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I think there are others in the forum who are more familiar with this technology and can create even better videos. 😊

It's quite easy! 😊 First, create a picture using ChatGPT. You can also ask ChatGPT to write a video prompt for you. Then, upload the picture along with the prompt to Gemini Pro to generate a video. You can also try YouTube Create, which offers free video-generation options. Just make sure your prompt is within 900 characters. I’ve only recently started experimenting with this, so I haven’t created many videos yet. I created the Noah video just yesterday! 😊

This is the prompt I've used to create Noah's video Create a 10-second photorealistic cinematic video showing exactly 8 people building Noah’s enormous wooden ark using modern construction equipment. Show Noah, his wife, their three adult sons, and their three wives—no other people anywhere in the scene. Noah studies the construction plans while his sons operate a crane, guide heavy wooden beams, and use power saws. Their wives help measure timber, organize wooden planks, and assist with the construction. A forklift transports lumber while a crane slowly lifts a massive beam into position. Show natural teamwork, realistic movements, and a gigantic ark taking shape in warm daylight. Strict character rule: Exactly eight people throughout the entire video. No workers, helpers, crowds, or background people. Keep all eight family members visually consistent. Audio: Soft, gentle instrumental background music with light piano and strings. No dialogue, narration, singing, or sound effects. Style: Photorealistic documentary, biblical clothing, modern machinery, natural colors, realistic lighting, cinematic camera movement.

Hello, everyone! I’d like to ask: Have you all switched to an M-series MacBook in order to use JW Library? Are there still any of you using Intel-based MacBooks? If there were an application that could run on Intel-based Macs and offer features similar to JW Library by allowing users to import EPUB files, what would you think of it?

Also,for those here that have number for my land line,it takes me a while to get to phone.Please try again.

p.s.I am working on opening anew email. Message me if you want it.Thanks from pauline

I ended up skipping this meeting for three reasons: 1. I have insomnia, but usually try for n hour or two out of 24.No sleep at allllast night. 2. Was having a hard time with respiratory effects, not sure if allergies or cold. Now seems more like allergies. 3. No one showed up to drive me. A new group overseer came two weeks ago and I got to attend in person. I have requested time and again for someone to come.I did discuss with one elder that I have not been driving and he seemed to agree. I try to be relatively 'ready.' I need a second eye surgery, have had my broken elbow screwed together, and have very limited mobility. 4. Th subject matter is painful. I was married before coming into the truth and dear husb never got baptized. He was an angry drunk and beat me regularly, including but not limited to shooting a hand gun at me.The bullet grazed over my head. He also always practiced immorality. I am suffering, now, from some of his decisions, but still try to respect his choices. None of my sons followed into the truth, but followed the way he treated me, like a job function, maid, slave, meal ticket. Before he died, he let my next to yungest son's gf move in with. I was living elsewhere at the time, having been kicked out by dear husb. He told me I could come back home, but drank himself to death before that happened. I finished moving back in, but have been robbed of all my savings by son and gf. Thy have also taken my soc sec up til last month. That is why have no $$$ for fuel. I paid off all husb's bills when he died, and stayed married for over 40 years. My first born son was headed here when he died unexpectedly last year. My son that is here and his gf have a condo in Fla but have been living off me, here, for the four years that I have been widowed. Trying to get them to move, need an atty to file eviction, but my last soc sec was overdrawn before it got here. I am trying to collect monies owed to me in time to get some fuel.Son name calls and is hurtful but not physical. They should be moving soon and at least they will be warm in Fla. Not asking for advice, prayers please, as I have used all the obvious avenues.Sad to see my dog hungry, but I am preparing anything I can, and expect to get some puppy supplies tomorrow. Hope your Sunday was motivating.

I NEVER look forward to winter. That said, being in Tennessee is quite different and I can manage it better. Oregon and Washington are dark, wet, dreary, cold blech! Here it may be cold but there's little to no fog, no fog horns, no cold mist just cold and mostly sun.Yep, its better.

Im learning too. Found out that running out of filament mid-job really stinks...

OT,again,b/c I cannot get my unreliable computer to quote,at the moment: I'm so emotionally and financially broke right now, the only thing I can pay is attention. Hope I am gleaning proper updates.I am glad when someone submits a summary. Thanks.from YS, pauline

Some of the last of my zinnias. Not really looking forward to winter.

Monday, October 12 A man is declared righteous . . . only through faith in Jesus Christ.—Gal. 2:16. Being declared righteous means that the charges against us have been dropped and that our record has been expunged, or wiped clean. By doing this, Jehovah does not violate his own standards of justice. He does not declare us righteous on our own merit; nor does he condone our sins. But because of our faith in the atonement arrangement and the ransom price that was paid, Jehovah has a basis for canceling our debts. (Rom. 3:24) What does this mean for each of us? Those who have been selected to rule with Jesus in heaven have already been declared righteous as children of God. (Titus 3:7;1 John 3:1) Their sins have been forgiven. They no longer have, as it were, a criminal record, and thus they qualify to be in the Kingdom. (Rom. 8:1, 2, 30) Those who have an earthly hope have been declared righteous as friends of God, and their sins are forgiven.—Jas. 2:21-23. w25.02 5 ¶17; 7 ¶18

Right?! I think that may be part of ‘subduing the earth’! 🤪😆🤣😂 BTW @sania would you mind sharing some of your prompts? Also would you be able to share the actual video files? Thanks!

Valid

The TV show "Scrubs" featured Witnesses at least twice. One episode involved a patient refusing a blood transfusion. It was a pretty funny episode and was respectful regarding our stand. The other episode featured the mother of one of the doctors. She was supposed to be a Witness. None of her lines came across as specifically like a Witness but instead more like any moral church lady. Nothing doctrinal mentioned. Of course Jehovah's name in Indiana Jones. This week's episode of FBI featured a government project called the Jehovah Protocol. It was a sophisticated nuclear weapons attack protocol.

That's why I said some people might feel... Jesus was murdered, in my opinion, despite the fact he was executed by the Roman government as a criminal. The other 2 next to him? Maybe those were not murders.

I think it's killing, not murder, no? State sanctioned killing. Because murder would imply that what their doing is unjustified.

Thanks! That's hilarious!!!

"All things . . . that you want men to do to you, you also must do to them" If we treat our hosts at the hotel in a good way... that good way will come back to us.

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How wonderful to hear. Thanks for sharing the article.

The storm (Hurricane Isaias) came through Friday night. The eye of the storm hit shore about 40 miles to the east of Pensacola, so we were on the "weak" side of the storm. I have been through hurricanes several times in the 63 years I have lived here, but last night was especially scary for me. The noises of branches, and other things, blown around by the storm was very unnerving. I think there are two reasons why I was so much more afraid last night. First: Previous storms have come through at night, when I was already asleep, and not hearing everything. Whereas last night the storm started about 7:30 and lasted until after 9:00. So, I was still awake and could hear the debris blown against the bulding. Second: When I built the house we had before we moved to the retirement complex, I framed it up with 2x6 timbers rather than the standard 2x4 lumber. The main reason was to allow two extra inches in the walls for insulation. But it had the added advantage thet 2x6 lumber is much more sturdy than 2x4 lumber. The thicker walls, with brick on the outside made the house much quieter. Also, there was significant "tree cover" between the house and the open part of Pensacola Bay. So, even though the wind might have been strong in the bay, the tree barrier between the bay and the house acted as a shelter for the house. In 2004, when hurricane Ivan struck, the Interstate 10 Bridge across Pensacola Bay had sever sectons of the roabed come off of the bridge structure into the water in the bay just north of the bridge. After the storm had cleared out leaves in the trees, I could see that bridge from my front porch. But, when Ivan hit, the power went out about 8:00 P.M., and I went to bed and slept through the storm. If I had realized the wind and storm surge were that bad 100 yards away from me I probably would not have slept so well. There is quite an open area behind the single story apartment I am in no, so there was nothing to lessen the wind when it got the the bulding my apartment is in. The power is still out throught the whole comples (about 500 resdents). The administration has a fairly large generator on site, but it only has enough output to power the administration building, and the walkway lights. The individual apartments are still without power. We do not know how long it will take for total power to be restored. A big problem in restoring power is the number of trees that have come down blocking the roads. There are a lot of "live oak" trees in the area. Oak is a very strong wood. And a mature "live oak" will cover a very large area with its limbs. But, the root system does not go deep. Even the oldest, most mature, live oaks only have roots going down abou 12 to possibly 18 inches. When you have an upper "foiliage ball" of 100 feet in diameter pushed by 100+ mph winds, the root system many times is not well anchored enough to keep the tree upright. So, a lot of imposing looking oak trees are blown over by the wind. Many of these pull up a root ball over 20 feet in diameter, but only 12 to 18 inches thick. So, the county has to clear the roads before Florida Power can get to everything to restore power. When Ivan hit (in 2002) it took almost two weeks to get the trees out of the way so traffic could move about. Hopefully, it will not take two weeks this time since we were on the weak side of the storm. My heart goes out to all of the Brothers and Sisters living east of us. I have confidence that the Society will appoint a "Relief Committee" (if it has not already done so) to care for Jehovah's dear ones between here and Panama City who have suffered worse damage. I am at the administration building, which is powered by their generator. There is an eight foot table with an electrical extension cord running to it, with probably 50 cell phones & laptops plugged in to it with everyone re-charging their cell phones, etc. My laptop says its battery is at 80% charge now, so I might need to unplug and let someone else plug in. I am accessing the internet through my cell phone which can operate as a "WiFi Hotspot." They have some etnernet connections available, but I do not trust a public network, so I am using the hotspot in my cell phone (even if it is slower than a wired connection). At least the administraton was able (with their generator) to serve us lunch yesterday and breakfast this morning. That is all I can report for now. The local Congregation cancelled the Mid Week Meeting Thursday night since everyone needed to prepare for the storm. They also cancelled the meeting today because (1) there is not power at the Kingdom Hall, and (2) the streets are not clear enough yet to allow ones to drive safely to the Kingdom Hall. Hopefully, we will be able to have our Mid Week Meeting later this week. Thanks, Jim