Lord, THANK YOU for releasing me from the bondage of sin. May you touch the hearts of other people that they may know you deeper and SURRENDER their lives to you. Amen.
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“I will praise you Lord, my God with ALL my heart. I will glorify your name forever.”
– David in Psalm 86:12
I LOVE this!!!
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A REASON TO WRITE – 1:05:55 @ LIVE: Tucker Carlson WORLD FIRST Interview Since Leaving Fox! – #163 – Stay Free With Russell Brand:
Tucker says having a show on social meeting forces him to write. He’d rather bird hunt or fish, but writing is ‘wonderful!
“What social media offers for me in the short term is an audience, but also a reason to write. I can’t think clearly without writing. … I need to write things out. … Writing a script forces you to think through everything about the issue — to have a much deeper understanding of it. … I couldn’t go too long without writing or my IQ would drop dramatically.”
Alaska’s slow start to wildfire season a relief after Connecticut-sized area burned last year
Alaska is off to the slowest start of a wildfire season in three decades — an immense relief one year after fires scorched nearly enough land to cover Connecticut and even threatened remote Alaska Native communities on the tundra.
Thanks to a cool, wet summer, wildfires so far this year have burned just 1½ times the size of New York’s Central Park. …
Anchorage has only gone above 70 degrees F (21.1 degrees C) once this year.
“Pride goes before *destruction*, and an arrogant spirit before a fall.” – Prov. 16:18
NOTABLES:
25:15 Organic A2 Whole Milk (small bottles). Really good and healthy. It’s my second choice. Mom and I are getting Alaska Range Dairy’s Whole Milk Non Homogenized in returnable glass bottles at Natural Pantry. Has an AMAZING flavor even better than these Costco bottles. Spendy. [Homogenization wrecks the fat globules. This does not.]
Haig’s Tzatziki sounds great, but don’t know if our Costco has it. Will check.
27:15 is interesting. I got this organic yogurt a few days ago. It’s not as thick as regular yogurt, but it’s made from grass fed cows, which Thomas doesn’t mention. Grass fed makes the fat excellent.
I get and eat a lot of Costco’s grass fed beef patties in the frozen section — very healthy and great flavor (as long as they’re *not overcooked*. Since they’re frozen, there’s no danger of eating if not cooked long enough, since all of the critters are dead.
“Be thou faithful unto death, and I will give you the crown of life.” – Jesus Christ in Rev. 2:10
“For you need endurance so that, having done the will of God, you may receive the promise.” – Heb. 10:36
Canon is now using rectangular plastic elements in their mirrorless cameras. Glass has always had the greatest light transmission.
Amazing technology and video, but so sad to see them stuck in the 3:2 aspect ratio, regular sized sensor. I’m moving on to medium format Fuji, where more of the image circle of Canon’s great EF lenses can be used in any aspect ratio.
They should have developed a full frame, oversized, multi-aspect ratio sensor, or at least Panasonic should have. This is sad to see.
“The truly wise man is he who always believes the Bible against the opinion of any man.” – R. A. Torrey
Mark’s medium format Fuji GFX 100S has 7 aspect ratios to compose images in the viewfinder: 1:1, 7:6, 5:4, 4:3 (native), 3:2, 16:9, 65:24 (pano).
Most full frame 35mm cameras still only offer 1:1, 3:2 (native) or 16:9. Some add 4:3 and/or 5:4. Panasonic S1R has 1:1, 4:3, 3:2 (native), 16:9, 2:1, 65:24.
iPhone only shoots in 16:9 and 4:3.
Thomas Spence took this photo.
The Big Lake They Call Gitche Gumee…
There was a rare beacon lighting at Split Rock Lighthouse on Lake Superior this evening to honor the life and music of Gordon Lightfoot, who passed away earlier this week. The beacon, which was decommissioned in 1969, is always lit on November 10th to honor the 29 lives lost on that day in 1975 when the lake freighter Edmund Fitzgerald was sunk in a stormy gale. It’s one of only a few times per year they illuminate the beacon. For many, Lightfoot’s song about that night resonates every time they visit The Lake. That was surely the case tonight at Split Rock. The light of the near full moon lit the scene nicely. Waves lapping at the shoreline with a gentle, cool breeze. Perfect evening. Thank you to Hayes and the crew for lighting the candle tonight.
Every time my high school and college friend, Steve and I would drive up to the Boundary Waters Canoe Area (BWCA in NE Minnesota) to go canoeing, we listened to Gordon Lightfoot’s music much of the way, and would stop at Split Rock Lighthouse. I remember once cooking our macaroni and cheese in a crack in the ground by the cliff, since it was so windy.
Great movie about Gordon Lighfoot’s life, released in 2019! Gordon speaks a lot in the film at about age-80, and is pretty honest about things he regrets having done. This is the first time I’ve seen his story told. His music meant a lot to me in the ’70s!
“Don’t worry about what other people think about it. Just make the photographs that you’re driven to make. That’s all that really matters.”
“In terms of permanence, the major advance of the HD, HDX and Pro inks has been a greatly improved yellow ink. And that has managed to bring all of the permanence numbers two to three times higher than they were with the previous inkset.” – Henry Wilhelm
35mm cameras are still stuck in the 3:2 aspect ratio, even after the SLR mirror box and film limitations are gone. 3:2 has not been the most pleasing aspect ratio for art, which is traditionally 4:3 and even squarer. And 4:3 uses the lens circle area more efficiently. How did 3:2 become the 35mm camera standard?
What should have happened, now that film and the SLR mirror box is gone: oversized sensors. I’ve long argued that digital cameras should have oversized sensors, so what the lens sees can be captured by the camera in other aspect ratios like 4:3 and 16:9.
All of the different aspect ratios feel different, and can massively impact the feel of the photograph.
Aspect ratio is: “The stage on which the content can perform.”
Cropping in-camera can create a passion for the photo.
Rarely shoots in 3×2; often in 4×5.
My photo of Nick Begich III with wife Dharna and their 9-year-old son, Nicholas (Nick Begich IV). State Senator Roger Holland is top right.
Running for US Congress fundraiser, Anchorage, Alaska 10/3/22
God’s moral principles are a castle: strong walls and a moat that protects us from the destructive influences of Satan, the world and our own sin nature — our refuge!
‘Do you see God’s moral principles as a prison that keeps you from doing what you want, or as a castle that protects you from the destructive influences of Satan, the world and your own sin nature?’
One of dozens of Tom Cobaugh’s Sunday classes that I attended.
Tom Cobaugh teaching at ABT, Sunday school 2/13/22
Be advised: Watching Gator cook on the set of Yellowstone WILL make you hungry. In this behind-the-scenes look…, Gabriel “Gator” Guilbeau discusses his delicious role on the show.
Fats in grass fed dairy and beef are far healthier than from corn fed animals, so this is important.
Kirkland has 25% less salt, so Kerrygold wins in a taste test.
But Kerrygold has 17% milk solids, while Kirkland has 10%. Milk solids cause butter to burn:
Milk solids are the reason butter starts to burn at a lower temperature than something like olive oil. When you clarify butter, you remove all the milk solids and water, but are left with the butterfat. This creates a higher smoke point, which makes clarified butter ideal for cooking and sautéing. (source)
Kirkland brand says 95% grass fed. I’ve read that Kerrygold cows are fed hay for a month or so during Irish winters, which is supposed to be why they are also not 100% grass fed. But they’re apparently not at anytime fed with corn, which changes the fats omega content to be less healthy.
Also, grass fed cows produce yellow colored butter from beta carotene in the grass. So the yellower the better.
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I was kind of excited to see a Kirkland® brand of grass-fed butter being sold at Costco, but is it better than KerryGold®? Watch this video before you buy grass-fed butter!
Good, except for the rebellion.
I love this show — hard hitting reality of what it was like — though, with new age embellishments from Taylor Sheridan!
Related:
1883 Music-Only Trailer composed by Brian Tyler
Best part of this song and the entire album starts at 5:08