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Who will cry for the little boy?
Lost and all alone.
Who will cry for the little boy?
Abandoned without his own?
Who will cry for the little boy?
He cried himself to sleep.
Who will cry for the little boy?
He never had for keeps.
Who will cry for the little boy?
He walked the burning sand
Who will cry for the little boy?
The boy inside the man.
Who will cry for the little boy?
Who knows well hurt and pain
Who will cry for the little boy?
He died again and again.
Who will cry for the little boy?
A good boy he tried to be
Who will cry for the little boy?
Who cries inside of me
Antwone Fisher
Congratulations!
Today is your day.
You're off to Great Places!
You're off and away!
You have brains in your head.
You have feet in your shoes
You can steer yourself
any direction you choose.
You're on your own. And you know what you know.
And YOU are the guy who'll decide where to go.
You'll look up and down streets. Look 'em over with care.
About some you will say, "I don't choose to go there."
With your head full of brains and your shoes full of feet,
you're too smart to go down any not-so-good street.
And you may not find any
you'll want to go down.
In that case, of course,
you'll head straight out of town.
It's opener there
in the wide open air.
Out there things can happen
and frequently do
to people as brainy
and footsy as you.
And when things start to happen,
don't worry. Don't stew.
Just go right along.
You'll start happening too.
OH!
THE PLACES YOU'LL GO!
You'll be on your way up!
You'll be seeing great sights!
You'll join the high fliers
who soar to high heights.
You won't lag behind, because you'll have the speed.
You'll pass the whole gang and you'll soon take the lead.
Wherever you fly, you'll be the best of the best.
Wherever you go, you will top all the rest.
Except when you don't
Because, sometimes, you won't.
I'm sorry to say so
but, sadly, it's true
and Hang-ups
can happen to you.
You can get all hung up
in a prickle-ly perch.
And your gang will fly on.
You'll be left in a Lurch.
You'll come down from the Lurch
with an unpleasant bump.
And the chances are, then,
that you'll be in a Slump.
And when you're in a Slump,
you're not in for much fun.
Un-slumping yourself
is not easily done.
You will come to a place where the streets are not marked.
Some windows are lighted. But mostly they're darked.
A place you could sprain both your elbow and chin!
Do you dare to stay out? Do you dare to go in?
How much can you lose? How much can you win?
And IF you go in, should you turn left or right...
or right-and-three-quarters? Or, maybe, not quite?
Or go around back and sneak in from behind?
Simple it's not, I'm afraid you will find,
for a mind-maker-upper to make up his mind.
You can get so confused
that you'll start in to race
down long wiggled roads at a break-necking pace
and grind on for miles across weirdish wild space,
headed, I fear, toward a most useless place.
The Waiting Place...
...for people just waiting.
Waiting for a train to go
or a bus to come, or a plane to go
or the mail to come, or the rain to go
or the phone to ring, or the snow to snow
or waiting around for a Yes or a No
or waiting for their hair to grow.
Everyone is just waiting.
Waiting for the fish to bite
or waiting for wind to fly a kite
or waiting around for Friday night
or waiting, perhaps, for their Uncle Jake
or a pot to boil, or a Better Break
or a sting of pearls, or a pair of pants
or a wig with curls, or Another Chance.
Everyone is just waiting.
NO!
That's not for you!
Somehow you'll escape
all that waiting and staying.
You'll find the bright places
where Boom Bands are playing.
With banner flip-flapping,
once more you'll ride high!
Ready for anything under the sky.
Ready because you're that kind of a guy!
Oh, the places you'll go! There is fun to be done!
There are points to be scored. There are games to be won.
And the magical things you can do with that ball
will make you the winning-est winner of all.
Fame! You'll be famous as famous can be,
with the whole wide world watching you win on TV.
Except when they don't.
Because, sometimes, they won't.
I'm afraid that some times
you'll play lonely games too.
Games you can't win
'cause you'll play against you.
All Alone!
Whether you like it or not,
Alone will be something
you'll be quite a lot.
And when you're alone, there's a very good chance
you'll meet things that scare you right out of your pants.
There are some, down the road between hither and yon,
that can scare you so much you won't want to go on.
But on you will go
though the weather be foul
On you will go
though your enemies prowl
On you will go
though the Hakken-Kraks howl
Onward up many
a frightening creek,
though your arms may get sore
and your sneakers may leak.
On and on you will hike
and I know you'll hike far
and face up to your problems
whatever they are.
You'll get mixed up, of course,
as you already know.
You'll get mixed up
with many strange birds as you go.
So be sure when you step.
Step with care and great tact
and remember that Life's
a Great Balancing Act.
Just never forget to be dexterous and deft.
And never mix up your right foot with your left.
And will you succeed?
Yes! You will, indeed!
(98 and 3 / 4 percent guaranteed.)
KID, YOU'LL MOVE MOUNTAINS!
So...
be your name Buxbaum or Bixby or Bray
or Mordecai Ali Van Allen O'Shea,
you're off to Great Places!
Today is your day!
Your mountain is waiting.
So...get on your way!
Dr. Seuss
"IT HAS LONG BEEN KNOWN"... I didn't look up the original reference.
"A DEFINITE TREND IS EVIDENT"... These data are practically meaningless.
"WHILE IT HAS NOT BEEN POSSIBLE TO PROVIDE DEFINITE ANSWERS TO THE QUESTIONS"... An unsuccessful experiment, but I still hope to get it published.
"THREE OF THE SAMPLES WERE CHOSEN FOR DETAILED STUDY"... The other results didn't make any sense.
"TYPICAL RESULTS ARE SHOWN"... This is the prettiest graph.
"THESE RESULTS WILL BE IN A SUBSEQUENT REPORT"... I might get around to this sometime, if pushed/funded.
"IN MY EXPERIENCE"... Once
"IN CASE AFTER CASE"... Twice
"IN A SERIES OF CASES"... Thrice
"IT IS BELIEVED THAT"... I think.
"IT IS GENERALLY BELIEVED THAT"... A couple of others think so, too.
"IT MIGHT BE ARGUED THAT" ... I have such a good answer for this objection that I now raise it.
"CORRECT WITHIN AN ORDER OF MAGNITUDE"... Wrong.
"ACCORDING TO STATISTICAL ANALYSIS"... Rumour has it.
"A STATISTICALLY-ORIENTED PROJECTION OF THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THESE FINDINGS"... A wild guess.
"A CAREFUL ANALYSIS OF OBTAINABLE DATA"... Three pages of notes were obliterated when I knocked over a glass of beer.
"IT IS CLEAR THAT MUCH ADDITIONAL WORK WILL BE REQUIRED BEFORE A COMPLETE UNDERSTANDING OF THIS PHENOMENON OCCURS"... I don't understand it
"AFTER ADDITIONAL STUDY BY MY COLLEAGUES"... They don't understand it either.
"THANKS ARE DUE TO JOE BLOGGS FOR ASSISTANCE WITH THE EXPERIMENT AND TO CINDY ADAMS FOR VALUABLE DISCUSSIONS"... Mr. Bloggs did the work and Ms. Adams explained to me what it meant.
"A HIGHLY SIGNIFICANT AREA FOR EXPLORATORY STUDY"... A totally useless topic selected by my committee.
"IN AN IMPORTANT PAPER BY SMITH AND JONES, ..." This obscure paper by Smith and Jones agrees supports my theory.
"IT IS HOPED THAT THIS WILL STIMULATE FURTHER WORK IN THIS FIELD" ... This paper isn't very good, but neither are any others on this miserable subject.
"IT IS HOPED THAT THIS STUDY WILL STIMULATE FURTHER INVESTIGATION IN THIS FIELD"... I quit.
Durabilidade, estabilidade e resistência a desintegração. As propriedades que fazem do plástico um dos produtos com maiores aplicações e utilidades ao consumidor final, também o tornam um dos maiores vilões ambientais. São produzidos anualmente cerca de 100 milhões de toneladas de plástico e cerca de 10% deste total acabam nos oceanos, sendo que 80% desta fração vem de terra firme.
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Foto do vórtex
No oceano pacífico há uma enorme camada flutuante de plástico, que já é considerada a maior concentração de lixo do mundo, com cerca de mais de 1000 km de extensão, a concentração de lixo extende-se a partir da costa da Califórnia, atravessa o Havaí e chega a meio caminho do Japão, atingindo uma profundidade de mais ou menos 10 metros. Acredita-se que haja neste vórtex de lixo cerca de 100 milhões de toneladas de plásticos de todos os tipos.
Pedaços de redes, garrafas, tampas, bolas , bonecas, patos de borracha, tênis, isqueiros, sacolas plásticas, caiaques, malas e todo exemplar possível de ser feito com plástico. Segundo seus descobridores, a mancha de lixo, ou sopa plástica tem quase duas vezes o tamanho dos Estados Unidos.
Oceano Plástico
O oceanógrafo Curtis Ebbesmeyer, que pesquisa esta mancha a 15 anos compara este vórtex a uma entidade viva, um grande animal se movimentando livremente pelo pacifico. E quando passa perto do continente, você tem praias cobertas de lixo plástico de ponta a ponta.
A bolha plástica atualmente está em duas grandes áreas ligadas por uma parte estreita. Referem-se a elas como bolha oriental e bolha ocidental. Um marinheiro que navegou pela área no final dos anos 90 disse que ficou atordoado com a visão do oceano de lixo plástico a sua frente. “Como foi possível fazermos isso?” – “Naveguei por mais de uma semana sobre todo esse lixo”.
Tartaruga deformada por aro plástico
Pesquisadores alertam para o fato de que toda peça plástica que foi manufaturada desde que descobrimos este material, e que não foram recicladas, ainda estão em algum lugar. E ainda há o problema das partículas decompostas deste plástico. Segundo dados de Curtis Ebbesmeyer, em algumas áreas do oceano pacifico podem se encontrar uma concentração de polímeros de até seis vezes mais do que o fitoplâncton, base da cadeia alimentar marinha.
Todas a peças plásticas à direita foram tiradas do estômago desta aveSegundo PNUMA, o programa das nações unidas para o meio ambiente, este plástico é responsável pela morte de mais de um milhão de aves marinha todos os anos. Sem contar toda a outra fauna que vive nesta área, como tartarugas marinhas, tubarões, e centenas de espécies de peixes.
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Ave morta com o estômago cheio de pedaços de plástico
E para piorar essa sopa plástica pode funcionar como uma esponja, que concentraria todo tipo de poluentes persistentes, ou seja, qualquer animal que se alimentar nestas regiões estará ingerindo altos índices de venenos, que podem ser introduzidos, através da pesca, na cadeia alimentar humana, fechando-se o ciclo, na mais pura verdade de que o que fazemos à terra retorna à nós, seres humanos.
Via: The Independent, Greenpeace e Mindfully
e dias de descoberta de uma cultura diametralmente oposta à nossa.
No primeiro dia de Setembro voltei a enfiar o nariz nos livros, já que ainda me falta terminar a dissertação de mestrado. Substitui os óculos de sol pelos de leitura, abandonei os romances em detrimento dos artigos científicos, troquei o torrar ao sol pelo queimar das pestanas ao debruçar-me sobre livros todo o santo dia.
Posso dizer que voltei renovada das férias e com um novo ânimo para trabalhar. Mas, verdade seja dita, ainda não consegui voltar ao ritmo de trabalho acelerado que me é exigido pelo escasso tempo que falta para a data de entrega da tese. Por vezes ainda dou por mim a olhar pela janela da biblioteca e a sonhar acordada com as coisas bem mais emocionantes que poderia estar a fazer…
Enfim, o fim-de-semana está aí à porta para dar a provar aquele gostinho de liberdade de que não me canso.
Até breve!
Espero que este blog continue a ser ponto de ligação com antigas amizades & ponto de partida para novos conhecimentos.
"Escrever é que é o verdadeiro prazer; ser lido é um prazer superficial."
Virginia Woolf