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S. Abbas Raza (Weekly Photo)

Originally from Karachi, Pakistan, Abbas has an undergraduate degree in electrical engineering & computer science from Johns Hopkins University, and a graduate degree in philosophy from Columbia University. He lives with his wife, Margit Oberrauch, and their feline friend, Frederica Krueger, near the small, very beautiful city of Brixen in the Italian Alps. Email: s.abbas.raza.1 [at] gmail.com

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Posted on Monday, Apr 15, 2019 1:15AMMonday, April 15, 2019 by S. Abbas Raza (Weekly Photo)

Eiffel Tower, Paris, March of 2014.

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Monday Photo

Posted on Monday, Apr 8, 2019 1:15AMMonday, April 8, 2019 by S. Abbas Raza (Weekly Photo)

Long exposure of evening scene from my balcony after a rare spring snowfall in March of 2016. The white streaks on the street are from the headlights of a car driving by; the blue ones from a speeding police car.

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Monday Photo

Posted on Monday, Apr 1, 2019 1:15AMMonday, April 1, 2019 by S. Abbas Raza (Weekly Photo)

Lizard on my balcony railing, June, 2018.

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Posted on Monday, Mar 25, 2019 1:15AMMonday, March 25, 2019 by S. Abbas Raza (Weekly Photo)

Frederica Krueger turned 14 a couple of days ago and this is her birthday portrait.

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Posted on Monday, Mar 18, 2019 1:15AMMonday, March 25, 2019 by S. Abbas Raza (Weekly Photo)

White rose, May, 2014.

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Posted on Monday, Mar 11, 2019 1:15AMMonday, March 25, 2019 by S. Abbas Raza (Weekly Photo)

Saw this hunting blind while walking in the woods near Raas last week.

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Posted on Monday, Mar 4, 2019 1:20AMMonday, March 25, 2019 by S. Abbas Raza (Weekly Photo)

Plant on my dining table in October of 2017.

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Posted on Monday, Feb 25, 2019 1:15AMMonday, March 25, 2019 by S. Abbas Raza (Weekly Photo)

Alpine snowstorm in January of 2018.

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Posted on Monday, Feb 18, 2019 1:15AMMonday, March 25, 2019 by S. Abbas Raza (Weekly Photo)

An ocean of alps visible from airplane window just after takeoff from Innsbruck in December of 2018.

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Posted on Monday, Feb 11, 2019 1:20AMMonday, March 25, 2019 by S. Abbas Raza (Weekly Photo)

Savannah grasslands in Murchison Falls National Park in Uganda at sunrise one morning in December of 2018.

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Posted on Monday, Feb 4, 2019 1:20AMMonday, March 25, 2019 by S. Abbas Raza (Weekly Photo)

  View of the Alps at Langkofel from a cable car in September 2016.

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Posted on Monday, Jan 28, 2019 1:10AMMonday, March 25, 2019 by S. Abbas Raza (Weekly Photo)

New York City at twilight from the top of the New Museum in July, 2016.

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Posted on Monday, Jan 21, 2019 1:20AMMonday, March 25, 2019 by S. Abbas Raza (Weekly Photo)

View from my 12th floor hotel room in rainy London in September, 2017.

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Posted on Monday, Jan 14, 2019 1:15AMMonday, March 25, 2019 by S. Abbas Raza (Weekly Photo)

About to land in Amsterdam in a Transavia Boeing 737-800 in December, 2018.

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3QD Design History and Credits

The original site was designed by S. Abbas Raza in 2004 but soon completely redesigned by Mikko Hyppönen and deployed by Henrik Rydberg. It was later upgraded extensively by Dan Balis in 2006. The next major revision was designed by S. Abbas Raza, building upon the earlier look, and coded by Dumky de Wilde in 2013. And this current version 5.0 has been designed and deployed by Dumky de Wilde in collaboration with S. Abbas Raza.

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