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Just a quick update ,
Casper( the budgie) is still weak and' very' wobbly but eating and playing with some of his toys:)
Joey (the dog) is brighter today but acting like a total spoilt 'wussbag'
Michael(husband).. is still sneezing with sore throat, and using up all our tissues but is 'alive'
Jules (me).. 'as above' plus restless and grumpy! '
Renae.(Joey's mother). , well she's the toughest of all of us here( She's been a mother a couple of times, what more can i say ! She's generally keeping an eye on all us and staying close by, just in case we should need her help in any way.
Black Cloud.( the bunny) ..he's off doing his own thing...burrowing and trying to make a tunnel to the other side of the world.
Merlin.. the other budgie is bit upset and fretting cause he's seperated from Casper, but keeping himself entertained with chatting to his mirror...and in between trying to work out strategies to get to Casper by wrecking his side of the cage.
Zena and Zula the love birds who don't seem to be 'in love' with each other anymore.....well they are busy and noisly trying to break out of their avery as usual ... Try to imagine 'old squeaky wrought iron gates', well thats how they sound!!
Cinnamon the cockatiel, she's been ringing her huge copper bell loudly all day as she wants our attention as she is feeling rather neglected at the moment.
Karma the cat...has been meowing and having tantrums all day cause i won't drive to the shop and get her 'decent' food as i've run out of her normal stuff. She's very 'mad' at me !
Total Chaos i'm telling ya !
(and we don't even have kids! LOL)
An imposing twelve-sided table
Estimate: PHP 1,200,000 - 1,400,000
First quarter, 20th century
Laguna
Narra and kamagong, kamagong inlays
83 x 224 x 224 cm (32 1/2 x 88 x 88 in)
Provenance:
Formerly from the family of Candelaria Moldes Santos, wife of Col. Leopoldo Santos, Philippine army and guerilla fighter during the Japanese occupation
Made in the Bilibid Prison which, from the early American colonial period until the end of the first half of the 20th century, manufactured high quality household and office furniture as part of its program to rehabilitate prisoners in preparation for their reintegration into mainstream society. Their outputs were arguably unrivaled in terms of craftsmanship, design and prolificity.
A rare 12-sided top, made of solid one-piece narra wood, framed by precious kamagong wood carved around the edges with acanthus gadrooning. To harvest wood with a girth this size - over 7 feet across when finished - the felled giant tree must be well over a hundred years old. Each conforming side of the frieze is carved with foliated scrolls centering an anthemion flower inscribed with C-volute. The heavy base is made of two crossed curule seat-shaped legs carved with foliated scrolls bordered by broad kamagong inlays, and undulate with winged rosettes, connected to a huge, turned central cylinder with flutings surmounted by scrolled arches and a finial. The lion’s paws with winged extensions embody immense strength and power.
Overall, the workmanship is quite remarkable, displaying great detailed carvings and decorations alluding to the Italian Neoclassical style that was popular in the early 19th century. A classic, timeless statement piece that will surely draw exclamations of surprise and admiration. Found in Santa Rosa, Laguna.
Lot 189 of the Salcedo Auctions auction on 18 March 2023. Please see www.salcedoauctions.com for more information.
Entre tierra y mar, agua y aire, luz y sombra
21:15 pm CEST -> Este fue mi primer intento con el Big Stopper, así que probé con varios tiempos de exposición. En total realicé 4 fotografías, a 15, 30, 121 y 180 segundos, las dos últimas en modo B y usando el cronómetro del iphone para cortar el disparo (sorprendentemente, sólo un error de 1 segundo). Ninguna de las 4 tomas resultó excesivamente satisfactoria, o quemado en cielo o subexposición para el agua; el mejor cielo a 1/15 ó 1/30, la mejor superficie de agua a 180 s; el sol todavía estaba alto y cuando salía de entre unas nubes bajas, pegaba fuerte. Decidí probar un HDR combinando las 4 y este es el resultado, que me parece más similar a lo que veía en ese momento que cualquiera de las tomas individuales. Pienso que sería difícil asegurar que se trata de un HDR, de hecho tenía varias copias HDR y no HDR preparadas el día anterior y sin fijarme en el nombre de archivo no sabía cual pertenecía a cada tipo. Este es el encuadre original. Consideré dos recortes, uno a 50:50 y otro, con menos cielo, 66:33. Al final me quedo con el original que conserva todo el cielo y deja bastante centrados los islotes del fondo. Viento, olas fuertes y spray por todas partes; me arrepiento de no haber tirado una a velocidad alta.
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21:15 pm CEST -> This was my frst attempt with the Big Stopper, so that I decided to try several exposure times. I did four shots at 15, 30, 121 y 180 seconds, but I didn't feel happy with none of these: dark grass and sea surface at 1/15 and 1/30 (though these got the best exposure for sky and clouds) and bad performance in mode B (121 and 180 seconds) for sky and clouds (but sea surface was fine in these shots). Therefore I tried with HDR. I used a standard 'fused' option in Photomatix that provided this result. I think this resembles the eye view better than any of the single shots. It was too early and the sun was a bit high, so there was a rather hard light. I also viewed two crops, one at 50:50 (sky:ground) and the other one at 33:66, but finally I was more happy with the original framing (better sky color in the upper part and a view more focussed on the islets). A lot of wind, moving water, big waves, and spray out there. Now I regret not having taken a picture at a higher shutter speed.
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Focal length: 12 mm
Aperture (4 shots): f/11.0-f/8.0-f/11.0-f/11.0
Exposure (4 shots): 15-30-121-180 Sec
ISO Speed: 80
LEE Big Stopper
Manfrotto 190CXPRO4 + 460MG Head
HDR with Photomatix Pro 4.0.1, Lightroom 3.4.1
MOSQUE OF THE EL JEBEL SHRINE TEMPLE (1770 Sherman Street Event Complex)
1770 Sherman St.
National Register 10/24/1997, 5DV.2892
This 1907 building, one of the best examples of Moorish-inspired architecture in Colorado, utilizes Middle Eastern architectural styles to create ceremonial spaces in keeping with the spirit and rituals of the Ancient Order of Nobles of the Mystic Shrine. The architects, the Baerresen Brothers, reached the pinnacle of their prolific practice with its design. The exterior is one of the best examples of Moorish-inspired architecture in Colorado, and the interior exhibits an incredible collection of architectural styles, ranging from Moorish and Egyptian to French Provincial, Elizabethan, and Arts and Crafts. No other interior space in the state surpasses the mosque for its high level of artistic detail and craftsmanship.
Today I spent the entire day with my Mommy, sister, and Grandma. We headed over to Naples and went to the zoo early because B103.9 gave everyone that came between 8-10 free admission. $80 saved, BOO-YAH! Anyways, once we left there, we went shopshopshopping. I got a ring, a necklace, and two band T-Shirts for Paramore and for Lady Gaga. Afterwards we were all tired and hungry, so we went to The Cheesecake Factory, got a table outside and ate. Wow, it was superduper good. So then we were gonna go home, but we got lost and accidentally went to the beach. We spend maybe an hour there. We just rolled up our jeans and watched the waves break and birds chill and we were happy. So then we washed off our feet, got back in the car and went to Ft. Myers. Yet again, we shopped. We went to Home Depot to look at ply-wood, fences, and lawn furniture and left with nothing. XD Then we hit up staples and bought some paper. Last but not least, we stopped at Ross and I bought 2 beach dresses and a pair of headphones. On the way home we bought Sushi at Publix because my sister can't pass there without wanting some. In the same plaza was a frozen yogurt place so we were like "Okay, lets get some." We go inside, get our yogurt and toppings and the freaking bill was $18! That was only for two. I was like wowwwwww, I'm never gonna stop there again. Haha, so yeah, it was a long and amazing day.♥
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La obra de Arthania (en oleos sobre lienzo) supera las 13000 unidades(medida radiestésica), por lo que entra de lleno en el campo emocional, sus efectos curativos puede que sean debidos precisamente a esto, es decir, como armonizadores del sistema nervioso central, a través de él, afecta positivamente a los distintos sistemas orgánicos. La pintura de Arthania, en virtud de su emisión de forma, puede ser un factor armonizador de primera magnitud. Os invito a disfrutar de esta sorprendente muestra desde una actitud positiva, serena, abierta, desde el fluir, desde la receptividad, desde el silencio. Este es el camino más seguro para percibir los impulsos curativosy transformadores que se ocultan tras los sutiles velos de la obra de Arthania.
Testado por el Geo Biologo, Javier Petralanda (blog en paginas amigas)
Explicación sobre la obra pictórica de ARTHANIA
La energía que rodea al ser humano está por todas partes, por ello es adecuado rodearse de obras bellas y armoniosas,
ya que, todo objeto, despide ondas: positivas, neutras o negativas.
Esta obra pictórica,comienza con seguros trazos circulares, ondulaciones que consiguen fascinantes formas y colores. Fractales de una policromía exquisita.
Más los dibujos, también de formas onduladas, "del sonido", inspirados en experiencias internas, vividas en otros espacios-tiempo.
En suproximidad, eleva la frecuencia vibratoria personal y del entorno. Mirando a corta distancia, ayuda adesarrollar la concentración en lo intangible.
Los tonos intensos vivos vitalizan, los suaves relajan, a veces según la obra persona o situación actúan a la vez.
Ensu proximidad limpian el campo de energía personal y del entorno, por ser transmutador de energías nocivas.
Produce efectos benéficos: en las personas animales y plantas, ya que, emanan energías positivas.
Aconsejable en decoración. Dan un toque de alegría y la vez de elegancia. Crean una atmósfera agradable... Optimizan el espacio.
Este arte expresa, estados internos, sentimientos de mi Alma, y ¡Ser! basados en experiencias elevadas, en otros mundos ínter-dimensionales...
Emiten ondas de formas positivas...
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Felicidad, qué bonito nombre tienes...
Cuando menos lo esperaba, de pronto un día a mi puerta llamó la alegría, y resulta que tenía tu carita... y devoré tu piel, tu carne y tus espinas.
Y es que no se sonríe con la boca, sino con los ojos.
Yo, que pensaba que había encontrado el tornillo que me faltaba...
"La puerta de la felicidad se abre hacia dentro, hay que retirarse un poco para abrirla: si uno la empuja, la cierra cada vez más" (Sören Aabye Kierkegaard)
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Llega fin de año, llega el momento de pensar y poner en la balanza lo ocurrido durante este año.
También fui taggeado por karla .
10 cosas (1 falsa) sobre mí:
1. El mejor libro de mi infancia fue Las Aventuras de Tom Sawyer. Gran historia y el primer libro que pude leer solo.
2. Mi película favorita es Volver al Futuro. Ya he perdido la cuenta de la cantidad de veces que la he visto.
3. Detesto jugar con mis hijos. :)
4. Me encanta viajar. Es una lastima que sea tan caro a veces.
5. Soy un fanático de la tecnología. Me gusta estar al tanto de la últimas novedades.
6. Necesito un corte de pelo.
7. La fotografía ha reemplazado este año mi tiempo para la lectura. Debo corregir eso el año que viene.
8. Me encanta cocinar. Hasta hace unos años atrás no sabía ni siquiera hervir una papa.
9. Me encanta la cerveza. Mi favorita por estos días es Corona.
10. Me encanta el "olor" de la lluvia.
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New year arrives, it's time to think about what happened during this year.
I've also been tagged by karla.
10 things (1 is not true) about me:
1. The best book of my childhood was The Adventures of Tom Sawyer. Great story and the first book I could read alone.
2. My favorite movie is Back to the Future. I've lost count of how many times I've seen it.
3. I hate playing with my children. :)
4. I love to travel. It's a shame it is so expensive sometimes.
5. I'm a fan of technology. I like to keep up-to-date of the latest developments.
6. I need a haircut.
7. Photography has replaced this year my reading time. I need to fix that next year.
8. I love cooking. A few years ago I did not even know how to boil a potato.
9. I love beer. My favorite these days is Corona.
10. I love the "smell" of rain.
Strobist info: SB-900 1/32 power 24mm zoom against white wall camera left. Triggered by PW.
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Suggested by the book Flying Saucers from Outer Space by retired U.S. Marine Corps Major Donald F. Keyhoe, this story, about an alien invasion of Earth, is highlighted by spectacular special effects by Ray Harryhausen.
Hugh Marlowe as Dr. Russell A. Marvin
Joan Taylor as Carol Marvin
Donald Curtis as Major Huglin, the liaison officer
Morris Ankrum as Brig. Gen. John Hanley
John Zaremba as Prof. Kanter
Thomas Browne Henry as Vice-Admiral Enright
Grandon Rhodes as General Edmunds
Larry J. Blake as a motorcycle policeman
Charles Evans as Dr. Alberts
Paul Frees as Alien (voice)
Harry Lauter as Cutting - Generator Technician
Charles was always cutting out stories from newspapers and in the mid-fifties there were a spat of flying saucer sightings. Charles thought this phenomenon would make a good feature and so Earth Vs the Flying Saucers was the result.
The design of the saucers was based on what most people would expect but Ray added an animated section into the top and underside that also had flutes in them so that people could see it was moving.
The various sizes of saucers (there are seven in total) were made from aluminium by Ray’s father and then anodised giving them a matt finish so they didn’t reflect light.
Ray never liked the latex alien suits used in the film even though he designed them. He would have preferred to animate models of the aliens but because of budget restrictions this was never possible.
Instead of drawing entire storyboards for the action, Ray used location photographs and executed rough sketches on them and then mounted them for storyboards.
As with The Beast From 20,000 Fathoms, a great number of the rear project plates were stills.
For all the aerial model work Ray used old recording wire on which to suspend the saucers.
The miniatures sets – The Capitol and the Supreme Court buildings cost $1500 each and the Washington Monument cost just $500. Compare those costs with today’s budgets
Earth vs. The Flying Saucers (EvFS) is the flagship of 50s sci-fi B movies. It has all the hallmarks of a typical B movie: shot in black and white, much stock footage, low-budget props, etc. That said, EvFS is still the best of its breed. The acting is good (for the most part). Ray Harryhausen's stop-motion animation of the saucers is great. His saucers have more "life" than any model on a string could attain. The basic premise of hostile aliens invading the earth with flying saucers was a classic. EvFS would be a significant influence in Tim Burton's 1996 movie Mars Attacks.
Dr. Marvin (Hugh Marlowe) heads a nascent satellite program, but all of his satellites blow up or fall from orbit. A saucer buzzes Dr. Marvin and his wife as they drive to the base. Despite a call from Dr. Marvin's father-in-law (Morris Ankrum), they launch the next rocket. A saucer descends on the base. Troops open fire. The saucer is invulnerable, but one of the robot-like aliens is hit. The other alien-bots use heat beams to destroy the base. Only Dr. Marvin and his wife escape because they were in a deep bunker. The aliens came from a defunct solar system, intent on taking over the earth. They want earthlings to surrender peacefully so their new home won't be a ruin from the battle. Mankind is defiant. The aliens give earth 56 days to think it over. The time is used, instead, to develop an anti-saucer weapon. Dr. Marvin and staff develop a magnetic disruptor which makes the saucers unstable. When the fleet of saucers finally arrive over Washington DC, a whole fleet of disrupter-beam equipped Ford flatbed trucks is there to greet them. A mighty battle rages. Saucer heat beams destroy much, but the trucks take their toll too. Saucers wobble and fall into a variety of DC landmarks, including the Washington Monument. Finally, the last saucer falls. Earth is saved! The end.
It's hard not to enjoy this classic of 50s B sci-fi. It has everything a 50 sci-fi fan loves. The acting is reasonably good, the pacing is pretty good too, so even someone who isn't a fan of the genre could be suitably entertained.
EvFS is a classic allegory of Cold War tensions. A hostile force seeks to invade and take over. In the mid-50s, the threat from communism was never far from viewers' minds. The caustic Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev would say, later in 1956 "We will bury you!" would say later. When, in the movie, the earthlings decide to fight the saucers, an Army general says: "When an armed and threatening power lands uninvited in our capitol, we don't meet him with tea and cookies!" Such was American popular sentiment towards the threat of communism.
Stock Footage Fun -- amid the usual clips of P-80s and V-2s (Checkers!) and other military clips, are stock disaster clips. Storms, fires, destruction. For the sci-fi fan, there are also snippets recycled from earlier sci-fi movies. There are battle scenes cut from War of the Worlds ('53) and The Day the Earth Stood Still ('51).
Cheap Suit -- The aliens walk about in crude robot-like suits with faceless bullet-shaped helmets. The fit and finish of these suits is quite poor when you get a good look at them.
Alien Glimpse -- The brief scene in which the real alien (head) is exposed, reveals the taxonomy that would become archetypal: big head, tapering to a small neck, large almond-shaped eyes, tiny mouth. They're also said to weigh little, being fairly weak and frail. Of the many sorts of invading aliens seen thus far in the 50s, some were simple -- men in leotards Killers from Space, if not just plain people Devil Girl from Mars and Flight to Mars and giant humanoids: The Thing. A very few hostile (or at least frightening) invaders were not humanoid: Invaders from Mars and War of the Worlds. The alien in EvFS appears to be an early showing of what would later become the presumed "true" shape of alien life forms.
Bottom line? EvFS is well worth watching. Fans of 50s sci-fi will enjoy it. Family members of fans of 50s sci-fi can tolerate it. In many ways, it is the epitome of the B grade 50s science fiction movie.
This is Antenna Structure Registration 1000626, built in 2018 for WTCM/103.5 in Traverse City. It's 34.42 km (21.4 mi) south of town. Details on the tower...
Structure Type: GTOWER (guyed)
Structure Coordinates: 44-27-33.0 N 85-42-2.0 W (NAD 83)\
Structure Address: Rt 37 2.4 Mi N
Structure City: Sherman, MI
Structure County: Wexford County
Remarks: OM&L to remain the same as prior study = A HIGH-DUAL SYSTEM
Remarks: PRIOR STUDY 2009-AGL-2627-OE
Remarks: OM&L to remain the same as prior study = A HIGH-DUAL SYSTEM
Elevation Info
Site Elevation: 324.4 meters (1064 ft)
Height of Structure: 303.6 meters (996 feet)
Overall Height Above Ground: 304.9 meters (1000 feet)
Overall Height Above Mean Sea Level: 629.3 meters (2065 feet)
WTCM details...
Class C0
Effective Radiated Power: 100 kW
Transmitter Output Power: 23.5 kW
Antenna Center HAAT: 302 m (991 ft.)
Antenna Center AMSL: 614 m (2014 ft.)
Antenna Center HAG: 291 m (955 ft.)
Site Elevation: 323.1 m. (1060 ft.)
Height Overall*: 303.8 m (997 ft.)
Omni-Directional Antenna
Antenna Make/Model: PHD Phelps Dodge CFM HP-10 (10 bay)
Also on the tower is an auxiliary antenna for WTCM...
Effective Radiated Power: 0 kW Horiz. ; 13 kW Vert.
Transmitter Output Power: 7.39 kW
Antenna Center HAAT: 0 m Horiz.; 195.6 m Vert.
Antenna Center AMSL: 0 m Horiz.; 511.9 m Vert.
Antenna Center HAG: 0 m Horiz.; 187.5 m Vert.
Calculated Site Elevation: m.
Height Overall*: 304.9 m (1000 ft.)
Omni-Directional Antenna
Antenna Make/Model: Electronics Research Inc. P300-3AE
According to the latest Nielson ratings at this writing (late May 2020), WTCM is the top-rated station in the Traverse City-Petosky-Cadillac market (#159 in the US) with a 10.9 share.
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Environ 2000 étudiants et lycéens ont défilé dans le calme le 27 Novembre depuis République contre la la LRU (loi Pécresse sur l'autonomie des universités), votée en aout pendant les vacances scolaires, et dont ils demandent l'abrogation. D'autres manifestations ont eu lieu dans de grandes villes françaises.
En fin de manif, un feu a été improvisé à l'aide de palettes et de cartons sur la chaussée pas loin du cordon de CRS bloquant la rue des Ecoles, qui ont laissé faire. Ils éteindront tranquillement les braises en fin de soirée (d'où le nuage de fumée à gauche).
Merci de lire les explications en début d'album / Please read the explanations at the beginning of the set
Part of Students' demonstration (Recommended as a slideshow)
I never used to drink coffee. After I moved to Guelph a few years ago I tried it. Then I tried our local Planet Bean Coffee...... and it was all over. I now buy freshly roasted coffee every week or so.... and grind it in my new burr grinder right before I brew it in my french press. I have somehow become a coffee snob. Never saw it coming.
A bonus of drinking Planet Bean coffee is that it is Fair Trade and Organic!
Camera: Nikon D700 [ISO 200]:[5s] Lens:135mm 2.8 AIS [f4]
Strobist: SB900 @ 17mm 1/8th power, into 28" wescott softbox camera right. Used a whiteboard to attempt to reflect some of the light back to left side of subject.
Triggered by PWII's.
After the flash went off, I used a small pen flashlight and made quick circles in the air during the remainder of the 5 second exposure. I kind of like this one because the "halo" is all messed up. it sure is hard to draw a straight line while reaching over your setup in the dark. single exposure, no photoshop editing.
Il paganello 2010
Il solito freddo da lupi, anche se da questa foto non sembrerebbe.
Poco tempo, quest'anno, da dedicare all'evento.
Condizioni meteorologiche critiche. Instabilità, sopra e dentro.
Le solite conferme di un evento che arriva ti prende e ti porta via... lasciandoti un martedì in cui puoi solo scrivere, guardare e ricordare, cercare e rielaborare.
Mi accadeva quando ci giocavo, ci lavoravo.
Ma accade anche oggi, che sono un mero utente di questo pezzo di vita.
Accade anche a chi, come me, non è dentro se non con lo spirito, e non ne succhia il midollo come andrebbe fatto in occasioni del genere.
Ma insomma, pur situato ai margini di un evento che concentra su una spiaggia l'eterogeneità del mondo, assistere al paganone è sempre bello. E' sempre una possibilità.
L'effetto del passaggio è questo. Da sempre.
Il Paganello è in grado di mettermi quella bella malinconia addosso. Ed è in grado di metterla prima che finisca, a volte, come quest'anno, prima che inizi. Ho convissuto con la malinconia da fine torneo da qualche giorno prima dell'inizio. Quando il rombo dei motori è talmente alto, prima della partenza, che non esiste altro, se non l'imminente welcome party.
Perché il paganello è troppo per quel poco tempo che dura.
O forse è il giusto, giacché le pause e l'aspettativa sono forse più importanti dell'azione che precedono.
Comunque, rivedere Thusar è stato fantastico ed assistere a quel mondo libero e semplice, pure.
Quest'anno, una novità fotografica.
Fra le foto standard del torneo, cercherò di raccontare il paganello 2010 pure con qualche ritratto, senza menzionare nell'immagine quel disco di plastica dura. Vediamo cosa ne uscirà fuori.
Ah, per chi non sapesse di cosa parlo
We all have some loads to carry -- that's the nature of life. And sometimes it's so heavy that it takes everything we've got to keep from dropping it or caving in beneath the weight. This might be one of those seasons of heavy burdens for you. I've got some good news for you -- news that's contained in our word for today from the Word of God in 1 Corinthians 10:13. Here's your Heavenly Father's promise: "God is faithful; He will not let you be tempted" -- that word can also be translated "tested" -- "beyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted, He will also provide a way out so that you can stand up under it."
Your Father in heaven who loves you infinitely and knows you completely. Everything that comes into your life as a child of God has to be Father-filtered first. Whether your Father sends it or allows it, no burden or temptation can come into your life unless He has first signed off on it. Now, will He allow burdens that take you to the limit? Yes. Ask any athlete who's ever used the weight room -- the only way you can get stronger is if you have to lift something heavier than you've lifted before. But God knows your limit, and while He may allow you to go the edge so you can experience His power, He will never allow you to go over the edge.
If you're having to carry something really heavy right now, realize that you're indeed being trusted by God with this burden. He believes you can handle it, with His unlimited power as your strength. He believes you won't let Him down. And He knows you will emerge from this struggle stronger and more valuable than you've ever been.
Your Father loves you. Your Father knows what you can handle. He knows what He can trust you with. There's something much bigger, something much more eternal going on here than you can possibly imagine -- maybe even a contest over you between the devil and God Himself. Carry your burden faithfully, with undiminished allegiance to your Lord and daily downloading of the mighty grace of God. And as your Father hands you today's load to carry, be sure that He knows how much you can handle -- and He'll never give you more than you can carry.
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Day 2 of lighting class was fun. We did a bit more on angles & the best ways to light a stage, before moving onto coloured gels and learning about additive mixing and how actually when you subtract colours it comes up with something which you wouldn't actually expect. & then mix some colours together & where you'd expect white you actually got black. We looked at a lighting plan then, & the grid looked quite complicated at first, but once I understood what I looked at it was quite easy to read. Helen said I now probably know more than Tristam about lighting. After taking this course I now see how little Tristam knew about lighting while he was at school. It's quite amazing really. If I'd been him I would have wanted to know more!
I offered to help Helen rigging when she has a production on, & she said if they hire out a moving light then I can come & play about with it, which would be awesome. When I was walking home there were all the new students & prefects arriving & I felt sorta sad. I have so many memories in this place, & now there are all these new students here, & they'll be making memories now. At one point during the class we were up in the lighting box, & on the wall was a label with 'The Stage Tech Mascot' written on it, & it was in Lauren's handwriting & I remembered her writing it, & placing this little toy above it, & I thought about all the memories I've had over the years in that box, & realised that I was probably the only one left around here who remembers them, because everyone else has left. It just made me a little sad.
I had a fight with my Mom after dinner, because she kept saying I was basically going to waste my life, or at least this year, & I have done everything to prove that is not the case. And I think Max & I are fighting. I'm not sure. We were both arguing sometime at the beginning of the week, & then I went online & he wasn't there, & then I didn't have time to go online. So he text me today, & said 'Hope you are well. X' which I thought was rather formal, so I asked if he'd be online tonight, & he said yes, but that he couldn't text today because he was busy, & I was so pissed off because I was busy with a class all day, & it just annoyed me that he'd assumed I was expecting to text him all day. & now he's not online which is so annoying.
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If you visit Lagos, in Portugal, i advise you to go the harbour and buy a "grotto tour". You will step in a small fishing boat and a local fisherman will guide around the nearby coast, amongst rock and go through caves. It's simply gorgeous !
Taking pictures was not easy as the boat was going up and down with the waves ... It;'s good to have a stabilized lens in these conditions.
more details : www.simplylagos.com/activities.htm
and a video from you tube : www.youtube.com/watch?v=pA3s3zD0WqU
When i see this video, i think i should use my camcorder much more than i currently do!
Si vous visitez Lagos au Portugal, il ne faut surtout pas rater le "grotto tour". A bord 'un petit bateau de peche, un guide va vous faire decouvrir la cote environnante, avec ses falaises, ses ilots multiples et ses grottes. Si le soleil est au rendez-vous, c'est tout simplement superbe !
Prendre des photos n'etait pas toujours simple car le bateau tanguait au rythme des vagues ... par chance mon zoom est stabilise.
Artist : Yue Minjun - China
Location : Morton Park (Triangle), Vancouver
Media : Patinated bronze
In A-maze-ing Laughter Beijing-based artist Yue Minjun depicts his own iconic laughing image, with gaping grins and closed eyes in a state of hysterical laughter. These laughing figures are the signature trademark of the artist. They are not a conventional self-portrait, as they tell us little about the person portrayed or of the reason they are laughing so hysterically. The longer you look at these cast bronze figures, the more the contradiction of the silent, frozen form of sculpture begins to intrude. We see, but do not hear the laughter. The contorted poses of the figure suggest animation and a cartoon form of an anonymous person. The laughter appears to be convulsive, intense, and manic, but also insincere and forced. The scale is "un-naturally" large -exaggerated and excessive like the laughter.
Yue Minjun was a leading figure in what became to be known in the 1990's as Cynical Realism, an artistic movement that emerged in China after the 1989 student demonstrations in Tiananmen and the suppression of artistic expression. Humor, cynicism, repetition and an emphasis on the individual are common characteristics of this artistic movement. Yue Minjun was one of the first artists to translate this new ironic view of contemporary life, one that is expressed in the nihilistic hilarity at a time when little was funny.
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201 años dempués de la declaración de soberanía de 1808 Fai! quixo recordar esti 25 de mayu como'l día nacional d'Asturies. Pa ello, entamóse una folixa que cuntó con un recital poéticu, la ellaboración d'un mural y un conciertu con 4 grupos asturianos que punxeron la banda sonora a una xornada reivindicativa pola soberanía popular asturiana.
Más d’un cientu de persones participaron esti sábadu 23 na I Folixa Nacional entamada por Fai! como reivindicación y celebración del Día de la Nación Asturiana, recuerdu de la xornada qu’abre la historia contemporánea d’Asturies, el 25 de mayu de 1808, día de la declaración de soberanía de la Xunta Xeneral.
Doscientos ún años depués d’esti fechu y de la creación de la bandera asturiana, la organización d'esquierda soberanista Fai! quixo ufrir un menú folixeru y combativu nel marcu del CSOA La Reflexón. Abriendo les actividaes, Sergio Gutiérrez Camblor, Carlos Suari, Pablo X. Suárez, Xabel Vegas y Xandru Fernández protagonizaron el recital poéticu “Poetes agresivos (disparen les sos obres contra los que se duermen)”, onde tuvo bien presente, de la mano de los sos versos, la crítica social y la ironía más característica de cinco poetes que representaron na Folixa’l presente y el futuru de la lliteratura nacional, al tiempu que nes paredes se proyectaben imáxenes subversives qu'afalaben l'ambiente combativu del recital.
De siguío, dellos artistes plásticos emprimaben a diseñar un mural que tenía la histórica fras como protagonista: “Asturies enxamás vencida”.
Dientro del CSOA, organización, delles puestos de material y músicos ultimaben tolos detalles pa que dende les siete y media, la música entamara a sonar na I Folixa Nacional con un escenariu enllenu d'asturines y de banderes d'otros pueblos en llucha como les de los Països Catalans, Castiella, el País Llionés, Andalucía, Euskal Herria, Palestina...K-Nalón yera’l grupu encargáu de romper el silenciu col so rap dinamiteru 100% n’asturianu.
Darréu Arma X y 13 Palabras xubíen al escenariu de La Reflexón pa que la revolución de rimes nun aparara.Metanes l'actuación, una pancarta xubió al escenariu pa denunciar la illegalización de les idées y pola derogación de la llei de partíos.
Al finar esta actuación los sones reivindicativos dexaron pasu al actu políticu, onde militantes de Fai! lleeron un manifiestu en favor del 25 de mayu como día nacional d'Asturies. Enantes, un representante del Comité de Sofitu a Iniciativa Internacionalista n'Asturies, que llamentablemente foi la única organización qu'acudió a la llamada que dende Fai! se ficiere a los partíos de la izquierda nacional asturiana pa dicir unes pallabres, agradeció'l convite y presentó la campaña que ta desendolcando'l comité nesti país, a pesar de les torgues y la criminalización que careció y carez esta y otres munches opciones polítiques d'esquierda soberanista nel estáu español.
Na segunda metada del conciertu Vinagre de Sidra abría capítulu pa les guitarres y el rock, que yá na fin de la nueche diba zarrar Gomeru, depués de cinco hores de música dende la trinchera más reivindicativa del país.
Dende Fai! nun queremos que s'escaeza la nuestra historia, la historia d'un pueblu combativu que siempre supo tar a l'altura de les circunstancies. Güei tócanos a nosotres y nosotros, les y los asturianes y asturianos del sieglu XXI siguir na llucha en busca de la soberanía popular d'Asturies.
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Thu: I have noticed that assholes tend to come in groups! Days i can go with lovely people around me, then rest of the week is wanker overload! But i have decided that other peoples' crap is their problem not mine. I just need to let it wash over me and try to see the glass half full! My that was cheesy wasn't it?
SECRET #14: Don't let the sweet pink-haired girl stopping to smell the flowers fool you, she is a bitch! When my camel is getting tired and some random extra straw gets tossed on me i lose it hardcore. It is not something i am proud of and i always say sorry right after (well, unless they really deserved it). But that seems to be a family trait and not one that i wish to carry or pass on. I have seen what letting anger and discontent take over your heart can do to you and your family, not gonna let it be me.
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PLEASE AS I AM UNABLE TO RETURN COMMENT PLEASE JUST GO TO ANGELA'S STREAM AND WISH HER A MOST HAPPY BIRTHDAY
SHE IS A MOST LOVING AND WONDERFUL WOMAN AS MOST OF YOU ALREADY KNOW,
SHE IS A TRUE FRIEND AND I AM A WITNESS TO THAT FIRST HAND
LOVING YOU ANGELA
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PLEASE STOP BY HER STREAM AND WISH HER A VERY HAPPY BIRTHDAY
'I WILL SEE YOU IN A COUPLE OF DAYS
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remember when we used to be dope,we dropped a pocket full of poetry on no lines or symmetry, just to be hangin round. A friend of mine talking about art and skateboarding said that we used to eat and eat and eat, laughin and ridin with hands and mouths and feet and muscles, he says now everyones looking for forks and spoons, trying to get the table set up, the right calories, the best wall the hardest most technical trick. Yo Sam I remember when we used to be dope, with just some crayons and watermelon, eat and eat and eat and draw and paint all summer long, the Potato Head Posse! My first crew ! Php got set up around a pop machine that if you hit it right ,the cans would come pouring down, so alot of us street /river kids started hanging round the docks where this pop machine was and started drawing on stuff and skateboarding together, heeeeeeeeea! I remember
My dad and Berra and I went to France for three weeks in 2000. My dad was a passionate francophile, probably because he was also a serious wine connoisseur.
So, here they are at Rocamadour. From the Lonely Planet Guide to France: "Perched on a 150m-high cliff face above the River Alzou, the old city...was, from the 12th to 14th centuries, an important stop on one of the pilgrimage routes to Santiago de Compostela." This was a brief moment when it wasn't raining. So much for traveling with the Weather Wizard!
After we came back, Terra started studying French as an eighth grader at the Albuquerque Academy. She became, according to some, the best French student the Academy ever produced. She spent her third year of college at the University of Lyon, and is thinking of going back there for graduate school in Public Policy.
What Sunsinger said about "I am the you that goes on" inspired me to share this image with you today, the second anniversary of my dad's flight to another realm.
This image was scanned from a 4x6 photo (probably fujifilm-iso200 and processed at Walmart) I took with our shared, heavily used--over three decades--Minolta X-9. Then corrected in Adobe Camera Raw, of all places. Yes, Virginia, you CAN do it!
Now that I can really see this image, I can see that I focused on the wall behind them. OOoops!
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Part of a brief series of photos on the Rozanji, a temple credited as one of the places where Murakami Shikibu wrote, exactly a thousands years ago, the Genji monogatari. The house of his father, the courtier Fujiwara Tametoki, was here and, if not the building, this could be the place she was refering to as "home" when wrote in her Diary (as translated by Richard Bowring):
"What on earth are you doing in such cold weather?" asked His Excellency. "You are meant to be convalescing!" Nevertheless he brought her exquisite paper brushes and ink from time to time, an even an inkstone. When the women found out that Her Majesty had given it to me, they all complained loudly that I had obtained it by going behind their backs. Despite this, she made me another present of some excellent colored paper and some brushes.
Then, while I was busy in attendance, His Excellency sneaked into my room and found the copy of the Tale that I had had brought from home for safe-keeping. It seems that he gave the whole thing to his second daughter. I no longer had the fair copy in my possession and was sure that the version she had would hurt my reputation.
As the setsubun festivities were taking place, the garden was closed the day we payed our visit, but this man we made friends with managed to get us in there after a few words with the monks. Once there, he pointed out to the room at the corner, left side here, and said it was there where Murasaki Shikibu began writing her masterwork, while looking at the garden (now called Genji niwa, id est Genji's Garden). Oviously an exageration (the temple was rebuilt after the Great Fire of 1788) but the experience was moving all the same. And, after all, if not exactly there, it could be a few meters from there, huh?
Hilo de la Fotohistoria en Pullip .es: TITLE: LENN'S ARRIVAL /
TÍTULO: LA LLEGADA DE LENN
(Read in order, this is: SHOT/FOTO 04 of 26) PAG: 01, 02, 03, 04, 05, 06, 07, 08, 09, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26.
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The Live, We Rise (Están Vivos, Nosotros Nos Sublevamos) es una edición especial totalmente distinta en su forma a nuestras publicaciones anteriores. Para sorpresa de muchos, nuestro nuevo Belio es un periódico comprometido con la situación social, económica y política de nuestros días.
Se trata de una edición física y digital inspirada en la película Están Vivos (They Live) de John Carpenter. Una especie de homenaje a la película para denunciar una sociedad conformista y lobotomizada. El diseño y contenido del periódico se basa en una de las celebres escenas de la película en que su protagonista descubre gracias a unas gafas los mensajes ocultos escondidos en la publicidad y en los medios de comunicación. Para leer nuestro periódico NO necesitarás dichas gafas... Pero en el pack a la venta hemos incluido unas gafas de 3D anaglíficas con las que podrás leer la edición digital We Rise que se puede descargar de forma gratuita desde www.beliomagazine.com. Todo va dentro de una funda de PVC transparente serigrafiada limitada a 1000 unidades, que podrás comprar mandando un mail a store@beliomagazine.com
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The Live, We Rise is a special edition absolutely different in form to all our previous publications. To the surprise of many, our next Belio is a newspaper compromised with the social, economic and political situation today.
This is a physical and digital edition inspired by John Carpenter's movie They Live. A short of homage to the film in order to expose a conformist and lobotomized society. The design and content of the newspaper is based in one of the famous scene from the movie where the protagonist discovers the hidden messages in advertising and the media with the help of some special glasses. To read our newspaper, you won't need those glasses... But we have included in the pack a special 3D anaglyph glasses that you will need to read the online edition We Rise which can be downloaded at www.beliomagazine.com. Everything is packed within a transparent PVC bag screenprinted and limited to 1000 units, that you can order directly to us by sending an e.mail to store@beliomagazine.com
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Gong Xi Fa Cai- Happy New Year- to all who celebrate the Lunar New Year !
Here the new year is riding on the back of the tiger to celebrate the Year of the Tiger. Plus a pair of mandarin oranges for luck and prosperity. :-)
I discovered (by accident) a way to sprinkle an image with coloured sprinkles, will have to experiment some more, it's a coloured layer in a low opacity using diffuse mode, but strangely enough it doesn't show so much over here, the whole card is supposed to be sprinkled with gold dust ...
Beaumaris Castle, located in Beaumaris, Anglesey, Wales was built as part of King Edward I's campaign to conquer the north of Wales. It was designed by James of St. George and was begun in 1295, but never completed. Beaumaris has been designated as a World Heritage site.
Beaumaris castle was positioned to face Garth Celyn on the opposite shore of the Menai Strait and was intended, along with Conwy Castle and Caernarfon castle at either end of the Menai Strait, to overshadow the Welsh Royal home and centre of resistance to the English forces.
Beaumaris Castle (beau mareys - fair marsh) was the last of Edward I's fortresses in North Wales. Work started in 1295 and continued for 35 years, with over 3,500 workmen employed at the peak of construction. Finances and material ran out when King Edward turned his attentions towards Scotland, and the castle was not completed, although an impressive £15,000 was expended on its construction.
During the course of construction Edward I of England ordered that the inhabitants of nearby Llanfaes be evicted from their homes and relocated to the far side of the island at Newborough.
The King's architect, Master James of St. George, brought all his experience to bear in designing Beaumaris — its defences and lines of supply are superbly planned. It was constructed according to a concentric plan — the inner ward is completely surrounded by the outer ward. The castle has a tidal dock allowing it to be supplied directly by sea and is surrounded by a water-filled moat. The defences include numerous ingeniously sited arrow slits, and the entrances are protected by murder holes from which substances such as hot oil could be poured over enemy forces. Attackers of Beaumaris Castle would have met 14 separate obstacles and four lines of fortification resulting from the 'walls within walls' design.
The plan of the castle is nearly square, sharing much in common with Caerphilly and Harlech. The inner ward is rectangular with a round tower at each corner. On the north and south sides are massive gatehouses following the typical pattern of two D-shaped towers flanking the gate passage, while two more D-shaped towers defend the east and west walls. The great hall and other domestic buildings would have been constructed within this inner ward.
Surrounding the inner bailey (in accordance with the concentric ideal) is an outer wall defended by towers and its own two gatehouses. These are not aligned with the inner gatehouses and would have denied attackers the advantage of a straight path through the gates. The dock wall extends from the south wall near the gatehouse so also serves as a defensive firing platform. Unlike the simple outer walls at Caerphilly and Harlech, the walls here are very thick and have internal passages to allow defenders access to protected arrow slits.
The plan was nearly perfect, but the castle was never completed. The Welsh conquest was practically complete at the time of construction, and the immense cost of completing such a massive fortress would have drained funds needed for the Scottish campaigns. Neither the towers of the inner ward nor the great gatehouses were built to full height and many buildings of the inner ward were left unfinished when large scale work ceased in 1298. Small-scale work was carried out in the early 14th century. However, the outer walls were crenelated, and unlike many other castles Beaumaris did not suffer slighting during the Civil War — the extant castle is very well-preserved.
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Starring Ray “Crash” Corrigan, Lee Van Atta, C. Montague Shaw, Monte Blue, Lois Wilde, John Merton, William Farnum.
Undersea Kingdom begins with a protracted introduction to our hero, US Navy lieutenant “Crash” Corrigan (Ray Corrigan), in a series of sequences that establish his athletic prowess. After Crash has excelled at football, wrestling, and other strenuous sports, the main plot gets underway when Corrigan is assigned to accompany scientist Professor Norton (C. Montague Shaw) on a submarine expedition to the bottom of the ocean. Norton is convinced that a recent series of earthquakes are emanating from the lost land of Atlantis–which, according to his theory, was not destroyed when it sank to the ocean floor but instead preserved by a protective dome. Norton, Corrigan, newspaper reporter Diana Compton (Lois Wilde), and Norton’s young son Billy (Lee Van Atta) discover the truth of Norton’s theory when their undersea journey brings them to Atlantis–a country that culturally and sartorially resembles Ancient Greece, but possesses technology never seen in the ancient or modern world. There, they find that the Atlantean tyrant Unga Khan (Monte Blue) has been causing the earthquakes, which are mere test runs for his planned conquest of the “surface world” with his arsenal of destructive weapons. Norton is taken prisoner by Khan, who makes the professor his scientific lackey after after technologically brainwashing him, while Crash is captured by Sharad (William Farnum), the high priest of Poseidon and the leader of an Atlantean faction that opposes Unga Khan. Eventually, Crash convinces Sharad that they share a common enemy, and is given command of the high priest’s “White Robe” army. He takes command of Sharad’s campaign against Unga Khan’s “Black Robes,” while Khan assiduously prepares for an invasion of the unsuspecting surface world.
Undersea Kingdom is invariably compared to Universal’s Flash Gordon, which was released two months earlier in 1936; in fact, it’s often cited as a direct imitation of the Universal chapterplay. Given the closeness of the two serials’ release dates, this is unlikely–although Republic did begin producing Kingdom when Universal announced Gordon, no doubt hoping to steal a little of Gordon’s thunder with a sci-fi adventure of their own. Thematically, however, Undersea Kingdom owes more to Phantom Empire, released two years earlier by Republic’s predecessor Mascot, than it does to Flash Gordon. Among the two serials’ points in common are an alien kingdom that is still part of the good old Earth, a child co-hero, and a villainous robot corps. Also like Empire, Kingdom lacks any of the otherworldly atmosphere of Flash Gordon; Atlantis’ locales and inhabitants never come alive the way Mongo’s do. The troubles of Atlantis never becomes involving in their own right; the struggle between Unga Khan and Sharad is a mere backdrop to Khan’s plan to conquer the surface world; (in fact, the final destruction of Sharad’s city is only a side effect of Khan’s attempt to recapture Professor Norton).
However, while Undersea Kingdom is no Flash Gordon, it has much to recommend it. As already mentioned, the writers (John Rathmell, Oliver Drake, Maurice Geraghty, and Tracy Knight) don’t succeed in making Atlantis seem very colorful (although they give the supposedly Greek Atlanteans a wild potpourri of names that hail from Mongolia, ancient Persia, Phoenicia, and many other places), but they keep their plot moving swiftly. The final chapter is unusually exciting, with Unga Khan confidently preparing to blast opposing Navy ships from the ocean as Crash and Norton work frantically to cripple his defenses from within his impregnable tower.
While the serial’s principal outdoor location (Iverson’s Movie Ranch) doesn’t look very otherworldly, both Sharad’s Sacred City (a disguised version of Republic’s Spanish fort, enlarged by some excellent matte work) and Unga Khan’s laboratory are decorated in properly peculiar style, while the serial’s various miniatures (the Atlantean “Volplane,” Norton’s submarine, Khan’s rocket-powered tower) are very well-designed by Howard and Theodore Lydecker. The Juggernaut, a tank-like vehicle that anticipates the Jungle Cruiser in Tim Tyler’s Luck, is similarly impressive, while a squad of robots (called “Volkites” here) will only impress those (like myself) who don’t object to the water- heater-like appearance of the robot in the later Mysterious Doctor Satan; the Volkites are near-duplicates of that automaton.
The serial features few of the fistfights common to Republic’s later serials, but compensates by including some truly unique action sequences, chief among them the large-scale attacks on Sharad’s Sacred City by the Black Robes; these battle scenes are beautifully staged by directors Joseph Kane and B. Reeves Eason (Eason directed many similar sequences in silent and sound “spectacles” like 1925’s Ben-Hur and 1936’s Charge of the Light Brigade). The serial’s smaller-scaled swordfights are also well-handled, as are several chariot chases, Crash’s tightrope-walking escape from Khan’s tower, and the wrestling matches between Crash and various opponents (although his repeated success in overpowering two villains at once somewhat stretches credibility). The serial’s chapter endings are interesting (particularly the ones involving Crash’s fall down an elevator shaft, his apparent crushing by the Juggernaut, and the good guys’ failed escape in the Volplane that ends in their being shot down), but too many of them–including the famed Juggernaut cliffhanger–are resolved by blatant “cheats” in the following chapter.
The serial’s cast is uneven in terms of acting. Ray Corrigan, excellent as a laid-back but determined cowboy hero in Republic’s Three Mesquiteers films, seems slightly uncomfortable as a swashbuckling near-superhero (with a rather embarrassing outfit); he delivers most of his lines hurriedly in rather stone-faced fashion and lacks the dash that helped Buster Crabbe put across the similarly difficult role of Flash Gordon. Monte Blue is also a bit miscast as the warlord Unga Khan. While Blue was good as more prosaic villains like the evil Yellow Weasel in Hawk of the Wilderness, his appearance and voice aren’t “bravura” enough for such a larger-than-life part. He voices Khan’s megalomaniacal ravings in a harsh monotone, with none of the measured staginess someone like Charles Middleton or Bela Lugosi would have given them.
The lovely Lois Wilde has very little to do as the leading lady, but delivers her lines with a breathless enthusiasm almost unparalleled among serial actresses. Lee Van Atta is good as the capable, if somewhat cocky, Billy Norton, in effect the serial’s co-hero. John Merton features prominently as a tough Black Robe soldier named Moloch who switches over to the good guys’ side and provides Crash with loyal support; Merton handles this change-of-pace part with plenty of vigor and conviction. Lon Chaney Jr. is properly snarling and aggressive as Captain Hakur, the leader of Unga Khan’s Black Robe army, while Raymond Hatton–surprisingly cast as a villain–is his second-in-command. Boothe Howard makes a slick aide-de-camp for Monte Blue, and Lane Chandler is William Farnum’s stalwart lieutenant. Farnum himself handles the role of Sharad with his customary dignity and theatricality, glowering angrily over Unga Khan’s aggression and ringingly declaring his faith in Poseidon. The most refined and assured performance in the serial, however, comes from C. Montague Shaw as Professor Norton. Shaw is calm, dignified, and authoritative as the pre-transformation Norton and whining, crafty, and obsequious as the transformed Professor. His evil chuckling when he’s decoyed Crash into a trap is memorable, and his simple but startling transition back to his previous manner when his mind is restored is excellent.
Smiley Burnette and Frankie Marvin, accompanied by a parrot named Sinbad, are the serial’s designated comic relief, but aren’t given anything amusing in the way of material. Fortunately, they make only a few token appearances throughout the serial. A scrutiny of their scenes shows that their characters were inserted in post-production, apparently to pad out a few chapters’ running time; they never interact with any of the other principals and are never referred to by them (except in one obviously-looped scene). Jack Mulhall and Lloyd Whitlock play naval officers in the first and final chapters, and John Bradford overacts wildly as Joe, Norton’s hysterical assistant who goes berserk at the prospect of descending to the ocean depths. George DeNormand doubles for Ray Corrigan in the action scenes and plays various Atlantean guards, along with fellow stuntmen Eddie Parker, Tom Steele, and Bill Yrigoyen.
Undersea Kingdom, while not as slick as later Republics or as colorful as its contemporary Flash Gordon, is a definite step up from Mascot predecessors like Phantom Empire when it comes to production values and smoothness of plotting. The serial belongs to a developmental stage in Republic Pictures’ history, but is no less appealing because of that; while few fans or critics (this author among them) would rate it as one of Republic’s best serials, it usually holds a warm spot in their esteem.
Above: Unga Khan (seated) tells Professor Norton and Diana of his schemes of conquest. Boothe Howard as Ditmar is on the far left.
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