Archive for January, 2010
First Full Moon of Each Year is Largest and is Called “Wolf Moon.”
Posted by: | CommentsThe first full moon of the year is called “Wolf Moon.” Here is a photograph of the Wolf Moon over Shay Meadow, Big Bear City, California, January 30, 2010.
Photograph by Mike Russell Editor: Blog.Jetsettingmagazine.com 
The Joys of Being Young…
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John Williams, Itzhak Perlman – Schindler’s List
Posted by: | CommentsSchindler’s List 1993 film
Oskar Schindler is a vain, glorious and greedy German businessman who becomes unlikely humanitarian amid the barbaric Nazi reign when he feels compelled to turn his factory into a refuge for Jews. Based on the true story of Oskar Schindler who managed to save about 1100 Jews from being gassed at the Auschwitz concentration camp. A testament for the good in all of us. Written by Harald Mayr {marvin@bike.augusta.de}
The true story of Czech born Oskar Schindler, a businessman who tried to make his fortune during the Second World War by exploiting cheap Jewish labour, but ended up penniless having saved over 1000 Polish Jews from almost certain death during the holocaust. Written by Rob Hartill
The true story of Oscar Schindler, a German businessman who owns a factory. He witnesses the horrifying visions of the Holocaust and the toll it takes on the Jewish people. Eventually, he creates a list of over 1100 Jews whom he saves from death. Written by David Landers {dml@gwis.com}
“Schindler’s List” is the based-on-truth story of Nazi Czech business man Oskar Schindler, who uses Jewish labor to start a factory in occupied Poland. As World War II progresses, and the fate of the Jews becomes more and more clear, Schindler’s motivations switch from profit to human sympathy and he is able to save over 1100 Jews from death in the gas chambers. Written by Anthony Hughes {husnock31@hotmail.com}
Big Bear Lake Winter of 2009, Photograph by Mike Russell
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Big Bear Lake winter scene taken one afternoon when a storm was passing over. Photograph by Mike Russell.
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[Les Miserables] 10th anniversary – I Dreamed a Dream
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LES MISERABLES, by the French composer Claude-Michel Schonberg with libretto by Alain Boublil, and lyrics by Herbert Kretzmer. Performed in Royal Albert Hall on October 8, 1995. The star was Melora Hardin as Fantine as seen in the video above from You Tube.com
Based on the 1862 Victor Hugo novel of the same name, it is set in early 19th-century France and follows the intertwining stories of a cast of characters as they struggle for redemption and revolution. The main characters are joined by an ensemble that includes prostitutes, student revolutionaries, factory workers, and others.
The Tony Award-winning score features the song I Dreamed a Dream, sung as a solo by the character Fantine during the first act. Numerous Professional artists have recorded cover versions of this song since the musical’s premiere in October 1985, including Neil Diamond, Aretha Franklin, David Essex, and Michael Crawford. The song had a resurgence in popularity in 2009 when Scottish amateur singer Susan Boyle performed it live as her audition for the third series of the British reality television program, Britain’s Got Talent.[1][2] The song “On My Own” by the character Eponine was among the major hit songs featured in the musical.
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MORE BIG BEAR LAKE WINTER PANORAMA PHOTOGRAPHS BY MIKE RUSSELL
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El Nino off of the eastern Pacific Ocean has brought the southern California coast and inland large amounts of snows this January 2010. Here are two photographs taken by Mike Russell, Editor of Blog.JetSettingMagazine.com Enjoy the beauty of nature’s scenic splendor.
A Winter Scene on the way from Post Falls, Idaho to Coeur d’Alene in the 1960′s.
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Nowadays one must travel Highway 90 from Post Falls, Idaho to Coeur d’Alene. This day I had rented a car and was driving from Post Falls, Idaho to see my aunt Polly who was a widow and lived in Coeur d’Alene. Along the old two lane road I noticed an ice covered tree and I just rolled down the window and snapped the photo as I drove by.
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Ennio Morricone – “Love Theme” – from “Nuovo Cinema Paradiso” Final Scene”
Posted by: | Comments“Love Theme” from Nuovo Cinema Paradiso, 1988 film. Last three minutes of the film.
A famous film director returns home to a Sicilian village for the first time after almost 30 years. He reminisces about his childhood at the Cinema Paradiso where Alfredo, the projectionist, first brought about his love of films. He is also reminded of his lost teenage love, Elena, who he had to leave before he left for Rome. Written by Graeme Roy {gsr@cbmamiga.demon.co.uk}
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El Nino Comes to Big Bear Lake, California Jan 19, 2010
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The same storms that struck the southern California region beginning on Tuesday, January 19, 2010 and continued to Saturday, January 23 causing flooding and damage, also struck the San Gabriel mountains as well as the Big Bear Lake area. Here is just one photograph taken by Mike Russell on Friday morning when the sun came out for a good morning “wake-up” call. This brief panarama was taken looking north towards Baldwin Lake. The storms left more than 5 feet of snow across the Bear Valley area causing traffic accidents, power outages, downed trees and great skiing.
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Is Scott Brown’s Win in the Massachusetts Senate Seat a Wake-up Call for the Democrats?
By Mike Russell, Editor, Blog.Jetsettingmagazine.com
Yes, but with some added facts also. The Virginia win this past November 4th by Republican Bob McDonnell showed power against the Democrats as he won the Virginia governor’s race. And New Jersey was next in November 09 to put a Republican into office. Republican Chris Christie was sworn in Tuesday as New Jersey’s 55th governor, vowing to deliver the far-reaching change he said voters elected him to bring about.
The wake-up calls are beginning to show themselves around the eastern U.S. after the first year of President Obama’s regime has shown only deaf ears to what the people really were looking for when he took office.
Jobs, small business assistance, the war in Afghanistan and the health care bill, maybe, and with a number of changes, are on the average citizen’s agenda, not turning left and hiring those in the current administration who have criminal records, those who lie about their past, and those who admire Maoist doctrines and a government and a president who seem to be turning the U.S. into a third world broke budgeted socialist country.
Ending up, the Reid, Pelosi regime in the Senate and House seems to also to be continuing to turn a deaf ear to the upset voters of the country. We don’t want a one world government, nor a single U.N. sponsored monetary system, and we are still patriotic Americans who believe the government is spending way too much money that we don’t have as well as the recession caused by too little oversight during the Busch Administration that was lead by a Democratic Congress and Senate and Republicans who didn’t seem to blow the whistle to get the nation back on track economically.
Any comments, Readers?
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SCOTT BROWN WINS SENATE RACE IN MASSACHUSETTS JANUARY 19, 2010.
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Nasa shuttle launch Atlantis high definition 1280×720
Posted by: | CommentsNow that we can upload true HD videos to youtube I decided to upload the video again without compressing it. This is Space shuttle Atlantis launch.
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Words of the past.
DOC SEVERINSEN became The Tonight Show music director in 1967. He made records, toured, and in this photograph he is performing at a summer concert on the green in Rancho Bernardo, California, near San Diego, Calif. A typical season would find him touring about 40 cities from Stony Brook, New York to Palm Springs, California. Doc traveled the country performing with symphony orchestras as well as big bands and jazz groups. Doc last performed with the Pacific Symphony Orchestra when this photograph was taken in October 1988.
photograph taken by Mike Russell, Editor: Blog.jetsettingmagazine.com
JONATHAN LIVINGSTON SEAGULL —TAKES WING AGAIN AS AUTHOR RICHARD BACH RETURNS!
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RICHARD DAVID BACH is widely known as the author of the very successful 1970 best-seller Jonathan Livingston Seagull. Bach’s books contained much of his philosophy that our seeming physical limits and mortality are merely for looks alone. Richard claims to be a direct descendant of Johann Sebastian Bach. He is noted for his love of flying and his writings related to flight and flying in a metaphorical context. He has been a flyer since he was age 17.
Bach was born in Oak Park, Illinois. He attended Long Beach College.
In 1970, Jonathan Livingston Seagull, a story about a seagull who flew for the sake of flying instead of finding food. The book was published by McMillan Publishers after the manuscript was turned down by many other publishers. The contained many photographs of seagulls in flight. These photographs were taken by Russell Munson. The book became a number-one bestseller on both the fiction and non-fiction lists. Although the book was so visual, it actually contained no more than 10,000 words, yet it broke all hardcover sales records since Gone with the Wind. Jonathan Livingston Seagull sold more than 1,000,000 copies in 1972. The huge success of the book was widely publicized all throughout the ‘70’s. It also became a movie later on.
Photograph of Richard Bach by Mike Russell, at a speaking engagement in San Diego, Calif.
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Los Angeles’ near neighbor Mt. Wilson Observatory — Hale Telescope
Posted by: | CommentsFounded in December 1904 by George Ellery Hale, Mount Wilson Observatory would quickly rise to dominate astronomy worldwide. It was successively home to the world’s two largest telescopes as well as the most powerful facilities in existence for studying the sun. Those pioneering instruments and the brilliant scientists who used them revolutionized astronomy through such discoveries as:
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| In the twenty-first century, the Observatory hosts several of the most technologically advanced facilities in the world for studying astronomical objects with unprecedented resolution and clarity. The 100-inch Hooker telescope remains in active scientific service, and the solar towers are daily collecting data representing the world’s longest continuous record of the sun.Since 1986, Mt. Wilson Observatory has been operated under an agreement with the Carnegie Institution of Washington (CIW) by the Mount Wilson Institute (MWI), a 501(c)(3) non-profit corporation whose mission focuses on scientific research, historic preservation, astronomical education and public outreach. Guest institutions operating facilities on the Observatory grounds include: the University of California, Berkeley; Georgia State University; the University of California, Los Angeles; and the University of Southern California. |
Second Century Campaign – As Mount Wilson continues into its second century, a capital campaign is being developed to preserve this great observatory for future generations. The goals of the campaign are four-fold:
100 inch Hooker Telescope Dome. Historic Post Card from Warren A. Russell Collection 1936. The major element of the Second Century Campaign is a wonderful new Visitor Center that will transform Mount Wilson into an important Southern California destination. You can support this campaign with a tax-deductible membership in The Friends of Mount Wilson Observatory. Mount Wilson receives no support from federal or state resources, and your FOMWO membership is critical to the preservation of this treasure of world science and engineering. |
| View the Universe through Mount Wilson’s historic 60-inch telescope, the largest in the world made exclusively available to the public. Celebrate your special occasion or indulge your interest in astronomy with a memorable and unique experience. Many great nights of observing are still available for the 2009 season.EDITOR: BLOG.JETSETTINGMAGAZINE.COM |
The fabulous Lyle Mays solos with Pat Metheny–Montreal Jazz Festival July 3, 1982
Posted by: | CommentsLyle Mays (born November 27, 1953) is an American jazz pianist and composer from Wausaukee, Wisconsin. He is best known for his work with guitarist Pat Metheny as a member of the Pat Metheny Group. Along with Metheny, Mays has been a co-composer and arranger of almost all of the group’s music.
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1921 Chinese Post Card
Posted by: | Comments1921 Historic Art Post Card from Peking, China from a collection of Warren A. Russell.
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The Great Wall of China, 1921 Photograph by Warren A. Russell
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The Great Wall of China
Photographs by Warren A. Russell, Pvt. US Marine Corps. A member of the U.S. Legation Guard, Peking, China, 1921.
The Great Wall of China was constructed from Shanhaiguan in the east to Lop Nur in the west, and creates a fortified wall with blockhouses that roughly delineates the southern border of Inner Mongolia. The great wall has been estimated to be 5,500.3 miles in length. It is made up on walls, trenches and natural defenses such as hills and rivers.
The Great Wall was built to protect the northern borders of what was then the Chinese Empire during a succession of dynasties. The wall that was in existence in the 5th century BC. Perhaps the most famous is the wall that was built by the first Emperor of China, Qin Shi Huang, between 220-206 BC. Only a little bit of that wall remains today. The majority of the existing wall was built during the Ming Dynasty.
Pat Metheny…………..”If I Could”
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