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So, below is the picture I shot, I went out in the snow today, but it stopped snowing! But would you believe it, Picnik has a snow feature :D Add some softening, some matting and some vignetting and I like it better, much more wintery :)
I love the snow, so much. This is the most snow we have had in years and we have another week of it forecast. Awesome.
Thats my mum and dog in the distance for your info.
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It took us about 30 min but we finally got this circle to hold.
Magic City Lego Users Group June Meeting
Cherbourg, place de la République, dans le kiosque, l'Union Lyrique Municipale de Cherbourg se produit en concert le 4 juillet, en l'honneur des troupes américaines pour l'lndependence Day.
Voir un montage LC000204-206-207-213-montage:
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voir un panorama avec les 206 et 213:
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Photos du 4 juillet 1944 sur la place de la République à Cherbourg:
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Voir le kiosque décoré de drapeaux:
Share Our Strength speaks about childhood hunger.
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I’ve joined the first National Food Bloggers Bake Sale which will take place nationwide on April 17, 2010.
This bake sale kicks off the Share Our Strength fundraising season with proceeds going to them to help feed hungry children all over America!
MARK YOUR CALENDARS!
APRIL 17, 2010 ~ SATURDAY
NATIONAL FOOD BLOGGERS BAKE SALE
The bake sale is organized by Gaby Dalkin of WhatsGabyCooking.com.
Food bloggers from across the country will contribute by holding bake sales in their states. I will be leader of the bake sale for the state of New Jersey.
Full details on my blog:
bakingismyzen.blogspot.com/2010/03/national-food-bloggers...
Athens, GA (Clarke County) Copyright 2012 D. Nelson
Hipstamatic users, if you have not yet updated to the 260, do so, you can now do double exposures, combining different films, lenses and favorite combos. Say, take the first shot with Cano Cafenol, and the second one with Sugar. It's a fun thing to fool around with.
This week I've started reading up on the ancient-Greek philosopher Socrates. He died in 399BC aged about 71, coincidentally the same age as myself. So far I've learned neither of us feared death, even though in our younger years we'd both experienced active military service. We'd also both realised early in life the importance of maintaining moral virtues to protect our own mental heath and spirituality. There were also other things in common. We and our fathers had all dabbled with stonemasonry. I like that bit. Furthermore, Socrates and I each grew full beards and preferred to go bare footed whenever possible. Unfortunately we were both considered to have grown uglier as we aged. Unlike me, Socrates wasn't a writer, his wisdom is dependent on the veracity of secondary sources such as Plato, Xenophon and Wikipedia, all of which I intend to delve into for a while. I also own a weighty copy of the 800 page Oxford history of the classical world.
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For no particular reason other than it being almost the end of the year, I was wondering last night what I had been writing about on this date in the three earliest years of Fremantlebiz. In those days I didn't have a digital camera, so more words were the thing. Much more than what I write now. I used to write quite provocatively about all manner of serious subjects, some of which can easily read by clicking the links below for the three 28 Decembers of 2004, 2005 and 2006:
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The Postcard
A postcard that was produced by Adrian that was posted in New York on Sunday the 31st. July 1938 to:
Miss F. Quaddel,
38, Ladbroke Grove,
London W. 11,
England.
The message on the divided back of the card was as follows:
"Dear Frida,
Just a word to let you
know I'm alive & kicking.
The weather has been
miserable but pretty
warm here.
We're leaving tomorrow
for Halifax on a cruise
and arrive back Friday.
We will be back on the
12th.
Love,
Bunny."
Grant's Tomb
Grant's Tomb, officially the General Grant National Memorial, is the final resting place of Ulysses S. Grant, 18th. president of the United States, and his wife, Julia Grant.
It is a classical domed mausoleum in the Morningside Heights neighborhood of Upper Manhattan in NYC. The structure is in the middle of Riverside Drive at 122nd. Street, across from Riverside Church to the southeast and Riverside Park to the west.
Upon Grant's death in 1885, his widow declared that he had wished to be buried in New York, and a new committee, the Grant Monument Association, appealed for funds. Progress was slow at first, since many believed the tomb should be in Washington, D.C., and also because there was no architectural design to show.
Eventually they selected a proposal by John Hemenway Duncan for a tomb of "unmistakably military character," modeled after the Mausoleum of Halicarnassus, with twin sarcophagi based on Napoleon’s tomb at Les Invalides.
The tomb was completed in 1897, and the National Park Service has managed it since 1958. After a period of neglect, it has been restored and re-dedicated.
The mausoleum is a prominent architectural land feature visible from the Hudson River. In addition to being a national memorial since 1958, Grant's Tomb was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1966, and was designated an official New York City landmark in 1975.
The Creation of the Grant Monument Association
On the 23rd. July 1985, Ulysses S. Grant died of throat cancer at the age of 63 in Wilton, New York.
Within hours of Grant's death, William Russell Grace, the Mayor of New York City, sent a telegram to Julia Grant offering NYC to be the burial ground for both Ulysses and Julia.
Grant's only real wish when he died was to be next to his wife when he was buried. In practice this eliminated all military cemeteries and installations (such as West Point) from consideration, as they did not permit women to be interred at the time. Grant's family agreed to have his remains interred in NYC.
Grace wrote a letter to prominent New Yorkers the following day in order to gather support for a national monument in Grant's honor:
"Dear Sir: In order that the City of New York, which
is to be the last resting place of General Grant,
should initiate a movement to provide for the
erection of a National Monument to the memory of
the great soldier, and that she should do well and
thoroughly her part, I respectfully request you as
one of a Committee to consider ways and means
for raising the quota to be subscribed by the
citizens of New York City for this object, and beg
that you will attend a meeting to be held at the
Mayor's office on Tuesday next, 28 inst., at three
o'clock."
The preliminary meeting was attended by 85 New Yorkers who established the Committee on Organization. Its chairman was former President Chester A. Arthur; its secretary was Richard Theodore Greener. The organization came to be known as the Grant Monument Association (GMA).
Funding of the Monument
The Grant Monument Association did not originally announce the function or structure of the monument; however, the idea of any monument in Grant's honor drew public support. Western Union donated $5,000 on the 29th. July, the day the committee announced its proposal.
The GMA continued to receive donations of large and small amounts. At a membership meeting, former New York State governor Alonzo Cornell proposed a fundraising goal of one million dollars.
Private enterprises such as insurance and iron-trading companies donated funds to the project. For every ton of coal the Consumers Coal Company sold, it gave a donation of 37½ cents to the GMA.
However although there was great enthusiasm for a monument to President Grant, early fundraising efforts were stifled by growing negative public opinion expressed by out-of-state press. The Clay County Enterprise in Brazil, Indiana, wrote:
"We have not a cent for New York in the
undertaking, and would advise that not
a dollar of help be sent to the millionaire
city from Indiana. If the billions of New York
are not sufficient to embellish the city, let
the remains be placed in Washington or
some other American city."
The opposition was vocal in the view that the monument should be in Washington, D.C. Mayor Grace tried to calm the controversy by publicly releasing Mrs. Grant's justification for the New York site as the resting place for her husband:
"Riverside was selected by myself and my family
as the burial place of my husband, General Grant.
First, because I believed New York was his preference. Second, it is near the residence that I hope to occupy
as long as I live, and where I will be able to visit his
resting place often. Third, I have believed, and am
now convinced, that the tomb will be visited by as
many of his countrymen there as it would be at any
other place. Fourth, the offer of a park in New York
was the first which observed and unreservedly
assented to the only condition imposed by General
Grant himself, namely, that I should have a place by
his side."
Criticism was not limited to the debate about the monument's location. According to The New York Times, there was discontent even with the internal management of the GMA.
Although the GMA members were among the wealthiest in New York, they were making comparatively small donations to the effort that they themselves were promoting. The New York Times characterized the members as:
"Sitting quietly in an office and signing
receipts for money voluntarily tendered."
At this early stage, the GMA did not have a model for what the monument was to be; it continued to ask for donations without explaining its purpose, which frustrated and discouraged donors. Joan Waugh captured the feelings of the average citizen in her book, 'American Hero American Myth':
"Why should citizens give money to
build a monument whose shape was
still a mystery?"
The GMA did not propose a definitive plan for the monument until five years later. During its first few years, the GMA fell short of the fundraising expectations originally set by Alonzo Cornell. In the first year, 1885, the GMA raised just over $111,000, 10% of its goal. In the two years that followed, it raised just $10,000.
The slow pace of fundraising caused some trustees to resign. No design for the structure yet existed, and without such a design, it was believed that fundraising efforts would continue to remain low.
The Design Competition
On the 4th. February 1888, after a year's delay, the GMA publicly announced the details of a design competition, in a newsletter entitled 'To Artists, Architects, and Sculptors'.
This information was made public to the entire nation; it was also published in Europe. The GMA also proposed a new estimate for the monument's cost, which ranged from $500,000 to $1 million. The deadline for all designs was rescheduled three times, and was then set for a final date of the 10th. January 1889.
The competition received 65 designs, 42 of which came from international entries. The GMA did not award an overall winner, and a second design competition was ordered.
In April 1890, the GMA selected, from only five commissioned entries, the design of John Hemenway Duncan, who estimated his design would cost between $496,000 and $900,000. In 1883, Duncan designed the Washington Monument at Newburgh, the Newburgh Monument, and the Tower of Victory.
Duncan built these structures to celebrate the centennial anniversary of the U.S. Revolutionary War, and he became a member of the Architectural League in 1887. Duncan cited as his design's objective:
"To produce a monumental structure
that should be unmistakably a tomb
of military character."
He claimed that he wanted to avoid "resemblance of a habitable dwelling," as the structure was meant to be the epitome of reverence and respect.
The tomb's granite exterior is modeled after the Mausoleum of Halicarnassus with Persian elements, and but for the Ionic columns of the exterior rotunda and the Doric columns of the porch, it resembles the Tropaeum Alpium.
Within the tomb, the twin sarcophagi of Grant and his wife are based on the sarcophagus of Napoleon Bonaparte at Les Invalides.
Construction of the Monument
By 1890, the GMA had a defined design and architect. Although the GMA was becoming more organized and the reality of the monument was becoming clearer, the debate over the monument's location re-opened in Congress.
In October 1890, U.S. Senator Hale introduced legislation to have the sarcophagi placed at a monument in Washington, DC. The legislation did not pass, but the effort re-opened the debate over the proper place for the remains of Grant.
A ground-breaking ceremony had already been scheduled for the 27th. April 1891, and although the parties had not agreed on a location for the monument by that date, a ground-breaking ceremony was nevertheless held.
In June 1891, deliberations ended; the monument was to be built in NYC, and that month, the GMA hired a contractor named John T. Brady.
Construction began that summer, and by August, preliminary excavation was complete. Construction was on schedule until the GMA asked Duncan to alter his design in the spring of 1892. This was because the design could not be as elaborate as originally planned, because of the Association's inability to raise sufficient funds.
Construction was also slowed by a stonecutters' strike in 1892. After 1894, construction proceeded at a faster pace, and by 1896, work on the outside of the tomb was nearly complete. One innovative feature of the tomb construction was the use of Guastavino tile vaulting to support the circular floor above the perimeter of the downstairs atrium.
On the 17th. April 1897, Grant's remains were quietly transferred to an 8.5-ton red granite sarcophagus and placed in the mausoleum. The monument was dedicated ten days later on the 27th. April 1897, on the 75th.-anniversary ceremony of Grant's birth on the 27th. April 1822.
Julia Grant, Grant's wife of nearly 40 years, died five years later in 1902, and was placed in a matching sarcophagus and laid to rest in the mausoleum beside her husband.
The sarcophagi are placed above ground, leading to a common riddle by comedian Groucho Marx, who often asked contestants on his radio and television quiz show You Bet Your Life:
"Who was buried in Grant's Tomb?"
The riddle is based on the use of the word "buried", and since neither of the Grants' tombs are underground, the correct answer is "no one".
However, Marx often accepted the answer "Grant" and awarded a consolation prize to those who gave it. He used the question, among several other easy ones, to ensure that everyone won a prize on the show.
Decay and Restoration of the Monument
The initial restoration project began in December 1935 (38 years after the tomb opened), when Works Progress Administration laborers installed new marble flooring in the atrium. The WPA played a large role in sustaining the monument.
Joan Waugh explains that:
"In the 1930's the tomb was barely
maintained by funds from the Works
Progress Administration."
Shortly after the restoration project began, the old New York City Post Office was being demolished, and donated two statues of eagles to decorate the front of the Grant Monument.
The laborers of the WPA worked on several projects throughout the 1930's, including roof restoration, electric lighting and heating systems, and removal of the purple stained glass windows. The Pittsburgh Plate Glass Company installed amber glass to replace the purple stained glass.
Toward the end of the 1930's, a project began to restore the two reliquary rooms, where battle flags were displayed in trophy cases, and murals of a map in each marked Civil War battles.
In 1938, the Federal Art Project selected artists William Mues and Jeno Juszko to design the busts of William T. Sherman, Phillip H. Sheridan, George H. Thomas, James B. McPherson, and Edward Ord. The WPA installed the five busts in the circular wall of the atrium surrounding the sarcophagi.
After the many contributions of the WPA, the Grant Monument Association held a re-dedication of the tomb on the 27th. April 1939.
National Park Service Control
In 1958, the National Park Service (NPS) was granted authority to oversee the monument. According to an NPS report, a historian admitted that when the NPS first assumed authority over the tomb, they "had no program for the site."
Combined with the mismanagement and devastation that NYC was going through financially in the 1960's to the 1990's, that led to great neglect of the site, particularly in the maintenance of the monument.
By the 1970's, the tomb was marred by vandalism and graffiti. Many places in the city, including Times Square, were in the same condition. Trash had heaped up around the monument, its exterior recesses were being used by drug users, the homeless, and criminals for hideouts. Graffiti covered the walls and pedestals, and vandals chipped away at the masonry.
The NPS undertook a plan to remove the trophy cases in the reliquary rooms.
Restoration in the 1990's
The abuse of the monument continued until renewed restoration efforts began in the early 1990's; in 1991, Frank Scaturro, a student at Columbia University and volunteer with the NPS, launched an effort to restore the tomb, and brought his concerns to Congress.
The tomb was still marred by graffiti and, at the time, there were only three maintenance workers and three rangers on daytime duty, with a yearly budget of $235,000.
For over two years, Scaturro battled the National Park Service, which was charged with maintaining Grant's Tomb. He sent weekly memos, including a 26-page report in the summer of 1992. After two years of unsuccessful attempts to navigate the bureaucracy of the NPS, Scaturro published a 325-page whistle-blower report, which he sent to Congress and the President.
Scaturro's efforts drew national media attention, and resulted in a $1.8 million grant to restore Grant's Tomb. According to Mr. Scaturro:
"Whistle-blowing was the last resort.
I only did what I did because I had no
other resort ... the only thing left was
abandoning the site and that was not
an alternative to me."
The tomb was in great need of renovation.
Scaturro's efforts to expose the monument's poor condition caught the attention of two Illinois state lawmakers. State Sen. Judy Baar Topinka and State Rep. Ron Lawfer sponsored a resolution to compel the NPS to meet its obligations in maintaining and restoring Grant's tomb.
If the NPS did not comply, then Topinka and Lawfer demanded that Grant's remains be transported to the state of Illinois. Senator Topinka said:
"He would be better off anywhere
than New York, but my argument
is not with New York; it's with the
National Park Service."
The demands for restoration did not stop at the state level. In 1994, the U.S. House of Representatives introduced legislation to:
"Restore, complete, and preserve in
perpetuity the Grant's Tomb National
Memorial and surrounding areas."
The legislation set by the House required that the restoration be completed by the 27th. April 1997, the tomb's 100th. anniversary and Grant's 175th. birthday. On the 27th. April 1997, the restoration effort sanctioned by Congress was completed and the tomb re-dedicated.
General Grant's descendants, who were appalled by the condition of the tomb, called Scaturro a hero for his efforts.
Accessibility
The visitor center is located about 100 yards to the west of the mausoleum and contains a bookstore, memorabilia, a movie about Grant's life, and restrooms. The visitor center is accessible to people with disabilities, but the mausoleum is not.
Both are open Wednesday through Sunday, year-round; the visitor center is open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. while the tomb is open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Photography is allowed in the tomb, but cellphone use, eating, drinking, smoking, and gum chewing are prohibited. Flash photography is discouraged inside the tomb.
Events
Concerts are regularly held at or right outside Grant's Tomb. Examples include Jazzmobile's annual Free Outdoor Summer Mobile Concerts at Grant's Tomb, and the annual Grant's Tomb Summer Concert, which in 2009 featured West Point's United States Military Academy Band.
Every year on the 27th. April, the anniversary of Grant's birth, a ceremony celebrating his life is held at the memorial.
Art
A sculpture consisting of seventeen concrete benches bearing colorful mosaics was created around the monument in the early 1970's. The sculpture, entitled The Rolling Bench, was designed by artist Pedro Silva and the architect Phillip Danzig, and was built with the help of hundreds of neighborhood children over a period of three years.
The sculpture underwent restoration during the summer of 2008 under the supervision of Silva. According to NYC Parks:
"Some popular local folk art in
Riverside Park contrasts strikingly
with the Tomb's severity".
The Comedian Lee Wilson
So what else happened on the day that Bunny posted the card?
Well, the 31st. July 1938 marked the birth in Wednesbury, Staffordshire, of Lee Wilson.
Lee was an English stand-up comedian best known for his performances on the ITV Television show The Comedians.
Lee attended King's Hill School, Wednesbury and served in Malaya with the Cheshire Regiment of the British Army where he was in an entertainment troupe.
After winning talent contests as a singer and forming a band called The Kingsford Four, he added comedy to his act. He then won New Faces in 1976.
Wilson later performed on cruise ships for P&O and became an after-dinner speaker.
Lee died of pancreatic cancer on the 3rd. June 2013, at the age of 74.
Final Thoughts From Ulysses S. Grant
"The friend in my adversity I shall always
cherish most. I can better trust those who
helped to relieve the gloom of my dark
hours than those who are so ready to enjoy
with me the sunshine of my prosperity."
"My failures have been errors in judgment,
not of intent."
"If you see the President, tell him from me
that whatever happens, there will be no
turning back."
"I have nothing to do with opinions. I deal
only with armed rebellion and its aiders
and abettors."
"I propose to fight it out on this line
if it takes all summer."
"If men make war in slavish obedience
to rules, they will fail."
"Nations, like individuals, are punished
for their transgressions."
"In every battle there comes a time when
both sides consider themselves beaten,
then he who continues the attack wins."
"The art of war is simple enough. Find out
where your enemy is. Get at him as soon
as you can. Strike him as hard as you can,
and keep moving on."
"Everyone has his superstitions. One of mine
has always been when I started to go anywhere,
or to do anything, never to turn back or to stop
until the thing intended was accomplished."
"I suffer the mortification of seeing myself
attacked right and left by people at home
professing patriotism and love of country
who never heard the whistle of a hostile
bullet.
I pity them and the nation dependent on
such for its existence. I am thankful,
however that, though such people make a
great noise, the masses are not like them."
"There never was a time when, in my opinion,
some way could not be found to prevent the
drawing of the sword."
"Leave the matter of religion to the family
altar, the church, and the private school,
supported entirely by private contributions.
Keep the church and state forever separate."
"I appreciate the fact, and am proud of it,
that the attentions I am receiving are
intended more for our country than for me
personally."
"I have never advocated war except
as a means of peace."
"I know only two tunes: one of them is
'Yankee Doodle', and the other isn't."
"I know no method to secure the repeal
of bad or obnoxious laws so effective as
their stringent execution."
"It was my fortune, or misfortune, to be called
to the office of Chief Executive without any
previous political training."
This session will give participants the toolkit and skills required when conducting user research and testing with children and young people (under the age of 18).
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Greater Manchester Police (GMP) and partners are raising awareness of the rules around advanced stop lines (ASLs) at traffic lights.
The work forms part of Operation Considerate, GMP’s ongoing campaign to encourage all road users to show each other consideration.
ASLs are designed to help motorists and cyclists by providing an area for cyclists to wait in front of traffic when the lights are red.
Cyclists in this area are more easily visible to motorists, and have space to move off when the lights turn green.
Police are reminding motorists that they must not enter ASL boxes when the lights are on red, as this space is reserved for cyclists.
Motorists crossing the first stop line when the lights are red are liable for a £100 fine and three points on their licence. However, if the traffic light changes from green to amber and they cannot safely stop before the first line, then they may cross it, but must ensure they stop before the second line.
The message to cyclists is very simple – do not cross the second stop line while the traffic signal is red, as doing so is illegal and could result in a £50 fine.
Superintendent Craig Thompson of GMP’s Specialist Operations Branch said: “The main aim of Operation Considerate is to ensure that all road users share the road responsibly, and knowledge of the rules around ASLs is a key part of that.
“During the first two weeks of the campaign we will be educating motorists and cyclists on ASLs at certain junctions around the city centre, and then in the following two weeks we shall be carrying out enforcement work where people may face fines for failing to observe the rules.
“When using the roads we would advise motorists to leave at least 1.5m when passing cyclists, and cyclists need to have fixed lights on their bikes, both front and back.”
Operation Considerate, which will be promoted on Twitter under #OpConsiderate, is fully endorsed by the Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner (PCC).
Greater Manchester’s Deputy PCC Jim Battle said: “Everyone has a right to feel safe on the road – pedestrians, cyclists, and motorists. We all share the road and we all need to obey the rules that help us get safely from A to B.
“Advanced stop lines provide an area of high visibility for cyclists and visibility is critical to cycling safety. GMP will be urging motorists to obey the rules of ASLs and reminding cyclists to maximise their visibility using bikelights and bright clothing – especially now the nights are getting darker.”
To find out more about Greater Manchester Police please visit our website.
You should call 101, the new national non-emergency number, to report crime and other concerns that do not require an emergency response.
Always call 999 in an emergency, such as when a crime is in progress, violence is being used or threatened or where there is danger to life.
You can also call anonymously with information about crime to Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111.
Users' Advisory Group members, from left, Dennis Muilenburg, CEO of the Boeing Company; Eileen Collins, former NASA astronaut; Buzz Aldrin, Apollo 11 astronaut; Stu Witt, founder of the Mojave Air and Spaceport and former Chairman of the Commercial Spaceflight Federation; are seen during the first meeting of the National Space Council Users' Advisory Group, Tuesday, June 19, 2018 at NASA Headquarters in Washington. The Users' Advisory Group will advise and inform the National Space Council on a broad range of aerospace topics, including the impacts of U.S. and international laws and regulations, national security space priorities, scientific and human space exploration priorities, and ways to bolster support. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)
BR Diagram 1/108 unfitted, all-steel, welded, 16 ton mineral wagon No.B577004 (later Internal User No.042207), built by Pressed Steel (Linwood) in 1957, Lot 2922 (later TOPS Code ZHV when in departmental use). The standard BR 16 tonner was built in huge numbers by a very large number of manufacturers in a variety of diagrams (with detail differences but main difference was between welded – the vast majority - or riveted bodies): 2,800 Diag. 1/106 built in 1950-51; 206,444 Diag.1/108 in 1950-59; 15,982 Diag. 1/109 (riveted) in 1950-59; 4,400 Diag. 1/111 in 1950-53; 300 Diag. 1/114 (intended to be fitted but most not) 1951; 100 Diag. 1/116 (riveted aluminium body) in 1953; 8,250 Diag. 1/117 (some fitted) in 1954-57 making a grand total of 238,276! Quickly outdated in the 1960’s, all were withdrawn by 1979 except for several thousand transferred to departmental use (some internal use only) and given TOPS Code ZHO (unfitted) or, mostly, ZHV (fitted). As they were often used to carry heavy stone ballast, rectangular holes were cut mid-way up one side of the body to prevent overfilling (as shown). The last was not withdrawn until 1999.
At the Somerset & Dorset Railway Gala, Midsomer Norton, Somerset 4 July 2021.
On a day trip to Brighton I saw so many people with DSLRs around their necks I was thinking they must be the latest fashion accessory!
Sony Alpha users are everywhere. Taking photos downtown Indy and this photographer was doing the same. It was not till later when I was review shots that I noticed the Sony on the camera. Looks like a a77! Sony a77 and Sony AF 70-200mm F2.8 G
PhD students in Prof Penumadu’s group a at the University of Tennessee – Jeff Bunn, Robin Woracek, and Stephen Puplampu – are studying in situ torsion response of FCC and HCP metals on beam line HB-2B at the High Flux Isotope Reactor, or the Neutron Residual Stress Mapping Facility. Image Credit: Genevieve Martin/ORNL.
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pelicans 'n coots in khijadiya wildlife sanctuary. i am not surprised when wildlife enthusiasts calls jamnagar a heaven for bird-watchers, esp. water/coastal birds.
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