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A view of one of the halls at the 2011 Cruffs dog show at the Birmingham NEC. This is the first photograph I took when I got there, and found a quiet spot. You can see in this picture some of the stalls with the different dog breeds, from small hairless dogs to big hairy dogs.
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The control room of the substation at Lea Marston, Warwickshire, is the only surviving building follo...
Panorama OF Fillongley village, located just outside Coventry in the county of Warwickshire.Fillongle...
Panoramic shot of the Nuneaton road (B4102) as it sweeps down towards Fillongley. Taken in early May ...
Installation of an 11 foot cube, made of wood and painted inside to reverse-engineer a cubic, 360 deg...
Exterior of Allesley Hall which is now a private nursing residence. Allesley Hall lies on the north s...
The Occular Courtyard at 'Westwood'. Designed by architects 'MacCormac Jamieson & Prichard' for C...
Westwood - Training centre for Network Rail. The site was designed by MacCormac, Jameson & Pritch...
Taken when in Birmingham for a short visit. I love this building. It was good to see it up close.
Europe is generally agreed to be the birthplace of western culture, including such legendary innovations as the democratic nation-state, football and tomato sauce.
The word Europe comes from the Greek goddess Europa, who was kidnapped by Zeus and plunked down on the island of Crete. Europa gradually changed from referring to mainland Greece until it extended finally to include Norway and Russia.
Don't be confused that Europe is called a continent without looking like an island, the way the other continents do. It's okay. The Ural mountains have steadily been there to divide Europe from Asia for the last 250 million years. Russia technically inhabits "Eurasia".
Europe is presently uniting into one political and economic zone with a common currency called the Euro. The European Union originated in 1993 and is now composed of 27 member states. Its headquarters is in Brussels, Belgium.
Do not confuse the EU with the Council of Europe, which has 47 member states and dates to 1949. These two bodies share the same flag, national anthem, and mission of integrating Europe. The headquarters of the Council are located in Strasbourg, France, and it is most famous for its European Court of Human Rights.
In spite of these two bodies, there is still no single Constitution or set of laws applying to all the countries of Europe. Debate rages over the role of the EU in regards to national sovereignty. As of January 2009, the Lisbon Treaty is the closest thing to a European Constitution, yet it has not been approved by all the EU states.
Text by Steve Smith.
