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Free Electron Laser sources, DOD, and utterly fascinating -
http://www.stormingmedia.us/keywords/free_electron_lasers.html
Regards
alfa6 ;>}
| November 21, 2005
Let Go!
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A 14-year-old North Carolina boy refused to stop playing his Nintendo Game Boy during school hours. The principal was called in and he still refused to stop. When the school liaison officer tried to search him, the teen kicked and punched him. The police were summoned, yet the boy adamantly resisted. Only after the officers gave him two shocks from a Taser gun were they able to remove the toy from him. He was uninjured, but one officer was bitten by the boy.
How can someone be so obstinate! Consider Pharaoh's stubborn refusal to let God's people go despite numerous plagues (Exodus 5-9). Only after the seventh plague did Pharaoh begin to relent (9:27-28).
Pharaoh was foolish to harden his heart against God. Yet look at who hardened their hearts in the wilderness. Hebrews 3:15-16 says, "If you will hear His voice, do not harden your hearts as in the rebellion. For who, having heard, rebelled? Indeed, was it not all who came out of Egypt, led by Moses?" Even those who had seen God's deliverance from slavery in Egypt rebelled against Him!
Today, let us ponder whether God is speaking to us. Could it be that we are clinging to some "toy" and refusing to let Him be Lord of our lives? —Albert Lee
God must rule our hearts if our feet are to walk His way.
On This Day In History
Birthdates which occurred on November 21:
1495 John Bale England, bishop/anti-catholic playwright (Kynge Johan)
1694 Voltaire [Francois-Marie Arouet], France, thinker
1729 Josiah Bartlett US physician/judge/signer (Decl of Independence)
1785 William Beaumont surgeon (studied digestion)
1787 Sir Samuel Cunard founder (1st regular Atlantic steamship line)
1817 Richard B Garnett Brig Gen, killed during Pickett's charge
1828 William McComb Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1918
1831 John Franklin Miller Bvt Mjr Gen (Union volunteers), died in 1886
1834 Joseph Jackson Bartlett Bvt Mjr Gen (Union volunteers), died in 1893
1854 Benedict XV 258th Roman Catholic pope (1914-22)
1888 Adolph Arthur “Harpo” Marx, American comedian
1904 Coleman Hawkins virtually created tenor saxophone for jazz
1907 Charles Korvin Piestany Hungary, actor (Berlin Express, Ship of Fools)
1907 Jim Bishop author (The Day Lincoln was Shot)
1908 Franz Pfnor Germany, slalom (Olympic-gold-1936)
1916 Sid Luckman NFL QB (Chicago Bears)
1920 Ralph Meeker actor (Anderson Tapes, Night Stalker)
1920 Stan "The Man" Musial outfielder (St Louis Cardinal, 7 times NL bat champ)
1921 Vivian Blaine Newark NJ, actress (Guys & Dolls, Skirts Ahoy)
1932 Jim Ringo NFL center (Green Bay, Philadelphia)
1933 Henry Hartsfield Jr Birmingham AL, astro (STS-4, STS 41-D, STS 61A)
1933 Jean Shepard Pauls Valley OK, country singer (Ozark Jubilee)
1937 Marlo Thomas Detroit MI, actress,[Mrs Phil Donahue](That Girl!, Jenny)
1939 Richard Lenz Springfield IL, actor (Hec Ramsey, Scandalous John)
1940 Natalia Maskarova Lenningrad, ballerina (Kirov) defected 1970
1941 Juliet Mills London England, actress (Nanny & the Professor, QB VII)
1942 Tweety Bird, cartoon character, born.
1943 Larry Mahan Oregon, rodeo champ (1967-70)
1944 Earl "the Pearl" Monroe Philadelphia PA, NGA Guard (NY Knicks, Baltimore Bullets)
1945 Goldie Hawn Takoma Park MD, actress (Laugh-in, Private Benjamin)
1950 Alberto Juantorena Cuba, 400m dash (Olympic-gold-1976)
1961 Nadia Comaneci [Gheorghe] Romania, gymnast (1st 10/Olympic-gold-1976)
1964 Marjorie Judith Vincent Oak Park IL, Miss America (1991)
1975 Cherie Johnson Pittsburgh PA, actress (Cherie-Punky Brewster)
Sorry Sir Valin . . . you'll have to go to the museum. =)
I've seen them....and I wouldn't cross the street to see them again
IMO (Freely given and worth almost that much) Nudes are the hardest type of photograph to do well. and not many have done it.
Wynn Bullock, Harry Callahan, Edward Weston 3 that come to mind.
Hi miss Feather
We spent the day maeesing around in the garage yesterday, building a bed for Spiderboy. In the process, we took his old tricycle down. Bittygirl had a blast. She's nearly figured out how the pedals work.
YEEEEEE HAAWWWWWWWWWWWW
I do landscapes, abstracts. I don't do people. I just have never been able to make a good photograph of people. I can teach someone how to do it, but I've never been able to do.
[Okay, since you're gonna be serious today . . . ]
I forgot that your line of work was landscape architecture . . . as I've gotten older, I've developed an appreciation for scenic pictures. It's why my wife and I elected to both design and develop our yard. It's a work in progress but it's an enjoyable past time.
Everything I learned about photography, aperture, lighting ratios, framing, etc., I learned on a movie/TV set. It's a squirrelly industry (that I'm glad to be out of) but when these cinema-graphic pros set up a shot, you hear the best schools of training.
LOL. Yikes!
No, you can't put a tree there, I need to put a site light there.
xoxoxo
forgot that your line of work was landscape architecture
Not me, I'm a factory worker. Right now I make air filters.
Photography is a hobby (Well actually more than a hobby, more like an obession)
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