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After walking and viewing the Moeraki Boulders, we headed on towards Dunedin, stopping off at Shag Point, which is only another 11kms down the road. This point has lookouts and good views of the Ocean and we saw many Seals that were basking on the rocks
The Yellow eyed penguin and NZ fur seal is found here, we only saw the fur Seals, as dawn and dusk is when penguins are most likely to be seen, none were around in the middle of the day.
The viewing area is only meters from the car park, so its easy for people with walking difficulties.
Shag Point's most recent history is it was the first place in New Zealand where coal was used for commercial purposes. Mine shafts ran kilometres out under the seabed until mining ceased in 1974.
And yes, SHAG'S are seen here too!
- Hiking and Walking
Waimate is located approx halfway between Timaru and Oamaru. You can turn off route 1 onto route 82 that takes you to Waimate, then come back onto route 1 again, it is not far.....Look for the signpost near Willowbridge. It can be an alternative route between the two Towns.
Paterson's Cottage........This cob cottage is believed to have been built about 1880 from Penticotico clay and tussock. James Paterson and his family lived here, hence the name 'paterson's cottage.' After his departure in 1893 casual workers continued to camp here. Since then, the building has been restored, there is a sign out the front telling you all the details of the building.
Stop and have a look!
State Highway 82, Hakataramea.
- Historical Travel
The White Horse is something that caught our eye when visiting here, it is very hard to miss!
This big White Horse was made from 1,220 concrete slabs with the head being over 2 1/2 tonne and is on the side of Hunter's hill. It was put there in commemoration of the work done by the Clydesdales in developing Waimate district.
Waimate is best seen from the White Horse Lookout.
The monument can be reached on foot via a steep two and a half hour Waimate Walkway, or by car on a seven km unpaved road. (Take a left on Mill Rd. from Queen St. and follow signs to Parkers Rd. and Centrewood Park.)
- Hiking and Walking
St. Augustine's Church @ Waimate
St Augustine's Church [1872] we came across on our tour around the town of Waimate.
What a lovely church it was!
It is painted wood, I have read built from Matai & Totara trees that came from the Waimate forest.
St Augustine's lantern tower is different! The Bell tower, built in 1903, has a square spire and ornate gables over louvered windows of the belfry. Head inside to see the lovely stained glass windows, some which were designed and manufactured in England.
Location....John Street, Waimate
- Religious Travel
As we are from Australia, we were very surprised to hear about the population of Bennett's / Red Necked wallabies living around Waimate.
They were introduced from Australia and now live in the in the countryside surrounding the town with some being farmed. Their introduction to New Zealand came about in 1870, when a Captain Thomson brought several wallabies from Tasmania to Christchurch. Two females and one male from this stock were later brought to Te Waimate the property of Waimate's first European settler Michael Studholme. Since 1874 numbers have increased dramatically, obviously, they must like living here! Their numbers are so large they are now considered as pests.
Unfortunately wallabies have also developed a taste for swede that is grown in the area, this makes them enemies of the Farmer.
At Animal parks in Waimate you can view, learn & feed tame Bennett wallabies, and you can also see them in Victoria Park in the animal enclosure.
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Oamaru to Dunedin by road
If you are travelling to Dunedin by road, instead of taking the main highway, Take the scenic coast road to KAKANUI, and rejoin the main road at Waianakarua river.
Just outside of Oamaru are market gardens and beautiful seaside views. Further on, take the side road to the MOERAKI BOULDERS, stop and have a look here. Next stop, is SHAG POINT, there a quite a few Seals that you can see close up. KARITANE, originally a Kai Tahu settlement dating back to ancient times. A whaling station was established in 1837. There is a lookout on the hill overlooking the pretty bay. Finally, DUNEDIN.
A good scenic drive recommended by the Tourist Info centre for us to do, and well worth it.
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Moeraki Boulders
The Moeraki Boulders, geological curiosities each weighing several tonnes, and measuring up to 4 metres in circumference, lie on Hampden Beach much as if a giant, weary of his play, has walked away from a game of bowls - so much so that the early whalers named them The Ninepins and the location, Vulcan's Foundry. The spherical, grey, septarian boulders were formed on the sea floor about 60 million years ago by the gradual accumulation of lime salts around a small centre. Their shape is thus caused by chemistry and not by wave action. The cracks in the boulders, or concretions as they are more correctly called, are typical of this type of growth and are filled with crystals of calcite. The boulders appear from the bank behind the beach as the softer mudstone in which they rest is weathered away by the sea. Formerly plentiful, many of the concretions have been removed. Those left are generally too heavy to have been taken away. Though not unique, such concretions are rare, and the area is now protected as a scientific reserve.
Moeraki Boulders
The famous Moeraki Boulders lie scattered along a beach 40km south of Oamaru. They are embedded in the beach and mostly covered at high tide, the almost perfectly spherical Moeraki Boulders are known to Maori as Te Kaihinaki ("food baskets").
According to Maori legend, the boulders are gourds washed ashore from the wreck of a great voyaging canoe Araiteuru, whose occupants were seeking pounamu (greenstone), when it was wrecked upon landfall in New Zealand some 1000 years ago. Despite their appearance, the boulders were not washed up from the sea, but rather lay deep in the mudstone cliffs behind the beach until the sea eroded the cliffs and out fell the smooth boulders.
Scientists explain the boulders as septarian concretions formed about 65 million years ago. Crystallization of calcium and carbonates around charged particles in muddy undersea sediments gradually formed the boulders. The process took as long as 4 million years. The soft mudstone containing the boulders was raised from the seabed around 15 million years ago, and the sea is gradually washing away the mudstone to expose the erosion-resistant boulders.
The viewing platform, just a few minutes walk through regenerating native forest, offers good views of the boulders. If you're lucky, Hector's dolphins will be playing in the waves.
Please see Travelogue for more photos....
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You can visit many old fashion style cafe, candy shop or even a radio boardcasting station.
This is an old style radio boardcasting station located near the main street and the train station. They feature many antique radios and recorders, etc.
They played a song for us during my honeymoon while I was there!
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Anthony, Rosa & More To Perform/Present At Latin Grammy Awards 11/11
Nominees Marc Anthony, Aida Cuevas, Jenni Rivera, Gilberto Santa Rosa, Aleks Syntek, and Johnny Ventura are the latest performers announced for the 11th Annual Latin GRAMMY® Awards (www.latingrammy.com) telecast, it was announced today by The Latin Recording Academy®. Additionally, nominee Prince Royce will join together with R&B legend Ben E. King for a very special never-before-seen performance. Confirmed to present awards are current Latin GRAMMY nominees Pepe Aguilar, Jorge Drexler, Kany Garcia, and Tito "El Bambino," as well as actresses Camilla Belle and Alexa Vega. The biggest night in Latin music is set for Nov. 11 at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas and will be broadcast live on the Univision Network (www.univision.com) from 8 - 11 p.m. ET/PT (7 p.m. Central). For updates and breaking news, please visit The Latin Recording Academy's social networks on Twitter and Facebook: www.twitter.com/latingrammys, www.facebook.com/latingrammys.
Three-time Latin GRAMMY and two-time GRAMMY® winner Marc Anthony is up for Best Male Pop Vocal Album for Iconos.
Mexican singer Aida Cuevas has a nod in Best Tango Album for De Corazón A Corazón Mariachi Tango.
Bachata singer and newcomer Prince Royce and Latin GRAMMY winner Johnny Ventura each have a nomination in the Best Contemporary Tropical Album category for Prince Royce and Volvió La Navidad, respectively.
Regional Mexican singer Jenni Rivera is up for Best Ranchero Album for La Gran Señora.
Latin GRAMMY and GRAMMY winner Gilberto Santa Rosa is up for Best Salsa Album for Irrepetible.
Singer/Songwriter Aleks Syntek is nominated for Best Male Pop Vocal Album for Métodos De Placer Instantáneo.
Previously announced performers include nominees Camila, Pedro Fernández, Juan Luis Guerra, Enrique Iglesias, Rosario, and Wisin y Yandel. Actor/Comedian Eugenio Derbez and actress/singer Lucero will co-host the Latin music industry's 11th annual premier event.
The 11th Latin GRAMMY Awards will be supported on radio via Univision Radio (the official Spanish-language radio network of the Latin GRAMMY Awards), and highlighted on the Internet at www.latingrammy.com and www.UnivisionMusica.com, including video interviews and photos, an extensive archive of past shows, and dedicated forums for fans to share their excitement leading up to the live broadcast. For access to the latest Latin GRAMMY scoop and photos on-the-go, visit UnivisionMusica.com on any Web-enabled mobile device.
Preceding the Awards show telecast, Univision will present exclusive "Noche De Estrellas" ("Night Of The Stars") coverage of the celebrity arrivals direct from the Latin GRAMMY Awards green carpet starting at 7 p.m. ET/PT (6 p.m. Central). Presented by "Nuestra Belleza Latina" host Giselle Blondet and "¡Mira Quién Baila!" co-host Chiquinquirá Delgado, "Noche De Estrellas" will feature live interviews and commentary on the stars and their fashions, and provide viewers an intimate and up-close look at Latin music's most glamorous gala event.
A limited number of tickets to the 11th Annual Latin GRAMMY Awards are available to the public and may be purchased at the Mandalay Bay Events Center box office (877.632.7400; www.mandalaybay.com) or through Ticketmaster (www.ticketmaster.com).
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Consumer confidence suffered another blow this week as positive ratings of the national economy all but disappeared amid news of more job losses.
The ABC News Consumer Comfort Index stands at -53 on its scale of +100 to -100, 1 point from its record low set two weeks ago. This past month has been the worst stretch ever for the index, averaging -53 over four weeks.
Click here for PDF with charts and data table.
While all three components of the index – the economy, buying climate and personal finances – are terrible, ratings of the economy are rock bottom. Only 4 percent rate it positively and 96 percent negatively, levels that can't get much worse. The other measures are near their worst: Seventy-eight percent say it is a bad time to buy things and 56 percent negatively rate their own finances.
The economy shed nearly 600,000 jobs in January, the 13th month of losses, with an unemployment rate of 7.6 percent, the highest in 16 years. Job creation is the cornerstone to Barack Obama's economic stimulus package. In last night's address to the nation he said, "We've lost now 3.6 million jobs, but what's perhaps even more disturbing is that almost half of that job loss has taken place over the last three months, which means that the problems are accelerating instead of getting better." Consumer confidence since November has averaged -51 and have not been higher than -48.
INDEX – As noted, just 4 percent rate the economy positively, 35 points below the long-term average and 11 points off last year's average – the second lowest annual mark on record. Fewer than one in 10 have rated the economy positively for 14 weeks, an unprecedented slump.
Twenty-two percent rate the buying climate positively, back to where it was in mid-December after edging up recently. It's 16 points from the long-term average and just 4 points off the low set in October and August. Fewer than a third of Americans have said it's a good time to buy things for 65 weeks straight now – only a stretch from 1990-93 was longer at this level.
In the third rating – and traditionally the strongest – 44 percent rate their own finances positively, 13 points off the long-term average and only 3 points off the record low set two week ago. Its 29 weeks below a majority is surpassed by a 40-week run in 1992-93.
TREND – Six weeks into 2009, the index's average for the year so far is -52, 10 points below its 2008 average, -42, and 41 points below its long-term, 23-year average of -11. The CCI is far below its record high, +38 in January 2000, while just 1 point off its worst.
The index's been at or below -50 for four straight weeks – nearing the record of six consecutive weeks set at the end of last year – and is in territory that is fast becoming familiar: Just once from late 1985 through 2007 did the index sink so low, but then did so 10 times last year, and already four times this year. It's been below -40 for 42 consecutive weeks, a record streak (the previous was 37 weeks in 1992).
GROUPS – The CCI is higher as usual among better-off groups, but negative across the board for the 33rd straight week – matching the previous record in 18 years of data, set twice during 1991-92.


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Sidney Crosby and the Pittsburgh Penguins are back at work, eager to put the NHL lockout behind them and focus on making a run at another Stanley Cup. The Penguins practiced for nearly 90 minutes on Sunday, their first workout as a team since a first-round playoff loss to the Philadelphia Flyers last spring. The team was greeted by a rousing ovation at a suburban Pittsburgh hockey facility, with more than 500 fans showing up, a sign there appears to be no hard feelings following a four-month work stoppage. The only player not in camp was forward Evgeni Malkin. The reigning NHL MVP is expected to be on the ice Monday. Malkin spent the lockout playing back home in Russia. The Penguins open the shortened 48-game season on Saturday in Philadelphia.
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Note To Oklahoma Progressives: Now Is NOT The Time To Give UpSubmitted by dochoc on Wed, 11/05/2014 - 13:06
Progressives and liberals here in conservative Oklahoma need to take a day or two to emotionally recover from the conservative landslide in Tuesday's state election and then get right back to pushing for their values in the political scene.
That's my advice after the carnage Tuesday, which included lopsided votes in favor of Republicans for the entire ballot's statewide and Congressional and Senate offices, including the governor's seat. Here's another bit of bad news: Republicans picked up four seats in the state Senate and will now have a 40-8 advantage. Republicans continue to hold a huge majority in the House.
The national election results didn't bring good news either as Republicans took control of the Senate. This will create even more gridlock and standoffs between the White House administration and the national House and Senate. U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe, Oklahoma's infamous global warming denier who is about to turn 80, is even poised to become chair of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee. The planet is definitely in more danger now because of Inhofe's intractable position on climate change, and that's not hyperbole.
The political atmosphere over the next two years on both the state and federal level will definitely be frustrating and ugly for progressives. That's why it's important to keep fighting rather than give up. I believe there is hope for a massive correction on the national level in the 2016 election. It's also possible the Oklahoma electorate will grow tired of the conservative extremism in state government by then but, frankly, a significant shift might be ten or more years away, and even that is uncertain to me.
The reasons for the demise of the Democratic Party in Oklahoma are myriad, some of which are outside its control. The party faces a hostile and blatantly unfair corporate media, which is not above distorting facts or omitting crucial information about political issues. There is the insidious paranoid anti-President Barack Obama hysteria anchored in racism and fueled subtly by many state media outlets. This racism then affects how voters perceive Democrats in general here. There are too many, dare I say arrogant, "leaders" and "activists" and "experts" who think they know the magic solution or want people to adopt their ideas or political approaches solely and not enough people who want to unite around some common causes despite differences in opinions. There are too many supposed progressives who sit scared on the sidelines and won't speak up because of some exaggerated fear of reprisal.
Here's how I view the political reality: There's no one answer or one candidate here that can bring about change. Some of what we're experiencing politically here is beyond our control. It might take a major crisis for change to occur or we might be slowly but surely heading to a statewide abyss. What happens after even more tax cuts here when the Oklahoma oil and gas boom goes bust, which it surely will?
But, today, the main worry for progressives here should be battle fatigue. How do we get back up after getting knocked down over and over again? How do we continue to support candidates when we know they are the better person for the office but also know they will lose by landslide margins and leave us open to mocking and ridicule by our opponents?
The only answer I have to these questions is for progressives to keep fighting. It may well be that you might not even live to see the change you fought for, but you would have lived a life based on reality and inclusive principles that include believing in equality and social justice for everyone. Change is sometimes extremely slow and incremental. Don't give up.
Ryan's LiesSubmitted by dochoc on Tue, 09/04/2012 - 13:25
The question is not so much whether GOP vice presidential candidate Paul Ryan is the incarnation of Nazi propagandist Joseph Goebbels as it is why approximately half the voting electorate in the country doesn't apparently care a prominent politician is telling obvious lie after obvious lie in a crass bid to get elected.
The other question is whether Ryan remains intentionally deceitful because he knows he can get away with it because his supporters and the media don't care or whether he's simply a pathological liar, who can't help himself because of a psychological disorder. Perhaps, it's a combination of both.
Make no mistake. I'm not playing the Nazi card on Ryan, though I do think his nomination acceptance speech was filled with, as one pundit put it, "brazen lies." The Goebbels charge became part of the political stew after the leader of the California Democratic Party, John Burton, compared Ryan to Hitler's minister of propaganda in a newspaper interview. His comments have been widely criticized by Republicans, of course, and even the Obama camp has disavowed the comparison.
But, in the end, doesn't Ryan's speech just become part of the static of politicospeak? Isn't all politicospeak some form of embellishment, hyperbole, rhetoric, distortion, exaggeration, twisted symbolism, faulty metaphors, intentional omissions, etc.? I believe this is what the Republicans hope voters think this year and what the media accepts, with a cynical shrug, as politics as usual. That's just the way it is, right?
As the Democratic National Convention gets underway today, and with polls showing President Barack Obama and presidential candidate Mitt Romney virtually tied in the polls, the issue of Ryan's lies should be at the forefront of the national political debate.
Ryan's lies do matter. There is a distinction between arguing the rhetoric of "Obamacare will bankrupt the country" or "Romney likes to fire people" than specifically and openly telling lies about easily verifiable historical events, which is the case with Ryan. If the voting electorate in this country can't or won't make the distinction, then these are, indeed, dark days.
I won't go through each lie in Ryan's speech last week, which would be a tedious and redundant task. Here's Factcheck.org's take on it. One lie I did find extremely reprehensible was Ryan's claim—delivered in a slow, "can-you-believe-it" diction—that Obama clearly rejected the recommendations of a bipartisan debt reduction commission. In fact, there was never a formal recommendation because Ryan, along with others, who served on the commission, opposed the plan.
So let's be clear: Ryan helped kill a debt-reduction plan that he now falsely claims the president didn't support, and that makes Obama an awful person. Well, if Ryan didn't support the plan either, then doesn't make him just as much of a bad person?
For me, what's most reprehensible about this lie is in its delivery. The handsome Ryan gazed into the camera with his sad blue eyes, slowed his speech considerably, and said, "He created a new bipartisan debt commission. [Pause] They came back with an urgent report. [Pause] He thanks them, sent them on their way, and then did exactly nothing." Only the first line of that is anywhere close to the truth. There never was a formal "urgent report" because certain people on the commission—Ryan was one of them—didn't support the final report. How can this not be considered an obvious lie? Where's the embellishment or exaggeration or ambiguity? It's just a lie.
Another telling lie that surfaced recently is Ryan's whopper than he once ran a marathon in under three hours, an incredible feat of athleticism. He made the claim in a radio interview. Turns out, he has only participated in one marathon in his life, and he didn't even break the four-hour mark, according to the magazine Runner's World.
No one doubts that Ryan isn't in great physical shape so why the obvious lie? He later claimed he simply forgot his time, but any amateur runner who has completed just one marathon and finished it under three hours is probably going to remember it quite clearly. Again, this brings up the issue of pathology. Everyone lies, but some people repeatedly lie when they simply don't have to, and this, in my view, can mean the chronic liar may have a mental disorder.
Ryan's supporters will no doubt take his explanation at face value or just consider the marathon lie as harmless bravado, but I would argue it shows, in the context of his other lies, at the very least a character deficit.
If the Democrats can't get some traction on the issue of Ryan's lies, and other GOP-based lies, at their convention this week, then we should wonder if the new political-communication and media paradigm in this country has come to this: The truth is dead. Or, in a more cynical view, has the truth in a political sense been dead and resurrected in cycles throughout history and we're now in the "dead" zone?
The Goebbels reference might not be helpful, but how the Democrats respond to blatant GOP lying this political season is perhaps more important than whether Obama wins a second term. I know some Democrats won't like that idea, but I believe—I WANT to believe—there are millions of voters who still seek truth above party affiliation or the achievements of one leader. Play the convention to that crowd, ditch the politicospeech, which will obviously lead to counter-charges of lying, and let's see what happens.
In Defense of ObamaSubmitted by dochoc on Thu, 01/05/2012 - 12:54
Glenn Greenwald, writing in Salon.com, has published a thorough piece about the vapid and nauseating political season we're now enduring as reported by an establishment media system that has immeasurably lowered public discourse in recent decades.
The breathless, horserace type of media reporting we now endure is more focused on Newt Gingrich's tears for his mother or Mitt Romney's dog than the reality of our eroding civil liberties or the increasing wealth disparity between the rich and everyone else, whether under the government control of Republicans or Democrats.
I'll try not to quote Greenwald too much because everyone should read the piece, but here's the opener:
As I've written about before, America's election season degrades mainstream political discourse even beyond its usual lowly state. The worst attributes of our political culture — obsession with trivialities, the dominance of horserace "reporting," and mindless partisan loyalties — become more pronounced than ever. Meanwhile, the actually consequential acts of the U.S. Government and the permanent power factions that control it — covert endless wars, consolidation of unchecked power, the rapid growth of the Surveillance State and the secrecy regime, massive inequalities in the legal system, continuous transfers of wealth from the disappearing middle class to large corporate conglomerates — drone on with even less attention paid than usual.
The density of Greenwald's writing and his relentless presentation of evidence, examples and ironclad logic make him one of the premier progressive writers in the world right now.
Greenwald frames his argument by discussing the candidacy of Ron Paul. He doesn't endorse Paul, but he argues the candidate is arguing for a progressive approach to both foreign policy and civil liberties unlike President Barack Obama or, of course, the other Republican candidates for president. Thus, the establishment media, Greenwald argues, doesn't know how to cover him. Greenwald writes:
Whatever else one wants to say, it is indisputably true that Ron Paul is the only political figure with any sort of a national platform — certainly the only major presidential candidate in either party — who advocates policy views on issues that liberals and progressives have long flamboyantly claimed are both compelling and crucial. The converse is equally true: the candidate supported by liberals and progressives and for whom most will vote — Barack Obama — advocates views on these issues (indeed, has taken action on these issues) that liberals and progressives have long claimed to find repellent, even evil.
Greenwald concedes that Paul has baggage, most notably older newsletters in his name that contained derogatory comments about African Americans and the gay community but essentially argues that doesn't just cancel out some of Paul's other better ideas.
As Greenwald has long argued, those Democrats and progressives who "flamboyantly" criticized former President George W. Bush for his foreign and civil liberties' policies are hypocrites when they fail to criticize President Barack Obama for continuing and even extending the concept of The Imperial President, who can essentially unilaterally declare war or jail American citizens indefinitely if they're deemed suspected terrorists.
I agree with Greenwald, and although I have criticized Obama for his dismal record on civil liberties, it doesn't compare to how many words, here and elsewhere, I wrote criticizing Bush on these issues during the years of his presidency. Unfortunately, like many people, I find myself drifting once again into the "lesser-of-the-two evils" political trap that is both reductionist and dangerous in the long-term. I understand this. I also understand political fatigue.
Let me be clear. Obama recently signed the 2012 National Defense Authorization Act, or NDAA, that allows the federal government to hold an American citizen indefinitely, without trial, if the person is deemed a terrorist. The NDAA also continues the current guidelines about transfers of Guantanamo prisoners. This is wrong and deplorable.
Obama said he had "serious reservations" about the bill, but he signed it anyway. It's obvious he signed the bill for political reasons, willing to risk trading away basic human rights of United States citizens for his own reelection chances because he doesn't want to seem soft on terrorism. It's politics at its most despicable level, but it doesn't mean Paul should be president.
I warned long ago that Bush's policies were unlikely to be overturned by future presidents, Democratic or Republican. Who wants to give up power? What politician wants to give up policies that can be turned into intense campaign tools? Perpetual war and all its attendant scare tactics favor incumbents.
Having said all this, I won't vote for Ron Paul if he were to eventually run on a third ticket, or any ticket for that matter, because of his past racist record and his other proposals about draconian cuts in government. I WILL vote for Obama, who is a deeply flawed candidate but someone I believe—or at least hope at this point—can be moved to a more forceful progressive view by growing protests in this country over wealth disparity, civil liberties and other issues. In a second term, without an upcoming election hanging over his head, Obama should feel freer to adopt more progressive policies.
I don't come to this position as some mindless party partisan, as Greenwald might suggest, but through a process of logic and choice. I can check out of the mainstream system or not. I can join a third party or disavow electoral politics altogether. I choose, for now at least, to engage the current political process as broken as it is, as disgusting as it seems right now to me and others, including Greenwald.
So below this paragraph are some responses to Greenwald's piece. These are not necessarily counter arguments but ideas to consider along with Greenwald's claims. I hope it gives at least some reason for myself and others to keep on fighting for now within the system, though I can still envision a time when sustained street protest or revolution might be the only recourse for change.
- Time. Intentionally or not, Greenwald's piece doesn't deal with the issue of the length of time it can take in this country for significant political change. This is often the case with Greenwald's writing in Salon.com. The modern-day conservative movement, which we can date back to the Ronald Reagan presidency, is approximately 30 years old. By contrast, a somewhat coherent, postmodern progressive movement—note the word "postmodern" here—didn't really begin until the controversial election of Bush in 2000. New technologies have allowed progressive ideas and rhetorical counters to conservative dogma and right-wing media to flourish, but make no mistake that this is a long process. It could take another 20 years for more progressive ideas or a more progressive sensibility to take root more broadly in the electorate.
- In praise of Obama. As disappointed as many progressives have been in the Obama presidency so far, and I'm one of them, he has accomplished what no Republican president would have accomplished during the years he has been president. He pushed through the Affordable Care Act, which didn't include a public option but can be viewed as a first step to universal coverage if the GOP doesn't repeal it or if the U.S. Supreme Court deems it unconstitutional. He saved the country from another Great Depression and passed a stimulus program, even if it should have been larger. He removed combat troops from the mistaken and costly military occupation of Iraq, a huge step in ending the neocon's push for perpetual war. I agree we should end the occupation of Afghanistan as well, and I believe that could happen in Obama's next term. I believe Obama won't try to compromise as much with recalcitrant Republicans in a second term. I also expect him to run a campaign that reflects the concerns of the Occupy Wall Street movement about the growing wealth disparity between the rich and everyone else. These arguments are either missing or glossed over with general qualifications in Greenwald's piece.
- Do we give up? Many of Greenwald's pieces sometimes leave me, momentarily, politically paralyzed. What does Greenwald suggest? In this piece and others, it's sometimes extremely unclear. Greenwald is certainly not endorsing Paul in his piece. That's obvious. Does he think we should check out of what for better or worse we have to call mainstream politics? Should we join a third party? Should progressives condemn Obama, leave electoral politics and allow Republicans back in control with the hope the carnage they wreck will convince voters that true progressives need to be empowered?
Obviously, the number of readers who will read my longer post all the way through is relatively small, and I'm sure Greenwald could care less. But maybe Greenwald risks becoming part of what he's always criticizing, especially when he offers no answers to our broken political system. Political change isn't going to happen just because Greenwald appears on reductionist cable television programs and argues the "right" progressive view with a conservative shill or because he entertains the progressive intelligentsia with his dense and powerful writing. It has to happen on the streets, and that's a disordered process that may or may not result in immediate gains or any success at all. Meanwhile, I also believe Obama can STILL be a conduit for major change or, at worse, yes, the lesser of two evils. The streets. Obama. One doesn't exclude the other.


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The ranch on which I hang my hat, though short on most the frills,
Is thirteen sections, give or take, of rugged trails an' hills.
We call it 'home', our little world, our very own frontier,
Amongst the cattle, sheep an' goats; the varmints, hogs an' deer.
Today I watched the breakin' dawn an' whiffed the mornin' air,
A time I often set aside for things like thought an' prayer.
A Mockin'bird an' Mornin' Dove, an' other birds at play,
Were there to sing an' set the mood to start another day.
This mornin' saw the strangest thing, like time itself had merged,
An' all the souls who once were here, appeared an' then converged.
In swirlin' clouds of mist an' fog, right off the bluffs they rolled,
Till all had gathered in the glen, the modern an' the old.
The Indians, conquistadors, an' other ancient men,
The soldiers from this country's wars, an' cowboys from back when…
They all had come from yesterday to help me understand
Our link with those who came before, to heritage an' land.
A crazy notion, so I thought, that they could just appear,
But as the morning went along the reason got real clear.
They rode along with me that day to show me things I've missed,
The things I've seen a thousand times an' some I'd just dismissed.
Those wagon roads of long ago, still evident today,
Are carved in rock an' rutted earth, not apt to wash away.
They linked the missions, forts an' towns those many years gone by;
An' left their mark for all to see, as modern times grew nigh.
The artifacts an' weathered ruins attest to yesterdays,
When others came an' lived their lives in very different ways.
We've seen their skill in arrowheads they honed from fired stone,
An' craftsmanship in beads an' tools they fashioned out of bone.
At ever turn and trail we took was something to remind,
The Maker must have had a plan laid out for humankind.
The Earth He made's been feedin' us a half-a-million years,
An' used it's wonder, force an' change to challenge pioneers.
I do not know if they'll return or if they'll feel the need,
But I'm prepared to ride the trail, where ever it may lead.
We all are spirits ridin' time with bodies of the Earth,
Whose time has come to take the reins an' offer up our worth.
The land has been the legacy we cultivate an' reap,
The life has been the heritage our father's fought to keep,
An' we are bound throughout our time with those who came before,
To put our hearts and souls to it, and make it something more.
This beautiful journey begins
From a courtship routine
The male perch themselves on leaves
And create a glorious scene
Waiting for a female
Just to fly on by
Now he has his chance
But, she'll be the one to decide
The male needs to find out
Whether she's been fertilised
If she's already pregnant
He's soon going to realise
She'll release a powerful chemical
Which is called 'pheromone '
That tells him she's unavailable
So he might have to fly and roam
Soon after they have mated
She looks for a place to lay
Laying her tiny eggs
Mostly oval in shape
She can lay two hundred or more
Just in a single day
But she needs to find a milkweed
On this beautiful sun spring day
The tiny little caterpillars
Start to grow inside
Eggs no bigger that a pin heads
And thats no word of a lie
They feed on the milkweed
And the enzymes in the egg
Until these little caterpillars
Start growing up real big
Now when they hatch
From their eggs
They will eat and eat and eat
Eating up everything
Of those milkweed leaves
They will start expanding
Getting bigger and bigger
Shedding their skin several times
Now that is really clever
Then they just stop eating
And know their time has come
For their stunning transformation
Four stages have begun
They're find a special twig or leaf
And hang them-selves upside down
Then spin a silky cocoon
Where they won't be found
It's called metamorphosis
Turned into a shiny chrysalis
Inside the caterpillars' changing
Into a beautiful butterfly
It dissolves itself into a soup
That's truly organised
Inside a process is taking place
It's forming disc's, a body, a face
This wonder of nature you can see
When they emerge victoriously
This transition takes some time
For the birth of an exquisite butterfly
One of nature's beautiful scenes
Celebrating new birth in spring
The reproduction of a butterfly
A remarkable cycle, that does not die
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poetry is a tale told
like a spinning top
musing its point
Some people are voices
On the edge of rocks
With steep slopes and cliffs.
Some people are echoes
At the bottom of walls
Carved by rushing waters.
The flower opens its chalice
Of tender petals to the sun
Pleasant object of the bee's fun
Making sweet honey in this bliss
Each to know what life brings, a gift.
The lily fears not the outcome
When the time comes to open
And offer the world its essence
It only knows it to be a good one
Pleased even when it is plucked out.
The rose will not open until
It is encircled in sunshine warmth
It dances in the light, a force
Felt to its core, trusting its will
To be a delight, its reason to live.
By CarolineCécile
Copyright 05.13.11
In the wet sand
Footprints of gulls, and man
Disappear in the tidal dance
Of waves.
In the red dust
Feet of man, and horses
Up in canyons, leave no trace of
The brave.
In the garden
Of such delightful scents
In spring and summer by winter
Of human life
Throughout world's history
However, are reported upon its
Of wins and woes
Like hand prints upon walls
Can't be erased, for their foothold
by Wordancer
All the species of this world, whether mammal, fish or bird
Are provided with their food, whatever their taste
Each created for the other,
When the offspring leaves the mother
There is all the food that's needed without waste.
The ants will feed the lizard, and in turn, it feeds the Hawk
The flies they feed the spiders, then the frogs.
The amphibian feeds the snake
Which the Kookaburras take
And in time, they all feed ants inside the logs.
The logs fall from mighty trees that house and feed the tiny bees
that fertilize the plants we use as foods.
With rain and sun the crops will flourish
And when harvested, they can nourish
All the peoples in the world, if we so choose
Foods for all the nations are here in God's Creations,
Glorious is the spirit that's big enough to care.
Food goes where it's needed
If our sight is not impeded
Or we keep it for ourselves when there's enough for all to share.
In this world of ours we're brothers, sisters, fathers, mothers,
We're all related by living on this earth.
Whatever we do tomorrow
Can bring happiness or sorrow
Today is when we work out what it's worth.
< Cascading lakes and streams
The loon stands out it seems
Minnesota's state bird
I know it must sound absurd
Adopted in nineteen sixty one
Wails and yodels heard under the sun
Black and white bearing red eyes
Wingspans five feet can make one cry
Body lengths up to three feet
Yet clumsy on lands and moss peat
They are high speed flyers
And great underwater divers
They can dive up to ninety feet
In pursuit of fish they want to eat
They are even on our license plates
An critical habitat drawn on metal slates
Twelve thousand of these unique birds
God that has to be a lot of turds
But for now I'll enjoy it's captured views
Of this beautiful loon and it's most colorful hues
Written By Katherine Stella
Entry For Mini - Blog Beautiful Bird Contest
By Constance ~ A Rambling Poet
Springs around the corner
what wondrous things we'll see,
bulbs popping up above the ground
giving joy to you and me,
time to tidy up our plot, lots of digging too,
weeds to pull, beds to hoe
lots of things will have to go.
You have to be a little brave
if that rose you want to save,
but you will learn that over time
you've got to be cruel, just to be kind,
The flower beds need a tidy
take all that dead stuff off the top,
veg plots being well dug over
hoping for a bumper crop.
Seeds to sow, hope they'll grow !
then the lawn will need a mow.
And when all the hard work is done
you can sit back and be pleased,
wind , rain and sun you have grown all you need.
Metaphysical Moment (The Haiku)
Understanding A
Metaphysical Moment …
… Nature's Mysteries
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Inner sanctuary
envision harmony and mental clarity
focus on a journey of possibility
Meditate on transformation and
awareness of inner state
peace and healing
Constructive thought
instruct your mind
to redirect the lost and struggling inner voice
Where you can't see the wood for the trees
under your nose is the path of freedom
Put aside perceived struggles
revitalize, relax, respond
to body, mind, heart and spirit
Intuition, introspection and spiritual renewal
bring about personal healing and
conscious awakening
Stillness of mind – concentration
Thoughts of the subconcious and subliminal
beyond all negativity
away from all interuption
To allow time for self communication and
expression of inner self
Senses – awareness of scent, sight, sound, taste and touch
Healing hands of the medical profession or alternative therapy
ambiance, temperature, oils, music, sounds and
sights of nature or universe
realisation comes in various form and shape
causing us to feel life in fullest expression
Connecting – whispers of wind
radiating everpresent warmth of sun
a blanket of love and light comforts consoles over and through the cosmos
rippling infinately through infinity outwards, onwards
connecting right back into where we are at right now
unmoved unchanged and as we were
Wise – responsible courageous allowed to let go of need to be judgemental or
be judged
let go of controlling enable trust wisdom and humility
intelligence of knowing others
wisdom of knowing self
strength in mastering others
power to master oneself
Energy -breath, force, spirit, soul, God, universe –
whatever – doesn't matter how you refer to it on personal level
energy, balance, light, sound, vibration, peace
centered self – stillness – silent – eternal –
to have enough is a richness in itself
accept appreciate and acknowledge oneself
People are commonly different
Symbol of diversity piece
Pure race doesn't exists
Color and creed are just an identity
Believe only in human history
God sculptured them from clay
People are equally created
Having many opposites
But respecting others taste
When everyone is treated equal
Nothing appears but peace in hand
Discrimination, disunity and, suffering won't be born anymore
Written to advocate to suppress racism
Bandar Sandakan, Sabah, Malaysia
10:30-11:00 am, November 13. 07, Tuesday
there once was a flying monkey who didn't know what to eat. so he ate the old scraggly poop hanging from his butthole. His friends thought he was weird but i didnt. i do that all the time. it tastes good.
Love the oldest,
Love the youngest,
The smallest,
The broadest.
Imperfectly perfect,
Proudly humble.
Endlessly end,
Peacefully troubled.
Quietly lousy,
Uncountable counting.
Pleasurable painful,
Ungainly gainful.
Resurrecting in killing,
Smiling in weeping.
Coming in going,
Abiding in departing.
Truth in lies,
Open-mindedness in sly.
Elevation in humiliation,
Built in destruction.
Unity in separation,
Honesty in temptation.
Standing in tribulation,
Thanking in starvation.
Love a burning fire,
But never to consume.
Even though she wonders,
But she never get confused.
Love is the source of life,
The fountain of light.
Love, so above death.
And she has no end.
The she's highly immortal,
But she in love with the mortal.
She is sane,
But love the insane.
She is so peaceful
But she's found in a troublesome place.
So careful,
She sojourns in this careless cave.
In an offensive place to pardon,
In sinful house to forgive.
Descending to comfort the abandoned,
Coming so low for poor to give.
Going blind to see,
Far away to come near.
Hardened heart to believe ,
Becoming deaf to hear.
Pleading in rejection,
Blessing the prosecutor.
Hunted but growing,
Hated but reigning.
Too real to the fools,
Because is so true.
Erred men don't believe its free,
Because is so cheap.
So abundantly, but only few has it.
The people she love are rejecting.
If you find one you're lucky,
Because she's one blood thing you can't just inherit.
My solemnity
Oh! I need you thou love,
I wonder if I can in men find one.
I can trade my eyes for it,
Because I know in her will I clearly see.
Really, men are so many.
But how many can truly love?
Marriage can be done within ten minutes,
But are mostly grounded in lust.
If you say you're true lover,
Show it to many like that pauper.
Don't only love your rich husband,
Show love to your maiden servant.
Preaching and boasting of it on the pulpit,
Have you ever have a meal with the poor?
Show it when sad and when happy,
Accommodate your enemies' daughter and son.
Tis easy to love our family,
That's not in the dictionary of we lovers.
It is easier for us to love the whole country,
And those that has once make us suffer.
' A Metaphysical Moment '
A Metaphysical Moment
Electrifying To The Touch
Breathless, Thru The Clouds
Can My Heart, Take So Much
… Can My Eyes Endure
All This Vision, I See
Can Voice, Even Speak
Over Roaring of This Sea
… Can Ear Even Listen
When I Am Flying So Free
Soaring, So True With You and
Metaphysical Moment and Me …
A Metaphysical Moment
Will I Ever Understand
This Mystery of Our Universe
The Mystery of Woman and Man …
(And I End This with an Haiku for
The Haiku Master 'Raul' Moreno and
Metaphysical Poet Extraordinaire' (smile))
Metaphysical Moment (The Haiku)
Understanding A
Metaphysical Moment …
… Nature's Mysteries
Metaphysical (definition) as an adjective:
Metaphysical of early 17th Century Poetry
Relating to the poetic style of John Donne,
George Herbert and other early 17th Century Poets
Who used consciously intellectual language
And elaborate metaphors that compared things
Tiny circles form
On the edge of leaves sit
On caladiums
Water directed
By God to provide moisture
To small living things
A person who feels about others
And speaks on their circumstances
And offers a better suggesions
To improve the damped system
To add fundamentalistic solutions
To delete opportunism aspects
To develop everyone's share
To approach everyone's contribution
To maintain progress and prosperity
To build a civil agenda to enjoy
Without any prejudice barrier
For our human dignity and regard
To differenciate humanism and animalism
To learn about patience and respect
To discuss a topic of learning
A natural behaviour and sophisticated
Developing approaches at same time
To recover the positive and negativeness
To establish distinctions of values
To identify a usefull and useless motives
To live with peace and satisfaction
To encourage further preparations
To secure and safe future
For beyond from newborn buddies
To provide good tools to develop
To understand a constructive problems
To dissolve wastage of recycling
To save extra energy for dangers
To refine pregressive thoughts
To share his doubts and gains
For a better carriage
Is known as a political person?
How do you feel to listen others?
Satisfaction is a matter for all.
Up before dawn, a feeling has drawn
You into the mountain and trees.
Till the silence within, upon the whispering wind
A chime of bugles tease the breeze.
That majestic call, that is heard each fall
Since before our forefathers birth
And for those who take time, through rim rocks and pine
Listen and value their worth.
Each note high and low as each bugle ballad goes,
No two ever the same
They are all unique and if a chance to critique
Upon our hearts they claim.
We are put into state and can hardly wait
For the dawn of the upcoming morn
To glimpse hoof print in stride or a patch of hide
Or a tip of antler horn.
Just out of reach, lessons he'll teach to those who play the game,
The tension and pull of a phantom bull, a soul never to tame.
While waiting and yearning, eyes straining, ears burning,
Ringing till you can't hear a thing,
To early to late, can't hardly wait,
Patience like a bee sting.
Like a ghost in the night they filter through site
They tease and bugle and brag,
As tell tale sign, weave and wind
Through timber, rocks and crags
Where a sapling tree, used to be
Now a twig broke scarred and torn
Velvet left there and shed of hair
To tell the rut has been born.
Strong elk scent, down wind is sent
From their bedded layer
They are up once again and start to transcend
Letting us know they were there.
A little to late can change a state
Hopes almost fell,
But all rise again when a bugle begins
For among elk, we dwell.
Clouds burst
Crops thirst
Why there's is a God Proportions divine hand spirals. He's shaping patterns not chaos. Artwork pleasing to the eye the golden rectangle. Clearly seen by His creation check your double helix in every cell. Not theory
They were Meriwether Lewis and William Clark,
Her name was Sacagawea.
On an expedition they did embark
Finding the passage to the sea.
Down the Missouri they traveled,
Then slithered 'round the Snake River bend.
Rocky Mountain weather and sickness battled;
At the Columbia River they'd end.
©2013 Honestly JT
< amidst .... apple tree
black bear .... pounces limb
cubs wait .... below
Entry For
Andrea Dietrich's
Fall Animal Haiku Contest
G.L. All
Ana Cecilia Callejas
Rodrigo Perez Gavilan
The Bad King
"Lexer" was a lion who was the King of the entire animal kingdom, during his reign all the animals lived in complete harmony, they were all happy and graceful, and Lexer takes care of them and protects them. One day "Lexer" and his wife had an adorable baby lion that was named "Dylan" as he grew up Lexer teached him a lot of things since he was going to be the heir of the animal kingdom. Dylan also made a lot of friends but his best friend was Jim. Dylan and Jim spend almost all the days together, as the time passed Jim started to hang out with the Rhinos, which were the bad ones of the kingdom. Jim turned into a bad lion and started to incite Dylan to make bad things and he became also a bad lion. One day lexer got very sick and a few days later he passed away so Dylan became the king. All the animals were very sad because they loved Lexer he has been so far the best ruler of the animal kingdom. Time passed and Dylan forgot all the good things his father taught him and started to become a bad lion and a bad king. Influenced by Jim and the Rhinos that were friends with Jim Dylan started to do bad things. He put animals to fight between each other just for their amusement and had some of the animals as slaves just to be his servants, he also ordered other animals to kill so he can eat and have feasts, and this caused a lot of panic in the entire animal kingdom. Dylan mother tried to make him reconsider and change, to do all the good things his father taught him for him to be a good king but Dylan just became worse. All this caused that the animals lost his confidence towards the king and started to live just with the ones of their own kind and also began to fight with all the other animals to survive. This caused that the world became a bad place and since that moment the harmony did not existed anymore and the animals had to take care on their own.
Moral of the fable: if you are a good person and you have good values don't let anyone to influence you and change the way you are.
Land of the free
Home of the slaves
The blood, sweat and tears of my ancestors resonate
Amongst the soil where they were slain
I'm hearing their struggle
I'm feeling their pain
I can't imagine being forced to part from my family
All for massa's gain
So I pay homage to those who promoted change
People like every slave who tried to escape
Nat Turner, Ms Carlotta, Harriet Tubman
And the safe houses who were in accord
And peg leg Joe with his song
Follow the drinking gourd.
People like, the disregarded - those thrown overboard
And who was dismissed and defamed
The ones who were stripped of their soul, their pride, their names
The list could go on
The full will never be told
So I pay homage to others who were bold
Like John Brown, The Freedom Riders, Sojourner Truth
Ida B Wells, Phyllis Wheatley, Maya Angelou,
Langston Hughes and Charles Drew
George Washington Carver, Ruby Bridges
Booker T Washington and Mary McCleod Bethune
Charles Houston, Ralph Bunche, Fredrick Douglass
WEB Dubois, Paul Robeson, Ralph Abernathy
Benjamin Banneker, Marcus Garvey and Crispus Attucks
Who's death by the way
Symbolized the American lie
You cant declare the rights of all men
While the people of African decent rights get denied
But still we rise
Thanks to Dr Martin Luther King, Malcolm X,
The Black Panthers, the Buffalo Soldiers and Tuskegee Airmen
None who were showed any love
Yeah it's an uphill battle,
But obviously greatness can be done.
We can rise above this stigma
That blacks are lazy and daunting
That our worth is null and void
And in essence minus nothing
And of all the names mentioned
And the greatness of their successes
No one has been able to erase the evil transgressions of a racist mind
And once you have experienced just a taste of it
It changes your perception of time
The oppression beats like the drum on the chariot
Of when it was finally time to escape to freedom
It's mine
Beauty of nature
Why condense it down to God?
Isn't life enough?
< Minnesota Wild
Like its loon that cascades it's lakes
Minnesota Wild
Like it's black bear strong and fierce
Minnesota Wild
Like it's deer and 12 point bucks
Minnesota Wild
Like it's rivers and winding streams
Minnesota Wild
Like it's mighty timbers and pines
Minnesota Wild
Like it's eagle that soars forever free
Minnesota Wild
Like it's pheasant and wild turkey
Minnesota Wild
Like it's great northern pike
Minnesota Wild
My anthem and illuminated theme
Entry For
John Heck's
Encore Contest
G.L. All
I Pledge Allegiance
a solemn vow of obedience, from the earliest age of grievance,
when found deliverance, one people, united against tyranny and intolerance,
become the model of democracy and toleration
To The Flag
the symbol of once colonization come together in celebration,
a new unconquerable nation, a successful castration,
of oppression and dictation
Of The United States Of America
a conglomeration of peoples form one nation,
13 colonies a single relation, one voice, one oration,
tread on me, expect retaliation
And To The Republic
a democracy, its creation, the Constitution, its foundation,
agreeable to all in origination, fiercely guarded against demolition,
militarization, and impregnation, over all these years, still on station
For Which It Stands
the protector of all oppressed lands, the world over she lends a hand,
her signature, her blood, in foreign sand
One Nation
from sea to sea, whether rich or poor, some vocal, others, chose to ignore,
those who guard the shore, those who knock on heavens door,
one nation, esprit de corps
Under God
in a time when belief was strong, today, should not be wrong,
having been with us so very long, a few may sing a different song,
most will believe, as they have, all along
one, as a whole number, cannot be divided by any other,
many have tried under guise of brother, only to be denied by the mother
With Liberty And Justice For All
the means to end all oppression, infinitely wrong with transgression,
succession, regression, and repression along
Our Pledge of Allegiance
a pledge of a nation, a history profound, one indivisible number,
all it takes, to be no longer allowed
Attunement at its best
Be to hell go the rest
Dust covered crawled like worms, had no concern
Found on ground ripened apple's bitter juice
Digging in gluttony without discern
Dark heart in matter chooses wrong produce
Climb from trunk to branches long journey true
Building without rest to sleep in cocoon
While feeding on nourishment from fruit grew
Rise from sleep to sail high sky like balloon
< beneath swollen ..... moon
in pasture of...... rolling hills
standing ....hind quarters
a beautiful black ...... stallion
simply took my breath ........ away
Entry For
Rick Parise's
A Memory Of Beauty
Tanka Contest
G.L. All


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Stephen Dale's curator insight, March 6, 2013 5:05 AM
Social Curation is not limited to marketing, brands and "the web". Many of the principles described here can equally be applied to enterprise (workplace) communities by the Community Manager (or Facilitator). The role is all about helping the community achieve it's goals...by aggregating, organizing and sharing content created by the community, i.e. "Social Curation"!
Dawn Adams Miller's curator insight, April 13, 2013 11:22 AM
This is definitely a major role for a community manager which is why I love learning about these two topics: community management and curation. They are inseparable. I think this is what makes the difference between a community that has members and a community that has ACTIVE members, which, of course, is the POINT! Enjoy!
Lino's curator insight, July 12, 2013 4:13 AM
Es una aplicación potente y muy fácil de usar que nos permite crear clips de vídeo reproduciendo una historia con frases de texto que hayamos ideado entre dos o más personajes.
El video final se puede compartir directamente en Google+ o como un enlace para cualquier sitio que deseemos (por desgracia, no se muestra una vista previa o miniatura cuando se trata de compartir vídeo creado con StoryBuilder en Facebook).
Una gran herramienta.
De uso libre. (No tenemos que registrarte o iniciar sesión para acceder a ella).
Pruébalo: http://docsstorybuilder.appspot.com/
Tina Stock's curator insight, March 25, 2013 9:45 AM
The REALLY interesting portion of this column is in the comments.
Henrik Safegaard - Cloneartist's curator insight, March 25, 2013 11:23 AM
From the comments:
"A great lay of the land. And in doing so, this points out in bright neon letters what is wrong with the vast majority of web series today" -
Very inspiring reading -
Jeff Beddow's curator insight, March 18, 2013 3:30 PM
Lots of changes in the photo world as culture catches up (or down) to technology.
Parker Donat's curator insight, March 6, 2013 1:38 PM
This post is a wise observation on where stories are at and the important thing for storytellers to take away from this article is that given there be so many stories being utilized today, what are you doing to make a better story to cut through the digital noise?
Paulo Alexandre Teixeira's curator insight, February 22, 2013 8:02 AM
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April 18 AMR Corp Chief Executive Thomas Horton said American Airlines "has a high degree of confidence" that Tuesday's computer network outage that led American to cancel hundreds of flights won't recur.
Horton said American understands the cause of outage, has ruled out external threats and continues to investigate the issue.
The outage "was unrelated to the merger" planned with US Airways Group Inc, Horton said in an interview. "It was a unique event and we do not expect that to recur."
The merger with US Airways is expected to close in the third quarter, pending various approvals. The new American Airlines would be the world's largest carrier.
Horton, who took over AMR's top job when American filed for Chapter 11 protection in late 2011, also said declining fuel prices were a positive for American and the airline industry.
He said the carrier has seen some soft demand this month but added May and June look slightly better than last year. (Reporting by Karen Jacobs in Atlanta; Editing by Gerald E. McCormick)


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Sade is back, a little older, a little tougher
CORPUS CHRISTI - The first few notes of Sade's latest album, "Soldier of Love" (Epic), are tinged with eeriness. The sound of Sade's hypnotic voice over a delicate, understated guitar line that ushers in "The Moon and the Sky" helps create a performance that skillfully traverses time, belying the fact that it has been 10 years since her last studio album.
As that track fades to perfectly fit what now become a quintessential Sade sound, the following track unveils the 2010 version of the singer, who's more knowing, less naïve but no less compelling as she fits into the pulsating reggae rhythm that anchors the album's title track. Perhaps it's the fact that Sade put her career on hold for the last decade to raise her daughter that has made her sound more assertive and assured. She has grown up and isn't quite the silky chanteuse of 1985's "Smooth Operator" fame.
That uncompromising outlook has given her music a tougher, more accomplished air. The music has not become louder or edgier, as the 10 tracks sound like they could be the perfect soundtrack for any cocktail hour, but Sade is not afraid to put her sharp-tongued lyrics in the middle of a seductive melody like she does on the cynical "Babyfather" and the equally world-weary ruminations that are at the center of the acoustic "Long Hard Road."
Elsewhere, Sade's yearning for home and a more settled life is the recurring theme on "Bring Me Home," "Be That Easy" and the majestically moving "The Safest Place." The latter is the set's closing track, suggesting that despite all of her previous romantic storms, Sade's heart feels most at home in her role as a mother.
When Sade debuted in late 1984 with "Diamond Life," the genre of smooth jazz had yet to be realized. Still, her brand of percolating melodies and arrangements served up with a side of cool turned out to be the blueprint for like-minded artists. It all comes full-circle on "Smooth Jazz Tribute to Sade" (CC Entertainment), a highly polished collection of Sade's best songs performed by the Smooth Jazz All Stars.
The songs are all instrumental versions of Sade's best known tracks. The absence of her unmistakable voice lets the intricacies of the music shine through. This is best exemplified on the slinky "Your Love is King," the spare but radiant "No Ordinary Love" and the show-stopping drama of "Is It a Crime."
The title song from her latest disc, "Soldier of Love," which is the album's leadoff track, illustrates that Sade hasn't lost her touch for constructing songs that epitomize smooth jazz.
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The ten most popular downloads from Android Market - Google's version of the App Store for its Android platform - have been revealed by Medialets.
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The stats are from November 2008, but as the store only launched on 23 October, could be seen as a good indicator for the first month after the service went live.
Following Pac-Man is MySpace Mobile and The Weather Channel both getting between 50,000 and 250,000 downloads each. The full list is as follows:
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Los Angeles famous Farmers Market has been in operation since 1934 when it first opened as exactly that, a market for farmer's to sell their produce. Today it still operates with a market-feel but houses shops, restaurants and catering stands, proudly selling goods and food from around the globe. It has become a hot spot for both tourists and locals and is definitely worth a stop in if you're after something a little different and best of all, cheap!
The LA Famers Market was in fact one of the first in the world and started in July 1934, when Roger Dahlhjelm, a businessman, and Fred Beck, an advertising copywriter, had an idea for the large section of empty land known as Gilmore Island at the corner of Third and Fairfax in Los Angeles. They asked the owners if they could invite local farmers to park trucks on the vacant land to sell fresh produce to local shoppers, and once given permission to do so, advertised the space on the radio. For 50c a space they invited farmers to sell their produce (typically fruit, veggies and flowers) on the tailgates of their cars and trucks and initially attracted 18 farmers who wanted to give a go. The farmers set up camp, waited for people to take an interest in what was going on and started watching the sales roll in. The market was an instance success and before long the area was packed with shoppers and farmers, eventually turning into a much bigger event and today is a must-see tourist attraction in Southern California.
Visit the Farmers Market today and you will find a wealth of different shops including a barbershop, several jewellery and accessories stores, clothing boutique's, bath and body shops and gift stores, but what we really love is its 30-plus catering stands, which offer top-notch food on a backpackers budget. There is a wealth of different stands and restaurants to visit but we've picked out just a few of our favourites that we thought you might enjoy!
Du Par serves up classic American comfort and is open 24 hours a day! Renowned as being the quintessential 'local favourite', the diner serves up gigantic salads, soups, burgers and sandwiches, as well as the all-time favourite onion rings, crab cakes, and chicken strips. This diner offers no-fuss but delicious food in a stereotypical American setting.
Bryan's Pit BBQ offers a Texas-style barbecue serving up beef, pork and chicken dishes (dinners and sandwiches always available) and savory side dishes. The barbecue sauce is so good that locals often ask to buy a container of the stuff and the friendly owners are always happy to oblige. A must-try when in the area!
China Depot is family run restaurant that has been serving tasty Chinese at this shop for decades. Regulars swear by the delicious chicken and pork dishes and boast that there's something very special about the rice too. If you're after a break from the heavy American food then this restaurant is a winner.
There's no surprise as to what Little Spain serves up. The perfect combination of a restaurant and grocery store, LIttle Spain serves the best of authentic Spanish cuisine from paella to tapas, all created from recipes which have been in owner Alejandro Pages' family for generations. The shop features fine imported food, wines, spices and ingredients. Offering interior and patio dining for breakfast, lunch and dinner, it is an ideal location for early evening wine and nosh.
After you're done with the savoury cuisine, a quick stop at Bennett's Old Fashion Ice Cream is exactly what you need. This little desert haven serves up the best chocolate brownie sundaes, a huge range of ice creams and sorbet, frozen yoghurt and waffles, and simply can't be beat at the market.
So, there you have it, a quick overview of LA's famous Farmer's Market. To really appreciate at it, join the other three million visitors that attend each year and get yourself over there! Several of the stores and stands only take cash so make sure you go prepared and get there with an appetite! As the locals say 'meet me at 3rd and Fairfax.'