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(vid) Forecasting “green up” – When the landscape first turns green in the spring

In Anchorage, it’s always sometime in May, and the green is so pretty!

(vid) What it’s like shooting a 24-hour endurance car race – Spa in Belgium

Story with some stills here

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(vid) Renaissance – Live in London 1977 — Carpet Of The Sun • Mother Russia • Can You Hear Me • Ocean Gypsy • Running Hard • Touching Once • Prologue

I was greatly impressed with Renaissance while in high school, and was able to see them at the Minnesota State Fair playing in a small pavilion to only about 25 people. I couldn’t believe my eyes, standing right in front of one of the greatest bands and most people just kept walking down the path without coming inside — for free.

Jon Camp is still my favorite bass player — having such a soaring, majestic style — a one-of-a-kind! Some compare him to Chris Squire of ‘YES,’ but Jon has always moved me more.

Annie Haslam has a 5-octave voice, and still sings incredibly at age-70: (music video) Renaissance – ‘Carpet of the Sun’ with Chamber Orchestra

Renaissance’s style was elegance, standing tall like the Redwoods; though, some of the lyrics were a bit dark, and were written by another lady, who seemed to be occult influenced. This concert has a great, upbeat feel, unlike some of their studio LP albums, like “Turn of the Cards,” which I still remember buying at the record store at 66th St. and Penn Ave. in Richfield, MN, while living in nearby Bloomington.

I must have heard them on KQRS, the progressive rock FM station that I was often glued to. They never played the same song in a 24 hour period, and had real DJs playing real vinyl LP records, sometimes entire albums. What a treat!

I’ve always been impressed with their song, “Mother Russia,” but didn’t know until hearing Jon Camp’s intro here that it’s about Alexander Solzhenitsyn, the imprisoned truther, author.

Uplifting concert here!

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(music video) Renaissance – ‘Carpet of the Sun’ with Chamber Orchestra

Annie Haslam demonstrates how agile her 5-octave voice still is at age-70!

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Forgiveness in the Moment

Mark 11:25-26
“And when you stand praying, if you hold anything against anyone, forgive him, so that your Father in heaven may forgive you your sins.”

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(vid) The Tao of Caine: Producing “Kung Fu” — My favorite TV series — no hate!

I love this show! It affected my life deeply during my high school years. I’m really disappointed that TalmudVision doesn’t ever seem to replay it. People deserve the chance to see this no-hate series, which I’m highlighting here by posting many short clips.

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“A society grows great when old men plant trees whose shade they know they shall never sit in”

“A society grows great when old men plant trees whose shade they know they shall never sit in.”

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New Ulm woman become supercentarian, feeling great at age-110

My mother is from New Ulm, and asked me to post this landmark story. Mom attended DMLC a few years before Erna’s husband was head of the music department.

(vid) AIR – A stunning photo series | Vincent Laforet | TEDxSanFrancisco

(vid) Trey Ratcliff: Ignore the Haters – Spend time being awesome instead of worrying — “If you ever get any kind of hate, just fight back with ‘awesome'”

“If you ever get any kind of hate, just fight back with ‘awesome.'”

– Trey Ratcliffe

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Colors, intricate details of butterfly wings come alive in microscope photos!

BEAUTIFUL STORY

(vid) Kraftwerk – ‘Autobahn’ (1974) – “Fahr’n fahr’n fahr’n auf der autobahn”

I remember being amazed by this and even humming it when it came out in 1974, when electronic music was just getting going:“Fahr’n fahr’n fahr’n auf der autobahn.”

KQRS FM in Minneapolis, which I was glued to, would play this extended version on a real turntable.

About ten years later, I drove the Autobahn.

Catchy tune!

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(1 min vid) Inside Nevada Art Printers during Mark Metternich & Robert Park’s workshop

January 2018, Fine Art Printing Workshop at Nevada Art Printers
Facebook: Nevada Art Printers

https://www.facebook.com/MarkMPhotos/videos/1607707022652457/

Spring Flowers in 4K (Ultra HD) | 4 Hours – Nature Relaxation Video – Tulip Festival – Episode #5

(4 min vid) How To Make Things Bigger on Your Mac

<Command +> also makes print larger in web pages.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oZqv6GlVPLY

How To Make Things Bigger on Your Mac

Published on Jul 7, 2010

Great tips for seeing things better on your Mac screen. Easy to follow video for all users. Get more free stuff at www.mac2school.com

(3 min video) Christian the Lion – The Full Story — that he was now the head of his own pride, and as such, was completely wild and would not remember them. Undaunted, they went anyway

(3 min vid) Kung Fu: Series 1 Intro

Likely my favorite show of all time.

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(4 min vid) Kung Fu: Seek Not to Contend — “The supple willow does not contend against the storm, yet it survives”

(vid) Why Lumachrome are the Best Prints

(vid) What causes airplane wing vapor?

Discipline, Mummy Bear-style: Cub given roar of disapproval…. before finally getting a hug

Remarkable demonstration of DISCIPLINE that ENDS WITH A HUG:

First, the mother glares angrily at her son as he stands a few feet away looking guilty and sheepish.

Within seconds he is backed into a corner with a terrified expression as she roars her disapproval.

Shortly afterwards he finds himself airborne after she seizes him by the scruff of the neck and propels him from side to side.

However, the fierce encounter at Simferopol Zoo in the Ukraine comes to a peaceful conclusion when Mummy, who weighs the best part of 550 lb, gently hugs him to her chest to reassure him that all is forgiven.

PHOTO-STORY

(vid) Shaun White on Always Winning, Even When You Lose | Impact Theory

(vid) Sam Robson: Oh Happy Day! – Acapella Arrangement…

Out-of-the-park AWESOME!!!!!!!!! 

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(photo) Little nap with my best friend

From: Gustav’s Dachshund World & Friends

Little nap with my best friend 

(vid) Cleaning the CCD sensor of a Panasonic Lumix Compact Digital Camera

(vid) Goodbye Distant Shores II

“Distant Shores” is a TV series I immensely enjoyed watching.

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(vid) Here’s what it’s like to ski an Olympic downhill course

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PVy_fGWrVUY

(vid) Kung Fu: Young Caine’s Shaolin Tea and Pebble Tests

(Time-lapse Video) ALIVE | Canada 4K – Traveling 5500 km in 6 weeks – 54,000 single photos!

The story: Behind the scenes: Shooting a motion time-lapse in the Canadian wilderness

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Aspect Ratio: What It Is and How It Greatly Affects Composition

Two articles excerpted below. The first shows through some photographic examples how many scenes or subjects work best in one aspect ratio and not as well in others. I would like to see all mirrorless cameras have some type of multi-aspect ratio sensors so various aspect ratios can be chosen, all having the widest field of view — instead of having to crop from 3:2 or 4:3, which loses field of view and pixels.

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