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Duck vs Shark
This is a promo animation video I made back when I put my "SharkShank Redemption" iPad game on The App Store.
Evolutionary history:
Photo of dozens of yellowish fossilized teeth, the teeth are of various sizes and are spread out randomly on a flat black surface.
A collection of Cretaceous shark teeth
See also: Evolution of fish
Evidence for the existence of sharks dates from the Ordovician period, 450–420 million years ago, before land vertebrates existed and before a variety of plants had colonized the continents.[2] Only scales have been recovered from the first sharks and not all paleontologists agree that these are from true sharks, suspecting that these scales are actually those of thelodont agnathans.[11] The oldest generally accepted shark scales are from about 420 million years ago, in the Silurian period.[11] The first sharks looked very different from modern sharks.[12] At this time the most common shark tooth is the cladodont, a style of thin tooth with three tines like a trident, apparently to help catch fish. The majority of modern sharks can be traced back to around 100 million years ago.[13] Most fossils are of teeth, often in large numbers. Partial skeletons and even complete fossilized remains have been discovered. Estimates suggest that sharks grow tens of thousands of teeth over a lifetime, which explains the abundant fossils. The teeth consist of easily fossilized calcium phosphate, an apatite. When a shark dies, the decomposing skeleton breaks up, scattering the apatite prisms. Preservation requires rapid burial in bottom sediments.
Among the most ancient and primitive sharks is Cladoselache, from about 370 million years ago,[12] which has been found within Paleozoic strata in Ohio, Kentucky, and Tennessee. At that point in Earth's history these rocks made up the soft bottom sediments of a large, shallow ocean, which stretched across much of North America. Cladoselache was only about 1 metre (3.3 ft) long with stiff triangular fins and slender jaws.[12] Its teeth had several pointed cusps, which wore down from use. From the small number of teeth found together, it is most likely that Cladoselache did not replace its teeth as regularly as modern sharks. Its caudal fins had a similar shape to the great white sharks and the pelagic shortfin and longfin makos. The presence of whole fish arranged tail-first in their stomachs suggest that they were fast swimmers with great agility.
Most fossil sharks from about 300 to 150 million years ago can be assigned to one of two groups. The Xenacanthida was almost exclusive to freshwater environments.[14][15] By the time this group became extinct about 220 million years ago, they had spread worldwide. The other group, the hybodonts, appeared about 320 million years ago and lived mostly in the oceans, but also in freshwater.[citation needed] The results of a 2014 study of the gill structure of an unusually well preserved 325-million-year-old fossil suggested that sharks are not "living fossils", but rather have evolved more extensively than previously thought over the hundreds of millions of years they have been around.[16]
Drawing comparing sizes of Megalodon, great white shark and a man, Megalodon is 18m long and great white 6m.
Megalodon (top two, estimated maximum and conservative sizes) with the whale shark, great white shark, and a human for scale
Modern sharks began to appear about 100 million years ago.[13] Fossil mackerel shark teeth date to the Early Cretaceous. One of the most recently evolved families is the hammerhead shark (family Sphyrnidae), which emerged in the Eocene.[17] The oldest white shark teeth date from 60 to 66 million years ago, around the time of the extinction of the dinosaurs. In early white shark evolution there are at least two lineages: one lineage is of white sharks with coarsely serrated teeth and it probably gave rise to the modern great white shark, and another lineage is of white sharks with finely serrated teeth. These sharks attained gigantic proportions and include the extinct megatoothed shark, C. megalodon. Like most extinct sharks, C. megalodon is also primarily known from its fossil teeth and vertebrae. This giant shark reached a total length (TL) of more than 16 metres (52 ft).[18][19] C. megalodon may have approached a maxima of 20.3 metres (67 ft) in total length and 103 metric tons (114 short tons) in mass.[20] Paleontological evidence suggests that this shark was an active predator of large cetaceans.
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Sledding Blooper - Suicide Hill
My nephew Preston tries one last ride, on the steepest part of the Suicide Hill in Kansas City, but all the snow has been worn off already. His brother Alex speeds down a better path right after. Zoom!!
This was my first videos ever uploaded to Youtube.
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American Werewolf In Overland Park
I was awakened once again in the wee hours of the morning by what sounded like some animal wailing away right outside my window. I put on my socks and shoes and went outside, this time remembering to bring my phone, ready to record "something". Immediately the animal ran into the yard across from my house, and stopped to check me out. Then it proceeded to make multiple loud wailing howls. I tried approaching it but it retreated back between the two houses and was eventually engulfed into the thick darkness.
What do you think it was? A wolf? A fox? A coyote? Could it possibly have been an American Werewolf... in Overland Park!?!
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Full Speed Ice Road Miata
A sped up version of my video "Ice Road Miata", flying thru the backstreets of Overland Park on icy slick roads.
Music:
Echoes of Time by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1300029
Artist: http://incompetech.com/
About "Ice Road Truckers"
For 10 seasons, the drivers have battled it all from ferocious storms to freezing temperatures to bitter rivalries. And of course, they’ve confronted the deadly ice crossings that have tested their ability to survive. But now, as Ice Road Truckers reaches its landmark 10th season, they may have finally met their match as global warming and El Niño are creating a winter like no other before.
Road authorities are warning that expected record warm temperatures will create a worst-case scenario resulting in a winter road season so short that there won’t be enough time to deliver all the supplies to the communities. This has always been the fear and this season it could become the reality.
In Season 11, a sense of urgency descends on the ice road truckers. The roads are opening late and closing early. Every load could be the last one to make it up the trails. At any time, the roads could be shut down and tens of thousands of tons in freight won’t be delivered. It’s a rush from day one and the mission is clear: pedal to the metal and never let up. The communities are counting on them now more than ever.
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WHATABURGER Coming Soon To Overland Park, Kansas
A new Whataburger restaurant will be opening soon in south Overland Park, Kansas. Expect the store to open up sometime in early 2022, maybe as early as January or February. Whataburger has already opened up locations in Lees Summit, Missouri and Independence, Missouri, to huge fanfare. But this one might be the first Whataburger established in Kansas. Many burger fans are chomping at the bit!
INDEPENDENCE, Mo. — A day after FOX4 told you that the Lee’s Summit Whataburger location would be the first in the metro to open, the company said it will open a total of two restaurants in the Kansas City metro this month.
The company also released anticipated dates for more than a dozen additional Whataburger locations across the Kansas City area through 2023.
The Lee’s Summit Whataburger at 1450 N.E. Douglas St. will open Monday, Nov. 15 at 11 a.m.
IRS pushing up income brackets for inflation relief
Whataburger said its location at 18902 E. U.S. 40 Highway in Independence will open two weeks later on Monday, Nov. 29.
Whataburger said the following locations will open over the next seven or eight months.
8420 W. 135th St., Overland Park, Kansas – late 2021/early 2022
905 Hwy 7, Blue Springs, Missouri – early 2022
1921 W. Foxwood Dr., Raymore, Missouri – summer 2022
West 95th Street and Metcalf Avenue, Overland Park, Kansas – summer 2022
KMO Burger, an investment company which includes Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes, also plans to open a number of locations into 2023. The franchise expects this to be the schedule that its restaurants open, beginning early next year:
10780 Parallel Parkway, Kansas City, Kansas – early 2022
11300 Nall Ave. Overland Park, Kansas – spring 2022
400 NW Barry Road, Kansas City, Missouri – summer 2022
Southwest corner 159th St and Hwy 69, Overland Park, Kansas – summer 2022
14123 W. 135th St., Olathe, Kansas – late summer 2022
9100 Block MO-45, Parkville, Missouri – fall 2022
Southeast corner Interstate 435 and Bannister Road, Kansas City, Missouri – 2023
Highway 152 and North Booth Avenue, Kansas City, Missouri – 2023
Whataburger is currently hiring in the Kansas City metro. The company said it plans to have more than 400 employees here by the end of 2021. It hopes to hire 1,000 additional employees in 2022.
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Air America
A video flying over middle America with fluffy clouds down below.
The Boeing 747 is a large, long–range wide-body airliner and cargo aircraft manufactured by Boeing Commercial Airplanes in the United States. After introducing the 707 in October 1958, Pan Am wanted a jet 2½ times its size, to reduce its seat cost by 30% to democratize air travel.[9] In 1965, Joe Sutter left the 737 development program to design the 747, the first twin aisle airliner. In April 1966, Pan Am ordered 25 747-100 aircraft and in late 1966, Pratt & Whitney agreed to develop its JT9D, a high-bypass turbofan. On September 30, 1968, the first 747 was rolled out of the custom-built Everett Plant, the largest building in the world by volume. The first flight took place on February 9, 1969 and the 747 was certified in December of that year. It entered service with Pan Am on January 22, 1970; it was the first airplane dubbed a "Jumbo Jet".
The 747 is a quadjet, initially powered by JT9D turbofan engines, then GE CF6 and Rolls-Royce RB211 engines for the original variants. With a ten-abreast economy seating, it typically accommodates 366 passengers in three travel classes. It has a pronounced 37.5° wing sweep, allowing a Mach 0.85 (490 kn; 900 km/h) cruise speed, and its heavy weight is supported by four main landing gear legs with four-wheel bogies each. The partial double-deck aircraft was designed with a raised cockpit so it could be converted to a freighter airplane by installing a front cargo door, as it was initially thought that it would eventually be superseded by supersonic transports.
Boeing introduced the -200 in 1971, with more powerful engines for a heavier maximum takeoff weight (MTOW) of 833,000 lb (378 t) from the initial 735,000 lb (333 t), for a longer 6,560 nmi (12,150 km) range up from 4,620 nmi (8,560 km). It was shortened for the longer-range 747SP in 1976, and the 747-300 followed in 1983 with a stretched upper deck for up to 400 seats in three classes. The heavier 747-400 with improved RB-211 and CF6 versions, along with the PW4000 (the JT9D successor), and a two-crew glass cockpit, was introduced in 1989 and is the most common variant. After several studies, the stretched 747-8 was launched on November 14, 2005, with new General Electric GEnx engines, and was first delivered in October 2011. The 747 is the basis for several government and military variants, like the VC-25 (call sign Air Force One) or the E-4 Emergency Airborne Command Post, and some experimental testbeds like the Shuttle Carrier Aircraft.
By June 2020, 1,556 aircraft had been built, with 15 747-8s remaining on order.[4] Initial competition came from the smaller trijet widebodies: the Lockheed L-1011 (introduced in 1972), Douglas DC-10 (1971) and later MD-11 (1990). Airbus competed with later variants with the heaviest versions of the A340 until surpassing the 747 in size with the A380, introduced in 2007.[10] As of 2020, 61 of the jets have been lost in accidents, in which a total of 3,722 people have died.
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Cat vs. Shadow - Starring Zeus the Cat
Zeus the Cat finds himself in a pickle when he is confronted by the Evil Shadow, which is lurking about on the surface of The Wall. Zeus musters up his courage and battles the sinister force, which is hell-bent on taking over the world!
Can Zeus take down the Evil Shadow and save thew world!? Stay tuned!!
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The Duck Goes Kite Flying
The Duck decides to take a break from hunting for grapes and instead takes his new kite out for a quick flight.
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Corbin Park Fountain Christmas Lights
A video of the Christmas lights decorating the fountains at Corbin Park in Overland Park, Kansas at 135th Street and Metcalf Avenue, southeast corner. Christmas Night, December 25th, 2020.
Corbin Park is among the newer retail districts in Overland Park. The retail village, which opened in 2008, is home to several national retailers’ first Kansas City-area locations.
For an upscale department store experience, Von Maur offers 130,000 square feet of shopping space that includes brands like Ralph Lauren, Kenneth Cole, Nicole Miller and Donald J. Pliner. Don’t miss the clearance shoe room—yes, room!—where you’re sure to find incredible shoes at even more incredible prices.
Fargo, N.D.-based SCHEELS All Sports isn’t just a must-see for outdoor and sports enthusiasts—it’s also become a go-to for family friendly entertainment. Marvel at a 16,000-gallon aquarium or hop on the in-store Ferris wheel, which towers 65 feet and includes 16 cars. Sport simulators give you a chance to test your skills in a variety of sports, including golf, hockey, baseball and football. And if you need to stop for fuel, enjoy a gourmet sandwich, fudge, gelato or coffee. SCHEELS is also home to several specialty shops that feature gear and apparel for running, hunting and fishing.
Other Corbin Park highlights include Sprout’s Farmers Market, Orangetheory Fitness, Ulta and JCPenney. Corbin Park is home to several delicious restaurants, too. Try the cold-pressed juice blends at locally owned Simple Science Juices, or savor authentic Neapolitan pizza at SPIN! Pizza, also home to a gelato counter.
Corbin Park:
Address: 6917 W 135th St #29, Overland Park, Kansas - KS 66223
Coordinates: 38.880661, -94.6651305
City & State: Overland Park, Kansas
# of stores: 56
Phone: +1 913-499-1926
Web: http://www.corbinparkop.com
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Aostirmotor S17 E-bike
My Aostirmotor S17 e-bike finally arrived! It arrived via FedEx on Wednesday, April 7th in the afternoon, I unboxed it and put it together. I finally got a chance to ride it that Friday when the weather was a little warmer. Very impressive for a bike a bit over $2,000! This e-bike comes with full suspension, 1500W motor, Hydraulic disc brakes, 7 Speed, a 48V 14.5 AH battery, a nice LCD display, thumb throttle and 3.0" fat tires. E-bikes with all these features will usually cost you between $4,000 to $6,000! More videos to come on this Aostirmotor S17 e-bike!! Aostirmotor.com
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A Drive Thru The KU Campus
This is a drive I took in my Mazda Miata thru the University of Kansas campus, after attending the KU Jayhawks victory parade earlier. I begin at the parking lot in front of Green Hall, which use to be The Burge Union up until 2016. Then I travel up Naismith Drive to the top of the hill, and proceed to circle around the Chi Omega Fountain, on down West Campus Road by JRP Hall, then back around the Chi Omega Fountain, and finally down Jayhawk Boulevard.
For some reason my FeiyuTech camera shifted to slo-mo mode for this footage, there I had to speed it up 4 times in post production to get back to average speed. And unfortunately no audio is recorded when in slo-mo mode.
This was shot on Sunday April 10th, 2022. It was a pleasantly gorgeous day out, partly cloudy with temperatures reaching 80°, but was also quite breezy, with gusts of winds reaching 50 MPH.
Wikipedia on KU:
The University of Kansas (KU) is a public research university with its main campus in Lawrence, Kansas, United States, and several satellite campuses, research and educational centers, medical centers, and classes across the state of Kansas.[13] Two branch campuses are in the Kansas City metropolitan area on the Kansas side: the university's medical school and hospital in Kansas City, the Edwards Campus in Overland Park, a hospital and research center in the state's capital of Topeka, and a hospital and research center in Hays. There are also educational and research sites in Garden City, Hays, Leavenworth, Parsons, and Topeka, an agricultural education center in rural north Douglas County, and branches of the medical school in Salina and Wichita. The university is a member of the Association of American Universities and is classified among "R1: Doctoral Universities – Very high research activity".[14]
Founded March 21, 1865, the university was opened in 1866, under a charter granted by the Kansas State Legislature in 1864[15] and legislation passed in 1863 under the State Constitution, which was adopted two years after the 1861 admission of the former Kansas Territory as the 34th state into the Union. Disputes over Kansas' establishment as a free or slaveholding state prior to admission to the union prompted an internal civil war known as "Bleeding Kansas" during the 1850s.[16]
Enrollment at the Lawrence and Edwards campuses was 23,958 students in fall 2021; an additional 3,727 students were enrolled at the KU Medical Center (KUMC) for an enrollment of 27,685 [17] students across the three campuses. The university overall (including KUMC) employed 4,776 faculty members (faculty, faculty administrators, graduate student employees and librarians) in fall 2021.[18]
Kansas's athletic teams compete in NCAA Division I sports as the Jayhawks, as members of the Big 12 Conference. They field 16 varsity sports, as well as club-level sports for ice hockey, rugby, and men's volleyball.
History: On February 20, 1863, Kansas Governor Thomas Carney signed into law a bill creating the state university in Lawrence.[19] The law was conditioned upon a gift from Lawrence of a $15,000 endowment fund and a site for the university, in or near the town, of not less than forty acres (16 ha) of land.[20] If Lawrence failed to meet these conditions, Emporia instead of Lawrence would get the university.
The site selected for the university was a hill known as Hogback Ridge (later known as Mount Oread), which was privately donated by Charles L. Robinson, Republican governor of the state of Kansas from 1861 to 1863, and one of the original settlers of Lawrence, Kansas. Robinson and his wife Sara bestowed the 40-acre (16 ha) site to the State of Kansas in exchange for land elsewhere.[20] The philanthropist Amos Adams Lawrence donated $10,000 of the necessary endowment fund, and the citizens of Lawrence raised the remaining money themselves via private donations.[20] On November 2, 1863, Governor Carney announced Lawrence had met the conditions to get the state university, and the following year the university was officially organized.[15] The school's Board of Regents held its first meeting in March 1865, which is the event that KU dates its founding from.[2][21] Work on the first college building began later that year.[15] The school opened for classes on September 12, 1866, and the first class graduated in 1873.[15] According to William L. Burdick, the first degree awarded by the university was a Doctor of Divinity, bestowed upon noted abolitionist preacher Richard Cordley.[22]
During World War II, Kansas was one of 131 colleges and universities nationally that took part in the V-12 Navy College Training Program, which offered students a path to a Navy commission.
Famous landmarks and structures:
KU is home to the Robert J. Dole Institute of Politics, the Beach Center on Disability, Lied Center of Kansas and radio stations KJHK, 90.7 FM, and KANU, 91.5 FM. The university is also host to several significant museums. These include the University of Kansas Natural History Museum, founded in 1927, which contains important collections in ornithology, vertebrate paleontology, and entomology; and the Spencer Museum of Art, founded in 1928, home to a wide variety of cultural materials from all around the world, with a particular emphasis on American Indian materials. The libraries of the University include Watson Library,[24] Kenneth Spencer Research Library,[25] the Murphy Art and Architecture Library,[26] Thomas Gorton Music & Dance Library,[27] and Anschutz Library.[28] Of athletic note, the university is home to Allen Fieldhouse, which is heralded as one of the greatest basketball arenas in the world, and David Booth Kansas Memorial Stadium, which is the eighth oldest college football stadium in the country.
Academics:
The University of Kansas is a large, state-sponsored university with five campuses. KU is a member of the Association of American Universities (AAU)[41] and is classified among "R1: Doctoral Universities – Very high research activity".[14] KU features the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences, which includes the School of the Arts and the School of Public Affairs & Administration; and the schools of Architecture, Design & Planning; Business; Education; Engineering; Health Professions; Journalism & Mass Communications; Law; Medicine; Music; Nursing; Pharmacy; and Social Welfare. The university offers more than 345 degree programs. In 2017 Johnson County accounted for most of instate enrollment.[42]
In its 2021 report, U.S. News & World Report ranked KU as tied for 124th place among National Universities and tied for 60th place among public universities.[43]
World War II Memorial Campanile
According to the National Science Foundation, KU spent $339 million on research and development in 2018, ranking it 74th in the nation.
Tuition:
Beginning in the 2007–2008 academic year, first-time freshman at KU pay a fixed tuition rate for 48 months according to the Four-Year Tuition Compact passed by the Kansas Board of Regents. For the 2014–15 academic year, tuition was $318 per credit hour for in-state freshman and $828 for out-of-state freshmen. For transfer students, who do not take part in the compact, 2014–15 per-credit-hour tuition was $295 for in-state undergraduates and $785 for out-of-state undergraduates; subject to annual increases. Students enrolled in 6 or more credit hours also paid an annual required campus fee of $888.[56] The schools of architecture, music, arts, business, education, engineering, journalism, law, pharmacy, and social welfare charge additional fees.
As of August 2019, the annual tuition for 30 credit hours for a freshman is estimated by the university to be $10,182, not counting room and board costs.
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Zeus Eating & Purring
Zeus purrs non-stop as he eats a delicious bowl of vittles for lunch. He just can't get enough of these yummy crunchy nuggets!
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Zeus Battles The Blinds!
Zeus has always had a grudge against the blinds that prevent him from looking out the back window. Now it’s Zeus time to fight back!! With karate and a little bit of Jiu-Jitsu and Kung Fu, Zeus hands the blinds a beating it will never forget!! Cat Power!!!
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Mercury Blender Simulation In 4K
Mercury - The Planet. I'm back again with another Blender project, this time I created the planet Mercury, the planet that is closest to our Solar System's Sun.
Wikipedia: Mercury is the smallest planet in the Solar System and the closest to the Sun. Its orbit around the Sun takes 87.97 Earth days, the shortest of all the Sun's planets. It is named after the Roman god Mercurius (Mercury), god of commerce, messenger of the gods, and mediator between gods and mortals, corresponding to the Greek god Hermes (Ἑρμῆς). Like Venus, Mercury orbits the Sun within Earth's orbit as an inferior planet; its apparent distance from the Sun as viewed from Earth never exceeds 28°. This proximity to the Sun means the planet can only be seen near the western horizon after sunset or the eastern horizon before sunrise, usually in twilight. At this time, it may appear as a bright star-like object, but is more difficult to observe than Venus. From Earth, the planet telescopically displays the complete range of phases, similar to Venus and the Moon, which recurs over its synodic period of approximately 116 days. Due to its synodic proximity to Earth, Mercury is most often the closest planet to Earth, with Venus periodically taking this role.
Mercury rotates in a way that is unique in the Solar System. It is tidally locked with the Sun in a 3:2 spin–orbit resonance, meaning that relative to the fixed stars, it rotates on its axis exactly three times for every two revolutions it makes around the Sun. As seen from the Sun, in a frame of reference that rotates with the orbital motion, it appears to rotate only once every two Mercurian years. An observer on Mercury would therefore see only one day every two Mercurian years.
Mercury's axis has the smallest tilt of any of the Solar System's planets (about 1⁄30 degree). Its orbital eccentricity is the largest of all known planets in the Solar System; at perihelion, Mercury's distance from the Sun is only about two-thirds (or 66%) of its distance at aphelion. Mercury's surface appears heavily cratered and is similar in appearance to the Moon's, indicating that it has been geologically inactive for billions of years. Having almost no atmosphere to retain heat, it has surface temperatures that vary diurnally more than on any other planet in the Solar System, ranging from 100 K (−173 °C; −280 °F) at night to 700 K (427 °C; 800 °F) during the day across the equatorial regions. The polar regions are constantly below 180 K (−93 °C; −136 °F). The planet has no natural satellites.
Two spacecraft have visited Mercury: Mariner 10 flew by in 1974 and 1975; and MESSENGER, launched in 2004, orbited Mercury over 4,000 times in four years before exhausting its fuel and crashing into the planet's surface on April 30, 2015. The BepiColombo spacecraft is planned to arrive at Mercury in 2025.
Physical characteristics: Mercury is one of four terrestrial planets in the Solar System, and is a rocky body like Earth. It is the smallest planet in the Solar System, with an equatorial radius of 2,439.7 kilometres (1,516.0 mi). Mercury is also smaller—albeit more massive—than the largest natural satellites in the Solar System, Ganymede and Titan. Mercury consists of approximately 70% metallic and 30% silicate material.
Orbit, rotation, and longitude
Orbit of Mercury (2006): Animation of Mercury's and Earth's revolution around the Sun. Mercury has the most eccentric orbit of all the planets in the Solar System; its eccentricity is 0.21 with its distance from the Sun ranging from 46,000,000 to 70,000,000 km (29,000,000 to 43,000,000 mi). It takes 87.969 Earth days to complete an orbit. The diagram illustrates the effects of the eccentricity, showing Mercury's orbit overlaid with a circular orbit having the same semi-major axis. Mercury's higher velocity when it is near perihelion is clear from the greater distance it covers in each 5-day interval. In the diagram, the varying distance of Mercury to the Sun is represented by the size of the planet, which is inversely proportional to Mercury's distance from the Sun. This varying distance to the Sun leads to Mercury's surface being flexed by tidal bulges raised by the Sun that are about 17 times stronger than the Moon's on Earth. Combined with a 3:2 spin–orbit resonance of the planet's rotation around its axis, it also results in complex variations of the surface temperature. The resonance makes a single solar day (the length between two meridian transits of the Sun) on Mercury last exactly two Mercury years, or about 176 Earth days.
Created in Blender 3.4.1 on April 6th, 2023.
Thanks to Free3D.com for a gray colorless version of the Mariner 10 3D model. I added in the color and shading.
Music: Hades Decent by Unknown Artist.
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The Glenwood Antique Mall
A video showcasing a new antique store that recently opened up here in Overland Park, Kansas. Walking down the aisles of this place brings back great memories. Here you will find items that your parents or grandparents use to have in their homes. Nostalgic items like old clocks, record players, cabinets, games, trinkets, dinette sets, chairs and furniture of all kinds. Some of my favorite items I came across were old wooden snow sleds, classic games, cameras,and toys.
Don't just take my word for it, go see for yourself! The store is west of Metcalf off of 91st Street, next to the Dollar Tree store. It's like taking a walk down "Memory Lane"!
Music:
Deliberate Thoughtby Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license.https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Source:http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/?keywords=deliberate+thought
Artist:http://incompetech.com/
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Squirrel Does Acrobatic Jump
Two squirrels are caught chasing each other around in the backyard. Their horse play brings them close to the tree stump and the water dish, one squirrel gets too close and has to resort to a monumental jump over the water dish. All caught on camera! A true glorious sight to behold! What a breathtaking jump! If he was 2 inches farther to his right, he would have catapulted himself into the tree stump, killing himself. Or 2 inches lower on his trajectory, he would have plummeted into the water dish and possibly drowned to death. That squirrel is lucky to be alive!
This video footage was captured on Friday, June 17th, 2022, at around 7:45 PM.
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Zeus Gets Beamed Up By The Enterprise
Zeus The Cat, minding his own business, quickly gets beamed up to the Star Trek USS Starship Enterprise. "Beam him up, Scotty!"
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Shadow Stalker
This is a movie my friend Ed and I created back in August of 2001, for entry into a horror movie competition. The competition was cancelled thus never happened, but we were left with gaining some experience on movie-making at it's rawest level. We had plenty of fun making this, so please, enjoy "Shadow Stalker"!
A renegade thief breaks into a highly classified government facility and steals a dangerous amount of uranium 238 to sell on the black market. Will this agent make it out of the surrounding corn field alive, or will he get caught by the top secret on site security. Watch and find out how it all goes down!
This is a short cheesy horror film my friend Ed and I made in basically 2 nights in the summer of 2001. ( This is a short version of the original, in order to fit under the 10 minute Youtube regulation ). Please leave a comment on what you think.
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RC Airplane Flight & Crash
Out in Shawnee Mission Park, Kansas, an RC pilot flies his model around the open skies. He tries to land but then decides to keep flying longer. Then when it is finally time to land, he fails miserably. Shot on March 6th, 2021.
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Baby Fox Gets Spooked
A baby fox wondered in front of the trail camera, then sat down to look around. With his fox keen senses, he felt he was being watched and suddenly got spooked! Whoosh! He was gone!
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Tenderfoot Mountain - Salida, Colorado
While in Salida, Colorado, we decided to hike up Tenderfoot Mountain, a very steep hill with a "Big S" on the side of it. Spiral Drive snakes up to the top of it, but we took a few rough trails to the top, where a white abandoned lookout tower resides. Sorry for all the noise, but it was extremely windy up on the hill that evening. Featuring Mike, Alex and Preston.
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Home of Colorado's Largest Historical District, the annual FibArk Whitewater Festival, Artwalk, Fallen Bikers Memorial Rally, the Salida Hot Springs Aquatic Center, and a great whitewater kayaking course.
Salida is nestled at the foot of the scenic Central Colorado Rockies on the western bank of the Arkansas River at an elevation of 7,038 feet. U.S. Highways 24, 50 and 285 meet near this historic railroad town making it the "Crossroads of the Rockies". Nearest commercial airports are Denver International, Colorado Springs, and Pueblo.
Downtown Salida is on the National Register of Historic Places and is Colorado's largest historic district. Because of the cool, comfortable summers and relatively mild winters, the area around Salida is called the "banana belt" of Colorado.
Downtown Salida
Historic Downtown District
Salida was first established in the 1800s as a stagecoach stop and later as a stop over for travelers on the Denver & Rio Grande Railroad. Downtown Salida is on the National Register of Historic Places. It has the finest collection of historically significant buildings in the state and is Colorado's largest historic district. A walking tour of the downtown district will bring this history to life.
Art Galleries
Salida named "Best Arts Community" in the West by Sunset Magazine. Visitors to Salida's historic downtown district will find a wide array of galleries exhibiting the stimulating works of local artists, sculptors, jewelers, potters, and goldsmiths. Many of these galleries are working studios and are housed in historically significant buildings. Gallery hopping is a great way to spend an afternoon in historic downtown Salida.
Salida Walking Tours
Salida Walking Tours guides visitors through Colorado's largest National Historic District. You'll hear incredible stories about Salida's wild west past, including gunfights, lynchings, great successes, and tragic fires. Private tours and nightly darkside tours also available.
FIBArk Festival
Salida is the home of the legendary FIBArk (First In Boating The Arkansas) Festival. This four-day festival held each year in mid-June is the venue for the oldest down river race in America. FIBArk draws whitewater raft, canoe, and kayak racers from around the world. This event includes North America's longest kayak race (26 miles) and a whitewater rodeo event where the only qualification is that the craft you race cant be a boat. The festival includes a full range of activities for spectators including live entertainment.
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A Mission Hills Drive
I took a drive thru the beautiful area of Mission Hills, Kansas. Mission Hills is an upscale community which was developed by Kansas City developer J.C. Nichols in the 1920's. In Mission Hills, you will find some of the most luxurious and prestigious homes in the Kansas City area. Expansive lawns, exquisite mansions and gorgeous landscaping all can be found in these neighborhoods between Mission Road to the West, State Line Road to the East, 70th Terrace to the South, and 55th Street to the North. The Kansas City Country Club and Mission Hills Country Club both sit on the West boundaries of the city. 2.04 square miles altogether.
Video taken on December 14th, 2021, on a nice warm winter and windy afternoon, with leaves blowing across the streets.
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Mission Hills is a city in Johnson County, Kansas, United States, and part of the Kansas City Metropolitan Area. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 3,498.[6] The east city limits is the Kansas-Missouri state line at State Line Road. Mission Hills was originally developed by noted Kansas City developer J. C. Nicholsbeginning in the 1920s as part of his Country Club District plan.
History: An Indian mission was established at the town's site in the 1830s, hence the name of the later settlement.[7]
The city started as a planned upscale community for the elite by J.C. Nichols to be built around the Mission Hills Country Club (Kansas) on the hills above Brush Creek just south of the Shawnee Methodist Mission. Most of the country club's property is in Kansas but its original clubhouse was in Kansas City, Missouri, allowing it to serve liquor, which was prohibited on the Kansas side. Nichols laid out plans in 1914. He had developed the country club to enhance the value of his Kansas properties after discovering that upscale buyers were reluctant to live on the Kansas side of the state line.[8]
Adjoining the club Nichols established the Community Golf Club. After it dramatically grew, it moved to what today is the Kansas City Country Club. Nichols lured the Kansas City Country Club to take over the land, and the Community Golf Club went on to establish the Indian Hills Country Club. Together, the three clubs became the most prestigious in the Kansas City metropolitan area; many rank them in order of prestige: Kansas City first, Mission Hills second, and Indian Hills third.[9]
Nichols opposed incorporation of the community fearing that a city would not adequately meet the needs of its residents or properly enforce housing covenants. Consequently, the Mission Hills Home Company was founded on August 18, 1914. One of the most publicized early enforcements involved forbidding the family of a sick woman to enclose her porch with glass.[10]
Faced with prospects of annexation by neighboring relatively lower income communities seeking its wealthy tax base, Mission Hills incorporated as a city in 1949.[11]
Many of the early houses were designed by Clarence E. Shepherd, Edward Tanner, and Edward Buehler Delk.[11]
The city's most distinctive landmark, which is used on the official city seal, is the Verona columns and reflecting pool at the intersection of Ensley Lane, Mission Drive and Overhill Road. They were conceived by landscape architect S. Herbert Hare in 1924.[12]
In 1928 Ernest Hemingway and his wife, Pauline, stayed at the house of W. Malcolm and Ruth Lowry at 6435 Indian Lane. During this time, Hemingway wrote A Farewell to Arms. He later gave an autographed copy of the book to Don Carlos Guffey, the Kansas City doctor who delivered his son Patrick. The inscription, which is now in the University of Missouri-Kansas City library, said "...with much admiration and grateful remembrance of a Caesarean that was beautifully done and turned out splendidly."[13]
Geography: Mission Hills is located at 39°0′49″N94°36′54″W (39.013705, -94.615083).[14]According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 2.02 square miles (5.23 km2), all of it land.[15]However, Brush Creek runs through the northern section of the city.
The northern half of Mission Hills, north of 63rd Street, is informally called "old Mission Hills" and is dominated by opulent houses on large lots. There are two private country clubs in this section: the Mission Hills Country Club and the Kansas City Country Club. The southern half, consisting of developments Belinder Hills, Indian Hills and Sagamore Hills, contains affluent upper middle class residences and the private Indian Hills Country Club.
Demographics: According to Forbes Magazine, Mission Hills ranks as the 3rd wealthiest municipality in the country.[18] Mission Hills has the highest median household income of any city in Kansas with a population over 1,000, as well as one of the highest median incomes for any city in the United States.
2010 census: At the 2010 census there were 3,498 people in 1,253 households, including 1,066 families, in the city. The population density was 1,731.7 inhabitants per square mile (668.6/km2). There were 1,326 housing units at an average density of 656.4 per square mile (253.4/km2). The racial makup of the city was 96.8% White, 0.2% African American, 0.2% Native American, 1.5% Asian, 0.2% from other races, and 1.1% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.8%.[2]
Of the 1,253 households 37.0% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 79.7% were married couples living together, 3.8% had a female householder with no husband present, 1.6% had a male householder with no wife present, and 14.9% were non-families. 12.9% of households were one person and 8% were one person aged 65 or older. The average household size was 2.79 and the average family size was 3.07.
The median age was 47.1 years. 28.4% of residents were under the age of 18; 4% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 14.3% were from 25 to 44; 35% were from 45 to 64; and 18.1% were 65 or older. The gender makeup of the city was 48.6% male and 51.4% female.
2000 census: At the 2000 census there were 3,593 people in 1,284 households, including 1,104 families, in the city. The population density was 1,782.5 people per square mile (686.8/km²). There were 1,318 housing units at an average density of 653.9 per square mile (251.9/km²). The racial makup of the city was 98.22% White, 0.08% African American, 0.03% Native American, 0.86% Asian, 0.17% from other races, and 0.64% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.09%.[4] 25.2% were of English, 21.4% German, 13.4% Irish and 7.1% American ancestry according to Census 2000.
Of the 1,284 households 38.5% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 81.2% were married couples living together, 3.7% had a female householder with no husband present, and 14.0% were non-families. 12.5% of households were one person and 7.6% were one person aged 65 or older. The average household size was 2.80 and the average family size was 3.06.
The age distribution was 29.6% under the age of 18, 3.1% from 18 to 24, 18.1% from 25 to 44, 32.5% from 45 to 64, and 16.8% 65 or older. The median age was 45 years. For every 100 females, there were 98.6 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 94.9 males.
The median household income was $188,821 and the median family income was $200,000. Males had a median income of $100,000 versus $62,440 for females. The per capita income for the city was $95,405. About 1.4% of families and 1.2% of the population were below the poverty line, including 0.8% of those under age 18 and 1.3% of those age 65 or over.
Education: Mission Hills is in the Shawnee Mission public school district. Some families send their children to one of the many secular private schools in the city like the Pembroke Hill School and The Barstow School or to religiously affiliated schools such as Bishop Miege High School or Rockhurst High School.
In The media: Mission Hills is the setting for the ABC Familytelevision drama Switched at Birth. The show is set in Kansas City, Missouri, but the main characters live in Mission Hills.
Mission Hills was ranked number 3 on the Forbes list of America's most affluent neighborhoods.[19]
Notable individuals who were born in and/or have lived in Mission Hills include:
Barbara Bollier (1958- ), Kansas state legislator[20]
Henry W. Bloch (1922-2019), Co-founder H&R Block[21]
George Brett (1953- ), Baseball Hall of Fame third baseman[22]
Marcelo Claure (1970- ), telecommunications executive[23]
David Dreier (1952- ), member of Congress, chairman of the House Rules Committee, chairman of Tribune Publishing
James Ellroy (1948- ), novelist[24]
Thomas Frank (1965- ), historian, journalist[25]
Matt Gogel (1971- ), pro golfer, sportscaster[26]
Donald J. Hall, Sr. (1929- ), greeting cards executive[27]
Kevin Harlan (1960- ), sportscaster[28]
Ewing Kauffman (1916-1993), pharmaceutical entrepreneur[29]
Tom Watson (1949- ), pro golfer[30]
Carrie Westcott (1969- ), model, actress[31]
Cheryl Womack (1950- ), trucking entrepreneur, executive[32]
David Wysong (1949- ), Kansas state legislator
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Cat Hitting On The Heavy Bag
Zeus gets a good workout as he spars with the heavy bag, landing hard blows after hard blows. Even Rocky Balboa would be proud. Next up, we're taking Zeus to the cold storage facility. See how he can handle a big rack of meat hanging from a hook. Let's hope he doesn't break a nail!
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