"AVATAR" took my breath away !!!
ZOE SALDANA AS THE NA'VI "NEYTIRI" IN JAMES CAMERON'S "AVATAR" (2009)
DIRECTOR JAMES CAMERON IN REHEARSAL WITH "AVATAR" CAST MEMBERS
SAM WORTHINGTON AS "JAKE SULLY"
GIOVANNI RIBISI AS "PARKER SELFRIDGE" AND SIGOURNEY WEAVER AS "DR. GRACE AUGUSTINE"
"JAKE SULLY" AND "COLONEL QUARITCH" STUDY THE NA'VI'S SECRET BASE
STEPHEN LANG AS "COLONEL MILES QUARITCH"
"JAKE SULLY" AWAKES IN HIS TEN-FOOT-TALL "NA'VI" AVATAR
"NEYTIRI" AND "JAKE" AMONGST THE "NA'VI" PEOPLE
DIRECTOR JAMES CAMERON, IN THE EDITING ROOM AT I.L.M.
THE FORESTS OF PANDORA
"COLONEL QUARITCH" NAVIGATES THROUGH THE ARMADA
SAM WORTHINGTON, SIGOURNEY WEAVER, MICHELLE RODRIGUEZ AS "TRUDY CHACON" AND JOEL DAVID MOORE AS "DR. NORM SPELLMAN"
SIGOURNEY WEAVER, IN HER AVATAR, ASKS THE "NAVI" TO LET HER SPEAK
"JAKE SULLY" BECOMES A FULL-FLEDGED "NAVI" WARRIOR
"NEYTIRI" IS ABOUT TO TEACH "JAKE" HOW TO FLY
"JAKE" ATTEMPTS TO MOUNT A WINGED REPTILE
"COLONEL QUARITCH" PREPARES TO FIGHT
THE "FLOATING MOUNTAINS" OVER PANDORA
James Cameron's new movie...
While some have stayed home...
Others have distinguished themselves.
THE ONLY THING THAT MATTERS TO ME, RIGHT NOW, IS EARTHQUAKE RELIEF FOR THE PEOPLE OF HAITI.... MANY COURAGEOUS PERSONS, FROM ALL OF THE PROFESSIONS AND FROM ALL WALKS OF LIFE, ARE DISTINGUISHING THEMSELVES IN HAITI.... INCLUDING JOURNALISTS !!!
ACTOR/ACTIVIST SEAN PENN, ON THE U.S. MILITARY RELIEF EFFORT IN HAITI :
"It's an extraordinary thing to see an army having an agenda of peace. And they do it with such incredible intentions. ... I would like to tell all my lefty friends out there, these guys are doing an amazing job and they're doing it with the greatest intentions in heart and in conjunction with all of the other organizations..." (Sean Penn on Larry King LIVE, 01/31/10, via satellite from Haiti)
Members of the Los Angeles County Fire Department Search and Rescue Team, shown here clearing away earthquake debris in downtown Port-au-Prince (01/17/10).
The Nimitz-Class Aircraft Carrier, USS Carl Vinson (CVN-70), arriving for the first time, off Haitian coastal waters (01/18/10).
A pair of CH-53E Super Stallions from the Ironhorse of U.S. Marine Heavy Helicopter Sqadron HMH-461, USS Bataan, returning for more food and water supplies... to be flown "in country" to even more remote parts of Haiti's earthquake stricken capital (01/16/10).
A medical response team, composed of both Navy and civilian doctors, aboard the USS Carl Vinson (01/20/10).
The Military Sea Lift Command Hospital Ship, USNS Comfort, arriving off the coast of Haiti (01/20/10).
Tech. Sgt. Dennis J. Henry Jr., Joint Task Force Haiti, tending to an earthquake survivor, aboard the USNS Comfort (01/21/10).
CNN correspondent, Anderson Cooper, carries an injured boy to safety, amidst rioting and looting on the streets of Port-au-Prince, Haiti (01/18/10).
ANDERSON COOPER, RELATING EVENTS FOR THE VIEWING AUDIENCE
CNN medical correspondent (and practicing neuro-surgeon), Dr. Sanjay Gupta, at a makeshift field clinic in Port-au-Prince, Haiti.
CNN medical correspondent, Dr. Sanjay Gupta, was the only qualified neuro-surgeon in Haiti by the time the U.S. Navy arrived with disaster relief. The Navy asked for his expertise in the operating room aboard the USS Carl Vinson... and he gave it.
From left : U.S. Navy surgeon, Cmdr. Jerry Berman, Dr. Henri R. Ford (Chief of Surgery, Los Angeles Pediatric Hospital) and Dr. Sanjay Gupta performing neuro-surgery aboard the USS Carl Vinson (CVN-70) on January 18 (2010).
In Port-au-Prince, Haitian native and U.S. Navy Boatswain's Mate, Seaman Dominique Pierre uses his skills as a Creole interpreter for the Navy's disaster relief team (01/19/10).
Sailors from the USS Carl Vinson (CVN-70) leave much-needed bottled water at the airport staging area, for earthquake victims in Port-au-Prince (01/18/10).
In Grand Goave, Haiti, U.S. Navy Boatswain's Mate 3rd Class Isabel Pericon assists in clearing away debris with fellow sailors from the USS Bataan (01/29/10).
Pallets of food, water and supplies sit on the flight line at Port-au-Prince's only operational airport (01/17/10).
It's Become Clear To Me....
THIS IS A TIME FOR HEROES !!!
THE ONLY THING THAT MATTERS TO ME, RIGHT NOW, IS EARTHQUAKE RELIEF FOR THE PEOPLE OF HAITI.... AND, IN THE FACE OF SEEMINGLY INSURMOUNTABLE ODDS, THE UNITED STATES MILITARY AND CIVILIAN RESPONSE HAS BEEN PHENOMENAL !!!
EVACUATION AND RESCUES :
• As of Jan. 17, a total of 1,760 American citizens have been airlifted out of Haiti.
• USAID/DART reported that a U.S. Urban Search and Rescue (USAR) team had rescued an additional three individuals at the Caribbean Market.
• As of Jan. 17, U.S. USAR teams have rescued 26 individuals.
• There are currently six U.S. USAR teams operating in Haiti along with 21 international USAR teams from around the world. US teams are based out of Fairfax VA, Los Angeles CA, Miami FL (two teams), New York NY and Virginia Beach VA.
• Each USAR team includes approximately 70 team members.
FOOD AND WATER :
• U.S. military aircraft have airlifted 130,000 humanitarian daily rations and more than 70,000 bottles of water to Port-au-Prince.
• Three water purification units are operational and can supply 180,000 liters per day.
• USS Carl Vinson continues to provide potable water production.
• U.S. military aircraft will continue to support the delivery of an additional 600,000 daily rations over the next several days.
• Six additional water purification units are scheduled to arrive in the coming days from USAID stockpiles in Dubai. Each unit provides 1000,000 liters of safe drinking water serving 10,000 people per day.
• 12,000 water containers have arrived from Miami.
• Yesterday, the U.N. World Food Program distributed high-energy biscuits to a total of 50,000 people.
• The World Food Program Port-au-Prince metropolitan areas schools feeding program is now serving hot meals to 50,000 affected people.
U.S. AIR FORCE CAPTAINS JEFF SMITH AND ANDY MARSHALL, LANDING A C-17 AT PORT-AU-PRINCE, HAITI.
WHERE ROADS ARE FEW OR NON-EXISTENT, THE 82nd AIRBORNE DIVISION IS BRINGING FOOD AND WATER FROM THE USS CARL VINSON (CVN-70).
ASSESSING THE THRONGS OF THIRSTY SURVIVORS, CIRCLING FOR A LANDING.
THESE "WATER DROPS" ARE MADE HASTILY BECAUSE JET FUEL IS PRECIOUS
FAIRFAX COUNTY URBAN SEARCH AND RESCUE TEAM, AT WORK IN THE RUINS OF THE MONTANA HOTEL IN PORT-AU-PRINCE.
TEN YEAR OLD JUDITH BERTRAND, RECEIVING MEDICAL CARE FROM A NURSE WITH THE DOMINICAN RED CROSS
U.S. NAVAL AIR CREWMAN 2nd CLASS JASON HAROLD RECEIVES AN INJURED HAITIAN CHILD FOR TRANSPORT TO THE USS CARL VINSON (CVN-70).
JEAN ZACHARIE, WITH THE HAITIAN RED CROSS SOCIETY, CARRIES DEBORAH FATIMA TO A WAITING AMBULANCE.
MEMBERS OF "NEW YORK CITY TASK FORCE ONE", BRINGING THEIR 9/11 DISASTER EXPERTISE WITH THEM, ABOARD A HAITI-BOUND C-17 "GLOBEMASTER".
THE SALVATION ARMY, LONG ESTABLISHED IN HAITI, ARRIVES WITH PARAMEDICS, AMBULANCES AND DISASTER RELIEF COORDINATORS.
THE SALVATION ARMY EMPLOYS PILOTS FOR THE RELIEF EFFORT, AS WELL.
SURVIVORS STILL GAZE IN AMAZEMENT AT THE DESTRUCTION.
U.S. NATIONALS, SHOWN HERE WAITING TO BOARD A C-17 "GLOBEMASTER", BOUND FOR THE U.S.A.
U.S. CITIZENS, EVACUATING HAITI, ARE GIVEN EARPLUGS BEFORE BOARDING A C-17 "GLOBEMASTER" FOR THEIR FLIGHT OUT.
VACATIONING AMERICAN SAMANTHA ESKVOWITZ, SHOWN HERE WITH SURVIVOR BEATRICE ABBOTT, VOLUNTEERED HER SKILLS AS A NURSE, IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING THE JANUARY 12th EARTHQUAKE.
ELEMENTS OF THE 22nd MARINE EXPEDITIONARY UNIT, SHOWN HERE BOARDING THE USS BATAAN, BOUND FOR HAITI.
LOS ANGELES COUNTY URBAN SEARCH AND RESCUE, MOBILIZING FOR THE HAITI EARTHQUAKE RELIEF EFFORT.
U.S. SECRETARY OF STATE HILLARY CLINTON, ON THE GROUND IN HAITI, USES THE MEDIA TO PLEAD THE CASE FOR HAITIAN EARTHQUAKE RELIEF EFFORTS.
SO MUCH MORE NEEDS TO BE DONE....
BUT SOMETHING TELLS ME THE NAVY WON'T LET US DOWN.
