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Advertised product: Google Chrome Art directors: Mark Kudsi, John Fan Designers & animators: Joseph Chan, Motion Theory Year: 2009 Even though this 2009 Google Chrome ad is outdated in certain ways, it is still one of my favorite Google commercials. It's also nostalgic for me, reminding me of those days when the discovery of this new browser was a refreshing change. Eight years, fifty-two versions, and three logo styles later, Google Chrome is still going strong! "the height of sophistication is simplicity." Clare Boothe Luce

Inventions / Patents - Lincoln Logs - tow truck - toggle light switch Facts -  The cost of a first class US postage stamp was 2¢. - A loaf of bread cost about 7 ¢ in the US. - The world had fewer than 2 billion people. - The average life expectancy was 49.6 for men and  54.3 for women in the US. - The US population was  101,961,000. - The Eiffel Tower was the tallest building on earth. - The US flag had 48 stars. Firsts - 1st Jew to become a US Supreme Court justice (Louis Brandeis) - 1st Chicago Cubs game - 1st time one of Norman Rockwell's illustrations appeared on the cover of the Saturday Evening Post - 1st American self-service grocery store (Piggly Wiggly) - 1st time a woman (Jeannette Rankin) was elected to the US Congress (She was also the only person to vote against US participation in both WW1 and WW2) Deaths - James Whitcomb Riley - Charles Taze Russell - Jack London - Grigori Rasputin Births - Harold Wilson - Gregory Peck - Roald Da

Producer: Mark Ashurst Software used: PowToon Year created: 2016 "As long as there are tests, there will be prayer in schools." author unknown

Matthew 18:21-35 "Then came Peter to him, and said, Lord, how oft shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? till seven times? Jesus saith unto him, I say not unto thee, Until seven times: but, Until seventy times seven. Therefore is the kingdom of heaven likened unto a certain king, which would take account of his servants. And when he had begun to reckon, one was brought unto him, which owed him ten thousand talents. But forasmuch as he had not to pay, his lord commanded him to be sold, and his wife, and children, and all that he had, and payment to be made. The servant therefore fell down, and worshipped him, saying, Lord, have patience with me, and I will pay thee all. Then the lord of that servant was moved with compassion, and loosed him, and forgave him the debt. But the same servant went out, and found one of his fellowservants, which owed him an hundred pence: and he laid hands on him, and took him by the throat, saying, Pay me that thou owest. And his fel

Artist: The Gray Havens Album: Fire and Stone Year: 2015 There is a far kingdom A ways from here, Beyond the storm and the sea. There will be no need of darkness And none for tears When that far kingdom I see. There’s a river we will know, Ever clear and ever full, From the fount that overflows In the light of the King. And when we drink it we will find That this joy, ever full, will ever rise. And it’ll rise on, in the kingdom, In the kingdom. There is a far kingdom On the other side of the glass, And by a faint light we see. Still there is more gladness Longing for the sight Than to behold or be filled, by anything. There’s a river we will know, Ever clear and ever full, From the fount that overflows In the light of the King. And when we drink it we will find That this joy, ever full, will ever rise. And it’ll rise on, in the kingdom, In the kingdom. There is a far, far kingdom, There at the end of the sea, Where they know my name. And until