| PBS Announces Line-Up of Science and Environmental Programming for ...
ARLINGTON, Va., Feb. 27 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- PBS will celebrate Earth Day 2008 with a slate of new programs about global warming, environmental change and green technology, airing in late March and April. Highlights are a new two-part episode of JEAN-MICHEL COUSTEAU: OCEAN ADVENTURES that explores the Amazon River and the rapidly disappearing rainforest that surrounds it and a FRONTLINE documentary that takes a look at what big business is doing to solve the world's climate problem. (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20061106/DCM029LOGO-c ) Jean-Michel Cousteau, son of the legendary Jacques Cousteau, travels the Amazon River basin with his children Fabien and Celine in JEAN-MICHEL COUSTEAU: OCEAN ADVENTURES "Return to the Amazon." His discoveries are both inspiring and shocking.
The songs and the passions are overheated
The MFA is playing an excellent documentary about the avant-garde performance artist Jack Smith. And if you run you might be able to catch Richard Kelly's post-apocalyptic distress signal, "Southland Tales," before it vanishes. Otherwise, there's "Romance & Cigarettes," John Turturro's gonzo musical, which opens today. The movie is actually more than some musical. It feels intensely personal, but Turturro, directing with abandon, uses volume and pulpy craziness to disarm you. How does anybody resist a movie that asks you to believe Elaine Stritch gave birth to James Gandolfini, or that Barbara Sukowa sings in a gospel choir? The songs are hand-me-down forgotten treasures and classics (James Brown's "Hot Pants," Vikki Carr's "It Must Be Him") that play while the actors sing over them.
New Global Study From M-A-C AIDS Fund Uncovers Surprising Reality That ...
NEW YORK, Nov. 13 /PRNewswire/ -- A new global study from the M-A-C AIDS Fund, the philanthropic arm of Estee Lauder-owned (NYSE: EL) M-A-C cosmetics, shockingly reveals that after a quarter of a century of HIV and AIDS, nearly half of people still do not view the disease as a deadly affliction. Globally, more then 40 percent of respondents do not understand that AIDS always results in fatality. In a collusion of opinion and fact, this first-ever perception audit also found that 86 percent of adults in the United States, UK, France, Russia, China, India, Brazil, Mexico and South Africa believe stigma and shame to be a contributor to the spread of HIV. Seventy-six percent report lack of access to treatment to be a problem as well. "Today, more than 25 years after the emergence of the disease, it is startling to learn that facts about HIV/AIDS are still a guessing game for much of the world and that many are still in the dark about the undeniable reality that HIV/AIDS shockingly remains a top global killer," said Nancy Mahon, executive director of the M-A-C AIDS Fund.
Military's hostile climate victimizes families of gays
The three moms talk glowingly about their sons. One son is Darren Manzella, a decorated Army medic who, while in Iraq, provided medical services to U.S. troops and Iraqi civilians during more than 100 street patrols in Baghdad. Then there's Barry Winchell, a private first class who had just one more test to pass before achieving his dream of being an Army helicopter pilot. And Allen Schindler, a 22-year-old Navy radioman, who planned to go to college to pursue his passion of studying animals. .
The End Of The Wag: Wave Goodbye To Coleen And Gemma
“WAVE GOODBYE TO WAGS," commands the Star. You'd best stand on a stool or bed and lean out of a window because the Wags are overseas. Goodbye, Coleen McLoughlin, says the Mail, waving so hard that Wayne Rooney's whale-voiced lover turns her head to the side and looks out across the Caribbean seas. Coleen is in Barbados. It's front-page news in the Express. This is Coleen's “new look". It's much like her old one, albeit in a leopard-print and not accessorised by a freckled man with sunburn. Goodbye, Gemma Atkinson, who is said to be dating a footballer called Mr Bent. She's in a bikini. Wags are so out of fashion, notes the Star, that now only “one in 100 dream of being like sexy Gemma Atkinson… and teaming up with footie stars".
Northwestern president: Earmarks help higher education
In this year's State of the Union address, President George W. Bush came out strongly against congressional earmarks and vowed to cut their number in half. "The people's trust in their government is undermined by congressional earmarks, special interest projects that are often snuck in at the last minute, without discussion or debate," Bush said. Earmarks can also be a valuable source of funding for higher education - which is why University President Henry Bienen had a different take on the situation, saying he did not consider earmarks for university spending wasteful. "He didn't seem to come out against them when he had a Republican Congress," Bienen said. "Now it's a Democratic Congress, so he's been fighting the earmark battle." .
No timetable yet on hiring a new Tiger coach
Those expecting a quick turnaround between Tom Stacys departure as the Massillon Tigers head football coach and the hiring of his replacement might want to cool their heels a bit. It could be a while. We dont even have a timetable of when we want to hire the coach, said Washington High athletic director Tim Ridgley, one of six individuals who are part of a committee establishing the process. Obviously, we all understand that it has to be done and it has to be done as quickly as possible. But, with that being said, I dont want that to interfere with the process. I dont want that to be a factor. I dont want to hire a coach just because were supposed to hire a coach. I dont want to go out and hire some coach because we have to meet a deadline of when we want to have the coach hired.
U of M clinches share of 3rd straight C-USA crown with victory
Regardless of how they play, we still got to come out and show up big for them. We've got to take a page out of North Carolina's book. Win or lose, they pack the place out for the Tar Heels. COME ON MEMPHIS!!! GO TIGERS!!!!!!! WE ARE STILL THE TEAM WITH THE BEST RECORD!!!!!!!! .
Abuse probe widens after arrest
MECHANICVILLE The arrest of a school bus driver in Saratoga Springs has triggered an investigation in this city, where 35-year-old Douglas Conrad used to live. Mechanicville police are revisiting allegations made in 2002 by two children who stayed at the home day care of Conrad's aunt, and also looking into unrelated possible abuse in the last 18 months, Mechanicville Police Chief Joseph Waldron said. At the time in 2002, authorities couldn't press charges because there was no physical evidence indicating Conrad exposed himself to a 4-year-old and a 6-year-old whose family came forward. “Unfortunately in these cases, you have to rely on a lot of physical evidence instead of witness testimony, because you're talking about 4- and 6-year-olds," Waldron said, adding that Conrad cooperated “up to a certain point" in that investigation.
Darkroom Productions Keeps the Good News Coming
We get a number of boastful e-mails from local hip-hop labels, and trust us when we say they're not all newsworthy. But pretty much anytime Juan Donovan, who along with Jamal Roberts makes up Darkroom Productions, sends out an e-mail blast, he's got something genuinely exciting to tell us. Every few weeks there's another major-label rapper they're collaborating with, or another show on MTV that they're composing original music for. And this morning came a whole slew of information from Donovan, including the release date for Darkroom's first nationally distributed album, among other things. In January, Donovan first announced that Darkroom Productions had signed a deal to release Hamsterdam The Album with distribution from independent hip-hop giant Koch.
APACS: Payments industry reminds Britain’s increasingly infrequent ...
The Cheque and Credit Clearing Company (C&CCC) and APACS, the UK payments association, has today (26 February 2008) issued a new advice guide for consumers on how to write and receive cheques safely. As people use cheques less and less, particularly as more retailers like Tesco and Marks & Spencer stop accepting them, they may not be as aware as they have been in the past about how to use them safely. This new guide brings together all the best easy-to-follow advice for customers who still write and receive cheques, to ensure cheques clear without unnecessary delay and to prevent fraud. Although personal cheque use has halved in the last ten years, from 1.8 billion cheques in 1997 to 890 million last year, cheques remain popular for certain payments, including subscriptions to clubs and societies, paying bills and for giving birthday gifts.
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