Rhydian THE IMPOSSIBLE DREAM Kidwelly October 2012
Published on Oct 21, 2012
Rhydian a guest at Kidwelly Mayors Annual Concert
Author: Jeff Fenske Page 35 of 54
NAILS IT!!!!!!!
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Rhydian IMPOSSIBLE DREAM 27/10/14
Rhydian IMPOSSIBLE DREAM 14/11/15
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XXGk87NewH4
“Beware when interests attack an issue by controversializing or attacking the people, personalities and organizations surrounding it rather than addressing the facts.”
Study: “Wikipedia contradicted medical research 90% of the time.”
“Anonymous Wikipedia editors control and co-opt pages on behalf of special interests. They forbid and reverse edits that go against their agenda.”
“The drug company also arranged to optimize Google search engine results, so it was no accident that you stumbled across that positive non-profit that had all of those positive comments. The non-profit was, of course, secretly founded and funded by the drug company. The drug company also financed that positive study….”
– Sharyl Attkisson, 20-year correspondent for CBS News
Transcribed by Jeff Fenske
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Wikipedia exposed @ 3:55!
Astroturf and manipulation of media messages | Sharyl Attkisson | TEDxUniversityofNevada
This quote is from Ron Paul’s 2012 Farewell Address.
It’s now so bad that in this election, HiLIARy supporters KNOWINGLY supported an immoral government. A large percentage of America is now willfully morally corrupt!
“History fails to record a single precedent in which nations subject to moral decay have not passed into political and economic decline. There has been either a spiritual awakening to overcome the moral lapse, or a progressive deterioration leading to ultimate national disaster.”
– Douglas MacArthur
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“If the people are unhappy with the government performance it must be recognized that government is merely a reflection of an immoral society that rejected a moral government of constitutional limitations of power and love of freedom.
If this is the problem all the tinkering with thousands of pages of new laws and regulations will do nothing to solve the problem.
” – Ron Paul
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Related:
I took this photo in Anchorage a few hours ago of enthusiastic sign wavers. What really made it special were the dozens of friendly honks — the best being from semis!!!
Really special! United we stand : )
I used a long exposure for effect. The guy in the middle is waving a sign that can barely be seen.
Written on the back of the Trump sign is “DRAIN THE SWAMP,” which can be seen by drivers coming towards us.
Clicking on photo may open larger. I’m working on this blog to be able to publish some larger photos for my photo-a-day project, coming soon!
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Wayne Grudem was one of my professors when I attended seminary. We also attended the same Vineyard church together.
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Amazing song utilizes Riverdance’s staccatic rhythm to convey breaking free from the dark side, the way I see it.
I’m not sure what the composer’s mindset is, because dark forces suddenly become the boy’s buddies and assist him in breaking free in the official video (with vocals). Very possibly, the creators of the official video went this route to keep the number of actors as few as possible.
Or it could be on purpose too, to promote the Satanic idea that demons are our friends. But I don’t get that feel from this instrumental version.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kB80EsOh_Io
Woodkid – Run Boy Run (Instrumental)
Lyrics – Courtesy of Caspar McCloud
AMERICA WON’T YOU WAKE UP
AMERICA ARE YOUR LEADERS CORRUPT?
AMERICA HAVE YOU’VE BEEN LEAD ASTRAY?
AMERICA WON’T YOU STAND UP
AMERICA BEFORE YOUR BANKRUPT
AMERICA WHAT WILL THE LORD SAY?
THERE’S STILL TIME TO TURN FROM YOUR WICKED WAYS ( Hillary for Prison)
IF YOU’LL HUMBLE YOURSELF GOD WILL HEAR YOU PRAY
WHO ALLOWED THAT TROJAN HORSE INSIDE YOUR CITY GATE ( Hillary for Prison)
ARE YOU IN PROPHESY WHAT SHALL BE YOUR FATE?
OPEN UP YOUR EYES AND UNDERSTAND WITH YOUR HEART
TAKE YOUR NATION BACK BEFORE JEZEBEL TAKES IT APART
AMERICA DON’T YOU GIVE UP
AMERICA WON’T YOU STAND UP
AMERICA BE GREAT AGAIN AND PRAY
Music and Lyrics Caspar McCloud (c) 2016
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LnzgL-EUTr0
AMERICA!
Published on Oct 3, 2016
Music by CASPAR McCLOUD, video about the changing times in America and the current political nightmare.
“Some kind of light happened….”
“We can’t be messing around anymore.”
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Pastor Caspar McCloud Interview on the Shroud of Turin 2013
How do you look upon yourself?
Are you always looking down?
Down, down, down on the ground
Well, hold onto your dreams
It’s not as hard as it seems
If you try, you can do most anything
Whoa, the sky is the limit
You can reach beyond the stars
The sky is the limit
Let yourself go
Let the river flow
How do you look upon yourself?
Are you always behind?
Way, way, way, way behind
The possibility is here
You can be a pioneer
Just don’t be afraid of the new frontiers
Because the sky is the limit
You can reach beyond the stars
The sky is the limit
Let yourself go
Let the river flow
Many people have given up
They say the pressure is too hard to bear
Don’t have to do it all by yourself
Someone cares, up there
No one else but you
Can do exactly what you do
So let your talent come bursting right on through
Because the sky is the limit
You can reach beyond the stars
The sky is the limit
Let yourself go
Let the river flow
Just let yourself go
Let the river flow
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leon patillo the sky’s the limit
Leon Patillo – J.E.S.U.S.
I remember playing the cassette of this album, “The Sky is the Limit” a number of times while attending seminary during the spiritually dry second time.
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Earth people, (this is love)
Please come in, (this is love calling Earth)
I am not alien,
This is love calling, (this is love)
Please come in, (this is love calling Earth)
I want to be your friend.
I have been around you since the world began,
I have even visited you and walked upon your land,
I have known your leaders down through history,
Some have made the effort to communicate with me.
Earth people, (this is love)
Please come in, (this is love calling Earth)
I am not alien,
This is love calling, (this is love)
Please come in, (this is love calling Earth)
I want to be your friend.
I don’t want to harm you; it’s the last thing on my mind,
I just want to share my love with all of mankind,
When your heart is broken, and the world has been unkind, I’ll pick up the pieces and I’ll give you peace of mind.
(this is love)
(this is love calling Earth)
(come in, come in, come in)
(this is love)
(this is love calling Earth)
(come in, come in)
Scientists are seeking immortality,
Astronauts are searching the skies for our destiny,
It’s not complicated, what this planet needs: love is still the answer to life’s mystery.
Earth people, (this is love)
Please come in, (this is love calling Earth)
I am not alien,
This is love calling, (this is love)
Please come in, (this is love calling Earth)
I want to be your friend.
Earth people, (this is love)
Please come in, (this is love calling Earth)
I am not alien,
(fade)
Leon Patillo – Love Calling Video 2010
And … Ashley’s husband plays the white guitar!!!
Prophetic power punch!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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ASHLEY CLEVELAND – Gimme Shelter (Live!)
A POWERFUL REPEATABLE!!!!!!!
One of my favorites!
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Ashley Cleveland-Better You Get Ready.wmv
I also live in the Sand Lake area of Anchorage.
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From: ADN
Check out the 1,469-pound pumpkin that just broke the Alaska State Fair record
After five years of chasing the Alaska State Fair giant pumpkin record, Anchorage’s Dale Marshall finally won the heavyweight title once again.
At the 11th annual state fair pumpkin weigh-off Tuesday, Marshall’s 1,469-pound gourd beat the previous record of 1,287 pounds set in 2011 by J. D. Megchelsen of Nikiski.
It was a comeback of sorts for Marshall, who held the record in 2010. Marshall said warm weather and good seed selection led him to victory this year. Grown in a greenhouse at his Sand Lake home, the champion pumpkin weighs roughly as much as a large bull moose.
“(I did) pretty much what I do every year,” he said. “And it panned out.”
Marshall was also the lone entry in the 2015 competition, but was unable to compete when the crane hoisting his pumpkin broke during delivery to the fair, smashing the giant gourd into pieces.
I’ve learned a lot from Michael, and am very sad to see him go. He had such a high standard of excellence when he wrote or spoke his product reviews. No one held the photography industry to a higher standard than did Michael. He was forward thinking, cutting edge, while they too often rest on their laurels, stuck in the mud with archaic ideas that stifle the productions of great art.
Here are three articles (with some videos) written by those who knew Michael personally:
Missing Our Friend
August 18, 2016 by Kevin Raber
Michael Reichmann – Reflections
August 18, 2016 by Alain Briot
I wrote the following comment at LL’s Facebook page in response to Alain’s article above:
Heartwarming article and videos! In order for Michael to be such an innovator with Luminous Landscape it’s not surprising that he didn’t have the patience to focus on just one image like Alain did and does. I really like Natalie’s comment:
“He did not care what others thought about these controversial articles that he published on his website. The more controversial the article, the more he seemed to enjoy publishing them.”
I’ve found that very few reviewers would really challenge camera and printer companies like Michael would. He was fearless. Getting better products was a main goal for him.
I recently found out that Canon dropped the green ink in their latest printers, and replaced it with a chroma optimizer. I wonder what Michael would have said. The color gamut is almost certainly reduced now that they’ve taken out an ink they used to find essential.
I hope Luminous Landscape still carries on his fearless and high standard work.
It’s A Sad Day For Luminous-Landscape
May 19, 2016 by Kevin Raber
I wrote this comment after hearing:
I appreciated Michael’s emphasis on EXCELLENCE, and have learned so much from him. Very sorry to hear this! Michael’s contribution to photography and the photographic community was huge!
Life is short.
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Jim Brandenburg (born November 23, 1945) is an environmentalist and nature photographer and filmmaker based near Ely, Minnesota. His career includes over 10 years as a newspaper photojournalist, over 30 years as a contract photographer for the National Geographic Society…. (source)
I’ve read Jim’s story, and bought the DVD of this film years ago. It’s so inspiring and very deep! I’ve now decided to finally do my own “1 photo a day” project, which I almost did last year. Goals are good. It’s time to do it, but with looser rules: being allowed to shoot more than one frame a day, and subjects will not be limited to nature.
I should say too that I can relate to Jim’s story. I also replaced shooting guns with shooting photos at an early age, and the Boundary Waters Canoe Area in northern Minnesota was one of my primary inspirations too. I laid my camera down too, though, for an extended period, unlike Jim.
DANGER ALERT @ minute-55: despite the many greatnesses of this work, bringing me to tears at times, we must not violate God’s principles. “Worshipping” the creation instead of the Creator Who made nature is the fall of man Romans 1 describes, that we must not fall into. In the film, Jim often departs from the 6,000 year Biblical creation story when he mentions the mythical evolutionary time frame. Nat Geo is renown for doing this, and this has always bothered me. [12/16: now they’re promoting 9-year-old transgenderism!] To me, photographing nature is an act of worship. My #1 goal is to show the glory of God revealed in what He created, as stated in Romans 1:20:
For since the creation of the world His invisible attributes, His eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly seen, being understood through what has been made, so that they are without excuse.
Some quotes I transcribed:
“..one of two settings…that moved Brandenburg early in life to swap a hunting rifle for a camera.” – Narrator
“To capture an animal with a camera is something I’ve never grown tired of.” – JB
“..his passion, it is so deep….” – Ann Bancroft
“Jim is as focused as anybody I’ve ever seen.” – Anthony (JB’s son)
“The raven is the key to getting an image of the wolf.” – JB
“This is my story. I find that developing a grounded sense of context of where you live, knowing your subject better than a far off, exotic place, over a period of years and years and years. And telling that story, I find a much richer experience.” – JB
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y3vW1kglEnk
Chased by the Light A Photographic Journey with Jim Brandenburg
He spent so much time getting to know them…
Breaks my heart. Life is tough!
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Medicine Of The Wolf
Another of the many photographers who have inspired me.
Wonderful to see how the greats use compact cameras!
Similar, and even shorter video from Jim in which he says: “I now have a new paintbrush for my daily walks”: Jim Brandenburg and the Nikon COOLPIX P7700
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Jim Brandenburg, Daily Walks with the Nikon COOLPIX P7700
Landscape and Nature Photographer David Muench Shares his Photography Portfolio: Timeless Moments
Published on Jan 3, 2014
David Muench is legendary in the American landscape photography community. For 50 years he has explored the United States capturing the land and wilderness with his 4×5 view camera. He has discovered and photographed a diverse range of unique and beautiful locations, many captured with a camera for the first time. Some of David’s discoveries are popular locations with landscape photographers today. In this video David will discuss his portfolio: Timeless Moments
Davids biography begins in the Sierras, as a child on pack trips with his parents, his father the noted landscape photography pioneer; Joseph Muench and his mother, a writer. These first views were David’s introduction to wild places that became the subject for my own photography, but more than that, the places that have offered him a lifetime of solace, of adventure, of joy.
As a child, David watched his father his father photograph and that led him into is own photographic work. David helped helped his father do his photography work . . . as a young child as his model and as a teenager, helping him print his black and white photographs.
David made his first photographs as a teenager in the late 1950s, and had his first photographs published as front and back covers of Arizona Highways when Raymond Carlson was editor, and David was still in high school. For David, there was never any question of his career. He attended Rochester Institute of Technology in Rochester, NY, and the Los Angeles Art Center School of Design, both experiences providing him with the formality of a degree in photography, and an understanding of the technology of the time, but he felt — and continues to feel — that his most profound learning experiences were in the field. Even now, as the technology of photography explodes in directions undreamed of in his early days, David continues to learn, to expand in new directions, and it is nature that remains his teacher.
David’s work has been shown in numerous exhibitions, including Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Phoenix Art Museum, Center for Creative Photography, Museum of Northern Arizona in Flagstaff , but what is his most enduring are the more than 50 exhibit format books he’s photographed and published published. The books allow him to share in depth the subjects — the landscapes — that inspire him. Two of these (and a number of articles) have been done with his wife, the writer Ruth Rudner.
He is among the archived photographers at the Center for Creative Photography at the University of Arizona, Tucson, short-listed for this honor by Ansel Adams, founder, with John Schaefer, of the CCP.
As a two-time Canon Explorer of Light, David worked with the Canon Systems cameras that were the mainstay of his 35mm work. Participation in a UNESCO/Panasonic sponsored project to photograph World Heritage Sites propelled him into learning to photograph with digital cameras. He revels in the freedom these cameras bring. But, for him, photography—with any kind of camera– is a matter of seeing.
Perhaps, for David, all of life is that, which makes his biography quite simple! He photographs as he sees and he sees what is wild. David says he cares that his photography speaks for the wild beauty he treasures and cares that his children, Zandria and Marc, both photographers, continue that legacy.
Do biographies have a beginning and an end? Or do they simply have a continuing mission in the work one does . . . . for David, the journey continues . . .
Our interview series with David began on 2012 as he chronicles a life in the wild and with a camera. Please enjoy our conversation with David Muench: a national treasure!
Galen’s book, “Mountain Light,” got me interested in photography again. I’ve also visited his gallery in Bishop, CA.
He was a real pioneer!
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Photographers Barb & Galen Rowell – appreciation & farewell from Bay Area Backroads
My favorite golfer:
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wVcLOGwQ4EE
Henrik Stenson sinks insane back-to-back 58, 108-foot putts
I just put up an expanded version of this: Photo Cascadia: Current Trends in Photo Print Mediums — Metal vs Lumachrome
From: Photo Cascadia
CURRENT TRENDS IN PHOTO PRINT MEDIUMS
July 31st, 2016 by photocascadia
by Zack Schnepf
Canvas prints failed for me because I specialize in highly detailed grand landscape scenes and the detail gets lost in the texture. Certain images still sold well on canvas, but they were primarily low detail abstracts and painterly looking scenes that lent themselves to the medium. …
Aluminum prints have a lot of advantages over traditional print mediums. They are much more durable, water proof, scratch resistant, light weight, very archival [Metal prints’ longevity is overrated. Wilhelm Research rates metal print longevity at only 50 years, compared to “up to 200 years” for the latest inkjet prints – ed.], don’t need to be framed, very three dimensional, and very bright. They also have less reflection issues compared to framed prints with standard glass. They do have a few disadvantages as well. They are not as detailed as traditional inkjet prints and have a much more limited color gamut. The limited color gamut is my biggest issue with metal prints. It can be very challenging to get certain colors to render correctly. … In my experience, green is the hardest color to render correctly. …
Recently I’ve been experimenting with acrylic prints and they are my current favorite. They represent the best of both worlds and the best overall quality in my opinion. Like aluminum prints, they are bright and have a beautiful three dimensional glossy look, but they also retain the detail and color gamut of traditional inkjet prints. They do have a few draw backs compared to metal prints. They are heavier, and they scratch easier.
..about 20% of my images that I can’t get to print very well on aluminum. …
For aluminum prints I use: http://www.hdaluminumprints.com. Randy at HD Aluminum Prints does a fantastic job and profiles better than any other aluminum printer I’ve used. I have my acrylic prints made at: http://www.nevadaartprinters.com. They produce incredible quality acrylic prints!
GORGEOUS!
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Nevada Art Printers Gallery Showcase
I’ve been wondering, so I looked it up: An iPhone 6 has a focal length of 29mm*, which is considered wide angle, too wide to shoot natural looking head shots.
The article linked below shows what 28mm looks like, and says:
“85mm to 135mm is the focal range that’s commonly recommended for portraits, since it helps avoid the thin- and wide-looking distortions found with super wide or telephoto lenses.”
Cellphones are way TOO WIDE for natural looking, undistorted portraits — making the nose look too big, etc.. One remedy is to shoot further away, so faces look more naturally correct. But then they’re tiny in the image.
Companies are working at trying to make cellphone lenses that reach out further. In the meantime, at least one company makes lenses that screw into a cellphone case, which shoot in longer focal lengths. And many compact cameras zoom to 85mm.
* 35mm sensor size equivalent — the standard used in this example
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PetaPixel shows in this article how facial features look photographed at different focal lengths:
Live – McHugh Fire Human Caused Explains Norm McDonald Fire Management Officer
About 10 miles south of Anchorage — a big deal for us all!
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Exclusive: Very First Aerial View & Narration of the McHugh Fire Aftermath
Published on Jul 25, 2016
July 23rd, 2016: Watch the very first live exclusive aerial footage of the aftermath of the 778 acre McHugh Fire located on the steep terrain south of Anchorage, Alaska.
Operations Section Chief narrates the piece and describes the impacts and confinement strategy utilized by firefighters working in steep and dangerous terrain.
The cause of the fire which threatened the Potter Valley and Rainbow Valley subdivisions remains under investigation.
As of July 25th, 2016 the McHigh Fire #541 was 778 acres in size, 35% contained, 65% confined with 315 fire personnel assigned.
Raw footage provided by the Alaska Interagency Incident Management Team. Media outlets are welcome to use the footage in their news reports. Please credit Alaska Interagency Incident Management Team and PIO Kale Casey.