A Washington street is seen after a major snow storm hit the northeastern United States, December 20, 2009. A slow-moving storm blanketed areas with as much as 2 feet of snow causing at least five deaths, crippling travel and halting holiday shopping on the weekend before Christmas. UPI/Kevin Dietsch Photo via Newscom

A snow covered car and house are seen after a major snow storm hit the northeastern United States, in Washington on December 20, 2009. UPI/Kevin Dietsch Photo via Newscom

Washington’s Rock Creek park is seen after a major snow storm hit the northeastern United States, December 20, 2009. UPI/Kevin Dietsch Photo via Newscom

A woman digs her car out after a major snow storm hit the northeastern United States, in Washington on December 20, 2009. UPI/Kevin Dietsch Photo via Newscom

A man enjoys a day of sledding after a major snow storm hit the northeastern United States, in Washington on December 20, 2009. UPI/Kevin Dietsch Photo via Newscom

An interesting HowTo has been posted on Wired.com about the process of Converting Cassettes to MP3. Take a read and try it yourself. Remember you can always let us do it for you instead. That’s what IAV is here for and IAV knows the ins and outs of the process.

Cassettes were the format of choice for those who grew up in the ’70s and ’80s, so there are still plenty of them floating around in attics, basements and thrift shops.

If you want to preserve music that’s on cassette, transferring them to a digital format is the way to go.

Be sure to check out the rates for Conversion.

WAIMEA, HAWAII – DECEMBER 8: Waves crash up against rocks as a large crowd gathers along Kamehameha Highway at Waimea Bay to watch the 2009 Eddie Aikau Big-Wave Invitational on December 8, 2009 in Waimea, Hawaii. The rare contest, which attracts big wave surfers from around the world, is held in memory of Hawaiian surf and lifeguard legend Eddie Aikau only when the waves are over 40 feet. (Photo by Kent Nishimura/Getty Images)

WAIMEA, HAWAII – DECEMBER 8: Surfers are seen riding waves during pre-contest surf before the 2009 Eddie Aikau Big-Wave Invitational on December 8, 2009 at Waimea Bay in Waimea, Hawaii. The rare contest, which attracts big wave surfers from around the world, is held in memory of Hawaiian surf and lifeguard legend Eddie Aikau only when the waves are over 40 feet. (Photo by Kent Nishimura/Getty Images)

WAIMEA, HAWAII – DECEMBER 8: Surfers paddle out during pre-contest surf before the 2009 Eddie Aikau Big-Wave Invitational on December 8, 2009 in Waimea, Hawaii. The rare contest, which attracts big wave surfers from around the world, is held in memory of Hawaiian surf and lifeguard legend Eddie Aikau only when the waves are over 40 feet. (Photo by Kent Nishimura/Getty Images)

WAIMEA, HAWAII – DECEMBER 8: Six surfers drop into a wave during pre-contest surfing at the Eddie Aikau Big-Wave Invitational on December 8, 2009 in Waimea, Hawaii. The rare contest, which attracts big wave surfers from around the world, is held in memory of Hawaiian surf and lifeguard legend Eddie Aikau only when the waves are over 40 feet. (Photo by Kent Nishimura/Getty Images)

WAIMEA, HAWAII – DECEMBER 8: Six surfers drop into a wave during pre-contest surfing at the Eddie Aikau Big-Wave Invitational on December 8, 2009 in Waimea, Hawaii. The rare contest, which attracts big wave surfers from around the world, is held in memory of Hawaiian surf and lifeguard legend Eddie Aikau only when the waves are over 40 feet. (Photo by Kent Nishimura/Getty Images)

WAIMEA, HAWAII – DECEMBER 8: A large crowd lines up along Kamehameha Highway looking into Waimea Bay to watch the 2009 Eddie Aikau Big-Wave Invitational on December 8, 2009 in Waimea, Hawaii. The rare contest, which attracts big wave surfers from around the world, is held in memory of Hawaiian surf and lifeguard legend Eddie Aikau only when the waves are over 40 feet. (Photo by Kent Nishimura/Getty Images)

 WAIMEA, HI – DECEMBER 8: People on the beach watch during the first round of the Quiksilver in Memory of Eddie Aikau Competition big wave surfing contest on December 8, 2009 in Waimea, Hawaii. Thousands of spectators and surfers are flocking to Hawaii’s beaches to see some of the largest waves in the state in half a decade. Forecasters are predicting waves could reach heights of 50 feet. (Photo by Kent Nishimura/Getty Images)

WAIMEA, HI – DECEMBER 8: Noah Johnson rides a wave during the first round of the Quiksilver in Memory of Eddie Aikau Competition big wave surfing contest on December 8, 2009 in Waimea, Hawaii. Thousands of spectators and surfers are flocking to Hawaii’s beaches to see some of the largest waves in the state in half a decade. Forecasters are predicting waves could reach heights of 50 feet. (Photo by Kent Nishimura/Getty Images)

WAIMEA, HI – DECEMBER 8: Makuakai Rothman, Sunny Garcia, and Ibon Amatrian ride a wave during the first round of the Quiksilver in Memory of Eddie Aikau Competition big wave surfing contest on December 8, 2009 in Waimea, Hawaii. Thousands of spectators and surfers are flocking to Hawaii’s beaches to see some of the largest waves in the state in half a decade. Forecasters are predicting waves could reach heights of 50 feet. (Photo by Kent Nishimura/Getty Images)

WAIMEA, HI – DECEMBER 8: Noah Johnson, Kohl Christensen and Ibon Amatrian ride a wave during the first round of the Quiksilver in Memory of Eddie Aikau Competition big wave surfing contest on December 8, 2009 in Waimea, Hawaii. Thousands of spectators and surfers are flocking to Hawaii’s beaches to see some of the largest waves in the state in half a decade. Forecasters are predicting waves could reach heights of 50 feet. (Photo by Kent Nishimura/Getty Images)

WAIMEA, HI – DECEMBER 8: Kohl Christensen rides a wave during the first round of the Quiksilver in Memory of Eddie Aikau Competition big wave surfing contest on December 8, 2009 in Waimea, Hawaii. Thousands of spectators and surfers are flocking to Hawaii’s beaches to see some of the largest waves in the state in half a decade. Forecasters are predicting waves could reach heights of 50 feet. (Photo by Kent Nishimura/Getty Images)

insani bayramdan soğuttunuz elleri kanlı ilkel toplum bireyleri

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This NASA image taken a crew member on the International Space Station shows the thin line of Earth’s atmosphere and the setting Sun, November 23, 2009. UPI/NASA Photo via Newscom 

This NASA image taken by a STS-129 crew member aboard the Space Shuttle Atlantis shows the International Space Station shortly after Atlantis undocked in preparation for its return to Earth, November 25, 2009. UPI/NASA Photo via Newscom

This NASA image taken by a STS-129 crew member shows Astronaut Robert L. Satcher Jr., STS-129 mission specialist, as he participates in the mission’s third and final session of extravehicular activity (EVA) as construction and maintenance continue on the International Space Station, November 23, 2009. UPI/NASA Photo via Newscom

This NASA image taken by a crew member aboard the International Space Station shows Space Shuttle Atlantis, on mission STS-129, shortly after Atlantis undocked with the Station in preparation for its return to Earth, November 25, 2009. UPI/NASA Photo via Newscom

Umarım kesimsiz bağışı tercih edenler artmıştır bu sene ve en azından dana rezaletleri yaşanmaz.  Kurbana bir kala bu gece kabus göreceğim kesin. Ntvmsnbc’nin bile anasayfası danalar ile karşıladı sabah. Yarın yine bilindik sahneler yaşanacak yurdun dört bir yerinde gel de Geert Wilders‘e katılma.

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Ertem Şener Manchester United’ın şutlarını kurtaran Beşiktaş kalecisi Rüştü için:

“Rüştü her yerinden öpüyorum her yerinden”

Rüştü peki bu fotoğrafta kimleri öpüyor?

Pictures of and about my Queen.

Picapp has many good pictures of the Queen and Royal Family. I’ll publish more from time to time. They make me feel most patriotic living in this foreign land which wasn’t ever a part of the British Empire.

The official web site of the British Monarchy is here.


CAMBRIDGE, ENGLAND – NOVEMBER 19 2009: Queen Elizabeth II meets members of staff as she tours the Marshall Aerospace factory on November 19, 2009 in Cambridge, England. The privately-owned aerospace engineering company specialises in the conversion, modification and maintenance of military, corporate and civil aircraft. (Photo by Oli Scarff/Getty Images)
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CAMBRIDGE, ENGLAND – NOVEMBER 19 2009: Queen Elizabeth II meets members of staff as she tours the Marshall Aerospace factory on November 19, 2009 in Cambridge, England. The privately-owned aerospace engineering company specialises in the conversion, modification and maintenance of military, corporate and civil aircraft. (Photo by Oli Scarff/Getty Images)
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LONDON, ENGLAND – NOVEMBER 18 2009: Queen Elizabeth II and the Duke of Edinburgh arrive for the State Opening of Parliament on November 18, 2009 in London, England. Queen Elizabeth II unveiled the Government’s legislative programme in a speech delivered from the Throne in The House of Lords. This new session of Parliament will only last until the general election which has to called by June 3, 2010. (Photo by Oli Scarff/ WPA Pool /Getty Images)
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LONDON, ENGLAND – NOVEMBER 18: The carriage carrying Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II and the Duke of Edinburgh departs from the Palace of Westminster after the State Opening of Parliament on November 18, 2009 in London, England. Queen Elizabeth II unveiled the Government’s legislative programme in a speech delivered from the Throne in The House of Lords. This new session of Parliament will only last until the general election which has to called by June 3, 2010. (Photo by Oli Scarff/Getty Images)
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LONDON, ENGLAND – NOVEMBER 18: Queen Elizabeth II looks out from the State Coach as she returns to Buckingham Palace after the State Opening of Parliament on November 18, 2009 in London. Queen Elizabeth II unveiled the Government’s legislative programme in a speech delivered from the Throne in The House of Lords. This new session of Parliament will only last until the general election which has to be called by June 3, 2010. (Photo by Peter Macdiarmid/WPA Pool/Getty Images)
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LONDON – NOVEMBER 11: Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh attend the Armistice Day service at Westminster Abbey on November 11, 2009 in London, England. The service is being held to commemorate the passing of a generation who fought in WWI. The last remaing veterans, William Stone, Henry Allingham and Harry Patch, all died this year. (Photo by Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)

LONDON, ENGLAND – NOVEMBER 08: HRH Queen Elizabeth II attends the Remembrance Sunday service at the Cenotaph on Whitehall on November 8, 2009 in London, England. (Photo by Ian Gavan/Getty Images)
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NEWMARKET, ENGLAND – OCTOBER 29: Queen Elizabeth II smiles as she visits Newmarket Animal Health Trust on October 29, 2009 in Newmarket, England. During her visit the Queen toured the new visitor’s centre and saw a presentation on the work of the Cancer Centre. (Photo by Chris Jackson/WPA Pool /Getty Images)
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LONDON, ENGLAND – OCTOBER 29: Queen Elizabeth II (R) bids farewell to the President of the Republic of India, Prathibha Devi Singh Patil (L) and her husband, Dr Devisingh Ramsingh Shekhawat (C), in the grounds of Buckingham Palace on October 29, 2009 in London, England. The Indian President and her husband, Dr Devisingh Ramsingh Shekhawat, are concluding their three-day state visit to the UK during which they have stayed in Windsor Castle. (Photo by Oli Scarff – WPA Pool/Getty Images)
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ONDON, ENGLAND – OCTOBER 27: HRH Queen Elizabeth II, Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, Dr Devisingh Ramsingh Shekhawat and the President of the Republic of India Prathibha Devi Singh Patil arrive for a Banquet in Windsor Castle during the State Visit of the President on October 27, 2009 in London, England. The President will stay at Windsor Castle as a guest of the Queen from Tuesday 27th October to Thursday 29th October. (Photo by Chris Jackson – WPA Pool/Getty Images)
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LONDON, ENGLAND – OCTOBER 27: HRH Queen Elizabeth II, Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, Dr Devisingh Ramsingh Shekhawat and the President of the Republic of India Prathibha Devi Singh Patil arrive for a Banquet in Windsor Castle during the State Visit of the President on October 27, 2009 in London, England. The President will stay at Windsor Castle as a guest of the Queen from Tuesday 27th October to Thursday 29th October. (Photo by Chris Jackson – WPA Pool/Getty Images)
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LONDON, ENGLAND – OCTOBER 27: HRH Queen Elizabeth II escorts the President of the Republic of India Prathibha Devi Singh Patil after the ceremonial start of her State Visit on October 27, 2009 in London, England. The President will stay at Windsor Castle as a guest of the Queen from October 27 -29. (Photo by Chris Jackson/Getty Images)/Getty Images)
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Milletleri kurtaranlar yalnız ve ancak öğretmenlerdir. Öğretmenden, eğiticiden mahrum bir millet, henüz millet adını almak yeteneğini kazanmamıştır. Ona alelade bir kütle denir; millet denemez. Bir kütle millet olabilmek için, mutlaka eğiticilere, Öğretmenlere muhtaçtır.

Bizim kütlenin keyifleri nasıl? 96 oy alarak rektör olunabilen eğitim kurumlarına sahibiz. Demokrasi ışıldıyor gözleri kamaştırıyor.

BLOEMFONTEIN, SOUTH AFRICA – NOVEMBER 10: A Giraffe looks on at the Naval Hill Nature Reserve on November 10, 2009, in Bloemfontein, South Africa. (Photo by Tom Shaw/Getty Images)

Burası nasıl bir ülke?

Teksas’da 13 kişiyi öldürüp 29 kişiyi yaralayan Nidal Malik Hasan’ın silahını satın aldığı dükkan. Bu arada kullandığı silah Belçika malı bir FN-7.

Ben nasıl bir ülkede yaşıyorum?

Haftasonu için PicApp’den gelsin. Söyleyin hangisi çirkin ördek yavrusu?

Very pleased to see PicApp have changed the way their photographs appear on WordPress blogs – presumably as a result of the feedback they’ve received. Their logo does not now obscure the photograph but is placed neatly to one side in a gallery section. Like this:

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA – OCTOBER 10: The Avoca Beach crew row through breakers at the start of their surf boat race during the surf lifesaving on day one of the 2009 Sydney World Masters Games at Manly Beach on October 10, 2009, in Sydney, Australia. (Photo by Mark Kolbe/Getty Images)

This is a new application WordPress bloggers may use now.  It’s called PicApp, and it enables me to link amazing copywritten photography on my blog.  This one is for my friends in Australia.  Enjoy.

The publication of the Independent Panel’s Review of Australian Sport has stimulated enormous discussion. Yesterday I linked to the publication of the report. This post looks at some of the responses in the last twenty-four hours.

This was the Google News graphic at 7.00 p.m. EST on 19 November.

John Coates argued the case for funding Olympic sports in an article in The Australian. This was a report of his initial response to the Crawford Report and this an ABC report of his response (the ABC report includes video and audio items). The Australian Olympic Committee has appointed a study group to examine the Crawford Report.

Sally Robbins argues strongly for Olympic funding. The Canberra Times cites Cadel Evans, Anna Mears an Ken Wallace as supporters of Government funding for Olympic sports. This is an article in The Age expressing Cycling Australia’s concerns. This ABC post notes Archery Australia’s concerns. Wally Mason observes that “Clearly federal funding does not come out of a bottomless pit and every Olympic medal comes at a cost. It is a cost most of us are prepared to pay.” Andrew Southcott’s response to the Report indicates that a Top 10 Olympics’ finish is not good enough.

Simon Crean was reported as observing that Australia’s sporting success was “a fundamental part of the Australian brand”. Jacquelin Magnay discussed the Report’s recommendation about the format of the Australian Sports Commission’s Board. In an earlier article she argued that the “sport panel has totally misread the nation’s love of the Olympics and the pride of beating bigger countries on the international stage.” Her first article summarises the Report’s main recommendations. This a video segment from athletes supporting funding for elite sport. This ABC post explores the ‘contentious nature’ of the Report. This ABC post reports the publication of the Crawford Report. This is the Canberra Times’ report of the publication under the headline ‘A sporting nation divided’.

Nicole Jeffrey notes that not all of the Crawford Report have been challenged. She notes that the Olympic sports have welcomed the recommendation that “the national sports federations should have primary responsibility for development of their own high-performance programs”. The sports have welcome statements about physical education in the national curriculum and the provision of funds to build sporting facilities. An ABC post noted that ‘Big Codes welcome Crawford Report‘. John Alexander argues that the “key to our health care costs which are crippling is preventative medicine in the form of physical activity. Australia needs a renaissance of our lost culture of the fun and exhilaration we enjoyed through active participation in sports.” Mike Hurst notes the importance of fitness in schools.

An editorial in The Age suggests that:

Australians will celebrate any gold medal won in 2012, even if it is in a sport they never think of between Olympics and even if it is won by someone they have not previously heard of and might never hear of again. Nor can anyone begrudge individual athletes their success. But, as the report notes, the present system funds such success at the rate of $15 million per gold medal. The nation’s self-esteem is surely neither so low nor so brittle as to require this level of investment, and it is money that in some instances could be more wisely spent. A shift to funding high-participation sports at grassroots levels might not result in the same surge of collective euphoria every four years, but it would contribute in a more sustained fashion to national wellbeing.

In the same paper, Greg Baum posits “Here is the nub. The Crawford report implies what we will say outright, that it would be poor reflection of our maturity as a nation if we continued to live and die exclusively by our Olympic medal tally.”

Richard Hinds argues that the AOC gravy train plan doesn’t have wheels. He concludes that when the Federal cabinet meets to discuss the response to the Report “In their hands will be a document that has the potential to prompt much- needed change in the impact sports funding has on the everyday lives of Australians – not just for those 16 chest-beating days every four years.” In an earlier article Richard Hinds observes that “It remains to be seen if the Crawford Report will be successful in its laudable intentions: to ensure government spending leads to increased grassroots participation, greater inclusiveness, the restoration of physical education in schools, a positive impact on public health and to improve and empower poorly administered sports.” Dan Silkstone explores the Report’s focus on participation sports and in another article discusses the gold medal stoush.

Ruth Brown, Charlie Happell and Trevor Cook provided a Crikey view of the Crawford report.

There have been some interesting comments in response to web based articles. As of 7.30 p.m. (EST) on 19 November, for example, there were 25 comments on John Coates’ article. One of these poses a question about the impact of investment in elite sport: “Has the advent of the funding of elite sport in Australia improved the health of young Australians over what it would have been without this funding? If so, it is money well spent. If not, then monies should be focused on participation rather than excellence. Before 100 million is given, this should be answered unemotionally and convincingly.”

Postscript

Some links from 20 November via Peter Logue: a Sydney Morning Herald post by Malcolm Maiden and an interview with David Crawford on Radio National.

Australia Talks (Radio National) discussed the Crawford report 19 November

Here are some old pictures of Laos and related topics that I found on Picapp. There’s a character to the old black and white news photographs that you don’t see in newer pictures.

Unfortunately Picapp does not have many old pictures of the cities and countryside.

Many of the old pictures on Picapp are badly sized and I had to adjust the width and height parameters. I wrote a simple proportional calculator in an Excel spreadsheet to make it easy.

1961: A woman fishing in a residential section of Vientiane, the capital and largest city of Laos. (Photo by Keystone Features/Getty Images)
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1959: People of Mongsing, a small town on the Laos-China border under the rule of a Communist Government. (Photo by Keystone Features/Getty Images)
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1959: People of Mongsing, a small town on the Lao-China border under the rule of a Communist Government. (Photo by Keystone Features/Getty Images)

September 1959: A Laotian Buddhist monk is examined by a Phillipino Catholic doctor. Forty four Phillipino doctors are working voluntarily in areas of Laos where fighting is taking place between government forces and communist guerillas, in a mission titled ‘Operation Brotherhood’. (Photo by Keystone Features/Getty Images)
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5th July 1962: A local boy sits on the lap of a soldier of the 27th Wolfhound Division of the US Army in north Thailand. The soldiers are there to learn guerilla warfare whilst guarding the frontiers of Thailand and Laos against invasion by Pathet Lao Communist troops. (Photo by Keystone/Getty Images)
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This boy would be in his 50s now. I wonder if he is alive and recalls this incident.

5th July 1962: A soldier of the 27th ‘Wolfhound’ Division of the US Army on patrol on the frontiers of Thailand and Laos near Korat in north Thailand. They are guarding against a threat of invasion by Pathet Lao Communist troops. (Photo by Keystone/Getty Images)
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21st July 1965: Prince Souvanna Phouma (1901 – 1984), the prime minister of Laos, with British Labour prime minister Harold Wilson (1916 – 1995), outside 10 Downing Street, London. (Photo by Central Press/Getty Images)
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Um banco de imagens “for free”. Isso mesmo! Baixe imagens para seu blog ou para suas apresentações, gratuitamente! Acesse: www.picapp.com

Atatürk kadar şık bir devlet adamımız oldu mu? Dünya Kadınlar Birliği tarafından Dünyanın En Şık Giyinen Erkeği olarak ilan edilen Atatürk’ün fotoğraflarını toplayan birisinin olması güzel. Hanri Benazus‘un Çağdaş Atatürk Fotoğrafları kitabını ilk fırsatta satın alacağım.

O’nu saygı ve özlemle anıyorum.

Here are some pictures from Picapp about the Thai Royal Family. There are some good old pictures here although none that I have not see before in Thailand. The Bureau of the Royal Household regularly publishes pictures. They seems to be little restriction on their reuse in Thailand as long as they are respectful.

King Bhumibol and Queen Sirikit of Thailand at King’s Beeches, their private residence in Sunninghill, Berkshire, 27th July 1966. (Photo by Keystone/Hulton Archive/Central Press/Getty Images)

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King Bhumibol and Queen Sirikit of Thailand at King’s Beeches, their private residence in Sunninghill, Berkshire, 27th July 1966. (Photo by Roger Jackson/Central Press/Getty Images)

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King Bhumibol and Queen Sirikit of Thailand with their son, Crown Prince Maha Vajiralongkorn at King’s Beeches, their private residence in Sunninghill, Berkshire, 27th July 1966. (Photo by Keystone/Hulton Archive/Central Press/Getty Images)

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27th July 1966: Queen Sirikit of Thailand and her nine year old daughter Princess Chulabhorn at her Sunninghill residence in Berkshire. (Photo by Central Press/Getty Images)

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Queen Sirikit of Thailand with her two youngest daughters, Princesses Sirindhorn (left) and Chulabhorn, at King’s Beeches, their private residence in Sunninghill, Berkshire, 27th July 1966. (Photo by Keystone/Hulton Archive/Central Press/Getty Images)

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The children of King Bhumibol and Queen Sirikit of Thailand play with a camera at King’s Beeches, their private residence in Sunninghill, Berkshire, 27th July 1966. From left to right, Princess Ubol Ratana, Princess Chulabhorn, Princess Sirindhorn and Crown Prince Maha Vajiralongkorn. (Photo by Roger Jackson/Central Press/Getty Images)

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The King is well know as an enthusiastic photographer. There is an exhibition of his work at Vimanmek Palace in Bangkok. He uses Canon equipment but Canon Thailand don’t make use of this in their marketing. There is no equivalent to the UK “Royal Warrant” in Thailand.

King Bhumibol and Queen Sirikit of Thailand with their children at King’s Beeches, their private residence in Sunninghill, Berkshire, 27th July 1966. From left to right, Crown Prince Maha Vajiralongkorn, the King, Princess Sirindhorn, the Queen, Princess Chulabhorn and Princess Ubol Ratana. (Photo by Roger Jackson/Central Press/Getty Images)

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King Bhumibol and Queen Sirikit of Thailand with their children at King’s Beeches, their private residence in Sunninghill, Berkshire, 27th July 1966. From left to right, Crown Prince Maha Vajiralongkorn, the King, Princess Sirindhorn, the Queen, Princess Chulabhorn and Princess Ubol Ratana. (Photo by Keystone/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

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Queen Sirikit of Thailand on a skiing holiday in Gstaad, Switzerland, 1961. (Photo by Keystone/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

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19th July 1960: The Queen and Prince Philip at Buckingham Palace with Queen Sirikit and King Bhumibol of Siam (later Thailand) after the processional drive from Victoria station on the occasion of their state visit. (Photo by Keystone/Getty Images)

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19th July 1960: King Phumiphon (Bhumibol) and Queen Sirikit of Siam (later Thailand) arrive at Buckingham Palace, London in an open carriage drawn by six white horses. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)

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Princess Chulabhorn, the youngest daughter of King Bhumobol and Queen Sirikit of Thailand, sitting on a sledge during a skiing holiday in Gstaad, Switzerland, 1960. (Photo by Keystone/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

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King Bhumibol and Queen Sirikit of Thailand wave to the crowds during a visit to Britain, 1960. (Photo by Evening Standard/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

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King Bhumibol and Queen Sirikit of Thailand with their new baby daughter, Princess Ubol Ratana, in Lausanne, 2nd May 1951. (Photo by Keystone/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

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circa 1950: Sirikit Kitiyakara, future Queen of Thailand at the time of her engagement to King Phumiphon (King Bhumibol, later Rama IX). PP – A King’s Fiancee – 1950 (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

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I don’t know how Getty can assert a 2008 copyright to these pictures. My guess is that it is not an intentional rights grab but a blanket edit of the images they licensed to Picapp.

Aman canım bize ne, kriz bizi teğet geçti neyse…

Here are some of my favourite old photographs of Hong Kong that I found on Picapp. There are over 300 pages to look at.

I think this is a Star Ferry.




An early colour photo – circa 1955.

The Star Ferry boats haven’t changed at all.



I admire Chris Patten and what he achieved in his term as the last Governor of Hong Kong.


I think the Prince of Wales Building is still there as the HQ for Chinese Forces in Hong Kong.



Very sad.