Spotlights On Our Global Village As A New Society
Notes from the Field Date: January 26, 2010 Reporting From: Panama City, Panama Simon`s been on the ground in Panama for a week, and thus far, the majority of his time has been spent investigating the sustainable community concept that he wrote me about several weeks ago. To refresh your memory, the idea is to…
This is putting teachers and principals in a new and challenging position. Aimee Polacci, garden product manager, carries a tray of cannabis clones to be sold at the Peace in Medicine dispensary in Sebastopol, Calif. The lone medical marijuana dispensary in this Northern California enclave has become such a pot destination that it has more…
BANGKOK — Adolf Hitler was a psychopath and a monster but rose to power thanks to big business leaders and other supporters who appreciated his vow to destroy communism and control workers, Hollywood filmmaker Oliver Stone said Monday. Stone, who is working on a 10-part documentary on the 20th century titled “The Secret History of…
Avatar earned an additional $36 million this weekend, climbing to $552.8 million domestically and surpassing “The Dark Knight’s” $533.3 million domestic haul. If it continues to drop in the 20-percent range as it has the last few weekends this time it only fell 16 percent it’s on track to is top Titanic’s $600.8 million by…
PART PLANT Coke, under fire from environmentalists for using plastic bottles, has introduced a new packaging material made partly from plants. The container has “the same weight, the same feel, the same chemistry, and functions exactly the same way” as a regular plastic bottle, a Coke spokeswoman says. Coke isn’t the only beverage concern trying…
PARK CITY, Utah — The starkest picture to emerge from the opening days of this year’s Sundance Film Festival may be of an independent film business forced to stretch in untested directions because its old distribution model no longer works. Times Topics: Sundance Film Festival (Park City, Utah Standard operating procedure over the years at…
Our Thanks, To Nikki Finke EXCLUSIVE: The auction ended late Friday night and I’ve been putting together what happened ever since. Certainly you’ll recall the big cool quotient around Machete, that famously fake trailer by Robert Rodriguez from Grindhouse. It was considered the single best thing about that Weinstein Co double-feature flop that also included…
Reaching out during pain and loss, Thank You Jessica AMERICA SUPPORTS SOLDEIRS Since being crowned Miss Teen Minnesota International in 2009, a position she will hang onto until March 6, 2010, 17-year-old Jessica Scheu has been promoting her platform – Soldier’s Angels – and its message: “May no soldier go unloved.” In her work with…
Submitted by Econophile on 01/22/2010 >>UPDATE 2-‘Avatar’ replaces ‘Titanic’ in record books Q: Is Avatar a metaphor for “capitalism? Q: Is the rape of another planet capitalism? Q:Is the movie left wing Hollywood schlock propaganda? Q: Is the movie marvelous entertainment? Q: Is it also something else? * * * * * Here are some…
ONCE INSIDE THE WALLS THEY PLUNDER EVERYTHING BY STEALTH In December, Facebook made a series of bold and controversial changes regarding the nature of its users’ privacy on the social networking site. The company once known for protecting privacy to the point of exclusivity (it began its days as a network for college kids only…