Russian Watches in Norfolk UK, Exquisite Quality

www.RedSquareWatches.co.uk

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Home Visits to Watch Collectors

Ken Bacon will happily bring out a selection of Red Square watches for you to view in your own home.

Please email him direct with your telephone number and he will call you to make an appointment and discuss the watches you may be interested in.
This is a regional service, but if you are unsure, email Ken to find out.

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NEW SHOP NOW OPEN
available during Hotel opening hours

at

The Swan Hotel
The Thoroughfare, Harleston,
Norfolk IP20 9AS

Tel: 01379 852221


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RED SQUARE
Exclusive Russian watches brought to you by:

Ken Bacon of Harleston, Norfolk, UK
Purveyor of Fine Russian Watches

Red Square Mechanical Russian Watches are of exclusive design and exquisite quality. They are manufactured to the highest standards and specification.

Catalogues

Please click on the following links to enable PDF catalogue files of the watches that are available for purchase.

The pdf files will open in another window, or give you the option to download to your PC.

POLJOT watches Book 1 pdf

POLJOT watches Book 2 pdf

CCCP watches pdf

VOSTOCK watches pdf

To order please contact:

Ken Bacon
Purveyor of fine Russian watches

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Important information for like minded watch enthusiasts!

"If like me, you are passionate about buying, collecting and selling fine mechanical watches, and would like to discuss ways you could help sell Red Square Watches, please email me, and I will be very happy to contact you." Ken Bacon

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History

The Soviet space programs and the Russian armed forces have developed strong links with the Russian watch making industries throughout Russian history.

Working in extreme conditions and in unpredictable climates, which the space and military demands, these wrist watches have been designed and tested to be reliable in all conditions.

Please see a selection of pages supplied in the following pdf file:

Poljot Russian History pdf

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watch enthusiasts links:
www.watchreport.net

UK Anodising and Electro Colouring - Dove Anodising, Norfolk UK

Top UK Anodisers, please click on image to visit their web site

Dove Anodising was established in 1970. From small beginnings we gained a reputation for high quality anodising. As demand for our services increased, we acquired larger-sized process tanks and expanded our premises.

In 1985 we introduced electro-colouring which enabled production of an extended range of colours to complement our existing range.

Into the new Millennium we remain committed to providing our customers with the best products and the highest quality service. We continue to invest in new processes and technology, and we work closely with regional and national agencies to ensure that we fully comply with environmental protection legislation.

We provide packaging and storage facilities. Our packaging options include spiral wrapping and boxing, and we have 10,000 square feet of storage space for customers who require their material to be anodised in separate quantities over a period of time.

Dove Anodising Limited
14-16 Kelvin Place
Thetford
Norfolk
IP24 3RR

Telephone: 01842 753908
Fax: 01842 766007

Email: enquiries@doveanodising.co.uk

Web: www.doveanodising.co.uk

Home Visits to Watch Collectors, Red Square Watches

www.RedSquareWatches.co.uk

Home Visits to Watch Collectors

Ken Bacon will happily bring out a selection of Red Square watches for you to view in your own home.

Please email him direct with your telephone number and he will call you to make an appointment and discuss the watches you may be interested in.
This is a regional service, but if you are unsure, email Ken to find out.

E M A I L :
Click here to send Email

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RED SQUARE
Exclusive Russian watches brought to you by:

Ken Bacon of Harleston, Norfolk, UK
Purveyor of Fine Russian Watches

Important information for like minded watch enthusiasts!

"If like me, you are passionate about buying, collecting and selling fine mechanical watches, and would like to discuss ways you could help sell Red Square Watches, please email me, and I will be very happy to contact you." Ken Bacon

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NEW SHOP NOW OPEN
available during Hotel opening hours at

The Swan Hotel
The Thoroughfare, Harleston,
Norfolk IP20 9AS

Tel: 01379 852221

Click here for more information

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Waveney Campus plans given go ahead

Waveney Campus

Plans for a multimillion-pound campus in Suffolk have moved forward after the Government approved the purchase of land for the project.

Government Green Light for Waveney Campus Project

The Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, Rt Hon Hazel Blears MP, has authorised the compulsory purchase order of land to build the Waveney Campus.

The authorisation confirms the Secretary of State’s view that there is a compelling case for the acquisition to take place, as it is in the public interest.

Waveney Council sought to buy the land at Lake Lothing, Lowestoft, in 2006 and it has now been given the go-ahead.

The £53m campus will be home to about 1,000 staff from the area and Suffolk County Council when it opens in 2010.

For more information visit:
www.waveneycampus.co.uk

Low impact village plans to be refused in Waveney

Low impact village plans to be refused
(ref: ecovillage, eco-hamlet near Beccles)

A planning application to build a 'low impact' village on a greenfield site in Suffolk looks likely to be thrown out because of the location. Waveney District Council's planning officers have recommended that the plans be refused by the development control committee.

Norwich-based Common Ground Co-Operative applied for permission to use land in Ilketshall St Andrew, near Beccles, for an eco hamlet, to include 10 straw bale homes with a communal building and a solar-powered laundry and toilet block. The rest of the 20 acre site would be used for growing crops, keeping goats and chickens and building a carpentry workshop.

The planning officer's report for the meeting said that the application has many positive aspects, including having a low environmental impact and promoting rural crafts and sustainable farming methods.

But despite recognising the project's green credentials, they said that building on a designated greenfield site is against local policy. It said: “The applicant's proposals are thoughtfully put together and to carry them out would be a long and brave process.

The officer's first instincts were to treat them as a demonstration of how it is possible to carry out a low impact, sustainable development, so that others could learn from it and repeat it elsewhere.

“However, the remote location is a crucial problem and policy simply does not permit dwellings in the countryside. Even if they met with existing local need, the location is not sustainable. In some ways with reluctance, this application must be recommended for refusal.”

It continued: “The irony of the contrast between the applicants' declared intentions and the lifestyles of most existing residents in rural areas, in terms of their low or high impact and sustainability, should not go unmentioned.”

Richard Jackson, a member of the Common Ground Co-Operative, said: “We welcome the planning officer's many positive comments regarding our project. We recognise they have raised valid concerns regarding our place within the current planning policy framework but we have robust strategies in place to address these concerns.

“We can demonstrate that we have a viable and sustainable development project with significant outcomes and low risk for a sustainable Waveney valley. Ultimately we believe that finding solutions for rural sustainability is as important as those for urban sustainability.”

Green Building Press

Interesting subject link:

www.strawbalehouse.co.uk

EEDA Offering LifeSciences project funding via Competition

Entrants are being sought for a competition to win funding for capital equipment that will help businesses in the East of England’s lifesciences and healthcare sector.

The competition is being run as a pilot by the East of England Development Agency (EEDA) and will offer entrants the chance to win a grant of between £100,000 and £400,000 for a specific project.

Organisations or consortiums are invited to enter and apply for a grant to purchase key capital equipment that is required by small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) in the region, which is not readily available to them. The aim is that the equipment will help SMEs to commercialise their research and development and get products to the market place.

The equipment would be based at a key location within the East of England, such as a regional enterprise centre, innovation centre or science park, so that it would be easily accessible to businesses who would like to use it.

Mark Wathen, EEDA’s programme manager for lifesciences and healthcare, said: “EEDA is keen to encourage further collaboration between the region’s research base and industry. Through this competition we hope to help accelerate the rate of commercialisation of research and development by helping businesses, operating in the biosciences and healthcare sector, to bring innovative products to market more quickly, thus increasing the likelihood of success.

“Our enterprise hubs and science parks are helping to encourage and support greater collaboration, as well as helping to foster 'open innovation' between businesses, universities and research institutes. This pilot competition will test the demand and need for additional infrastructure in the region to support commercialisation activity and will provide further investment to support innovative businesses.”

The competition is open to any research organisation or not-for-profit network or organisation (specialising in innovation) based in the East of England. Grants will be supplied for either part or all of the project costs up to £400,000.

Entries will be assessed by independent assessors from the lifesciences and healthcare sector and EEDA’s enterprise directorate. Value for money and strategic added value to the lifesciences and healthcare sector will be considered when assessing applications.

The deadline for entries is 5pm on 31 March 2008.

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For more information and application form visit EEDA’s website at
www.eeda.org.uk/enterprisehubs.asp

New low impact village planned for Waveney

New low impact village planned for Waveney
(ref: ecovillage, eco-hamlet near Beccles)

A group of like minded people from the Norwich area have come up with a plan for affordable green rural housing. The locally based Common Ground Co-operative has bought 20 acres of land in Ilketshall St Andrew and hopes to turn the site into a sustainable community of low impact environmentally friendly homes. Strawbale houses, carpentry workshops and fields of crops all feature in the designs for the new eco hamlet.

The plans include building 10 houses using locally produced straw, which would mean the dwellings had very little embodied energy, using solar power to provide energy, using cars as little as possible and keeping goats and chickens.

Unsurprisingly though some local residents say that the plans are not suitable for the area and that instead of providing housing for local people, the members of the new community will be coming in from elsewhere.

Waveney District Council has said that locating a new hamlet in open countryside is contrary to conventional planning policies, but that this application is unique and needs careful consideration.

In a report to planners, the Common Ground Co-operative said that its plan is to reduce carbon emissions while improving the biodiversity of the local environment.

The report said: “Common Ground believes that its project can deliver a 'win win' scenario through the combined use of low-impact, traditional building materials and best practice in modern technologies to produce carbon-neutral, low-cost, rural housing.

“Common Ground understands this is a potentially controversial project, has consulted with the community and believes that the project could be a flagship for sustainable communities in rural areas.”

Planning officers from Waveney District Council will visit the site before discussing the plans at a rural development control meeting in early February.

Green Building Press

Interesting subject link:

www.strawbalehouse.co.uk

University Team Develops New 3D Scanner

Aggregate dredging puts windfarm at risk

Aggregate dredging puts windfarm at risk

Dredging of the sea bed off the East coast of England to provide aggregate material for construction use has long been of concern to locals and environmentalists. Marine Ecological Surveys recently carried out have found that the sea bed has dropped by between three and five metres at the dredging sites off Great Yarmouth. Now new evidence shows that the resulting erosion area is widening.

A serious threat to the windfarm offshore from Great Yarmouth has been discovered. Previously many of the turbines had been found to be base mooring destabilised. These had been fortified by placing rock bunds around them to stop further erosion. The company involved are now employing experts to carry out a survey of the whole seabed around the windfarm area.

Preliminary investigations around the bases of the turbines show that the mooring bases, set sixty feet down into the sea bed are now only forty-five below the surface of the seabed, and that the windfarm to shore power cable, originally set in a deep trench with concrete cover, is now eleven feet above the seabed.

Fortunately in the immediate areas at the base of the structures, the emplaced rock bunding appears to have retained the sand and shingle, so the loss of the entire system is not imminent.

Evidence is widespread that offshore dredging for building industry aggregate can cause coastal erosion, by draw down of beaches, by intensifying wave action, by altering tidal patterns and by removing sand banks which have previously protected coasts.

This activity and the subsequent ecological repercussions are particularly worrying in the light of the government's announcement re the construction of a new generation of nuclear power stations, one of which is projected to built alongside the existing station at Sizewell in Suffolk.

Not only do the power stations themselves require vast amounts of aggregate to be used onsite, but there is also a safety issue because of the coastal positioning of the facility. While Sizewell beach is said to be stable at present, local dredging may cause serious destabilisation of the beach during the time span of Sizewell B, let alone that of any new nuclear stations on the Suffolk coast.

Campaigners say that environmental impact assessments made before licences are granted, and after dredging has been carried, out are inadequate to reveal damage to the seabed and increased likelihood of coastal erosion.

Green Building Press

Waveney Campus - A landmark office and scientific complex for Lowestoft

Waveney Campus

A landmark office and scientific complex for Lowestoft

Waveney Campus is a flagship project proposed for Riverside Road in Lowestoft’s Kirkley ward. It is part of a wider regeneration plan for the Lowestoft / Great Yarmouth areas.

The project will create a landmark administrative and state-of-the-art scientific complex to house 1,000 staff from:

• the Centre for the Environment, Fisheries & Aquaculture Sciences (Cefas)
• Waveney District Council (WDC)
• part of Suffolk County Council (SCC).

These partner organisations are all currently occupying old and inefficient buildings around Lowestoft that are no longer fit for purpose and are seeking to achieve significant savings by sharing facilities in a new building designed to promote new ways of working, in line with government objectives, enabling partners to focus investment in to improved service delivery.

The new complex is designed to improve customer service and to increase productivity in a facility that staff, customers and the local community can take pride in. It is intended to be a catalyst for the regeneration of the area and an exemplar for "build quality" and "environmental sustainability".

The proposed development will transform an area of waterfront into an attractive area to include public space. It will act as a catalyst for attracting jobs and stimulating wider regeneration, thereby providing a sound basis for the sustainable future of the local economy. Cefas will create an additional 80 jobs in Lowestoft when it consolidates its existing operations in Lowestoft and Burnham-on-Crouch, Essex into one centre of excellence at the Campus site.

It is a flagship project for 1st East Urban Regeneration Company, which has placed it at the heart of its plans to regenerate the waterfront areas of Lowestoft and Great Yarmouth. The East of England Development Agency (EEDA) is also supporting the project.

For more information visit:
www.waveneycampus.co.uk

Good Energy is Green Power

New UK Centre for Synchrotron Light Research

The Infinite OZ

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The Infinite OZ

Site by: Fallon and B-Reel

This is an immersive artistic collaboration that brings to life the world of the Sci-Fi Channel's mini-series event, Tin Man. Although the site is openly inspired by Zoomquilt from 2005, this creation has taken the whole idea to new levels.

Animation and perfect ambient sound and effects add to the experience, which draws you in slowly to a number of different worlds. The transition through each world is unnoticeable, yet quite remarkable.

Don't miss the slick navigation pod located top left, as this allows you to change the speed of the zoom as well as find out more information about this project and the incredibly talented artists who came together on it.

Cheoptics Hologram, the future of video!

Can Gadgets and Humor Mix? - David Pogue

Apple TV - David Pogue

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