BT Tower was built in 1966. It stands at 152 meters (499 feet).
Coordinates: 52°29’0.31?N 1°54’15.95?W
Construction started: July 1963
Completed: September 1966
Floor count: 31
Design and construction
Architect: Ministry of Public Buildings and Works
Source:
wikipedia
To celebrate the sound of summer the Jewellery Quarter BID will be hosting free live music performances in the Golden Square. This event will take place on selected Fridays between 12am & 2pm.
Some selected photos from this #MusicintheSquare event:
“Even Kings and Emperors with heaps of wealth and vast dominion cannot compare with an ant filled with the love of God.”
― Guru Nanak Ji, Sri Guru Granth Sahib
The Khalsa (Punjabi: ਖ਼ਾਲਸਾ; [xaːlsaː]) is the army of all initiated Sikhs represented by the five beloved-ones and can be called the Guru Panth, the embodiment of the Guru and the final temporal Guru/leader of the Sikhs. The word “Khalsa” translates to “pure”.
Source: Wikipedia
Heartfelt thanks to:
CSGB
The Council of Sikh Gurdwaras in Birmingham
@officialCSGB
Birmingham City Council
@BhamCityCouncil
West Midlands Police
@WMPolice
Thankyou to all the countless people and businesses that supported the Vaisakhi 2017 effort in Birmingham.
The Chinese New Year celebration is one of the largest events in Birmingham, attracting up to 30,000 people. Birmingham’s festivities take place in the Chinese Quarter.
Please accept our apologies for any quality issues in this video clip. Filming was done under heavy rain and winds. It rained heavy all day. But that’s typical British weather; it did not stop us having a great time!
James B Wong – Chairman of the
Chinese Festival Committee Birmingham are the wonderful people that put this event together.
The Lord Mayor (Cllr Carl Rice) was the chief guest
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Headline Sponsors:
Genting Casinos
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Birmingham Airport
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This July marks 30 years in business for WM Creative, a Birmingham-based branding & design agency.
I am proud to say I have been part of the wmcreative team for the last ten years – bringing my digital expertise to meet client needs. I have seen the company evolve.
To mark this occasion and to give something meaningful back, managing director Paul Whitehouse is doing the #wmcreativee30 campaign for Sightsavers:
“I have decided fundraise for Sightsavers. Restoring sight is a gift I want to give.
Simply, I’m trying to raise £3000 for a fantastic charity called Sightsavers.
This will help them restore the sight of thirty children. My challenge is doing thirty 10K runs over a three month period. I am looking for all support I can get – all donations large or small are welcome, they are going to a great charity. Or you may want to join me in one of the runs, you’d be most welcome!”
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Take part
If you would like to take part on one of the 10K runs:
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I was asked to photograph of the ‘The Birmingham Mile’ for Sainsbury’s Sport Relief 2014 event organised by the Birmingham City Council on Sunday 23rd of March at CannonHillPark.
Despite rain, hail and cold weather, many hundreds turned up to do their bit.
Watch the highlights on YouTube
Photographs from the event
It have been an exciting weekend. I wanted to create a very short clip of video to illustrate how easy it is to use green screen technology in video projects.
To summarise the key things to remember are:
Green Screen technology opens up a whole new world to video and a whole new dimension to still photography. So experiment and have fun.
Many shared hosting websites and VDS virtually dedicated servers are single point hosting. Meaning your site exists on a single server unlike a CDN Content Distributed Network.
Most web servers in their SLA’s (Service Level Agreements) state a 99% uptime on your business website.
This equates to more than 3 days of it being down in a year. How much does your business stand to lose in three days?
There is a solution…drum roll…IsMySiteUp.org
IsMySiteUp.org is a cloud-based service that monitors your website 24/7and alerts you when your site is down via email and SMS texted message.
So you can react within minutes and get your site back online.
The first few seconds are intentionally blank, hopefully you will understand once you watch it.
More than 1.6 billion (23.4% of the world population) say this on a daily basis…
Bismillah in (Arabic: بسم الله ) means, in the name of God
In this quick guide I will demonstrate how you check your car is ready for winter.
Under the Bonnet
Under the bonnet you will notice things are colour coded.
Checking the Engine Oil
Break fluid check.
Engine coolant check
Windscreen washer fluid
Tyres
After checking under the bonnet the next thing to do is a visual check on the tyres.
You want to check the right side edge for tears and bulges.
Look at tread. The reason you have tread is to remove water from the tyre and it helps the tyre grip to the road and to break safely.
If tread runs flush with markers then it is time to change your tyres.
If you have a spare tyre in the boot, be sure to check that too.
Lights
Checking your lights is a visible check.
Do the same at the rear of the vehicle
Do a visual inspection to check they are clean and free from damage.
Get a friend to press the break pedal.
Next you want to check the Windscreen wipers and washer is working.
As you can see I have already topped-up with Windscreen washer fluid.
Make sure your wipers are actually clearing your screen, if not you may need new wipers.
Common Sense
There are a few common sense things you can do before you embark on your journey.
If the weather is particularly bad like heavy snow or dense fog, ask yourself do I really need to drive?
If you are going to drive, then you will need to remember the following: