LIFE IN THE TWEET LANE

MAN BULLDOZES HIS OWN HOME

2011-12-10T05:10:00.000-08:00

"Man Trys to Make Banks Think Twice About Foreclosure"

This man has fought a 10 YEAR BATTLE with his bank so he had had enough. While driving the bulldozer probably helped him vent some eviction rage, I know that BANKS COULD CARE LESS!

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As banks continue to take people's homes, what will the homelessness numbers end up being?!

My friend lost her home even AFTER she had a buyer to buy it for her!! The buyer was qualified with good credit. But the bank kept playing games with the paperwork. Her mortgage company played games with the buyer and guess who ended up owning it?! FANNIE MAE!
THAT is SICK!!

"AMERICA" ( my ass ) taking away our rights and our homes minute by minute.

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DRUM CIRCLE AT BLOOMBERG'S HOUSE ATTACKED

2011-11-21T05:13:00.000-08:00

KEEP IT UP COPS - MORE WILL JOIN US !
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RT @OccupyWallStNYC:
Live Video: Bloomberg's Police Attacking the Drum Circle at Bloomberg's house::
http://t.co/bCQd4K0v
http://t.co/vzjiwnHh
#ows

FOX "news" NEEDS A BRAIN

2011-11-21T04:52:00.001-08:00

Fox "news" (which is NOT news) always comes off sounding as if all of those who are stuck in Fox's pit of idiocy have had a lobotomy and are marching in lock-step with each of the Corp.'s ORDERS. What a bunch of pathetic "people."
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RT @TheOther99: "Chris Wallace Interrupts Juan Williams To Stop Him From Defending 99 Percent
Movement"

http://t.co/LDgNoDcc
via @thinkprogress #OWS

ASS OF A COP ACTING OUT

2011-11-19T20:41:00.000-08:00

#occupyUCDAVIS PEACEFUL PROTEST PROVOKES REPREHENSIBLE AND DESPICABLE
"SHOW OFF" COP

REPREHESIBLE COPS' "LEGALESE" on PEPPER SPRAY

2011-11-19T19:53:00.001-08:00

http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_OCCUPY_PEPPER_SPRAY?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT

Subject: REPREHESIBLE COPS' "LEGALESE" on PEPPER SPRAY

Nov 19, 10:17 PM EST

Passive Occupy protesters take pepper spray blast
By SUDHIN THANAWALA
Associated Press
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- "Protesters sitting on the ground supporting the Occupy Wall Street movement on the campus of the University of California, Davis took a face full of pepper spray at close range from an officer in riot gear in an incident that was captured on cellphone video and spread virally across the Internet Saturday."
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PLEASE READ THIS ARTICLE. I AM APPALLED & ALARMED AT COPS & THEIR SO-CALLED "REASONING" FOR USE OF PEPPER SPRAY WHEN PEOPLE ARE ACTING PEACEFULLY OR EVEN JUST MAKE A MOVEMENT -- AS ROLLING INTO A BALL.

posted via iPhone
# occupywallstreet
# occupy

MY COUNTRY MY FREEDOM MY PROTEST

2011-11-15T20:47:00.000-08:00

I sent this to my whole email list ::

1. Video (end language may offend, but listen to the initial important points & comparisons, please)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yoG9PmdGaT8&sns=em

2. Article w/ time frame:

http://live.nydailynews.com/Event/Showdown_at_Zuccotti_Park_The_NYPDs_raid_on_Occupy_Wall_Street_NYC

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To all after watching and reading about Zuccotti Park: (& this is JUST ONE OF MANY #occupy cities, towns)

IF YOU BELIEVE THIS IS AMERICA...HOME OF FREEDOM OF SPEECH, RIGHT TO ASSEMBLE & PROTEST, THEN YOU ARE WRONG.

This is the protests of the 60s, Dr. King, Ghandi and any others you may think of... ALL for the RIGHTS OF " THE PEOPLE" ---and We ARE THESE PEOPLE.

The now concerted actions of each #occupy city's "running scared Mayors" and Judges in their pockets, and their police brigades with WEAPONS for use against the peaceful, weaponless, protesters is reprehensible to say the least.

Occupy WILL continue to grow as seen in past protest movements. We will not be stopped. Baby Boomers included. We've been there before.

Regards,
Gara
#occupy

SMITHVILLE, MS EF-5 :: 10 SECONDS OF TERROR

2011-10-23T08:01:00.001-07:00

Tweeted via @memphisweather1:
A must-read -- 10 Seconds of Terror: Horror and Heroism emerge in the wake of Smithville tornado:

Story in The Commercial Appeal, Memphis, TN

http://t.co/1cb0PcTf

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posted via Osfoora for iPhone

Tweet via Reed Timmer (@reedtimmerTVN)

2011-10-16T20:08:00.001-07:00

Reed Timmer (@reedtimmerTVN)
@mswxChick I agree! glad you enjoyed it.. wait until the Canton, OK intercept. The spikes add a lot of stability inside the tornadoes

Mon Oct 17 03:06:27 2011

Sent via Osfoora

OCCUPY WALL STEET : NY TIMES ARTICLES

2011-10-16T05:26:00.001-07:00

LINKS TO SEVERAL ARTICLES

http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/organizations/o/occupy_wall_street/index.html?inline=nyt-org

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WHAT WALL STREET SAYS ABOUT PROTESTERS

2011-10-16T05:20:00.001-07:00

PRIME EXAMPLE OF THE ELITIST ATTITUDE AND THEIR TRUE IDIOCY

WHITE BLOC

2011-10-16T05:09:00.001-07:00

I must agree, especially here in MS and the backwoods / backwards SOUTH in general!
It is indeed a sad situation.

Mark Mason - "It's unnecessary to use physical violence here to control the population. The propaganda system is so thick from birth to death that people are either confused or hopelessly lost in the lies."

from Facebook

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TAR SANDS = ENVIRONMENTAL DISASTER

2011-10-16T05:06:00.001-07:00

Encircling the White House

From 350.org and Phil Aroneanu

"The campaign to stop the tar sands pipeline is now coming down to the wire -- President Obama has said that he will make a decision on the pipeline before the year is out. So we're planning something audacious on November 6th, exactly one year before the election. On that autumn day, thousands of people will converge on Washington DC to try something completely new."

We're trying something different in the fight to stop the tar sands pipeline.

On November 6th in Washington DC, we're going to encircle the White House with people and send a powerful message to President Obama.

Can you join us?

Yes, I'll join in DC on Nov 6th!

I can't go to DC but I'll support it however I can.

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DENVER POLICE MOVE OCCUPY GROUP

2011-10-16T04:44:00.000-07:00

DENVER (AP) — "Dozens of police in riot gear have moved into a park near the Colorado State Capitol and evicted hundreds of Occupy Denver protesters."

http://www.salon.com/2011/10/14/denver_police_move_into_wall_street_protest_area_3/

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OCCUPY OTTAWA MORE ORGANIZED NOW

2011-10-16T04:35:00.001-07:00

Canada's #occupy groups continue to be very active and are in many arras of Canada.

Via: @OccupyOttawa:
We are more organized. Tents have been set up and committees and subcommittees are doing what needs to be done. #OccupyOttawa

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OCCUPY MN NOW SETTING UP

2011-10-16T04:31:00.001-07:00

The #occupy Movement continues to expand...

Via: @OccupyMN:
#OMN tents are up. Rally boosted.

Photos:
http://t.co/ggAmMJ9c http://t.co/e7kfgOSO http://t.co/SQShcBSK http://t.co/5VrTMuTl http://t.co/QwoZ1ifd

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SHINJUKU JAPAN SUPPORTS #OccupyWallStreet

2011-10-15T06:35:00.001-07:00

Japanese people getting fed up too:

Via @HirokoTabuchi:
About 200 people marching in Shinjuku, anti-nuke/poverty slogans, "We're with you, #OccupyWallStreet!" #OccupyTokyo

http://t.co/60T8Ksyi

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The Fat Cat Dilemma

2011-10-12T06:51:00.001-07:00

http://www.halopets.com/freekibble/donation28.php

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Blogged via iPhone & Osfoora
in support of Occupy Movements
everywhere.

"The Times They Are a-Changin'" - Bob Dylan

# OCCUPY JACKSON, MS

2011-10-12T03:09:00.001-07:00

Finally in my own state, and in the Capitol ... Wish I could be there. With you in spirit though!

http://www.meetup.com/occupytogether/Jackson-MS/388562/

As I am unable to copy from the main site that lists meet-ups, here is a screen shot from the Jackson page:

TO OCCUPY IS TO BE PEACEFUL

2011-10-11T15:26:00.001-07:00

This is a very, very important point of the #occupy movement as tweeted from:
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" @OccupyToronto: Let it be understood.

All Occupy Movements DO NOT support Black-Bloc tactics.

Occupying is NOT rioting.
It's a peaceful sit-in.

#OccupyCanada "

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blogged via iPhone & Osfoora
in support of the Occupy Movements

THAT'S SO SIXTIES

2011-10-11T12:36:00.001-07:00

People and groups who are now starting to protest are really getting more diversified and this Tweeter is living every Tweeting second of it!

" @LALabor: 'Make Jobs Not War' say interfaith activists in rally at #LA Federal Bldg

http://t.co/jppwMNi7

@OccupyLA @cluela #labor #ows "

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via Osfoora

WE NEED ALTERNATIVE ENERGY

2011-10-09T05:35:00.001-07:00

We Have the Technology, Why isn't it Being Used...
Cozy oil Corp.s / lobbyists / Hilary Clinton / Keystone XL / etc.

@TreeHugger: "They continue to block alternate forms of energy to keep us dependent on oil."

http://j.mp/oRErb2

#OccupyWallStreet

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via Osfoora

POSSIBLE EURO BAN ON TAR SANDS

2011-10-09T05:21:00.001-07:00

Tar Sands for Oil is Worse than Bad Ever Thought of Being

http://e360.yale.edu/digest/european_commission_could_ban_oil_from_tar_sands_and_other_dirty_sources/3153/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+YaleEnvironment360+%28Yale+Environment+360%29

SAVE OUR ENVIRONMENT

SAVE OUR EARTH

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CORRUPTION & KEYSTONE PIPELINE

2011-10-09T05:15:00.001-07:00

@TreeHugger:
Chart Shows Corruption in Goverment Review of Keystone XL Pipeline

http://t.co/uOYbwRda

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via Osfoora

RECORD HEAT IN NORTHEAST CITIES

2011-10-09T05:07:00.001-07:00

Eric Fisher

(@EricFisherTWC)
Potential #Northeast record highs that could fall today: #Providence (84) #Hartford (83) #Portland (81) #Burlington (79) #Boston (82)

Sent via Osfoora

LIFE IN A DAY STREAM

2011-07-05T12:46:00.000-07:00

Congressional Reform Act of 2011

2011-06-28T13:41:00.001-07:00

This is an email that I received today from a friend. I forwarded it on to approximately 35 people. Perhaps we *can* make a difference, because the system as it has been MUST BE FIXED!! NOW!!

The 26th amendment

(granting the right to vote for 18 year-olds) took only 3 months & 8 days to be ratified! Why? Simple! The people demanded it. That was in 1971...before computers, before e-mail, before cell phones, etc.

Of the 27 amendments to the Constitution, seven (7) took 1 year or less to become the law of the land...all because of public pressure.
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I'm asking each addressee to forward this email to a minimum of twenty people on their address list; in turn ask each of those to do likewise.

In three days, most people in The United States of America will have the message. This is one idea that really should be passed around.

Congressional Reform Act of 2011

1. No Tenure / No Pension.

A Congressman collects a salary while in office and receives no pay when they are out of office.

2. Congress (past, present & future) participates in Social Security.

All funds in the Congressional retirement fund move to the Social Security system immediately. All future funds flow into the Social Security system, and Congress participates with the American people. It may not be used for any other purpose.

3. Congress can purchase their own retirement plan, just as all Americans do.

4. Congress will no longer vote themselves a pay raise. Congressional pay will rise by the lower of CPI or 3%.

5. Congress loses their current health care system and participates in the same health care system as the American people.

6. Congress must equally abide by all laws they impose on the American people.

7. All contracts with past and present Congressmen are void effective 1/1/12.

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The American people did not make this contract with Congressmen. Congressmen made all these contracts for themselves. Serving in Congress is an honor, not a career. The Founding Fathers envisioned citizen legislators, so ours should serve their term(s), then go home and back to work.
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If each person contacts a minimum of twenty people then it will only take three days for most people (in the U.S. ) to receive the message. Maybe it is time.

THIS IS HOW YOU FIX CONGRESS!!!!!

If you agree with the above.... copy this and

pass it on!

iPHONE WAITING . . . RESPOND . . . PLEASE

2011-02-21T08:46:00.001-08:00

Always, we are in some various state of waiting, but never so much as the tech age has laid upon us. We wait for:

Text responses

Twitter @ replies / comments to carry on the least little hint of a virtual "conversation"

Facebook status updates and notifications to whatever it was we said or responses to a photograph we posted

Email to us from people we actually know

and so

. . . the weight of the wait . . . ticks by
as we keep checking. . . just to see. . .
that mostly, no one gives a crap!

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[via iPhone]

THE PSYCHOLOGY WITHIN THE LAND OF SOCIAL MEDIA

2011-02-21T05:45:00.001-08:00

FIVE FEELINGS: Internet Emotions (as yet unnamed)

by Leigh Alexander

"...the Internet - fast becoming the primary method by which we interact with others and consume information - might be changing us."

Boston Globe:

http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/ideas/articles/2011/02/20/five_new_feelings/

Mobile Link:
http://mobile.boston.com/bostonglobe/ideas/articles/2011/02/20/five_new_feelings?camp=misc:on:twit:rtbutton

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I was relieved to read about this phenomenon, as i have felt a lot of these "Internet emotions" at various times. It's an interesting and yet hilarious bit on the underlying psychology of social media.
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[via iPhone]

70s BP DISASTER BOARD GAME

2010-07-06T08:16:00.001-07:00

A 1970s Prophetic Oil Spill Board Game touted as "Fun for the Whole
Family"! Yep! That's a good one to pretend about.

What ignorance, even back then!!

Link: http://thedailywh.at/post/776960693/things-that-are-real-of-the-day-this-is-an-actual

Photo of game: http://twitpic.com/22y4z3

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[posted via iPhone]

Gulf Oil Spill 6-25 Photos

2010-06-25T20:05:00.001-07:00

Gulf Oil Spill 2010 Photos: Images from June 25, 2010
Link: http://bit.ly/aOYjPZ

(via Twitter @GulfOilCleanup)

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[posted via iPhone]

SOCIAL MEDIA - GETTING The NEWS

2010-06-25T08:05:00.001-07:00

This is certainly true for me relative to the topic of weather and
storm chasers.

As I found more weather people to follow on my original cat/ weather/
general topic Twitter account, I decided to go for an additional "all
weather" Twitter account, mswxChick. It began growing and becoming so
interesting to have related tweets in one location! Plus, I got great,
real-time info during the Yazoo City, MS tornado!

Then came the disasterous BP OIL SPILL! I found myself looking for
more groups and newspaper Tweeters. Now my Weather Tweets are mixed
with Oil Spill Tweets. So, it keeps growing and now Oil Tweets are
ending up on my Facebook page... which is really giving me a workout -
It's a lot of news to deal with, but I see it as a way to be more of
the activist I already was due to Katrina: thus my blog: http://katrina-in-mississippi.blogspot.com
which now "contains oil."

"Social Networks Play a Major Part in How We Get News - [STATS]"

Link: http://bit.ly/cigKGm

(via Twitter: @mashable)

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[posted via iPhone]

CONNECTIONS IN LIFE

2010-06-18T21:11:00.000-07:00

"When one tugs at a single thing in nature, he finds it attached to
the rest of the world." – John Muir

Via Twitter @IBRRC

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follow me @mswxChick

PELICAN - OIL COVERED and DYING

2010-06-03T19:02:00.001-07:00

Louisiana's State Bird - In a State of Disgrace

Gov. Jindal walked along the beach of East Grand Terre Island, LA with an NBC news reporter. The beach was a murky, thick mass of destruction. Waves were heavy and full of death.

As I watched, there was a seabird of unknown variety buried in the oily muck, it's head sticking out at the camera, its demeanor seemed to say, "I have given up. I cannot move even an inch. I cannot escape this doom nor my imminent demise."

And I cried.

And then the Pelican, Louisisana's state bird, sitting on the beach, looking at the oily water, in limbo, unable to help itself. It could only sit there and wonder what had happened and wait for death to come.

I cried more.

This disgraceful scene was more than I could take. To think that this country could allow this diaster to happen without proper resources, proper preperations, and updated technological solutions to be in place is beyond comprehention! This is America, but now just in name, not the one I grew up believing in.

THIS should not have happened, much less gotten this far advanced relative to our coastal lands, wildlife, our people, and our waters!

THIS IS SICKENING

THIS IS UNACCEPTABLE

THIS IS UNFORGIVABLE

THIS IS A DISGRACE

THERE IS NO EXCUSE!
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NASA - NEW OIL SLICK IMAGES

2010-06-02T19:02:00.001-07:00

via Twitterriic:
RT @jimwxgator MUST SEE--brand new images of the Gulf #oilspill--via
@danwhnt! :

http://wildwildweather.com/forecastblog/2010/06/oil-slick-spreads-across-gulf-new-nasa-image/

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[posted via iPhone]

APOLOGY: "I WANT MY LIFE BACK"

2010-06-02T18:52:00.001-07:00

As he certainly should have! A LOT of people want their lives back
thanks to YOU and BP!!!

@TweetNOLA BP chief apologizes for 'I'd like my life back' comment
regarding Gulf oil spill:

http://bit.ly/96wftT

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[posted via iPhone]

END of EFFORTS to STOP OIL GUSHER

2010-06-01T20:11:00.001-07:00

"Efforts to End Oil Flow From BP Well Are Over, Coast Guard Says"

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=email_en&sid=akSN5OpOOiLg
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All I can say is Good!!! Because I felt it was entirely
too
stupid
too
dangerouse
too
illogical
too
uncertain

Thank you BP for reconsidering this "idea"
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[posted via iPhone]

FLORIDA CHARTER CAPT. FINDS OIL

2010-06-01T06:55:00.001-07:00

From PRESS-REGISTER &

@GulfOilCleanup Oil spill fisheries closing: 'I wanted to puke,
scream, yell,' charter captain says

http://bit.ly/atzIEl (From PRESS-REGISTER

http://twitter.com/GulfOilCleanup

ALSO See MAP:
http://sero.nmfs.noaa.gov/sf/deepwater_horizon/BP_OilSpill_FisheryClosureMap_053110.pdf
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HURRICANES + OIL :: Interactive Multimedia

2010-06-01T06:43:00.001-07:00

@wdglover How do hurricanes and oil interact? Multimedia:

http://tinyurl.com/23c3hpq #oilspill

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OIL SPILL DAY 40 PHOTOS

2010-05-31T16:51:00.001-07:00

@GulfOilCleanup Photo gallery: Gulf oil spill, Day 40 #oilspill

http://bit.ly/bVpn9e

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[posted via iPhone]

OIL SPILL UPDATES :: BAD To WORSE

2010-05-31T16:16:00.000-07:00

If you ever watch anything on YouTube, PLEASE WATCH THIS! The SAME
disasterous idiocies happened in 1979!!! NOTHING has changed to
prevent these castastrophic events.

WHAT IS WRONG WITH THIS COUNTRY???? ••• gg

Must see TV! RT @Nkotbwxgirl Wow...just WOW!

It's Deja Vu! @jimwxgator: Welcome to Deja Vu Land! #oilspill

http://tinyurl.com/34rx5zv
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@GulfOilCleanup
First-aid tent set up for oil spill workers on Louisiana's Grand Isle :

http://bit.ly/aBCORK
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@TweetNOLA Scientists warn of unseen deepwater oil disaster: Janet
McConnaughey / The Associated PressA robot sub called the ... :

http://bit.ly/9ytWAm
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@ jimwxgator BREAKING: Gulf of Mexico fishing closure *EXPANDED* due
to Deepwater Horizon
#oilspill
*Includes MOBILE, AL*

http://ht.ly/1S7H8

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[posted via iPhone]

TORNADO VIDEOS.NET :: Canon

2010-05-24T05:55:00.001-07:00

DOMINATOR FULLY LOADED!

THE ULTIMATE TORNADO RESEARCH MACHINE!

Story and photos: TornadoVideos.Net

- by TVN Storm Chaser Reed Patrick Timmer...

"The engineers of Hyperion Technology Group in Tupelo, MS ( My town )
(www.HyperionTechGroup.com) have been working day and night for the last 72 hours to install the MOBILE AIR CANNON ARRAY which consists of 10 cannons,..."

http://www.tornadovideos.net/component/content/article/1218

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LIVIING IN PUBLIC

2009-09-29T06:00:00.000-07:00

Review of the documentary film,"We Live in Public" by Ondi Timonervia Tweeted via oxfordfilmfreak

MY THOUGHTS ON LIVING IN PUBLIC –

I would love to see this film because I had begun to think about some of these issues over the past year when I became more and more tethered to the Internet via my iPhone.

Even though I've had the phone for over two years it has become more and more of an extension of me (and my hand) as developments in the technologies associated with it and the Internet have expanded and intertwined me.

After being connected to the web since 1998 through my own website and having a ravenous interest in researching various subjects on the Internet, and then discovering in 2005 that I could also blog, I realized I had become "connected" to others in a really unique way but I had also become quite disconnected from the stuff of my own daily life.

Myspace entered into the equation somewhere along the line and for awhile it was pretty exciting. It was yet another distraction- a system of connection and avoidance, a dichotomy.

Now, though, Twitter is the thing! It is a realitively immediate environment that offers chances to intertweet with someone you've never met. "Meeting" people in other cities and countries is cool and for me, following people along the MS coast is a way to keep up with the place I love. However, I'm not into collecting followers in large numbers as many people are. I'm picky about who I follow, thus I try to taylor the tweet topics I get and it works fairly well that way.

So... Twitter has topped my list for "somewhat socializing" (not a big socializer in reality) but mostly for getting info or news that I am interested in. Most recently, thanks to Twitter pal, Mark, in Galveston, I began following mashable which has proven the value of my Tweeters by opening up the flow of Social Media and Tech News into my little world. Though I had seen mashable's name here and there, I hadn't checked him out until Mark re-tweeted a couple of interesting blogs. After reading the blog posts, I just had to follow mashable.

The issue now is that apps for the iPhone and the ever-evolving syncing of social media (Twitter, Facebook, Flickr, blogging and Myspace which now offers a sync with Twitter) & other platforms are becoming more and more addictive. I am more intertwined within the Web- always interested in new things, always connected, always checking, always posting, even this bit I'm writting now is keeping me from doing my normal morning routine. But I enjoy it and I don't even have to leave the coziness of my bed, except for coffee.

So the thing is... I must remember that there are actual people in my real life that I need to commune with. And even though I do have a virtual, interactive pet kitty on Myspace I really have several hungry cats to feed and pet and I can't do that in "Web World."

When it's time to actually function within my own real world, the disconnecting from my so-called "Life-line to Web World" reminds me of how I have felt when I've walked out of a great movie or a concert... like walking out of a time warp into reality. And reality can slap you hard.

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posted via iPhone

LIVE WEDDING STREAMED & TWEETED

2009-09-20T05:35:00.000-07:00

Technology and A Wedding

Some might say it's ridiculous to live-stream and Tweet during such an event as a wedding. They also may think that perhaps Tweeting has gotten to the point of being addictive. However, I think it's totally sweet and pretty darn cool!

Now I don't even know Chuck and Lori, but I have an interest in their wedding as it relates to technology. In addition to their own live-stream and Tweeting of the event, it was also Tweeted and blogged by attendant, Steve Garfield. Again, I don't know Steve, but I follow him on Twitter because he's a techy sort of guy.

Anyway, as a result of my interest in technology, Chuck and Lori now have their wedding pushed a bit further out into the world at large. Their story and Off-on-a-Tangent-Steve's are being Re-Tweeted here and blogged via iPhone from the Sunday morning comfort of my own feather bed. Technology is sweet!

:: RT stevegarfield - Chuck and Lori Live Streamed their Wedding and Paused to Twitter
Wedding ::

Steve's blog: Off On A Tangent

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(posted via iPhone)

POSTCARDS - THE ORIGINAL TWITTER

2009-09-04T05:20:00.000-07:00

A new study is out which declares that writers of postcards were the
original Tweeters...

Edwardians discovered 'Twitter' first!!
http://bit.ly/9XJfL
(via @MyAppleStuff :: Twitter)

-------------------------
I can see the relationship of postcards and Twitter. They had (have
still) limited space for your message. You had to write small if you
wanted to say a lot, so planning out ahead of the writing was a fairly
important part of the process... especially if you were using an
"inkpen."

I began collecting vintage postcards via eBay a couple of years ago.
As a result, I a have a small group of postcards which features cats
and birds and good wishes for New Years, birthdays, and Christmas. But
the prized cards focus on the Mississippi Gulf Coast, which in part,
can be seen on my postcard blog.

Reading those old "tweets" is like reading bits of diaries of past
lives. Other than the hand written words of a long gone era, I love
the art work and old photographic imagery on vintage cards. The
photographic images of the coast pre-Camille / pre-Katrina are
especially wonderful.

Click the postcard link in the Links list.

:: Posted via iPhone ::

FEEDING THE HUNGRY ON MS COAST

2009-09-03T15:55:00.000-07:00

FEMA and MEMA employees donate 7,000 lbs of food to hungry people on the coast:
http://bit.ly/3x6Zol
( via twitter)

LARGEST HABITAT HOUSING PROJECT

2009-09-03T15:41:00.001-07:00

Hancock Co., MS - Making Progress

Groundbreaking for the largest Habitat for Humanity neighborhood in Hancock County:
http://bit.ly/UlfqB
(via Twitter)

UPDATED DAMAGE REPORTS - MS Gulf Coast

2009-03-30T17:23:00.000-07:00

REPORTS TO MEMA FROM RECENT STORMS - March 26-28, 2009

Pearl – One death, due to drowning, has been confirmed.

Hancock: One business with minor damage; 50 roads closed because of flooding.
Harrison: 12 homes minor damage; two mobile homes with minor damage; 225 homes and apartments affected, 135 county roads affected by the flooding with three county roads sustain major damage.

Jackson: 28 homes destroyed; 122 homes with minor damage; one business with minor damage; 38 roads closed because of flooding and debris.
Jasper: One home destroyed; 1 home with major damage; two homes with minor damage; one mobile home destroyed.
Jefferson Davis: One mobile home with minor damage; eight roads closed.
Jones: One home destroyed; two homes with major damage; 18 homes with minor damage; two mobile homes destroyed; one mobile home with major damage; eight mobile homes with minor damage; two businesses with major damage; 13 agricultural properties with major damage and two with minor damage.

Lamar: 12 homes with minor damage; one business with minor damage; four roads closed.
Lauderdale: Two homes destroyed; 20 homes with minor damage; four mobile homes with minor damage; one business destroyed; one business with major damage; two agricultural properties with major damage.

Lawrence: Four homes with minor damage; two mobile homes with minor damage; six roads closed.
Leake: One home destroyed; trees and power lines down.
Lincoln: 18 homes with major damage; one business with minor damage; 15 roads closed.
Marion: Three homes with minor damage; one mobile home with minor damage; one business with minor damage; seven agricultural properties with minor damage; 24 roads closed because of flooding.

Pike: Street flooding reported in the county.

Simpson: 27 homes destroyed; 24 homes with major damage; 32 homes with minor damage; nine mobile homes destroyed; five mobile homes with major damage; 18 mobile homes with minor damage; two businesses destroyed; seven businesses with major damage; 25 agricultural properties with minor damage; 20 roads closed because of flooding.
Smith: Seven homes with minor damage; one business with minor damage; 11 agricultural properties destroyed.
Stone: 12 homes with major damage; two roads with minor damage.

Wilkinson: Seven homes with minor damage; one road closed because of flooding.

Due to recent heavy rains and the forecast of more rain in the state by Tuesday residents need to be aware of the threat of additional flooding along local creeks, rivers and streams. Please monitor local media outlets for updates on the flooding potential in your area.

Disaster Preparedness from MSMEA

Mike Wilhelm's Alabama Weather Blog Bamawx.com: Video of Severe Thunderstorm in Meridian, MS

2009-03-29T16:25:00.000-07:00

Mike Wilhelm's Alabama Weather Blog <br> <hr> Bamawx.com: Video of Severe Thunderstorm in Meridian, MS

WEATHER - STORMS ALONG MS GULF COAST

2009-03-28T14:27:00.000-07:00

March 28, 2009 Storm Report Tweets from MSEMA :

Severe weather has pummeled south Mississippi for the past couple of days. Last night and this morning brought flooding in many areas. Some of the hardest hit areas are in Jackson county around Vancleave and in Stone County. Biloxi reported many streets flooded and water was over parts of Hwy. 90 between Ocean Springs and Gautier.

Hancock: One home flooded, 50 roads throughout county flooded.
Harrison: 19 roads closed in county due to flooding.
Jackson: 28 homes flooded, numerous roads flooded.
Pike: Street flooding reported in the county.
Smith: Seven homes damaged, three chicken houses damaged.
Stone: 12 homes flooded, numerous roads flooded.
Walthall: Numerous roads and bridges impassable due to flooding.
Wilkinson: Three homes damaged, one road closed due to flooding.

TRIVIAL or SERIOUS . . .

2009-03-28T14:26:00.000-07:00

it's FASTER than a SPEEDING BULLET –

After a couple of weeks on Twitter just tweeting fluff, like, "having coffee and feeding the cats" and posting cat pics or the awesome fog the other morning, I began to think that this could be an incredibly useful way to get real time information to people during the upcoming Hurricane Season. Being the weather nut that I am, The Weather Channel is pretty much on my TV most of the time, but I decided that I needed and wanted additional information - I needed weather tweets because, as the world goes today, I needed information "right now"! I surmised that this would be especially great if I could find Mississippi tweeters who were into weather and reporting those live events and posting pictures of any tornados or hurricanes, and of course damage.

So, I began digging around for storm chasers and various weather geeks who lived in Mississippi. I was especially interested in finding tweeters who lived along the Gulf Coast. It didn't take long to find some either but I also included following Mississippi Emergency Management - MSMEA.

Last night, I was watching live streaming video of a chase over in southeast Louisiana. The system they were chasing was huge and also moving over southwest Mississippi with warnings popping up every few minutes. Info from other weather tweeters was coming in every few minutes. The real time information coming in last night was really showing that Twitter could be extremely useful during dangerous weather events. Even though I was not directly in the line of bad weather last night, I was able to keep up with the events which included the coast. With a tweet from MSMEA, I was able to pass along information via email to coastal friends (as they don't tweet... yet) which they then passed on to others.

This morning I was able to read damage reports from Biloxi/Harrison Co. and look at a picture of flooding on Hwy. 90 in Ocean Springs which was tweeted by a person living there. Although I have a great "Katrina friend" living in Ocean Springs, she was going to go out driving and take pictures of any flooding and email them to me. I'm still waiting. . .

So you see the combination of and directness of an iPhone, or other camera phone, Twitter, and Twitpic are just "the bomb" for moving "the stuff of knowing what's going on" immediately along the information highway . . . which seems to get shorter and shorter everyday. The tweeting of weather info from professionals and people out on the chase along with the ability to tweet your own weather info and pictures of damage makes Twitter just twitterific!

Non-Tweeters, you need to hop into the Tweet Lane.

An example of some of the many serious tweets that went on all evening and night and into the morning today.

One of my many trivial tweets - the video link was originally emailed to me (which is beginning to feel a bit archaic). After I watched this fun piece of claymation, I noticed that I could Tweet the YouTube link right from the site. So of course I just had too. Afterall, you need some fun stuff mixed into the pile of serious.

LIFE ON THE WEB ::

2009-03-28T14:21:00.000-07:00

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Well, I got hooked into twittering. Like I need one more Internet thingy to be occupied with. I have to admit that I got off to a slow start (and thought about giving it up) as I was
quite twitter-impaired. I had all of two followers and they were family.

Finally I got the hang of it all and began searching for a few interesting people to follow. Of course, being a cat lover, I Googled “cat-loving twitter groups.” Voila! Checked out some of the groupies and picked four to follow including two cats. Ditto for birding people and groups such as The Cornell Lab of Ornithology.

Next I looked for artists and discovered another growing phenom-art on Twitter, which translates into “twart,” “twartists,” and “twart” intstitutions such as The Tate in London. For now, I’m following The Tate, Jenny Holzer, An Xiao (a photographer and digital media artist), and kaffeeneko (an aspiring Digital Preservationist/Curator-Specializing in East Asian and Contemporary Visual Culture). I decided against Yoko Ono as she seems to tweet way too much.

Next, I noticed that I had begun to “collect” a few followers. Some I blocked because they had nothing to offer and some are people who I am following. Quality is more important than quantity.

So now I find Twitter more interesting than email, which is what I used to check first thing every morning. Now I reach for my beloved friend, iPhone, my second drug of choice, as I’m having coffee and my eyes are opening and check my tweets. Because I’m following people in other time zones I get great early morning tweets and twitpics and it’s all rather refreshing.

The people I follow in Twitter are allowing me to peek into their lives. Some of them are in Japan, Spain, Wales, England, and cities such as Chicago, Los Angeles, New York.
This gives me a broader perspective of life in general. I get to read what people are doing, thinking, feeling, eating, drinking, reading, seeing-especially when they post a twitpic or video clip. If you’re traveling-impaired like me, you get to see some scenery that you’d never otherwise see. Just yesterday morning, I was viewing one of my tweeter’s videos of his very cute foster kitty taking advantage of their rooftop patio, which overlooks a city in Spain. In the vista: white roof-topped houses, palm trees, a rich blue ocean, and Oscar the kitty having a great time exploring his surroundings. Of course, you’d have to be a cat person to fully appreciate that one.

So, even though I’m loving this Twitter thing, it’s added more to my daily routine. Along with tweeting, and twitpicing iPhone images, I’ve got to keep up with my own Web site (way, way behind), check my Flickr account, MySpace, and update my blogs, including blogging this bit. That’s only a few bits of my web/iPhone enhanced life because once I find an interesting link or pic on Twitter I usually end up surfing the web or commenting on said pic, then before I know it I’m checking out a Flickr person which may lead
me to another Flickr person and then I find I may want to add them to my contacts and then I get the urge to upload new images to my own account but the images I want are still psds so I have to turn them into jpgs and then see I have comments to read. . . you get my drift?

So I decided to check MySpace this morning and then I want to blog because I have this topic on my mind.

And here I am, three hours into the morning wondering why I’m running behind on other areas of my life. Where do I draw the line? And, do I want to draw a line? Oh, forgot to check Facebook, I’m looking for a long-lost friend.