Nottingham city centre outside Old Market Square, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, United Kingdom. Trams run throughout the city to stop people using cars and encourage them to use more sustainable transport mechanisms.
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  • A Nottingham Express Transit NET tram, number 210, travelling through Nottingham city centre outside Old Market Square, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, United Kingdom. Trams run throughout the city to stop people using cars and encourage them to use more sustainable transport mechanisms.
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  • Carnivorous plants at Winterbourne Botanic Garden, the botanical garden of the University of Birmingham, located in Edgbaston, Birmingham, United Kingdom. Pitcher plants are several different carnivorous plants which have modified leaves known as pitfall traps—a prey-trapping mechanism featuring a deep cavity filled with digestive liquid. The traps of what are considered to be true pitcher plants are formed by specialized leaves. Set in 7 acres, it is notable as a rare surviving example of an early 20th century high status suburban ‘villa’ garden, inspired by the Arts and Crafts movement of the Edwardian period. Both Winterbourne Botanic Garden and Winterbourne House are owned by the University of Birmingham and are open to the public as a heritage attraction.
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  • Carnivorous plants at Winterbourne Botanic Garden, the botanical garden of the University of Birmingham, located in Edgbaston, Birmingham, United Kingdom. Pitcher plants are several different carnivorous plants which have modified leaves known as pitfall traps—a prey-trapping mechanism featuring a deep cavity filled with digestive liquid. The traps of what are considered to be true pitcher plants are formed by specialized leaves. Set in 7 acres, it is notable as a rare surviving example of an early 20th century high status suburban ‘villa’ garden, inspired by the Arts and Crafts movement of the Edwardian period. Both Winterbourne Botanic Garden and Winterbourne House are owned by the University of Birmingham and are open to the public as a heritage attraction.
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  • A mechanic, with oil on his hands, holds a burger at a roadside snack bar along the A30 on the 18th June 2008 in Devon in the United Kingdom.
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  • An elderly male mechanic at Yarcombe Coach House and Garage on the 19th July 2008 in Yarcombe in the United Kingdom.
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  • Model details on Dave Forteys model of HMS Ark Royal R09 at the London Model Engineering Exhibition at Alexandra Palace on January 1st, 2018. Mr Fortey, a former Royal Navy mechanic and sub-lieutenant, built the model over 25 years and it is the first time it has been put on display to the public. This week, the Government has launched a campaign to inspire the next generation. The Year of Engineering, will see government and industry tackle a major skills gap and inspire the engineers of tomorrow.
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  • Model details on Dave Forteys model of HMS Ark Royal R09 at the London Model Engineering Exhibition at Alexandra Palace on January 1st, 2018. Mr Fortey, a former Royal Navy mechanic and sub-lieutenant, built the model over 25 years and it is the first time it has been put on display to the public. This week, the Government has launched a campaign to inspire the next generation. The Year of Engineering, will see government and industry tackle a major skills gap and inspire the engineers of tomorrow.
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  • Dave Fortey L and Stephen Metcalfe MP, the new 2018 Government Envoy for the Year of Engineering look at details on Mr Forteys model of HMS Ark Royal R09 at the London Model Engineering Exhibition at Alexandra Palace on January 1st, 2018. Mr Fortey, a former Royal Navy mechanic and sub-lieutenant, built the model over 25 years and it is the first time it has been put on display to the public. This week, the Government has launched a campaign to inspire the next generation. The Year of Engineering, will see government and industry tackle a major skills gap and inspire the engineers of tomorrow.
    20180119_London_Model_Engineering_VF...jpg
  • Dave Fortey L tends to his model of HMS Ark Royal R09 with a colleague at the London Model Engineering Exhibition at Alexandra Palace on January 1st, 2018. Mr Fortey, a former Royal Navy mechanic and sub-lieutenant, built the model over 25 years and it is the first time it has been put on display to the public. This week, the Government has launched a campaign to inspire the next generation. The Year of Engineering, will see government and industry tackle a major skills gap and inspire the engineers of tomorrow.
    20180119_London_Model_Engineering_VF...jpg
  • Dave Fortey tends to his model of HMS Ark Royal R09 at the London Model Engineering Exhibition at Alexandra Palace on January 1st, 2018. Mr Fortey, a former Royal Navy mechanic and sub-lieutenant, built the model over 25 years and it is the first time it has been put on display to the public. This week, the Government has launched a campaign to inspire the next generation. The Year of Engineering, will see government and industry tackle a major skills gap and inspire the engineers of tomorrow.
    20180119_London_Model_Engineering_VF...jpg
  • As a local leans out from a window above and others walk uphill, one of the two cars of the funicular railway climbs the steep gradient of on Rua de Bica de Duarte Belo Elevador da Bica, on 13th July 2016, in Bairro Alto district, Lisbon, Portugal. The mechanical motor of the elevator was installed in 1890, but the lift only began functioning on 28 June 1892, after a couple of years of tests. The Bica Funicular is a funicular railway line in the civil parish of Misericórdia, in the municipality of Lisbon, Portugal. It connects the Rua de São Paulo with Calçada do Combro/Rua do Loreto, operated by Carris.
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  • Two tourists walk downhill with their baggage towards one of the two cars of the funicular railway climbing the steep gradient of on Rua de Bica de Duarte Belo Elevador da Bica, on 13th July 2016, in Lisbon, Portugal. The mechanical motor of the elevator was installed in 1890, but the lift only began functioning on 28 June 1892, after a couple of years of tests. The Bica Funicular is a funicular railway line in the civil parish of Misericórdia, in the municipality of Lisbon, Portugal. It connects the Rua de São Paulo with Calçada do Combro/Rua do Loreto, operated by Carris.
    portugal_lisbon-77-13-07-2016.jpg
  • As a local leans out from a window above and others walk uphill, one of the two cars of the funicular railway climbs the steep gradient of on Rua de Bica de Duarte Belo Elevador da Bica, on 13th July 2016, in Bairro Alto district, Lisbon, Portugal. The mechanical motor of the elevator was installed in 1890, but the lift only began functioning on 28 June 1892, after a couple of years of tests. The Bica Funicular is a funicular railway line in the civil parish of Misericórdia, in the municipality of Lisbon, Portugal. It connects the Rua de São Paulo with Calçada do Combro/Rua do Loreto, operated by Carris.
    portugal_lisbon-70-13-07-2016.jpg
  • As a local leans out from a window above and others walk uphill, one of the two cars of the funicular railway climbs the steep gradient of on Rua de Bica de Duarte Belo Elevador da Bica, on 13th July 2016, in Bairro Alto district, Lisbon, Portugal. The mechanical motor of the elevator was installed in 1890, but the lift only began functioning on 28 June 1892, after a couple of years of tests. The Bica Funicular is a funicular railway line in the civil parish of Misericórdia, in the municipality of Lisbon, Portugal. It connects the Rua de São Paulo with Calçada do Combro/Rua do Loreto, operated by Carris.
    portugal_lisbon-71-13-07-2016.jpg
  • An image of 'Leda and the Swan' in the gardens of at Chateau de Clos Lucé, home to Leonardo da Vinci for the last 3 years of his life and now a celebration of his life and achievements, Amboise, France. The park hosts outdoor exhibits such as mechanical inventions plus artworks. Leda looks down on a beautiful landscape of trees and shrubs, the natural with nature and yet, the painting of Leda and the Swan is a now lost and considered destroyed. Da Vinci lived here until his death in 1519.
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  • Flying machine invention and Last Supper painting at Chateau de Clos Lucé, home to Leonardo da Vinci for the last 3 years of his life and now a celebration of his life and achievements, Amboise, France. Hanginf from the ceiling in an outbuilding that honours the great man's work in France, we see a model of a human in flight with the heavy mechanics that da Vince saw as Man's conquest of the sky. In the background is a copy of his Last Supper, a late 15th-century mural painting by Leonardo da Vinci in the refectory of the Convent of Santa Maria delle Grazie, Milan. It is one of the world's most famous paintings, and one of the most studied, scrutinized, and satirized.
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  • Portrait of Matt, from Mechanical Fracture (human statues) a living statue street performer painted a dark metallic greay colour and wearing a flat cap, like an old industrial worker character. The South Bank is a significant arts and entertainment district, and home to an endless list of activities for Londoners, visitors and tourists alike.
    20140606_south bank mattG.jpg
  • Portrait of Matt, from Mechanical Fracture (human statues) a living statue street performer painted a dark metallic greay colour and wearing a flat cap, like an old industrial worker character. The South Bank is a significant arts and entertainment district, and home to an endless list of activities for Londoners, visitors and tourists alike.
    20140606_south bank mattF.jpg
  • Portrait of Matt, from Mechanical Fracture (human statues) a living statue street performer painted a dark metallic greay colour and wearing a flat cap, like an old industrial worker character. The South Bank is a significant arts and entertainment district, and home to an endless list of activities for Londoners, visitors and tourists alike.
    20140606_south bank mattE.jpg
  • Portrait of Matt, from Mechanical Fracture (human statues) a living statue street performer painted a dark metallic greay colour and wearing a flat cap, like an old industrial worker character. The South Bank is a significant arts and entertainment district, and home to an endless list of activities for Londoners, visitors and tourists alike.
    20140606_south bank mattD.jpg
  • Portrait of Matt, from Mechanical Fracture (human statues) a living statue street performer painted a dark metallic greay colour and wearing a flat cap, like an old industrial worker character. The South Bank is a significant arts and entertainment district, and home to an endless list of activities for Londoners, visitors and tourists alike.
    20140606_south bank mattC.jpg
  • Portrait of Matt, from Mechanical Fracture (human statues) a living statue street performer painted a dark metallic greay colour and wearing a flat cap, like an old industrial worker character. The South Bank is a significant arts and entertainment district, and home to an endless list of activities for Londoners, visitors and tourists alike.
    20140606_south bank mattB.jpg
  • Wooden ship’s wheel attached to a white wall outside the Mary Rose Museum in the Historic Naval Dockyard Portsmouth, Hampshire, UK.  The ancient wheel was part of the steering mechanism, know as the helm.
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  • A detail of freshly-picked English oysters opened using a 'shucker' knife. English Falmouth Estuary oysters have become highly sought-after around European restaurants and we see a freshly-caught specimen still in its shell after being landed from a traditional Falmouth antique working sail boat (fishing without mechanical power is a rule on this local fishery) that still dredge harvested oysters from the river bed using traditional methods unchanged since Victorian times. The fisherman's muddy fingers can be seen lifting (or shuck) the crustacean slightly from the shell with an old oyster knife to display this wild, native Fal oyster which is known for its distinctive sweet, fresh and delicate flavour.
    oysters-04-10-1994_1.jpg
  • Lula Ivanaj, 41 has lived like a man for 26 years after the death of her elder brother she accepted the tradition in Albania of the Avowed Virgin. She works as a mechanic and truck driver. She takes care of her sisters' children when not working. Skhoder, Albania
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  • During a lull in activity, a Boeing 747 is swathed in engineering gantries during a major check (maintenance schedule) at the British Airways Heathrow base in London England. As if in a hospital ER several metres off the ground, yellow struts surround the aircraft's forward nose section and the first class windows along the white fuselage allowing mechanics, engineers and avionics specialists unimpeded access to every element of the air frame. Neon tubes illuminate the hangar that houses flying machines which are serviced here between transcontinental commercial passenger flights. Picture from the 'Plane Pictures' project, a celebration of aviation aesthetics and flying culture, 100 years after the Wright brothers first 12 seconds/120 feet powered flight at Kitty Hawk,1903.
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  • English Falmouth Estuary oysters have become highly sought-after around European restaurants and we see a freshly-caught specimen still in its shell after being landed from a traditional Falmouth antique working sail boat (fishing without mechanical power is a rule on this local fishery) that still dredge harvested oysters from the river bed using traditional methods unchanged since Victorian times. The fisherman's muddy fingers can be seen lifting (or shuck) the crustacean slightly from the shell with an old oyster knife to display this wild, native Fal oyster which is known for its distinctive sweet, fresh and delicate flavour.
    oyster10-04-1994.jpg
  • Large round bales of hay drying in summer sun after the harvest near Reedham, a small village on the Norfolk Broads. Round bales are harder to handle than square bales but compress the hay more tightly. These round bale is partially covered with net wrap, which is an alternative to twine. Round bales, which typically weigh 300 to 400 kilograms (660–880 lb), are more moisture-resistant, and pack the hay more densely (especially at the center). Round bales are quickly fed with the use of mechanized equipment.
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  • Large round bales of hay drying in summer sun after the harvest near Reedham, a small village on the Norfolk Broads. Round bales are harder to handle than square bales but compress the hay more tightly. These round bale is partially covered with net wrap, which is an alternative to twine. Round bales, which typically weigh 300 to 400 kilograms (660–880 lb), are more moisture-resistant, and pack the hay more densely (especially at the center). Round bales are quickly fed with the use of mechanized equipment.
    norfolk_bales01-29-07-2013_1.jpg
  • Detail of a firefighter's helmet and a London Fire Brigade's Mini car after the LFB's 'extrication' team with the Vehicle and Operator Services Agency (VOSA) gave a demonstration on how firefighters rescue passengers by cutting open with dedicated cutting equipment a stretch limousine in London's Covent Garden Piazza. Highlighting the dangers of hiring illegal luxury or novelty cars, this vehicle was seized last year with many mechanical defects rendering it unsafe for those inside with limited exit doors. Of 358 cars stopped in March 2012, 27 were seized and 232 given prohibitions.
    fire_brigade_demo37-14-05-2013_1_1.jpg
  • Safety and rescue equipment belonging to the London Fire Brigade's 'extrication' team who gave a demonstration on how firefighters rescue passengers by cutting open with dedicated cutting equipment a stretch limousine in London's Covent Garden Piazza. Highlighting the dangers of hiring illegal luxury or novelty cars, this vehicle was seized last year with many mechanical defects rendering it unsafe for those inside with limited exit doors. Of 358 cars stopped in March 2012, 27 were seized and 232 given prohibitions.
    fire_brigade_demo36-14-05-2013_1_1.jpg
  • Sharp metal from a vehicle, after having been cut open by the London Fire Brigade's 'extrication' team with the Vehicle and Operator Services Agency (VOSA) who gave a demonstration on how firefighters rescue passengers by cutting open with dedicated cutting equipment a stretch limousine in London's Covent Garden Piazza. Highlighting the dangers of hiring illegal luxury or novelty cars, this vehicle was seized last year with many mechanical defects rendering it unsafe for those inside with limited exit doors. Of 358 cars stopped in March 2012, 27 were seized and 232 given prohibitions.
    fire_brigade_demo33-14-05-2013_1_1.jpg
  • A volunteer casualty is rescued by medics and firefighters during a London Fire Brigade's 'extrication' team's demonstration with the Vehicle and Operator Services Agency (VOSA) on how firefighters rescue passengers by cutting open with dedicated cutting equipment a stretch limousine in London's Covent Garden Piazza. Highlighting the dangers of hiring illegal luxury or novelty cars, this vehicle was seized last year with many mechanical defects rendering it unsafe for those inside with limited exit doors. Of 358 cars stopped in March 2012, 27 were seized and 232 given prohibitions.
    fire_brigade_demo31-14-05-2013_1_1.jpg
  • A volunteer casualty is rescued by medics and firefighters during a London Fire Brigade's 'extrication' team's demonstration with the Vehicle and Operator Services Agency (VOSA) on how firefighters rescue passengers by cutting open with dedicated cutting equipment a stretch limousine in London's Covent Garden Piazza. Highlighting the dangers of hiring illegal luxury or novelty cars, this vehicle was seized last year with many mechanical defects rendering it unsafe for those inside with limited exit doors. Of 358 cars stopped in March 2012, 27 were seized and 232 given prohibitions.
    fire_brigade_demo28-14-05-2013_1_1.jpg
  • A volunteer casualty is rescued by medics and firefighters during a London Fire Brigade's 'extrication' team's demonstration with the Vehicle and Operator Services Agency (VOSA) on how firefighters rescue passengers by cutting open with dedicated cutting equipment a stretch limousine in London's Covent Garden Piazza. Highlighting the dangers of hiring illegal luxury or novelty cars, this vehicle was seized last year with many mechanical defects rendering it unsafe for those inside with limited exit doors. Of 358 cars stopped in March 2012, 27 were seized and 232 given prohibitions.
    fire_brigade_demo22-14-05-2013_1_1.jpg
  • Firefighters from the London Fire Brigade's 'extrication' team using a using a Holmatro dedicated cutter to demonstrate how firefighters rescue passengers by cutting open a stretch limousine in London's Covent Garden Piazza. Highlighting the dangers of hiring illegal luxury or novelty cars, this vehicle was seized last year with many mechanical defects rendering it unsafe for those inside with limited exit doors. Of 358 cars stopped in March 2012, 27 were seized and 232 given prohibitions.
    fire_brigade_demo21-14-05-2013_1_1.jpg
  • Firefighters from the London Fire Brigade's 'extrication' team using a using a Holmatro dedicated cutter to demonstrate how firefighters rescue passengers by cutting open a stretch limousine in London's Covent Garden Piazza. Highlighting the dangers of hiring illegal luxury or novelty cars, this vehicle was seized last year with many mechanical defects rendering it unsafe for those inside with limited exit doors. Of 358 cars stopped in March 2012, 27 were seized and 232 given prohibitions.
    fire_brigade_demo15-14-05-2013_1_1.jpg
  • Firefighters from the London Fire Brigade's 'extrication' team using a using a Holmatro dedicated cutter to demonstrate how firefighters rescue passengers by cutting open a stretch limousine in London's Covent Garden Piazza. Highlighting the dangers of hiring illegal luxury or novelty cars, this vehicle was seized last year with many mechanical defects rendering it unsafe for those inside with limited exit doors. Of 358 cars stopped in March 2012, 27 were seized and 232 given prohibitions.
    fire_brigade_demo13-14-05-2013_1_1.jpg
  • A volunteer casualty is rescued by medics and firefighters during a London Fire Brigade's 'extrication' team's demonstration with the Vehicle and Operator Services Agency (VOSA) on how firefighters rescue passengers by cutting open with dedicated cutting equipment a stretch limousine in London's Covent Garden Piazza. Highlighting the dangers of hiring illegal luxury or novelty cars, this vehicle was seized last year with many mechanical defects rendering it unsafe for those inside with limited exit doors. Of 358 cars stopped in March 2012, 27 were seized and 232 given prohibitions.
    fire_brigade_demo09-14-05-2013_1_1.jpg
  • Firefighter from the London Fire Brigade's 'extrication' team using a using a Holmatro dedicated cutter to give a demonstration on how firefighters rescue passengers by cutting open a stretch limousine in London's Covent Garden Piazza. Highlighting the dangers of hiring illegal luxury or novelty cars, this vehicle was seized last year with many mechanical defects rendering it unsafe for those inside with limited exit doors. Of 358 cars stopped in March 2012, 27 were seized and 232 given prohibitions.
    fire_brigade_demo08-14-05-2013_1_1.jpg
  • Firefighters from the London Fire Brigade's 'extrication' team with the Vehicle and Operator Services Agency (VOSA) gives a demonstration on how firefighters rescue passengers by cutting open with dedicated cutting equipment a stretch limousine in London's Covent Garden Piazza. Highlighting the dangers of hiring illegal luxury or novelty cars, this vehicle was seized last year with many mechanical defects rendering it unsafe for those inside with limited exit doors. Of 358 cars stopped in March 2012, 27 were seized and 232 given prohibitions.
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  • Firefighters from the London Fire Brigade's 'extrication' team with the Vehicle and Operator Services Agency (VOSA) gives a demonstration on how firefighters rescue passengers by cutting open with dedicated cutting equipment a stretch limousine in London's Covent Garden Piazza. Highlighting the dangers of hiring illegal luxury or novelty cars, this vehicle was seized last year with many mechanical defects rendering it unsafe for those inside with limited exit doors. Of 358 cars stopped in March 2012, 27 were seized and 232 given prohibitions.
    fire_brigade_demo02-14-05-2013_1_1.jpg
  • A city worker buys a copy of the Evening Standard with a headline relating to the ERM crisis in 1992, known as Black Wednesday which referred to the events of 16 September 1992 when the British Conservative government was forced to withdraw the pound sterling from the European Exchange Rate Mechanism (ERM) after they were unable to keep it above its agreed lower limit. George Soros, the most high profile of the currency market investors, made over US$1 billion profit by short selling sterling. In 1997 the UK Treasury estimated the cost of Black Wednesday at £3.4 billion, with the actual cost being £3.3 billion which was revealed in 2005 under the Freedom of Information Act
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  • Brian Lecomber flew as a professional aerobatic pilot for 23 years, during which time his Firebird Aerobatics team completed over 2,800 solo and formation displays in front of an estimated total of 90 million spectators. They gave displays in 15 countries, and had a 100% safety record before closing in 2003. They will be remembered as one of the UK's most successful professional civilian aerobatic display company. Lecomber has been a racing motorcycle mechanic; journalist; wing-walker in a flying circus; chief flying instructor in the Caribbean; crop-spray pilot, and then a best-selling author of aviation novels. We see him in-flight performing a tight turn above southern English fields of Buckinghamshire with flying partner Alan Wade when the team was sponsored by the Rover Group.
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  • During a lull in activity, a Boeing 747 is swathed in engineering gantries during a major check (maintenance schedule) at the British Airways Heathrow base in London England. As if in a hospital ER several metres off the ground, yellow struts surround the aircraft's forward nose section and the first class windows along the white fuselage allowing mechanics, engineers and avionics specialists unimpeded access to every element of the air frame. Neon tubes illuminate the hangar that houses airliners, serviced here between transcontinental commercial passenger flights.
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  • Exhaust rises up from the Chimneys of a large power plant as a mechanical scoop works to dig up and unload a pile of coal in Shanghai, China on 26 January 2010. China's economic boom and hunger for natural resources has been a blessing for countries such as Australia and Brazil, who controls most the world's high quality iron ore deposits.
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  • A mechanical scoop unloads a bulk carrier cargo ship docked at an iron-ore transfer and storage center operated by the Shanghai International Port Group in Shanghai, China on 26 January 2010. China's economic boom and hunger for natural resources has been a blessing for countries such as Australia and Brazil, who controls most the world's high quality iron ore deposits.
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  • Dock workers keep maintenance on a mechanical scoop at an iron-ore transfer and storage center operated by the Shanghai International Port Group in Shanghai, China on 26 January 2010. China's economic boom and hunger for natural resources has been a blessing for countries such as Australia and Brazil, who controls most the world's high quality iron ore deposits.
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  • Dock workers inspects a mechanical scoop at an iron-ore transfer and storage center operated by the Shanghai International Port Group in Shanghai, China on 26 January 2010.  China's economic boom and hunger for natural resources has been a blessing for countries such as Australia and Brazil, who controls most the world's high quality iron ore deposits.
    QS100126Shanghai003.jpg
  • Workers operate on a scaffolding at a construction site in the middle of the Lujiazui Financial District, with the iconic Pearl Oriental TV Tower in the background, in Shanghai, China on 19 May 2009.   China's State Council recently decided to pass an important document outlining the goal, the strategy and the organizational mechanism of building Shanghai into an so called International Financial Center, as top leaders feel that the world economic crises has opened an unprecedented opportunity to push the city further onto the world financial stage.
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  • Pineapples and other fruit sit beside an ol mechanical press at a restaurant just outside the entrance to Angkor Wat.
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