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Wednesday, April 21, 2010
A place to share poems
The Poetic Asides blog has been a little crazy with its commenting function, so I'm offering up my personal blog as a place to (hopefully) post a little easier.
Oh yeah, I haven't announced on my personal blog yet, but I am in the running for Poet Laureate of the Blogosphere. Click here if you wish to vote for me (or even someone else, I guess).
69 comments:
- S said...
Hello From Sara V (Robert-thx for letting me "crash" at your pad) :-)
The comments are from yesterday's poems
Maggie E--really lovely
Marie Elena--glad you enjoyed the "teenage boy" poem--didn't think anyone would see it, posted so late! Thankyou--Congratulations on 19 years and a lovely poem
Also, love Naples, and Marco Island, but truly you can have Sanibel...:-)
De--done nailed it again
RJ--made me laugh--again--been there! well said
Ellenelizabeth--in "quiets of winter storm" wonderful words
Thank you to everyone for comments and beautiful poetry--such inspiration!
Looking back
It's easy to see
Missteps made
Words misspoken
Roads less taken
Promises broken
Each's a lesson
A step in a future
And while
I might wish
For a life that's
Doesn't come
That easily
Greener on the Other Side
A crystal globe
Sparks of
Gauzy shapes
Taking form
A weedless garden
A straw-hat's brim
Sun-warmed skin
With a slight breeze
Lifting wisps of not gray hair
A toddler girl or maybe boy
Or maybe both
Or maybe two bouncing
Joyful dogs
Rolling on the spring green
Bliss, peace
At last
Twisted Neck
Looking back
All I get
Is pain from
A twisted neck
According to ________
According to Past Experience
I should be able to
Put in the magic code
And post
A poem or two
Maybe hello
or Way to go
But no
Not on day 20
or 21
Instead I'm
- April 21, 2010 at 12:05 PM
- Robert Lee Brewer said...
Good to see you here, Sara V.
I'm sorry the Poetic Asides blog is being so problematic.
- April 21, 2010 at 12:35 PM
- Robert Lee Brewer said...
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- April 21, 2010 at 12:36 PM
The winds blow,
steady like clocks,
tick-tock, tick-tock.
The bougainvillea climbs,
thus time's apparent,
reaching rooftops high.
The waters rush,
across sandy bottoms,
cutting presence awry.
Mountains ever present,
ascending with time,
lustrous colors lie
—where tombstone's stand—
amid green grass,
their sorrows grow,
thus farewell's told;
where winds blow,
steady like clocks,
tick-tock, tick-tock.
- April 21, 2010 at 1:50 PM
- Jodi said...
This is the "looking back and future" poem.
It took me 17 times to post on Monday night. Last night I gave up and after 7 attempts today here you go:
Mrs. Carlson
With a dignity that shows in old, elegant photos
Scattered through a house filled with
Memorabilia, dust and Tole painting,
Mrs. Carlson bides each remaining day.
The television shouts rubbish at her
Though she can't hear a thing
So isn't really bothered
But likes the company
Of daily soaps and dreary re-runs.
A basement filled with possessions
She hasn't seen in years
And will rely on someone else
To judge their worth.
Images of a life spent
And now waiting for the inevitable
With patience and perhaps a little understanding.
On a lower shelf sits
A gilded frame encircling her
With three friends, dressed in a rainbow of satin gowns
In Norway, before she learned a new language and eventually
Became the person she is now,
Not completely aware of who comes and goes,
But smiling with firm satisfaction
At a hot cup of weak coffee.
- April 21, 2010 at 1:52 PM
- Monica the Author said...
This is from the 18th:
To sell, to bring in money,
to cajole people, to get
and keep their business,
to sell, sell, sell- my
purpose, my curse.
- April 21, 2010 at 1:57 PM
- Monica the Author said...
Hey, this is easier! Thanks, Robert!
- April 21, 2010 at 1:58 PM
Oh yeah; I've written only a few poems. I'm new at writing poetry. I've never even read a [how-to] book, so I welcome any suggestions.
- April 21, 2010 at 2:00 PM
Looking Back
The nameless wife turns
back to see her home dissolve
like a wafer on the tongue.
One last look before
her own body crumbles into
a mound of flaky crystals.
There are so many ways
for a woman to aggravate that
God. Sometimes I wonder
why my sisters do not
notice or reject the considerable
burden of their bond. I wonder
what great stone they carry
buried deep inside their bellies that
they so willing vow themselves
to a God who rewards
them for their suffering with
only more suffering.
--Christina Hile
- April 21, 2010 at 2:10 PM
- Korie said...
Here's mine, I tried posting to the other site like ten times and nada, so...
According To Me
There are some times
When you just need to
Stop speed-walking
And watch the ducklings
- April 21, 2010 at 2:28 PM
It is a repulsive day in this dim ugly existence, because—unlike those before me—I live another wondrous day in this rotting world. The stench of [hate] thou doth reach my nostrils, like tendrils of lust between two lovers; I do turn to pinch, like a marrow sucking dog I seek, reaching my face to a slit of unruly life, amongst the [pure] that evil abounds...their backs turn from me in fear; hate is mine...
...to take, to crave, to swim in, like a swine in mud; like the blue flame that dances, burns and destroys. I love hate, like I hate love....love, the enemy of those I've turned...
...like hate, upon this rotting world, amidst this torturous day, I will always be, for I am fed, fat from hate; who am I, but an imp, a hellhound, an angel turned. Get thee hence you say. Is it [love], is that your name?
Love, as in nature, forever enduring; like a gift he has given...love; like the life of a newborn baby suckling at its mother's tit, or those who come together in hardship; it is upon these things we discover...love, which hath the vigor to chip the walls away, break the long held barrier down and bring together those that hate. Its antagonistic brother, inferior to loves touch, embrace or kiss. Love supreme, sovereignty over lust of hate; loves strength is mine...
- April 21, 2010 at 3:01 PM
- De Jackson said...
According to No One in Particular
According to her high school college
prep English teacher, she had real talent,
get out there, young lady, get your stuff together,
get published.
According to friends, family, those who
love her, her words hold value, mean
something, when she gives them
a chance.
According to some valued poets
and patrons whose own work she adores,
sometimes they even
According to her own self-deprecating
spirit, inner critic and daily doubt,
she is one helluva hack.
According to her own calculations
this is a profound passion that
doesn't always give back.
According to various publications,
she is mediocre at best
enthusiastically rejected, largely ignored,
wanton heart worn on sleeve.
According to its discombobulated beat,
most days it's hard to know who to believe.
de jackson
- April 21, 2010 at 3:09 PM
- Monica the Author said...
Today's prompt:
According to the world of models,
I am fat. I would be airbrused
even more slender than what
I am now- they would make me
disappear. According to the world
of mdels, I could always be
thinner, fitter, better looking.
So many women are killing
themselves to have a body
like mine- the world according
to models is warped and wrong.
- April 21, 2010 at 3:18 PM
- Reesha said...
According to the apple on my desk
Today is a good day.
It's been sitting there
since yesterday and it sees
that today I packed
candy bars and fruit juice
and salty snacks for lunch.
It knows I won't eat it.
According to the apple on my desk
today is a good day.
- April 21, 2010 at 3:26 PM
- S said...
Lilaspecs--Nicely put--I love watching ducklings!
De--I cannot believe that anyone would reject your glorious words--phooey on mediocre, the only "M" word that describes you is "Magnificent" :-)
Candelyn--loved your "tick tock" very soothing and lyrical
Monica--that is a pet peeve of mine, nicely said
Reesa--liked your apple perspective--it is a good day
- April 21, 2010 at 3:36 PM
- S said...
thank you for the space!
- April 21, 2010 at 3:37 PM
What would be your reading recommendation for someone new to writing poetry? I've heard the word stanza, but other than that, I don't know a lot about the technical aspect of writing poetry.
- April 21, 2010 at 3:49 PM
- Unknown said...
According to the box
According to the gaily slanting letters
On this multi-colored box
Our product make you
Happy pretty too and funny style
As if determined by a cell
Of linguistic terrorists
Dangerously dangling prepositions
Bent on blowing
Fascist grammar up
Or perhaps it was a dozen
Thesaurus-toting monkeys with a typewriter
Who broke into the warehouse
And after swinging from the rafters
Left their longings on the page.
Shakespeare it is not
And yet this phrase compels me
With its newly minted spark
Of awkward mangledness
Funny style I like
But oh to be happy pretty.
- April 21, 2010 at 3:54 PM
- MarianV said...
Looking Back
Now I am so old that the past I remember
Has disappeared like something in a dream
That dissolves upon awakening or a book
Read once whose name has been forgotten.
I can remember the events of yesterday
And the day before, but the week and
Months have tip-toed off the scene and at
The edge of the horizon, the figures of
Years clutch their canes for support as
their eyes cloud over with disbelief and
that world vanishes forever..
How could a world, once so firm and solid
Just disappear? Those cities of the industrial
mid-west with their splendid down-towns, the
showcase department stores, towering office
buildings where the decisions of the world
were brought into being? The public squares
with monuments and statues, beautiful park-
like spaces celebrating every holiday? Are
they still locked in someone's memory?
Once I had to reach up to hold my mother's hand
As we approached Cleveland's Public square,
Kitty-cornering around the Soldiers and Sailors
Monument as we hurried from the terminal Tower
Complex to the streetcar stop on St. Clair Avenue.
We had been visiting Higbee's Christmas display,
A whole floor of holiday treats – my mother
Clutching a few bags, the important purchases
On the way to Delivery.
We had lingered on our downtown visit so that
We could see all the Christmas lights that blinked
On at twilight. Our time had been spent strolling
Down Euclid avenue where every store window was
Trying to out-do each other in amazing and original
Holiday themes. Strolling groups of carolers and
Musicians mingled with the shoppers and jolly men
In Santa suits held up cans for donations. A chill
Wind blew from Lake Erie, but we did not notice
It in the midst of all the holiday glitter.
Darkness fell as we rode in the street car,
But we would not have to walk up E. 120th.
Street in the dark. My father had driven
The car to Baum's grocery store and was
Waiting for us at the street car stop and
He would drive us safely home.
- April 21, 2010 at 4:22 PM
- Carolee said...
thanks for letting us post over here. :)
i tried 5 times at Poetic Asides. :(
according to the recipe: day 21 done!!!!
- April 21, 2010 at 5:05 PM
- Kim said...
According to
the weather man, there will be thunderstorms
the allergist, the pollen count is high
the news, volcanic ash still disrupts flights
the Farmer's Almanac, it's waxing moon
the secretary, boss's day means work
the driver, bridge's under construction
the vet, some ticks carry lyme disease here
the coach, a trade for first-round draft choice
the kid, a well-oiled glove catches flies
the Mom, more flies are caught with honey glue
the Dad, the taxes go up every year
the poet, the blossoms scatter like jewels.
Kim Yvonne King
Very frustrated with the other blog. Tried from yesterday afternoon through today to no avail.
Thanks, Robert
- April 21, 2010 at 5:34 PM
- S said...
Candelyn, I know that you asked Robert and he has lots of books that he recommends on Poetic Asides website--I really love Mary Oliver (a poet) and she has a good book on writing poetry. Also (I have to go home and look it up, there's another really wonderful survey of poetry writing distinguishing types etc. I'll post later. However, just writing from the heart you're doing a beautiful job..:-)
- April 21, 2010 at 6:14 PM
- De Jackson said...
Candelyn, in the interest of just pure footloose and fancy free poetic fun, I recommend "Poemcrazy," by Susan Goldsmith Wooldridge.
- April 21, 2010 at 7:22 PM
- De Jackson said...
THANK YOU to Sara V. I love your "Wisdom."
- April 21, 2010 at 7:24 PM
- MarianV said...
According to the experts, those scientists who study
The movements of the earth down to its core,
This recent spate of earthquakes is not unusual,
Certainly not a reason for alarm.
And as we watch the pictures in our living rooms
Of victims in some devastated island nation
We try to aid them in their plight.
Though before the week is over another sight
Of shaken earth, a republic far to the south
Of where we dwell which also causes great
Waves of water on far off Asian shores.
Bad news from the middle East is nothing new.
Once again they've had a shake or two.
Asia, with its giant mountain cores
Also woefully familiar with unstable ground
Their building codes are not as good as ours,
We nervously re-assure ourselves. Is there
Something drawing closer day by day? Or
Does our advanced communication only
Make it seem that way?
- April 21, 2010 at 7:27 PM
Wow! Thank you S (Sara V-?) and De. This is great; your responses are very much appreciated.
I'll get back on later this evening in hopes to seeing Sara V's additional post and will also check out Poemcrazy and Mary Oliver.
- April 21, 2010 at 8:15 PM
- Omavi Ndoto said...
"According to a Star"
We are less than a speck on the huge blanket
Called the sky
There are such things that are brighter, greater,
More illuminating molecules lived and died
In the millisecond between eyelid open closed
Numbers greater than quadrillions exist for
One quadrillion plus 1 times our 100 revolutions
Around the ball of fire that controls the switch
Of the breath we need to survive
Yet still ignorantly sneering at everything around
Claiming greatness we destroy damage defile
All that does not look equal in our eyes
Never even trying to understand the overwhelming
Knowledge even a moot of dust holds inside
Blindly thinking greatness comes from speech
An ability to reason that doesn't include sight
Beyond the greedy yearnings that even viruses
Overcome to guarantee succession in the line
Eroding everything necessary for the continuation
Of this short story that humanity lies to itself is
Equal to the greatest of epics
And the youngest star never even noticed
"Omavi está muerto.®" Wednesday, April 21, 2010
©2010 Omavi Ndoto. All Rights Reserved.
- April 21, 2010 at 9:43 PM
- Genevieve Fitzgerald said...
Thank you Robert!
Here are mine from yesterday and today:
Day 20: Looking Back (or not)
The saddest part about angry separation
Is the blip in my past
Where it swallowed
Good memories,
For surely there must have been some.
Day 21: According to
According to Miriam
She followed the recipe exactly
Halving everything
Since she and the twins
Didn't want too many cookies
(We'll just end out eating them all!)
According to my tongue
Miriam followed the recipe exactly
Except somehow half a half cup of sugar
Became a quarter cup
Of the other white granular stuff
(No worries about eating them all!)
- April 21, 2010 at 10:14 PM
- Nancy said...
Yesterday and today (I tried about a thousand times to post. No luck. Do you think it could be virus? I get all these little "transferring data" messages across the bottom.
Today's poem;
According to Everyone Else
According to her granny, she had the Burgess bite,
but her other grandmother recognized her
family sneeze. According to her big brother,
she wasn't really theirs; her parents had found
her abandoned in a ditch and felt pity.
According to her daddy, she asked far too many
questions—just like your mama—while her
mama thought she was the spitting image
of her Aunt Lil. According to her first grade
teacher, she was too quiet, but by second
grade, the teacher thought she should hush.
According to her high school guidance counselor
she was not college material and should consider
learning a trade—do hair or nails. Become a nurse.
According to her first boyfriend, nice girls did too;
and she learned from her next beau that he
had claimed she did anyway. According to
the Myers-Briggs, Rogers Indicators, and the
Strong-Campbell interest inventory, she would
be a perfect school bus driver, acrobat.
According to the last note she left, they were
all dead wrong.
Looking Back: Almost a Sonnet
Spare me the timely metaphors, she groans.
She'd lost her distant vision years ago;
now she needs drugstore glasses just to read
the phone book's tiny print, the daily news.
Though never one to look too far ahead,
she'd often thought her hindsight served her well,
but lately she'd been slipping, losing threads
of conversation. Names she should have known
now hover taunting just beyond her grasp.
What happened last year, last month, yesterday,
now shift into amorphous, hazy forms.
What once brought pain's now just a cold, dull ache.
The faces she once loved now merge as one.
Dark clouds obscure the view as she looks back.
- April 21, 2010 at 11:06 PM
- PurpleinPortland said...
According to Dreams (Pantoum)
According to your wildest dreams
there is nothing that you cannot do
Play croquet against the Red queen
or sip tea from a cup cut in two.
There is nothing that you cannot do
grow taller nibbling a mushroom
or sip tea from a cup cut in two.
Cheshire cats grin like a crescent moon.
Grow taller nibbling a mushroom;
grow smaller by swallowing a pill.
Cheshire cats grin like a crescent moon
as the white rabbit runs up a hill.
Grow smaller by swallowing a pill.
Play croquet against the Red queen
as the white rabbit runs up a hill,
according to your wildest dreams.
- April 21, 2010 at 11:16 PM
- Robert Lee Brewer said...
Here are a few quick references that I really like:
* Writing the Life Poetic, by Sage Cohen
* Leaping Poetry, by Robert Bly
* The Poetry Home Repair Manual, by Ted Kooser
* A Poetry Handbook, by Mary Oliver
* The Poetry Dictionary, by John Drury
Also, anyone interested in publishing their poetry should check out the 2010 Poet's Market, edited by moi.
- April 21, 2010 at 11:31 PM
Thank you for the list. I'll check them out/add them to my personal library.
- April 22, 2010 at 1:16 AM
Burgess bite? My last name is Burgess, so I was curious about the phrase you used.
- April 22, 2010 at 1:17 AM
- Jodi said...
Nice one, Omavi.
- April 22, 2010 at 1:18 AM
- lovebeatsthedemon said...
What A Resemblance...!!!
The Mirror Looks So Lonely,Sad,And Angry When Your Not There...
Broken But Smiles Back At Me With Double Vision Like You Have No One Here...
Shattered Pieces Of Despair Staring At A Hopeless Vision Wanting To Some It All Up And Make Things Clear...
Cutting Through The Diamond,Ruthlessly Rough As All The Hatred Is Stripped Bare...
Reflection Of Demons Vacant As They Disappear Into The Blissful Air...
Searching To Cut Off The Lifeline Of The Evil Stare...
I Winked And Grinned Back To The Ghost Sitting In My Rocking Chair...
The Mirror Turned Golden,Thats When You Knew My Heart Had No Fear...
Pain Looked Me In My Eyes And Cheered...
What A Resemblance...!!!
- April 22, 2010 at 7:31 AM
- Darryl said...
PAD 20 (Looking back/looking forward poem)
Dust and Ash
Hands filled with dust and ash
relentless cycle of earth, moon, and sun.
What was once future blurs into past;
tendons ache as we try to hold on
to that which we cannot grasp
victimized by gravity
as life implodes upon itself
into a new sense of reality.
- April 22, 2010 at 8:05 AM
- Darryl said...
Oh, and thanks Robert. Much better. I cannot post on the Poetic Asides site although I can on the Poetic Asides community. This is still much better.
- April 22, 2010 at 8:07 AM
- lovebeatsthedemon said...
What A Resemblance...!!!
The Mirror Looks So Lonely,Sad,And Angry When Your Not There...
Broken But Smiles Back At Me With Double Vision Like You Have No One Here...
Shattered Pieces Of Despair Staring At A Hopeless Vision Wanting To Some It All Up And Make Things Clear...
Cutting Through The Diamond,Ruthlessly Rough As All The Hatred Is Stripped Bare...
Reflection Of Demons Vacant As They Disappear Into The Blissful Air...
Searching To Cut Off The Lifeline Of This Evil Stare...
I Winked And Grinned Back To The Ghost Sitting In My Rocking Chair...
The Mirror Turned Golden,Thats When I Knew My Heart Had No Fear...
Pain Looked Me In My Eyes And Cheered...
What A Resemblance...!!!
- April 22, 2010 at 10:07 AM
- Melinda said...
I done the poem challenge last year and never heard anything so can I use my poems for other avenues to get published
Please email me asap email@example.com
Thank you
Melinda Elmore
- April 22, 2010 at 10:08 AM
- lovebeatsthedemon said...
She Stood For So Much Without A Ounce Of A Mistake
Her Tears Flowed Onto So Many Pillows,With So Much Pain To Take
The Wispers She Spoke Of Gave Beleife To So Many
The Thoughts She Possesed Saved Not One Soul But Any
So Passionate,So Flawless,So Patient
The Simplicty Of A Single Movement While Standing Still Was Amazing
Each Peice Of The Puzzle So Anxious To Shine In That Moment Of Clarity
Each Significance Of The Eternal Lament Yearning For That Peaceful Silence
Self Expression Begging That It Was Blessed With The Class She Had
Darkness Suffering Without That Illuminent Love That It Wanted So Bad
Can The Mission Be Acheived Before The Question Is Conceived
Without Our Grace Would We Be Able To Handle The Demise We Receive
- April 22, 2010 at 10:34 AM
- Matt Blair said...
I'm posting my NaPoWriMo drafts here:
- April 22, 2010 at 10:34 AM
- lovebeatsthedemon said...
Cum Wit Me,My Perfect Woman...!!!
Not a second of the day goes by that you aren't on my mind.
Awake I fantasize of your soft touch and soft lips touching mine.
You passionately consume my dream state.
Your beauty has my thoughts seduced.
Butterflies enter my bloodstream each and every time I see you.
Your beautiful smile and bedroom eyes has my soul hypnotized.
I visualize of holding you in my arms, sun up to sun down, morning, noon and night.
I could feel you.
I could taste you.
I want you.
So adorable, so classy, so sexy, a woman so perfect.
Cum with me.
Cum with me.
A woman so perfect.
Your presence fills all of eternity with sunshine.
Never have I laid my eyes on a precious being so fine.
My daydreams are addicted and surrounded by you.
So Glamorous, a Queen, a Mother, a Princess.
I know it would be easy falling in love with you.
I could feel you.
I could taste you.
I want you.
So adorable, so classy, so sexy, a woman so perfect.
Cum with me.
Cum with me.
A woman so perfect.
I want to create every climax you have inside.
Falling asleep inside of you when we are done making love all night.
Softly caressing every part of your flesh
You got a problem, my shoulder's here for you stress to rest.
My tongue gently massaging your body from your head to your toe's.
Inside and out,all of you I want to know!!!
I could feel you.
I could taste you.
I want you.
So adorable, so classy, so sexy, a woman so perfect.
Cum with me.
Cum with me.
A woman so perfect.
Soft kisses starting with your mind
Down to your ears, lips, neck, then chest.
Vanilla ice cream slowly getting licked off your stomach.
We both are shivering numb but this passion aint cold.
Going down further until your orgasm is running into my soul.
Are you ready to cum with me?
I could feel you.
I could taste you.
I want you.
So adorable, so classy, so sexy, a woman so perfect.
Cum with me.
Cum with me.
A woman so perfect.
- April 22, 2010 at 10:36 AM
- S said...
This is from Sara V
De-Thank you!!
Candelyn, Wouldn't you know it? I can't find the poetry book I was looking for. (sorry to end with a preposition...) I'll keep looking.
Robert loved the "nature eating nature" line! Lovely images.
Down to Earth
Crumbly brown dry dirt
Black gooey wet
Making stripes
Under my fingernails
Sun overhead
Sweat trickles off
My temple
And drops
onto the earth
Returning the salt
Sprinkled on the
That I picked
Earth Space Continuum
Blue green spinner
In endless ebony
Surrounded by
Sprinkles of stars
Turquoise, red, green
Companion planets
A flamboyant star
- April 22, 2010 at 10:37 AM
- S said...
Tried to post 5 times
Robert I used Firefox and Chrome. With Firefox, I cannot even see the code to enter. With Chrome I enter and it seems like it's going to go through (though it takes about 5-10 minutes to process) and then just comes up an asks me for the code again.
This morning after clicking on the comments section to post, it took about 5 minutes for it to come up, so while it loaded I came over to your blogspot and posted my poems.
I'll see what happens on the Poetic Asides site
- April 22, 2010 at 10:41 AM
- S said...
went back to see and realized I did not give you all the info.
1. I'm on a PC
2. I don't receive an error message
3. I have a high speed internet connection
4. Time 10:47 Date 4/22/10
PS I think we should ask Walt what he's using, he seems to be the most successful :-)
- April 22, 2010 at 10:48 AM
- S said...
Sara V here again--
Candelyn, the name of the book is:
Poem-Making by Myra Cohn Livingston
- April 22, 2010 at 11:08 AM
- S said...
Tried 5 times (again)
Definitely cannot use Firefox because I can't see the code to enter
Used Chrome and didn't get an error message
Entered the code and it takes about 5 minutes for it to bring up the comments again
Your "header" comes up pretty quickly, but not the comments
11:00 to 11:18 AM 4/22/10
Thank you to the tech folks and you Robert
Sara V
- April 22, 2010 at 11:19 AM
- Essa Bostone said...
Robert, so many thanks to you for letting us post here...being unable to post is almost worse than finding out you've run out of coffee while you're still in your pjs or whatever you don't wear to bed.
If it weren't for the earth
Where would we be?
I hear that it's hot on Mercury
There's too much love on Venus
And war is waged on Mars
To get to the big guy named Jupiter
You have to pass many stars
It's freakin' cold on Saturn
Its moons number thirty-four
And you could ice-skate all day on Uranus
There's just that, but nothing more
Poor little Pluto got kicked out
Of the line-up for number nine
When his path went awry
All over the sky
Though I hear he's still doing fine
So for now we are staying on Gaia
Though we're trying to find a way
To keep what we have and go after
Other spots in the Milky Way
I don't think we'll find any better
No matter how far we roam
Just like the beautiful good witch told Dot
There really is no place like home
- April 22, 2010 at 11:39 AM
Thank you Sara V. Wow. You were up late.
- April 22, 2010 at 11:58 AM
- Essa Bostone said...
I think we all agree Robert's blog is so much cushier...even the fonts are easier to read for old eyes. And I love the title. I spend a lot of my life saying my name ain't Sue (as in a Boy Named....ala Johnny Cash) and it ain't Suzy (like a very spoiled nippy little white poodle I once knew and didn't love)
Can't thank you enough Robert!
Two dogs in morning
Eating cookies on a rug
Sunbeams are preferred
- April 22, 2010 at 12:10 PM
- MarianV said...
In the chill of early morning
Dew drops decorate the clothesline
Like a string of tiny pearls.
Green clumps of leaves
Emerging in the garden
Have spread a little wider,
A little taller. They are almost
Ready to burst into blossoms.
The regiment of King Alfred daffodils
Stand ready to repulse any invaders
But already a swag of brambles swings
Across the path, showing off a row
Of buds opening into tiny prickly leaves.
At the edge of the woods, Bluebells
Are beginning to open, each bud reflecting
Tiny pieces of the sky.
Everything is bright with dew
Like the world has been sprinkled
With holy water,
Everything is blessed.
- April 22, 2010 at 12:15 PM
- Carolee said...
hi! i sent you an email about the posting troubles. here is my earth poem for day #22
- April 22, 2010 at 1:04 PM
- Barbara Ehrentreu said...
I sent you an email about my problem. To everyone else, it took me 10 tries and then the comment was deleted on the Poetic Asides website. Thank you Robert for this opportunity to post our poems here. I didn't do yesterday's, but I will later today. I do love the effortless way you chronicle a moment in your poems.:) Here is my poem for today:
My feet sink into the sand on the beach
The soil's fertile loam nourishes brilliant flowers
along the fence.The air caresses my cheeks as
I walk along the water's edge admiring
black billed ducks and the curve of swan's
necks gliding along the surface of the water
Meanwhile on a rapidly diminishing ice floe
polar bears struggle to find food
their cubs hunted to the point of extinction
Baby seals are clubbed to death while their
mothers unable to destroy the predators
watch in horror
An oil rig has an explosion creating an oil slick
sure to destroy helpless sea creatures swimming
by the alien structure. In rainforests loggers cut a swath
through the majestic trees cutting the air supply
of millions for years. Meanwhile people cry for the
preservation of our animals and our land
The earth is our home
Would you allow someone to come into
your house and kill your children
destroy your plants, spill oil on your carpet
and in your bathwater?
The earth exists, though there are questions as to why or how
It isn't pleasant everywhere. She has her problems, such as
erupting volcanoes, hurricanes slamming down trees, noreasters
shattering glass and uprooting trees,earthquakes burying thousands
creating ruins in seconds.
It's earth
We accept her faults like we would a loved one
always ready to love her.
But are we ready to kick the butts of anyone
who won't preserve her goodness?
We are the caretakers of earth and must stand
guard with drawn swords when anyone tries to
lay waste to her.
- April 22, 2010 at 3:47 PM
- PurpleinPortland said...
Ways in Which Earth is Used
He's the salt of the earth
She's an earth mother type
The good earth is not always fertile,
but it contains the greatest show.
The aliens said to the earthlings,
"This book is called, How To Serve Man."
Here I sit patiently waiting
for the meek to inherit the earth,
hoping for an end to the quaking.
- April 22, 2010 at 3:58 PM
- PurpleinPortland said...
Brian Slusher: Don't know if you will get a chance to see this comment,
but your According To poem had me hysterical. Excellent!
- April 22, 2010 at 4:00 PM
- Korie said...
The Maps Were Right
The Pirate Ferdinand Del Ray
Decided that he would one day
Commission a brave and rowdy crew
To sail across the ocean blue
Ferdinand had a lust for fame,
A crazy streak no one could tame,
His ship, it was his joy and pride,
And he lifted anchor with the tide
They sailed for days and nights on end
The sun did rise and then descend
Over the endless stretch of brine
Until one eve they saw a line.
Yes, a line that stretched out of sight
Endlessly both left and right
And that was not all there was in store
For then the crew heard the growing roar
Of water rushing off a massive cliff
And sure enough, the ship went with
And Ferdinand thought, "How 'bout that,
The maps were right, the world is flat!"
- April 22, 2010 at 4:35 PM
- AC Leming said...
According to silence
the silence
between us
screams louder
than words
- April 22, 2010 at 5:58 PM
- AC Leming said...
Oh, yeah, that's kimik = ac leming
- April 22, 2010 at 5:59 PM
- Stephanie Barbe Hammer said...
Hi -- here is my earth poem for April 22nd. Tried to post repeatedly. thanks!
last night we spoke of deserts
how the middleast has become
the wild west a place situated
as savage and that we -- will tame
with guns and oil. we being the
disinherited, now become cowboys
and settlers with guns. we spoke
of roses and how they seem to bloom
well on the edge of deserts when they
are near to the sea. we spoke to a lady
about southern california and water and
culture, and we spoke of money, and of houses
and of land. then we parked
and you said look at those cacti
spindly and strange. and a bird
perched on the frame of the car
cocking its head at this strangely
ground where surprising ideas
of peace startle us with
their plenitude.
- April 22, 2010 at 6:12 PM
- Mary said...
Instead of one long poem, I wrote several very short "Earth" poems. I tried probaby 50 times to put them in the blog with my own computer, but ended up giving up and giving them to someone else, who has more luck with posting, either. Maybe I will try later, but for now 3 hours of trying is enough. Here they are:
After a hard winter,
There is nothing like
the feel of the warm earth
between my fingers
at flower planting time.
Frst tulip that emerges
is always the most
beautiful of the season.
Why is it that the nasty
crow has the loudest call
and the peaceful robin
little voice at all?
Late April, and not all trees have
budded. I look around , wonder
worry that some ever will. Perhaps
they didn't survive. I wait, watch,
hope. Winters are harsh, life fragile.
Spring grass is always greenest, not
baked by the mid-summer sun. Newly
emerging it reminds me of life's renewal.
Earth's spring season, every day better
than the day before, every day greener,
with more colorful flowers, eggs laid,
babies born, hope renewed each year.
Oh how I love the earth and its bounty,
which gifts us unselishly without asking
anything in return except that we take care
of it, renew its gifts when possible, enjoy
and be thankful to God who created all.
- April 22, 2010 at 8:21 PM
A narrow log bridge crosses over a dark
pond, the raindrops falling on the water make
a pattern of bullseyes. There is nothing else
except an oak tree where a heron sits in the
metal-colored early morning.
A nurse delivers medicine, looks out the
window, tells me it's mating season. As
I swallow, she tells me it's not such a big
deal once you've seen it a few times.
The oak tree sprawls its limbs above the
pond, but it's the heron I see. The kink of
his long, grey neck curls like the letter S.
He lets out several husky squawks before
folding his long, slaty wings back into
himself. He is not like other birds.
Maybe it's the way he sits, so patiently
all morning, anticipating love.
--Christina Hile
- April 22, 2010 at 10:53 PM
- Jodi said...
Earth's conveyor belt, the ocean, is
Always moving her changing ecosystems, in
Rotation, while her atmosphere is
Terrorized by the burgeoning
Human population, the overwhelming majority
Damning themselves and generations to come
Aware only of their own needs,
Yet constantly complaining of climate chaos.
- April 23, 2010 at 2:47 AM
- Unknown said...
Everything under the sun,
Anything with a spark of life,
Resides on planet Earth.
There is no other place for us.
Humans must treat her well.
- April 23, 2010 at 6:50 AM
- Darryl said...
PAD 21 (According to)
According to the Coal Miner
Digging in the darkness of Donbass
is no easy task. You descend
a thousand meters, into the womb of the world,
and midwife coal. I know each day could be
my last and the mine my sepulcher.
I suppose life beneath the surface
made me see beneath the surface of things,
perhaps even into the things of the spirit.
Who knows? I am just a simple miner:
a digger bound to the tools of an era
past, who remembers the names of the dead.
There was once a time when a shaft
of life penetrated deep into
this heart of darkness and I recognized
the faces of the living, the nameless children
of those whose names I recalled. Now
I dig in another place: the heart of a child
Once I was a midwife of earth
but now I witness the birth of heaven.
- April 23, 2010 at 10:14 AM
- Darryl said...
Unmended Things
The earth is a living thing
and we are living with it.
The earth is a broken thing
and we are broken with it.
And so the healing of the earth
is tied to our own.
But creation cannot be cured
by those who are ill .
Unmended things cannot mend.
- April 23, 2010 at 10:31 AM
- marigolds2 said...
Well, holy smokes - can you possibly read all this stuff? What I'm doing here is posting a link to the blog I just made for my PAD poems, since I have no idea about Twitter and hashtags and so forth. I'll be sending in five of them in a few days, but just wanted to get this on record. The blog is Poetic License, and the link is http://marigolds2-poeticlicense.blogspot.com
- April 26, 2010 at 2:16 PM
- S said...
I read about the comment on the blogosphere voting page and I am DEEPLY offended. First of all who died and made her goddess of all that is "good poetry?"
Second you write beautiful poetry and have done so much for poets in general and in particular this poet's soul. You gave us a forum, you gave us community, you celebrate poetry every day of April and November and every Wed in between. You work your tail off to provide us all with interesting people that you interview, interesting prompts, you twitter, you facebook, I don't know how you do all you do. It exhausts me to think about it (look, there's a poem I could have done!)
You totally completely abso-floggin-lutely deserve to be poet of the blogosphere and the universe! As the Latin scholars said "illegidimi non carburendum" We, and all others in the blogosphere are blessed to have you.
- April 26, 2010 at 10:39 PM
- Mike Fedel said...
Day 22 - prompt is earth
The Denver Mint
Earlier today, between the phone call
scheduling this weekend's family outing and
the phone call telling me they were done
replacing my brake pads, I walked out into
the parking lot.
Along the back edge of the parking lot was
a line of trees. They stood not unlike sentries
protecting our Intellectual Property
from prying eyes. Maybe. Maybe they housed spies.
Who knows?
I noticed something shiny in the dirt. I picked it up
and rubbed the dirt off between my fingers. It felt good
to feel that gritty feeling. I raised it to my nose,
smelled the slightly damp earth. I was standing
in my grandpa's garden,
the huge forty by sixty foot rectangle across the alley
behind his house. He built the house,
they dug the basement themselves, him and her.
He always had ripe tomatoes. Sometimes, he let me spray the
soapy water on the green plants. It kept the bugs off.
That was before they invented chemicals, I guess. It worked
just as well. Probably better. There were no
dead rabbits in his garden
dead from eating poison
that kept the bugs away.
The penny had a small D. It must have been from
the Denver mint. I looked down at Abe's face. He was
as usual.
I thought about Abe Lincoln. I thought about the
Civil War. About slavery. About chemicals. I thought
and thought
and thought.
Then I put the penny in my pocket
and went back into the building.
I will think a lot today
to prepare for my three o'clock meeting
then at the meeting
then recapping the meeting
that will not keep the bugs out of my garden
- April 29, 2010 at 8:08 PM
- Egnar T. Seinnhoj said...
We live in a times new roman.
Embeded with any sound or sight we can think of
at our fingertips. We have arial access
to just about any information you can think of.
And info you cant imagine.
Help 24/7. Online courier.
Indians with faux names.But wait,
Spellcheck this out, people can learn anything
but waste every opportunity just to create
false identities.
With PCi & ethernet we can be whoever we want.
So long as we're plugged in.
Criminals can be normal, normals can be criminal.
Busty blonde beauties leave the keyboards lonely.
Activating sticky keys.
Dressing up for friend requests,
commenting on the most pointless things in hopes
of being considered KEWL by someone you don't know.
Following is uber kewl lulz.
Our typing becomes very clear
as text must be, in order
to fully and correctly express our emoticons.
Pretty soon, this will be all we have.
This will be our world. Just a grid. No more life.
Only plants of power and HTMLephants.
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Nick Cox <firstname.lastname@example.com>
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I see, I think.
gen flag = 0
forval j = 1/8 {
replace flag = 1 if missing(DFU`j') & flag == 0 & DFU`j' <= maxDFU
Richard Fox
Sorry for the confusion.
I want just one flag that tells me if each record (row) has a missing value for the DFU variables. This would be simple were it not for the fact that for certain rows I only want to assess a subset of the variables for missing values. As per the example data I only want to assess DFU1-DFU(maxFU) for missingness.
If I could use the value of maxFU as above DFU1-DFU(maxFU) then I could simply use
egen rowmiss(DFU1-DFU(maxFU))
but I don't believe that's possible.
If I use egen = rowmiss(DFU1-DFU9) then for the 1st row I'd get 6 whereas I want just 1. For id 3 I'd expect flag ==0.
If I don't loop over records I believe stata will overwrite all flags (all rows) as 1 as soon as it finds any missing value.
After further thought this could be performed with a simple formula. Nonetheless I'm still interested to see how to loop to a variable value. I see that Mata may be a solution and will explore this in more detail. This is something that's easily performed in SAS but I appreciate that stata thinks in the opposite direction.
Not sure if it helps but I'm cleaning data for an oncology study. So for id (patient) 1 there should be 3 follow-up (fu) form each having a date of completion dfu (date follow up).
id DFU1 DFU2 DFU3 DFU4 DFU5 DFU6 DFU7 DFU8 maxFU
1 30/10/1910 08/02/1904 3
2 16/12/1908 24/01/1913 08/02/1904 4
3 04/09/1907 13/10/1911 21/11/1915 30/12/1919 07/02/1924 17/03/1928 25/04/1932 7
4 18/10/1914 08/02/1904 18/03/1908 26/04/1912 04/06/1916 13/07/1920 21/08/1924 8
I managed to get my code working, perhaps this may illustrate what I'm trying to do;
/* identify rows with missing dates */
gen flag=0
local N=r(N)
forvalues i = 1/`N' {
/* sp holds the max number of follow-ups visits for the particular patient (row) */
local sp = maxFU[`i']
forvalues j=1/`sp' {
replace flag=1 if DFU`j'==. & _n==`i'
Nick Cox
Sorry, but I am still unclear on what flags you want.
The fact that -maxFU- exists seems to be a red herring. You can create flags by
forval j = 1/8 {
gen ismissing`j' = missing(dFU`j')
Or, if you want it the other way round, negate the function call with -!missing()-
But why do you need the flags at all?
Even if I am misunderstanding you, which is quite likely, the small bit of Stata technique may be some help.
Richard Fox
Hi Nick,
Yes you're correct, sorry for the confusion over DFU and FU. I added the egen function to illustrate where the loop count values could come from. In fact the values came from reshaping long data.
I want to flag missing dates, however, for each record I need to assess only to a certain point. These are missing follow-up forms in a medical scenario - if patients are only followed for a certain time then I can't record some forms as missing if the patient has reached that time-point.
Take the example below; for the 1st id I only want to loop to 3 to test for missing values. In the second id I only want to loop to 4, and so on. I suppose I could just only increment a counter if `i' <= maxFU. Just to note that the code within the loops (replace flag.....) was incomplete in my previous message - it was really just the form of the loop statements that I was interested in.
id dfu1 dfu2 dfu3 dfu4 dfu5 dfu6 dfu7 dfu8 maxFU
1 30/10/1910 08/02/1904 3
2 16/12/1908 24/01/1913 08/02/1904 4
3 04/09/1907 13/10/1911 21/11/1915 30/12/1919 07/02/1924 17/03/1928 25/04/1932 7
4 18/10/1914 08/02/1904 18/03/1908 26/04/1912 04/06/1916 13/07/1920 21/08/1924 8
I'll have a look at the reference.
Nick Cox
Your example is not very clear. You have FU* and by implication DFU*. Do you want to flag missings or non-missings? I can read your post either way.
However, you (almost surely) do not need to loop over observations. It is sufficient to loop over variables.
See a review in this territory
SJ-9-1 pr0046 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Speaking Stata: Rowwise
(help rowsort, rowranks if installed) . . . . . . . . . . . N. J. Cox
shows how to exploit functions, egen functions, and Mata
for working rowwise; rowsort and rowranks are introduced
Richard Fox
I want to loop to the value of a variable. Let's say I have generated the number of non-missing values in a row of data (maxFU in example below). I want to loop to that value which clearly can differ between records.
The following does the job but feels like cheating.
egen maxFU = rownonmissing(FU1 FU2 FU3 FU4 FU5 )
local N=r(N)
forvalues i = 1/`N' {
local sp = maxFU[`i']
forvalues j=1/`sp' {
qui replace flag`j'=1 if DFU`j'==.
There must be a simpler way; any ideas?
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TIPS: I actually couldn't find *just* hibiscus tea, so I used hibiscus-raspberry tea instead. Based on the recipe photos, I think you'd still get that beautiful deep pink color with regular hibiscus tea.
Also, I did end up with a bit of "tea sediment" between the lime pulp and the tea bags. (I probably shouldn't have squeezed the tea bags before removing them from the saucepan.) Next time, I'll run this through a sieve before storing it.
Recipe link: Hibiscus-Honey Iced Tea


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If there is one television sportscaster to whom the adjective "legendary" can honestly be applied, it is Al Michaels, play-by-play announcer of NBC's "Sunday Night Football." From almost two decades in the booth at ABC's "Monday night Football," to his "Do you believe in miracles?" call of the U.S. victory over the Russian hockey team at 1980 Olympics, Michaels' resume and the history of the biggest moments of TV sports are practically one and the same.
Michaels and his colleagues on NBC Sunday Night Football will be in Baltimore when the Ravens meet the New England Patriots. In an interview last week, the play-by-play announcer on the highest-rated show on American television talked football as a prime-time ratings winner, what he sees for the Ravens in Sunday's matchup and even a little Orioles, including his days doing baseball on ABC with Jim Palmer and Earl Weaver as his broadcast partners — together in the same booth, really.
Given your history as part of ABC's Monday Night Football, I wonder if you could compare that with the phenomenal success of NBC Sunday Night Football today. It's been a couple of years since I first reported that SNF had become the highest-rated show in prime time, but it still seems huge that a football broadcast is bigger than any comedy, drama or reality TV show. But I know MNF was a huge pop-culture phenomenon, too, and it was a big deal when Monday Night Football came to town.
I'll try to condense this, because it's a complicated answer. You almost have to go through eras, here. Monday Night Football started in 1970, and when it started, it was something extremely special because sports had not been aired in prime time. So, it was a novelty, and a lot of people thought it wouldn't work, and, of course, it worked spectacularly well.
But everything has to be looked at in relative terms. … For a number of years in the '70s and maybe through the early '80s — before the advent of cable television, before Fox became a network — so you only had the three major networks, NBC, CBS and ABC. Monday Night Football would finish somewhere between like 21st and 28th out of about 54 shows. And it was then considered an enormous success.
And I remember when I came to Monday Night Football in '86 and we danced that dance all the way through 2005, we would occasionally read something like, "Well, it's not what it once was," or "The bloom is off the rose," you know, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah. And in the meantime, we would look at the ratings, and now you have like 120 shows being rated, and we are sixth.
And I would go, "Let me get this math straight. I didn't take calculus, but I did take algebra. And somebody needs to explain to me how sixth out of 120 is dying on the vine, but 25 out of 54 is iconic and tremendous."
… So, believe me, all of us were very proud of Monday Night Football all the way through the end of the era when I was there. But the one major, major difference between where we are right now with NBC and how we finished at ABC is that in the latter years of the ABC Monday night package, the feeling at the network basically was, "You guys are a loss leader. We really don't want to do this and overspend, but we're doing it because we get tremendous promotional value out of it, and we can promote all our other shows."
So, in a way, you had a little bit of this bastard-child feeling and we would go, "Wait a minute, we're here to do the show. Don't tell me you made a bad deal. That's not our fault. You make the deal, we do the show." But when I go to NBC in '06 and, in effect, Dick Ebersol took everybody [from MNF]. He got Freddie Gaudelli [producer], Drew Esocoff [director]. We had to pull some teeth at the end to get me and a few production people over there, which is a whole other deal…
But the bottom line was that Dick's feeling and theory was, "Let's make Sunday Night Football so special that the rest of the network can benefit from Sunday night," instead of using it as some promotional tool and not really nurturing it and loving it. Dick's feeling was the opposite of ABC's, and we still feel it to this day. We feel not only proud of being No. 1. I mean, look, if we're No. 5, we're still going to be pretty proud. That would still be a great number.
But No. 1 makes everybody happy, and a lot of it goes back to wanting to make this show very, very special and appreciating it and not saying it's just another vehicle to promote the rest of the network. … Look, any time you're the No. 1 show on television, that's very, very special.
Are there other factors involved in football becoming the most popular show on TV?
… The NFL is now the unquestioned king of sports. And the gap between the NFL and whatever would be second has never been wider. And through advanced technology, TV has made this look so rich and so attractive that when you sit at home and watch, it's a visual feast. HD television has been tremendous, the lenses on the cameras unbelievable. The audio has been enhanced so that you can hear things you couldn't hear years ago.
So, one of the keys to this business is this: With technology, we have all of these toys, but you have to know how to play with the toys. And Fred Gaudelli and Drew Esocoff and our gang, we know how to play with the toys. Look, you can overdo it, and I've seen that happen. Some new piece of equipment comes in and people go, 'Oh my God, we have to use this.'
I did the Kentucky Derby for 15 consecutive years, and one year there was a new piece of technology that enabled a jockey to wear a very light, couple of ounces in weight, little lipstick camera on his helmet. And you could see the race from the jockey's perspective.
Well, this was a great little toy except how this little toy should have been used was in a replay where you only used it for a couple of seconds, because all you really got was the bouncing up and down — I mean, his head's moving.
And the guy who was directing the race actually went to that shot live three times, and I was ready to throw up, because this was all about, "I'm going to be an artiste, and do this race as an artiste, and forget about the journalism." And we would never go in that direction, and that's what makes our guys at NBC Sunday Night so good.
How about Sunday's game? What are you looking for?
The story line going in is pretty simple: You've got two teams that played in AFC championship game last year who are legitimate Super Bowl contenders, and who, according to their fan base, should be 2-0, but they're 1-1. And now all of a sudden on Monday morning, you're going to have a fan base for one of them that's going to be on the edge of panic, because they'll be 1-2. And even though you're not really out of it, 1-2 doesn't sound very good when you think your team should be 3-0.
So, in that regard, it has a little bit more importance than it would as another early-season game. But I look at it as an attractive matchup between two teams that last January were an inch apart at the end of the day. I don't have to tell any Ravens fan the story: A catch is made in the end zone, a kick is made to send it into overtime, blah, blah, blah, everybody knows the story.
And the other thing is that any time you have Tom Brady and Ray Lewis in the same game, that's great. I mean, that's what your marquee says. If this were a movie theater, outside it would say, "Patriots versus Ravens, starring Tom Brady and Ray Lewis, and also starring Ed Reed and Rob Gronkowski and Joe Flacco and all of the rest." But they would be the subheadliners at this point, and rightfully so, because Brady and Lewis are two of the greatest that have ever played." …
But the great thing is you think about a lot of stuff going into the game and you prepare diligently, but then, as my good buddy, John Madden, used to say, "You prepare, you prepare, you prepare. You spend hours and hours and hours — and then, a game breaks out."
As the man who will always be linked to the line, "Do you believe in miracles?" I know you saw a little bit of a miracle with your beloved Los Angeles Kings winning the Stanley Cup. But we are feeling it here with the Orioles baseball team this fall? Any thought on the improbable Orioles season?
I haven't followed baseball that closely this year, but I've followed it enough to know the expectations for the Orioles were so low, especially in that division … where they were picked fourth or fifth after the Yankees, Red Sox, Tampa Bay. Clearly, I always thought [Buck] Showalter was a pretty good manager, so he must he doing some really good stuff.
And on balance, this is why we love sports. We love sports because you don't know what's going to happen. And I think what is happening now it's great for Baltimore.
I did a ton of Orioles games at the old stadium when I was doing Monday Night Baseball. In fact, I've done the Orioles in two World Series, in '79 and '83. And Jim Palmer's a great pal of mine and a longtime colleague. Jim and I and Tim McCarver did a ton of baseball together.
And don't forget, we had Earl Weaver. I had Earl for two years. Earl was some beauty, oh my God. I've got to tell you one story about Earl Weaver. So, we're doing Monday Night Baseball, it's probably '83, Earl had retired. He would come back again, of course. But he had retired, Joe Altobelli takes over, and Earl is doing Monday nights. And Earl is the kind of guy who was obsessed with making sure he had enough money for the rest of his life.
So, he retired probably a little early, but he figured, "OK, my health is maybe an issue here, I'll go do some broadcasting." And we would drive out to the airport on a Tuesday morning, and Earl would have a piece of paper and pen, and Earl would be figuring out his net worth, which would then include his fee from the game the night before. And he was like doing an actuarial table to see if he could go through the rest of life and how much he would have to work.
Jim Palmer's going to love this.
Oh, he knows all about this. He knows all about this. I mean [Howard] Cosell was in the mix in those years, but I did three or four games where I had Palmer and Weaver together -- together.
If there is one television sportscaster to whom the adjective "legendary" can honestly be applied, it is Al Michaels, play-by-play announcer of NBC's "Sunday Night Football." From almost two decades in the booth at ABC's "Monday night Football," to his "Do you believe in miracles?" call of the U.S. victory over the Russian hockey team at 1980 Olympics, Michaels' resume and the history of the biggest moments of TV sports are practically one and the same.


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Conservation and Environment in Fiji: Monthly Updates
Monthly Updates from 2015
Throughout 2015, the Projects Abroad Fiji Shark Conservation Project successfully deployed 96 BRUVs and conducted 336 survey dives.
The project has been very successful during the months of September and October, as a lot has been achieved. Vinaka to our volunteers for their hard work over the last two months!
It has been another wonderful two months for the Shark Conservation project in Fiji. Although we have experienced bad weather, our volunteers have done a lot of great work.
It was a great two months here at the Shark Conservation project. The weather hasn't been ideal here in Pacific Harbour but we are all at the mercy of Mother Nature and there's nothing that we can do about it. Our volunteers and staff are to be commended for not letting the weather deter them from completing and participating in their respective projects.
Another fantastic two months at the Shark Conservation Project in Fiji! For the last two months our volunteers have been participating in shark tagging with the University of the South Pacific in order to try identify nursery grounds for scalloped hammerhead sharks in Rewa River.
What a great first two months here at The Shark Conservation Project. Even though we have been going through a transition period with the change over in staff, our new recruits have been passionate and have worked extremely hard to ensure that everything progressed as normally as possible.


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By: Dr. Jeff Masters , 4:16 PM GMT on January 13, 2011
The Northeast U.S. is digging out today from the winter's third major snowstorm, and the nation's South continues to deal with travel disruptions caused by the nasty coasting of ice, snow and sleet the storm left behind early this week. Yesterday's Nor'easter has exited into Canada, and the storm is over for the U.S. It was a pretty average Nor'easter as far as intensity goes--the storm's central pressure bottomed out at 982 mb, and just the Massachusetts coast was subject to high winds that merited blizzard warnings. The storm did generate one hurricane-force wind gust--Provincetown airport on the tip of Cape Cod had sustained winds at 43 mph, gusting to 79 mph, at 6:35am EST yesterday, and a personal weather station at Humarock Beach in Scituate, southeast of Boston, recorded a wind gust of 64 mph at 5:51am EST yesterday.
Figure 1. A bit of work today needed before one can step out of the door in Southborough, Massachusetts! Image credit: wunderphotographer Megmdp.
But what was remarkable about the January Nor'easter of 2011 were its snow amounts. This rather ordinary-strength Nor'easter managed to assemble the perfect mix of conditions needed to transport moisture to a region of the storm highly favorable for heavy snow formation. Many heavy snow bands with snowfall rates up to 3 inches per hour formed over New England, with some of these bands intense enough to generate lightning and thunder. Connecticut, Massachusetts, and Vermont all came within an inch of setting all-time state 24-hour snowfall records yesterday. North Haven, Connecticut received 29.5", falling just short of the 30.2" 24-hour snowfall record for the state, set at Fairfield in February 2006. Savoy, Massachusetts received 34.5", falling just short of that state's all-time 24-hour snowfall record, the 36" recorded at Milton in February 1997. Wilmington, Vermont got 36" in yesterday's storm, just missing the state record of 37", set at Peru in March 1984. The capital of Connecticut, Hartford, had its greatest snowstorm in history yesterday, with 24". The old record was 23.5", set in a February 1899 storm.
Some selected storm total snowfall amounts, taken from the latest NOAA storm summary:
New York City, NY 9.1"
Albany, NY 13.2"
Worcester, MA 21.1"
Boston, MA 14.6"
Augusta, ME 14.5"
Portland, ME 9.2"
Concord, NH 22"
Somerset, PA 15"
Philadelphia, PA 5.2"
Providence, RI 9.5"
Brattleboro, VT 19"
Elkin, WV 10"
Danbury, CT 17.9"
Wilmington, DE 4.3"
According to our weather historian, Christopher C. Burt, in his latest blog post titled, "Snowstorms in the South: A Historical Perspective", the 8.9" that fell on Huntsville, Alabama from this week's storm was that city's third heaviest snow on record. The post has a nice summary of the remarkable heavy snow storms that have hit the South in the past.
Figure 2. Flooding at São José do Vale do Rio Preto in Brazil photographed on Thursday, January 13, 2011.
Brazilian floods, landslides kill at least 350
The globe's parade of massive flooding disasters in recent months continued yesterday in Brazil, where heavy rains of up to 10 inches in 24 hours inundated the region about 60 miles north of Rio de Janeiro. At least 350 are dead and 50 people missing, and the death toll is expected to go much higher once rescuers reach remote villages that have been cut off from communications. Brazil suffers hundreds of deaths each year due to flooding and mudslides, but the past 12 months have been particularly devastating. Flooding and landslides near Rio in April last year killed 246 people and did about $13 billion in damage, and at least 85 people perished last January during a similar event.
Figure 3. A woman trapped on the roof of her car awaits rescue during the Toowoomba flash flood on Monday. Image credit: Wikipedia.
New floods ravage Australia's 3rd largest city
Flood waters swept today into Brisbane, Australia's 3rd largest city, inundating 14,400 homes and businesses, partially submerging another 17,200, and cutting power to 118,000, as the Brisbane River peaked at its highest level since 1974. Queensland Premier Anna Bligh, who has called the recent floods in Queensland the greatest natural disaster in their history, said, "What I'm seeing looks more like a war zone in some places. All I could see was their rooftops...underneath every single one of those rooftops is a horror story. We are facing a reconstruction effort of post-war proportions." Much of Brisbane's infrastructure has been damaged or destroyed, including 55,000 miles of roads. The Port of Brisbane, one of Australia's busiest, has been closed because of debris, and the city's largest sports stadium is under several feet of water.
The search for bodies continues in Toowoomba, about 60 miles west of Brisbane, where freak rains of 6 inches in just 30 minutes triggered a flash flood that killed 12 and left 61 missing on Monday. The flood waters from the Toowoomba disaster poured into the Brisbane River, contributing to its rampage through Brisbane yesterday. The Australian Bureau of Meteorology (BOM) reported that only scattered light rains less than 1/3" fell in the Brisbane area over the past 24 hours, and no further significant rains are forecast in the Brisbane area until Tuesday next week, so the worst of the flooding is now over for Queensland. According to the Australian Bureau of Meteorology, the December - January floods in Queenland are the most significant flooding event in Australia since at least 1974. In 2010, Australia had its wettest spring (September - November) since records began 111 years ago, with some sections of coastal Queensland receiving over 4 feet (1200 mm) of rain. Rainfall in Queensland and all of eastern Australia in December was the greatest on record, and the year 2010 was the rainiest year on record for Queensland. Queensland typically has its rainiest years when La Niña events occur, due to the much warmer than average ocean temperatures that occur along the coast. The BOM notes, "Previous strong La Niña events, such as those of 1974 and 1955, have also been associated with widespread and severe flooding in eastern Australia. Sea surface temperatures off the Queensland coast in recent months have also been at or near record levels." The BOM's annual summary also reported, "Sea surface temperatures in the Australian region during 2010 were the warmest value on record for the Australian region. Individual high monthly sea surface temperature records were also set during 2010 in March, April, June, September, October, November and December. Along with favourable hemispheric circulation associated with the 2010 La Niña, very warm sea surface temperatures contributed to the record rainfall and very high humidity across eastern Australia during winter and spring." Beginning in December, the Queensland floods have killed at least 22, and damage estimates are now as high as $20 billion. Queensland has an area the size of Germany and France combined.
2010 tied for warmest year in Earth's history
Earth's warmest year in history occurred in 2010, NASA reported yesterday. The globe's temperature beat the previous record set in 2005 by just .01°C, so we should consider 2010 and 2005 tied for the warmest year on record. Reliable global temperature records go back to 1880. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) also announced yesterday that 2010 was tied with 2005 as the warmest year on record, with temperatures during 2010 1.12°F (0.62°C) above the 20th century average. I'll have a full blog post on the subject Friday morning.
Jeff Masters
The views of the author are his/her own and do not necessarily represent the position of The Weather Company or its parent, IBM.
Cat 6 lead authors: WU cofounder Dr. Jeff Masters (right), who flew w/NOAA Hurricane Hunters 1986-1990, & WU meteorologist Bob Henson, @bhensonweather


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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Come January, women will head three of the six largest U.S. weapons makers, a sign that their clout in the male-dominated industry is growing.
But executives and experts say the trend may be short-lived unless more young women choose engineering careers and defense companies figure out how to keep them.
Marillyn Hewson and Phebe Novakovic move into the CEO offices at Lockheed Martin Corp (LMT.N) and General Dynamics Corp (GD.N) respectively on January 1, joining trailblazer Linda Hudson, who became the first woman to head a major U.S. defense firm in 2009 when she was named CEO of BAE Systems Plc's (BAES.L) U.S. unit.
The promotions put them in a small club of 19 female CEOs who head Xerox, Hewlett Packard and other Fortune 500 companies.
But Hudson, 62, said Hewson and Novakovic's new jobs shouldn't be taken as signals that defense companies are now paradigms of equal opportunity for women.
"I will be more convinced the industry has made a dramatic shift when I see significant numbers of female executive leaders at all levels of management throughout the entire industry," Hudson said.
Women have been making slow but steady inroads in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) fields, and accounted for 14 percent of working engineers in 2009, up from 1 percent in 1960, the Association of American University Women said.
And women are gaining more promotions in the second-tier of management at defense companies. Boeing Co (BA.N) this month appointed five women to senior posts, two heading reorganized defense divisions.
But the wave of female engineers and scientists entering the defense business has stalled or reversed. In 2010, women earned 18.4 percent of U.S. bachelor engineering degrees, down from a peak of nearly 21 percent in 2002 and unchanged from the 1980s, according to the National Science Foundation.
In computer science, women earned only 18.2 percent of degrees in 2010, down from nearly 28 percent a decade ago.
"You're seeing women move up within corporations. You're seeing a lot more mentoring inside companies," said Karen Panetta, who teaches engineering at Tufts University and edits Women in Engineering magazine.
"But the number of women going into technical engineering fields is a real problem."
Today, one in four female engineering graduates chooses a career in aerospace, a figure that has not changed in nearly a decade, said Carole Hedden, an editor at Aviation Week magazine and author of an annual report on industry employment.
At a recent women's leadership forum sponsored by Lockheed, Hewson warned that the long-term trend of women entering aerospace and defense is no longer assured.
"Frankly, we can't take it for granted," she told more than 350 women at the event on November 8, a day before the company's board elected her to succeed Bob Stevens as CEO of Lockheed, the Pentagon's biggest supplier and the world's largest arms maker. "Women are losing ground."
Hewson, 58, knows how hard it can be to break through the glass ceiling. She took 18 different leadership posts at Lockheed and moved her family eight times to reach the top. Her promotion to CEO came abruptly this month, when Lockheed's board fired its first choice, Christopher Kubasik, after he admitted to an improper relationship with a subordinate.
Hewson's long journey explains why defense companies find it tough to retain female employees. As women reach their mid-30s, many switch fields or leave to raise families, especially if they don't see clear advancement opportunities, said Panetta.
Hedden said the departures often reflect frustration among women about the challenges of a male-dominated culture where they feel they must prove their competence over and over again.
"They get tired of fighting all the time," Hedden said.
Hudson logged many firsts in her ascent: first female to take engineering drawing at her Florida high school; first woman manager at Ford Aerospace and Communications Corp; first female vice president of an operating company at Martin Marietta; and first female corporate officer and company president at General Dynamics.
"Every senior level job I got, people presumed I was incompetent," she said in an earlier interview. "Only after I managed to perform did I get the point across."
Women have made bigger gains in professions such as finance and information technology, where they account for 41 percent to 55 percent of the workforce, according to a U.S. Commerce Department study. But in the manufacturing, transportation and mining and gas industries, the female workforce remains relatively small.
Big defense companies are spending to attract young women. Northrop Grumman Corp(NOC.N), for example, invests millions of dollars a year to encourage female high school and college students to pursue science, technology, engineering and math careers, said Linda Mills, who heads the company's $8.4 billion Information Systems unit.
Such investments have helped big companies like Lockheed and Northrop hire a greater proportion of women than smaller firms, according to Aviation Week's study.
"Without that investment, declining enrollment in these fields by young women will deprive us of the very resource we are looking to access," said Marion Blakey, president of the Aerospace Industries Association and former head of the Federal Aviation Administration.
Mills, 62, is herself a role model: In January she will move to a newly created job overseeing Northrop's overall operations as corporate vice president of operations. In her view, the industry must do better at pitching women on exciting prospects in robotics, unmanned vehicles and cyberspace - areas where hiring is likely to continue even as the overall U.S. defense budget declines.
The defense industry has other forces working against it. Panetta, the Tufts professor, said such fields as biomedical engineering appeal to women who want to work on societal issues. In contrast, women often don't see options in aerospace and defense beyond "making bombs," she said.
Some universities are now linking engineering programs to music and other creative fields to increase appeal to women and other groups, Panetta said.
Role models are key to combating stereotypes of scientists and engineers as geeky or weird, Mills said, noting that such images have persisted since she entered the field decades ago.
Hewson said television shows like "NCIS" and "Criminal Minds" often portray female analysts as brilliant but quirky and odd, while female investigators are shown as beautiful and sexy.
Attracting girls to science and technology while they are still in middle school is especially important, Panetta said.
"Image is everything," she said. "The media play a huge role."
The image, and recruitment, should improve with three women heading defense businesses, said Ana Dutra, chief executive for leadership and talent consulting at Korn/Ferry International.
"It's going to be a total game-changer," Dutra said. "There is an inspiration factor. I bet that we're going to see many more women graduates reaching out to those companies and wanting to be part of them," Dutra said.
But today's younger women likely won't have the patience to slowly work their way up and wait until they are in their late 40s, 50s or 60s to hold powerful jobs, Dutra said.
"Companies need to identify their high potential women much earlier and try to develop them faster," she said. Otherwise, "they are probably going to move out to other sectors."
Reporting by Andrea Shalal-Esa; Editing by Alwyn Scott, Martin Howell and Steve Orlofsky


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Loose lips sink ships — and stock prices.
Lululemon founder Chip Wilson found that out the hard way, after a controversial comment alienated many of the women who had made him a very rich man by purchasing his expensive yoga togs.
No need to feel sorry for the Vancouver-based Wilson — Forbes magazine says he's still worth $1.8 billion US — but his poor choice of words started a chain of events that has reduced his worth by some $1.7 billion over the past year.
That's what can happen when you personally own 40 million shares of stock.
Asked by a Bloomberg reporter last year about the problem with pilling on his pricey pants, Wilson blurted: "Frankly, some women's bodies just actually don't work for (wearing Lululemon pants) … it's really about the rubbing through the thighs, how much pressure is there over a period of time, how much they use it."
That rationale — from a presumably new-age, yoga-loving man — was seen as blaming women for not having perfect bodies, and irate consumers quickly learned that many different firms produce yoga wear without the Lululemon premium price.
Wilson's verbal faux pas forced him out of his executive role with Lululemon, as he publicly fought with the company's board, and Lululemon Athletica stock traded Tuesday at just $40 a share, less than half its value a year ago.
Because of his massive stock holdings, Wilson can make or lose immense amounts of money in a very short time.
With an earnings report last week not meeting expectations, Lululemon shares dropped 16 per cent, and Wilson personally lost more than $280 million in a single day.
The stock price has rebounded a bit since, allowing Wilson to recoup $100 million of that loss.
Lululemon shares have ranged in price from a high of $77.75 to a low of $36.26 in the past year.


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floridita necesitaba un nuevo diseño de página web y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 66 diseños de 20 diseñadores freelance.
We are the biggest Latin (Cuban) dance club and Cocktail Bar in Austria (Europe). We just don't see us as a bar or a club we are also an institution to connect Austrian (European) and Latin cultures. Therefore our new Website has to be more than a normal Club Website it should be more like a News Portal promoting our events and offers as other Latin events in Austria and Europe and interesting Latin news in a stylish Web2.0 style.
Salsa (dancing) lovers,
Cocktail lovers,
Latin musik and Latin event lovers
We need a redesign of our existing page http://www.floridita.at
This time it should be more portal like. With maximal possibility to promote events.
Background behind texts should be white. The rest is up to you. Just dont make it to colourfull like the actual homepage. Colours should be latin style. (Warm colour tones) You can use any type of fotos, grafics that show latin, salsa dance, cocktail and cigar ambience. Or make suggestions what fotos we could make (shootings) for the page...
we use a custom CMS system which is very flexible in designs....
the new page should not be similar to the old one.
the content elements should not be places from left to right- they should be normal from top to bottom.
For more information please read the attached documents!
If you have any questions just ask!


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Tuition & Fee Exemptions
Are you eligible for exemptions?
Exemptions are a type of financial assistance allowing some Texas residents to attend a public college or university in Texas without paying tuition or, in some cases, tuition and fees. Listed below are the exemption programs available to Texas residents.
- Adopted Students Formerly in Foster or Other Residential Care
- Blind/Deaf Student Exemption Program
- Children of Disabled or Deceased Firemen, Peace Officers, Game Wardens, and Employees of Correctional Institutions
- Concurrent Enrollment Waiver (Enrollment in Two Texas Community Colleges)
- Exemption for Highest Ranking High School Graduate
- Exemption for Peace Officers Disabled in the Line of Duty
- Exemption for Students Enrolled in Courses for Dual High School and College-Level Credit
- Exemption for the Surviving Spouse and Dependent Children of Certain Deceased Public Servants (employees)
- Exemption Program for Children of Professional Nursing Program Faculty and Staff
- Exemption Program for Clinical Preceptors and Their Children
- Firefighters Taking Fire Science Courses
- Foster Care Students
- Military: Children of U.S. Military who are Missing in Action or Prisoners of War (MIA/POWs)
- Military: Exemptions for Texas Veterans (Hazlewood Exemptions)
- Military: Texas National Guard Tuition Assistance Program
- Military: Orphans of Texas Members of the U.S. Armed Forces or National Guard
- Senior Citizen, 65 or Older, Free Tuition for 6 Semester Hours
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For detailed information, go to College for All Texans. Contact the TWU Registrar for required documentation to claim the exemption.
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Hollywood: World's most dramatic travel agent?
Majestic mountains. Lush valleys. Imposing waterfalls.
Along with the likes of Frodo, Gandalf and Gollum, the brilliant (and sometimes enhanced) New Zealand scenery showcased in the "Lord of the Rings" film trilogy practically became its own character.
Audiences noticed.
So did the travel industry.
Ever since the heightened awareness of tourism in New Zealand fueled by the "Lord of the Rings" movies, destination marketers around the world have been looking for ways to harness the power of "film tourism," a concept that connects tourist interest in sites made famous by movies.
More on CNN: The Wolf Pack's "Hangover II" Thailand travel trail
Increasingly, government-sponsored tourism campaigns are being launched around big-budget films.
Enamored with Ang Lee's fantastical take on India in 2012's "Life of Pi," India's Ministry of Tourism has built an entire "Land of Pi" tourism campaign.
"We will be promoting the locations where the movie was shot," an Indian tourism official told CNN Travel. "We expect it to roll out around mid-March."
The Leading Hotels of the World consortium has recently gotten in on the act, as well, posting a website listing iconic hotels that have played famous roles in movies throughout the years.
Many of the company's hotels have experienced increased business following the release of a film in which the property was featured.
"The Hotel Le Bristol Paris offers a 'Midnight in Paris' package," Leading Hotels of the World chief marketing officer Claudia Kozma tells CNN Travel. "Since the film's release, the hotel has had many requests for the Panoramic Suite [featured in the movie], and tourists can often be spotted snapping photos of the facade and lobby."
The Dodler Resort, Switzerland, has seen a similar boost since its own star turn in a recent blockbuster.
"Though we don't have specific numbers, we definitely had an increase in interest in our property after 'The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo,'" says general manager Matthias Kasweber.
Underwriting movies for tourism gains
Traditionally, tourism promoters have capitalized on the popularity of a film only after its success at the box office.
But industry experts say that tourist boards and even national policymakers are becoming more aggressive in working with films from their conception, citing New Zealand's largesse with the "Lord of the Rings" as the most potent example.
New Zealand's federal government famously provided a US$150 million incentive package for the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy production. While hard monetary returns are virtually impossible to calculate, the general consensus is that the investment paid off with a massive international marketing success for the country.
Such hand-in-glove cooperation between tourist boards and movie producers, however, remains in its infancy.
"In terms of policymaking, there is a lack of integration between most tourist commissions and film commissions -- they need to work more closely and consider ways that they can support each other," says Sue Beeton, associate professor of tourism at La Trobe University in Australia and author of "Film Induced Tourism."
"Research from New Zealand, Italy and Sweden has found that around 5 percent of visitors come [to those countries] purely because of a film or TV series," says Beeton. "People can … often change their travel plans once they are aware of activities related to a film."
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"Twilight" and "In Bruges" locations popular
According to Stefan Roesch, a film tourism consultant based in Germany, marketers need to appreciate the difference between film-location tourism and film tourism.
The former focuses on the actual sets and physical locations where favorite movie scenes were shot.
The latter revolves around real-world places that inspired fictional storylines.
"In the 'Twilight' films, traveling fans have the dilemma of going to Tuscany, where scenes were actually filmed, or Volterra, where the story is set," Roesch tells CNN Travel.
The popularity of "Twilight" highlights another lesson -- and misconception -- that tourism officials should note. Dark movies and horror films can actually have a positive impact on a destination's appeal.
"When destination marketers hear that a horror movie is being filmed in their area, they often tell me they don't want their area associated with that kind of negativity," says Roesch. "But I don't think a negative storyline works differently from positive storylines in terms of tourism impact."
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As an example, Roesch cites the city of Bruges in Belgium, which served as the backdrop for the critically acclaimed 2008 Colin Farrell drama, "In Bruges," about a hired killer who flees the UK for Belgium.
"Tourism numbers went up after the movie, and the city decided to market itself after the movie, putting up a movie map and putting together guided walking tours," says Roesch.
Beeton's research also indicates that a "bad" movie depiction of a destination doesn't mean it's bad for tourism.
"Images of crime, for example, are not bad for tourism -- there are a series of very successful tours based around the 'Sopranos' TV series," says Beeton, who is researching the emotional connection that tourists have when visiting a place made special to them through film.
Asians most ardent film tourists
Of any region in the world, travelers from Asia appear most devoted to film tourism.
Visitation rates of film locations is "much higher in Asia with Asian tourists" than in other regions, says Beeton, who is working with colleagues in Japan to understand the cultural reasons behind this difference, which can be many times over, according to reported cases.
The most dramatic example of the power of film to draw Asian tourists is "Lost in Thailand," a wildly popular low-budget Chinese comedy that's been seen by more than 30 million people.
Released in December 2012, the film, which follows rival Chinese businessmen traveling through Thailand, has inspired an explosion of travel in Thailand among Chinese visitors.
According to a Bloomberg story, the film's popularity is expected to increase tourist arrivals in Thailand by a whopping 10 percent in 2013.
"The movie is helping boost sentiment and is increasing people's desire to visit," said Sisdivachr Cheewarattanaporn of the Association of Thai Travel Agents in the Bloomberg story.
Not surprisingly, tourism officials around Asia have begun looking for ways to exploit the exceptional regional popularity of film tourism.
The Korea Tourism Organization is actively seeking to attract more international film productions in the country by having its representatives touring Malaysia, Indonesia and Thailand.
"The monetary support varies by the scale of each project, but in the past we've subsidized about 20 percent of the production cost of a foreign movie filming in Korea," says Sang-won Je, head of the Hallyu (Korean Wave) Tourism Team.
The picture seems clear. Getting your country or location into a film is the ultimate form of product placement -- one that movie fans and travelers are likely to see more and more of in cinemas around the world.
And on their travels.
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