tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38602822024-03-13T21:33:47.481-05:00static and the radio"faraway, so close up with the static and the radio" - u2
steve white's journal of faith, life, cultureStevehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14346968321702974052noreply@blogger.comBlogger438125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3860282.post-72824973886578948902010-08-24T09:07:00.001-05:002010-08-24T09:07:26.205-05:00Sara + Steve<style type="text/css">.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; }</style><div class="flickr-frame"> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/stevewhite/4487514663/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4072/4487514663_1c8b0a42dd.jpg" class="flickr-photo" alt="" /></a><br /> <span class="flickr-caption"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/stevewhite/4487514663/">Sara + Steve</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/stevewhite/">echobase_2000</a>.</span></div> <p class="flickr-yourcomment"> Here's another entry for the Nebraska State Fair. It's a self-portrait of us.</p>Stevehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14346968321702974052noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3860282.post-91916770217275625042010-08-23T17:28:00.001-05:002010-08-23T17:28:20.206-05:00Habitat for Humanity<style type="text/css">.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; }</style><div class="flickr-frame"> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/stevewhite/3824347551/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3244/3824347551_c7747cb5be.jpg" class="flickr-photo" alt="" /></a><br /> <span class="flickr-caption"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/stevewhite/3824347551/">Habitat for Humanity</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/stevewhite/">echobase_2000</a>.</span></div> <p class="flickr-yourcomment"> For the last few years, we've organized media build days for our local Habitat for Humanity group.<br /><br />Here's a shot I snapped during last year's build. I like to think I'm more valuable to Habitat with a camera or a microphone than I am with a hammer, but I'm sure every little bit helps this worthy ministry.<br /><br />The photo is one of my entries for the Nebraska State Fair photo show.</p>Stevehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14346968321702974052noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3860282.post-87903580925061853652010-08-22T10:19:00.001-05:002010-08-22T10:19:17.704-05:00Green Beetle, Colorful Leaf<style type="text/css">.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; }</style><div class="flickr-frame"> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/stevewhite/4722657906/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1134/4722657906_525240b2a6.jpg" class="flickr-photo" alt="" /></a><br /> <span class="flickr-caption"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/stevewhite/4722657906/">Green Beetle, Colorful Leaf</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/stevewhite/">echobase_2000</a>.</span></div> <p class="flickr-yourcomment"> Here's a photo of a beetle on a leaf at Stuhr Museum that I took this summer. I'm entering it in open class competition at the Nebraska State Fair.</p>Stevehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14346968321702974052noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3860282.post-79540133983531707332010-08-20T21:35:00.001-05:002010-08-20T21:35:06.126-05:00Dragonfly in Flight<style type="text/css">.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; }</style><div class="flickr-frame"> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/stevewhite/4771484873/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4073/4771484873_94f3619b69.jpg" class="flickr-photo" alt="" /></a><br /> <span class="flickr-caption"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/stevewhite/4771484873/">Dragonfly</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/stevewhite/">echobase_2000</a>.</span></div> <p class="flickr-yourcomment"> Here's another entry for the Nebraska State Fair, of a dragonfly about to land. It took timing and patience to get the shot, and I'm sure I fired the shutter a bunch of times to get this exposure.</p>Stevehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14346968321702974052noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3860282.post-52565602786811399432010-08-20T08:17:00.001-05:002010-08-20T08:17:51.187-05:00Corn Auger<style type="text/css">.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; }</style><div class="flickr-frame"> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/stevewhite/1368876877/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1263/1368876877_d2c8fc6ad2.jpg" class="flickr-photo" alt="" /></a><br /> <span class="flickr-caption"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/stevewhite/1368876877/">Corn Auger</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/stevewhite/">echobase_2000</a>.</span></div> <p class="flickr-yourcomment"> Here's another entry for the Nebraska State Fair. I took this one at Husker Harvest Days, the world's largest working irrigated farm show.</p>Stevehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14346968321702974052noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3860282.post-53421362863912388562010-08-19T07:38:00.001-05:002010-08-19T07:38:40.074-05:00Courthouse at Night<style type="text/css">.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; }</style><div class="flickr-frame"> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/stevewhite/357902457/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/166/357902457_a85d14d542.jpg" class="flickr-photo" alt="" /></a><br /> <span class="flickr-caption"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/stevewhite/357902457/">Courthouse at Night</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/stevewhite/">echobase_2000</a>.</span></div> <p class="flickr-yourcomment"> Here's another one of my entries for the Nebraska State Fair</p>Stevehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14346968321702974052noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3860282.post-73723096700218717282010-08-18T16:04:00.001-05:002010-08-18T16:04:07.974-05:00State Fair Love<style type="text/css">.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; }</style><div class="flickr-frame"> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/stevewhite/2648070714/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3152/2648070714_e82421cdbf.jpg" class="flickr-photo" alt="" /></a><br /> <span class="flickr-caption"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/stevewhite/2648070714/">Punk Love</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/stevewhite/">echobase_2000</a>.</span></div> <p class="flickr-yourcomment"> This year the Nebraska State Fair moves to Grand Island. <br /><br />In honor of that (and because the fair's just a few minutes from home), I'm entering photos for the first time in open class competition at the fair.<br /><br />I'm going to post my entries here.<br /><br />This one I call "Punk Love." It's one of my favorites that I've taken at Cornerstone Festival. Hope you enjoy it, and if you're at the fair, come look for my stuff! It'll be on display in the Fonner Park concourse.</p>Stevehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14346968321702974052noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3860282.post-85464002547159347902010-04-27T08:10:00.000-05:002010-04-27T08:10:32.908-05:00No Impact ManHe didn't just amp up his recycling and go with reusable grocery bags instead of the plastic ones. No, Colin Beavan went as far as cutting the power in his house in an attempt to be the "no impact man" in the documentary of the same name.<br />
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I was a bit surprised at what he found, and I don't just mean what happened when he, his wife, and their two-year-old girl gave up toilet paper.<br />
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They learned something about consumerism and the values of a consumer culture. When you cut out TV (and the power) you spend more time outdoors. When you need help, it's nice to have a supportive community of friends. You can even tell when the seasons change by what's growing in the ground (you don't need a calendar to know what time of year it is!)<br />
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I've been to New York, but guess I didn't fully understand the self-absorbed culture. Ultimately, I think Beavan learned what he does has an impact on people around him. He learned we're interconnected, and it's not all about me. Shocker!<br />
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Take or leave the environmental message (strange thing for me to be saying about an environmental documentary) but I think you'll find the things he learned contain lessons for people of faith.<br />
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Here are a couple of the key things I took from the film that don't require you to wash clothes in the bathtub.<br />
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Community. Colin's wife worried what would happen when she couldn't watch reality TV. By the end, she said she couldn't believe how long days are when spent with others or spent outside doing things. <br />
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Be more connected to the land. Living in the midwest, this isn't as much of a problem. I know where food comes from, but apparently many people don't. Thank a farmer.<br />
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Stop consuming so much. This is something we could all benefit from.Stevehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14346968321702974052noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3860282.post-47265028676911909322010-01-15T19:43:00.007-06:002010-01-15T20:10:18.256-06:00All Tied Up: Week 2<div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhN6B-OiKbk4ofienYPeUuRdS5r0qO5U8mT_ltExYaPqjNApPYWRNcQAZw5ABvZ3Fs3fH1R8KAbHgeqjQeR8SY8uCN4-YviuplJVNJPl1ias6SQP8pYLM5d0cg_9WvZS5dCnAVa/s1600-h/1-11-09.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhN6B-OiKbk4ofienYPeUuRdS5r0qO5U8mT_ltExYaPqjNApPYWRNcQAZw5ABvZ3Fs3fH1R8KAbHgeqjQeR8SY8uCN4-YviuplJVNJPl1ias6SQP8pYLM5d0cg_9WvZS5dCnAVa/s400/1-11-09.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5427147547577455154" border="0" /></a>Date: 1/11/10<br />Style: Striped<br />Colors: Blue, Red<br />Width: Standard<br />Shirt: Blue, Red on White<br />Jacket: Blue<br />Story: City budget shortfall, sales tax revenue down<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></div><br /><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKxNtAejknjCSofF2Fv7ZZnEqeYXPULnleoRr-cKqbLvZN7Sv_g17bMuBUzEwbExjRWpNtKCfyekgMo14C-5R-ECUyWrEXZW2vTFUTXVhfTYJXPJJWIMpnh2fz1PVYtHwKuUSl/s1600-h/1-12-09.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKxNtAejknjCSofF2Fv7ZZnEqeYXPULnleoRr-cKqbLvZN7Sv_g17bMuBUzEwbExjRWpNtKCfyekgMo14C-5R-ECUyWrEXZW2vTFUTXVhfTYJXPJJWIMpnh2fz1PVYtHwKuUSl/s400/1-12-09.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5427147543177289042" border="0" /></a>Date: 1/12/10<br />Style: Striped<br />Colors: Light green and blue<br />Width: Standard<br />Shirt: Light Blue<br />Jacket: Whatever that kind of tan one is called<br />Story: The stimulus project the White House announced is not a done deal, also had to cover a double fatality on a slick street. I was the first reporter on the scene. Police Sgt. Bud Edwards came up to me, visibly shaken, but an arm around me and remarked how it reminded him how much he hated winter. Police are people too. They'd rather not have to deal with death.<br /><br /><br /><br /></div><br /><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQAVODrWaWg6w6EPfPPCQBDTt7tHoYV7P9IUX5Wbd8NXzgsk8ny_P2uJo8eMNxsbwsOBrWqBn8u1R1gpQAoVN4tjpPjlcys7msz8v_4kawIIMK6dhOphV-1OWT6KXJ1PSa6e0G/s1600-h/1-13-09.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQAVODrWaWg6w6EPfPPCQBDTt7tHoYV7P9IUX5Wbd8NXzgsk8ny_P2uJo8eMNxsbwsOBrWqBn8u1R1gpQAoVN4tjpPjlcys7msz8v_4kawIIMK6dhOphV-1OWT6KXJ1PSa6e0G/s400/1-13-09.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5427147531775952242" border="0" /></a>Date: 1/13/10<br />Style: Striped<br />Colors: Brown with orange stripes<br />Width: Standard<br />Shirt: Orange<br />Jacket: Brown<br />Story: Covered release of a report highlighting challenges of immigrant children in Nebraska. Then I found out a prominent local doctor had been arrested for pandering. That kept me a little busy, running to the courthouse, digging for info online, calls to the cops, the clinic. In the end, we ran a 30-second story on it.<br /><br /><br /><br /></div><br /><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSeLR1qORCvbjUOj6Z7w_vqRdVW6HfUEsmZsdHF8NTXx_eQ1hY0a05t658B2ACSyfYd3ZV7NZYMQ2dVO9UgvxvEjaSGery15Q-gRVQ5P2XoKCBrfQmVKbNkL6eF1jtE3zczkVW/s1600-h/1-14-09.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSeLR1qORCvbjUOj6Z7w_vqRdVW6HfUEsmZsdHF8NTXx_eQ1hY0a05t658B2ACSyfYd3ZV7NZYMQ2dVO9UgvxvEjaSGery15Q-gRVQ5P2XoKCBrfQmVKbNkL6eF1jtE3zczkVW/s400/1-14-09.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5427147532809727842" border="0" /></a>Date: 1/14/10<br />Style: Polka dots! Our first non-striped tie of the year<br />Colors: Black with pink dots<br />Width: Standard<br />Shirt: Black, gray stripes<br />Jacket: Black<br />Story: Governor Dave Heineman's State of the State address.<br />Other: I live-tweeted the State of the State speech, and until someone tells me otherwise, I will take credit for the first person to do that, at least to do it from the event itself. I was tweeting on my iPod from the senate chamber on the public WiFi (Follow me on Twitter <a href="http://www.twitter.com/stevewhitenews">@stevewhitenews</a>)<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRZN-qXWNCi6_9734EwQubW9srlvZnc3kwOMRk6GEKDwgntmPevYR54sjBclCu3eU_QRNmnh1ufMxB8g_9R5WHAHkVbSxA8stfNyFuMi7gHyUYQv4lY3ET6r_ReSXtfbkpMlcV/s1600-h/1-15-09.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRZN-qXWNCi6_9734EwQubW9srlvZnc3kwOMRk6GEKDwgntmPevYR54sjBclCu3eU_QRNmnh1ufMxB8g_9R5WHAHkVbSxA8stfNyFuMi7gHyUYQv4lY3ET6r_ReSXtfbkpMlcV/s400/1-15-09.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5427147528241475074" border="0" /></a>Date: 1/15/10<br />Style: Striped<br />Colors: Purple, Silver, Black<br />Width: Standard<br />Shirt: Light purple<br />Jacket: Gray pinstripes<br />Story: A follow-up to the State of the State, focused on education reform.<br />Other: News anchor Colleen Williams and her husband Chris welcomed their second child at 12:31pm this day.<br />And another note: Notice the purple? Once again supporting the Vikings. And I've got plenty of purple to make it to the Super Bowl!</div>Stevehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14346968321702974052noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3860282.post-17644946429704650692010-01-15T18:21:00.011-06:002010-01-15T19:37:50.099-06:00All Tied Up: Week 1<div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjU_gqtZoIc1nkj5IuWXPn0IMPMUJMJgiUjPCE1tmNFG6pUIHvBETTtIHkaiapsE-MhvqqOWrBLcRovTAa7yDeakGdiKPGMa05v3hCKAyYWxY64F96JrLO6Tzew1COcibQGX3i1/s1600-h/1-1-10.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjU_gqtZoIc1nkj5IuWXPn0IMPMUJMJgiUjPCE1tmNFG6pUIHvBETTtIHkaiapsE-MhvqqOWrBLcRovTAa7yDeakGdiKPGMa05v3hCKAyYWxY64F96JrLO6Tzew1COcibQGX3i1/s400/1-1-10.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5427132825484056098" border="0" /></a>Date: 1/1/10<br />Style: Striped<br />Colors: Pink, Black<br />Width: Skinny<br />Shirt: Black<br />Jacket: Gray<br />Story: Author who'd written book on fitness medicine, a New Year's resolution piece<br />Other: I bought this tie at the VOTA concert we hosted at church in December (<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/stevewhite/sets/72157622850366385/">see pics of the show here</a> including <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/stevewhite/4175253601/in/set-72157622850366385/">the tie</a>)<br /><br /><br /><br /></div><br /><br /><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMFueznfTsUcQ3VGT1wU4igxTsO8m8NjOhhDYZy81DW_7AV5pyjIEz6g2enqPqepPlFRrJUwVpJxjWOvVGQGjRjS9R1E_wBjHLfAbZ1v2jJmQiTzXfB67V7qXLLi_NuummP4u9/s1600-h/1-5-09.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMFueznfTsUcQ3VGT1wU4igxTsO8m8NjOhhDYZy81DW_7AV5pyjIEz6g2enqPqepPlFRrJUwVpJxjWOvVGQGjRjS9R1E_wBjHLfAbZ1v2jJmQiTzXfB67V7qXLLi_NuummP4u9/s400/1-5-09.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5427135866454071362" border="0" /></a>Date: 1/5/10<br />Style: Striped<br />Colors: Green, Blue<br />Width: Standard<br />Shirt: Blue<br />Jacket: Tan?<br />Story: Sports reporter who wrote a book on sports journalism. That's two stories to start the year about authors.<br />Other: That's a very pregnant news anchor, Colleen Williams in the "double boxes" with me.<br /><br /><br /><br /></div><br /><br /><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKQ5XAOjNOAD90zuLhQrijg-zdxbw_OqgBZMi1N8BxWCHHOxABFPnk1InLv1RbTAz4nMkzppQXgh6_Qo7HawUrgbPzCu9lUaWLtLT5Du2cORuMSWTmNfdvBYFzfb1CNikxkHD1/s1600-h/1-6-09.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKQ5XAOjNOAD90zuLhQrijg-zdxbw_OqgBZMi1N8BxWCHHOxABFPnk1InLv1RbTAz4nMkzppQXgh6_Qo7HawUrgbPzCu9lUaWLtLT5Du2cORuMSWTmNfdvBYFzfb1CNikxkHD1/s400/1-6-09.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5427141544685225874" border="0" /></a>Date: 1/6/10<br />Style: Striped<br />Colors: Tan, Brown, Black<br />Width: Standard<br />Shirt: Brown<br />Jacket: Brown<br />Story: State budget<br />Other: Notice my pink forehead? Yeah, that was the last night for that camera. In went in to the shop after that.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></div><br /><br /><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgU2g5Z1rjMrvd874ZfGncfICY55beX6cx2knz3unECFZrah7a2AAskbK9GUDRvJwh8jdt807_xu_Kxwna37IRV7XAkm1xwberSDUXmvEtr14cn9OiJMNX6RKXSUpk7ygp1MpXe/s1600-h/1-7-09.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgU2g5Z1rjMrvd874ZfGncfICY55beX6cx2knz3unECFZrah7a2AAskbK9GUDRvJwh8jdt807_xu_Kxwna37IRV7XAkm1xwberSDUXmvEtr14cn9OiJMNX6RKXSUpk7ygp1MpXe/s400/1-7-09.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5427142475448989010" border="0" /></a>Date: 1/7/10<br />Style: Striped<br />Colors: Pink, Blue<br />Width: Standard<br />Shirt: Blue<br />Jacket: Black<br />Story: "No Snow Day for Farmers", talking to farmers to see how they were coping with the blizzard<br />Other: What you don't see is that I was wearing jeans, long johns, two pairs of socks, and boots. And that it was -15 outside, before the windchill<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></div><br /><br /><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinVJt0M0E8L4VC1rjj4G7ujZWIiDy0iTKCUOFR2xagSd1CYXiNIsd-IcJCxIlTH9Jc6__p2dgqZMhQE_9NfuU-eWc4yM1VoqsNd1qwInrtCghwL4gzV-jIYmKDtmvg9KdyqWLx/s1600-h/1-8-09.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinVJt0M0E8L4VC1rjj4G7ujZWIiDy0iTKCUOFR2xagSd1CYXiNIsd-IcJCxIlTH9Jc6__p2dgqZMhQE_9NfuU-eWc4yM1VoqsNd1qwInrtCghwL4gzV-jIYmKDtmvg9KdyqWLx/s400/1-8-09.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5427144731542878930" border="0" /></a>Date: 1/8/10<br />Style: Striped<br />Colors: Purple, Black<br />Width: Standard<br />Shirt: Light gray<br />Jacket: Gray pinstriped<br />Story: Three stories: Visit to the homeless shelter on a -15 day, a house fire, and a stimulus-related job announcement.<br />Other:Wore a purple tie because the NFL playoffs were starting, to support my Minnesota Vikings!<br /><br /><br />And to recap, you'll notice that's five striped ties to start the year. What does that say about me?<br /><div></div></div>Stevehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14346968321702974052noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3860282.post-85752826608378714172010-01-01T11:14:00.005-06:002010-01-01T11:24:17.602-06:00All Tied Up<div>I realize I was a pretty terrible blogger in 2009, although I was tweeting more (<a href="http://www.twitter.com/stevewhitenews">@stevewhitenews</a>). I resolve in 2010 to pursue more creative ideas, specifically writing more for fun.<br /><br />Last year, I wore a different tie on the air each day until St. Patrick's Day, when I donned my shamrock tie I got in Ireland. But unless you were really paying attention, you wouldn't have noticed that I went that long without a repeat.<br /><br />So at my wife Sara's prompting, I'm going to try it again this year and see how long I can go without repeating. But this time I'm going to chronicle it for you here!<br /><br />I'll start with my New Year's Eve tie, worn on the news 12/31/09.<br /></div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdqDggHvLG2BxA8lHnk3iGHSeutydEuwkNxv2C6kDTydFXPd99RAqhk9hrRMcjrjctRr-fopUDDTswWDvCF_FUn0DjyT2TGxssXjl6rLNz3jR9ytXVfIRcQWlpvKRqGTUv-te1/s1600-h/12-31-09.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5421823200480004674" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdqDggHvLG2BxA8lHnk3iGHSeutydEuwkNxv2C6kDTydFXPd99RAqhk9hrRMcjrjctRr-fopUDDTswWDvCF_FUn0DjyT2TGxssXjl6rLNz3jR9ytXVfIRcQWlpvKRqGTUv-te1/s400/12-31-09.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br />Style: Striped<br />Colors: Blue, White<br />Width: Standard<br />Shirt: Light blue<br />Jacket: Navy blue </div>Stevehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14346968321702974052noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3860282.post-89478888477658107022009-08-22T10:21:00.001-05:002009-08-22T10:21:55.849-05:00Best Movies of the Decade<style type="text/css">.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; }</style><div class="flickr-frame"> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/stevewhite/2781052471/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3206/2781052471_e57d02ce04.jpg" class="flickr-photo" alt="" /></a><br /> <span class="flickr-caption"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/stevewhite/2781052471/">AT-AT used in Empire Strikes Back</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/stevewhite/">echobase_2000</a>.</span></div> <p class="flickr-yourcomment"> Quick, name the best movies of the decade.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Still thinking? Maybe you can help me decide what we're calling this decade anyway (the aughts?)<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />If you've come up with more than two at this point, I'm impressed.<br /><br />With apologies to whatever program I heard discussing this, as the '00s come to a close (can that be?) the decade has not been a good one in theaters.<br /><br />But when it comes to TV, I can quickly rattle off a list of shows with staying power: Lost, The Office, Arrested Development, 24, House, American Idol, Survivor, Rescue Me, Grey's Anatomy, and on an on.<br /><br />Not to say there haven't been some great movies, but where's this decade's "Star Wars", "Raiders of the Lost Ark", or even its "Titanic"?<br /><br />I think as close as we've come are "The Dark Knight" and the Lord of the Rings trilogy. Those are the only films I can think of that were box offices successes as well as critically acclaimed.<br /><br />If anything, the movies from this decade that will last are probably Pixar films like "Finding Nemo" and "Wall-E."<br /><br />So what am I forgetting?</p>Stevehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14346968321702974052noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3860282.post-34828227500542002062009-07-29T08:21:00.000-05:002009-07-29T08:22:20.310-05:00Lil' Smokies, Brett Favre, and Purple PrideI want to use the napkins and the plates. Not just any ones, mind you, the purple and gold I bought 11 years ago. It was 1998, the Vikings were headed to the Super Bowl and I wad headed to the party store. As a lifelong Vikings fan, I was going to be ready when they won. I picked up some napkins and plates with the team logo on them, so I could eat my nachos and lil' smokies with purple pride.<br /><br />With Cris Carter, Randy Moss, and Robert Smith, they were going to wipe out years of frustration, finally winning the big game. And then it happened. The most dependable kicker in football missed.<br /><br />As a Vikings fan I should have known better. Of course Gary Anderson was going to miss. After all, he's gotten our hopes up by completing a perfect season until that NFC title game.<br /><br />Now it's just another footnote on Wikipedia, another sign of this team's failure, along with those four Super Bowl losses, the Herschel Walker trade, and the Love Boat scandal.<br /><br />But while we've had great offenses and great defenses, the one thing Vikings fans haven't had since Fran Tarkenton is a great quarterback.<br /><br />We've suffered through guys like Tommy Kramer, Wade Wilson, Sean Salisbury, Rich Gannon, Jeff George, Brad Johnson and Tarvaris Jackson. Along the way there were also forgettable guys like Spergon Wynn and even St. Cloud State's own Todd Bouman.<br /><br />Sure some of those guys put together a good season here or there, but arguably only one quarterback in that stretch put together a string of success, as Daunte Culpepper gave us glimmers of hope.<br /><br />Tarvaris Jackson is a tremendous athlete with a strong arm and quick legs. But he hasn't shown he can win consistently. Brett Favre to the rescue -- he could have been the bona fide Hall of Fame quarterback the team has lacked.<br /><br />But now that too is just another story in this team's ongoing saga of losing.<br /><br />Guess I don't have to dig up those plates and napkins this season. There's always next year.Stevehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14346968321702974052noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3860282.post-89064815099496484802009-07-15T08:12:00.001-05:002009-07-15T08:12:11.609-05:00Is "Christian" music dying?<style type="text/css">.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; }</style><div class="flickr-frame"> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/stevewhite/649744165/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1109/649744165_f37a329a0d.jpg" class="flickr-photo" alt="" /></a><br /> <span class="flickr-caption"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/stevewhite/649744165/">tobyMac</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/stevewhite/">echobase_2000</a>.</span></div> <p class="flickr-yourcomment"> If you look at the headliners at some of this summer's Christian music festivals, you may wonder what year it is -- 2009 or 1999.<br /><br />The top tier of Christian bands is largely unchanged over the last decade. Sure dc Talk is no longer together, but frontman tobyMac (pictured) keeps the Talk train moving. Another dc Talker now fronts the Newsboys. <br /><br />Both acts will be playing this year's Sonshine Festival in Minnesota, a prime example of what's changed, and what hasn't.<br /><br />Sonshine's headliners include Switchfoot, Skillet, and Relient K, all bands that are well-known in Christian circles.<br /><br />That's not to say there aren't up and coming bands led by faith-fueled musicians. There are tons of them. It's just they're not following the path of the Newsboys. Like Switchfoot and Relient K, the new bands would rather be market of the general market music scene, not pigeonholed as Christian.<br /><br />That's great for a festival like Cornerstone that I've been a part of. Cornerstone is more on the fringes of Christian music, and this year played host to plenty of bands that don't neatly fall in the confines of "Christian" music. Bands like Anberlin, Los Lonely Boys, Shiny Toy Guns, Underoath, and Family Force 5.<br /><br />They're all bands you can download on iTunes, or if you still want a CD you can get it at Target or Best Buy. That's a big change from the '90s where new Christian acts had to get their CDs into Christian book stores.<br /><br />For more than the last decade, many of the young bands whose members are Christians have gone around the Christian music industry. <br /><br />That's why the headliners at festivals like Sonshine haven't changed much. New bands don't want to take their place as the top Christian bands. They'd rather be like Switchfoot with hits on pop radio. <br /><br />Take Anberlin. They play the late night talk shows and chart on alternative rock radio. Or Underoath, a screamo band with plenty of mainstream credibility. They'll top the Billboard albums chart, headline the Warped Tour all summer, only taking a single pit stop to play Cornerstone.<br /><br />That's the new paradigm. Make music not for the choir but music that goes to the corners of the earth, competing right alongside mainstream bands.<br /><br />The Christian music industry may still have a place, if nothing else for worship music for the church. But it's probably not going to be what it was. That's not to say Christians aren't still making music. They are, and will. And we'll be better for it.</p>Stevehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14346968321702974052noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3860282.post-51365370259346416262009-07-11T10:25:00.001-05:002009-07-11T10:25:51.273-05:00Anberlin<style type="text/css">.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; }</style><div class="flickr-frame"> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/stevewhite/3701218985/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2498/3701218985_a68f426143.jpg" class="flickr-photo" alt="" /></a><br /> <span class="flickr-caption"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/stevewhite/3701218985/">Anberlin</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/stevewhite/">echobase_2000</a>.</span></div> <p class="flickr-yourcomment"> Here's one of my favorite shots from last week at Cornerstone.</p>Stevehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14346968321702974052noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3860282.post-25122497279095701092009-06-29T06:32:00.000-05:002009-06-29T06:32:28.161-05:00When I plug my iPod in to my computer, every song I've listened to is "scrobbled", that is submitted at the website last.fm where it tracks the artists I'm listening to, suggests similar artists, and creates a radio station based on my tastes.<br /><br />It comes as no surprise this week that Michael Jackson is the most played artist on the site (and people's iPods) this week.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.last.fm/charts">Top Artists and Top Tracks Charts – Last.fm</a><br /><br />The chart shows this past week he had twice the number of listeners of the closest acts (Radiohead, Coldplay, and The Beatles).<br /><br />And of the top ten songs played for the week, only two aren't Michael Jackson songs. For the record, "Billie Jean", and "Beat It" are the top two. You have to go to #247 to find a Kanye West song or #321 to find U2.Stevehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14346968321702974052noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3860282.post-76800779896955729592009-06-28T15:13:00.001-05:002009-06-28T15:13:42.872-05:00Family Force 5 Honors Michael Jackson's Thriller<style type="text/css">.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; }</style><div class="flickr-frame"> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/stevewhite/3669433072/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3415/3669433072_764bafbede.jpg" class="flickr-photo" alt="" /></a><br /> <span class="flickr-caption"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/stevewhite/3669433072/">Family Force 5 Honors Michael Jackson's Thriller</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/stevewhite/">echobase_2000</a>.</span></div> <p class="flickr-yourcomment"> Soul Glow Activatur wears his "Thriller" shirt. And if you notice, his guitar has a Michael Jackson sticker on it too. This was from Cornerstone 2006.</p>Stevehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14346968321702974052noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3860282.post-11101941808639577912009-06-07T10:04:00.001-05:002009-06-07T10:04:39.886-05:00Hooker for Jesus Founder Marries Christian Rocker<style type="text/css">.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; }</style><div class="flickr-frame"> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/stevewhite/680627537/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1388/680627537_c7067d3bbf.jpg" class="flickr-photo" alt="" /></a><br /> <span class="flickr-caption"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/stevewhite/680627537/">Whitecross & Oz Fox of Stryper</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/stevewhite/">echobase_2000</a>.</span></div> <p class="flickr-yourcomment"> So Sara was sitting in the other room, checking out the headlines on CNN.com when this one caught her eye. <br /><br />"Hookers for Jesus founder, Christian rocker wed in Vegas"<br />http://www.cnn.com/2009/SHOWBIZ/Music/06/05/nevada.prostitute.wedding/index.html<br /><br />Of course she had to tell me that, and I had to know who the Christian rocker was. I think I'm pretty well versed in Christian rock, and thought there was a good chance it would be a name I'd known.<br /><br />Sure enough, it's none other than Oz Fox of Stryper. He's the one on the left who can still pull off the '80s metal hair.<br /><br />Anyway, a former prostitute turned Christian who runs a ministry known as Hooker for Jesus married the Stryper lead guitarist this weekend.</p>Stevehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14346968321702974052noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3860282.post-35467394299138786902009-05-28T14:22:00.001-05:002009-05-28T14:22:14.224-05:00Haleakala National Park<style type="text/css">.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; }</style><div class="flickr-frame"> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/stevewhite/3573797498/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3664/3573797498_cdd54446fe.jpg" class="flickr-photo" alt="" /></a><br /> <span class="flickr-caption"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/stevewhite/3573797498/">Haleakala National Park</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/stevewhite/">echobase_2000</a>.</span></div> <p class="flickr-yourcomment"> Yesterday was the highlight of our Hawaii vacation for me. The one place I really wanted to go was Haleakala National Park. Now that I'm picking up on my Hawaiian language, I can tell you I think it's pronounced Holly-call-uh.<br /><br />It's a massive volcano. No, you won't see any fiery lava steaming in the pit, but it's still spectacular. You get views you normally only see on an airplane. You see these huge clouds everywhere. Unfortunately, the cloud cover didn't give us a very good view of sunset, but if you're going to Maui, definitely check it out!</p>Stevehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14346968321702974052noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3860282.post-51772203242351331392009-05-27T18:58:00.001-05:002009-05-27T18:58:10.580-05:00Surfer<style type="text/css">.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; }</style><div class="flickr-frame"> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/stevewhite/3571064087/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3379/3571064087_1d33f1aa1f.jpg" class="flickr-photo" alt="" /></a><br /> <span class="flickr-caption"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/stevewhite/3571064087/">Surfer</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/stevewhite/">echobase_2000</a>.</span></div> <p class="flickr-yourcomment"> So we were posing for a photo when this guy walked right past us. Since he interrupted, I didn't feel bad snapping a few frames of him with his surf board.</p>Stevehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14346968321702974052noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3860282.post-63993285967349223362009-04-15T08:22:00.002-05:002009-04-15T08:41:29.356-05:00Why I Twitter<style type="text/css">.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; }</style><div class="flickr-frame"> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/stevewhite/3430580614/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3387/3430580614_b213d142ba.jpg" class="flickr-photo" alt="" /></a><br /> <span class="flickr-caption"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/stevewhite/3430580614/">Twitter's @ev at University of Nebraska</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/stevewhite/">echobase_2000</a>.</span></div> <p class="flickr-yourcomment"> It's how I found out a plane had safely crash-landed in the Hudson. And how Lance Armstrong recovered a missing bike. CNN uses it to report breaking news.<br /><br />And chances are you're <span style="font-weight: bold;">sick of it</span>.<br /><br />So what's the deal with <span style="font-weight: bold;">Twitter</span>?<br /><br />I like to say it's not blogging, but it's not instant messaging or email either. It fills some other void. Recently I had a chance to talk with <span style="font-weight: bold;">Evan Williams</span>, the Nebraska native who founded Twitter (and blogger.com before that).<br /><br />But do you really want to know what Ashton Kutcher had for lunch? Celebrities have certainly gotten on the bandwagon. But so have a lot of normal folks.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Here are a few reasons I like it:</span><br /><br />1. It allows someone to quickly and <span style="font-weight: bold;">easily broadcast a short message </span>to their "followers." Sometimes I'll post a link to a story I've done, or send a short blurb known as a "tweet" about some news item. On election night, I posted updates from the campaign headquarters of a US Senate candidates. That's useful, and I could get tweets out more often than I could on the air.<br /><br />2. <span style="font-weight: bold;">Networking</span>. I've corresponded with the weekend anchor of ABC's World News. A lot of the people I follow are in the field of journalism, so I see what stories they're working on and how they approach them.<br /><br />3. <span style="font-weight: bold;">Solicit feedback</span>. I might tweet that I'm going to be talking to the governor, and ask folks for subjects I might want to cover. Take advantage of what other people know.<br /></p><p class="flickr-yourcomment">4. It's <span style="font-weight: bold;">not Facebook</span>. You won't get invitations to join someone's "mob war" or take a quiz. And you won't read one of those "25 Things About Me" lists. If you like the status updates in Facebook, you'll like Twitter. That part is similar. But without all the other stuff.</p><p class="flickr-yourcomment">5. Someone can follow you <span style="font-weight: bold;">without you following them</span>. On sites like Facebook and MySpace, you "friend" someone. With Twitter, if someone chooses to follow you, you don't automatically follow them back. For the twitterati like Ashton Kutcher, they might have 500,000 followers, but only follow 500 themselves. So you only follow the people you find interesting.<br /></p><p style="font-weight: bold;" class="flickr-yourcomment">But there are some arguments against Twitter.</p><p class="flickr-yourcomment">1. Some users think a little too highly of themselves. Those with a <span style="font-weight: bold;">big ego</span> will let you know how great they are.</p><p class="flickr-yourcomment">2. The site itself is <span style="font-weight: bold;">down a lot</span>. As Twitter explodes, the site hasn't scaled well. A lot of folks don't use it on Twitter.com but rather from a dedicated Twitter app.<br /></p><p class="flickr-yourcomment">3. <span style="font-weight: bold;">It's not Facebook</span>. Posting pictures requires a third party app.</p><p class="flickr-yourcomment">4. It can be a huge <span style="font-weight: bold;">time suck</span>. You can't be on all the time. And it's super annoying when you see ten messages in a row from the same person. That's a good way for me to unfollow someone.</p><p class="flickr-yourcomment">All that said, follow me at <a href="http://twitter.com/stevewhitenews">twitter.com/stevewhitenews</a>.</p><p class="flickr-yourcomment">And expect <span style="font-weight: bold;">another post</span> on my blog soon with comments from <span style="font-weight: bold;">Ev Williams</span>' recent visit to Nebraska, as he talked about monetizing the site, rumors of selling to Google, and where he sees Twitter going.</p>Stevehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14346968321702974052noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3860282.post-29331144441731743802009-04-07T19:02:00.001-05:002009-04-07T19:02:11.469-05:00Fire Foam Test<style type="text/css">.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; }</style><div class="flickr-frame"> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/stevewhite/3422728914/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3558/3422728914_230bbb0fd2.jpg" class="flickr-photo" alt="" /></a><br /> <span class="flickr-caption"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/stevewhite/3422728914/">Fire Foam Test</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/stevewhite/">echobase_2000</a>.</span></div> <p class="flickr-yourcomment"> I have seen the foam and it is wet.<br /><br />Literally months of work and patience paid off today. More than five years ago, the National Guard picked Grand Island for a helicopter base.<br /><br />First, it was going to have Apaches, then it became Chinooks. They did the design, but didn't have money for construction. Then the weather slowed things.<br /><br />Chinooks are monstrous machines. I mean massive. Just huge. I understand why they're the army's heavy lifting workhorse. <br /><br />Two years ago they broke ground on a 70,000+ square foot building to hold them.<br /><br />Since then, I've done occasional stories on the progress. I mean, it is an almost $18 million building with 41 full time employees and room for up to 300 soldiers.<br /><br />It was supposed to be done by December. I called probably November to do a story, but it wasn't ready yet. I've been checking back every few weeks since then. <br /><br />I learned they had installed a fire suppression system where they were using that fire fighting foam stuff. I knew that was my opportunity.<br /><br />But it's been delayed time and time again.<br /><br />Today it all paid off. Here's you see the foam spraying down. I'll post a link to the video later. In about 90 seconds, the hangar filled with enough foam to put out the fire. It was pretty sweet!</p>Stevehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14346968321702974052noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3860282.post-12213663911265098782009-03-01T08:54:00.000-06:002009-03-01T08:54:15.597-06:00Paul Harvey - 1918 - 2009<a href="http://www.abcrn.com/harvey/">Paul Harvey - 1918 - 2009</a><br />Standby for news!<br /><br />One of the pioneers of broadcasting, and a personal hero of mine has died.<br /><br />Paul Harvey had been on the air nationally since 1951. He was 90.<br /><br />I have fond memories of sitting at my grandparents' house in Iowa, enjoying a noon lunch at the kitchen table with Paul Harvey giving us his "news and comment."<br /><br />Later, as a broadcaster myself, I'd listen to his reports to inform my own. Joe High, a photographer I worked with for several years and I would often plan our lunch breaks around Paul Harvey. And if the local station preempted him, we had a list of other stations we could catch him on.<br /><br />He was known for his unique delivery, full of pauses, and the terrific story telling of his son, who wrote his popular "Rest of the Story" features. His wife, affectionately known as Angel produced his programs. She passed away last year.<br /><br />He did his own ads, and how effective they were. It's been said he would only endorse products he himself used. And I'm sure his 25 million listeners were more than kind to his advertisers.<br /><br />He spent time in Oklahoma and St. Louis before spending most of his life in Chicago, not New York or LA.<br /><br />In many ways, he was the radio voice of middle America. He was a broadcaster not afraid to share his Christian faith, as he often did in this Lenten season, when he'd share the story of the man and the birds, a modern parable about Jesus.<br /><br />It always struck me to hear how he wore not only a a shirt and tie, but a full suit on the radio, saying it made him stay on top of his game. I respect that.<br /><br />It's been said he's the most listened to broadcaster in radio history.<br /><br />He'd often close his program with a "kicker" -- a funny story that he himself would often chuckle at. Sometimes you'd hear the pregnant pauses as he either drew out the suspense, or held back his laughter. And always he ended with a hearty "Good Day!"<br /><br />And now you know the rest of the story.Stevehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14346968321702974052noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3860282.post-21948473822085580642009-02-15T19:24:00.003-06:002009-02-15T19:49:53.215-06:00Muzak to be heard not listened to<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQsfbgF1j-H817qicaPsldMvTUMliybxQ3JiRhVPZfmn05TtE2Qbfv58xqRFu6vhnlzJqou92SUYD9BSDWgtfDQeKGUtd8zmzFLufLuPmR4WLRFjztYh3BPsz1cTLmMPkS_0TA/s1600-h/Copyofmuzak_logo.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 316px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQsfbgF1j-H817qicaPsldMvTUMliybxQ3JiRhVPZfmn05TtE2Qbfv58xqRFu6vhnlzJqou92SUYD9BSDWgtfDQeKGUtd8zmzFLufLuPmR4WLRFjztYh3BPsz1cTLmMPkS_0TA/s400/Copyofmuzak_logo.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5303206529916290674" /></a><br />"Music to be heard but not listened to --a new kind of music whose vitalizing influence subliminally satisfies the desire for sweet music."<br /><br />So says an article in the KHOL-TV (now KHGI) <span style="font-style:italic;">Telecaster </span>of August 15, 1960.<br /><br />The headline reads "Muzak Music Emblem Symbolizes Quality."<br /><br />Of course, now the headlines say "Muzak Files for Bankruptcy" -- just check out the <a href="http://news.google.com/news?q=muzak&sourceid=navclient-ff&rlz=1B3GGGL_enUS272US272&um=1&ie=UTF-8&hl=en&ei=iL-YSbKKMZjqMN33-ZIM&sa=X&oi=news_group&resnum=4&ct=title">links on Google News</a>.<br /><br />As synonymous as Muzak is with "elevator music" and soulless, bland background music, it's hard to think of a time when some wouldn't play pop music in their stores because it was too "irritating" (keep reading). But now we're bombarded with the likes of Lil' Wayne, Soulja Boy, and (shudder) Nickelback when we're grabbing a sandwich or shopping for trash bags.<br /><br />Continuing in the 1960 promotional piece, it says "Muzak is functionally planned and specially recorded music that soothes nervous tensions and fosters the friendly feelings of customers and employees alike."<br /><br />"Muzak dose not require active listening. It filters the irritating noises of the modern age. Customers feel better, more relaxed and more congenial when they're surrounded by Music by Muzak."Stevehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14346968321702974052noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3860282.post-83707202183562494072009-02-08T19:40:00.002-06:002009-02-08T19:56:29.399-06:00U2 opened the Grammys tonight, even if they aren't up for any awards until next year.<br /><br />Nearly five years ago, <a href="http://stevewhite.blogspot.com/2003/04/favorite-u2-songs-of-all-time-at-least.html">I blogged by favorite U2 songs</a>. <br /><br />Now here's another try, probably much the same. Let's see how things change (or stay the same). In no particular order:<br /><br />Until the End of the World<br />Beautiful Day<br />40<br />I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For<br />Please<br />North and South of the River (favorite non-album track by far)<br />I Will Follow<br />Sunday Bloody Sunday<br />With or Without You<br />Desire<br />All I Want is You<br />Yahweh<br />City of Blinding Lights<br /><br />U2 single most likely to skip: Stuck in a Moment<br /><br />Other songs I can't quite put on my list but I would like to: The Fly, Mysterious Ways, One, Elevation, Vertigo, Walk On, Lemon, Stay, Pride. <br /><br />Song I hope U2 closes their last ever show with: 40. No question about that one.<br /><br />Lesser known songs I really like: Lady with the Spinning Head, Gone, When Love Comes to Town, Mofo, Dirty Day (Junk Day mix), Acrobat, Lemon<br /><br />I do like the new single, Get On Your Boots. It's growing on me. I've been especially feeling the bass line. I think I was so caught up by the lyrics / delivery and guitar part to think about the bass part, but I like it more on each passing listen.Stevehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14346968321702974052noreply@blogger.com2