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Joe Rao - Space.com - January 1, 2020
The year 2020 will evolve into the "Year of the Planets," with Venus soaring high into the western sky by late winter and early spring.
Mars will spend much of this year slowly approaching the Earth, finally arriving at opposition in early October and glowing like a fiery beacon high in our early fall skies. Jupiter and Saturn will approach each other during winter and early spring, closing to within 5 degrees of each other in May, before separating for the rest of the spring and the summer, before they again approach each other in September, ultimately squeezing together in December for their closest conjunction in nearly four centuries.
Related: The 10 Must-See Skywatching Events to Look for in 2020
More: The Night Sky This Month: January 2020 Guide
As for this month, Venus dazzles us in the southwest sky at sunset. Mercury begins appearing far below and to Venus's right during the final week of the month. Also during the finally week of January, Jupiter will emerge into view low in the southeast just prior to sunrise. Mars also can be seen in the southeast, rising about three hours before sunrise and hovering near its "rival," the ruddy star, Antares around the 18th. Saturn is the only planet "out of the loop" so to speak, arriving at conjunction with the sun near mid-month, and unobservable for all of January.
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Here on the coast of northern California, in between rains, the weather has been beautiful... clear sunny days and clear nights. At twilight, besides the Moon, Venus has been the first Johnny-on-the-spot planetary body that shows up in the sky.
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Lynx and Wolf in 4k
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Lynx and Wolf at Langedrag Naturepark, Norway.
Filmed with Panasonic GH5 in 4k 50fps, edited in premier pro.
Music: Ikson - Utopia
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Why Do These Televangelists Need Expensive Jets?
960,320 views - May 3, 2019
Inside Edition
6.96M subscribers
You’ve seen them on TV, popular televangelists who preach the gospel to millions around the world. You may be surprised that these men of God are living a lifestyle few could imagine. Jesse Duplantis and Kenneth Copeland drive fancy cars and live in lavish mansions. They also fly in private jets. It's impossible to know exactly how much money these ministries take in each year because they are not required to make financial disclosures of donations they receive and all of it is tax exempt.
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I recall Jesse Duplantis openly informing his congregation that he was one of the richest people in Louisiana, and I seem to recall that he said something like #2 or #3.
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Pastor asks congregation to pay for $65 million jet
Full Interview: Preacher Kenneth Copeland Defends Lavish Lifestyle
GOD...Please Buy Me A Jet | Today`s Church...Years Later
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Businesswoman Brandi Passante from 'Storage Wars'
She one of those women that looks much more attractive and magnetic in person or in a moving image such as on TV. It's funny how that is sometimes. She is from Texas, and is of Sicilian descent.
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New Orleans Alligator gets Hog
charlie burdett
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Johnny Cash - We'll Meet Again
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from American Recordings IV: The Man Comes Around
Lyrics:
We'll meet again
Don't know where
Don't know when
But I know
We'll meet again
Some sunny day
Keep smilin' thru
Just like you
Always do
'Til the blue skies drive
The dark clouds
Far away
And will you please say hello
to the folks that i know
Tell'em that I won't be long
And they'll be happy to know
That when you saw me go
I was singing this song
We'll meet again
Don't know where
Don't know when
But I know
We'll meet again
Some sunny day
(spoken)
Yeah we'll meet again
I don't know where
Anf I don't know when
But I do know
That we'll meet again
Some sunny day
(spoken)
So Honey
Keep on smilin' thru
Just like you always do
'Til the blue skies
Drive the dark clouds
Far away
And would you please say hello
To all the folks that I know
And tell'em I won't be long
They'll be happy to know
That when you saw me go
I was singing this song
(with choir)
We'll meet again
Don't know where
Don't know when
But I know
We'll meet again
Some sunny day
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We'll Meet Again
"We'll Meet Again" is a 1939 British song made famous by singer Vera Lynn with music and lyrics composed and written by English songwriters Ross Parker and Hughie Charles. The song is one of the most famous of the Second World War era, and resonated with soldiers going off to fight as well as their families and sweethearts.
The song gave its name to the 1943 musical film We'll Meet Again in which Dame Vera Lynn played the lead role (see 1943 in music). Lynn's recording is featured in the final scene of Stanley Kubrick's 1964 film Dr. Strangelove, and was also used in the closing scenes of the 1986 BBC television serial The Singing Detective. British director John Schlesinger used the song in his 1979 World War II film Yanks, which is about British citizens and American soldiers during the military buildup in the UK as the Allies prepare for the D-Day Invasion.
During the Cold War, Lynn's recording was included in the package of music and programmes held in 20 underground radio stations of the BBC's Wartime Broadcasting Service (WTBS), designed to provide public information and morale-boosting broadcasts for 100 days after a nuclear attack. Lynn sang the song in London on the 60th Anniversary of VE Day in 2005.
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The original recording
Vera Lynn - We'll Meet Again
I prefer the one by Johnny Cash, as it somehow stays true to the actual meaning of the song, while the original version sounds like a show tune. People project their own meaning to things. To me it sounds like it could be a reflection of wishful thinking; an individual's own self-reflection of "the good ole days."
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