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Rosemary Laxton • Meanwood Valley Baptist Church • Illustration • • 58 views • 15:55
Spurgeon Commentary
Charles Spurgeon • Logos Sermons • Illustration • • 24 views
He who would be a great artist must not follow low models. The artist must have a perfect model to copy; if he does not reach to it, he will reach far further than if he had an inferior model to work by. When a man once realizes his own ideal, it is all over with him. A great painter once had finished…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 23 views
Wise people find a way or make a way when faced with obstacles. When too much rain threatened to ruin the cherry crop in New Zealand, orchard owners used helicopters to dry the crop so they could meet the demand created by the Chinese New Year celebration. Over the past seven years, China has become…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 38 views
Professional illusionist Jackson Rayne took the stage at a Wildlife Park in Georgia and set a new world record by escaping from straightjackets 300 times in eight hours. Rayne was trying to beat the earlier record of 193 escapes which was set by a British man in 2003. Rayne said the feat was done by…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 15 views
A ceramic specialist from a British auction house found a rare work of art hidden in a drawer in a country house near the Scottish border. The auction house said the pottery dish is a tin-glazed earthenware dish know as a mailoca and is extremely rare. The dish also had a scene of the biblical story…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 6 views
The McCormick Spice company announced that it will soon pay a taco lover $100,000 over four months to innovate new seasoning mixes and recipes to make tacos better. The company will employ the person for four months at a salary of $25,000 per month. They asked for an availability to work remotely up…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 14 views
Workers renovating a café In England made a discovery that may change the way the café does business. While pulling apart a section of ceiling, workers found a menu from the restaurant that occupied the building in 1913. The menu from the Yamen Café and Tea Rooms was dated January 1913. Workers also…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 12 views
Michigan transportation officials are making 64-year-old pieces of the historic Mackinac Bridge available to the public. Officials said the pieces of steel grating from the bridge were replaced after safety inspections and they discovered many people were interested in owning a piece of the country’s…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 7 views
In his book, Bezonomics: How Amazon Is Changing Our Lives and What the World's Best Companies Are Learning from It, Brian Dumaine writes, “AIVA Technologies, a Luxembourg start-up, has created AI software that composes jazz, pop, and classical music that is being used in soundtracks for films, video…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 3 views
A 1,400 square-foot home in New York state is billed as the first 3D printed home in the United States. The three-bedroom, 2 bath home with detached garage is listed at just under $300,000. It was built by a company called SQ4D and used a massive 3D printer on site to create each piece of the home using…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 12 views
After mysterious monoliths appeared in Utah, California, and Romania at the end of 2020, many people naturally assumed a structure that appeared near Fort Worth, Texas was another of the strange signs. Many people feared the monolith might be the work of aliens, but a little research revealed the Texas…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 6 views
An Indonesian man who had a meteorite crash through his roof turned that misfortune into a fortune when he sold the space rock for over $1 million. Josua Hutagalung said he was working outside when the meteorite crashed through the roof of his house. He said the stone was still hot when he picked it…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 10 views
The Guinness World Records organization recognized a 15-year-old Tennessee boy for achieving nuclear fusion at his home. Jackson Oswalt built his own nuclear fusion reactor and successfully used it before he reached the age of 13. A research researcher who keeps a list of amateur scientists who have…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 11 views
Qantas Airlines announced that a seven-hour scenic flight which will take off and land at the same airport sold out in ten minutes. The unusual flight departed Sydney, made no stops, and promised views over Uluru and the Great Barrier Reef before returning to Sydney. Buyers quickly grabbed the 134 available…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 7 views
Tests conducted by the Automobile Association of America over a two-year period show that partially automated driving systems so do not always work right. As a result, the organization recommends limiting their use. Researchers tested systems from five manufacturers over 4,000 miles and encountered problems…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 4 views
Scientists released the first images from the Solar Orbiter and discovered something previously unknown about our sun. The pictures were taken from 48 million miles away and showed vibrant swirls of yellow and dark smoky gray. The pictures were so detailed, scientist created a new vocabulary to name…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 11 views
John Kellett, who is known as Baltimore’s Mr. Trash, was awarded a world record from Guinness World Record for clearing 63.3 tons of garbage in one month. Kellett designed and built a solar and hydro powered trash interceptor that removes debris from the city’s Jones Falls River. In April 2017, Kellett…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 6 views
During the coronavirus lockdown, many Russians were not able to go to local museums, so a group of people created a Facebook group to post homemade versions of famous artwork. The rules required that the creators could only use items they had on hand and that they could not manipulate the pictures digitally.…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 6 views
37-year-old James Napier said wanted to do something unique so he bought an old DeLorean and spend 1200 hours and a small fortune turning the run-down car into a copy of the iconic time-traveling DeLorean from the motion picture, Back to the Future. Napier said he picks his children up from school with…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 9 views
Researchers from the Ford Automotive Company said they giving McDonald’s coffee bean chaff new life as car parts. Chaff is the waste left over after the roasting process, and Ford researchers say it can be used to make headlight housings and other automotive components. The auto manufacturer heats the…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 6 views
It might not be good practice to eat your experiments, but astronauts aboard the International Space Station my get to do just that, and have a taste of home at the same time. For over a year, Ian and Jordana Fichenbaum worked to develop a Zero Gravity oven that could revolutionize space food. Their…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 5 views
When Tim Cameron lost his wallet he was concerned because there wasn’t much inside in the way of identifying information to help someone find him. Cameron’s wallet was returned, because the person who found it got inventive and used the bank account information in the wallet to return it. The person…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 6 views
An Internet service provider based in Utah is offering $1,000 to anyone willing to exchange their smartphone for a flip phone for one week. The company said the ideal candidate would be a smartphone addict, social media expert, or tech geek. They offered “bonus points” to individuals with an active social…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 8 views
As the world commemorated the 50th anniversary of the manned landing on the moon, Physics professor Bill Nettles said the milestone points to the unique nature of mankind. Nettles said the achievement is a reminder that exploration is something God put in the heart of man. Nettles said landing on the…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 8 views
In June, 2019 Scientists were able to detect an incoming asteroid hours before it entered the earth’s atmosphere. Observers in Hawaii spotted the object, named 2019MO while it was still traveling toward the earth at more than 33,000 mph when it impacted the atmosphere about 250 miles south of Puerto…