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one day Dan saw a magic lamp in the attic he never saw it befour so he decided to rub it he looked around and gave a nervious laugh hoping that no one would see what he was doing all of a sudden a big gust of white powder coverd the room and a genie appeared "i am at your bidding what is your wish" the genie said in a deep and loud voice "wow a real genie" "yes im a real genie what is your wish" "ok i wish..i wish the attic would clean it's self" "wish granted" the genie crossed it's arms and nodded it's head and the attic suddenly cleaned it's self Dan smiled "impressed?" "yes veary...so any wish i make will come true" "that is true but be wise you only have three wishes" "oh damn i wasted a wish to have the attic cleared ok i wish i wish...(laugh)" "what is so funny" "you look like one of my sisters dolls" "HOW DARE YOU USE MISS SPOKEN WORDS TO THE GREAT GENIE" "ok ok im sorry but i thought you would be bigger" "you shouldn't be pondering about my size you should make wishes" "ok i wish i had thouse new sneakers i been saving up for" the genie crossed his arms and nodded his head "wish granted" Dan had his new sneakers they were on his feet "woh i got my sneakers" "what is your last wish" "im just wondering why are you that size" "you wish to know just to let you know this is your last wish" "no im not going to wish for that" "so you wish to be my size" Dan started speaking in a Sarcastic way "that's right i wish to be the size of a bug and while your at it i wish to be in the mouth of my drooling pit bull Riko (laugh)" "ok" "no no i was being sarcastic" the genie crossed his arms and nodded his head "wish granted" but nothing happend "(laugh) well pip squeek your powers didn't work then did it" the genie smiled in a smug way and he snapped his fingers Dan completly dissappeared the genie crossed his arms and went back into his lamp the lamp suddenly dissappeared Dan opend his eyes he was in a dark area on a pink but soft ground Dan looked around and called out for some one "h.hello" Dan looked around he could see white long things above at the end he could feel warm air on him he saw light at the end but he still didn't know where he was just then he had a flash back of him saying to the genie that he wished he was the size of a bug and in the mouth of Riko Dan's eyes opend wide and realized where he was "OH MY GOD" Dan ran across the tounge he was running towards the light he had to get out fast all of a sudden Dan triped and started sliding down the side of the tounge he tried to hold on he looked down and saw a huge dollop of drool on the side of Riko's mouth Dan screamed when he saw the drool he hated drool Dan started loosing his grip and he fell into the big pool of drool it was all gooey the drool started falling from the side of Riko's mouth and the drool along with Dan splated on the ground Dan swam up and started shouting for help "HEELP HEELP" Dan looked up at Riko and shouted for some one to help him his mother even his little sister but no one could hear him his shouts were too small to be heard but Riko heard Dan Riko could hear squeeking sounds from below he tilted his head to the side and looked down he noticed the bug sized Dan he took a close look Dan looked up at Riko at Dan's point of view he was terrified he could see Riko's giant face tilting to the side and looking at him "HEELP" Riko wagged his tail looking down at Dan and he stuck his tounge out he was happy to see Dan Dan could see in Riko's face that he was happy that kind of made Dan glad maby Riko could help but Riko started bringing his head closer with his tounge stuck out now that Dan knew that Riko was happy Dan also knew that Riko was a licker Riko would always lick Dan every time he saw him and every chance he got Dan saw Riko's tounge coming out and closer to him Dan swam out of the drool he was finaly out of there Riko moved his head back when he saw Dan out of the drool but it didn't stop him from doing what he was going to do in the first place Riko stuck his tounge out he was panting Dan was just on the ground shouting he shouted as loud as he could Riko couldn't hear what Dan was saying all he heard was squeek squeek squeek "HEELP HEELP" Dan was waving his arms Riko moved his head closer to Dan with his tounge out Dan screamed but to Riko it was just a squeek Riko's tounge came closer and closer to Dan "NOO RIKO NO KISSIES" Riko's tounge was really close to Dan "NOO NO KISSIES DON'T THINK ABOUT IT" Riko licked the ground clean Dan was back inside Riko's mouth Dan tried to get out again he saw Riko's mouth about to close Dan ran and ran but it was too late Riko's mouth shut closed it was dark Dan could feel the warm air hitting him a few minuits later Dan saw a light again Dan was so happy to see day light Dan ran for as fast as he could and with out thinking he jumped out but landed with a spalsh Dan looked around all he could see was metal around him he was in water he looked up and saw Riko Dan swam and swam to the end he made it some how Dan managed to climb out lucky he did as Riko was taking a drink that could of ended badly Riko moved his head up giant droplets of water started falling from the side of Riko's mouth Dan dodged every giant droplet he was screaming Riko could hear thouse squeeks again he knew what that meant Riko looked around his head tilted to the side he looked down and saw Dan again Riko started wagging his tail "NO RIKO NO MORE KISSES" Riko couldn't understand a word Dan was saying so Riko lowerd his head and started bringing his tounge closer and closer to Dan again "NOOOO" Riko licked Dan from the ground and back into his mouth once again then Riko went back to his water and started drinking Dan ran to the end sat down and slid down into the water bowl Dan swam as fast as possible he was screaming when he saw Riko's tounge diving into the water Riko heard the squeeks again he looked down into his bowl and saw Dan Riko moved his head further to the bowl stuck his tounge out and started lapping his water where Dan was Dan went into Riko's mouth along with the water Dan was taken by the current to the throat Dan screamed Riko could still hear the squeeks but all of a sudden the squeeks stoped when Riko closed his mouth Riko gave a huge gulp he licked his lips and ran off to go play with his squeeky ball
THE END ^_^
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The Lost World (20th Century Fox, 1960).
youtu.be/h1CLA-gJbmA?t=5s Trailer
Irwin Allen, the producer who would go on to make the disaster film a huge success in the seventies, brought us this Saturday afternoon fodder with giant lizards posing as dinosaurs. Starring Michael Rennie, David Hedison, Claude Rains and Jill St. John.
Intended as a grand sci-fi/fantasy epic remake of Arthur Conan Doyle's classic novel. The first film adaptation, shot in 1925, was a milestone in many ways, but movie making and special effects had come a long way in 35 years. Irwin Allen's Lost World (LW) & 20th Century Fox version was derailed on the way to greatness, but managed to still be a respectable, (if more modest) A-film. Allen's screenplay followed the book fairly well, telling of Professor Challenger's expedition to a remote plateau in the Amazon upon which dinosaurs still lived. Aside from the paleontological presumptions in the premise, there is little "science" in The Lost World. Nonetheless, dinosaur movies have traditionally been lumped into the sci-fi genre.
Synopsis
When his plane lands in London, crusty old professor George Edward Challenger is besieged by reporters questioning him about his latest expedition to the headwaters of the Amazon River. After the irascible Challenger strikes reporter Ed Malone on the head with his umbrella, Jennifer Holmes, the daughter of Ed's employer, Stuart Holmes, offers the injured reporter a ride into town. That evening, Jenny is escorted by Lord John Roxton, an adventurer and big game hunter, to Challenger's lecture at the Zoological Institute, and Ed invites them to sit with him. When Challenger claims to have seen live dinosaurs, his colleague Professor Summerlee scoffs and asks for evidence. Explaining that his photographs of the creatures were lost when his boat overturned, Challenger invites Summerlee to accompany him on a new expedition to the "lost world," and asks for volunteers. When Roxton raises his hand, Jenny insists on going with him, but she is rejected by Challenger because she is a woman. Ed is given a spot after Holmes offers to fund the expedition if the reporter is included. The four then fly to the Amazon, where they are met by Costa, their guide and Manuel Gomez, their helicopter pilot. Arriving unexpectedly, Jenny and her younger brother David insist on joining them. Unable to arrange transportation back to the United States, Challenger reluctantly agrees to take them along. The next day, they take off for the lost world and land on an isolated plateau inhabited by dinosaurs. That evening, a dinosaur stomps out of the jungle, sending them scurrying for cover. After the beast destroys the helicopter and radio, the group ventures inland. When one of the creatures bellows threateningly, they flee, and in their haste, Challenger and Ed slip and tumble down a hillside, where they encounter a native girl. The girl runs into the jungle, but Ed follows and captures her. They then all take refuge in a cave, where Roxton, who has been making disparaging remarks about Jenny's desire to marry him solely for his title, angers Ed. Ed lunges at Roxton, pushing him to the ground, where he finds a diary written by Burton White, an adventurer who hired Roxton three years earlier to lead him to the lost diamonds of Eldorado. Roxton then admits that he never met White and his party because he was delayed by a dalliance with a woman, thus abandoning them to certain death. Gomez angrily snaps that his good friend Santiago perished in the expedition. That night, Costa tries to molest the native girl, and David comes to her rescue and begins to communicate with her through sign language. After Gomez goes to investigate some movement he spotted in the vegetation, he calls for help, and when Roxton runs out of the cave, a gunshot from an unseen assailant is fired, nearly wounding Roxton and sending the girl scurrying into the jungle. Soon after, Ed and Jenny stray from camp and are pursued by a dinosaur, and after taking refuge on some cliffs, watch in horror as their stalker becomes locked in combat with another prehistoric creature and tumbles over the cliffs into the waters below. Upon returning to camp, they discover it deserted, their belongings in disarray. As David stumbles out from some rocks to report they were attacked by a tribe of natives, the cannibals return and imprison them in a cave with the others. As the drums beat relentlessly, signaling their deaths, the native girl reappears and motions for them to follow her through a secret passageway that leads to the cave in which Burton White lives, completely sightless. After confirming that all in his expedition perished, White tells them of a volcanic passageway that will lead them off the plateau, but warns that they must first pass through the cave of fire. Cautioning them that the natives plan to sacrifice them, White declares that their only chance of survival is to slip through the cave and then seal it with a boulder. After giving them directions to the cave, White asks them to take the girl along. As the earth, on the verge of a volcanic eruption, quakes, they set off through the Graveyard of the Damned, a vast cavern littered with dinosaur skeletons, the victims of the deadly sulfurous gases below. Pursued by the ferocious natives, Roxton takes the lead as they inch their way across a narrow ledge above the molten lava. After escaping the natives, they jam the cave shut with a boulder and, passing a dam of molten lava, finally reach the escape passage. At its mouth is a pile of giant diamonds and a dinosaur egg. As Costa heaps the diamonds into his hat, Challenger fondles the egg and Gomez pulls a gun and announces that Roxton must die in exchange for the death of Santiago, Gomez' brother. Acting quickly, Ed hurls the diamonds at Gomez, throwing him off balance and discharging his gun. The gunshot awakens a creature slumbering in the roiling waters below. After the beast snatches Costa and eats him alive, Ed tries to dislodge the dam, sending a few scorching rocks tumbling down onto the monster. Feeling responsible for the peril of the group, Gomez sacrifices his life by using his body as a lever to dislodge the dam, covering the creature with oozing lava. As the cave begins to crumble from the impending eruption, the group hurries to safety. Just then, the volcano explodes, destroying the lost world. After Roxton hands Ed a handful of diamonds he has saved as a wedding gift for him and Jenny, Challenger proudly displays his egg, which then hatches, revealing a baby dinosaur. The End.
The 50s had seen several examples of the dinosaur sub-genre. LW is one of the more lavish ones, owing to color by DeLuxe and CinemaScope. The A-level actors help too. Claude Rains plays the flamboyant Challenger. Michael Rennie plays Roxton, perhaps a bit too cooly. Jill St. John and Vitina Marcus do well as the customary eye candy. David Hedison as Malone and Fernando Lamas as Gomez round out the bill.
The first film version of LW was a silent movie shot in 1925: screenplay by Marion Fairfax. The film featured stop-motion animated dinosaurs by a young Willis O'Brien. Fairfax followed Doyle's text, but Fairfax added a young woman to the team, Paula White. Ostensibly trying to find her father from the first failed expedition, she provided the love triangle interest between Malone and Roxton.
Allen's screenplay tried to stick to Doyle's text as much as Hollywood would allow. It carried on Fairfax's invention of the young woman member of the group as triangle fodder. Fairfax had Doyle's ape men (ape man) but omitted the native humans. Allen had the natives, but no ape men. Allen revived the Gomez/revenge subplot, which Fairfax skipped. Doyle's story had Challenger bringing back a pterodactyl. Fairfax made it a brontosaur who rampaged through London streets (spawning a popular trope). Allen suggested the baby dinosaur traveling to London.
Willis O'Brien pitched 20th Century Fox in the late 50s, to do a quality remake of LW. He had gained much experience in the intervening 35 years, so his stop-motion dinosaurs were to be the real stars. Fox bass liked the idea, but by the time the ball started rolling, there was trouble in studioland. Fox's grand epic Cleopatra was underway, but was already 5 million dollars over budget. Cleo would nearly sink 20th Century Fox when it was finally released in 1963. To stay afloat, all other Fox films' budgets were slashed. Allen could no longer afford the grand O'Brien stop-motion.
Allen's production is often criticized for its "cheap" dinosaurs, which were live monitor lizards and alligators with fins and plates and horns glue onto them. (more on that below) These were already a bit cheesy when used in the 1940 film One Million B.C.. O'Brien is still listed on the credits as "Effects Technician," but all Allen could afford was lizards with glued on extras. Somewhat amusingly, the script still refers to them as brontosaurs and T-Rexes.
The character of Jennifer Holmes starts out promising. She's a self-assured to the edges of pushy, and is said to be able to out shoot and out ride any man. Yet, when she gets to the Amazon jungle, she's little more than Jungle Barbie, dressed in girlie clothes and screaming frequently. She even does the typical Hollywood trip-and-fall when chased by the dinosaur, so that a man must save her.
Bottom line? FW is a finer example of the not-quite-sci-fi dinosaur sub-genre. The actors are top drawer, even if some of their acting is a bit flat. Nonetheless, FW is a fair adaptation of Doyle's
classic adventure novel, given the constraints of Hollywood culture.
The Movie Club Annals … Review
The Lost World 1960
Introduction
There was absolutely nothing wrong with Irwin Allen's 1960 production of The Lost World. Nothing. It was perfect in every way. I therefore find myself in the unique and unfamiliar position of having to write a rave review about a Movie Club movie that was entirely devoid of flaws.
Faced with such a confounding task, I half-heartedly considered faking a bad review, then praying my obvious deceptions would go unnoticed. But the patent transparency of my scheme convinced me to abandon it posthaste. After all, leveling concocted criticisms at such an unassailable masterpiece would be a futile and tiresome exercise, the pretense of which would escape nary a semi-cognizant soul.
Thus, having retreated from my would-be descent into literary intrigue, I start this review in earnest by borrowing a quote from the legendary Shelly Winters, spoken during the 1972 filming of Irwin Allen's The Poseidon Adventure:
"I'm ready for my close up now, Mr. Allen.” Shelly Winters, 1972
Review
A bit of research into the casting choices of Irwin Allen, who wrote, produced, and directed The Lost World, begins to reveal the genius behind the virtuosity.
The first accolades go to Irwin for his casting of Vitina Marcus, the immaculately groomed Saks 5th Avenue cave girl with exquisite taste in makeup, jewelry, and cave-wear. No finer cave girl ever graced a feature film.
Vitina Marcus, as The Cave Girl
She was the picture of prehistoric glamour, gliding across the silver screen in her designer bearskin mini-pelt, her flawless coiffure showing no signs of muss from the traditional courting rituals of the day, her perfect teeth the envy of even the most prototypical Osmond. Even her nouveau-opposable thumbs retained their manicure, in spite of the oft-disagreeable duties that frequently befell her as an effete member of the tribal gentry.
By no means just another Neanderthal harlot, Vitina had a wealth of talent to augment her exterior virtues. Her virtuoso interpretation of a comely cave girl in The Lost World certainly didn't escape the attention Irwin Allen. In fact, he was so taken with her performance that he later engaged her services again, casting her as the Native Girl in episode 2.26 of his Voyage to The Bottom of The Sea TV series.
Leery of potential typecasting, Vitina went on to obtain roles with greater depth and more sophisticated dialogue. This is evidenced by the great departure she took from her previous roles when she next portrayed the part of Sarit, a female barbarian, in episode 1.24 of Irwin Allen's The Time Tunnel TV series.
Vitina, as Sarit
Vitina's efforts to avoid typecasting paid off in spades, as she was soon rewarded with the distinctive role of Girl, a female Tarzanesque she-beast character, in episode 3.14 of The Man From U.N.C.L.E. TV series.
Lured back from the U.N.C.L.E. set by Irwin Allen, Vitina was next cast in the role of Athena (a.k.a. Lorelei), the green space girl with the inverted lucite salad bowl hat, in episodes 2.2 and 2.16 of the revered Lost in Space TV series.
And with this, Vitina reached the pinnacle of her career. For her many unparalleled displays of thespian pageantry, she leaves us forever in her debt as she exits the stage.
For those who would still question the genius of Irwin Allen, I defy you to find a better casting choice for the character of Lord John Roxton than that of Michael Rennie. Mr. Rennie, who earlier starred as Klaatu in The Day the Earth Stood Still, went on to even greater heights, starring as The Keeper in episodes 1.16 and 1.17 of the revered Lost in Space TV series. Throughout his distinguished career, Mr. Rennie often played highly cerebral characters with
unique names, such as Garth A7, Tribolet, Hasani, Rama Kahn, Hertz, and Dirk. How befitting that his most prolific roles came to him through a man named Irwin, a highly cerebral character with a unique name.
The selection of David Hedison to play Ed Malone was yet another example of Irwin's uncanny foresight. Soon after casting him in The Lost World, Irwin paved Mr. Hedison's path to immortality by casting him as a lead character in his Voyage to The Bottom of The Sea TV series. Although Voyage ended in 1968, Mr. Hedison departed the show with a solid resume and a bright future.
In the decades following Voyage, Mr. Hedison has been a veritable fixture on the small screen, appearing in such socially influential programs as The Love Boat, Fantasy Island, Knight Rider, The Fall Guy and The A Team. Mr. Hedison's early collaborations with Irwin Allen have left him never wanting for a day's work in Hollywood, a boon to the legions of discerning fans who continue to savor his inspiring prime time depictions.
Irwin selected Fernando Lamas to play Manuel Gomez, the honorable and tortured soul of The Lost World who needlessly sacrificed himself at the end of the movie to save all the others. To get a feel for how important a casting decision he was to Irwin, just look at the pertinent experience Mr. Lamas brought to the table:
Irwin knew that such credentials could cause him to lose the services of Mr. Lamas to another project, and he took great pains to woo him onto the set of The Lost World. And even though Mr. Lamas never appeared in the revered Lost in Space TV series, his talent is not lost on us.
Jay Novello was selected by Irwin Allen to play Costa, the consummate Cuban coward who perpetually betrays everyone around him in the name of greed. In pursuing his craven calling, Mr. Novello went on to play Xandros, the Greek Slave in Atlantis, The Lost Continent, as well as countless other roles as a coward.
Although Mr. Novella never appeared in the revered Lost in Space TV series, his already long and distinguished career as a coward made him the obvious choice for Irwin when the need for an experienced malingerer arose.
Jill St. John was Irwin's pick to play Jennifer Holmes, the "other" glamour girl in The Lost World. Not to be upstaged by glamour-cave-girl Vitina Marcus, Jill played the trump card and broke out the pink go-go boots and skin-tight Capri pants, the perfect Amazonian summertime jungle wear.
Complete with a perfect hairdo, a killer wardrobe, a little yip-yip dog named Frosty, and all the other trappings of a wealthy and pampered prehistoric society, Jill's sensational allure rivaled even that of a certain cave girl appearing in the same film.
With the atmosphere rife for an on-set rivalry between Jill and Vitina, Irwin still managed to keep the peace, proving that he was as skilled a diplomat as he was a director.
Claude Rains, as Professor George Edward Challenger
And our cup runneth over, as Irwin cast Claude Rains to portray Professor George Edward Challenger. His eminence, Mr. Rains is an entity of such immeasurable virtue that he is not in need of monotonous praise from the likes of me.
I respectfully acknowledge the appearance of Mr. Rains because failure to do so would be an unforgivable travesty. But I say nothing more on the subject, lest I state something so obvious and uninspiring as to insult the intelligence of enlightened reader.
Irwin's casting of the cavemen mustn't be overlooked, for their infallibly realistic portrayals are unmatched within the Pleistocene Epoch genre of film. Such meticulous attention to detail is what separates Irwin Allen from lesser filmmakers, whose pale imitations of his work only further to underscore the point.
To be sure, it is possible to come away with the unfounded suspicion that the cavemen are really just a bunch of old white guys from the bar at the local Elks lodge. But Irwin was an absolute stickler for authenticity, and would never have allowed the use of such tawdry measures to taint his prehistoric magnum opus.
In truth, Irwin's on-screen cavemen were borne of many grueling years of anthropological research, so the explanation for their somewhat modern, pseudo-caucasian appearance lies obviously elsewhere. And in keeping with true Irwin Allen tradition, that explanation will not be offered here.
1964 - Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea, Season One, Episode 7 - "Turn Back the Clock", featuring Vitina Marcus as The Native Girl. Produced by Irwin Allen.
And then there was Irwin Allen's masterful handling of the reptilian facets of The Lost World, most notably his inimitable casting of the dinosaurs. His dinosaurs were so realistic, so eerily lifelike, that they almost looked like living, breathing garden variety lizards with dinosaur fins and horns glued to their backs and heads.
The less enlightened viewer might even suppose this to be true, that Irwin's dinosaurs were indeed merely live specimens of lizards, donned in Jurassic-era finery, vastly magnified, and retro-fitted into The Lost World via some penny-wise means of cinematic trickery.
But those of us in the know certainly know better than that, as we are privy to some otherwise unpublished information about The Lost World. The lifelike appearance of the Irwin's dinosaurs can be attributed to a wholly overlooked and fiendishly cunning approach to the art of delusion, which is that the dinosaurs didn't just look real, they were real.
While the world abounds with middling minds who cannot fathom such a reality, we must follow Irwin's benevolent leanings and temper our natural feelings of contempt for this unfortunate assemblage of pedestrian lowbrows. In spite of Irwin's superior intellect, he never felt disdain toward the masses that constituted his audiences. He simply capitalized on their unaffectedness, and in the process recounted the benefits of exploiting the intellectually bereft for personal gain.
The purpose of all this analysis, of course, is to place an exclamation point on the genius of Irwin Allen, the formation of his dinosaur exposé being a premier example. Note how he mindfully manipulates the expectations of his unsuspecting audience, compelling them to probe the dinosaurs for any signs of man-made chicanery. Then, at the palatial moment when the dinosaurs make their entry, he guilefully supplants the anticipated display of faux reptilia with that of the bona fide article.
Upon first witnessing the de facto dinosaurs, some in the audience think they've been had, and indeed they have. Irwin, in engineering his masterful ruse, had used reality as his medium to convey the illusion of artifice. His audience, in essence, was blinded by the truth. It was the immaculate deception, and none but Irwin Allen could have conceived it.
Indeed, the matter of where the live dinosaurs came from has been conspicuously absent from this discussion, as the Irwinian technique of fine film making strongly discourages the practice of squandering time on extraneous justifications and other such trite means of redundant apologia. For the benefit of the incessantly curious, however, just keep in mind that Irwin Allen wrote and produced The Time Tunnel TV Series, a fact that should provide some fair insight into his modis operandi.
Carl R.
The Lord, the Mighty One, is God,
and he has spoken;
he has summoned all humanity
from where the sun rises to where it sets.
From Mount Zion, the perfection of beauty,
God shines in glorious radiance.
Our God approaches,
and he is not silent.
Fire devours everything in his way,
and a great storm rages around him.
He calls on the heavens above and earth below
to witness the judgment of his people.
“Bring my faithful people to me—
those who made a covenant with me by giving sacrifices.”
Then let the heavens proclaim his justice,
for God himself will be the judge.
[Psalm 50:1-6 NLT]
5 THINGS YOU SHOULD KNOW:
1. Like it or not, we are ALL sinners: As the Scriptures say, “No one is righteous—not even one. No one is truly wise; no one is seeking God. All have turned away; all have become useless. No one does good, not a single one.” (Romans 3:10-12 NLT)
2. The punishment for sin is death: When Adam sinned, sin entered the world. Adam’s sin brought death, so death spread to everyone, for everyone sinned. (Romans 5:12 NLT)
3. Jesus is our only hope: But God showed his great love for us by sending Christ to die for us while we were still sinners. (Romans 5:8 NLT) For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life through Christ Jesus our Lord. (Romans 6:23 NLT)
4. SALVATION is by GRACE through FAITH in JESUS: God saved you by his grace when you believed. And you can’t take credit for this; it is a gift from God. Salvation is not a reward for the good things we have done, so none of us can boast about it. For we are God’s masterpiece. He has created us anew in Christ Jesus, so we can do the good things he planned for us long ago. (Ephesians 2:8-10 NLT)
5. Accept Jesus and receive eternal life: If you openly declare that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. (Romans 10:9 NLT) But to all who believed him and accepted him, he gave the right to become children of God. (John 1:12 NLT) And this is what God has testified: He has given us eternal life, and this life is in his Son. Whoever has the Son has life; whoever does not have God’s Son does not have life. (1 John 5:11-12 NLT) Read the Bible for yourself. Allow the Lord to speak to you through his Word. YOUR ETERNITY IS AT STAKE!
A Pink Camellia Sasanqua on a rather foggy morning here on the farm. Thanks for the look and Have a Great Weekend.
SAAB JAS 39C Gripen (39285) of 211 Fighter Squadron, F21 Norrbotten Wing, Luleå, Swedish Air Force lands at RAF Leeming at the start of Ex Joint Warrior 2 2016. For HORATIU the Viking gods have listened and spoken to me.
"For the mouth of the wicked and the mouth of deceit have they opened against me; they have spoken unto me with a lying tongue. They compassed me about also with words of hatred, and fought against me without a cause. In return for my love they are my adversaries; but I am all prayer. And they have laid upon me evil for good, and hatred for my love:"
(Psalms, 109, 1-5)
hopefully soon ill have a whole wall pic of where this piece is, lots of beautiful art on it.
LOS ANGELES JUNE 2008
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Situated on one of the world's largest natural harbors, New York City is composed of five boroughs, each of which is a county of the State of New York. The five boroughs—Brooklyn, Queens, Manhattan, the Bronx, and Staten Island—were consolidated into a single city in 1898. The city and its metropolitan area constitute the premier gateway for legal immigration to the United States. As many as 800 languages are spoken in New York, making it the most linguistically diverse city in the world. New York is home to more than 3.2 million residents born outside the United States, the largest foreign-born population of any city in the world as of 2016. As of 2019, the New York metropolitan area is estimated to produce a gross metropolitan product (GMP) of $2.0 trillion. If greater New York City were a sovereign state, it would have the 12th highest GDP in the world. New York is home to the highest number of billionaires of any city in the world.
New York City traces its origins to a trading post founded by colonists from the Dutch Republic in 1624 on Lower Manhattan; the post was named New Amsterdam in 1626. The city and its surroundings came under English control in 1664 and were renamed New York after King Charles II of England granted the lands to his brother, the Duke of York. New York was the capital of the United States from 1785 until 1790, and has been the largest U.S. city since 1790. The Statue of Liberty greeted millions of immigrants as they came to the U.S. by ship in the late 19th and early 20th centuries and is a symbol of the U.S. and its ideals of liberty and peace. In the 21st century, New York has emerged as a global node of creativity and entrepreneurship and environmental sustainability, and as a symbol of freedom and cultural diversity. In 2019, New York was voted the greatest city in the world per a survey of over 30,000 people from 48 cities worldwide, citing its cultural diversity.
Many districts and landmarks in New York City are well known, including three of the world's ten most visited tourist attractions in 2013. A record 62.8 million tourists visited New York City in 2017. Times Square is the brightly illuminated hub of the Broadway Theater District, one of the world's busiest pedestrian intersections, and a major center of the world's entertainment industry. Many of the city's landmarks, skyscrapers, and parks are known around the world. Manhattan's real estate market is among the most expensive in the world. New York is home to the largest ethnic Chinese population outside of Asia, with multiple distinct Chinatowns across the city. Providing continuous 24/7 service and contributing to the nickname The City that Never Sleeps, the New York City Subway is the largest single-operator rapid transit system worldwide, with 472 rail stations. The city has over 120 colleges and universities, including Columbia University, New York University, Rockefeller University, and the City University of New York system, which is the largest urban public university system in the United States. Manhattan is home to the world's two largest stock exchanges by total market capitalization, namely the New York Stock Exchange, located on Wall Street in the Financial District of Lower Manhattan, and NASDAQ, headquartered in Midtown Manhattan.
“You are lovers no more. Your solemn words spoken here before witnesses mean from this moment forth you are one: Wife and Husband. Let no one come betwixt you and keep life,” (From MACROLIS: The Marriage of the Imperators.) Who are the Imperators?
In the 22nd century the Crown Princess of Imperial Africa and the Golden Organet son of the First Citizens from the ice moon Enceladus consumate their love before the great and good from two star systems: the solar system and Alpha Centauri. Their marriage will make them Imperators over all Enhanced people in the Milky Way galaxy. "Love Will Make Heroes of Us All"
During their coronation Macrolis is abducted and taken to the Invincible City in the Alpha Centauri triple star system. Although impossible Silafrica vows that she will rescue Macrolis. Her oath sparks the War of the Star Systems. The easy way to learn about The Imperators: www.machitmedia.com
Words have the strength to prevent, convince, heal, teach, manipulate, soothe...[add your verb here].
Carefully assembled or spewed like sour milk, written or spoken, one letter or 10.
There is great STRENGTH in words.
Egyszer azt mondta nekem, három dolog a legfontosabb az életben: A hit, a remény és a szeretet.
Őt ez a három tartja életben.
She once told me that the three most important things in life are faith, hope and love.
I think she is kept alive by these three.
A dark, hooded creature in an eerie mask
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I was tagged by Charmaine. <3 Thanks, lol. Tagging everyone I haven't spoken to in forever.
1. Favorite Color?
Lime green. <3333333
2. Describe the background picture that’s on your phone.
It's one that comes with my phone already. o.o Lol.
It's blue… With things popping out of it.
3. Last movie you watched.
Colombiana with my family. I think we watched it a day after New Year's. That movie was great!
4. If you were an animal, what would you be?
Uhmmmm. I'm not really into animals, aha. But a lot of people would say they'd like to be a cat. No, not me. I'd like to be like… A panda. Because they're beautiful and everyone loves them. :D Well, except those who kill them, but those are just murderers. >_>
5. What is your favorite tv show? How long have you been watching it?
I LOVE watching Spongebob and Timmy Turner. I used to like watching Hey Arnold and stuff like that, but they took that off the air. -___- They lost so many fans. The channel, anyways. Not the show. But I barely watch tv anyways. Always on the internet. Internet > Tv. I started watching it... Since I can remember. Whoa, lol. I feel old.
6. Are you allergic to anything? If so, what?
I have a good immune system, and I'm not allergic to anything. So, lucky me.
7. Favorite song lyric?
Honestly, I'm not going to lie. I don't have a favorite song lyric. Only because I listen to everything, and usually I love a song as an entire thing. But as of now, I'm in love with the song "Cold" by Aqualung & Lucy Schwartz. So beautiful. <3333333333 And yes, I know, I didn't post lyrics. :p
8. Your dream vacation?
England would be a great place to visit, as Charmaine said. But so many people want to visit that. xD So, I'd like to go to Australia. POSSIBLY Peru, but only because I have a friend there. :D
This shot is a first attempt to capture the essence of New Orleans Square and how it has transported me for decades to a place I've come to grow and love--though I've never actually set foot there.
I've often spoken with friends and colleagues who can't seem to figure out why I extol the virtues of Disneyland as an educated adult. Without getting incredibly political about it, I've found that having grown up in a modest household whose big family trip was to drive to Disneyland once every couple of years, Disneyland exposed me to things which I would have never had an interest nor appreciation in had I not felt the essence of it through a Disneyland recreation. New Orleans Square is the perfect example. To try and argue or explain the historic and cultural significance of New Orleans to a 15-year-old who grew up in the Western US is a pretty futile undertaking. Futile, unless you are Walt Disney who decided he could produce the sights, sounds, flavors, and wrought iron that come together to create the unmistakable feel of the Big Easy. Add a sailing voyage through the times of the Caribbean Pirates and an immersion into the Buccaneer lore that had such an impact on New Orleans and you put together an educational experience, which, while not a substitute for a real education, acts as an invaluable way for kids (or adults) who may never in their lives set foot East of the California state line to whet their appetite and stimulate an awareness that there is a world much larger than the daily routine which might dominate or even define the course of their lives. For this reason I love Disneyland--when it is at it's best, it is making visitors aware that the world is much larger than they often perceive it to be. It is not only entertaining, it is teaching. Whether cultural lessons through gumbo, jambalaya and Jazz in New Orleans Square, historical lessons through Barbershop quartets and the Main Street Cinema on Main Street USA, or about science and technology and why they are relevant to a kid in attractions such as Inner Space or Mission to Mars.
That's why Disneyland is more than a collection of roller coasters and dark rides. At its core, it has a point to make. A point about the world and its diversity (Small World, Tiki Room, Jungle Cruise, NO Square), a point about the relevance of knowledge on the human condition (Main Street USA, Tomorrowland), and a point about fostering a childlike humanity and being slow to relinquish the tender affections of youth (Fantasyland). For that reason, I still light up and start rambling on and on when someone tells me they've planned a trip to Disneyland or Disneyworld. I want them to "get it," because I know I definitely do.
3 handheld exposures (+1.3, 0 , -1.3 EV) blended in Photomatix' Details Enhancer using the Align by Matching Features option. Then polished and tweaked in ACR and photoshop.
Soror Reign, & Khristina at Open Mic
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Kile Koba Speaking at Open Mic
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Mentor Ngozi, at Open Mic
Visit this location at Blue Orchid District ~Home of Sigma Upsilon Nu Sorority in Second Life
There is light in my lady's house
And there's none but some falling rain
This like a spoken word
She is more than her thousand names
No hands are half as gentle
Or firm as they like to be
Thank God you see me the way you do
Strange as you are to me
It is good in my lady's house
And the shape that her body makes
Love is a fragile word
In the air on the length we lay
No hands are half as gentle
Or firm as they like to be
Thank God you see me the way you do
Strange as you are to me
...iron and wine, "my lady's house"
004:365
04 April 2011
Having spoken to the GM at Peak Rail, Mark was happy to help with a request for a photo call of the two peaks on the Saturday morning prior to the gala for me and Andy Edkins to capture. Put into place, by yours truly, so that the sun was on the ends of the bonnets D8 and 44004 gleam in the Derbyshire sunlight on the 12th of April 2025.
Students in the Movement 515 program at Des Moines Public Schools perform at 3rd annual Teen Poetry Slam. The top six student-poets were selected to represent Des Moines at the Brave New Voices Festival.
"What we do flows from who we are." ~Paul Vitale
Taken at Falls Lake in August 2007, before it was practically dry. Let's hope this drought stops soon.
The top is done. The colors in this picture are a little blah...that's
what you get when taking a picture at 11PM!
Venus, Pixelz, & Elly at Open Mic
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And the only word there spoken was the whispered word "Lenore"
This I whispered, and an echo murmured back the word "Lenore!"
Merely this, and nothing more.
"This world is made out of sugar,
it can crumble so easily,
but don't be afraid to stick your tongue out and taste it."
Sarah Kay started performing poetry at age 14.
Some poetry is meant to be heard, not read. Hear her here.