It's a beautiful day in the neighborhood...

Santa Monica's Arlington West

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Santa Monica's Arlington West on Sunday April 9, 200. A peace group sets up crosses to represent U.S. soldiers killed in Iraq each weekend just north of the pier.
Posted on Sunday, April 9, 2006 at 05:17PM by Registered CommenterFabian Lewkowicz in | CommentsPost a Comment | EmailEmail | PrintPrint

No guts, no glory

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Sujiatun death camps?: James Chan, 35, acting as a surgeon, pretends to remove the liver of Frank Yang, 36, as Rose Hsiao, 50, assists in the mock operation. The 'operation' was part of a protest by a local Falun Gong  group (an ancient form of qigong, the practice of refining the body and mind through special exercises and meditation) in the Palisades Park on Sunday April 9, 2006. The Falun Gong group alleges   that  China has a secret concentration camps were thousands of innocent people have their organs harvested to be sold for profit.
Posted on Sunday, April 9, 2006 at 01:16PM by Registered CommenterFabian Lewkowicz in , | Comments2 Comments | EmailEmail | PrintPrint

Frescobol

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Persio Amilhoa, 40, and Gil Bartal, 32, rally the ball back and forth as they play a game of 'Frescobol' on Saturday, April 8, 2006 on Santa Monica Beach. Frescobol first began in Brazil on the beaches of Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro just after the Second World War.  Mr. Lian Pontes de Carvalho was the inventor.
Posted on Saturday, April 8, 2006 at 09:41PM by Registered CommenterFabian Lewkowicz in , | CommentsPost a Comment | EmailEmail | PrintPrint

Follow the Leader

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Rene Byington, 14, a circus performer from  the Great All-American Youth Circus that is headquartered at the YMCA of Redlands, teaches Pilar Bermudes, 11, a few moves on the balance beam  at Muscle Beach in Santa Monica on Saturday, April 8, 2006.

Posted on Saturday, April 8, 2006 at 08:55PM by Registered CommenterFabian Lewkowicz in | CommentsPost a Comment | EmailEmail | PrintPrint

Like mother, like son

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Karen Patterson juggles six pins back am forth with her 16 year old son Mike Byington on Sataurday, April 8, 2006 at Muscle Beach in Santa Monica. Byington in a member of the Great All-American Youth Circus (a community circus) that is headquartered at the YMCA of Redlands.
Posted on Saturday, April 8, 2006 at 08:08PM by Registered CommenterFabian Lewkowicz in | CommentsPost a Comment | EmailEmail | PrintPrint

Jungle gym

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Beach goers hang out at Muscle Beach in Santa Monica on Saturday, April 8. 2006.
Posted on Saturday, April 8, 2006 at 08:01PM by Registered CommenterFabian Lewkowicz in | CommentsPost a Comment | EmailEmail | PrintPrint

Seis Cuerdas

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Brothers Ezequiel, 32, (left) and Martin Etcheverry, 37,  a Flamenco Duo from Buenos Aires, Argentina perform 'Rumba Mediterranea' on the Third Street Promenade in Santa Monica on Saturday, April 8, 2006.
Posted on Saturday, April 8, 2006 at 06:17PM by Registered CommenterFabian Lewkowicz in , , | Comments1 Comment | EmailEmail | PrintPrint

Beach Tennis Tournament

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Beach Tennis USA 2006 National tour kicked of in Santa Monica on Saturday, April 8, 2006. Beach Tennis is a new sport, a combination of tennis, beach volleyball and badminton.
Posted on Friday, April 7, 2006 at 10:32PM by Registered CommenterFabian Lewkowicz in , | CommentsPost a Comment | EmailEmail | PrintPrint