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Army: No Requests Made for Use of Troops Around Election

November 2, 2020
This March 27, 2008, file photo shows the Pentagon in Washington. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak) Army leaders said Tuesday that they have not received any requests to use active-duty or National Guard troops for possible civil unrest surrounding the presidential election next month, but are ready to do so if called on. Gen. James McConville, chief of the Army, said he’s received no guidance…
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Five Tips for Better Beverage Photos from Steve Giralt

November 2, 2020
You may know Steve Giralt from his outstanding effects work with his production company The Garage or his in-progress education Kickstarter, but in this 9-minute video, he shows you five tips that promise to make your beverage photos better. Giralt calls himself a visual…
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I Created an Open Source DIY Camera Timer for About 60 Bucks

November 2, 2020
A must-have tool when shooting the night sky is a remote release trigger for your camera. Triggers range from very simple cable releases over phone apps that connect to your camera’s Wifi, to very specialized Intervalometers. I wanted to build something even better… I tried the phone apps for my cameras and they miss a very basic feature: bulb mode timing. Meaning, when you set the camera to…
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Caltech’s Latest Camera Shoots 3D at 100 Billion Frames Per Second

November 2, 2020
Earlier this year, Caltech’s Lihong Wang showed off a camera that could shoot 70 trillion frames per second – that’s fast enough to watch light travel. His most recent creation, however, goes a step further. While “only” 100 billion frames per second, it shoots in three dimensions. The technology in it is similar to that 70 trillion frames per second camera, but it sacrifices speed for…
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Army Chaplain Jailed For Drunken Behavior, Shoppette Gas Theft

November 2, 2020
Source: Getty Images KAISERSLAUTERN, Germany — A series of bad decisions, from stealing gas to smashing the window of his estranged wife’s car, has landed an Army chaplain assigned to Stuttgart in jail for a month. Chaplain (Maj.) Donald V. Wood was sentenced Tuesday at a general court-martial, after a military judge found him guilty of larceny, conduct unbecoming an officer and a…
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