January 26, 2010 @ 2:54pm The official numbers are in. So Twentieth Century Fox reports that AVATAR has earned $1.859 billion in worldwide revenue in just 39 days. It took place on Monday when James Cameron’s big budget 3D technopic passed the long-standing worldwide revenue record held by his other epic film Titanic of $1.843 …
Book Review In Patrick Radden Keefe’s The Snakehead: An Epic Tale of the Chinatown Underworld and the American Dream we finally have a satisfying, comprehensive account of the Golden Venture debacle and its place in the larger story of people smuggling and US immigration policy. In fact, it is not only satisfying; it is excellent. …
The state’s unemployment rate stands at more than 12 percent, and in some poorer counties it’s in the 25 percent range. In Los Angeles, that number is 12.2 percent. “It boggles the mind,” says LA’s mayor, Antonio Villaraigosa. “Not since the Depression have we had numbers this bad.” To make matters worse, in an attempt …
Unveiled at the Copenhagen Climate summit, the new bottle has been found to have a 12 to 19 percent smaller carbon footprint than traditional plastic bottles. In part, that stems from the fact that Coke’s petroleum-based plastic bottles require upwards of 17 million barrels of oil per year to produce, the Pacific Institute, a California …
THE SPORT OF THE MONTH Who says all there is to do on a winter trip to a ski resort is hit the slopes? Max Walker-Silverman, 16, a Telluride, Colorado, native, has a message for visiting teens: “There is just so much more to do than ski and eat.” Hint for visiting teens: You’ll always …
President Barack Obama will use his State of the Union address to unveil a new plan for a better and quicker response to bioterrorism threats and attacks, the White House said Tuesday. Government leaders will be told to rethink their plans for medical countermeasures so that quick, reliable and affordable antidotes will be available during …
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 …
Marijuana legally prescribed to young people is showing up in classrooms. Read More »
The last Chapter of Chemical Ali. DAMASCUS – Three big stories came out of the Arab world on Monday, starting with the explosion of an Ethiopian airplane in the skies off Beirut, which led to the death of all 90 passengers, on to three deadly attacks in Baghdad, which killed 37 people, and finally, the …
Black Swans throughout cyber space. Caveat Emptor The big question: Who’s behind them? Not to long ago, computer hacking was mainly the handiwork of individuals with overactive imaginations and good programming skills, and they often broke into computers for sport. More recently, people with more sinister motives – including organized criminal gangs – have made …
Breaches show how sophisticated industrial espionage is becoming. Read More »