Smith Construction are firmly established specialist construction and civil engineers operating in a radius from Milton Keynes to include Buckinghamshire, Bedfordshire & Northamptonshire.
Many years of experience as Civil Engineering Contractors, particularly infrastructure works, means that we are able to offer our clients a complete and comprehensive Civil Engineering package.
Our Experience & Professionalism has equipped us with the skills to cover the complete Earthwork's spectrum.
We provide a complete groundworks package from inception to completion.
Our exclusive tipping rights mean we are able to provide a total service from excavation to waste disposal.
Our earthworks and bulk muck shift operation is a totally combined earth moving package.
All aspects of groundworks are provided, including substructures, drainage and external works. Utilising our own fleet of modern earthmoving equipment and a vast range of expertise and resources enable us to tackle anything from small scale minor works, to major commercial or industrial projects.
Providing Milton Keynes and surrounding areas with a highly skilled, and accredited workforce.
Excellent project management skills ensure our client deals with a single point of contact to optimise project timescales and budget.
We have earned our strong reputation as industry professionals in this area by providing a complete groundworks package from inception to completion.
Please feel free to get in contact with us if you require any more information about groundworks or any of the other services we offer including concrete services, aggregates, muck away, or earthworks.
The development will provide office accommodation for Network Rail staff for 2700 people, including support facilities such as meeting rooms and catering. Smith Construction has been involved in two phases: the first was all the enabling works and infrastructure drainage, the second phase is the external works which consists of service ducts, block paving, channel drainage, section 278 works and street furniture.
Construction of two large industrial units including bulk earthworks, drainage, pumping stations, storage tanks with associated service yard and car parking.
The development consists of a new 4 storey office block approx 42,000ft of floor space, together with associated bulk earthworks, in-situ reinforced concrete foundations, attenuation features, drainage, car parking and landscaped areas.
Many years of experience as Civil Engineering Contractors, particularly infrastructure works, means that we are able to offer our clients throughout Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, Bedford & Northants a complete and comprehensive Civil Engineering package. From our Estimating Department, who can produce competitive tenders from either Bills of Quantities or Drawings and Specification, through to our skilled and qualified workforce with highly experienced site managers, you can be sure that your project is in the best hands.
Our Civil Engineering client base is testimony to the quality and standard of work produced. With this background of expertise, our specialist civil engineering contracting divisions are adept at recognising problems at an early stage and can flag up any potential design issues or changing conditions and work with the client to resolve them.
Job located adjacent to the M1 motorway near junction 14 on the south access route A509 road. Works are to construct a new attenuation earth ridge which is 1300m long 65m wide at the base and 12m in height to crest along with associated minor engineering works and landscaping works. This project won the CIHT/TRL Environmental award 2010.


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Q: Adding Axis Title to chartjs 3.8.0 Progressive line So I recently started working with chartjs.
My goal is to create a progressive Line which plotts the sensor data.
The Problem is it wont add the Axis title which makes it confusing to read.
I tried everything in the documentation but it didnt work.
Label Documentation: https://www.chartjs.org/docs/latest/axes/labelling.html
Progressive Line Documentation:
https://www.chartjs.org/docs/latest/samples/animations/progressive-line.html
Here is my code:
    <!DOCTYPE html>

    <meta charset='utf-8'>
    <meta name='viewport' content='width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0'>
    <title>Daten Logger FP2017</title>

    <link rel='stylesheet' href='https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/water.css@2/out/water.css'>

Daten Logger FP2017

Übersicht für die Powersupply FP2017

        Data
        Value

       WifiFault:
       {string_message_WifiFault}

        Batfault:
        {BatFault}

        MainsFault:
        {MainsFault}

        SensorFault:
        {SensorFault}

        SelftestFault:
        {SelftestFault}

        InitialCharge:
        {InitialCharge}

        Is:
        {str(Is) + " mA"}

        Vs:
        {str(Vs) + " mV"}

        Ib:
        {str(Ib) + " mA"}

        Vb:
        {str(Vb) + " mV"}

        Vb12:
        {str(Vb12) + " mV"}

        Vb24:
        {str(Vb24) + " mV"}

        T:
        {str(T) + " °C"}

        Cap:
        {str(Cap) + " mAH"}

        SoC
        {str(SoC) + " %"}

        Ri:
        {str(Ri) + " mOhm"}

        Ri12:
        {str(Ri12) + " mOhm"}

        Ri24:
        {str(Ri24) + " mOhm"}

     Logging Interval in Sekunden:
    <form id="form" onsubmit="return false;">
    <input type="text" id="userInput" />
    <input type="submit" onclick="othername();" />
    </form>
    <form action="/logging_start" method="get">
    Start Data Logging:
    <button name="subject" type="submit" value="log_start">START</button>
    </form>

    <form action="/logging_stop" method="get">
    Stop Data Logging:
    <button name="subject" type="submit" value="log_stop">STOP</button>
    </form>

  <canvas id="myChart" width="400" height="400"></canvas>

Help is very much appreciated :)
Edit: Thanks for the help this is the working code....
    <!DOCTYPE html>

    <meta charset='utf-8'>
    <meta name='viewport' content='width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0'>
    <title>Daten Logger FP2017</title>

    <link rel='stylesheet' href='https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/water.css@2/out/water.css'>

Daten Logger FP2017

Übersicht für die Powersupply FP2017

        Data
        Value

       WifiFault:
       {string_message_WifiFault}

        Batfault:
        {BatFault}

        MainsFault:
        {MainsFault}

        SensorFault:
        {SensorFault}

        SelftestFault:
        {SelftestFault}

        InitialCharge:
        {InitialCharge}

        Is:
        {str(Is) + " mA"}

        Vs:
        {str(Vs) + " mV"}

        Ib:
        {str(Ib) + " mA"}

        Vb:
        {str(Vb) + " mV"}

        Vb12:
        {str(Vb12) + " mV"}

        Vb24:
        {str(Vb24) + " mV"}

        T:
        {str(T) + " °C"}

        Cap:
        {str(Cap) + " mAH"}

        SoC
        {str(SoC) + " %"}

        Ri:
        {str(Ri) + " mOhm"}

        Ri12:
        {str(Ri12) + " mOhm"}

        Ri24:
        {str(Ri24) + " mOhm"}

     Logging Interval in Sekunden:
    <form id="form" onsubmit="return false;">
    <input type="text" id="userInput" />
    <input type="submit" onclick="othername();" />
    </form>
    <form action="/logging_start" method="get">
    Start Data Logging:
    <button name="subject" type="submit" value="log_start">START</button>
    </form>

    <form action="/logging_stop" method="get">
    Stop Data Logging:
    <button name="subject" type="submit" value="log_stop">STOP</button>
    </form>

  <canvas id="myChart" width="400" height="400"></canvas>

A: As described in the docs you linked you need to configure scales[scaleId].title to show a scale title:

var options = {
  type: 'line',
  data: {
    labels: ["Red", "Blue", "Yellow", "Green", "Purple", "Orange"],
    datasets: [{
        label: '# of Votes',
        data: [12, 19, 3, 5, 2, 3],
        borderColor: 'pink'
      },
      {
        label: '# of Points',
        data: [7, 11, 5, 8, 3, 7],
        borderColor: 'orange'
      }
    ]
  },
  options: {
    scales: {
      x: {
        title: {
          display: true,
          text: 'x title'
        }
      },
      y: {
        title: {
          display: true,
          text: 'y title'
        }
      }
    }
  }
}

var ctx = document.getElementById('chartJSContainer').getContext('2d');
new Chart(ctx, options);

  <canvas id="chartJSContainer" width="600" height="400"></canvas>

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Босень () — община в Среднечешском крае Чехии. Административно относится к району Млада-Болеслав. Площадь общины составляет 9,93 км². Население по данным на 2019 год — 486 человек.

Община Босень состоит из четырёх деревень:
 Босень
 Запудов — 2 человека
 Засадка — 86 человек
 Мужски — 26 человек

История
Первое письменное упоминание об общине датируется 1057 годом.

Население

Примечания

Ссылки
 Официальный сайт общины

Населённые пункты Среднечешского края

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For the second straight edition of Back and Forth with Bones, the Jazz got off to a solid start offensively, scoring 21 points on their first 15 possessions, thanks to some strong shooting from the perimeter. They built an early nine-point lead, but six points from Boozer had the Bulls within four at the end of the period.
Schuhmann: Fascinating cross-match with Marvin Williams and Noah guarding each other, obviously an issue for the Jazz on the glass. Favors doing a nice job of denying Boozer in the post, but the Bulls also don't mind going to Deng down there.
Barry: The Bulls are flipping some put-backs all over the place and wasting some good chances around the rim.
Schuhmann: Snell clearly doesn't look comfortable out there, especially as a spot-up shooter. He has to build some confidence by getting out on the break and getting to the rim.
Barry: Still feels like the Bulls' bigs, in terms of their effort, will wear down what is available for Ty Corbin on the inside.
Schuhmann: Yeah, forget what I said about Favors guarding Boozer.
Trey Burke much better, seemingly more relaxed in first home start. Five points. Jazz getting good shots.
The first eight minutes of the second period were downright ugly, as the two teams combined to score 14 points on the first 30 possessions. There was some scoring late, but Deng, Noah and Favors all picked up their third fouls late in the period.
Barry: There is really no one in this game that can create offense on their own. It feels like every possession needs a set to get to a shot.
Schuhmann: Yep. But I like what Utah is doing defensively, icing the side pick-and-rolls and keeping the ball out of the middle. Bulls are playing into their hands a little bit, not reversing the ball enough.
Barry: 24 points …with five minutes to go in the second quarter … vs. Utah.
Hinrich goes to locker room after being hit in nose and Mike James in. Next man up could be Jerry Sloan, who works now for Jazz.
Schuhmann: They just needed Mike James to come in and get Boozer an easy look.
Barry: Kirk back on the bench. Good sign for the Bulls.
Schuhmann: Noah came back in and had Jeremy Evans (40 pounds lighter) trying to guard him and picked up his third foul pretty quickly.
Obviously, if he can avoid that fourth foul in the first six minutes of the third, the Bulls can take advantage down low. Favors also has three and without him, the Jazz really have no one to guard the Bulls' bigs. Either way, Chicago has to create space for Boozer and get him the ball early and often.
I like what I've seen from Burke so far. He doesn't have the polish or strength to finish well just yet, but he does have the quickness off the dribble to at least get the defense moving.
Barry: Burke plays with good pace, something that made him inviting as a college player. But he's has had a bit of a pass, missing out on guarding Westbrook and Rose in his first couple of games.
The best offensive quarter of the game had each team scoring 24 points. Favors picked up his fourth foul with 8:36 on the clock and Boozer was able to take advantage, scoring 10 of his 26 points in the period. The Bulls were able to close the gap, but the Jazz got some more separation with a six-point possession, thanks to a Hinrich flagrant foul on a John Lucas layup (that went in) on the break and then another three-point play from Hayward.
Schuhmann: Favors picks up his fourth and we now have Williams and Rudy Gobert trying to guard Noah and Boozer for most of the third quarter. Jazz will have to help inside and Bulls' shooters should get open looks.
Barry: Boozer better realize 10-footers might be better than two-footers. Gobert is too long for him to find room if he is not going to the body!
Barry: There is where the damage can come … elbows.
Barry: Good call on the flagrant.
Schuhmann: Bulls finally getting something going offensively (four straight scores for the first time tonight), but as soon as Noah came off the floor, Gobert got a couple of buckets at the rim.
Schuhmann: Hey, they were actually over a point per possession (24 on 23) in that quarter. Still, not enough space inside and they're 1-for-8 from three.
After Evans scored on Utah's first two possessions, the Jazz went scoreless on their next nine. A 13-0 Bulls run tied the game at 71 and the teams went back and forth down the stretch. It was mostly a Deng-Hayward duel in the final minutes, but Richard Jefferson got a huge three-point play when he took a bump from Mike Dunleavy and was awarded the continuation on a runner. He also got the stop on Deng on the final possession of regulation, after Taj Gibson stopped Hayward on the other end.
Barry: Interior efforts of Gobert and Evans, along with energy and hustle, are disrupting the areas that the Bulls' bigs feel most comfortable.
Barry: Now see if Deng can make plays out of post, drawing attention of more than one.
Schuhmann: Too much dribbling from John Lucas III and Alec Burks for Utah. Use the screen, move the ball.
Barry: Back to the stretch line up for the Jazz.
Jazz haven't trailed since it was 8-7. But they do now, 69-68. That's what converting 2 of 15 possessions will do.
Schuhmann: Jazz finally ended their drought when they put the ball in Hayward's hands. That could be the advantage they have down the stretch. He has the ball. Bulls need to get it to Boozer in a crowded paint.
Barry: Deng and Favors creating scoring chances is so not this NBA. That's the point guard's job.
Barry: That is an awful foul by Marvin. I mean awful.
Barry: O/D sub with Gibson. Interesting to see if Burke is involved in this play after the :20. Any pick-and-roll could be worth a trap on the Bulls' end.
Barry: Taj allowed the switch on Hayward. Old continuation?
Schuhmann: That's where Butler is missed. Jazz should probably have attacked Dunleavy more tonight.
Barry: Again. I'm interested if Burke is involved in a play at this point.
Barry: Two for one? Attack? Not sure about that one.
Barry: This feels like getting five extra minutes at the dentist.
Schuhmann: Free basketball! Two isos against good defenders. Can't be surprised by the outcomes.
The Bulls turned the ball over on their first three possessions as the Jazz built a five-point lead with a pull-up 3-pointer from Burke. Favors had fouled out late in the fourth quarter, and Corbin had Evans and Williams guarding Boozer and Noah to start the extra period. But the Bulls went scoreless for the first 3:30 and the game was sealed when Burke dug down on a Dunleavy curl, knocked the ball away, and started a Jazz fast break that put them up seven with 15 seconds left.
Schuhmann: Hey, you finally got your wish: Burke with the ball and he hits a three.
Barry: Kirk with four shots in 37 minutes? He must be aggressive for them.
Schuhmann: That the Bulls have not been able to take advantage of an Evans/Williams frontline does not bode well for their ability to score points this season. Nate Robinson is missed.
Barry: Derrick is missed. Jimmy is missed. Marco is missed. Nate is missed. Shots are being missed.
It was an ugly night, with both teams shooting less than 40 percent from the field. The difference was 3-point shooting. Utah was 7-for-17 from beyond the arc, while Chicago was 1-for-13.
Deng and Boozer combined for 50 points, but Hinrich, Snell, Dunleavy, Teague and James combined for just 15 points on 5-for-22 shooting. The Jazz had five guys in double-figures, led by Williams' 17. Hayward finished with 15 points, six rebounds and 12 assists.
It was win No. 2 for the Jazz and it knocked the Bulls under .500. They're 0-4 on their circus trip, which continues in Detroit on Wednesday.
Barry: the Bulls do not have an attitude that is recognizable in their energy. Evans and Gobert did just enough to impact the Bulls bigs. Two very deflating efforts by the Bulls.
Schuhmann: On the other side, the Jazz now have a little more promise with Burke able to take some of the ball-handling burden away from Hayward, who can play off the ball more. Jefferson can still play (he shut down Deng in the fourth and OT), maybe Evans deserves a permanent spot in the rotation, and maybe they stagger their bigs' minutes going forward, playing more small ball.
An imperfect night for Trey Burke (5 of 17, five turnovers), but he goes for 14/4/6 and hits a couple big baskets in his home debut.
Barry: Well, those things will help the Jazz be more competitive, but the guys that Burke and Jefferson will have to play in the West are too much over the length of the year. This is where Alec Burks needs to get time to develop and learn how to play both ends.
The opportunity players (Evans, Gobert) in place of Kanter did a good job for Ty tonight. Yes, the Bulls battled, but they played a 1-14 team without their best interior player and a rookie point guard. Tough week for Chicago sports fans.
Wow, OKC has a couple of good years after tanking and now their fans are ready to send UJ to d-league? I m sure ok2014 didnt have alot to say when OKC2009 was going on. okc2014 to the short bus!!
Utah Jazz to the D-League!
You're kidding right? The Bulls are really going to struggle without Rose, but their defense is good enough that they'll probably still make the playoffs in the disgustingly weak Eastern Conference. Utah on the other hand has shown an incredible propensity to lose. They're on another level with their tanking right now. The great thing is that they're so bad that they can play their hearts out and still lose on a consistent basis. Also, if the Jazz win the lottery I vote that they take Jabari Parker. That kid is special and I think he'd be very content in Utah.


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Drake's Hot 100 Run Continues With "Girls Need Love"
The rapper's latest song is in the Top 40, extending his amazing run.
(AllHipHop News) Drake has extended his record for the most top 40 hits in the Billboard Hot 100's history, as "Girls Need Love" enters the top flight.
The rapper's collaboration with Summer Walker jumps up 40 spots to 37 on the countdown, landing the Canadian his 95th top 40 hit.
Drake now leads Elvis Presley and Lil Wayne by 14 hits, while Elton John and Taylor Swift lag behind with 57 and 56 top 40 mentions, respectively.
Drake earned his first top 40 Hot 100 hit in June 2009, with "Best I Ever Had."
Drake also leads all soloists in the Hot 100, with 193 entries. Only the "Glee" Cast has more, with 207.

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Pepita Seth is a British-born writer and photographer, known for her accounts of the temple arts and rituals of Kerala and her photographs of the widely celebrated captive elephant, Guruvayur Keshavan. The Government of India honoured her, in 2012, with the Padma Shri, the fourth highest civilian award, for her services to the field of art and culture.

Biography

Pepita Seth was born in Suffolk, East of England, in a family of farmers. Pepita's maternal great grandfather was a soldier who served in the army in the British India. As was the custom during those days, Pepita, being a girl, did not have any formal education. She, choosing a career in films, studied film editing and got opportunities to work under film directors like Ted Kotcheff and Stanley Donen. However, Pepita's life took a turn when she chanced upon the diary of her grandfather and decided to trace his trails with the British Army and document the movements and landed in Kolkata, in 1970.

The journey from Kolkata ended in Guruvayur where she became fascinated by the temple arts and rituals of Kerala. For the next nine years, she visited Kerala several times and, in 1979, she found a home and settled in Guruvayur. Though, at first, she was denied entry to the Guruvayur Temple, her persistence made the Guruvayur Devaswom Board to relent and she remains the only foreigner to be granted entry to the Temple.

Pepita was married to the Indian born British actor Roshan Seth but was estranged from her husband in the late 80s. The couple formally divorced in 2004.

Pepita Seth has extensively covered the rituals and temples of Kerala through her photographs. Her photographs of the elephant, Guruvayur Keshavan have been published in many magazines and journals including the New York Times and the Guardian. It is generally considered that Pepita's photographs of the rituals and temple arts of Kerala have helped promote the image of Kerala as a tourist destination.

Pepita Seth lives in Guruvayur.

Books and articles
Pepita Seth has authored two books on Kerala, with accounts and photographs.

Heaven on Earth: The Universe of Kerala's Guruvayur Temple is a research study on the Guruvayur Temple and the life, traditions, beliefs, myths and rituals associated with the place. It also covers the elephants fostered by the temple, especially Guruvayur Keshavan, widely regarded as the most famous of them all. The book follows an account with photographs style and has represented the information gathered from various sources, including the priests at the temple. The book is regarded as the first such attempt on the Guruvayur Temple. It consists of 17 chapters and 215 images and covers the history of the 5000-year-old idol, made out of black bismuth, of the temple, and the rituals and poojas, in detail.

The Divine Frenzy – Hindu Myths and Rituals of Kerala is an account of the spiritual and practical relationship of the people of Kerala with the deities. It attempts to depict, with text and images, the various rituals associated with Hinduism in Kerala.

Pepita Seth has written extensively about Kerala, its rituals and its elephants. She is working on a book on Theyyam, a ritualistic dance form of Kerala.

Pepita Seth has written a novel The Edge of Another World (2015) Published by The Speaking Tiger in English and soon to be translated to Malayalam and published by Poorna Publications.

Awards and recognitions
In recognition of her services to the fields of art and culture, the Government of India, in 2012, bestowed the civilian award of Padma Shri on her.

See also

 Guruvayur Temple
 Guruvayur Keshavan
 Theyyam

References

External links
 Honouring Pepitha Seth – News report
 Interview with Pepitha Seth
 Reference on Narthaki.com

1942 births
Living people
Recipients of the Padma Shri in literature & education
English women photographers
20th-century British women
20th-century British photographers
20th-century British writers
Photographers from Suffolk
20th-century women photographers
20th-century English women
20th-century English people


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Breakfast is great, especially when you have it outside, with all this scenic view!
The hotel's over all view on the sea Spa is also good facility..
It's really 5 star. The beds are good and the hotel is luxurious.
The facility is truly beautiful and the surroundings picturesque. The infinity pool and its' overlooking view are spectacular. And personally, I am a tennis fan ... late on the night of my stay, they had the finals of the men's u.S. Open playing at a the publicly convenient late night bar. That was a nice touch.
Although far from the sea, mountains are stunning. Restaurant LaPunta is good quality. Breakfast is poor for 5*.
Well, once we realized the type of beach town Sitges was, we were very thankful to be up and away from the main city. Dolce provided a nice place to get our family away from the craziness and filth. The breakfast and dinners were great. Pool area was decent and bar staff were nice. Shuttle to beach was convenient. Kids liked the pool table and chess.
Not a 5 stars service, fortunately not a 5 star price either.
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There is a 24-hour reception and a tour desk and a free transport service to the beach is available in summer. Free on-site parking is offered, and Sitges center is 2.2 mi away.
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During the summer, the hotel offers a free transport service to the beach. You should contact the hotel for times and further details.
Please note that drinks are not included in the dinner price.
Spa gets a bit overcrowded at some point, even in the low season. No personal touch in the rooms, everything functional but no soul.
Some of grounds outside the hotel could do with some basic maintenance and weeding. Outside the spa where the sunloungers are is all weeds. The hot food at breakfast was not very hot and more signs in the corridors are needed as we kept getting lost finding our way around!
The staff were very friendly and helpful. The pool area although closed at this time of year looked lovely.
Very nice and quiet place, good to rest or have a romantic WE. The bar has a small but very nice terrace on the swimming pool, with very friendly staff and good food. Free pool and spa access all along. Free parking. Very close to Sitges so very nice for night life (more activity in the summer for sure as in March). The spa has a very cousy and well equipped changing room.
It is for me a PERFECT hotel !!
The distance to our room. Very long walk.
Spa was too crowded and water was not warm enough.
Room a bit old fashion, US style. We were placed at the end of the (very, very long) corridors, despite the hotel being empty.
Common facilities are great. Nibbles in the room - slippers and teddy bears for children included.
Free parking nad Easy access to all facilities.
The hotel has a modern feel to it although the rooms are a little dated but comfortable with wi fi and an excellent bed. Food is excellent and the staff are welcoming with an extra mention to the ladies at breakfast time. Only 5 mins, by taxi, to central sitges.
The railway is very present.
The massages etc. are great. Breakfast!!!
A bit isolated (but that's also positive) so you need a car.
Beautiful location for a weekend break. Very quiet. Nice spa with clean facilities. Excellent breakfast.


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Justia Patents US Patent for Gas-sealing means for tubular magazine gas-operated firearm Patent (Patent # 4,174,654)
Gas-sealing means for tubular magazine gas-operated firearm
May 25, 1977 - O. F. Mossberg & Sons, Inc.
A gas-sealing device for gas-operated firearms of the tubular-magazine type in which a pair of radially flexible piston-rings are provided for sealing the gases within the annular chamber between the gas cylinder and the magazine tube. Each piston-ring is provided with a gas-impingement surface so disposed that the pressure of the gases in the gas chamber against such impingement surfaces forces one of the rings outward into sealing engagement with the walls of the cylinder and the other inward into sealing engagement with the magazine tube.
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The present invention relates to gas-operated, tubular-magazine firearms, such as shotguns, in which an annular piston encircling the magazine reciprocates within a cylinder surrounding a portion of the magazine for actuating the bolt-mechanism when the gun is fired. The invention more particularly relates to means for sealing the piston inwardly with the outer surface of the magazine, as well as outwardly with the walls of the cylinder.
Gas-operated shotguns of the type referred to above have been in commercial use for many years. United States patent to Hillberg U.S. Pat. No. 2,909,101 shows the general arrangement of an annular piston, a magazine tube and a short gas cylinder located at a predetermined distance from the cartridge chamber for handling a wide range of different-powered shot shells in any gauge. One of the difficulties with the Hillberg design is that the annular piston must have a gas-tight fit with the magazine tube on which it slides and therefore requires close manufacturing tolerances in order to maintain concentricity and alignment between the piston and magazine tube over the full distance through which the piston travels with the action of the gun. Any out-of-roundness of the magazine or other deformation results in binding of the annular piston.
One solution to the problems encountered in the Hillberg design is illustrated in the United States patent to Kelly et al U.S. Pat. No. 3,200,710, which shows a gas system similar to that of Hillberg, but with the gas-sealing portion of the annular piston separated from the rest of the piston so that it travels only a short distance toward the receiver after leaving the cylinder, thereby making it necessary to provide a gas-tight fit with the magazine tube only in the short portion that is surrounded by the cylinder. This design is employed in the well-known Remington Model 1100 autoloading shotgun manufactured for many years by Remington Arms Company, Inc. of Bridgeport, Connecticut. As actually produced, however, the two rings that make up the separate gas-sealing portion of the piston are both split, so that as the so-called piston is driven rearwardly against the piston-sealing ring, it wedges this ring outward into sealing engagement with the walls of the gas cylinder and at the same time is itself squeezed inwardly by the mating wedging surfaces into sealing engagement with the magazine tube.
In the United States patent to Beretta U.S. Pat. No. 3,420,140 a short-stroke piston in front of the magazine tube engages a reciprocating sleeve which surrounds the magazine. The principal objection to this arrangement is that the magazine tube must be shortened in order to locate the gas port at the required distance from the cartridge chamber for handling both low and high-power ammunition. Alternatively, if a full-length magazine is used, the gas cylinder must be positioned so far from the cartridge chamber that only high-power shells can be used due to the fact that insufficient energy is imparted to the piston to function the gun properly when low-power shells are fired.
U.S. Pat. Nos. 3,568,564 and 3,657,960 to Badali disclose a short-stroke annular piston around the magazine tube which actuates the breech-bolt mechanism by means of a push-rod attached to a sleeve that slides on the magazine and at the same time telescopes into the annular piston. A split sealing ring interposed between the end of the sleeve and a flange at the front of the piston is provided with a beveled face against which the piston presses when it is driven rearward by the combustion gases in the cylinder, flexing the sealing ring inward into sealing engagement with the magazine tube. Conventional piston sealing rings are employed for sealing the outer surface of the piston with the inner walls of the cylinder.
Means for sealing an annular piston within an annular gas chamber like that employed in the Remington Model 1100 is shown in United States patent to Janson U.S. Pat. No. 3,601,002. In the Janson patent a radially flexible sleeve is loosely attached to the front of the piston so that it can move longitudinally thereof into engagement with an internal sealing ring for wedging the ring into sealing engagement with the magazine, such wedging action causing the sleeve to flex outward into sealing engagement with the walls of the cylinder.
Still another design in which an annular piston is slidably mounted on the tubular magazine of an autoloading shotgun is shown in United States patent to Zanoni U.S. Pat. No. 3,848,511. In this case conventional sealing rings are provided for preventing leakage of gas from the cylinder during the power stroke.
An object of the present invention is to provide satisfactory sealing of the annular piston both inwardly against the magazine tube and outwardly against the walls of the cylinder without the need for providing precise alignment and concentricity of the piston with respect to both the magazine tube and the cylinder. Another object of the invention is to provide a gas-sealing device for an annular piston gas-powered system for autoloading firearms, in which the gas-seals are self-aligning both with respect to the magazine tube on which they are slidably mounted and with respect to the cylinder into which they may be inserted on return of the breech-bolt mechanism to its battery position. Still another object of the invention is to provide such a sealing device which does not employ frictional surfaces that wedge the gas-seals against the magazine tube or against the walls of the cylinder.
The invention resides basically in providing a pair of concentric piston rings which are slidably mounted on the magazine tube at the front of the annular piston or other annular member, against which such rings are driven by the pressure of the gases of combustion in the cylinder when a cartridge is discharged. Both rings are flexible in a radial direction, the inner one for contraction into sealing engagement with the magazine tube, and the outer one for expansion into sealing engagement with the walls of the cylinder. Such inward and outward flexing of the sealing rings is achieved in accordance with the present invention by providing a gas-impingement surface on each ring disposed in such a way that the pressure of the gases in the annular gas chamber is exerted outwardly against the outer ring and inwardly against the inner ring. In contrast with the sealing rings of the prior art, such for example as in the patent to Janson U.S. Pat. No. 3,601,002, neither of the sealing rings of the present invention must move longitudinally of the piston relative to the other in order to produce a mutual wedging action. Instead, both rings are acted on directly by the pressure of the gas in the annular chamber, forcing one ring inward and the other outward.
Desirably, the sealing rings of the present invention may be connected to the piston, inertial weight or other annual member, for movement therewith throughout the full reciprocating stroke of the breech-bolt. When the gas-pressure on the two rings is released, they spring back to their normal condition out of gas-sealing relation with the surfaces with which they seal when pressure is exerted on them by the combustion gases in the cylinder. Consequently, minor deformations in the surfaces of the magazine tube or misalignment of the cylinder with respect to the magazine do not cause the piston rings to bind with the magazine tube or within the cylinder as they return to battery position. In addition, the annular piston is loosely fitted on the magazine with adequate clearance to prevent binding and wear. Similarly, the outer surface of the piston is smaller in diameter than the inside diameter of the cylinder so that it fits freely therein. Sealing is therefore provided only when the sealing rings are flexed inwardly and outwardly by the pressure of the gases of combustion against their respective gas-impingement surfaces.
The invention is likewise advantageous where the sealing rings are separated from the piston so that they do not travel the full distance with the piston and may be prevented from leaving the cylinder by venting the cylinder after the piston has been driven far enough to provide sufficient inertia to function the breech-bolt mechanism properly. Suitable means for stopping the rings before they leave the cylinder can also be provided, thereby reducing wear on the lead-in chamfer at the opening of the cylinder as the piston and sealing rings return to their normal position within the cylinder.
An important advantage of the present invention is that unlike the split piston rings of the prior art, both the inner and outer rings are acted on directly by the pressure of the gases of combustion, thereby flexing one of the rings inward and the other outward without employing wedging surfaces which frictionally engage each other and consequently are subject to wear and binding.
The invention is illustrated by way of example in the accompanying drawings wherein
FIG. 1 is a partial view in side elevation of a shotgun in which the present invention is employed, portions thereof being illustrated schematically and with the operating parts shown in battery position;
FIG. 2 is an enlarged detail view of the circled area shown in FIG. 1;
FIG. 3 is a perspective view of the piston rings shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the rings being shown separated from each other; and
FIG. 4 is a detail view similar to FIG. 2, but showing a modified form which the piston rings may take.
As shown in FIG. 1, a shotgun 10 includes a receiver 12 to which a barrel 14 is removably secured. A cartridge chamber 16, which receives a shell when the shotgun is loaded, is machined in the interior of barrel 14. A breech-bolt mechanism, generally indicated at 18, is reciprocally mounted in receiver 12 for actuation by a pair of action bars 13 (only one of which is shown), for movement in the usual manner between a battery postion in which cartridge chamber 16 is closed and a retracted position at the rear of the receiver for loading a fresh cartridge into chamber 16. Bolt mechanism 18 includes a breech bolt 20 that houses a firing pin (not shown) to discharge a loaded shell. A tiltable bolt lock 22 is also mounted in the bolt and has a shoulder 24 formed to engage a notch disposed on the upper interior wall of the barrel extension. A stepped action-slide block 28, fixed to the reciprocally mounted action bars 13, controls tilting movement of the bolt-lock 22 to engage the shoulder 24 when the bolt 20 is locked and to disengage it when the bolt is unlocked.
The breech-bolt mechanism 18 is urged toward battery position by an action-return spring 32, housed in the stock (not shown). Spring 32 acts through an elongate link or strut 34 that engages the tail portions of action bars 13.
Shotgun 10 further includes a tubular magazine 36, one end 38 of which opens into receiver 12 and is permanently attached thereto. The other or front end of magazine 36 is closed by a magazine cap (not shown) in the usual manner. Fresh shells are inserted end-to-end into the receiver end 38 of the magazine for storage and subsequent automatic delivery to the receiver by a coil spring (not shown) compressed within the magazine.
The general operation of the gun as described so far is more or less conventional. While the bolt is held retracted, a shell is inserted into the cartridge chamber 16 and the bolt released to close and lock the action. After each shell is discharged, the bolt is moved rearward out of battery position to eject the spent casing. Simultaneously, a fresh shell is delivered from the magazine to the receiver by the magazine follower spring. When the bolt returns to battery position under the urge of action spring 32, it loads the fresh shell into the chamber.
Magazine tube 36 is supported adjacent its muzzle end by a cylinder housing 40 which is permanently fixed to the underside of the barrel 14. Cylinder 40 completely encircles tube 36 and is provided with a central opening 42 at its front or muzzle end through which tube 36 extends for sealing engagement therewith. Immediately in back of and concentric with opening 42 is an enlarged bore 44 which forms an annular gas-chamber 46 with the magazine tube 36. Gas-chamber 46 is closed at its front end but opens rearwardly toward the receiver 12. Between receiver 12 and cylinder 40 and slidably mounted on magazine tube 36 is an annular piston 48, which is connected adjacent its rear end by suitable means, including a pin 50, to the forward ends of action bars 13. The front or annular head 52 of piston 48 is reduced in diameter to fit within the bore 44 of cylinder 40 when the breech-bolt mechanism 18 is in battery position as shown in FIG. 1, the forwardly facing shoulder 53 of piston 48 providing a stop-surface which engages the rear end of cylinder 40 for limiting the forward movement of the cylinder head 52 into cylinder 40. A gas-port 54 is formed between the interior of barrel 4 and gas-chamber 46 for conducting the combustion gases in the barrel to the gas-cylinder each time a cartridge is fired.
Thus, on firing the gun, the pressure of the gases of combustion drive the piston 48 rearward, unlocking the bolt-lock 22 and then driving the bolt 18 rearward in the receiver for extracting the spent case and reloading the gun in the usual manner.
In order to ensure proper actuation of the breech-bolt mechanism, it is important to prevent leakage of gas from the gas-chamber 46 during the brief period when the piston 48 is within the cylinder 40. Accordingly, leakage forward between the magazine tube 36 and the opening 42 in cylinder 40 is prevented by a flexible O-ring 56 and a rigid sealing ring 58 slidably mounted on magazine tube 36 rearward of the O-ring 56. Thus, when the annular gas-chamber 46 is pressurized, ring 58 is driven forward against O-ring 56 which in turn seals the opening 42 of cylinder 40 with the magazine tube.
Of still more importance is the prevention of leakage of gases rearward past the piston head 52. To this end, it is of course necessary to seal the piston head 52 both outwardly against the inner walls of bore 44 and inwardly against the outer surface of magazine tube 36. As hereinbefore mentioned, it is not practical to seal the annular piston by precisely machining the parts. Consequently, the outside diameter of the cylinder head 52 is formed to provide enough clearance between it and the walls of cylinder 40 to allow the piston to center itself both inwardly with respect to the magazine tube and outwardly with respect to the cylinder. In this connection, it is of course also necessary to provide clearance between the inside diameter of the annular piston and the outer surface of the magazine tube. In practice it has been found that approximately 0.010 inch clearance should be provided between the outer surface of cylinder head 52 and the bore of cylinder 40, while about 0.007 inch should be provided between the inner surface of piston 48 and the outer surface of tube 36.
It will be appreciated therefore that with clearances of this magnitude, it is essential to provide means for sealing the piston with the inner and outer walls of the annular gas-chamber 46. In accordance with the teaching of the prior art, as represented by the aforementioned Remington Model 1100 autoloading shotgun and the patent to Janson U.S. Pat. No. 3,601,002, such sealing has been achieved heretofore by means of a pair of split sealing rings, one of which wedges the other in one direction radially while being forced in the opposite direction by such wedging action for sealing the other surface.
In accordance with the present invention, however, a pair of concentric sealing rings is provided which are not wedged into sealing engagement with the inner and outer walls of the annular gas-chamber, but instead are both flexed directly by the pressure of the gases in the chamber radially inward and outward to form the desired seals with the walls of the annular chamber. Thus, as best shown in FIG. 2, an inner piston ring 60 is provided in front of piston head 52 for sealing engagement with magazine tube 36, and an outer piston ring 62 is provided radially outward of ring 60 for sealing with the inner walls of cylinder bore 44. Both rings 60 and 62 are split so that they are free to flex radially. Inner ring 60 has an outwardly facing (in this case bevelled) surface 64 against which the gases in chamber 46 impinge, forcing ring 60 radially inward against tube 36 as well as rearwardly against the end of annular piston head 52. Outer ring 62, on the other hand, is provided with an inwardly facing impingement surface 66 against which the gas pressure is exerted, thereby forcing ring 62 both rearwardly against piston head 52 and outwardly into sealing engagement with the walls of cylinder bore 44.
For the sake of preventing binding between rings 60,62 and the walls of the annular chamber 46 in which they work, it has been found desirable to provide a small amount of clearance radially (on the order of from 0.005 and 0.011 inch) between the two concentric piston rings to allow for any eccentricity between the opening 42 in which magazine tube 36 is supported and the bore 44. In the normal or relaxed condition of piston ring 60 sufficient clearance is provided between it and magazine tube 36 to allow it to slide freely thereon without engaging it tightly enough to bind or cause undue wear. However, when the gases of combustion from the explosion of a shot shell enter gas-chamber 46, piston ring 60 is flexed inwardly by the pressure of the combustion gases against impingement surface 64 into sealing engagement with the tube 36. Immediately upon venting of the gases to the atmosphere as piston 48 is driven rearward, ring 60 returns to its normal condition so that it no longer sealingly engages magazine tube 36 and can therefore travel with the piston without binding.
Similarly, outer piston ring 62 normally only lightly engages the bore 44 of cylinder 40 but is flexed outwardly by the pressure of the gases combustion against impringement surface 66 into sealing engagement with cylinder 40 during the power stroke, immediately relaxing inward again into its normal condition as soon as the gas-chamber 46 is vented. Consequently, as the piston returns to its forward or battery position, outer piston ring 62 enters the cylinder bore 44 smoothly without danger of being tilted or of binding within the cylinder. In order to allow for greater manufacturing tolerances which could result in limited eccentricity between the bore 44 and the magazine tube 36, the outer end of the cylinder bore should be provided with an internal lead-in chamfer which causes the outer piston ring 62 to align itself properly within the cylinder bore, such self-alignment being allowed for by the radial clearance between the two rings.
Piston rings 60 and 62 are resiliently attached to the forward end of piston 48, so that they travel therewith throughout its full stroke. To this end, outer ring 62 is provided with a skirt portion which extends rearward of the inner ring and has an inwardly projecting flange 68 which engages within a circumferential groove 69 formed in the periphery of piston head 52 just rearward of the forward extremity of the piston. Inner piston ring 60, on the other hand, has an outwardly projecting flange 70 which mates with a corresponding inner flange 72 at the front edge of outer ring 62. Inner ring 60 is therefore trapped between the face of piston head 52 and flange 72 so that it moves with the piston throughout its full stroke. Since piston rings 60 and 62 are flexible radially, they can be readily snapped into and out of assembly with each other and with the piston head 52 for disassembly and cleaning purposes.
As shown in broken lines in FIG. 1, the rear edge of cylinder 40 may be provided with a bleed-off notch 74 on each side of a vertical plane through the center of the cylinder. This allows the gases in the gas-chamber 46 to be bled off before piston rings 60 and 62 actually leave the cylinder. It will also be apparent that the piston rings of the present invention need not be attached to piston 48, but can be separate therefrom so that they do not travel with the piston throughout its full stroke. Thus, as shown in FIG. 4, the piston rings 60a and 62a are mounted so that they are free to separate from the head 52a of the piston as the piston moves rearward out of the bore of cylinder 40.
In addition, the configuration of impingement surfaces on the piston rings may vary. For example, instead of being conical as shown in FIGS. 1-3, they may be undercut to form inwardly facing cylindrical surfaces 64a and 66a, respectively, against which the gas pressure is exerted to force the ring 60a inward into sealing engagement with magazine tube 36, while forcing ring 62a outward into sealing engagement with the walls of cylinder 40. In this case ring 60a is provided with an outer circumferential rib 76 which mates with an inner groove 78 in ring 62a for maintaining these rings in telescoping relation to each other. It will be apparent moreover that where the sealing rings are separated from the piston as in FIG. 4, they can be prevented from moving completely out of cylinder 40 as soon as bleed-off notch 74 is uncovered.
1. In a gas-operated autoloading firearm having a receiver, a barrel, a tubular magazine mounted beneath and parallel to said barrel, a gas cylinder fixed to said barrel and surrounding a portion of said magazine, said cylinder and magazine defining an annular gas-chamber closed at the end nearest the muzzle of the barrel, an annular member slidably mounted on said magazine for reciprocal movement axially thereof and normally disposed within said annular chamber, and a gas port connecting said barrel and chamber adjacent the closed end thereof,
a gas-sealing device for preventing leakage of gas from said chamber during the power-stroke of said annular member on pressurization of said annular chamber by gas in said barrel when a cartridge is discharged, said gas-sealing device comprising
a radially flexible inner piston-ring slidably mounted on said magazine forward of said annular member for sealing engagement with said magazine and having a gas-impingement surface facing said chamber,
a radially flexible outer piston-ring disposed radially outward of said inner piston-ring for sealing engagement with the inner walls of said cylinder and having a gas-impingement surface facing said chamber,
said gas-impingement surfaces on said inner and outer piston-rings facing outwardly and inwardly, respectively, relative to each other such that the pressure of the gas in said annular chamber acting directly on said gas-impingement surfaces flexes said inner piston-ring into sealing engagement with said magazine while flexing said outer piston-ring into sealing engagement with said cylinder,
one of said piston-rings being connected to said annular member and to the other of said piston-rings such that said piston-rings move continuously with said annular member throughout its reciprocal movement.
a radially flexible outer piston-ring disposed radially outward of said piston-ring for sealing engagement with the inner walls of said cylinder and having a gas-impingement surface facing said chamber,
said gas-impingement surfaces on said inner and outer piston-rings being bevelled inwardly toward each other so that they face outwardly and inwardly, respectively, such that the pressure of the gas in said annular chamber acting directly on said gas-impingement surfaces flexes said inner piston-ring into sealing engagement with said magazine while flexing said outer piston-ring into sealing engagement with said cylinder.
said gas-impingement surfaces on said inner and outer piston rings being outwardly and inwardly facing cylindrical surfaces, respectively, such that the pressure of the gas in said annular chamber acting directly on said gas-impingement surfaces flexes said inner piston-ring into sealing engagement with said magazine while flexing said outer piston-ring into sealing engagement with said cylinder.
said gas-impingement surfaces on said inner and outer piston rings facing outwardly and inwardly, respectively, relative to each other such that the pressure of the gas in said annular chamber acting directly on said gas-impingement surfaces flexes said inner piston-ring into sealing engagement with said magazine while flexing said outer piston-ring into sealing engagement with said cylinder,
said piston-rings being separate from said annular member for movement into driving engagement with said annular member under the pressure of gases in said gas-chamber and for separation therefrom upon release of said pressure.
3657960 April 1972 Badali
3945296 March 23, 1976 Hyytinen
Date of Patent: Nov 20, 1979
Assignee: O. F. Mossberg & Sons, Inc. (North Haven, CT)
Inventor: Carl F. Liedke (North Haven, CT)
Primary Examiner: Stephen C. Bentley
Law Firm: St. Onge, Mayers, Steward & Reens
Current U.S. Class: 89/191A
International Classification: F41C 502;


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Die Universität Kapstadt (Afrikaans: Universiteit van Kaapstad; englisch: University of Cape Town; kurz UCT) ist eine Universität in Kapstadt in der südafrikanischen Provinz Westkap. Sie wurde im Jahr 1829 gegründet und ist somit Südafrikas älteste Universität. Sie befindet sich an den Flanken eines der Gipfel des Tafelberg-Massivs, dem Devil's Peak. 2014 besuchten 26.357 Studenten diese Lehranstalt, wobei rund 31 Prozent der südafrikanischen Studenten Weiße, 23 Prozent Schwarze und 14 Prozent Coloureds waren. 18 Prozent der Studierenden sind Ausländer.

Laut den World University Rankings 2010 der Times Higher Education ist die Universität Kapstadt mit Platz 107 die beste Universität Afrikas. Im Jahr 2017 belegte sie jedoch international nur noch Platz 148.

Geschichte
Die Universität wurde 1829 als South African College gegründet. Gegen Ende des 19. Jahrhunderts entwickelte sich daraus die erste Universität im heutigen Südafrika. 1887 wurden erstmals Frauen zugelassen.

2015 begann die studentische Protestaktion #RhodesMustFall, deren Ziel die Entfernung einer Statue Cecil Rhodes' auf dem Universitätsgelände war. Die Proteste hielten lange an und richteten sich schließlich gegen eine Erhöhung der Studiengebühren, das Outsourcing von Mitarbeitern und patriarchalische Umgangsformen auf dem Campus.

Bei einem Flächenbrand am Tafelbergmassiv in der Umgebung von Rondebosch verlor die Universität am 18. April 2021 wertvolle Bestände aus ihren historischen Sammlungen.

Organisation

Leitung
Die Universität wird nominell von einem Kanzler (Chancellor) geleitet. Diese Position hat ausschließlich repräsentative Funktionen zu erfüllen und wird auf zehn Jahre vergeben. Ihre wichtige Aufgabe ist die Vergabe akademischer Abschlüsse. Von September 1999 bis Dezember 2019 hatte Graça Machel diese Position in zwei Amtszeiten inne. Sie wurde 2020 von Precious Moloi-Motsepe abgelöst.

Wichtigste Person ist hingegen der Vize-Kanzler (Vice-Chancellor), der sämtliche akademische und Verwaltungsangelegenheiten der Universität verantwortet. Aktuelle Vize-Kanzlerin ist seit Juli 2018 die Mathematikerin Mamokgethi Phakeng.

Die akademische Leitung obliegt dem Senat, der vom Vize-Kanzler geleitet wird. Neben dem Vize-Kanzler gehören ihm der Registrar, vier stellvertretende Vize-Kanzler, zwei Pro-Vizekanzler, die Dekane der Fakultäten sowie geschäftsführende Direktoren an.

Für die strategische Ausrichtung ist der Universitätsrat zuständig. Er verantwortet Richtlinien und finanzielle Planung. Gemäß dem südafrikanischen Hochschulbildungsgesetz Higher Education Act von 1997 setzt er sich vor allem aus nicht-akademischen Personen zusammen. So führt der Kapstädter Erzbischof Njongonkulu Ndungane den Universitätsrat.

Es besteht eine Partnerschaft mit der Universität Stuttgart.

Fakultäten
Die UCT besteht aus sechs Fakultäten und einem Zentralinstitut, die sich auf sechs Campusbereiche verteilen:

 Handel
 Ingenieurwissenschaften
 Gesundheitswissenschaften
 Geisteswissenschaften
 Rechtswissenschaft
 Naturwissenschaften
 Zentrum für höhere Bildung

Die Fakultäten sind unterteilt in Departments.

Mitgliedschaften
Die Universität Kapstadt ist Mitglied folgender Verbände und Netzwerke:
 Association of African Universities
 Association of Commonwealth Universities
 Cape Higher Education Consortium
 Higher Education South Africa
 International Alliance of Research Universities
 International Association of Universities
 Worldwide Universities Network

Bekannte Absolventen

Nobelpreisträger

Vier Absolventen der Universität Kapstadt sind Träger eines Nobelpreises:
 Max Theiler (1899–1972), Nobelpreis für Physiologie oder Medizin, 1951, für seine Entwicklung eines Impfstoffes gegen das Gelbfieber
 Allan McLeod Cormack (1924–1998), Nobelpreis für Medizin, 1979
 Sir Aaron Klug (1926–2018), Nobelpreis für Chemie, 1982
 J. M. Coetzee (* 1940), Nobelpreis für Literatur, 2003

Weitere
 Roger Ebert (1942–2013), Filmkritiker
 Edward Neville Isdell (* 1944), ehemaliger CEO der Coca-Cola Company
 Gail Kelly (* 1956), Bankmanagerin
 Gwen Lister (* 1953), Journalistin und Gründerin der Tageszeitung The Namibian
 Nicolaas Petrus van Wyk Louw (1906–1970), Schriftsteller und Literaturwissenschaftler
 Pretty Yende (* 1985), Opernsängerin
 Marlene Dumas (* 1953), bildende Künstlerin

Professoren

 Katrine Harries (1914–1978), Hochschullehrerin für Radierung sowie Lithografie und später für Typografie
 David Unterhalter (* 1958), ehemaliges Mitglied am Appellate Body der WTO und Richter an südafrikanischen Gerichten.

Siehe auch
 South African College of Music

Weblinks

 Webpräsenz der Universität Kapstadt. auf www.uct.ac.za (englisch)

Einzelnachweise

Kapstadt
Bauwerk in Kapstadt

Gegründet 1829
Organisation (Kapstadt)


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SAESA was formed for several reason. One is the high cost of providing emergency services and the unwillingness of some insurance carriers to meet those cost. SAESA is also aware that it may be a hardship for some our patients to cover the portion of their emergency services bill their insurance will not cover. By forming an authority, local emergency response organizations can levy mills throughout the townships to help ensure the continuation of swift, competent response to emergencies by offsetting the cost of delivering these vital services to our community.


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Motivation Monday:Yoga & Meditation – Every First and Fifth Monday at 6pm
Donations accepted but not required
Fit Zone – Every Second Monday of each month at 6pm
Come and dance it out at KRZ with Zumba Fitness. Donations accepted.
Peer Support Group – Every Mon, Weds, and Fri from 12pm – 1pm
A free, trained, peer led support group for any adults who have struggled with substance misuse. Come share your story, gain support and support others in similar circumstances.
Drop-In – Every Mon, Tues, and Fri from 1pm – 3pm
A free, unstructured time for any adult struggling with or recovering from addiction to come for a safe place to socialize with others.
Dual Recovery Anonymous – Every Tues 3pm – 4pm
A free, peer-run, self-help group for individuals with mental health issues and substance use disorders to gain support and peer insight.
Cooking Class – Fourth Monday of every month at 6pm
Cooking for recovery is a great way to help promote health and well-being. Not only is it a great way to nourish your body with wholesome ingredients, but it can also be a fun and creative way to express yourself. Join us.
This event runs from January 3, 2023 to April 28, 2023.
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Woman Who Wakes Up With Bruises Claims She's Being Abducted by Aliens in Her Sleep
Lauryn Snapp Published: June 17, 2022
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A woman named Maria Leiva claims to have had several "out of this world" experiences. According to the 51-year-old woman from Ramsgate, U.K., she has been abducted by aliens on numerous occasions while she sleeps. She's also found "weird bruises" and "punctures" on her skin, and has even woken up in random places with no idea how she got there.
According to The Mirror, the experiences began happening when Leiva was only 4 years old.
Leiva told the publication she has "always been able to see things in the sky, as well as actually seeing beings as well."
"I remember being sad at night and going out onto the terrace at my family home in Columbia and crying out to the stars," she shared. "I would ask them why they left me here, and I would tell them I wanted to go back home."
Leiva said she is sometimes woken up by "telepathic communications" in the early hours of the morning telling her to go to her window, where she will often try to record videos or take photos of "what is out there."
"I don't have any control over when it happens," Leiva continued, adding the aliens sometimes communicate with her in her dreams. "But, in the past two weeks, I have seen two flying objects in the sky up to three times in one night."
Leiva is often left with "weird bruises" on her body after the extraterrestrials allegedly visit her.
"I would wake up with marks on my body, bruises, finger marks, punctures in my skin and cuts as well, and this is how I'd know something had happened in the night," she said, adding her daughter has also had similar experiences.
"She believes she can see them, too," Leiva revealed, adding that her daughter saw her first UFO at the age of 10.
Leiva shared that at first, when she was younger, she didn't share her experiences with other people as she didn't want them to think she was "crazy."
"As I got older, I started to share little parts of what was happening with friends, but I didn't want to scare people. My parents knew what was happening, but it was something that would never be spoken about," Leiva added.
As for the types of things she's seen, Leiva claimed she once saw "a translucent watery type figure by a tree," as well as "beings who look like humans" but who "are just a little taller than average and have larger almond-shaped eyes."
Leiva's personal experiences and alleged UFO encounters have led her to become heavily involved in the UFO community, including attending conferences around the world.
"I speak to people who have experienced the same things as me, such as seeing UFOs and aliens," she said.
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Bells Yew Green Road, Bells Yew Green, East Sussex, TN3 9BD
72.03 Ha(178 Ac)
Guide price £3,500,000($4,418,355)
Bells Yew Green RoadBells Yew Green, East Sussex, TN3 9BD
521.56 sq m (5,614 sq ft)
72.03 Ha (178 Ac)
Delightful farmhouse in an idyllic position
178 acres in total with sporting opportunities
Conveniently located for Frant mainline station (1 mile) and Tunbridge Wells (4.5 mile)
1,661 sq ft converted barn providing ancillary space
Agricultural barn, outbuildings and stables
Fields, lakes and woodland
A Grade II Listed farmhouse nestled in an idyllic, rural position, with extensive sporting and leisure facilities, outbuildings and land of about 178 acres in total.
Sympathetically and extensively renovated to a high standard, the property is a comfortable and adaptable family home, enjoying a rarely found setting, with an outlook over farmland and the surrounding countryside. The property retains many interesting period features and has the benefit of modern technology providing sustainable energy, by way of solar panels and a biomass boiler, which not only reduce the reliance on fossil fuels, but also provide a basis to manage the surrounding woodland, and generate useful income.
This property has well proportioned rooms, with good ceiling heights for a house of this age and accommodation arranged over three floors. Features include leaded light and oak framed windows, aged oak wall and ceiling beams, fireplaces and character drop latch oak internal doors. Two principal reception rooms in the oldest part of the house comprise a dining room with stone inglenook fireplace and oak flooring and a sitting room with a stone open fireplace and built-in oak shelving. There is a separate study with built-in oak shelving and oak flooring, a drawing room over-looking the garden with double doors out to the terrace and a brick fireplace with a stone hearth.
The modern country-style kitchen with an Aga is open plan to an impressive oak framed breakfast room with under floor heating and also features a high vaulted ceiling. This lovely family space enjoys a far reaching outlook through big windows over the garden and lakes to the rear.
Eight good-sized individual bedrooms, all enjoying a lovely outlook, and four well appointed bath/shower rooms are arranged over the first and second floors.
Biomass Energy System:
A substantial agricultural barn of some 5,102 sq ft, located on the opposite side of the yard, provides a workshop and machinery store, in addition to the space required for the state-of the-art Heizomat biomass energy system, installed by Nexus Energy in 2013 and under a 20 year contract. This high tech system utilises circa 90 tonnes of seasoned wood chip per year which is harvested from the farm's woodland, processed on site and fed directly into the fuel store. This heats the water and provides central heating for the house, swimming pool and barn. The heat produced is metered and Barelands Farm also supplies hot water to the next door Oast house, which is under separate ownership. The income generated from the Biomass system is in the region of £12,000 per annum.
The Barn:
Formerly part of the original dairy unit on the farm, a converted brick and timber detached barn is conveniently located adjacent to the main house, accessed via a covered walk way and now offering excellent ancillary family space including an impressive 46' leisure room with a home cinema, a high vaulted
ceiling and double doors opening out to a sheltered swimming pool area behind, together with a sauna, steam-shower and cloakroom, a gym with a small kitchenette and a snooker room.
A useful range of timber outbuildings lie away from the house, linked to the barn and including a workshop, double bay open garage, pool room and, for those with equestrian interests, three loose boxes.
The Woodland:
Amounting to about 50 acres, arranged in several blocks and administered under a Forestry Commission management plan, in conjunction with the sustainable Biomass Energy System. Rides have been cut through to facilitate the harvesting of the wood. The woodland is bordered by small streams and studded with wild flowers including orchids, primroses, wild garlic and bluebells.
Shooting and conservation:
The current owner has successfully managed an award winning small shoot and the farm is managed under the countryside stewardship scheme, creating a superb natural environment to encourage and sustain a wide variety of fauna and flora.
Lakes to the South East:
Located towards the southern boundary of the farm is a further large lake of about 3.6 acres, stocked with trout and carp and offering opportunities for fishing and water sports.
A pretty established orchard lies on the east side with a variety of apples, plums, pears and cherries.
Gardens and Grounds:
Barelands Farm enjoys a glorious setting within pretty gardens, with rolling countryside comprising swathes of pastureland and woodland beyond, providing a superb unspoiled natural environment. A sheltered flagstone terrace spans the rear of the house, accessed from the kitchen/breakfast room, rear hall and drawing room, ideal for summer entertaining and the enjoyment of the outlook over three spring fed ponds and woodland beyond. A summer house sits in a secluded part of the garden overlooking the ponds, which are fox and child- proofed, and attract a wide variety of bird species. The front of the property has a more formal approach with brick paths and a parterre-style garden with low box hedging and rose borders.
Pool and Kitchen Garden area:
A roman-ended heated swimming pool lies within a pretty sheltered courtyard, with a vine and wisteria to the elevations, on the far side of the barn. A kitchen garden lies beyond, comprising enclosed raised beds, cold frames, a fruit cage and a substantial lean-to greenhouse against the dividing brick wall, also benefitting from heating.
Pastureland:
The pastureland extends out to three sides of the farmhouse, divided into several fields with swathes of mature woodland between. The majority of the fields have water connected, are stock fenced and bounded by high mixed hedging.
178 acres and a stone's throw from Tunbridge Wells is a setting that's rarely found.
Will Peppitt Property agent
Barelands Farm is set in an idyllic, yet not remote, position at the end of a long private driveway, in the High Weald Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. Bells Yew Green is under a mile away, with its village shop, public house and Frant mainline station, with regular services to London (Charing Cross/Cannon Street/Waterloo East/London Bridge) from 52 minutes.
The pretty village of Frant is about 1.70 miles away, offering an active village community and additional amenities, including a primary school, shop/post office, church, village hall and several public houses. Tunbridge Wells (about 4.50 miles) offers more comprehensive facilities and an alternative mainline station, further up the same line.
State and Private Schools: A wide choice of excellent schools, including Frant Primary school, The Mead and Rose Hill (Tunbridge Wells), Holmewood House (Langton Green), Mayfield School for Girls, Tonbridge, Eastbourne and Sevenoaks public schools, Uplands School in Wadhurst and grammar schools in Tunbridge Wells and Tonbridge.
Communications: The M25 can be accessed about 29 miles to the North, via the A21, linking to other motorway networks and Gatwick and Heathrow airports. The Eurotunnel terminus is about 44 miles away.
Agents Note: A public bridleway runs down the drive from the Bells Yew Green Road, across the landholding, through fields and woodland as shown on the boundary plan.
Directions: From Tunbridge Wells proceed South on the Frant Road (A267) turning left into Forest Road. Take the first turning on the right onto Bayham Road (B2169) and continue along this road to Bells Yew Green. On entering the village, turn right towards Frant at the Brecknock Arms onto the Bells Yew Green Road and continue for about 0.30 miles until you reach the Brewery Business Centre on the right-hand side. The driveway giving access to Barelands Farm and two other properties is immediately opposite. Proceed down the drive way for just over 0.50 miles and fork left just before Barelands Oast. Continue down the drive, over the cattle grid to the property.
EPC Rating = C
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An Italian classic from the Campania region, like a cross between Cavolo Nero and Sprouting Broccoli. It literally it means "black soup" and that is how this product was originally used. Thin leaved multi-headed crop with typically 5 heads per 150g pack. This has curled leaves, the colour of Cavolo Nero.
It is easy to prepare by blanching for 3 minutes in boiling water then stir-frying with olive oil, garlic, and leek. Alternatively it can be cooked in an asparagus steamer stems down for 5 mins.
This is a variant of Minestra Nera with a less curled leaf. We use it in the same way as Minestra Nera.
This is very similar to sprouting broccoli, but the stems are softer.
This oriental brassica adds a hot wasabi-like kick to salads and stir-fries, and looks great too. We also have an even more frilly variant with the same great taste.
Great colour and a peppery flavour from Mizuna.
This oriental Kale looks a bit like Mizuna but has a broader leaf,more Kale-like flavour and extraordinary colour – purple on the top of the leaf, and green on the back.
We grow a couple of types of Komatsuna, which produce lovely whorls of crisp fresh leaves.