Music September 12, 2016

Shorpy September 12, 2016

San Francisco circa 1920. "Grant touring car." 5x7 glass negative by Christopher Helin.

San Francisco circa 1920. “Grant touring car.” 5×7 glass negative by Christopher Helin.

Quotes September 11, 2016

Today we thank God for all the blessings He has bestowed upon this great Country and ask Him to continue to heal our land and meet our needs – and we do so through the power of prayer.
Nick Rahall

Today I choose life. Every morning when I wake up I can choose joy, happiness, negativity, pain… To feel the freedom that comes from being able to continue to make mistakes and choices – today I choose to feel life, not to deny my humanity but embrace it.
Kevyn Aucoin

Did I offer peace today? Did I bring a smile to someone’s face? Did I say words of healing? Did I let go of my anger and resentment? Did I forgive? Did I love? These are the real questions. I must trust that the little bit of love that I sow now will bear many fruits, here in this world and the life to come.
Henri Nouwen

We live in a time of conflict – external and internal – when we sometimes concentrate too much on what divides us. Today, fly the Stars and Stripes with pride and confidence that what unites is far stronger.
Charlie Dent

Work hard for what you want because it won’t come to you without a fight. You have to be strong and courageous and know that you can do anything you put your mind to. If somebody puts you down or criticizes you, just keep on believing in yourself and turn it into something positive.
Leah LaBelle

Find a place inside where there’s joy, and the joy will burn out the pain.
Joseph Campbell

Music September 11, 2016

 

907 Updates September 11, 2016

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In remembrance of 9/11

Veterans Crisis Line, Michael Stokes Photograpy, Unstoppable Heroes and Alaska VA Health Care

VACrisisLine

I am asking you to take a look at Michael Stokes pictures of wounded veterans showing how they are working through the physical and emotional hardships of war.
On a personal note, I have been in email contact with Mr. Stokes and have worked with him to donate copies of his books to veteran’s hospitals and similar organizations. He does respond quickly to emails.

Michael Stokes – Photographer

Raised in Berkeley, California, Michael Stokes is now a Los Angeles-based photographer. He graduated first in his class and Phi Beta Kappa with a Fine Art degree through the film department at California State University, Long Beach. Before changing his career path to filmmaking, he was a photography major, learning pre-digital photographic techniques and using darkrooms and silver gelatin film. In film school, he wrote and directed a short film, Alien, that screened in film festivals around the world.

Michael’s first coffee table book, Masculinity (2012), was a glamour-styled, photographic male figure study book that is currently out of print. In the same style as his first, his second book, Bare Strength (2014), is already in its third printing and is available on Amazon. It features a chapter on wounded veterans of war, specifically amputees. From the sales of this book, he has donated $10,000 to the Semper Fi Fund, a charity that benefits veterans of war and their families. Also in 2014, Michael collaborated with the publisher Taschen to produce My Buddy, supplying the publisher with his collection of vintage photos of nude WWII soldiers.

Michael’s third and fourth books, Exhibition and Always Loyal release November 1, 2015.  Exhibition continues the exploration and celebration of the male figure, while Always Loyal is dedicated exclusively to wounded United States veterans.  Before the end of 2015, from pre-sales of both books, Michael will donate $20,000 to the Semper Fi Fund.

Michael’s photos of wounded veterans have been shared around the world and have been featured on television: Good Morning America, The Today Show, The Tonight Show, The View, and The Talk. They have been featured in several major newspapers and online periodicals around the world, including: The Independent UK, The Mirror UK, The Drudge Report, The Huffington Post, The Huffington Post (French Edition), Cosmopolitan, People magazine, BuzzFeed, and Vanity Fair Italy, just to mention a few.

Michael’s fashion and fitness photographs have been featured on America’s Next Top Model, have twice been the cover for Men’s Health Italy, and are used for more than twenty-five novel covers. Michael has also made personal appearances on television’s The Insider and Inside Edition.

Stay connected with his most recent projects via  Facebook or Twitter.

You can find his coffee table books here.

Michael also collects vintage photography.  Published by Taschen, My Buddy features his vintage WWII photo collection of soldiers.

Need a question answered?  Email Michael, and he will get back to you as soon as is possible.

Another Group

Unstoppable

Unstoppable Heroes
I have worked with this group for two years by donating items of need. My research and donations of “Bag Balm” provided tremendous relief especially for amputee’s.  A couple of PT organizations are now stocking it. Most importantly, they have never hounded me for money and have always thanked me for my donations.

Category & Supporters

Our Mission is to Assist, Empower and Motivate Wounded service members as they adjust to civilian life. Along with our Wounded Veteran Ambassadors throughout the country, we share the stories of these amazing Unstoppable Heroes to demonstrate that through unbelievable hardships, the spirit of these Heroes cannot be broken. Unstoppable Heroes, Inc., networks throughout the community and raises awareness by connecting these Heroes to public speaking venues so they can share their incredible stories with others. We also look for other opportunities for these heroes, in both professional and personal aspects of their lives. We build awareness and garner support for organizations that provide opportunities for these Unstoppable Heroes who have sacrificed so much for our great nation.

 

Alaska VA Healthcare System

 

 

Lisa Demer: Meet the doctor who splits her time between rural Alaska and Sudan to help those most in need

wiki Jill Seaman

 

Shorpy September 11, 2016

New York, 1904. "Goat carriages in Central Park." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company

New York, 1904. “Goat carriages in Central Park.” 8×10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company

 

May 1936. "Sharecropper's family in Mississippi County, Missouri. Typical sharecropper shack with crop entirely surrounding house." Medium format nitrate negative by Carl Mydans for the Resettlement Administration.

May 1936. “Sharecropper’s family in Mississippi County, Missouri. Typical sharecropper shack with crop entirely surrounding house.” Medium format nitrate negative by Carl Mydans for the Resettlement Administration.

Images September 11, 2016

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Quotes September 10, 2016

 

Earl Granville "Don't let others decide your destiny...let go of your past and don't choose your path, pave it for what's best for you." #KindAndHumility #ButDestroyTheNegative

Earl Granville
“Don’t let others decide your destiny…let go of your past and don’t choose your path, pave it for what’s best for you.”
#KindAndHumility
#ButDestroyTheNegative

 

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Satisfactions are fulfillment of the heart. Dissatisfactions are the rumblings of the mind.
Duane Elgin

Passion is energy. Feel the power that comes from focusing on what excites you.
Oprah Winfrey,
media personality, businesswoman and philanthropist

“The secret of success is constancy to purpose.”
Benjamin Disraeli

Nobody sees a flower — really — it is so small it takes time — we haven’t time — and to see takes time, like to have a friend takes time.
Georgia O’Keeffe

Good art is art that allows you to enter it from a variety of angles and to emerge with a variety of views.
Mary Schmich

One cannot and must not try to erase the past merely because it does not fit the present. Golda Meir

The more laws, the less justice.
Marcus Tullius Cicero

Images September 10, 2016

 

Painted by our neighbor Heidi Wyrick from a photo Paul gave her.

Painted by our neighbor Heidi Wyrick from a photo Paul gave her.

 

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FYI September 10, 2016

Patrick George: Holy Shit Watch This Car Dangle From A Parking Garage Live
David Darrow – comment: How is this still going on??? Seriously give a redneck a case of Busch Light, a 100′ of cable and a come-along and it will be done in 20 minutes.

 

Daniel Terdiman Now Celebs, Athletes, And Companies Can Interact With Their Followers On Facebook Live
That’s changing today, with the launch by BlueJeans Networks’ Primetime service for Facebook Live. Already a tool used by prominent companies like Facebook, The Players’ Tribune, the Sundance Film Festival, TED, as well as celebrities, athletes, and political figures such as Sheryl Sandberg, Drew Brees, David Ortiz, Chelsea Clinton, and others to broadcast things like internal town halls or all-hands meetings, Primetime now works on Facebook Live. That means the live streams can be seen, and interacted with, by anyone on Facebook.

 

Justin T. Westbrook: I Still Have No Idea What Clarkson, Hammond, And May’s DriveTribe Website Will Be