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| live rock fest after race. |
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| j.s.k. joined me at the five-mile point as a bandit runner. he was a former baseball player at columbia. |
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| toward the end of the race, j. k. was spotted by race officials and forcefully pulled off the course. he's a decent guy, though. he didn't deserve to be treated like a criminal. |
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| l.a. live. |
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| monday night crew (left): kenn s., chef nick |
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| "there're three things you can do: don't take action, take the wrong action, take action in the right direction." "taking action in the right direction enables a person to speak blessing into another's life." |
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| "there's not one single thing you've done that [a power greater than you] won't forgive." |
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| [cheers, raucous shouting from audience] it seems they were riled up by the guest preacher's message. |
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| in its day, 1893, on these grounds, there was a bowling alley, four hotels, miniature golf, billiards, and a one million candle power searchlight. like the disneyland of its time. |
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| electric incline railway. brainchild of thaddeus lowe. las flores canyon in background. |
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| san gabriel mountains. |
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| by 1936, when the railway burned down, it would serve nearly four million passengers. |
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| separate electric trolley would give passengers spectacular views of southern california. also, there was a dance hall. |
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| concrete. |
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| altadena. |
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| other things people could do: a petting zoo, tennis courts, and horseback riding. |
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| pasadena. a lot of greenery. |
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| man painting obama '12 sign (washington blvd., la brea ave.) |
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| the finished product looked pretty good. it had an american flag on it. i think the guy is a professional. |
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| update: a few days after taking these photos, the project was painted over with the same turquoise color as the background. i guess the man didn't have permission to paint there. |
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| culver city. westwood in the distance. |
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| mid-wilshire to the home of blake griffin (downtown). |
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| century city skyline. |
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| milk snail. |
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| broken shell. |
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| district nine: alien has returned. |
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| might be some kind of hybrid ant-grasshopper. |
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| six legged. |
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| dark clouds approaching. ballona creek bike path. |
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| bridge near culver city library. it's been around since early 1900s. |
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| river bed leads to dockweiler beach. |
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| in my backyard, a spider with abdomen the size of a meatball. |
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| lying in wait for flies to catch in web. |
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| in its element. |
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| black-and-white-striped spider lies in wait. |
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| according to my research, spiders eat as often as they can find food. |
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| meatball spider seemed to sense my presence and made a run for it even though i was trying to be stealth. |
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| [side shot]. the spider spun an intricate web. they must be intelligent creatures to have the ability to do that. |
