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April 04, 2012 MSNBC News
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“The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore” is an award-winning animated short film by author/illustrator William Joyce and Co-Director Brandon Oldenburg at Moonbot Studios, which won the Oscar for Best Animated Short Film last night at the 2012 Academy Awards. Drawing on inspirations from Hurricane Katrina, The Wizard of Oz and Buster Keaton, the amazing and inspirational short film combines a variety of animation techniques to tell the story of people who have a passion for books.
This piece includes a number of colorful illustrations, as well as the acclaimed animated short film.
http://disembedded.wordpress.com/2012/02/27/the-fantastic-flying-books-of-mr-morris-lessmore-wins-2012-oscar-for-best-animated-short-film/“The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore” is an award-winning... more
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“The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore” is an award-winning animated short film by author/illustrator William Joyce and Co-director Brandon Oldenburg at Moonbot Studios, which just received a 2012 Academy Award Nomination for Best Animated Short Film. Drawing on inspirations from Hurricane Katrina, “The Wizard of Oz” and Buster Keaton, the film combines a variety of animation techniques to tell the story of people who have a passion for books.
This piece includes colorful illustrations and the full version of the acclaimed animated short film.
http://disembedded.wordpress.com/2012/01/25/a-lifesaving-passion-for-books-the-fantastic-flying-books-of-mr-morris-lessmore/“The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore” is an award-winning... more
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In keeping with the spirit of the Halloween season-I would like to share my deepest fears with the 1Lovejoy nation. These are just a few thoughts that frighten and keep me up in the middle of the night. Without further adieu here are a few scary scenarios.In keeping with the spirit of the Halloween season-I would like to share my deepest... more
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“The Little Boat” is a bittersweet, sometimes heartbreaking minimalist five-minute animated short film by CalArts student Nelson Boles. After Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans in September 2005, Boles enrolled in the Teen Program at The Animation Academy in Burbank. He was a 16 year-old young man from New Orleans, a refugee from the storm. Later, when things got back to semi-normal in New Orleans, he returned home.
“The Little Boat” imbues life into an obstinately mundane object, as the little red the dinghy steadfastly pushes forward through storms, floods and wars. One shot, at the 2:10 mark in the film, shows the little boat resolutely thrusting forward upon the stormy seas, only to have its mast shattered in half; it’s as heartbreaking a moment as anything that could happen to a more conventional animated character with eyes, hands and legs.
This piece includes illustrations and the memorable animated short film.
http://disembedded.wordpress.com/2011/10/26/the-little-boat-a-bittersweet-tale-of-persistence-and-adversity/“The Little Boat” is a bittersweet, sometimes heartbreaking minimalist... more
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On the morning on August 29, 2005, a category three hurricane stuck the Gulf Coast of the United States. The aftermath of the disaster was the most costly in U.S. history. An estimated $81 Billion dollars in damages occurred and left one of the oldest and most beloved American cities in near ruins.On the morning on August 29, 2005, a category three hurricane stuck the Gulf Coast of... more
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This is the Fourth of July Weekend, and while many people might be taking advantage of the long weekend to visit amusement parks all across our great nation, Six Flags New Orleans is still a wasteland of rubble. Six Flags New Orleans, formerly known as Jazzland when it first opened in 2000, is located in Eastern New Orleans, and the park was completely flooded and closed when Hurricane Katrina struck in 2005. Six years later, it remains closed, a desolate victim of both political fighting and the elements.
This piece includes a number of high-resolution color photographs, a photo-gallery and a wonderful documentary short film.
http://disembedded.wordpress.com/2011/07/03/the-sad-ghost-of-an-abandoned-new-orleans-amusement-park/This is the Fourth of July Weekend, and while many people might be taking advantage of... more
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Jury selection began June 22 in what observers have called the most important trial New Orleans has seen in a generationJury selection began June 22 in what observers have called the most important trial... more
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With hurricanes missing the United States over the past two hurricane seasons, the country has now gone more than 1,000 days without a landfall.
http://exm.nr/jphR1DWith hurricanes missing the United States over the past two hurricane seasons, the... more
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Many of us have already had our hearts touched by Ralphie through emails that flooded the internet a few years ago. We posted the story we received and the touching pictures on our website.
The email depicted Ralphie and his friends being rescued from a tornado in Kansas. However, this is not Ralphie’s real story. Ralphie’s pictures were taken from his furmom’s Flicker account and sent throughout the internet. Like many stories that get repeated over and over, somehow Ralphie's story morphed into a story that was different from what really happened.
http://www.tbyil.com/We_Remember_Ralphie.htmMany of us have already had our hearts touched by Ralphie through emails that flooded... more
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A compare and contrast article about the current events in Japan and the events of 2005 Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans.A compare and contrast article about the current events in Japan and the events of... more
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Bruce Friedrich
Posted: February 4, 2011 03:30 PM
U.S. Citizens Forced to Abandon Their Dogs in Egypt
Amid the political riots in Egypt, the U.S. State Department is evacuating U.S. nationals. But evacuees are being told that they are not allowed to take their animal companions on the plane. This leaves the terrified evacuees with an impossible choice: leave their beloved companions behind to face certain death, or risk their own lives by remaining in Egypt in order to stay with their animals.
Have we learned nothing from Hurricane Katrina? For Americans and compassionate people around the world, dogs and cats are members of the family. Animals aren't any better equipped to survive a disaster than humans are. Dogs and cats who are left behind in emergencies may be stranded in dangerous conditions for days or weeks without food or water -- or worse.
Many brave people chose to stay behind after Katrina rather than evacuate without their beloved animal family members, and many of these people perished as a result. The animals whose guardians left without them, however, were shot or suffered slow, lonely, and painful deaths from dehydration, starvation, injuries, or drowning. A few lucky animals were later rescued, but for many, help came too late. At one home, PETA's team of trained animal-emergency staffers found the rotting remains of a pit bull who had been left locked inside a cage on a kitchen table without any food or water.
Dogs and cats who are left behind by people fleeing Egypt face similar -- if not worse -- peril, and chances that they will ever be reunited with their guardians are slim to none. The people fleeing Egypt have already had their lives turned upside down. It's a low blow for their own country to put them through the heartache and stress of leaving their animal family members behind and wondering what will happen to them.
A State Department contact has confirmed to PETA that decisionmakers are discussing ways to create more animal-friendly standard operating procedures for future evacuations, but the people and animals who are caught in the turmoil in Egypt need help right now. With the stroke of a pen, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton could put an end to the heartbreaking destruction of families today. Please urge the Department of State's Egyptian Task Force to allow evacuees from Egypt to take their animal companions with them.
Dogs and cats have no political affiliation, and they don't start riots. They don't deserve to be left behind to die in a crisis created by humans.Bruce Friedrich
Posted: February 4, 2011 03:30 PM
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January 12, 2011, will mark one year to the day that the devastating 7.9 magnitude earthquake hit Haiti, resulting in what is arguably the worst natural disaster in modern history. Of the 1.5 million Haitian people who lost their homes in the earthquake, the majority are still living in makeshift tent cities, and the promised billions of dollars in foreign aid have yet to materialize. While financial donors and peacekeepers have resources that vastly overshadow those of the Haitian government, a lack of coordination in their endeavors has hampered the country’s efforts to recover.
“Tent Life: Haiti” is a very timely collection of stunning portraits of dignity, hope and joy by New York photographer Wyatt Gallery, inspirational photographs that show the reality of Haitian lives a year after the earthquake’s destruction and its aftermath. Gallery’s photographs present an artful and unselfconscious study of the resilience of an irrepressible people. They are beautiful narrative illustrations of the lives of a people experiencing a painfully arduous process of recovery, but they don’t romanticize the tent cities or the desperate living conditions of the Haitians who were rendered homeless by the earthquake.
Rather than using the medium of photography mainly as an attempt to understand what has happened in Haiti, Gallery’s portraits reveal a sense of intimacy and closeness with the Haitian survivors, as well as a genuine wish to be helpful. His work stands as a tender expression of the unexpected and unlikely sense of hope that he discovered in the residents of the Haitian tent cities.
This piece presents a number of inspiring, deeply engaging high-resolution color photographs, a memorable photo-gallery of additional images, a documentary short film and an HD-version of the official music video, “We Are The World 25 For Haiti.”
http://disembedded.wordpress.com/2011/01/11/tent-life-in-haiti-portraits-of-profound-dignity-in-the-wake-of-devastation/January 12, 2011, will mark one year to the day that the devastating 7.9 magnitude... more
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Auto-tune your day with this new hit record featuring the best public speakers in the world.Auto-tune your day with this new hit record featuring the best public speakers in the... more
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Just two days after Kanye West apologised to George W. Bush for calling him a racist on US television, the über sensitive performer backtracked - claiming he was "set up" by an NBC reporter in twitter rant. In a pre-recorded interview with the Today Show's Matt Lauer on Tuesday, Kanye West apologised to former US president George W. Bush for calling him a racist in a MTV clip about hurricane Katrina in 2005. He said: "I would tell George Bush, in my moment of frustration, I didn't have the grounds to call him a racist. But I believe that in a situation of high emotion like that, we as human beings don't always choose the right words. And that's why I'm here."Bush, who was interviewed live on the NBC Today Show yesterday, said (even though he got the rapper's name wrong): "I appreciate it. I don't hate Conway West. I am not a hater."But the peace didn't last long, even before West’s interview was aired, he went on Twitter to criticise Lauer."He tried to force my answers," West tweeted in all capital letters. "It was very brutal and I came there with only positive intent."West said that NBC set him up by playing the MTV clip while asking him questions about Bush. West went on to rant about being used and abused by the media. He even invoked Michael Jackson’s name, and said he could relate to the scrutiny the King of Pop was under."I wish Michael Jackson had twitter!!!!!!" West wrote. "Maybe Mike could have explained how the media tried to set him up!!! It's all a f-----g set up!!!!"Despite having an album scheduled for release this month, West said he would give no more interviews."I don't trust anyone but myself," West wrote. "Everyone has an agenda. I don't do press anymore. I can't be everything to everybody anymore."
Just two days after Kanye West apologised to George W. Bush for calling him a racist... more
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George W. Bush has described the 'lowest moment' of his presidency in his memoirs "Decision Points," which are to be released next week.
So what was it? The legally-questionable invasion of Iraq that led to scores of civilian deaths? The horrors of 9/11? Refusing to sign the Kyoto Protocol?
Nope. Turns out it was the time Kanye West called him a massive racist.
In the book, Bush writes that he was "disgusted" and "deeply insulted" by Kanye West's insistence that Dubya didn't 'care about black people'. The president told his wife, Laura, that it was the lowest moment of his presidency.
In a TV interview with NBC News that's due to be aired on Monday, Mr Bush said:
"I didn't appreciate it then and I don't appreciate it now. It's one thing to say, 'I don't appreciate the way he's handled his business.' It's another thing to say, 'This man's a racist.' I resent it. It's not true. And it was one of the most disgusting moments in my presidency."
In the book he writes: 'The suggestion that I was racist because of the response to Hurricane Katrina represented an all-time low'.
Here's another look at Kanye's famous criticism and Mike Myer's hilariously shocked reaction:
In 2007, Kanye West spoke about how his life improved after he accused Bush of not caring caring about black people:
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“After Katrina: Destroy this Memory” is a memorable photo-essay by photographer Richard Misrach. Just after Hurricane Katrina devastated the city of New Orleans in 2005, Misrach used a 4-megapixel pocket camera to capture messages left behind by evacuees. Some are warnings; some are cries for help or encouragement; some are tallies of loss.
“The rescue workers and the people that lived there themselves…wrote these things. I felt like it was their voice,” said Misrach. “I just felt that it was important to have their words as much as possible.” Don’t look for an essay: the only text is what evacuees, or the people searching for them, left on their houses, businesses, fences and abandoned vehicles. The messages mourn victims (“RIP ZACK”), offer news of survivors (“LISA + DONNIE R OK”), warn those with bad intentions (“Looters will BE SHOT”) and alert rescue workers (“Possible Body”). At times, they also offer humor (“ELVIS HAS LEFT THE HOUSE”), political commentary (“YEP, BROWNIE. YOU DID A HECK OF A JOB”) and hope (“Keep The Faith. We Will Rebuild”).
This piece includes a number of high-resolution color photographs, a slide show and a documentary short film.
http://disembedded.wordpress.com/2010/11/02/after-katrina-destroy-this-memory/“After Katrina: Destroy this Memory” is a memorable photo-essay by... more
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