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The Sea #photography #poetry
They pulled me from my world
where seals and dolphin play
moonlight bore my charms
she’d glisten and she’d sway
I listen for the splash
feel the foam against my hull
just for one lusty moment
in rolling waves I’m lulled
The wordpress photochallange for the coming week is the Sea. I just spent the week at home (by the sea) so I am overjoyed to share a few shots
Photography: “Hull” and “Sea Foam Line” © L. Moon 2013
Some excellent shots to enjoy:
- Shadow Self | Broken Light: A Photography Collective
- Weekly Photo Challenge: Sea | Stephen Chapman
- Weekly Photo Challenge : Sea | Journey Called Life …
- Weekly Photo Challenge: SEA | Flickr Comments
- Weekly Photo Challenge: Sea (Crystal Cove) | skpfoto
- Weekly Photo Challenge: Sea | Books, Music, Photography & Movies : my best friends
- Weekly Photo Challenge: Sea | Captured With My Phone, iPhoneography
- It’s…
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Year one of the Syrian Revolution- A Timeline
This is a timeline of year one of the Syrian revolution. Many thanks to Iyad el-Baghdadi and Syria Deeply
Feb 2, 2011: Twenty Syrians hold a candlelight vigil for Egypt’s revolution. They’re attacked & beaten up by thugs.
Feb 15, 2011: Teen blogger Tal al Mallouhi sentenced to 5 years in prison for “espionage” in closed hearing.
Feb 17, 2011: Small protest in Syria shows people are fed up and ripe for revolution.
Feb 20, 2011: Blogger Ahmad Abulkheir arrested for praising Tunisian revolution and posting anti-censorship information.
Feb 23, 2011: Rally in solidarity with Libya is violently dispersed.
Mar 6, 2011: Libyan rebels shoot down two Gaddafi fighter jets. Pilots had Syrian passports.
Mar 15, 2011: Having designated this day as a day of protests, many rallies across Syria: Damascus, Aleppo, Daraa, Homs, Banyas.
Mar 18, 2011: Violent clamp down leads protests to spread & escalate across the…
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Drumming Recalls Centuries-old Link Between Caribbean, Africa
When you have no facts or power, you whine! Charles Krauthammer: Shamed into war? – The Washington Post
If you are going to do this, Mr. President, do it constitutionally. And seriously. This is not about you and your conscience. It’s about applying American power to do precisely what you now deny this is about — helping Assad go, as you told the world he must.
Otherwise, just send Assad a text message. You might incur a roaming charge, but it’s still cheaper than a three-day, highly telegraphed, perfectly useless demonstration strike.
via Charles Krauthammer: Shamed into war? – The Washington Post.
Watching Syria’s Violence From A Refuge in Egypt
By Marwan Kamal, contributor, EgyptianStreets.com
I vividly remember sitting down with a Syrian man and his eldest son shortly after he started renting my old apartment in the northern city of Alexandria.
We discussed many topics, including his occupation, his schooling, even his ex-wife and how he met his current wife. However it was the situation in Syria that grasped the conversation.
Historically, Syria and Egypt have always been allies. Historians and Egyptians’ grandparents may even recall Syria uniting with Egypt under the United Arab Republic during Gamal Abdel-Nasser’s reign. Short lived as it was, the friendship did not end there: countless wars and cooperative activities convinced the people of Syria and Egypt that they are very much friends.
Knowing this it is no surprise how many Syrians fled to Egypt. Official reports indicate that more than 100,000 Syrians have settled in Egypt since 2011. Despite difficulties in safely leaving…
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Photos: This Cat Has The World Record For Longest Fur: LAist
This is precisely what your day needs: A look at Colonel Meow, the cat who currently holds the Guinness World Record for the longest fur.
Colonel Meow, age two, is a Himalayan-Persian crossbreed with fur that reaches nine inches long. Meow’s fantastically furry features will be part of the newest edition of the 2014 Guinness World Records book, which comes out next month.
via Photos: This Cat Has The World Record For Longest Fur: LAist.
Lebanon Censors a Play About Censorship
Wish this post was satire – sadly it is not.
A Separate State of Mind | A Blog by Elie Fares
Some officials in this country don’t seem to live in the same place as people who are worried about going by everyday, about explosions and impeding wars.
Instead, they are more worried about how their reputation plays out through a play that doesn’t even target them in a documentary way. A play about censorship was censored by Lebanon’s bureau of censorship. Why?
1) Because the bureau couldn’t grasp the fact that this is satire.
2) Because the man in question doesn’t require his subordinates to stomp their foot in salutation and was offended the play suggested he does.
3) Because our censorship bureau got offended that a play is making fun of them.
4) Because the play in question was, according to the bureau, “not a work of art but a work of shame.”
5) Because even though there’s no law to dictate we can’t criticize the censorship bureau, they…
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Tony Blair to sue David Cameron over plagiarising of his 2003 work of fiction ‘War Scenario’
Not satire just premeditated filching!
(satire?)
Lawyers representing Tony Blair have announced he is to sue David Cameron over allegations of copyright infringement relating to his 2003 work of fiction “War Scenario” in which a middle-eastern dictator is threatened with military action after being accused of having weapons of mass destruction*.
The former prime minister alleges Mr Cameron’s storyline about Syria – which also features a United Nations recklessly refusing to support military action until at least some concrete evidence is produced – bears a strong resemblance to the one composed by the former prime minister in the lead up to the war in Iraq.
Both works of fiction feature the same far-fetched scenarios – a middle eastern country, weapons of mass destruction, unpopular leaders, public protests which are ignored, helicopters, ships, airplanes, missiles, a plethora of dead civilians and narratives which end with everyone losing.
Independent experts say the similarities between Mr…
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