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"Jingle Bells" by Master Tone & "Amazing Grace" by Yule This eighth and final Xmas video was panned and zoomed from diagonally across the street from a North-Westerly direction. The videography was done right after sunset and after a three-inch snowstorm -- under very frigid conditions!! Please revisit our YouTube channel by simply Googling: kimbnebritelites

At 1,653 metres (5,242 feet), Panorama Point is the highest natural point in Nebraska. Panorama Point is located in southwestern Kimball County, near the point where Nebraska and Wyoming meet on Colorado's northern boundary.

Bushnell, Nebraska is located in Kimball county at the tri-state border between Colorado, Nebraska, and Wyoming. In this recording I drove from the railroad tracks (parallel to the Lincoln Highway, US 30) to the town's community center. The town was named after Cornelius Scranton Bushnell (July 19, 1829 -- May 6, 1896) - an American railroad executive and shipbuilder who was instrumental in developing ironclad ships for the Union Navy during the American Civil War. At the time of my visit, in 2012, the Bushnell's population was estimated to be about 125. Bushnell sits at an elevation of 1,485 metres (4,872 feet). Here's my personal webpage about travel: http://www.rogerwendell.com/travel.html

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"Deck the Halls" & "O Holy Night" by the Ventures This seventh Christmas video was (like the sixth) panned and zoomed from the back of our slowly moving pickup. During the last several weeks we've added about fifty more lit props (mainly homemade stars & twig trees) and 4500 LED lights. We are waiting/wishing for a nice snowfall to shoot a pretty video with our LEDs reflecting their intense colors off the fallen snow! Have a Merry Christmas & a Healthy, Prosperous New Year!!!

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This sixth Xmas video was panned & zoomed from the back of a slowly-moving pickup to give a "panoramic" vista of a portion of the years' Christmas Musical Light Show. This video, shot just after sunset, is primarily meant to be a documentary record of over 100 LED props, mostly homemade, that border our large corner lot. Our 2012 Xmas Musical Light Display consists of distinct 45-minute shows, each consisting of fourteen classic holiday/seasonal tunes with over 63,000 multi-colored LED lights that are choreographed/synchronized to flashdance "to the beat or rhythm of the individual songs or instrumentals. This large-scale animated Light Show is computerized and uses only highly energy-efficient Light-Emitting Diodes or LEDs -- not the "old-fashioned, incandescent bulbs!! To computer control our thousands of LEDs, we use Light-O-Rama (LOR) software & hardware -- including 9 LOR controllers with their 144 channels or circuits which enables us, via instructions from a HP computer, to cause the LEDs to turn ON or "OFF, to dim, flash, dance, or twinkle. Why do a Christmas Musical Light Show!? -- to help celebrate the "Reason for the Season;" to help promote and publicize the great little town of Kimball, NE; to produce lots of Good Cheer; and to have Fun, Fun, Fun -- for Everyone! Please revisit our YouTube Channel by simply Googling: kimbnebritelites

"Carol of the Bells" by Monique Danielle This fifth Christmas Light-Show video was "shot" and panned directly across the street from a slightly southerly direction. This viewpoint from the south-west gives a panoramic depiction of the entire west/front side of our house & yard. To us, this view literally produces a kaleidoscopic wall of colorful LED animations and demonstrates that we have completed our holiday decorating plans for the front vista of the yard, house, & roof.

This fourth Christmas video for 2012 was videographed from the back of our slowly moving pickup to record and show an overall view of our current Xmas Musical Light Show. This video is primarily a detailed documentary record that will help us immensely to improve upon future light displays. We usually videograph just after sunset so that the sky is still lit up -- not pitch black -- and our videocam is able to stay "stopped down" and therefore records more detail, especially with the increased depth of field. We are not interested in viewing "night-time", animated, glaring, high-contrast lights! Thanks again for watching and "listening" to our glittery, twinkling LEDs! Please visit our YouTube Channel by simply Googling: kimbnebritelites

Medley of "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree" & "Here Cones Santa Claus" by the Ventures, plus a Techno Remix of "Greensleeves (What Child is This?") This third Christmas video for 2012 was panned from the back of a very slowly moving pickup to present a "panoramic" view of the north and west sides of our corner lot. As you can observe, the west (front) side and house rooftop are almost (95%) completed with animated LED decorations. However, the north side of our lot is only about 10% done/decorated. It will take another week (of good weather) to finish "saturating" our large yard, house, and garage with "flashdancing "LEDs. We will be done when our complete Xmas musical light show with its 14 different tunes/songs and its 63,000+ LEDs resembles a gigantic, 45 minute fireworks show!!! That's how most of our friends, relatives, and spectators like it -- a busy, chaotic, animated, kaleidoscopic, wild & crazy visualization of some holiday music!! It's obvious we don't (usually) follow the artistic rule known simply as KISS! (Keep It Simple! Stupid!) LOL! You can easily follow our "progress" in Xmas decorating our entire yard on YouTube by Googling: kimbnebritelites Thank you for observing our videos!!

"Nut Rocker," by B. Bumble and the Stingers This lively (wild?) classic rock and roll instrumental was inspired by Tchchaikovsky's ballet, "The Nutcracker." This second Xmas video was shot from under our front arbor (light-leaping arch). The video was done for mainly experimental/analytical purposes and by studying it repeatedly with close scrutiny, we did discover six relatively minor flaws or problems in our computer programming -- which we have to fix/solve before we shoot our next video -- maybe in two days -- we hope! Please revisit our YouTube Channel again by simply Googling: kimbnebritelites OR kimball ne meyers christmas 2012

Medley of "Little Drummer Boy," Joy to the World," & Do You Hear What I Hear?" This test video demonstrates the functioning of three LED Christmas props that were created by us during the first two weeks of September. The central, two-dimensional prop is made from a 4' x 5' rectangle of corrugated plastic (coroplast or "coro.") The "decorated evergreen tree" is almost 4'9" tall and 3'9" wide at the base. This "coro tree" is framed along the front and back edges by 1" x 2" lumber. A drawing of 16 concentric, simple conifer outlines was made on the back side of the coro, with the outlines spaced 7/8" apart. Using a large awl, about 2,300 holes were punched (7/8" apart) from the backside along the 16 outlines. Using pliers, M5 LED lights were forced through the punched holes from the back until just the plastic "bulbs" or LEDs protruded on the front and their sockets fit snugly in the holes. Eight different colors of M5 LEDs were used: red; amber; gold; green; blue; purple; warm white; & pure/cool white. Only two separated outlines of the 16 total were lit with the same color. Of course, the 16 tree outlines of 2,300+ LEDs are controlled individually by the circuits of a Light-O-Rama controller. The two 3-dimensional spiral trees beside the "chameleon coro tree" are almost clones, except their LED strands coil in opposite directions. Each tree is 7' tall, portable, and mounted on a 33" diameter plywood base. Each multi-coiled spiral tree consists of 12 helices, with each helix being an 8-foot long, twisted, double strand of multicolored LEDs made from a 16-foot string of lights that was folded in half. For more information on making a spiral tree, please consult the description given in our third video of Christmas 2011! You can visit our YouTube Channel again by simply Googling: kimbnebritelites

Halloween Extravaganza 2012

Opening Theme Music for the TV series "Twilight Zone." "Tubular Bells" -- Theme from "The Exorcist" by Mike Oldfield This fifth Halloween video for 2012, like the first one, was videographed from the back of our slowly moving pickup to show an overall view of our current Halloween Musical Light Show as seen by hundreds of typical spectators and motorists who visit our "spooktacular" corner lot. This display documents the usage of eight Light-O-Rama (LOR) computerized controllers; over 5,000 feet of Extension Cords; thousands of LED lights (20,000+); "scarecrows," (80+); Tombstones (38+); Jack-O-Lanterns (50+); Skeletons (9); and other Halloween "props" -- too many to count or mention!! You can easily visit our entire YouTube Channel by Googling: kimbnebritelites

This fourth Halloween Video features the song most popular with our spectators/viewers -- especially with the youngsters/children. Amazingly, our 2010 "Ghostbuster's" video has had over 113,000 views/"hits"!! Like our 2012 "Thriller" Video, this video is a "close-up" that was "shot" from under the front arbor/arch and mainly features the "singers" of "Ghostbuster's" lyrics. Thus, the emphasis in this video is on the Musical Light Show and its "vocalists" and not on the numerous (80+) spooky "scarecrows" in the surrounding graveyard. Please revisit our YouTube Channel (kimbnebritelites) by Googling: kimball ne meyers Halloween Happy/Scary Halloween!!

"Bad Moon Rising" by CCR (Creedence Clearwater Revival) The large pumpkin "Roof-Top Singer" on the upper right represents John Fogerty -- who was the main songwriter, singer and lead guitarist for CCR -- our favorite rock group from the late 1960s and early 1970s. Yes! -- We are living-fossil rednecks!! This video of our front-yard Halloween display was videographed from across the street (Adams) and emphasizes our entire Halloween Display -- both the spook-inhabited graveyard AND the Musical Light Show. You would enjoy our entire corner-lot Halloween display if you could be here in person -- like the spectators you observe in this third video. Besides using your computer's history or bookmark aids, you can also easily visit us again by Googling: kimball ne meyers Halloween Thanks for watching our "overdone," chaotic, "monstrous" Halloween light show!!

"Thriller" by Michael Jackson This second Halloween video was shot from the beginning of our front sidewalk and was "cropped" so as to mainly feature the "singers" of "Thriller's" lyrics. The emphasis in this video is on the Musical Light Show and its "performers," and NOT on the numerous spooks in the foreground "cemetery," as was featured in the first/previous video. Thank you for watching our videos!! Please tell your friends and relatives to visit our YouTube Channel by simply Googling: kimball ne meyers halloween

Theme Music for the movie "Halloween" by Tyler Bates. This first Halloween video for 2012 was panned from the back of a slowly-moving pickup to present a "panoramic" view of a portion of this year's Halloween Musical Light Show. This video, shot at sundown, is primarily meant to be a documentary record of over 80 "monstrous," mainly home-made, staked "scare crows" that border our corner-lot front yard (graveyard/cemetery) and water feature. Ten of our commercial "critters" are animatronic and respond in various ways to external auditory and motion stimuli. Almost all the members of our "creature feature" have lit-up eyes -- many of which slowly fade off and on or flash. The heights of our spooky menagerie vary from 2 to 17 feet! In the future, we will be adding a few more Halloween videos that will emphasize songs and the speech mimicry of our dozen "singers!!" You can easily revisit our YouTube Channel again by Googling: kimball ne meyers halloween Thank you for observing our videos!!

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957 +/- Acres are for Sale, 957 +/- Acres of Farm Ground - Kimball County, NE NEBRASKA FARM LAND FOR SALE - Increase your current operation or buy this large parcel of land as an investment. This Nebraska land for sale can help expand upon your current farming business or would be a great starter for a new business. Near Kimball, Nebraska, this dryland is in a good location with easy access. Legal: Township 16 North, Range 57 West of the 6th P.M., Kimball County, NE, All Section 9 and the West 1/2 of Section 10. Directions to Property: From Kimball, NE., Hwy 71 north 10 miles to CR 54. CR 54 west 9 1/2 miles to the northeast corner of the property. Listing Acres: 956.96 +/- Property Borders: County road on two sides. North border: CR 54, East border: Dryland, South border: CR 52, West border: Dryland & Pasture Total FSA Acres: 931.47 - Grass & Waste Acres: 25.49 +/- Growing Crops: Buyer to harvest Wheat in summer 2013 and receive 2/3 of growing crop. Buyer to deliver 1/3 of growing crop to nearest elevator and sell in seller's name.

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