By now most of us have already heard about Apple’s new iPad. I’m sure they will do well with it as Apple just announced all time high profits for the company but I came across this critical review of the iPad online. Check it out…
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| And they will gather by the well, its dark water a mirror to catch whatever stars slide by in the slow precession of the skies, the tilting dome of time, over all, a light mist like a scrim, and here and there some clouds that will open at the last and let the moon shine through; it will be at the wheel’s turning, when three zeros stand like paw-prints in the snow; it will be a crescent moon, and it will shine up from the dark water like a silver hook without a fish–until, as we lean closer, swimming up from the well, something dark but glowing, animate, like live coals– it is our own eyes staring up at us, as the moon sets its hook; and they, whose dim shapes are no more than what we will become, take up their long-handled dippers of brass, and one by one, they catch the moon in the cup-shaped bowls, and they raise its floating light to their lips, and with it, they drink back our eyes, burning with desire to see into the gullet of night: each one dips and drinks, and dips, and drinks, until there is only dark water, until there is only the dark. |
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7 1/2 days after a 7.0 earthquake hit and devastated Port au Prince, Haiti, New York City Urban Search and Rescue, along with Virginia Rescue, pulled an alive and healthy young boy named Kiki, who has been trapped in the rubble of his home in the Nazan region of Port au Prince.
The little Haitian boy who greeted rescuers with a beaming grin as they freed him from a huge pile of rubble said yesterday, “I smiled because I was free — I smiled because I was alive.”
Brave 7-year-old Kiki Joachin spoke to the British paper The Sun from the Israeli field hospital where he and his 10-year-old sister, Sabrina, were taken after their weeklong ordeal trapped under their collapsed six-story apartment building.
Miraculously, they suffered only cuts and bruises — and were reunited with their mother and aunt after being treated for severe dehydration. But while Kiki and Sabrina got out alive on Tuesday, three of their siblings — Yeye, 9; Titite, 3; and 18-month-old Didine — didn’t make it.
Our prayers and support go out to the people of Haiti…
The original Cargo sign still going strong…
Why so serious? Another piece by Rebel Aire…
Superstar intern, Yessenia, working the front door…
Fubz of Agenda Showroom and Dave of Frank 151 ice grilling…
I walked outside and this make shift photo shoot was going on in front of the Cargo sign…only in NYC…
Lisa of MOB and Cargo’s own Susanna bringing sexy back…
Check out some pics from the Cargo Tradeshow. Thankfully we had much better weather this year than we did last January. If you didn’t get a chance to come by the show will be back in NYC this July.
ODB, Big Pun and Nas chillin on stage!
Two agents, one supreme and one elite, Ms. Carrie Campbell and Jason Jacobs.
Ease Da Man holding down the Mishka booth…
Some custom head gear courtesy of Rebel Aire.
Chi-ko of Memes NYC and Todd Nisbet of Frank 151
The homie Gudwil of VGB/Karmaloop and Shaka Ramsey of The Tannery
Angie of Artful Dodger and Deon from Concepts toasting it up…
Lily of Art for the Park and Hector of Triko, Amivectio, Estudio201 and Cargo posing for the camera!
Born in England, moved to Botswana at eight. His photography interests shifted from social commentary to narrative based/fashion while in college at University of Brighton, in the UK. After college he assisted the legendary Mario Testino for about four years. He relocated to New York in 2005, and has been busy shooting people like Demi Moore, Gwen Stefani, Renee Zelleweger, and more.
via: alexilubomirski.com
We’ll be at Cargo all day today, stop by (Cargo is open to the general public for free) and say hello. Cargo offers free beer, coffee, live DJ, sick threads, and plenty of cool vibes. Don’t be shy, is nice outside.
Cargo
TODAY 1.19.2010
St. Patrick’s Center at 268 Mulberry St., NYC { between Prince and Houston }
Take the BDF trains to Broadway - Lafayette
Check out this exclusive video mix from the homie DJ Clear. You can download the full 15 minute set here. If you are in nyc next week come by the Cargo Tradeshow to hear him live!
By now we all know the disaster earthquake that has devastated Haiti. And although times are rough for a lot of US citizens it can always be worse. To pledge your support for humanitarian aid you can text “Yele” to 501501 and you will automatically donate $5 to Yele Haiti Earthquake Fund. This is a legit charity supported by Wyclef Jean. The $5 will appear on your next cell phone bill. Stay strong Haiti!
by Dave R.
via Care2.com
When I posted last week on the intensely cool movie Avatar, I mentioned the harmonious balance and respect for nature that permeated the native culture on the foreign moon of Na’vi as a central theme of the movie.
Apparently, the reverence of nature portrayed in the film has the Vatican crying ‘foul’. The AP reports that L’Osservatore (the offical Vatican newspaper) criticized the film because it “gets bogged down by a spiritualism linked to the worship of nature.” The Vatican Radio said it “cleverly winks at all those pseudo-doctrines that turn ecology into the religion of the millennium”, and objects to the idea that “Nature is no longer a creation to defend, but a divinity to worship.”
The current pope, Benedict XVI is no green-basher. In fact Vatican City is the world’s first carbon-neutral sovereign state, and Benedict is sometimes called the ‘green pope’, and a strong proponent of sustainable development. The BBC reports that he recently criticized world leaders for letting “economic and political resistance” get in the way of an agreement in Copenhagen. But…as the AP reports, the Pope is apparently also concerned about a new ‘neo-paganism’, and that a correct relationship between man and the environment should not lead to “absolutizing nature” or “considering it more important than the human person.”
In the book of Genesis, god pretty clearly creates the plants and animals to serve man, and the bible, like the Pope, sees our role as stewards. On the other hand the Gaia Hypothesis views the Earth and biosphere as a single interrelated organism. And then there’s Michael Pollan, who in the Botany of Desire portrayed man as an an unwitting slave to nature. Finally, much of the modern green movement seems to be based simply do no — or at least less — harm.
So what does it mean to be an environmentalist? Worshipping nature? Being a good steward? Serving nature? Simply trying to do no harm?
Is this a question for philosopher or theologians? Since I am neither, I’ll leave the pondering to you. What’s your thinking on the subject?