A look at Birmingham in videos …

Remembering Birmingham officers lost in the line of duty during May’s National Police Week. From Greg Owen.

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Norfolk Southern train in east Birmingham. From CSXQ614.

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Austin country-rock musician Bart Crow performs “Top of Rock Bottom” in July at Zydeco on Southside. From Zannotti Percussion.

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Speaking on customer engagement at the Birmingham Water Works board. From Vulcan Media.

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Recap of July’s Sloss Tech conference. From TechBirmingham.

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Opening July’s Motion 16 church student conference at Legacy Arena downtown. From AZKFNG.

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Promo for Riverchase Collision Repair in Hoover. From Riverchase Collision.

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A look at July’s Next Level Football Camp at Legion Field. From Alabama NewsCenter.

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A riverside performance in Newark from “The Movement” by Kathy D. Harrison, a musical about the 1963 Children’s Crusade in Birmingham. From John Roman.

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Music video for “Daggers” by A.J. Haynes, filmed at the Nick on Southside. From Jen West.

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Heading from Austin to Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport on Southwest. From the Airplane Channel.

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Los Angeles hard rock band In This Moment performs “Sick Like Me” in June at Iron City on Southside. From Jason Hyde.

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Promo for the UAB School of Medicine. From UAB School of Medicine.

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Birmingham YouTuber Riceman, a k  a Victor Lee, delivers money to homeless people using a drone. From Riceman.

A WIAT-42 report on this stunt. From WIAT-42.

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Visiting Vulcan and Tannehill Ironworks Historical State Park. From Wandering Silverado.

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Another visitor at Vulcan. From MrTropics64.

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Soundbite from CNN interview of witness to the 2013 crash of UPS Airlines Flight 1354 near Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport. From CNN.

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Demo reel for wedding band Memphis Soul Revue from a Birmingham wedding reception. From RAM Entertainment and Special Event Services.

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Sparring session (our vertical video of the week). From Alpha Defense Systems.

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The City of Birmingham uses goats to clear invasive species from the land at Red Mountain Park. From AL.com.

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Going to see Australian rock band 5 Seconds of Summer in July at Oak Mountain Amphitheatre. From Chan and Tanner.

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Highlight reel for Zoe Cooper on the W.J. Christian Chargers basketball team. From Christopher Cooper.

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The Canton Spirituals perform at July’s Gospel Mix Tour at the Sheraton Birmingham (our other vertical video of the week). From Annilia Mosley.

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Driving a lap in a Porsche 911 GT3 Cup at Porsche Sports Driving School at Barber Motorsports Park in Leeds. From TheRubbaman.

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Demo of cosmetic injections to dissolve fat, performed at a Vestavia Hills clinic. From Petro Facial Plastic Surgery and MedSpa.

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Bury your feelings
and plow on with no regard
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My picks for #sundayread for August 21, 2016:

• Y’all Connect: Help Baton Rouge. Here’s how.
• The Adolescent Brain – What All Teens Need to Know, by @hey_sigmund (RT @DrMaidenberg)
• Lessons from 26 Years of Web Design by Victor Sorescu @Pixelated_Vic (RT @frantastic__)
• Speaking gigs: Southern Public Relations Federation annual conference, September 2016
• Oral history of “Taxi Driver” for 40th anniversary, compiled by Gregg Kilday @gkilday
• Escobar’s Hippos Keep Having Sex — No One Knows How to Stop Them, by @SarahNEmerson
• Books: Excerpt from Carla Jean Whitley’s “Birmingham Beer: A Heady History of Brewing”
• The Tragic History of RC Cola, by @JeffWellsWH
• Flashback: How I’m listening to improve my communication: An update
• K-pop goes India! Riding the Korean musical wave, by @captbackspace (via @damrita)
• Gawker and the rage of the creative underclass, by @VanessaGrigor iadis
• USDA Was Black Farmers’ Worst Enemy. How It Became Ally, by @Ms_SAH (via @cadwego @bittman)
• Mother for Hire, by @RachelAviv
• In the comments, the drama of “Law and Order” unfolds …

More posts from Wade this week:

• The Birmingham channel: 500,000 seconds of summer

The latest #sundayread tweets:

#sundayread Tweets

• More #sundayread recommendations from me

I like triathlon’s
efficiency: I can suck
in three sports at once.

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Studious ball of
sarcasm bundled with wit
in a slim package.

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The bride wore her mom’s
sleek dress. The groom wore earbuds
and a haunted look.

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The creature from the
monochromatic suburb
oozes privilege.

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The true tastemakers
and who’s who appear only
on Warhol’s Snapchat.

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All week, they had dreamt
of driving fast and far from
the chains of despair.

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A look at Birmingham in videos …

Scenes from Vacation Bible School. From Luz Clemente.

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Time-lapse footage of summer clouds from Red Mountain. From DikByrd.

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Stock footage of Birmingham’s skyline available for use from CNN. From CNN.

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Driving along I-20. From Herro HD Videos.

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Los Angeles rock band Hey Violet performs “I Can Feel It” in July at Oak Mountain Amphitheatre in Pelham. From Grayce Redwine.

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Brazilian jazz singer Pericles Emmanuel performs “Rabaz de Bem” in his kitchen in Vestavia Hills. From Kiki Mode.

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Peter J. Leithart of Birmingham’s Theopolis Institute speaks on “Gospel as Atonement Theory: The Jesus of History and the Christ of the Cross” in February at Baylor University Honors College. From Baylor Honors College.

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Australian rock band 5 Seconds of Summer performs “Jet Black Heart” in July at Oak Mountain Amphitheatre. From Chloe Elizabeth.

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Time-lapse footage from Railroad Park of a July afternoon storm rolling into downtown Birmingham. From ABC-33/40.

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Birmingham members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints at Hulaco Youth and Family Camp in Morgan County. From Rachael Joyce.

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Alabama Prophetic Roundtable and Statewide Gathering in July at King’s Way Church in Irondale. From King’s Way Church.

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Nat Jackson homegoing in July. From Scott King.

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Brazilian jiu-jitsu basics class highlights. From Lion Heart Martial Arts Academy.

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Hot Rod Madness visits the 7th annual Park in the Park Antique Car Show in July at Avondale Park. From Tim Bearden.

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Biking in July. From Jeff McCord.

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“Clean Inside” at Antioch Missionary Baptist Church in the North Pratt neighborhood. From Kajbass.

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Mobile lifestyle blogger Mrs. Erica tours the Grand Bohemian Hotel in Mountain Brook during a business trip. From Mrs. Erica.

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Rasheed Alhajeri’s patient testimonial for Dr. Kenneth Bramlett at the Orthopaedic Sports Medicine Clinic of Alabama in Vestavia Hills. From Finditbham.com.

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Music video for “Pack It Up” by Birmingham pop band Dommel Mosel. From Adam Measel.

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Alabama Power crew working at night to restore power to North Birmingham. From Panorama Computer Services.

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Birmingham Bolts at Las Vegas Outlaws in Week No. 7 of the XFL in 2001. From Tony Mollick.

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Interview with Jermaine Seoposenwe, member of the Samford team and South Africa’s women’s football team, the Banyana Banyana. From CCTV Africa.

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Promo for the Gospel Mix Tour in July at the Sheraton Birmingham. From Blockbuster Showdown.

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Visiting Atlanta, Cleveland and Ann Arbor after starting at the Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport. From Kome Gaming.

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Chattanooga Lookouts vs. Birmingham Barons recap in baseball cards. From Big Orange TTM.

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Speaking to staff at Crest Cadillac of Birmingham and Mercedes-Benz of Birmingham, both in Hoover. From Chris Rogers.

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The Birmingham Boys Choir — along with members of the Chattanooga Boys Choir and Cincinnati Boychoir — performs “A Little Pretty Bonny Lass” in June at Vestavia Hills United Methodist Church. From Birmingham Boys Choir.

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A look at private home concert series Small Stages. From Alabama NewsCenter.

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Music video for “Pray” from Birmingham rapper Photo Slim. From Photo Slim BFC.

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Arden Blackwell of Ensley Alive describes the power of art. From Birmingham Museum of Art.

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Prosperity gospel program dfree at the Christian Education Congress, National Baptist Convention, in June at the BJCC Meeting Rooms. From My dfree.

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Chattanooga Roller Girls at Tragic City Rollers in July at Zamora Shrine Temple in Irondale. From PCP Gives You Wheels!

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Brandon Russell on “Performance Tooling in Visual Studio 2015” at July’s Birmingham .NET meeting at Samford University. From Birmingham .NET Meetup.

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Interview with Birmingham comedian Lady B, a k a Stephanie Byrd. From Elmore Management.

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A new statue of Willie Mays serves as a tribute to Don Logan, owner of the Birmingham Barons. From Alabama NewsCenter.

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Talking with Greg Wingo of Tech Birmingham and Sloss Tech. From Hark.

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Slam dunk contest between J.D. Williams and Dooley Petty in May at Woodlawn High. From AL.com.

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Spring kickball match between the Wolf of Ball Street and the Brew Jays at George Ward Park in the Glen Iris neighborhood. From Brett Burkholder.

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Mexican band Grupo Bryndis performs in May at El Sol on Valley Avenue. From Homero Manriquez.

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Car crash on I-20 [at 2:06]. From Pluto Max.

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Dancing to “Toxic” at March’s Showstopper competition at the Sheraton Birmingham. From Eagles Landing Dance Center Videos.

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Independence Day road trip to Birmingham includes Birmingham Zoo, fireworks and the UAB Summer Band. From Caleb Ramey.

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Pennsylvania hard rock band Crobot performs “Hold on for Dear Life” in July at the Syndicate Lounge on Southside. From Corigan69.

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Wasn’t the future
of food supposed to be all
things in gummy form?

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My picks for #sundayread for August 14, 2016:

• Never read it in h.s., but finally finished “Slaughterhouse-Five”: [aff. link] http://amzn.to/2aPxgnq
• Gay Talese’s New Yorker Article Is a Failure of Journalistic Ethics, by @IChotiner
• How Poor Kids Bear the Brunt of Overdue Library Book Fines, by @AarianMarshall
• Writers: Stop reading, start writing.
• The World Changing Ideas of 2016, by Morgan Clendaniel @MClendaniel (via @streamltd)
• Dear Parents: Everything You Need to Know About Your Child’s University But Don’t, by Ron Srigley
• Y’all Connect – Beyond 1st draft’s 1st sentence: Superior storytelling starts here
• The 2016 Pulitzer Prize Winners
• When Yahoo Ruled the Valley: Stories of the Original “Surfers,” by @VinduGoel
• Flashback: Books: Excerpt from Emily Brown’s “Birmingham Food: A Magic City Menu”
• Adventures of Richard Donner & 1st “Superman” movie, by Stephen Galloway (RT @crewless)
• A year ago, Obama commuted sentences of 46 nonviolent drug offenders (via @splcenter @lisawborden)
• Million-Dollar Murray, by Malcolm @Gladwell
• I Has a Sweet Potato

More posts from Wade this week:

• The Birmingham channel: Chasing bubbles
• Birmingham Blogging Academy: Video: What makes us distinct as a brand?

The latest #sundayread tweets:

#sundayread Tweets

• More #sundayread recommendations from me

The fury above
comes with a sudden onset
of black sky and gusts.

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Swimmers churn the tank
with sturdy strokes, a violent
contest back and forth.

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A paw drops into
the glass for a quick sip of
the drink he’s having.

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