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BPP365:009 Photo Tip Tuesday
An episode of Daily Photography Briefing
By Raymond Hatfield
A Daily extension of the Beginner Photography Podcast.
For those who crave more than once a week interviews and want daily photography tips, motivation, history, business tips, and even photography assignments to keep your photography skills sharp and always growing!
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*Important Update for the Daily Photo Briefing. Please listen!*
I will be temporarily putting the Daily Photo Briefing on hold while I re focus on making the Beginner Photography Podcast the best podcast for photographers it can possibly be. Please consider listening to the Beginner Photography Podcast by searching your favorite podcast player or heading over to www.BeginnerPhotogtaphyPodcast.com Thank you all! -Raymond
March 25, 2019
252: Photo History Sunday - The Fall of Kodak
How Kodak, the company poised to take over digital photography, failed.
March 24, 2019
251: Photo News Saturday - Canon Raise
Canon released a new photo sharing service called RISE that uses AI to add tags to a photo like its Subject, Colors, Composition, and even Emotion
March 23, 2019
250: Photo Assignment Friday - Light
Photo Assignment Friday - Light
March 22, 2019
249: Photo Thoughts Thursday - The most influential form of communication
From business to personal, photography is one of the most influential forms of communication.
March 21, 2019
248: Photo Business Wednesday - Keep your photos backed up
Your one asset as a photographer is your photos. Keep your photos safe.
March 20, 2019
247: Photo Tip Tuesday - Aperture Priority
Need a shot quick? Don't forget about Aperture priority!
March 19, 2019
246: Monday Motivation - Believe in yourself
"Believe in yourself. You are braver than you think, more talented than you know and more you imagine" - Roy T Bennett
March 18, 2019
245: Photo History Sunday - The Galloping Horse
Eadweard Muybridge was a photographer who used his photography to settle a bet.
March 17, 2019
244: Photo News Saturday - Kodakit
Kodak's Kodakit program that is hailed "The Uber of Photography" is in hot water for its contractual agreements with photographers.
March 16, 2019
243: Photo Assignment Friday - Green
Photo Assignment Friday - Green
March 15, 2019
242: Photo Thoughts Thursday - Define The Creative Process of Photography
How Would You Define The Creative Process of Photography
March 14, 2019
241: Photo Business Wednesday - Get Organized
You owe it to your clients to be on top of your game
March 13, 2019
240: Photo Tip Tuesday - Keep your shutter speed up!
Keep your shutter speed up to reduce motion blur
March 12, 2019
239: Monday Motivation - Success is not Final
"Success is not final, failure is not fatal, it is the courage to continue that counts" - Winston Churchill
March 11, 2019
238: Photo History Sunday - When Comparing Past Photographers
When comparing photographers who have made history in their craft, one thing is clear. No one stumbled upon photography and changed the industry forever. The people who leave their mark are the photographers who have spent years, decades, even lifetimes dedicating themselves to photography. You have to want it bad. You have to be relentless with self education.
March 10, 2019
237: Photo News Saturday - Light + Sony
The company Light, maker of the L16 camera has announced a partnership with Sony to bring their tech to cell phones!
March 9, 2019
236: Photo Assignment Friday - Anticipation
Anticipation - from people waiting to cross the street to your dog waiting for their food there is anticipation everywhere around you. Wait and you will see it.
March 8, 2019
235: Photo Thoughts Thursday - Does Editing ruin the authenticity of your photo?
I hear the argument.
March 7, 2019
234: Photo Business Wednesday - Scan your Receipts
Scan your receipts and you won't have to deal with a headache at the end of the year!
March 6, 2019
233: Photo Tip Tuesday - Phone Screen Reflection
Use your phone screen to create an in camera reflection
March 5, 2019
232: Monday Motivation - Celebrate Every Step
Don't wait until you reach your goal to be proud of yourself. Be proud of every step you take Karen Salmansohn
March 4, 2019
231: Photo History Sunday - The Worlds First Color Photo
How James Clerk Maxwell created the worlds first color photo in 1861
March 3, 2019
230: Photo News Saturday - EOS RP
Canon makes a splash with its surprise announcement of the Entry level full frame mirrorless Canon RP
March 2, 2019
229: Photo Assignment Friday - Fun
What is fun to you? Taking the dog on a walk? Baking with the kids? Going out with your friends? Relaxing at home? Today showcase what you find fun!
March 1, 2019
228: Photo Thoughts Thursday - Romantic yet Discouraging
There is a lot of luck and serendipity that goes into a great photo.
February 28, 2019
227: Photo Business Wednesday - Be a helpful hand
When you help your clients they will pay you handsomely
February 27, 2019
226: Photo Tip Tuesday - 5 Steps
Take no more than 5 steps to find something interesting
February 26, 2019
225: Monday Motivation - Make Time
You will never find time for anything. If you want time you must make it Charles Buxton
February 25, 2019
224: Photo History Sunday - First Selfie Ever.
There is a new king crowned to owner of the first selfie ever taken.
February 24, 2019
223: Photo News Saturday - Lost Thumb Drive
Researchers found a thumb drive in frozen seal poop!
February 23, 2019
222: Photo Assignment Friday - Comfort
This time of year, comfort for me is a sitting on the couch under a blanket watching old episodes of West Wing and eating a big ole bowl of chili. What is comfort for you? Highlight it in a photo today.
February 22, 2019
221: Photo Thoughts Thursday - Slowing Down
During my time interviewing so many photographers on the beginner photography podcast a common theme of slowing down always seems to come up
February 21, 2019
220: Photo Business Wednesday - Target Audience
You are not your target audiance
February 20, 2019
219: Photo Tip Tuesday - Spray and Pray
Don't be scared to shoot a lot.
February 19, 2019
218: Monday Motivation - Opportunities vs Obstacles
If you believe it will work out, you'll see opportunities. If you believe it won't, you will see obstacles. – Wayne Dyer
February 18, 2019
217: Photo History Sunday - Early Lenses
Early Camera Lenses were incredibly slow!
February 17, 2019
215 - Photo Assignment Friday - Self
It is important to remember that not all photos have to go on social media. Not all photos of you are… for you.
February 17, 2019
216: Photo News Saturday - Not Enough Followers
A photographer was dropped by for an ad campaign because she did not have enough instagram followers
February 16, 2019
214: Photo Thoughts Thursday - Tiny Details
Focus on tiny details when you are cooped up.
February 14, 2019
213: Photo Business Wednesday - What Else Can You Offer?
Are you leaving a lot of money on the table?
February 13, 2019
212: Photo Tip Tuesday - Higher Aperture
F 1.8 is not always the right choice
February 12, 2019
211: Monday Motivation - Good, Better, Best
"Good, Better, Best. Never let it rest 'til your good it better, and your better is best." St. Jerome
February 11, 2019
210: Photo History Sunday - No Lightbulbs
Before artificial lighting photographers had to rely entirely on the sun!
February 10, 2019
209: Photo News Saturday - Lightroom mobile update
Huge update for Adobe's Lightroom mobile platform
February 9, 2019
208: Photo Assignment Friday - Passion
Passion - February is a month of passion. It may be on the nose with valentine's day but take time this week to show off what you are passionate about!
February 8, 2019
207: Photo Thoughts Thursday - I got a Lensbaby
I got a LenaBaby, and it taught me something about myself.
February 7, 2019
206: Photo Business Wednesday - Send Thank You Cards
Never underestimate the power of a hand written thank you card
February 6, 2019
205: Photo Tips Tuesday - Rent before you Buy
ant a new lens but are scare to spend a lot of money on a lens you have never used? Rent it! I use and love CameraLensRentals.com
February 5, 2019
204: Monday Motivation - Walt Disney
All our dreams can come true if we have the courage to pursue them - Walt Disney
February 4, 2019
202: Photo News Saturday - Keep Jackson Hole Wild
The Jackson Hole Wyoming Tourism Board has created a new geo tag in hopes to keep visitors coming without endangering themselves and the wildlife.
February 2, 2019
201: Photo Assignment - Ground
The ground might be wet or it might be white. Whatever it is, show it off!
February 1, 2019
200: Photo Thoughts Thursday - Refine your Craft
Once you know how to "Take a photo" your job is not over. Continue to learn to hone your craft.
January 31, 2019
199: Photo Business Wednesday - Blogging
What to blog about when you first get started in photography?
January 30, 2019
198: Photo Tip Tuesday - Use More Foreground
Foreground adds interest and can frame your subject in a more pleasing manner
January 29, 2019
197: Monday Motivation - Our Greatest Glory
Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall - Confucius
January 28, 2019
196: Photo History Sunday - The Word Photography
In 1839 Sir John Herschel an english mathematician coined the term photography. Drawing the word from Greek roots. "Photos" meaning light, and "Graphe" meaning, drawing or writing. Together Photography means Drawing with Light.
January 27, 2019
195: Photo News Saturday - New Social Media Photography Ruling
A new york judge ruled that photos posted to social media can not be used to "Illustrate a news article regardless of whether the photo was created for commercial or personal use"
January 26, 2019
194: Photo Assignment Friday - Blue
Blue - With winter here it shouldn't be hard to get a photo of blue. Even if you live in warmer climates you can find and highlight something blue
January 25, 2019
193: Photo Thoughts Thursday - 2 Different Cameras
I use 2 Cameras. 1 for work, 1 for play
January 24, 2019
192: Photo Business Wednesday - The Follow Up
Following up is not rude, it's helpful!
January 23, 2019
191: Photo Tip Tuesday - What Settings To Use?
Don't know what settings to use when shooting manual? Let your camera help you out.
January 22, 2019
190: Monday Motivation - The best and most beautiful things in the world can not be seen
The best and most beautiful things in the world can not be seen or even touched - They must be felt with the heart. Helen Keller
January 21, 2019
189: Photo History Sunday - Dried Potatoes
The invention of color photography was created by 2 brothers and dried potatoes.
January 20, 2019
188: Photo News Saturday - Canon Goes All In on Mirrorless
Canon halts production on EF lenses to focus on the new Mirrorless RF Lens mount
January 19, 2019
187: Photo Assignment Friday - Solitude
Solitude - if you live somewhere where it snows, you may feel like youll never leave the house again. Highlight what solitude means to you. A warm blanket that you cuddle up under. The book you are powering through this winter. The spotless house from nonstop cleaning just to keep you active.
January 18, 2019
186: Photo Thoughts Thursday - Family Yearbook
Creating a family yearbook is a much more fun way to relive the families memories than going through the 70000 photos on your phone.
January 17, 2019
185: Photo Business Wednesday - Luxury
Portrait photography is a luxury, treat your clients like it.
January 16, 2019
184: Photo Tip Tuesday - Backgrounds
Use simple backgrounds to keep the focus on your subject
January 16, 2019
183: Monday motivation - the best preparation for tomorrow
The best preparation for tomorrow is doing your best today
January 14, 2019
182: Photo History Sunday - The first 35mm still camera
The first 35mm still camera was created by oskar barnack when he realized he needed a ton of heavy equipment to take photographs. He created a prototype that used the popular 35mm film used in movie filmmaking. In 1925 the Leitz camera company began selling the portable 35mm camera under the name Leica who is still around today.
January 13, 2019
181: Photo News Saturday - Digitize Old Videos and Photos
Kodak has a new service what will make digitizing your old memories easy!
January 12, 2019
180: Photo Assignment Friday - Fresh Start
Fresh Start. We have rang in a new year. Its time for a fresh start. Maybe you have a new years resolution, maybe you just love the morning sun. Show me your fresh start.
January 11, 2019
179: Photo Thoughts Thursday - Live Photos
Live photos has made photography a much more immersive experience
January 10, 2019
178: Photo Business Wednesday - Video Marketing
Using video in our business can be really beneficial!
January 9, 2019
177: Photo Tip Tuesday - Exposure Compensation
If shooting in an automatic mode like aperture priority, using exposure compensation will help you photograph snow more accurately.
January 8, 2019
176: Monday Motivation - Start Where You Are
"Start where you are. Use what you have. Do what you can" -Arthur Ashe
January 7, 2019
175: Photo History Sunday - 16.2 Trillion Photos
The human race has now taken an estimated 16.2 trillion photographs.
January 6, 2019
174: Photo News Saturday - Digitizing The Time's Photo Archive
Google is working with The New York Times to digitize their entire photo collection.
January 5, 2019
173: Photo Assignment Friday - Something Old
Find something that makes you feel nostalgic today. Document it to show where you came from and where you are.
January 4, 2019
172: Photo Thoughts Thursday - Wasted Potential
Have you ever had an idea for years and wish you took seriously but never did?
January 3, 2019
171: Photo Business Wednesday - Money Management
You are probably shooting less meaning less money is coming in. How do you deal with the unpredictable cash flow?
January 2, 2019
170: Photo Tip Tuesday - Good Memory Cards
Memory Cards are like the Tires on your car.
January 1, 2019
169: Monday Motivation - Never put the key to your happiness in someone else's pocket
"Never put the key to your happiness in someone else's pocket"
December 31, 2018
168: Photo History Sunday - Artistic Women
Latest episode of Daily Photography Briefing
December 30, 2018
167: Photo News Saturday - Documentary Filmmakers
There is an unspoken rule with documentary photographers and thats to not intervene with whats happening in front of the camera
December 29, 2018
166: Photo Assignment Friday - Family
Showcase what makes your family, family
December 28, 2018
165: Photo Thoughts Thursday - Practice Makes Perfect
reflection can enhance growth
December 27, 2018
164: Photo Business Wednesday - Managing Leads
How to manage the people interested in your services!
December 26, 2018
163: Photo Tip Tuesday - HDR
Have you ever taken a photo and realized your subject looks properly exposed but the sky is just pure white, when you know it was vividly blue?
December 25, 2018
Monday Motivation - Life isnt about finding yourself
"Life isnt about finding yourself, Life is about Creating yourself"
December 24, 2018
161: Photo History Sunday - Project Gambit
A look into how photography saved us from entering World War 3
December 23, 2018
160: Photo News Saturday - Don't Leave your gear in your car
This time of year we bring our cameras with us more places. Don't leave your camera in a place for it to get stolen
December 22, 2018
159: Photo Assignment Friday - Cell Phone Only
Take a photo using only your cell phone
December 21, 2018
158: Photo Thoughts Thursday - Share Your Photos
Don't let your holiday photos go forgotten on your memory card. Share them with those you love!
December 20, 2018
157: Photo Business Wednesday - Outsourcing
What's the point of outsourcing? To make you more money!
December 19, 2018
156: Photo Tip Tuesday - GET CLOSER!
There is more than one reason to get closer to your subject!
December 18, 2018
155: Monday Motivation - A river cuts through a rock not because of its power but its persistence.
"A river cuts through a rock not because of its power but its persistence."
December 17, 2018
154: Photo History Sunday - Eadweard Muybridge
Eadweard Muybridge used photography to help settle a bet
December 16, 2018
153: Photo News Saturday - Longest Timelapse From Space
Latest episode of Daily Photography Briefing
December 15, 2018
152: Photo Assignment Friday - Vision
Take time to plan out a photo and put it into motion. How will you achieve your vision?
December 14, 2018
151: Photo Thoughts Thursday - What makes a photo Good?
Looking at some of historys most iconic photos, I descovered a pattern.
December 13, 2018
150: Photo Business Wednesday - Spend Less Money!
Spend time seeing if you can spend less money in your business
December 12, 2018
149: Photo Tip Tuesday - Apple Room
Don't leave more than an apples amount of space above someones head when framing them in a photo.
December 11, 2018
148: Monday Motivation - Don't Say, Just Show
"Don't Talk, Just Act. Don't Say, Just Show. Don't Promise, Just Prove"
December 10, 2018
147: Photo History Sunday - Lewis Hine
Lewis Hine was an american photographer in the early 1900s who helped shape child labor laws
December 9, 2018
146: Photo News Saturday - Instagram Update
Instagram is making your profile less about how many followers you have, and more about making a connection.
December 8, 2018
145: Photo Assignment Friday: Time
Time is the only thing we cant get more of in life.
December 7, 2018
144: Photo Thoughts Thursday: Future AI Photography
I dream of a day when AI will be able to do most of the heavy lifting
December 6, 2018
143: Photo Business Wednesday - Shoot For Free!!
Shoot for free until you cant affort to shoot for free anymore.
December 5, 2018
142: Photo Tip Tuesday: Editing On The Go
Dont wait to get home to edit the perfect shot! Use what you have!
December 4, 2018
141: Monday Motivation - With The New Day Comes New Strength
"With the new day comes new strength and thoughts" -Elanor Roosevelt
December 3, 2018
140: Photo History Sunday - Julia Margaret Cameron
Julia Margaret Cameron is credited as making a huge impact on the development of modern photography.
September 30, 2018
139: Photo News Saturday - No Photo Is Worth Dying For
With a string of photography related deaths, I want to take a moment to remind you that no photo is worth dying for.
September 29, 2018
138: Photo Assignment Friday - Peaceful
Find and photograph your peaceful place today
September 28, 2018
137: Photo Thoughts Thursday - A Flute, A Camera, and a Plunger
What does a Flute, a Camera, and a Plunger have in common?
September 27, 2018
136: Photo Business Wednesday - Referral Marketing
Try to partner with local shops your clients love to shop at to partner your services with them.
September 26, 2018
135: Photo Tup Tuesday - Hero
Find a hero and your photo will stand out
September 25, 2018
134: Monday Motivation - Set Goals
"Life only takes meaning when you become motivated. Set goals and charge after them in an unstoppable manner"
September 24, 2018
133: Photo History Sunday - The Kodak Digital Camera
Most people don't know that Kodak invented the first Digital Camera
September 23, 2018
132: Photo News Saturday - Canon EOS R
Canon announced it's entry into the full frame mirrorless market with its EOS R
September 22, 2018
131: Photo Assignment Friday - Nature
Find something that you find beautiful or interesting in nature and showcase it in a photograph.
September 21, 2018
130: Photo Thoughts Thursday - Powerful Story Telling Tool
Think back to some of the most iconic images. What makes them so powerful?
September 20, 2018
129: Photo Business Wednesday - Referrals
How you can maximize referrals for your photography business
September 19, 2018
128: Photo Tip Tuesday - Expensive Gear
What makes your photograph a success is not the quality of your lens but the moment happening beyond it
September 18, 2018
127 Monday Motivation - Don't Miss Out
"Don't miss out on something that could be great just because it could also be difficult"
September 17, 2018
126: Photo History Sunday - Lewis Carrol
Lewis Carrol, the well known author of Alice in wonderland was also a well known photographer
September 16, 2018
125: Photo News Saturday -Free Photo Editing Class frm Apple
The Tech Giant offers free editing classes
September 15, 2018
124: Photo Assignment Friday - Weather
Find something interesting about the weather today
September 14, 2018
123: Photo Thoughts Thursday - 365 Project
Have you ever done a 365 project?
September 13, 2018
122: Photo Business Wednesday - Unhappy Clients
What will you do if you have an unhappy client?
September 12, 2018
121: Photo Tip Tuesday - Dual Card Slots
Use small memory cards if your camera does not have dual card slots to protect yourself aginst card failure.
September 11, 2018
120: Monday Motivation - Adjust Your Sails
"When you can't change the direction of the wind, adjust your sails"
September 10, 2018
119: Photo History Sunday - Anna Atkins
Anna Atkins is credited as being the first female photographer
September 9, 2018
118: Photo News Saturday - Nikon z6 and z7
Nikon announces its z6 and z7 Mirrorless cameras
September 8, 2018
117: Photo Assignment Friday - Pattern
Patterns are everywhere. Find one today and show it off!
September 7, 2018
116: Photo Thoughts Thursday - A World Without Photography
With how ingraned it is in our culture its hard to imagine a world without photography
September 6, 2018
115: Photo Business Wednesday - Less Steps
If there is one process you should make as seamless as possible its the one where you get paid.
September 5, 2018
114: Photo Tip Tuesday - Be Selective
Be more Selective, Save more time!
September 4, 2018
113: Monday Motivation - You Only Truly Fail When You Stop
"You only truly fail when you stop trying" -Unknown
September 3, 2018
112: Photo History Sunday - Photography Competition
Competition is not new when it comes to the world of photography.
September 2, 2018
111: LIGHTROOM SATURDAY - Organize your Screen
Don't let the tools you don't use get in the way, hide them!
September 1, 2018
110: Photo Assignment Friday - The Eyes
The eyes are the most compelling part of a persons face
August 31, 2018
109: Photo Thoughts Thursday - Marry a Photographer
"If someone just followed you around and took amazing pictures of you, you'd marry them."
August 30, 2018
108:Photo Business Wednesday-Work Backward 2 Find the Answer
Knowing what you need to make will help you work backwards to find out how much you should shoot and how much to charge.
August 29, 2018
107: Photo Tip Tuesday - Good Tripod
A Good Tripod is worth its weight in gold. And if you buy it right, you only have to buy it once.
August 28, 2018
106: Monday Motivation - Don't Be Afraid to Fail
"Don't be afraid to fail, be afraid not to try" -Unknown
August 27, 2018
105: Photo History Sunday - Military Intel
How George N Barnard used photography to create Military Intel
August 26, 2018
104: LIGHTROOM SATURDAY - Fine Tuning
You don't always have to use your mouse to drag your adjustment sliders. Use your keyboard!
August 25, 2018
103: Photo Assignment Friday - The Sky
Look up at the sky and create an interesting composition
August 24, 2018
102: Photo Thoughts Thursday - Photography is boring
Photography only delights 1 of our 5 senses.
August 23, 2018
101: Photo Business Thursday - Price Structure
Price structure and options are incredibly important to have a successful photo business.
August 22, 2018
099: Monday Motivation - Waiting for the storm to pass
"Life is not about waiting for the storm to pass but learning to dance in the rain" -Unknown
August 20, 2018
098: Photo History Sunday - American Railways
As America grew, photographers were needed to help popularize the new railways to promote more growth
August 19, 2018
097: LIGHTROOM SATURDAY - Sync Settings
Sync Settings to speed up your edting and add consistency
August 18, 2018
096: Photo Assignment Friday - Selfie
Self Portraits are incredibly important as they are a record of who you are at a given time. Add some context to boost their power!
August 17, 2018
095: Photo Thoughts Thursday - Luck and Serendipity
You can be the best photographer in the world but unless you have a little luck and serendipity on your side it might not matter.
August 16, 2018
094: Photo Business Wednesday - Bundling
Bundle Products and Servies to give your clients what they want and to increse revanue
August 15, 2018
093: Photo Tip Tuesday - Preparation
The best gear doesn't matter if you are not in the action
August 14, 2018
092: Monday Motivation - The Mind Is Everything
"The mind is everything. What you think, you become" -Unknown
August 13, 2018
091: Photo History Sunday - First Self Portrait
Hugh Lee Pattinson was an English industrial chemist and photographer
August 12, 2018
090: LIGHTROOM SATURDAY - Immerse yourself
Immersing yourself in your edit helps you focus and make better decisions.
August 11, 2018
089: Photo Assignment Friday - 1 Street 1 Hour
Learn to make up stories of your subjects today before you photograph them, to give them more life
August 10, 2018
088: Photo Thoughts Thursday - What to do with your photos
I wonder what we will do with all the thousands of digital photos we take. Can you do me a favor? Shoot the podcast a message on instagram and tell me what you do with your photos after you have taken them!
August 9, 2018
087: Photo Business Wednesday - CEO Day
Ask yourself the questions to get to where you want to go in your photography business
August 8, 2018
086: Photo Tip Tuesday - Cameras are Rugged
Your camera is not a baby! Take it with you places!
August 7, 2018
085: Monday Motivation - Jim Rohn
"Either you run the day or the day runs you" -Jim Rohn
August 6, 2018
084: Photo History Sunday - The Importance of Polaroid
Polaroids were used for way more than just home use. They were a staple in professional photography as well.
August 5, 2018
083: Lightroom Saturday - Compare
Lightroom Saturday has taken over in August! Todays tip is how you can compare similar photos when culling.
August 4, 2018
082: Photo Assignment Friday - High Key
What is High Key? How can you use it?
August 3, 2018
081: Photo Thoughts Thursday - Education > Quality
Today I talk about how your clients perceive photography and how you can use that to your advantage.
August 2, 2018
080: Photo Business Wednesday - Client Process
Write down your client process to ensure your clients are delivered a consistant experiance every time!
August 1, 2018
079: Photo Tip Tuesday - Large Vs Small Memory Cards
Today we talk about the pros and cons of shooting with high and low capacity memory cards in your camera
July 31, 2018
078: Monday Motivation - Karen Salmansohn
"Don"t wait until you reach your goal to be proud of yourself. Be proud of every step you take" -Karen Salmansohn
July 30, 2018
077: Photo History Sunday - The Polaroid
Today I share how Dr. Edwin Land invented the Polaroid
July 29, 2018
076: Photo News Saturday - Trip to NASA!?
NASA unveiled a new program for Social Media Savy Photographers to come into their facilitys to capture and share their love of space exploration!
July 28, 2018
075: Photo Assignment Friday - The Ground
We don't pay enough attention to the ground. Try to find something interesting on it today!
July 27, 2018
074: Photo Thoughts Thursday - the Treadmill
People don't buy Treadmills. They buy Vanity. People don't buy photographs. They buy the memories.
July 26, 2018
073: Photo Business Wednesday - Advertising
The power of advertising your photography
July 25, 2018
072: Photo Tip Tuesday: ISO
The basics of ISO and how to utilize it
July 24, 2018
071: Monday Motivation - F Scott Fitzgerald
"Never confuse a single defeat with a final defeat" -F Scott Fitzgerald
July 23, 2018
070: Photo History Sunday - The Flashlight Technique
German born photographer Reinhold Thiele is at it again when he invented the "Flashlight Technique"
July 22, 2018
069: Photo News Saturday - Photoshop on the iPad!
Abobe is reportedly working on a full version of photoshop to bring to the iPad.
July 21, 2018
068: Photo Assignment Friday - 10 Photos
Keep asking yourself "How can this photo be improved" 10 times. Your progress will astonish you!
July 20, 2018
067: Photo Thoughts Thursday - Slowing Down
The theme of slowing down seems to come up time and time again with successful photographers. Today I expand on that and try to figure out how to be more mindful of my speed when shooting.
July 19, 2018
066: Photo Business Wednesday - Customer Service
Strong customer service is what will get you referals and strong reviews!
July 18, 2018
065: Photo Tip Tuesday - Camera Bags!
A good camera bag can hold all of your gear so don't cheap out on a low quality bag.
July 17, 2018
064: Monday Motivation - Brian Tracy
"A clear vision, backed by definite plans, gives you a tremendous feeling of confidence and personal power" -Brian Tracy
July 16, 2018
063: Photo History Sunday - Reinhold Thiele
Reinhold Thiele is credited as one of the first photo journalists.
July 15, 2018
062: Photo News Saturday - Canon and Nikon Mirrorless?
Rumor mills have been abuzz with talk of new mirrorless cameras from the two camera giants.
July 14, 2018
061: Photo Assignment Friday - Work
Take a photo of your work today and upload it to instagram with #BPP365
July 13, 2018
060: Photo Thoughts Thursday - No Camera, Better Memory
I didn't bring my camera to the park when I went to play with my kids, and the light was perfect. I thought I had made a mistake but it turned out for the best!
July 12, 2018
059: Photo Business Wednesday - What To Charge
When Starting out, you need to know how much to charge! This simple formula will help you get started!
July 11, 2018
BPB:058 - Photo Tip Tuesday - Perspective
Perspective can change the feel of your photo. If your most willing subjects in front of the camera are your pets or children, get down on their level!
July 10, 2018
BPB:057 Monday Motivation - Comfort Zone
"Life Begins At The End of Your Comfort Zone" -Unknown
July 9, 2018
BPB:056 Photo History Sunday - The Calotype
Today I talk about Fox Talbot, the inventor of negitive photography which paved the way for film
July 8, 2018
BPB:055 Photo News Saturday - New Planet
The first photos of a new planet being formed has been captured!
July 7, 2018
BPB:054 Photo Assignment Friday: Backlit
Take a photo today of a subject backlit! Then upload it to instagram with the #BPP365
July 6, 2018
BPB:053 Photo Thoughts Thursday - Leave the camera at home!
I talk about a recent trip I had and how I decided which cameras to bring.
July 5, 2018
BPB:052 Photo Business Wednesday - Taking time off
Happy 4th of July! It's important to find a way to take time off without feeling guilty.
July 4, 2018
BPB:051 Photo Tip Tuesday - Boring Photos
Don't be scared to take boring photos. Sometimes the creativity needs to be warmed up!
July 3, 2018
BPP365:050 Monday Motivation - George Bernard Shaw
"Don't wait for the right opportunity. Create it." -George Bernard Shaw
July 2, 2018
BPP365:049 Photo History Sunday - The Birth of 35mm Film
Did you know Thomas Edison not only helped light our homes, but light our hearts with memories when he invented 35mm film.
July 1, 2018
BPP365:047 Photo Assignment Friday - Water
We may not all live near water, but we all use water. Photograph how you use and appreciate water today and post your photo to instagram with #BPP365
June 29, 2018
BPP365:046 Photo Thoughts Thurdsday
Today I share a tip on making photography more important in your life.
June 28, 2018
BPP365:048 Photo News Saturday - New Taxes!
The news that online retailers can now charge sales tax even if you are out of state and how it will affect your buying decisions!
June 28, 2018
BPP365:045 Photo Business Wednesday
A new segment where I share tips I have learned to running a successful photography business.
June 27, 2018
BPP365:044 Photo Tip Tuesday - Slow Down
Today's tip, try to me more intentional with your photos.
June 26, 2018
BPP043: Monday Motivation - Stephen Covey
"I am not a product of my circumstances. I am a product of my Decisions" -Stephen Covey
June 25, 2018
BPP365:042 Photo History Sunday - Paparazzi
Where did the term Paparazzi come from?
June 24, 2018
BPP365:041 Photo News Saturday - Leica Watch?
Everyone is getting into the watch game, including one of the most well known and established camera manufacturers.
June 23, 2018
BPP354:040 Photo Assignment Friday - Landscape or Portrait
Take a photo of an object in both portrait and landscape orentation today and upload it to Instagram using #BPP365
June 22, 2018
BPP:039 Photo Thoughts Thursday - Shooting Film
Today I share some thoughts on shooting film and the power behind it.
June 21, 2018
BPP365:038 Whats Your Why Wednesday
Today I share MY why. Why I love photography! I also share a fun fact about this weeks guest Brian Rodgers Jr.
June 20, 2018
BPP365:037 Photo Tip Tuesday - Depth of Field
Today I share why having a shallow depth of field isnt always the right choice.
June 19, 2018
BPP365:036 Monday Motivation - Good, Better, Best
Todays Motivational Inspirational Quote "Good, Better, Best. Never let it rest 'til your good it better, and your better is best." -St. Jerome
June 19, 2018
BPP365:035 Photo History Sunday: Photos In The News
Did you know newspapers use to carve photos into blocks of wood and stamp them?
June 17, 2018
BPP365:034 Photo News Saturday: Ektachrome
Kodak announced that it will be bringing back its Ektachrome film stock 6 years after discontinuing it due the lack of film sales from the explosion in digital photography popularity.
June 16, 2018
BPP365:033 Photo Assignment Friday
Take a photo of something close up today and upload it to Instagram using #BPP365
June 15, 2018
BPP365:031 Whats your Why Wednesday: Cammie
Today Cammie shares why she loves photography.
June 13, 2018
BPP365:030 Photo Tip Tuesday: Visualize
The power of visualization and the questions to ask yourself before a shoot!
June 12, 2018
BPP365:029 Monday Motivation
"You will never find time for anything. If you want time you must make it." -Charles Buxton
June 11, 2018
BPP365:028 Photo History Sunday - Glass House's
Why The Earliest Photography Studios Were Made Out of Glass
June 10, 2018
BPP365:027 Photo News Saturday: Apples Push for AR
This week Apple unvaled some cool new features for its Photos App but what is more exciting is its push for Augmented reality!
June 9, 2018
BPP365:026 Photo Assignment Friday - Artistic Color
Take a photo of your favorite color today and upload it to instagram using #BPP365
June 8, 2018
BPP365:025 Photo Q&A Thursday - TTL Flash off camera
Brian from Louisiana asks about using TTL mode on his Flash Off camera
June 7, 2018
BPP365:024 What's Your Why - Michael from Texas
Why Michael loves Photography
June 6, 2018
BPP365:023 Photo Tip Tuesday - Strong Foreground
When you show up to a location that is less than ideal, strong foreground can save the day!
June 5, 2018
BPP365:022 Monday Motivation - Gandhi
In a gentle way, you can shake the world -Gandhi www.BeginnerPhotographyPodcast.com
June 4, 2018
BPP365:021 Photo History Sunday - Cameras for Painters
Today I share why painters of all people were the #1 purchaser of cameras in the mid 1800s
June 3, 2018
BPP365:020 Photo News Saturday - Photo Thief!
Hear how a photographers Chelsea & Tony Northrup had a photo stolen and took the case to court. Join the free Beginner Photography Podcast video course to become a better photographer over at www.BeginnerPhotographyPodcast.com
June 2, 2018
BPP365:019 Photo Assignment Friday - Movement
Today take a photo of Movement and then share it to Instagram with #BPP365 Join the free Beginner Photography Podcast video course to become a better photographer over at www.BeginnerPhotographyPodcast.com
June 1, 2018
BPP365:018 Q&A Thursday - Photography Insurance?
Today I answer Andrews question about having photography insurance. Join the free Beginner Photography Podcast video course to become a better photographer over at www.BeginnerPhotographyPodcast.com
May 31, 2018
BPP365: 017 What's Your Why Wednesday - Amanda Farrey
Why does Amanda love Photography? Join the free Beginner Photography Podcast video course to become a better photographer over at www.BeginnerPhotographyPodcast.com
May 30, 2018
BPP365:016 Photo Tip Tuesday : Memory Cards
The importance of not skimping out on a memory card!
May 29, 2018
BPP365:015 Monday Motivation : Helen Keller
The best and most beautiful things in the world can not be seen or even touched - They must be felt with the heart. -Helen Keller
May 28, 2018
BPP365:014 Photo History Sunday : Slow Lenses
Today we talk about the struggle early photographers faced with such slow lenses.
May 27, 2018
BPP365:013 Photo News Saturday
Powerful AI camera Technology
May 26, 2018
BPP365:012 Photo Assignment Friday : Portrait
Today, Take a portrait of yourself feeling strong. Then share it to Instagram with #BPP365
May 25, 2018
BPP365:011 Photo Q&A Thursday
Whats the deal with Lens Filters? - Erika
May 24, 2018
BPP365:010 Whats Your Why Wednesday!
Why does Jesus love photography?
May 23, 2018
BPP365:009 Photo Tip Tuesday
The Importance of Foreground in your Images
May 22, 2018
BPP365:008 Monday Motivation
We may encounter many defeats, but we must not be defeated! -Maya Angelou
May 21, 2018
BPP365:007 Photo History Sunday
The Invention of the Daguerreotype
May 20, 2018
BPP365:006 Photo News Saturday
Wedding Photographer Falls into the Ocean Shooting a Wedding!
May 19, 2018
BPP365:005 Photo Assignment Friday
A Simple Landscape
May 18, 2018
BPP365:004 Photo Q&A Thursday
Should you display your prices on your website or not?
May 17, 2018
BPP365:003 What's Your Why Wednesday
Why do you love photography?
May 17, 2018
BPP365:001 Monday Motivation
The best preperation for tomorrow is doing your best today. -H. Jackson Brown JR
May 16, 2018
BPP365:002 Photo Tip Tuesday
Today I share the importance of simple backgrounds
May 16, 2018
BPP365: The Introduction
The introduction of the daily edition of the Beginner Photography Podcast
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Occupational safety inspectors have launched an investigation into the death of a 31-year-old Cirque du Soleil performer who fell to her death Saturday night during the climactic closing scene in "Ka," when the stage is raised vertically and combatants wearing harnesses move about on cables.
A Nevada OSHA spokeswoman and an official with Cirque du Soleil said Monday that they would not predict when the investigation would be completed. The show is dark at least through July 9.
Sarah Guyard-Guillot, a mother of two children ages 8 and 5, was performing in the 7 p.m. show Saturday at MGM Grand when she fell an estimated 50 feet to a pit below the stage and out of the audience's view. Her anguished cries and moans were heard throughout the hushed theater as the performance was halted. Fellow performers watched helplessly from above before being lowered to the ground, and the audience was ushered out. She was pronounced dead at 11:43 p.m. at University Medical Center.
A tribute and memorial website, ForSasoun.com, has been flooded with condolences and reflections for Guyard-Guillot, who was known as Sasoun and had coached at a Cirque du Soleil acrobatics school earlier in the day. One comment read, "Sarah, you were a blessing wrapped in angel wings with the heart of gold. May you know how much love surrounds you still. Your aerials are dreams to millions of watchers, and you touched our souls. You will be greatly missed. My heart is broken for your family and friends. Spread your wings and fly."
Another read, "I can't believe I'll never again see your smiling face behind that mask of warrior paint. Or hear your infectious laugh. I will dearly miss your sky-high platforms, clunking into dressing room D, making those child-sized flared jeans look a foot longer. I will miss you asking me clarification about English cuss words so you could more effectively banter with Julie and Zula. Most of all, I will miss your unbreakable spirit. You were, and always in my heart will be, among the most badass of badasses. The tiny, hard-bodied girl who kept the boys in Climb at the top of their game. If I ever grow to be half the badass that I knew you to be, I can pass into the unknown a happy girl. So much love forever."
Guyard-Guillot was born in Paris and had spent more than 22 years as an acrobatic performer. She was a graduate of Annie Fratellini Art & Circus Academy, named for the famed French circus clown and actress. The official website for Cirqeufit acrobatics school in Las Vegas, where Guyard-Guillot served as a coach, said she was an acrobatic and aerialist specialist. She was hired by "Ka" as the production opened at MGM Grand in 2006.
It is the first reported death from an accident onstage in Cirque's history. The company was founded in 1984.
According to reports from audience members, the incident occurred Saturday night during the latter stages of the production at MGM Grand. Guyard-Guillot was one of the artists suspended by a wire from the show's vertical stage in the show-closing Final Battle scene. As she ascended to the top of the stage, she slipped free of her safety wire and dropped to the open, unseen pit below the performers.
After the incident, one eyewitness seated in the middle of the audience and just a few rows from the lip of the stage said Guyard-Guillot dropped from the left side of the set (or on the right side, as audience members face the production) over a distance of at least 50 feet. Later, audience members said she fell from a far greater distance, possibly up to 100 feet.
In the Final Battle act, performers wear harnesses that are clipped to cables, and that apparatus is designed to keep them in position and bounce along the stage. Guyard-Guillot was reportedly still in her harness when she fell from the stage. One witness said she cartwheeled during the long plummet.
The show momentarily continued, but then the music halted, and the performer's screams and groans could be heard from below the stage.
"(The artist) was being hoisted up the side of the stage and then just plummeted down," said Dan Mosqueda, visiting with his wife and 10-year-old son from Colorado Springs, Colo. "Initially, a lot of people in the audience thought it was part of the choreographed fight. But you could hear screaming, then groaning, and we could hear a female artist crying from the stage." Mosqueda's wife, Annie, has a background in theater and tweeted about the incident soon after it occurred.
Minutes after the artist's fall, a recorded announcement was played on the theater's sound system informing ticket-buyers that refunds or vouchers to future shows would be offered to those in the audience, and the crowd was dismissed.
Cirque released a statement Sunday afternoon: "The entire Cirque du Soleil family is deeply saddened by the accidental death of Sarah (Sassoon) Guyard, artist on the production 'Ka,' that happened on Saturday, June 29, in Las Vegas. The artist's immediate family has been informed of the accident. Our thoughts are with her family and the entire Cirque du Soleil family.
"We have been working with the appropriate authorities and have offered our full cooperation. Performances of 'Ka' will be canceled until further notice."
Cirque du Soleil founder Guy Laliberte said: "I am heartbroken. I wish to extend my sincerest sympathies to the family. We are all completely devastated with this news. Sassoon was an artist with the original cast of 'Ka' since 2006 and has been an integral part of our Cirque du Soleil tight family. We are reminded, with great humility and respect, how extraordinary our artists are each and every night. Our focus now is to support each other as a family."
MGM Resorts International, Cirque's artistic and business partner in Las Vegas, said in a statement:
"Our company is deeply saddened by the loss of one of the talented 'Ka' artists Saturday night. The thoughts and prayers of our employees are with the performer's family, the cast of 'Ka' and the entire Cirque family during this difficult time."
It was the second time in less than a week that a Cirque show on the Strip was halted for an accident involving one of its artists.
On Wednesday night, a performer in one of the final preview performances of "Michael Jackson One" at Mandalay Bay suffered a mild concussion after slipping through the slack rope in the show's "Stranger in Moscow" scene, missing the protective pad below the act and landing hard upon the stage. That performer is expected to return to the show.
Two artists in "Zumanity" at New York-New York were seriously injured in an onstage fall in November 2007. The tragic "Ka" incident coincided with the celebration of the celebrity-laden world premiere of "Michael Jackson One" at Mandalay Bay, which drew top officials from Cirque .
During the red-carpet walk before the 7 p.m. premiere performance of "Michael Jackson One," Cirque President Daniel Lamarre was asked about the danger the company's artists face. He also said the reason Cirque does not release names of artists injured onstage is so officials can first notify their families when such an incident occurs.
"The one thing that people maybe don't realize is how hurt we are when something like that happens," Lamarre said, standing just a few feet off the red carpet. "It's almost like a family member. We are protective of the artist, first and foremost, and keep focus on the artist."
Guyard-Guillot's passion for her craft was in step with those of the city's most imaginative and successful artistic company. One of her posts on her Facebook page is a quote shared on International Working Women's Day. It reads: "Dream the dreams that have never been dreamt."
Sun reporter Ed Komenda contributed to this report.
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North Dakota: Banking on the Locals
Video: David Brancaccio visits a bank that is invested in its community.
Fixing the Future is a one-hour PBS special, developed in collaboration with YES! Magazine, that profiles people and communities using innovative approaches to create jobs and build sustainable prosperity in our new economy.
In this segment, host David Brancaccio visits North Dakota to see how Bremer Bank is helping its customers survive and thrive in tough times by lending locally and giving grants to the community.
- : David Korten and David Brancaccio discuss what economic transformation has to do with building stronger, happier communities.
- : When we recognize that money is simply credit, we can unleash it as a powerful tool for our communities.
- : The momentum toward creating state-owned banks is increasing as more states look for ways to bypass Wall Street, balance their budgets, and get local economies moving.


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I think I started something fierce and that is the tutorial creation of various Hunger Games character drawn in chibi form. Up next I will fill another request made by more than five members, and that is "how to draw chibi Peeta", step by step. I know how popular Hunger Games is, and is going to be when it is released in theaters. There is a few actors that I recognize who will be playing the parts of Katniss, Peeta, and Gale, but other than that, your guess is as good as mine. Anyways, this chibi version of Peeta came out to be pretty cute and sweet and I really like how he came out. Whenever I draw chibi characters, I try my hardest to make sure that the chibi version of the person I am drawing has some kind of trait of the real deal individual. Nonetheless I think you will enjoy drawing chibi Peeta, and who knows maybe I will do Gale Hawthorne next. For now have fun, and enjoy. Make sure to leave comments and ratings as well.
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SpaceX Cargo Run to Space Station is a Go for May 7
After several delays to its launch dates, SpaceX said Wednesday that it will launch the first privately funded spacecraft on a mission to rendezvous with the International Space Station on May 7.
In what will be the second demonstration launch for SpaceX in NASA's Commercial Orbital Transportation Services (COTS) program, a Falcon 9 rocket carrying a Dragon capsule with cargo for the ISS is scheduled to lift off from Space Launch Complex 40 at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida at 9:38 a.m. Eastern time. Once in orbit, the automated Dragon capsule will berth with the ISS if it passes a systems check.
"NASA and the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station have approved SpaceX's request to set May 7 as the target launch date for the upcoming COTS 2 mission," a SpaceX spokesperson said.
The unmanned test flight was originally scheduled for April 30, then pushed back to May 3 before NASA and SpaceX settled on a date a few days later in May. SpaceX, run by PayPal and Tesla Motors co-founder Elon Musk (pictured), plans to conduct manned flights to ISS by 2015 as part of NASA's Commercial Crew Development (CCDev) program.
Crew aboard the ISS will use the space station's robotic arm to dock the capsule, which will be carrying about 1,150 pounds of cargo for delivery to the orbiting lab. Then the SpaceX Dragon is supposed to take on a 1,455-pound payload to bring back to Earth.
Since ending its storied space shuttle program last year, NASA and other international space programs have relied on the Russian space agency to ferry crew to the orbiting space lab. Seeking alternatives, NASA has been working with private companies like Hawthorne, Calif.-based SpaceX to develop commercial spaceflight for manned missions and space exploration ventures conducted by robotic probes.
SpaceX has both COTS and CCDev contracts with NASA to develop an astronaut ferry service to the ISS. The company conducted its first COTS Demo Flight 1 mission a little more than a year ago, launching a Dragon C1 capsule atop a Falcon 9 rocket on Dec. 8, 2010, inserting the Dragon C1 into orbit, and recovering the capsule to become the first privately funded company to successfully complete the orbital insertion and recovery of a spacecraft.
Musk, who serves as the company's chief executive, co-founded SpaceX with Tom Mueller in 2002. SpaceX received its first contract with NASA in 2006. SpaceX has conducted several successful launches of its Falcon 1 and Falcon 9 space boosters, including missions to insert satellites into orbit around Earth.
NASA's COTS and CCDev programs are not the only initiatives in a race to develop privately funded means of space travel. Earlier this week, noted commercial spaceflight advocates Peter Diamandis said Eric Anderson introduced Planetary Resources, a Bellvue, Wash.-based company pursuing the ambitious goal of mining asteroids for water, precious metals, and other resources.
Planetary Resources plans to launch its first spacecraft within 24 months, a fleet of telescopes that will search for near-Earth asteroids with the right makeup and location to serve as targets for prospecting operations. A few years later, co-founders Diamandis and Anderson say they'll send another wave of robotic prospecting probes to likely targets, and finally, send a fleet of spacecraft capable of extracting material from asteroids to 20 or more space rocks.
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btw #build keynote. he connected his phone to a screen, and is using it as a pc using BT mouse and keyboard
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Each time a Scout advances in rank, he should be recognized on two occasions. The first should occur as soon as possible after a Scout has been approved by a board of review and an Advancement Report has been filed with the council office - preferably at the next unit meeting. This ceremony should be dignified but simple, involving not much more than presenting the Scout with his new badge of rank.
The second occasion is a court of honor, a public ceremony to recognize Scouts for successful achievement and to describe the importance of the program. The main purposes of the court of honor are to furnish formal recognition for achievement and to provide incentive for other Scouts to advance.
Formal courts of honor should be conducted at least four times a year. All Scouts who have advanced since the previous court of honor are honored. Their parents and friends should be invited to attend the ceremony.
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You might remember Slate from this earlier version of their cards that we produced in 2010. Years have passed, but they still know how to design a beautiful card using multiple processes; this latest version incorporates foil, letterpress, and a peekaboo die cut. A white foil was used on both sides of Mohawk Via Vellum Cyan 80# cover. A separate sheet of Crane Lettra Flo White 90# cover stock was letterpress printed with black ink before receiving an interior circle die cut. Now for the fun part: after all the printing and die cutting was completed the stocks were custom duplexed, allowing the foil "S" to show through the peekaboo die cut.


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News and Views from the big show in Detroit
We're in Detroit this weekend once again, roaming the show floor of the 61st Annual Autorama, which is celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Ridler award. As usual, there is no shortage of amazing cars and more to see. Here's a look at some of what we've run across while walking the Autorama show floor.
Modern Day Highboy
The Detroit Autorama is filled with all sizes and shaped of hot rods but this '32 Ford highboy roadster in two-tone green is a great example of a modern hot rod.
Chuck Miller of New Boston, Michigan. And you thought hot rods were only in the States! The roadster is filled with a small-block Chevy topped with a tri-power carb set. Rolling stokc consists of Coker wide whites on painted steelies with caps and trim rings. Th highboy features the stock '32 gas tank location outack but along with '37 Chevy taillights. Note the two-tone green interior features a '40 Ford steering wheel.
Gene Winfield Chop Shop – What does it take to chop a top
Legendary customizer Gene Winfield is present at the 61st Detroit Autorama as well as seven other events for the express purpose of showing hot rodder what it takes to jump into chopping a top.
In the Basement you will find plenty of traditional rods but clearly the focus of attention for many is the top chop exercise by Winfield. He is lowering the lid on a '39 Chevy coupe belonging to Russ Springborn of Howell, Michigan. Winfield tells us it will take the weekend to do the work but as you can see here great strides were made on Friday.
Motorcity Mavens 2013 Art Panel Jam & Charity Auction Tribute Guitar
Each year the Detroit Autorama hosts the Motorcity Mavens Auto Art Panel & Charity Auction that raises much needed money for the LeaderDogs for the blind.
This year a Les Paul model guitar was donated by the Gibson Guitar's Gibson Foundation and all of the gold plated hardware was donated by Advanced Plating (Nashville, TN) along with the pinstriping by Rick Harris. The auction raises tens of thousands of dollars for this worthwhile charity. The tribute guitar was made to honor Bob 'JR' Larivee who was a driving force behind the Autorama who passed away last year.
Jim Smith of Troy, Michigan was the winning bidder with a total of $1,950.00 to take home this incredible example of a customized Les Paul guitar.


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I am trying to copy a file from one machine to another machine via ssh. Both machines are Ubuntu servers. Both machines have exchaged keys so that they can log into each other without passwords.
The command I have looks like this (details changed for privacy, of course):
scp -i /var/www/place/.ssh/id_rsa file.tar.gz email@example.com:directoryName/file.tar.gz
However, every time I run it, I get this error:
Could not create directory '/var/www/.ssh'.
Host key verification failed.
lost connection
It seems like the
scp command is trying to create a directory called
.ssh one level up from
What's going on here? Does scp need to create some kind of temporary directory in order to execute?
The user account that is running the command has read/write permissions within /var/www/place, but not /var/www, so how do I get this scp command to run?
(Please be aware I am not very experienced with Linux command line stuff, so please make answers verbose and simple. Thanks for your understanding.)


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My husband and I are taking this hippie thing a bit too far, and it really stinks.
For his Big Huge Oh My Gosh 30th birthday party (me = cougar), I'm transforming our home into 1970, complete with macrame plant holders, a bean bag-chair takeover, hookahs, black lights, lava lamps, more fondu than the Melting Pot's mom, and oh-so-much hair.
Yes, for the special occasion, and to prove he has probably finally hit puberty, the birthday boy is growing out his hair (read: trying very hard; he's Irish and patchy). But it turns out, this endeavor is riddled with hazards. He strained his neck last week flipping his Bieber bangs off his face. And a recent neck-fuzz cleanup somehow resulted in something we thought might be an ingrown hair gone goiter. But, honestly, we didn't know what was going on.
Our dueling hair cultivation (mine a little less socially acceptable but necessary to keep relational balance) has taught us a few things. First, everyone at Woodstock must have been itchy and sweaty, and second, skin is super complex.
To better understand the bumps, clogged pores and complexities of the body's biggest organ, I recently paid a visit to Lafayette's new studio, The Acne Lab, 101 E. Chester St.
The Acne Lab specializes in the treatment of acne on the face and body for men and women of all ages. Acne, once thought of as one of the bonuses of puberty, can actually become active for the first time or reappear as an adult, whether as an isolated spot, such as my poor hubby's neck, or more widespread.
That's what happened to Corinne Kingery, esthetician and owner of The Acne Lab, in her early 20s. She says she struggled for years with persistent and significant acne that didn't respond to any treatment, ultimately leading her to take an "extremely toxic isotretinoin" called Accutane, she says.
Now a mom, and knowing acne tendencies are hereditary, Kingery didn't want other people to have to subject their bodies to the risks and frequent blood tests that came along with her treatment.
The Acne Lab's approach: You don't need antibiotics, isotretinoins, retinoids or other harsh prescriptions, lasers, abrasive chemical peels, microdermabrasions or some sort of miracle in a bottle to treat acne.
You need education, diligence and simple, proven products, she says.
The Acne Lab trains clients to be their own skin-care experts, Kingery says. She teaches clients how to use products with well-known ingredients — with no pore-clogging fillers, which are surprisingly more prevalent than you'd expect, even in supposed gentle, non-comedogenic and oil-free products. And she regularly meets with clients to carefully change the skin-care products over time so the skin doesn't get used to it, eliminating effectiveness.
Her model: The Face Reality Acne Clinic in California, which is based off the teachings of renowned dermatologist James E. Fulton Jr. (drjamesfulton.com), who formulated Retin-A and reformulated benzoyl peroxide, an instrumental ingredient in acne-treatment products. Face Reality is nearly always successful if clients follow their home-care routines, Kingery says.
As she explained it to me (wish I knew this when I was 11), the cause of acne is simple and always the same: Your cells exfoliate too quickly, and your skin can't keep up.
Effective products do that for your skin. The trick is knowing how to use them right.
This means knowing what you're putting on your skin, so you're not inadvertently rubbing the extremely pore-clogging isopropyl myristate on your face and thereby negating the otherwise helpful benzoyl peroxide (as in a bottle of Clearasil Daily Clear Vanishing Acne Treatment Cream).
"Why would anyone look at this and know what they're reading? It's completely foreign," Kingery says. "The world of Boulder, in particular, has this new-found ability to read labels that nobody else on the planet seems to have. We can pick up a food label and we know some seriously good stuff about it. This is the next level. For people who have skin that it matters, we need to become product experts."
It also means dispelling a lot of myths: Chocolate and fast food cause acne, for example.
According to Kingery, a poor diet can cause the body to become unbalanced, which can affect its ability to fight infection and minimize inflammation — which can increase the duration and severity of the acne. Processed food contains iodides, which contribute to acne, but the food itself is not the cause, she says.
Here are a few more things I learned at The Acne Lab:
Treat inflamed acne with ice for two to three minutes, after washing and before applying products.
Know your ingredients, even in dermatologist-recommended products. For example, Retin-A cream is made with isopropyl myristate as its third ingredient, which ranks a five-of-five on a scale of the most pore-clogging ingredients. Instead, Kingery recommends the gel.
In addition, many dermatologists recommend antibiotics, which can help clear infected acne, but antibiotics don't alter the skin's root problem, so they're not a long-term solution.
Vasoline and mineral oil are some of the safest moisturizers to heal dry sky but not aggravate acne. Note: I started moisturizing my face with pure mineral oil and by Day Two, I saw a dramatic change in softness and wrinkle minimization. And for less than $3. I'm sold.
Shaving can cause ingrown hairs and breakouts, but it doesn't have to. Kingery recommends showering first, using only single-blade razors, shaving with the grain, going over the spot only once, using only plain shaving cream or mineral oil and avoiding after-shave and products with aggravating ingredients.
Guess what I'm getting my freshly 30-year-old hubby for his birthday (in addition to a simmering pot of chocolate fondu and a new latch-hook rug)? Mineral oil. So we can return to the 2012s again, itch, bump and pain free.


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Sizewell nuclear power stations
The Sizewell nuclear power stations are two nuclear power stations located near the small fishing village of Sizewell in Suffolk, England. Sizewell A, with two magnox reactors, is now in the process of being decommissioned, while Sizewell B has a single pressurised water reactor and is the UK's newest nuclear power station. A third power station is planned.[1]
Sizewell AEdit
|Sizewell A nuclear power station
Sizewell A
|Suffolk, East of England
|Commission date
|Decommission date
|Magnox South
|Nuclear power station
|Reactor type
|Cooling source
|North Sea
|Power generation
|Nameplate capacity
|490 MWe (gross)
420 MWe (net)[2]
|External links
|Related media on Commons
grid reference TM473633
The site of Sizewell A occupies 245 acres (99 hectares) north of Sizewell. It is on a low plateau above flood level. The geological foundation comprises Norwich Crag Formation and Red Crag Formation bedrock of Pleistocene age above Eocene London Clay. The Crag deposits predominantly consist of medium dense and dense sands with thin layers of clay and silt and fossiliferous shelly horizons. The Crag strata extend to a depth of 200 feet (60 metres) below ground level. In 1972/73 Sizewell A was awarded the Christopher Hinton trophy in recognition of good housekeeping
The site is reached by road, with the nearest railhead about one mile inland at Sizewell Halt. Sidings were installed at the railhead primarily to transport irradiated elements to the United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority plant at Sellafield, Cumbria. Nuclear fuel was handled by a crane loading facility at the end of the five mile Leiston/Sizewell branch railway. This is connected to the East Suffolk Line via a south-facing junction to the north of Saxmundham station. The line was extended and used for the delivery of construction materials for Sizewell B power station in the 1980s. The line is now only rarely used for transportation of spent fuels from Sizewell B since the completion of decommissioning of Sizewell A in 2006. A new branch line off the Leiston branch has been proposed for rail terminals for the construction of Sizewell C power station to the north of the existing B power station.[3]
The Midlands Project Group of the Central Electricity Generating Board (CEGB) planned and managed the project. The main contract was placed in November 1960 and construction work on Sizewell A began on 1 April 1961. The main construction contract was awarded to British Nuclear Design and Construction Ltd ('BNDC'), a consortium backed by English Electric, Babcock & Wilcox Ltd and Taylor Woodrow Construction,[4] The initial budget was £56 million, but due to inflation this figure rose to £65 million.[5] During its 40-year operational lifetime, it had produced 110 TWh (400 PJ) of electricity, which would have been sufficient to meet the domestic needs of England and Wales for 6 months.[6] Unit 1 was commissioned on 21 March 1966, and Unit 2 on 15 September. The station was officially opened on 7 April 1967 by the Lord Lieutenant of Suffolk, the Earl of Stradbroke.
The designed net electrical output of the station was 652 MWe. The total generating capacity was reduced to 490 MW in 1969, and then 420 MWe in 1973, to arrest the rate of oxidation of internal reactor-core components. At full load, 70 MWe were used in providing works power from the gross electrical output of 490 MWe.[2]
The main plant consisted of two 1,010 MW (thermal) Magnox reactors,[2] which were natural uranium, carbon dioxide gas cooled, graphite moderated units. These supplied heat to eight boiler units, four associated with each reactor. The steam produced by the boilers was fed to two turbo-generators each rated at 325 MW, but which operated at a reduced capacity of 250 MW from 1969.
The reactors and turbines were both supplied by English Electric.[7]
Building specificationEdit
The foundations for the reactors and associated boilers are provided by a reinforced concrete raft 8 feet (2.4 metres) thick, founded on the sand with a designed net bearing pressure of 3.5 tons per square foot. The biological shields are 100 feet (30.5 metres) high and vary between 10 and 14 feet (3 and 4.3 metres) thick. The composite steel and reinforced concrete cap above each reactor is 12 feet (3.7 metres) thick. Both reactors were housed in a single building to achieve savings in building costs.
The turbine house is a steel framed, aluminium clad building 380 feet (115.8 metres) long, 160 feet (48.8 metres) wide and 90 feet (27.4 metres) high, with a reinforced concrete basement 26 feet (7.9 metres) deep. The foundations are provided by isolated bases and strip footings with a designed maximum bearing pressure of 3 tons per square foot.
The pumphouse which supplied the main turbines with 27 million gallons of cooling water per hour drew sea water from an intake structure about 1,350 feet (410 metres) offshore via twin 10 feet (3 metres) diameter tunnels. This water was returned to the sea through similar tunnels discharging 350 feet (107 metres) offshore.
The power station was shut down on 31 December 2006.[5] The Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA) is responsible for placing contracts for the decommissioning of Sizewell A, at a budgeted cost of £1.2 billion.
On 7 January 2007 a contractor working on the decommissioning of the station noticed water leaking on to the floor of the laundry where he was washing his clothes. The water was found to be cooling water from the pond that holds the reactor's spent nuclear fuel which had dropped more than 1 foot (0.30 m) without activating any of the alarms. It is estimated that up to 40,000 gallons (151,500 litres) of radioactive water had leaked from a 15 ft (4.6 m) split in a pipe, with some spilling into the North Sea. According to the HM Nuclear Installation Inspectorate's report of the incident, without the chance intervention of the contractor, the pond could have drained before the next scheduled plant inspection. If the exposed irradiated fuel had caught fire, it would have resulted in an airborne off-site release of radiation.[8]
In popular mediaEdit
Sizewell A was the location where Thomas Dolby shot the music video to Europa and The Pirate Twins.
Sizewell BEdit
|Sizewell B nuclear power station
Sizewell B
|Suffolk, East of England
|Commission date
|EDF Energy,
|Nuclear power station
|Reactor type
|Reactor supplier
|Cooling source
|North Sea
|Power generation
|Make and model
|GEC Alsthom
|Nameplate capacity
|1,250 MWe (gross)
1,195 MWe (net)[9]
|External links
|Related media on Commons
grid reference TM473633
Sizewell B is the UK's only commercial pressurised water reactor (PWR) power station. Its single reactor was built and commissioned between 1987 and 1995, and first synchronised with the national grid on 14 Feb 1995. The main civil engineering contractor was John Laing plc.[7] The power station is operated by EDF Energy. The architectural design was carried out by YRM.[10]
EDF's strategic target is for 20 year life extension for Sizewell B PWR, beyond the current accounting closure date of 2035.[11] This would mean the plant remaining in operation until 2055.
The 'nuclear island' at Sizewell B is based on a Westinghouse '4-loop' plant known as SNUPPS (Standard Nuclear Unit Power Plant System) initially designed in the 1970s and used at Wolf Creek and Callaway but with additional redundancy and diversity in the safety systems, and other modifications such as the addition of a passive Emergency Boration System. The containment design was not based on SNUPPS however, but was designed by NNC (National Nuclear Corporation - bought by AMEC in 2005) in conjunction with Bechtel.
The Wolf Creek and Callaway plants each have single half speed, 1,800 RPM (60 Hz), steam turbine-alternator sets which use the steam produced from the heat generated in the reactor to produce about 1,200 MW of electricity at the US grid frequency of 60 Hz. Such large turbo-alternator sets were not available in the UK at the time Sizewell B was designed. So that orders could be given to UK manufacturers, and to avoid project risk in dealing with what were at the time newly designed very large turbo-alternator sets, Sizewell B uses two full-speed, 3,000 RPM (50 Hz), nominal 660 MW turbo-alternator sets similar to those used at Drax coal-fired power station, and at the last of the AGRs Heysham 2, but adapted to cope with the wetter steam conditions produced by the PWR steam supply system. PWR steam supply systems produce saturated steam at lower temperature and pressure than the dry superheated steam produced by AGR reactors or coal-fired power stations, and the high- and intermediate-pressure stages of the steam turbines have to be designed cope with this[12] Sizewell B can run at half power using one turbo-alternator.[13]
The major components were supplied by:[14]
- Reactor System: Westinghouse
- Reactor Vessel: Framatome (main shell: Japan Steel Works, domes and other components: Le Creusot Forge)[15]
- Core Internals: Westinghouse
- Steam Raising: Doosan Babcock
- Turbines: GEC Alsthom
- Civil works: Laing
- Fuel: Springfields Nuclear Fuel
- Architect: YRM
A distinctive white hemisphere envelopes the outer shell of the twin-walled containment building that protects the pressurised water reactor and its steam generators.
First announced in 1969 as an advanced gas-cooled reactor (AGR) based power station,[16] and then in 1974 as a steam-generating heavy water reactor (SGHWR), Sizewell B was eventually announced as a PWR power station in 1980.[17] The initial design submissions to the CEGB and NII were based on the design of the Trojan plant at Portland, Oregon.[18][19] Designed by Westinghouse, construction of Trojan began in 1970 and was completed in 1975. Westinghouse continued to develop the design they had used for the Trojan plant into the SNUPPS design, built first at Callaway, and SNUPPS was adopted as the basis for the design approved by the CEGB in October 1981.[20]
Before construction commenced, the design of Sizewell B was subjected to a detailed safety review by the Nuclear Installations Inspectorate (NII), and a lengthy public inquiry. The Pre-Construction Safety Case was submitted to the NII in August 1981. The public inquiry was held between 1982 and 1985, and took over 16 million words of evidence, a record at the time. The chairman of the inquiry, Sir Frank Layfield, reported in early 1987 that, subject to a satisfactory safety case, there were no substantive reasons why the project should not proceed. The Nuclear Installations Inspectorate accepted the Pre-Construction Safety Case and issued a licence to proceed with construction in August 1987.
Sizewell B was calculated to be economically viable at a 5% discount rate and was approved financially on that basis. The project was managed by the CEGB Sizewell B Project Management Team, which declared that it was completed on time and to budget, the final out-turn cost being £2,030 million. A 2000 post-startup evaluation estimated generating cost at around 6p/kWh (1.7p/MJ), excluding first-of-kind costs but using an 8% discount rate for the cost of capital, or about 8p/kWh (2.2p/MJ) including first-of-kind costs.[21]
Sizewell B was built and commissioned between 1987 and 1995, and first synchronised with the National Grid on 14 Feb 1995.
The original rating was for a thermal power of 3,444 MW and gross electrical output of 1,250 MW,[9] which after house load of 62 MW gave a net output to the grid of 1,188 MWe, equivalent to 8.7 TWh (31 PJ) in the year of 2005. It was uprated by 1% in 2013 with a thermal power of 3479 MW and an electrical output of 1,195 MWe,[9] though this is dependent on seawater temperature.
As with many other PWRs, Sizewell B operates on an 18-month operating cycle, i.e. at or near 100% output continuously for around 18 months, followed by a month's shutdown for maintenance and refuelling. Sizewell B was designed for a commercial life of 40 years (i.e. to around 2035) but similar stations elsewhere have been granted extensions to 60 years.
On 27 May 2008 Sizewell B had an unplanned shutdown, cutting off its supply to the National Grid.[22] A British Energy spokesman said that the fault involved conventional equipment at the plant rather than any part of the nuclear reactor.[22]
On 17 March 2010 Sizewell B was taken offline for an extended period because of high moisture levels in the containment building due to a pressuriser electrical heater fault, requiring difficult repairs.[23] On 2 July 2010 just before 21:00, while still offline, a minor fire broke out on the second floor of the building housing the charcoal adsorber at Sizewell B. Numerous emergency services were called to the scene and the fire was brought under control by 3:30 the following day when the charcoal adsorber was flooded.[24]
On 2 March 2012 Sizewell B had an unplanned shutdown due to an electrical fault. One and a half weeks later it was restarted at half capacity.[25] As of June 2012[update], conditions improved and Sizewell B continued under carefully controlled operation.
In 2013 a new remote Emergency Response Centre was inaugurated near the power station, following recommendations made after the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster. The centre provides remote controls and a back-up plant.[26]
In January 2014 the building of a dry spent nuclear fuel store began. The existing spent fuel pool, which stores spent fuel under water, was expected to reach full capacity in 2015.[27] In April 2016 the building was inaugurated. This will enable spent nuclear fuel produced from autumn 2016 until at least 2035 to be stored until a deep geological repository is available.[28] In March 2017 the first cask containing spent nuclear fuel was installed.[29]
Sizewell CEdit
Since the sale of British Energy to Électricité de France (EDF) in February 2009, plans for a further twin-unit reactor to be built at Sizewell have looked increasingly likely.[1] Sizewell already has a connection agreement in place for a new nuclear power plant to be built.[30] The government revealed that the 1,600 MW projected units, to be called Sizewell C, would, together with the planned units at Hinkley Point C, contribute 13% of UK electricity in the early 2020s.[1] EDF plans to use Framatome's EPR design for any new-build reactors in the UK, this being the design of reactors currently being built in Finland, France and China.[1]
On 18 October 2010 the British government announced that Sizewell was one of the eight sites which it considered suitable for future nuclear power stations.[31]
As of 2014[update] EDF Energy has not published a schedule for applying for planning permission.[32]
On 21 October 2015, it was reported that Britain and China had reached Strategic Investment Agreements for three nuclear power plants, including one at Sizewell,[33] though no specific financing plans for Sizewell are agreed.[34] The final investment decision for Sizewell C is only likely to take place after the Hinkley Point C build has started.[35]
In October 2017, it was announced that the projected completion and first generation date of Sizewell C would be in 2031.[36]
A public consultation will run from January to March 2019. After this, an application will be made for a development consent order (DCO). EDF Energy aims to submit a planning application in 2020 as part of a timetable for construction to start in 2021.[37]
There are several local organisations campaigning against Sizewell C, including Together Against Sizewell C (TASC) and Theberton and Eastbridge Action Group on Sizewell.
See alsoEdit
- ^ a b c d "New dawn for UK nuclear power". WNN. 2008-09-24. Retrieved 2008-09-25.
- ^ a b c "SIZEWELL A". Power Reactor Information System. IAEA. 22 June 2015. Retrieved 23 June 2015.
- ^ Scotchman, Iain C. (February 2019). "Sizewell-C could generate freight". Modern Railways. 76: 17.
- ^ "Nuclear Development in the United Kingdom |UK Nuclear Energy Development - World Nuclear Association". www.world-nuclear.org.
- ^ a b Night falls on Sizewell A Archived 2007-09-27 at the Wayback Machine, Nuclear Engineering International, 2 April 2007
- ^ "Magnox South Sites: Sizewell A". Magnox South Ltd. Archived from the original on 2008-12-11. Retrieved 2008-11-02.
- ^ a b Nuclear Power Plants in the UK Archived 2009-07-19 at the Portuguese Web Archive
- ^ Sizewell nuclear disaster averted by dirty laundry, says official report The Guardian June 11, 2009
- ^ a b c "SIZEWELL B". Power Reactor Information System. IAEA. 22 June 2015. Retrieved 23 June 2015.
- ^ "Sizewell Stories". Building. 2006. Retrieved 30 March 2016.
- ^ "EDF plans longer life extensions for UK AGRs". Nuclear Engineering International. 20 February 2012. Archived from the original on 13 October 2013. Retrieved 16 May 2012.
- ^ Wet-steam Turbines for Nuclear Power Plants By Alexander Leyzerovich, PennWell Books, 2005, pp 23, 24
- ^ "Sizewell: Nuclear station running at half power after turbine taken offline". East Anglian Daily Times. Retrieved 13 November 2011.
- ^ Pick, Malcolm (9 June 2004). "United Kingdom LWR Activities (IAEA Vienna presentation)" (PDF). BNFL. Retrieved 2 August 2011.[permanent dead link]
- ^ John Large (26 September 2016). Irregularities and Anomalies Relating to the Forged Components of Le Creusot Forge (PDF). Large Associates (Report). Greenpeace France. p. 24. Retrieved 27 October 2016.
- ^ The Times Thursday, 30 Oct. 1969; pg. 5; Issue 57704; col A
- ^ The Times, Thursday, 2 Oct. 1980; pg. 5; Issue 60739; col A
- ^ The Times, Saturday, Jul 30, 1977
- ^ The Times, Thursday, Apr 23, 1981
- ^ The Times, Saturday, Oct 24, 1981
- ^ Performance and Innovation Unit (February 2002). "The Economics of Nuclear Power" (PDF). Cabinet Office. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2008-12-29. Retrieved 2009-06-02. Cite journal requires
- ^ a b "Sizewell nuclear plant shut down". BBC News. 2008-05-27. Retrieved 2008-05-27.
- ^ "Sizewell B outage will extend into summer". Nuclear Engineering International. 11 June 2010. Archived from the original on 13 June 2011. Retrieved 6 July 2010.
- ^ "Fire breaks out at nuclear power plant near Leiston". BBC News. 2010-07-03.
- ^ Sizewell B: Nuclear plant back up and running after shut down eadt.co.uk
- ^ "EDF Energy inaugurates Sizewell B emergency response centre, hints about Dungeness B life extension". Nuclear Engineering International. 19 December 2013. Retrieved 21 December 2013.
- ^ "Sizewell builds dry spent nuclear fuel store". Nuclear Engineering International. 23 January 2013. Retrieved 26 January 2013.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "EDF Energy completes 'dry fuel store' at Sizewell B". World Nuclear News. 5 April 2016. Retrieved 6 April 2016.
- ^ "First cask emplaced at Sizewell B fuel store". World Nuclear News. 23 March 2017. Retrieved 23 March 2017.
- ^ "EDF confirms £12.5bn offer for British Energy". New Energy Focus. 2008-09-24. Archived from the original on 2016-06-30. Retrieved 2008-09-25.
- ^ "Nuclear power: Eight sites identified for future plants". BBC News. BBC. 18 October 2010. Retrieved 18 October 2010.
- ^ David Green (3 February 2014). "Sizewell C: Construction of any new nuclear plant unlikely before 2018 - at least two years later than expected". Ipswich Star. Retrieved 30 July 2015.
- ^ "Hinkley Point nuclear agreement reached". October 21, 2015 – via www.bbc.co.uk.
- ^ Marcus Leroux (16 September 2016). "Hinkley is no pointer to funding for Sizewell". Sunday Times. London. Retrieved 30 October 2016.
- ^ Richard Cornwell (15 September 2016). "Hinkley Point nuclear energy plant approved - but still doubts over Sizewell C as new controls on foreign investment agreed". Ipswich Star. Retrieved 27 October 2016.
- ^ Gosden, Emily (20 October 2017). "Sizewell C nuclear power to come on stream in 2031". The Times (72367). p. 42. ISSN 0140-0460.
- ^ plant, sapphire. "Planning News - 1 November 2018". www.planningportal.co.uk.
External linksEdit
|Wikimedia Commons has media related to Sizewell nuclear power stations.
- Magnox Limited, Sizewell A
- EDF Energy — Sizewell B
- International Atomic Energy Agency power station performance data: Sizewell A1, Sizewell A2, Sizewell B
- Sizewell B, Nuclear Engineering International wall chart, December 1982
- Gallery: Sizewell B from the BBC
- Living with Sizewell B and Sizewell B given 10 more years from BBC News


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Lucy the Elephant as pictured on three postcards, each from a different postcard era. The linen era postcard proclaims in the bottom border: THE ONLY ELEPHANT IN THE WORLD YOU CAN GO THROUGH AND COME OUT ALIVE. Lucy the Elephant (also known as the "Margate Elephant" or "Lucy the Margate Elephant") was recently in the news; a tent that was blown from its moorings by high winds on September 11, 2009 gave Lucy a smack on her backside that broke her tail! Hmmm, do you call a vet or an architect? The 65-foot high wood and tin structure was struck by lightning (not for the first time) over the fourth of July weekend of 2011. Update of November 1, 2012: Lucy survived Hurricane Sandy intact, according to this news feature (includes aerial photo). Lucy the Elephant was the brain-child of James V. Lafferty, a land developer who wanted to attract attention to his 1880s South Atlantic City (New Jersey) development project. Two other mammoth elephant buildings were constructed around the same time: The Elephantine Colossus was a truly massive building in the Coney Island amusment park in Coney Island, New York. Over twice the size of Lucy the Elephant, if the Colossal Elephant could have lumbered into New York City and paraded to the intersection of Broadway and Fifth Avenue, it might have stood about a third or more the height of the Flatiron Building. The Elephantine Colossus, also known as the Elephant Hotel, succumbed to a devastating fire in 1896. A third elephant-shaped building, this one named The Light of Asia, was constructed at the site of another land development project, this one in South Cape May, New Jersy. Here is an excerpt from lighthousefriends.com entry for Cape May, New Jersey: "…the entire community of South Cape May fell victim to the encroaching waters of the Atlantic. A land developer named Theodore Reger purchased much of the shoreline between the lighthouse and the town of Cape May in 1882. Three years later, Reger had constructed a huge wooden and tin elephant, known as the Light of Asia, to attract interest in his development at South Cape May. For a dime, tourists could enter the elephant through its hind legs, climb a spiral staircase to a hall in its belly, and then proceed up a second set of stairs to the howdah or viewing platform on the elephant's back. Several cottages were built in South Cape May, but erosion has wiped away almost all signs of human (and elephant) habitation, and the area is now the Cape May Migratory Bird Refuge managed by the Nature Conservancy."
Thus, Lucy the Elephant is the sole survivor of a memory of elephants in architectural form.
This architectural quadruped has been submitted into the Festival of Postcards, coordinated by Evelyn Yvonne Theriault.
The sender has written on the back of the post card this message: "Dear Harry & all, I will send you this little fellow and you can play with him. Hoping you are all well as we are the same. From Earl V. Florence ans. soon." The postcard is addressed to Master Harry Crouse, Aaronsburg, PA Center Co. Since the postcard has not been postally used (no postage stamp and thus no postmark), There are only three possibilities:: 1.) The postcard was hand delivered to Mr. Crouse, 2.) It card was enclosed in an envelope containing a letter from Mr. Florence to Mr. Crouse or another person in the Crouse household, or 3.) The postcard was never sent at all, so Harry Crouse would have never known of its existence. This postcard is an example of what I term a "self-referential" postcard, since the written message contains a reference to the subject matter depicted on the front of the postcard.