Michael Bates: June 2014 Archives

PetaPixel: Understanding Golden Hour, Blue Hour and Twilights

A guide to the photographic characteristics of sunrise, sunset, civil, nautical, and astronomical twilights, and the Golden Hour and Blue Hour. An iOS app called PhotoPills helps you plan photography around sun and moon positions.

The Top Eleven Christian Television Shows - Mere Comments

Another list by Anthony Esolen: "Again, we're looking for shows that embody the Christian ethos, and not necessarily shows that are explicitly about Christianity."

On Second Thought ... Another Movie List - Mere Comments

Anthony Esolen's list of 50 classic Hollywood movies that embody the Christian vision of the world.

Buddy McPeters on Bob Wills' Tiffany Transcriptions

Western swing historian Buddy McPeters often posts detailed historical essays on the TexasPlayboys.net website. Here's a great recent example: McPeters describes the context of the idea to record Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys in these renowned, free-swinging sessions to be issued as transcriptions for radio stations across the country.

The Soul of the Game | This Land Press

Good story about professional soccer in Tulsa, weaving together the stories of Charlie Mitchell and the original Tulsa Roughnecks, Tony Dalesandro and the Tulsa Athletics, playing this summer at old Driller Stadium, and the new Tulsa Roughnecks, starting in 2015 at Oneok Field. I especially enjoyed learning about Charlie Mitchell's special connection with Pele's American career -- Mitchell had the assist on Pele's first bicycle-kick goal in the US.

7 Reasons To Document Meetings | William D Parker | Principal Matters

Making notes and keeping them organized makes good sense, whether you're a school principal like Will Parker or in any other position of leadership. Here's why?