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Sunday, September 4, 2011
More low fares from USTravel
This time, the rates are valid through Dec. 14, 2011. That’s the good news. Just remember: you must purchase no later than Aug. 29. So there’s a short planning window–but don’t miss it!! Above, we were climbing out of Seattle and made a close pass to Mt. Rainier! NOTE–These fares are ONE-WAY without tax/fee on [...]
5 Reasons to visit Tuscany (apart from Florence)
?Apart from Florence? because the city itself is, in my humble opinion, an excellent reason to visit Tuscany. But, of course, it?s not the only one?let?s be inspired by these five! Collodi Your kids will thank you for a long time, if you bring them to visit the city of Pinocchio! Collodi is the city [...]
Source: http://alexasigno.co.uk/5-reasons-to-visit-tuscany-apart-from-florence/
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Saturday, September 3, 2011
KOAN Podcast: Have bike (built for 5), will travel!
Listen up while we chat with Bill Harrison. Bill and his family pedaled a custom-built bike all the way from his home in Kentucky up to Fairbanks, Alaska. Yup. They’ve written a book about the adventure, too. Plus, as usual, co-host Erin Kirkland and I review air fares, travel issues and solve all of the [...]
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Some Advice on Using Home Rental Sites in the Future
The big kahuna in online home rentals, HomeAway.com has been gobbling up the competition in the last few years, integrating their properties and technology (in the case of the late Second Porch, which had an innovative social media side to it). So successful has HomeAway been that its rare to find a direct-to-owner site that it doesn't control, TripAdvisor's Flipkey being a notable exception.
Its for this reason that I'm getting very "inside baseball" today, writing about a significant changes in policy at Homeaway that will likely have ripple effects across many vacation rental sites.
What's the change? Its basically a pay to play scheme, or really pay more to play better. Homeaway will be allowing those rentals who pay more to float far higher on the search page than the competition.
Why should consumers care? For two reasons. First off, the change will mean that those rentals paying more may have to charge more to their customers to make up the difference. Which could mean that the most visible properties will also be the most expensive.
It also means that the rental agencies that list their properties on HomeAway, VRBO, VacationRentals.com and other sites in that corporate family, will also have a bigger presence. The agencies, after all, will likely have greater resources for advertising than individual property owners. And agency referred properties tend to be pricier than those rented directly from owners.
The take away? Scroll. And scroll again. In order to get the best prices on rental homes, you're likely going to want to read the home rental listings from the bottom up from now on.
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What's the change? Its basically a pay to play scheme, or really pay more to play better. Homeaway will be allowing those rentals who pay more to float far higher on the search page than the competition.
Why should consumers care? For two reasons. First off, the change will mean that those rentals paying more may have to charge more to their customers to make up the difference. Which could mean that the most visible properties will also be the most expensive.
It also means that the rental agencies that list their properties on HomeAway, VRBO, VacationRentals.com and other sites in that corporate family, will also have a bigger presence. The agencies, after all, will likely have greater resources for advertising than individual property owners. And agency referred properties tend to be pricier than those rented directly from owners.
The take away? Scroll. And scroll again. In order to get the best prices on rental homes, you're likely going to want to read the home rental listings from the bottom up from now on.
Source: http://paulinefrommerbriefing.blogspot.com/2011/08/some-advice-on-using-home-rental-sites.html
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Tourist tat: what's the tackiest holiday souvenir you've bought?
Ironic kitsch or source of embarrassment? Whatever your take on trashy trinkets, you can share your souvenir shame here
The classic holiday purchase is the pair of loon pants that makes perfect sense in a dusty alleyway in Delhi but looks instantly ludicrous when unpacked from your rucksack on returning to Daventry.
More unforgivable, however, are those mementoes from your time away that you knew were wrong from the moment you saw them ? and yet you bought them anyway.
One colleague fondly remembers the his-and-her T-shirts ? the first saying "The love" with an arrow, and the second reading "of my life" ? found for sale in Shanghai. I suspect they won't be wearing these while walking hand-in-hand in their home town anytime soon.
Mosque alarm clocks are pretty tacky; worse is the pop-off bra that opens when you clap, just the thing you need when scouring Damascus for a culturally sensitive gift.
I'm more guilty than most of bringing home terrible tat for loved ones. My worst guilty pleasure holiday purchase was when I believed, regretfully, that my trip to St Petersburg would not be complete without a fridge magnet from the Kunstkamera, the museum of curiosities founded by Peter the Great, which depicted a dead baby in a jar.
Are tasteless souvenirs just harmless post-modernist fun or is something more corrosive at work, gnawing away at the souls ? and wallets ? of visitors and the visited?
Italy ? famed for the marriage of creativity and commerce that has produced modern classics such as the cooking apron depicting the naked torso of Michelangelo and the underpants with the Leaning Tower of Pisa rising from the crotch ? is this month hosting a summit to tackle the problem of holiday tat.
In Pisa, five stall holders have been fined ?500 for offering for sale the Leaning Tower underwear and various mayors and governors of other Tuscan towns now want to sweep away "trash souvenirs".
What's the trashiest souvenir you've brought home? And is it a guilty pleasure or a genuine source of shame? You might like to check out travel writer Doug Lansky's Crap Souvenirs website for inspiration (warning: most of this collection is just plain wrong rather than ironic or kitsch). Then tell us about your favourite trashy trinkets or, better still, share your photos of them on our Naff Souvenirs flickr group.
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The Front Desk Trick
Just wanted to alert you all to a new travel scam that's becoming quite wide-spread apparently. Here's how it works:In the middle of the night, the phone rings in the hotel room. The person at the other end says that they're from the front desk. "We're having difficulty processing your room payment, " he says and then requests that the guest give him his credit card information once again over the phone so that he can check that the hotel has it down correctly. Usually the guest, not wanting to get dressed again to go downstairs (and often half asleep) complies without question.
As you may have guessed, the phone call isn't from within the hotel. Its an outsider randomly calling rooms, phishing for information.
What to do if this happens to you:
- Tell the person that you'll call them back at the front desk, hang up and call downstairs to make sure the call was legit. Often that's all it will take to suss out this scam.
- Or, better yet, get dressed and head down to the front desk just to make sure that everything's okay. You want to keep your credit card in your sight as much as possible when on vacation, so this may be the better approach.
Source: http://paulinefrommerbriefing.blogspot.com/2011/08/front-desk-trick.html
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Travel-Tech Watch from GCI
Travelers need their mobile technology. Just look around at Anchorage’s airport–or SEA-TAC. Everybody’s watching their smartphone. It’s the perfect tool to keep up with home, office or both. Check on your flight status (or that elusive upgrade!). GCI is the official technology partner here at the Alaska Travelgram. And here’s what’s hot-n-happenin’ on the techno-front [...]
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Capturing Liminal Spaces while Travelling
A liminal space is a place of transition, a place of waiting and not knowing. It's a place that travellers are, no doubt, intimately familiar with! Check out our photos of liminal spaces!
"Capturing Liminal Spaces while Travelling" is a post from Two Go Round-The-World. Join Kathryn and Daniel as they plan, prepare and pack for a year-long RTW trip! Ready to dive in? Click here for a few easy ways to stay connected with us!
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Tnooz Nuggets ? Friday 2 September 2011
gapyear.com gets big on Short Gaps; CashCase prepaid card handles pounds, Euros and dollars; iwannagothere launches mobile guides for 15 cities; Kuoni Connect connects its hotels with Dolphin Dynamics.
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Detailed Air Fare list: roundtrip, all-in, including taxes, fees
Okay–Here’s a little air fare rundown in light of the FAA reauthorization, which mandates that airlines collect the 7.5 percent aviation tax. There still are some deals out there. The majority of these deals are available between now and Oct. 10, 2011. Above, one of Alaska Airlines‘ Disney-themed 737s. ALL fares are ROUNDTRIP, including ALL [...]
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Repositioning Cruise Deals for the Taking
Here's a list of some of the best offers I've seen so far. Before you book any, make sure to research airfares, which may be higher than usual due to the fact that you'll be flying into one destination and out of another.
- Norwegian Sun (9/20/11), 15 nights Copenhagen to Port Canaveral, $599: Those who book quickly will be gifted with $75 shipboard credit. Along with Copenhagen, cruisers will call in Lisbon, Amsterdam and near Bruges (Belgium). I found this price at VacationsToGo.
- Norwegian Epic (10/23/11), 13 nights Barcelona to Miami, for $829: For a brand new ship with numerous entertainment options--Blue Man Group, a bowling alley, a Cirque-style dinner show--this deal ain't bad, especially when you consider that it comes with $100 worth of shipboard credit if you book soon with Cruise Club of America.
- RCL's Voyager of the Seas (10/30/11), 13 nights Barcelona to New Orleans, for $669: Another offer from Vacationstogo (see above).
These are just a few of the deals out there for 2011. If you're interested in 2012 repo cruises, head to CruCon Cruise Outlet which has put those on sale this week.
Source: http://paulinefrommerbriefing.blogspot.com/2011/08/repositioning-cruise-deals-for-taking.html
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The Whole Picture: Caretaker?s Hut at Machu Picchu
On the funerary plain, overlooking Machu Picchu, stands the Caretaker's Hut. The hut is one of the few structures in Machu Picchu that has a thatched roof. Open on one side?with three windows looking out to the Urubamba valley below?this is one of the best places in Machu Picchu to get the classic photo of the Lost City of the Incas?and Huayna Picchu looming above!
"The Whole Picture: Caretaker’s Hut at Machu Picchu" is a post from Two Go Round-The-World. Join Kathryn and Daniel as they plan, prepare and pack for a year-long RTW trip! Ready to dive in? Click here for a few easy ways to stay connected with us!
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Friday, September 2, 2011
Weightloss
I've lost nearly 1.5 stones in the last 4 months, since we've been on the road. This is due to a combination of eating healthily and lots of exercise.
The healthy eating is the result of something that I still find a bit strange. Paul McKenna. Paul McKenna is best known for being a hypnotist, on UK television. He's very impressive, but his TV appearances seem a bit old fashioned.
However, it seems Paul has been making books, telling people how to achieve certain things, for some time. His best sellers is "I Can Make You Thin".
I've seen this book in the window of the book store. I was very dubious of it, despite it being in the window, which I should have taken as a sign of its success.
Paul's system works by highlighting how most of us eat when we're not hungry, and we often clear our plate, even if we're full midway through the meal. All of these things results in us consuming extra calories, which is where weight gain comes from.
Instead now, Abs and I, eat smaller meals, often leave some, stop when we're full, and only eat when we're hungry. We buy fewer groceries, often have a tiny evening meal, and we've lost a good deal of weight.
It's a great system, based on simple proper eating. No magic involved. It does come with a CD, which Abs finds makes here feel good. I listen to the CD sometimes.
The exercise is mainly coming from cycling. We do at least 4 miles most days. Sometimes 10 miles, and yesterday 20 miles.
We also do a lot of walking.
I get to surf sometimes. A few times this week, but not much before as we've been on the Mediterranean coast.
Source: http://www.itravelabout.com/blog/darren/weightloss
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Snaps & Blabs
Geri and her husband consider themselves vagabonds who are traveling around the world on a shoestring budget. Oh, let’s not forget – with their three young children right there with them. The website is a mix of home life and travel experiences rolled into one big package with little peanut butter fingerprints all over the [...]
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Loch Ness ? More than monsters!
Whether you?re a sucker for legends or have kids who are excited at the prospect of a Nessie sighting, it would be remiss to take a trip to Scotland without a visit to the infamous Loch Ness. Home to the legendary Loch Ness monster, Loch Ness is firmly etched into our imaginations as the mysterious [...]
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Random Aviation Photo
I’m on the West Coast this week, so I thought I’d go through my Flickr archives to see what was in the SFO tag.� I found this shot, taken in July 2009, of an Alaska Airlines Boeing 737 tail at San Francisco International Airport.� Enjoy!
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Copyright � 2010 Tony G�lvez. Read the original at http://www.braziltravelblog.com/2011/08/01/july-2011/. If you find this text at a location other than the Brazil Travel Blog it is an unauthorized use of the blog material. What with a week of holidays in between, we ended up with a montly summary covering two months of blogging activity. We [...]
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The Great Food Safari ? Weird and Strange food from around the world
Have you ever had a huhu? It’s a traditional Maori grub that supposedly tastes like buttery chicken. Or how about tasty lizards from the food stalls of the Philippines? Trying new and unique foods from all over the world is perhaps one of the most exciting experiences about travelling to new places. There’s nothing quite [...]
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Artsy Travel Photos? There?s an App for That
By Ellen Barone Returning home with artistic travel photos once meant lugging along a few thousand dollars worth of camera equipment or hours spent on the computer in post-production processing. But then, came the iPhone. Now, from vintage to groovy, pop art to panoramic, whatever your imagination craves, there?s an app to help create stylistic…
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Thursday, September 1, 2011
A Friend?s Secret Path to Machu Picchu?
Greetings faithful readers and avid travelers! I have a special treat for you this month. As my travels have kept me particularly busy during the past few months, I?ve decided to hand over the blog to a special guest?
Recently I received a warm email from another travel-blogger named Sarah. She wrote to me and explained that she enjoys reading my Blog and asked if maybe I wouldn?t mind letting her guest post sometime. Well, I don?t mind at all! I have learned a lot from reading her blog, and I thought now would be the perfect opportunity for me to get you acquainted with her thoughts. I mean, no one has done and seen it all, right? I only sit here, writing from my little ivory tower and it certainly does not hurt to bring a fresh perspective into the discussion?
Sarah maintains her impressive travel blog over at the ?My Backpacking Buddies? site: http://www.mybackpackingbuddies.com/blogs/. I recommend checking it out whenever you can. Her entry that follows details a little known, but well worth the effort, ?off the beaten track? route to Machu Picchu. Since Machu Picchu is the most popular destination for tourists/travelers in all of South America, it?s great to have an alternate, more unique, not to mention more scenic, route there. ?The road less traveled?? as they say.
Sarah?s recommendation (see below) looks enticing. I?m very well going to try and check it out next time I?m en route to Machu Picchu!
Keep on traveling,
Bart
The following entry was written by Sarah from My Backpacking Buddies Blog at http://www.mybackpackingbuddies.com/blogs/.
Taking the long way to Machu Picchu.
I have a tip to share with you about a slow but beautiful way to reach
I'm talking about a three days trek that was built by an Israeli tourist and if you choose to believe the reports of people that have done it, is the most beautiful way to travel there, and it is relatively cheap as well.
Here?s what you need to do:
1. Take the bus from Cusco to Santa Maria ? it is a 5.5 hours drive ? last bus is at 21:30.
2. From
3. Find the railroads and very carefully walk for 200 meters until you see a sign telling you to climb the stairs. If you miss it you might find yourself at the Jungle so stay focused. After 6 minutes climbing you reach another railroads.
4. Walk along the railroads for 3 hours (
5. It is already afternoon so you can climb to Machu Picchu and return on the same road early morning or choose the option of finding a cheap hostel nearby and relax at the hot springs nearby.
6. Take the 5:30 bus to
7. Enter Machu Picchu and when you want to return you can easily walk the way back to Aguas Calientes as it is an easy walk.
8. When leaving Aguas Calientes plan to reach the last bus from Santa Teresa so you can catch the 20:00 bus to Cusco.
The trek is fun, easy, economical, and most importantly, is the most scenic route possible to Machu Picchu.
Saludos,
Sarah
Source: http://bart-cat-travel.blogspot.com/2008/08/friends-secret-path-to-machu-picchu.html
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I AM
Sometimes I like to use my blog to share with you inspiring things that I have seen or heard. This documentary, which many of you may already have seen, really struck a chord in me, somewhere so deeply hidden that I had forgotten it was there, and I have only seen the trailer thus far... I am now frantically looking for a place where I can see it or (legally!) download it. I leave you with the official description of the film, the trailer and the hope you will go and see it, pass it on, and that it will change your lives too. Happy trails, Bart.
I AM is an utterly engaging and entertaining non-fiction film that poses two practical and provocative questions: what?s wrong with our world, and what can we do to make it better? The filmmaker behind the inquiry is Tom Shadyac, one of Hollywood?s leading comedy practitioners and the creative force behind such blockbusters as ?Ace Ventura,? ?Liar Liar,? ?The Nutty Professor,? and ?Bruce Almighty.? However, in I AM, Shadyac steps in front of the camera to recount what happened to him after a cycling accident left him incapacitated, possibly for good. Though he ultimately recovered, he emerged with a new sense of purpose, determined to share his own awakening to his prior life of excess and greed, and to investigate how he as an individual, and we as a race, could improve the way we live and walk in the world.
Armed with nothing but his innate curiosity and a small crew to film his adventures, Shadyac set out on a twenty-first century quest for enlightenment. Meeting with a variety of thinkers and doers?remarkable men and women from the worlds of science, philosophy, academia, and faith?including such luminaries as David Suzuki, Noam Chomsky, Howard Zinn, Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Lynne McTaggart, Ray Anderson, John Francis, Coleman Barks, and Marc Ian Barasch ? Shadyac appears on-screen as character, commentator, guide, and even, at times, guinea pig. An irrepressible ?Everyman? who asks tough questions, but offers no easy answers, he takes the audience to places it has never been before, and presents even familiar phenomena in completely new and different ways. The result is a fresh, energetic, and life-affirming film that challenges our preconceptions about human behavior while simultaneously celebrating the indomitable human spirit.
The pursuit of truth has been a lifelong passion for Shadyac. ?As early as I can remember I simply wanted to know what was true,? he recalls, ?and somehow I perceived at a very early age that what I was being taught was not the whole truth and nothing but the truth.? He humorously describes himself as ?questioning and searching and stumbling and fumbling toward the light.? The ?truth? may have been elusive, but success wasn?t. Shadyac?s films grossed nearly two billion dollars and afforded him the glamorous and extravagent A-List lifestyle of the Hollywood blockbuster filmmaker. Yet Shadyac found that more ? in his case, a 17,000-square foot art-filled mansion, exotic antiques, and private jets ? was definitely less. ?What I discovered, when I began to look deeply, was that the world I was living in was a lie,? he explains. ?Much to my surprise, the accumulation of material wealth was a neutral phenomenon, neither good or bad, and certainly did not buy happiness.? Gradually, with much consideration and contemplation, he changed his lifestyle. He sold his house, moved to a mobile home community, and started life?a simpler and more responsible life ? anew.
But, at this critical juncture, Shadyac suffered an injury that changed everything. ?In 2007, I got into a bike accident which left me with Post Concussion Syndrome, a condition where the symptoms of the original concussion don?t go away.? These symptoms include intense and painful reactions to light and sound, severe mood swings, and a constant ringing sound in the head. Shadyac tried every manner of treatment, traditional and alternative, but nothing worked. He suffered months of isolation and pain, and finally reached a point where he welcomed death as a release. ?I simply didn?t think I was going to make it,? he admits.
But, as Shadyac wisely points out, ?Death can be a very powerful motivator.? Confronting his own mortality, he asked himself, ?If this is it for me ? if I really am going to die ? what do I want to say before I go? What will be my last testament?? It was Shadyac?s modern day dark night of soul and out of it, I AM was born. Thankfully, almost miraculously, his PCS symptoms began to recede, allowing him to travel and use his movie-making skills to explore the philosophical questions that inhabited him, and to communicate his findings in a lively, humorous, intellectually-challenging, and emotionally-charged film.
But this would not be a high-octane Hollywood production. The director whose last film had a crew of 400, assembled a streamlined crew of four, and set out to find, and film, the thinkers who had helped to change his life, and to seek a better understanding of the world, its inhabitants, their past, and their future. Thus, Shadyac interviews scientists, psychologists, artists, environmentalists, authors, activists, philosophers, entrepreneurs, and others in his quest for truth. Bishop Desmond Tutu, Dr. Noam Chomsky, historian Dr. Howard Zinn, physicist Lynne McTaggart, and poet Coleman Banks are some of the subjects who engage in fascinating dialogue with Shadyac.
Shadyac was very specific about what he was after, wanting I AM to identify the underlying cause of the world?s ills ? ?I didn?t want to hear the usual answers, like war, hunger, poverty, the environmental crisis, or even greed,? he explains. ?These are not the problems, they are the symptoms of a larger endemic problem. In I AM, I wanted to talk about the root cause of the ills of the world, because if there is a common cause, and we can talk about it, air it out in a public forum, then we have a chance to solve it.?
Ironically, in the process of trying to figure out what?s wrong with the world, Shadyac discovered there?s more right than he ever imagined. He learned that the heart, not the brain, may be man?s primary organ of intelligence, and that human consciousness and emotions can actually affect the physical world, a point Shadyac makes with great humor by demonstrating the impact of his feelings on a bowl of yogurt. And, as Shadyac?s own story illustrates, money is not a pathway to happiness. In fact, he even learns that in some native cultures, gross materialism is equated with insanity.
Shadyac also discovers that, contrary to conventional thinking, cooperation and not competition, may be nature?s most fundamental operating principle. Thus, I AM shows consensus decision-making is the norm amongst many species, from insects and birds to deer and primates. The film further discovers that humans actually function better and remain healthier when expressing positive emotions, such as love, care, compassion, and gratitude, versus their negative counterparts, anxiety, frustration, anger and fear. Charles Darwin may be best known for popularizing the notion that nature is red in tooth and claw, but, as Shadyac points out, he used the word love 95 times in The Descent of Man, while his most famous phrase,survival of the fittest, appears only twice.
?It was a revelation to me that for tens of thousands of years, indigenous cultures taught a very different story about our inherent goodness,? Shadyac marvels. ?Now, following this ancient wisdom, science is discovering a plethora of evidence about our hardwiring for connection and compassion, from the Vagus Nerve which releases oxytocin at simply witnessing a compassionate act, to the Mirror Neuron which causes us to literally feel another person?s pain. Darwin himself, who was misunderstood to believe exclusively in our competitiveness, actually noted that humankind?s real power comes in their ability to perform complex tasks together, to sympathize and cooperate.?
Shadyac?s enthusiastic depiction of the brighter side of human nature and reality, itself, is what distinguishes I AM from so many well-intentioned, yet ultimately pessimistic, non-fiction films. And while he does explore what?s wrong with the world, the film?s overwhelming emphasis is focused on what we can do to make it better. Watching I AM is ultimately, for many, a transformative experience, yet Shadyac is reluctant to give specific steps for viewers who have been energized by the film. ?What can I do?? ?I get asked that a lot,? he says. ?But the solution begins with a deeper transformation that must occur in each of us. I AM isn?t as much about what you can do, as who you can be. And from that transformation of being, action will naturally follow.?
Shadyac?s transformation remains in process. He still lives simply, is back on his bicycle, riding to work, and teaching at a local college, another venue for sharing his life-affirming discoveries. Reflecting Shadyac?s philosophy is the economic structure of the film?s release; all proceeds from I AM will go to The Foundation for I AM, a non-profit established by Shadyac to fund various worthy causes and to educate the next generation about the issues and challenges explored in the film. When he directs another Hollywood movie, the bulk of his usual eight-figure fee will be deposited into a charitable account, as well. ?St. Augustine said, ?Determine what God has given you, and take from it what you need; the remainder is needed by others.? That?s my philosophy in a nutshell,? Shadyac says, ?Or as Gandhi put it, ?Live simply, so others may simply live.??
Shadyac?s enthusiasm and optimism are contagious. Whether conducting an interview with an intellectual giant, or offering himself as a flawed character in the narrative of the film, Shadyac is an engaging and persuasive guide as we experience the remarkable journey that is I AM. With great wit, warmth, curiosity, and masterful storytelling skills, he reveals what science now tells us is one of the principal truths of the universe, a message that is as simple as it is significant: We are all connected ? connected to each other and to everything around us. ?My hope is that I AM is a window into Truth, a glimpse into the miracle, the mystery and magic of who we really are, and of the basic nature of the connection and unity of all things. In a way,? says Shadyac, a seasoned Hollywood professional who has retained his unerring eye for a great story, ?I think of I AM as the ultimate reality show.?
Written & Directed by: Tom Shadyac
Producer: Dagan Handy
Editor: Jennifer Abbott
Co-Producer: Jacquelyn Zampella
Associate Producer :: Nicole Pritchett
Director of Photography: Roko Belic
Executive Producers: Jennifer Abbott, Jonathan Watson
Media and PR Coordinator: Harold Mintz
Graphic Designers: Yusuke Nagano, Barry Thompson
Release Dates: March 11, 2011 ? Los Angeles, March 18, 2011 ? New York
Running Time: 80 minutes
Rating: Not rated
Source: http://bart-cat-travel.blogspot.com/2011/08/i-am.html
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