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Occupy Tulsa Protesters Arrested

Early this morning, after defying an 11 PM curfew and police orders to leave a downtown Tulsa park after being told repeateldy to do so, ten Occupy Tulsa protesters were arrested.  Below are their mugshots that can be found at Tulsa Mugshots.  Four protesters had outstanding warrants according to the Tulsa Police Department.

The Meaning of Christmas

I wish everyone a Merry Christmas.

 

The GAP band - a blast from the past - 1982!!!

What does GAP mean?

Have a great 4th of July

Happy Fourth of July!!! 

It is so great to be an American and Iam thankful everyday.  Here's one cool video:

 

Rise up and be counted!

This is an awesome song featuring Jeremy Hoop singing "Rise Up".  It's inspirational and bursting with patriotism:

 

12 year old rocks the house in Oklahoma with "Paparazzi"

This video has already been viewed over 8.4 million times and its only been on YouTube since April 28th!  Greyson Chance from Edmond, Oklahoma performed for a 6th grade festival at his school:

 Greyson Chance's YouTube channel

RIP Doug Fieger, lead singer of the Knack

My Sharona was probably the group's best known song.  Fieger, their lead singer,  died Sunday from cancer in Caifornia.

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This man has made my day!

There is a man in California, whom I don't know, but he has made my day.  This man, a Muslim, spoke up after the speech given by Israeli Ambassador Michael Oren that was interrupted repeatedly by a number of Muslim students who were eventually arrested.

He is what America is all about, now isn't he?  Either he or someone else also created a YouTube page called Muslims for Free Speech.  Right now it has one video.  Unfortunately, it has already received one hateful message on YouTube.

I don't know your name Sir - but thank you.

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Mysterious blue spiral light in Norway

Between 7 and 9 o clock in the morning, December 9, 2009 this strange thing happened in the skies above Norway.

 

"Amazing Grace" Christmas light show video

I think you'll really dig this:

It starts off funky asking you to suscribe but that lasts only a few seconds.

This is the home of the Holdman's on Utah and the video was done in 2007.  There are more videos and his story in my post last year Video: Holdman Christmas light show!

Time lapse capture of Sarychev Volcano

A few days ago, I posted a picture taken from the International Space Station on June 12, 2009 of the Srychev Volcano in Russia’s Kuril Islands, which is northeast of Japan. Now, there's a 9 second time-lapse video of this that looks 3-D!

Video cam on train records tornado hit

The video is pretty slow the first minute but stay with it.

Pilot lands too far down tricky runway in St. Barths

A pilot of a Piper Aztec lands his plane 3/4 the way down the runway in St. Barths. The runway is tricky because it's situated in front of a hill. 

Look at the water - its gorgeous!.  Too bad the pilot didn't get to enjoy it.

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Susan Boyle: Cry Me A River

Susan Boyle, the woman with a beautiful voice who captured the hearts of millions on YouTube for her performance on Britain's Got Talent show, sang Cry Me a River in 1999 for a charity CD.  It's exquisite.

Audio:

Need a laugh?

In the world today, you really have to have a way to balance all the bad stuff or else you'd go crazy.

For me it's my faith,  my family and lots of laughing and a deep appreciate of life that works.

Below is one of the funnest, yet cutest, videos I've seen.  It never fails to make me laugh.  It's a little fuzzy but you probably won't care with that big smile on your face. 

What was it?

Cool video:

Base jumping anyone?

This is a great video:

Some of the jumps were from Prekestolen (Pulpit Rock) in Norway:

 

PREKESTOLEN: 600 meter ned.
Illustrasjonsfoto: SCANPIX

Ball dropped in sand, acts like water

There is a really cool video of a metal ball dropping into a container of sand.  To watch it click here (opens to a Quick Time video).  You won't be sorry.

Mt. Redoubt in Alaska has steam plum now

Video:

But it has not erupted yet.

Yuja Wang plays the Flight of the Bumble-Bee

Amazing:

Some Right Wing humor

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Inauguration UFO?

This particular clip has some amazing overhead shots of the Washington Mall on inauguration day. The video clip of the "UFO" is analyzed in several different way. 

You decide:

Coast Guard video of U.S. Airway jet landing on the Hudson River

Outside the norm: Two headed kitten born!

This video of a kitten with two heads caught my attention. Poor thing. I wonder if it will survive.

Want to rob this bank? Better think again

This video is tagged for comedy on YouTube.  It shows how one bank is seriously rigged to protect itself from a robbery.  It's something and the would-be robber found out real quick. 

But he got away anyway...

On a lighter note: Snow, snow, snow...

This is a cool video taken in Canada:

Don't ya just love all the snow?

Ava Maria in German by Barbara Bonnie

The birth of Jesus

Video:  The real story of Christmas.  This is worth watching.

Ave Maria

I want to wish all my readers and their families a most wonderful Christmas - or holiday break. 

Thank you for your support.  It means a great deal to me.

For Christians, this time of year is to honor the birth of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ.  Please don't let Christ be absent during the holiday, for if we do, we have lost sight of the true meaning of Christmas.

Have a Blessed and Holy Christmas.

Video: Holdman Christmas light show!

Richard Holdman lives in gated community in Utah.  This year they voted not to allow the gates to remain open so cars could drive by to see his home all festively decorated for Christmas.  Bah humbug, I say! 

So, instead of giving up he moved his light show display to some land his parents own.  And get this, it's 100% wind powered, he said!

Carol of the Bells - 2008 Holdman Christmas Display from Richard Holdman on Vimeo.

Update 12/10/09:  America's Biggest and Brightest Neighborhood Holiday Light Displays

Digital City - Lauren Lamb - ‎Dec 2, 2009‎

Take the Holdman family in Lindon, Utah, for instance. Last year, they used approximately 150,000 lights in their entirely wind-powered display. As you can imagine, this attracts quite a few visitors and for a good cause. The Holdman's display helps raise money for the Make-A-Wish Foundation. Now that's what the Christmas spirit is all about.

 

2009 News coverage:

 

Kid climbs into toy vending machine!

Watch this surveillance video of a child climbing into a toy vending machine in the UK. It's amazing how easy it was for this little tot.  This happened in January.

Today, a young boy had to be rescued for doing the same thing in Australia!

 

H/T:  deathby1000papercuts.com

Water-powered car!

A car powered by only water?  It's brilliant.  I want one but will it be sold in America?

Video:

1.21 min.

H/T: deathby1000papercuts.com

Jacob Armen

An awesome drummer:

Jacob Armen

Somewhere Over the Rainbow by Kathleen Battle

A beautiful Thanksgiving Prayer:

Our Father in Heaven,
We give thanks for the pleasure
Of gathering together for this occasion.
We give thanks for this food
Prepared by loving hands.
We give thanks for life,
The freedom to enjoy it all
And all other blessings.
As we partake of this food,
We pray for health and strength
To carry on and try to live as You would have us.
This we ask in the name of Christ,
Our Heavenly Father.

- Harry Jewell

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Truly thankful

"Spiritus Sanctus, the second Antiphone and Psalm 110/111 from the vesper of Hildegard von Bingen.

Admiring the height of God´s Creation, praising him, thanking him.

Together with the photos of Marcus "Coy Dog" Werner. Photos, visualizing God´s splendor in bees, butterflys, birds and flowers."

I wish you a blessed Thanksgiving.  Back on Friday.

Z

Christmas Lights - TSO - Christmas Eve in Sarajevo - 2007

The holiday season is coming!!!  The tree is going up next week and the decorating has begun. 

Below is a 2007 video from someone who has a serious passion for Christmas lights in Missouri:

From neverenoughlights 2007 videos:

And now for some flute music - by a robot!

Elephant paints a picture of an elephant!

Have you seen this video?  It is amazing:

8.28 minutes long and worth every minute.

H/T Kim Komando

9/11 Cross Erected Near Flight 93 Site

H/T  WilliamAmos

Video: Semi truck with a jet engine

Wow! Some people nearly got fried in the flaming wake - or what ever you call it.

H/T VideoShift

Olympic Torch Lighting Ceremony

If you didn't get a chance to watch the lighting of the torch at the Olympics last night, I found a video of it.  The last man to get the torch as it was taken around the stadium was hoisted up to the very top of the stadium where a large video started rolling across the top perimeter.  The man then starts running in air as he was moved along with the video all around the entire top of the stadium!  The video isn't as clear as it was on my TV but you can see it fairly well.

It was nice, wasn't it, to see so many nations join together as one.  It was the best opening I believe I've ever seen.

This was posted by  datboymike1 on You Tube.  He's 15. 

The American Military

Oh, yeah.  This is an awesome video about the men and women who make our military the great power it is today!   Their hard work,  which always is for the pursuit of freedom,  must never be forgotten.

 

H/T Holger Awakens

Water balloons popped in zero-gravity - awesome video

This is a cool video. It's 1.31 minutes:

Happy 4th of July!

Ukulele virtuoso John King performs a classic John Philip Sousa march for your 4th of July enjoyment:

Woman, 92, ministers to would-be robber

Thanks to KW who sent this to me at the end of March.  OK, I admit it, I'm very behind on reading all the e-mail I get. 

Somewhere Over the Rainbow

I've been trying to find the video I saw yesterday of the huge rainbow over the nation's capitol that appeared shortly after Tim Russert's memorial service where they had just heard "Somewhere Over the Rainbow" played by Bruce Springstein.  It was breathtaking.  I did find a picture of the rainbow. 

Update 6/20/08:  Success at last!  The video of this beautiful rainbow can be viewed here (watch a commerical first) or here (commercial free).

While looking for the video, I came across a video of a gifted musician, Israel Kamakawiwo'ole, who also performed "Somewhere over the Rainbow.   It kind of fits in with everything.  this video a memorial to Israel  who passed away in 1997. 

 It's touching.

Can cell phones pop pop-corn?

Whoever posted this on YouTube said they tried it and it didn't work.  So how was this done?

Update: 6/7/08: Now I found two more videos with cell phones popping corn. Each phone has to be called before the corn pops. Is this a joke?

Magnetic field made visible by NASA Scientists - Video

Magnetic fields are invisible, at least usually. But Scientists from NASA's Space Sciences Laboratory have made them visible as "animated photographs," using sound-controlled CGI and 3D compositing. It makes the fields, as explained by the scientists, dance in an absolutely gorgeous movie called Magnetic Movie.

Baseline jumping from Angel Falls

Baseline jumping from Angel Falls. Incredible.
Eric Jones - Base Jumping Off Angel Falls - Free videos are just a click away

Rick Monday's heroism saved the American flag in 1976!

On April 25, 1976, during a game at Dodger Stadium, two protesters, a man and his son, ran into the outfield and tried to set fire to an American flag they had brought with them.