David Hammond

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Tired of delays and the inaction of the snow removal crew, the bunnies installed a rapid transit system between the house and the barn.

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My wife had a layover in LA and sat across from two ladies who played in the women’s league during WWII, made famous by the movie “A League of Their Own”. One had the coolest cane I’ve ever seen. “There’s no crying in baseball!”

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Spending my hermit like work days in the attic of the STEM building woking on various long term projects - Here's one that seems to work. https://t.co/dKstN5liXA via @YouTube

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Captured this cloud formation over the lake last Friday along with an interesting light rising from the horizon at 5:55 in the video. Looks a bit like a rocket engine burn but couldn't correlate it with any activity. https://t.co/M7p7qpdTNh via @YouTube

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The view West from Discovery. One of the perks when getting to work before sunrise.

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Luke Donforth demonstrating Lenz’s law today for two groups of Brown’s River middle school 8th graders. He is dropping a magnet onto a piece of copper.

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The group du jour was from CP Smith School, 5th grade. A really great group of students. Very engaged and many good questions. Luke Donforth pictured in the background, the ping-pong ball cannon and Juan Vanegas in the foreground. Physics in the round, a great space!

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The first of six elementary school groups to visit @uvmphysics in PEaRL this week. They arrived yesterday for demonstrations on the states of matter and properties of materials. This group was Matt Chandler’s 6th grade class from Edmunds middle school.

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After 10 years of sporadic work by myself and machinist Doug Gomez, with the alcove designed by Evan Champagne at @FFF_Architects, the wave pendulum is up and running! The demonstration of aliasing and wave motion was cycled 50 times in its first 24 hours of operation.

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Thanks to John Perry, UVM physics department astronomy professor and owner of Holographics North, for donating and installing the first of two holograms in Innovation E330. A picture doesn’t do justice to this computer simulation of dark matter distribution.

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We got a little rain last night...

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Lake Champlain from UVM’s Discovery Hall.

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The full length torsional pendulum is functional!

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The UVM physics department active learning classroom, PEaRL, is in the first week of classes!

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Nice double rainbow at the Addison County Field Days.

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Just starting to set up and move into the PEaRL active learning space!

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Beating the heat today sealing the well with hydraulic grout. Time to remove invading roots and family of salamanders. This spring has never run dry in the 100 years of living memory available. A welcome 45 degrees at the bottom!

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“Hot Dog With Mustard”

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Summer officially arrives for me when I help former UVM physics dept machinist Walter Weir put up some hay - what a view!

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Took advantage of the cooler morning temperatures and opted for the wood fired breakfast pizzas rather than the afternoon barbecue - yummy!