James Hunt Nov 14, 2017
Star Trek Discovery signs off for its winter hiatus with an episode that has it all. Spoilers ahead in our review...
This review contains spoilers.
See related Designated Survivor: a show well worth checking out
1.9 Into The Forest I Go
Well, I think it’s fair to say that Discovery has completely found its feet. This episode had it all: character drama, plot twists, the rich tapestry of all human life on display, and a space ship blowing the hell up. Tng took three seasons to put my heart in my throat during an action sequence. Disco has done it after fewer than ten episodes.
At this point, I feel naught but pity for Trek fans who can’t engage with the show, because they’re missing out on a great experience: a progressive and optimistic show, but one which is also nuanced and subtle. Complaints...
Star Trek Discovery signs off for its winter hiatus with an episode that has it all. Spoilers ahead in our review...
This review contains spoilers.
See related Designated Survivor: a show well worth checking out
1.9 Into The Forest I Go
Well, I think it’s fair to say that Discovery has completely found its feet. This episode had it all: character drama, plot twists, the rich tapestry of all human life on display, and a space ship blowing the hell up. Tng took three seasons to put my heart in my throat during an action sequence. Disco has done it after fewer than ten episodes.
At this point, I feel naught but pity for Trek fans who can’t engage with the show, because they’re missing out on a great experience: a progressive and optimistic show, but one which is also nuanced and subtle. Complaints...
- 11/14/2017
- Den of Geek
This article originally appeared on time.com.
Fast-moving wildfires tore through California this week, destroying 1,500 homes, wineries and businesses in what has become one of the deadliest outbreaks in the state’s history.
A number of wildfires swept across Northern California in Napa and Sonoma counties just north of San Francisco — killing at least 17 people and forcing thousands of residents to evacuate their homes as firefighters struggled to contain the roaring flames that have scorched tens of thousands of acres.
California Gov. Jerry Brown declared a state of emergency in Napa, Sonoma and Yuba counties, as well as in Butte,...
Fast-moving wildfires tore through California this week, destroying 1,500 homes, wineries and businesses in what has become one of the deadliest outbreaks in the state’s history.
A number of wildfires swept across Northern California in Napa and Sonoma counties just north of San Francisco — killing at least 17 people and forcing thousands of residents to evacuate their homes as firefighters struggled to contain the roaring flames that have scorched tens of thousands of acres.
California Gov. Jerry Brown declared a state of emergency in Napa, Sonoma and Yuba counties, as well as in Butte,...
- 10/11/2017
- by Mackenzie Schmidt
- PEOPLE.com
As someone who loved Aaron Moorhead and Justin Benson‘s Spring to the point of seeking out everything else they had done before that point, hearing about a new work debuting at Tribeca got me excited to see what they would deliver. My assumption was that it was the Aleister Crowley picture they spoke about when I interviewed them last year — I was wrong. While that discovery wasn’t surprising considering how long projects gestate, it was shocking to discover The Endless proved to be a sequel to their first feature collaboration Resolution.
They have created a film around the characters they played themselves: Aaron and Justin, UFO cult members. Would this new tale ten years later be only tangentially related through these characters or would the mythos be the same? If the latter, would it bring back the “monster,” locale, and supporting cast? These are important questions to ask,...
They have created a film around the characters they played themselves: Aaron and Justin, UFO cult members. Would this new tale ten years later be only tangentially related through these characters or would the mythos be the same? If the latter, would it bring back the “monster,” locale, and supporting cast? These are important questions to ask,...
- 5/2/2017
- by Jared Mobarak
- The Film Stage
In John Hughes’ Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, supernaturally dull economics teacher Ben Stein bored his teenage students into a state of catatonia with his endless, droning lecture about the Hawley-Smoot Tariff Act Of 1930. Now, Stein is ready to provide the same service for the users of a subscription-based meditation app called Calm, only this time he’s actively trying to put people to sleep. This week, after months of beta-testing, Calm is launching a new feature called “Sleep Stories.” Described as “bedtime stories for adults,” these are pleasant but deliberately uninteresting texts (think: essays by Scottish-American naturalist John Muir) read aloud in calming, soothing voices. It’s intended to put grown-ups to sleep, the way Goodnight Moon supposedly does for small children.
And now, Calm has broken out the heavy weaponry in its war against wakefulness: Stein himself, who will read in his trademark monotone from Adam Smith ...
And now, Calm has broken out the heavy weaponry in its war against wakefulness: Stein himself, who will read in his trademark monotone from Adam Smith ...
- 12/8/2016
- by Joe Blevins
- avclub.com
Last year doctors at John Muir Medical Center in Walnut Creek, California diagnosed 29-year-old Anahita Meshkin as brain-dead and refused to continue treating her for ethical reasons. However, her father's fight to keep his daughter alive led to two Uc San Francisco School of Medicine neurologists discovering that Anahita was not actually brain-dead, San Jose Mercury News reports. In lieu of operating on her infected, fractured hip because they felt treating a brain dead patient was unethical, doctors reportedly told Anahita's father, Mohammed Meshkin, that they wanted to take his daughter - who had been in a coma since 2007 following...
- 5/19/2016
- by Naja Rayne, @najarayne
- PEOPLE.com
Chicago – There is a fictional film about to be released called ‘Everest,’ but now there is the real deal, a documentary about climbing Mount Meru, one of the most difficult and spiritual peaks in the world. “Meru” is co-directed by Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy Chin. On the expedition itself, Chin was also a climber and cameraman.
Mount Meru is located in Northern India, and has a sacredness that is recognized by three different spiritual practices – Hindus, Jains and Buddhists consider it’s location to be the center of the metaphysical universe. The difficulty of the climb is such that only the most experienced could attempt it. “Meru” chronicles the two climbs made by three such experienced men – Conrad Anker, Ronan Ozturk and Jimmy Chin.
Director & Climber Jimmy Chin of ‘Meru’
Photo credit: Music Box Films
Chin is a professional climber, mountaineer, skier, producer, director, photographer and cinematographer. His lists...
Mount Meru is located in Northern India, and has a sacredness that is recognized by three different spiritual practices – Hindus, Jains and Buddhists consider it’s location to be the center of the metaphysical universe. The difficulty of the climb is such that only the most experienced could attempt it. “Meru” chronicles the two climbs made by three such experienced men – Conrad Anker, Ronan Ozturk and Jimmy Chin.
Director & Climber Jimmy Chin of ‘Meru’
Photo credit: Music Box Films
Chin is a professional climber, mountaineer, skier, producer, director, photographer and cinematographer. His lists...
- 9/5/2015
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
The next generation of talented filmmakers has grown up in a time in which cameras are more easily available than ever before. Their relationship to the moving image is incredibly interactive and natural. The YouTube generation shoots everything, edits, shares, and expresses its opinions on virtual global platforms. Therefore, it's not surprising to see very young filmmakers creating works of great quality with the tools at their disposal, which are also rapidly becoming more and more professional while still affordable.
I had the great pleasure of watching numerous examples of this type of talent as a juror for the Fifth Annual Los Angeles Student Film Festival. After receiving nearly 200 submissions from Los Angeles County high school students, the jury, which also included Sasheen Artis, Jesse Atlas, Christopher Coppola, Armen Harootun, Jeffrey David Harvey, Larry Laboe, Patricia Richardson, Tatiana Grace Simonian and Anahid Yahjian, selected 37 short films that will be screened on Saturday, May 30, 2015 at the beautiful El Portal Theatre in the NoHo Arts District.
The show begins at 6:30 p.m. and is preceded by an exciting career fair that starts at 5:00 p.m. Come early to meeting industry professionals, take photos on the exclusive red carpet, and enjoy free food and entertainment! Festival tickets are now available for purchase by clicking here.This year, tickets will be offered for a modest fee of $2.50 to offset event costs.
Here are the finalists in each of the 8 different categories, some of the schools that feature more prominently include Burbank High School, Providence High School, Van Nuys High School, El Camino Real Charter High School, and Harvard-Westlake School.
Animation
"24 Karat"
By Shannon Hoang, Ariana Hernandez, Kristen Broderick and Kayla Hebert
Burbank High School
"Crane"
By Kendra Sazon
Burbank High School
"Destiny Key"
By Evelyna Nazari
Burbank High School
"The Slug Apocalypse"
By Alex Garza
North Hollywood High School
"Life is Your Dream"
By Sandra Elhachem, Kirsten Stoner, and Jennifer Minasyan
Burbank High School
"Stitch Garden"
By Ahdenae Khodaverdian and Elaine Morales
Burbank High School
"Toy Tank"
By Sabrinna Bates
Burbank High School
Comedy
"Lady Kaller"
By Milo Borsuk
Wildwood Forsythe
"Spooky Business"
By Tino Dimperio and J.C. Castro
Providence High School
"Triforce of Desire"
By Lauralee Harper, Brad Pickens, Isaac Sage, and Zara Schuster
Harvard-Westlake School
Commercial
"J&R Drum Sticks!"
By Robert Lugo
John Muir High School
"The Hike"
By Cristian De Jesus and Vicente Tirado
Van Nuys High School
"Colgate"
By Saidakhon Abdullaeva
Van Nuys High School
"Fashion Lookbook"
By Olga Herrera
Van Nuys High School
Documentary / PSA
"A Sockumentary"
By Riley Beres
Port of Los Angeles
"Children of the Genocide"
By Nina Milligan
Harvard-Westlake School
"Cut the Tall Trees: The Killing Power of Words"
By Noah Bennett and Max Cho
Harvard-Westlake School
"Emergency Stop (The Cycle of Violence)"
By Juli Freedman, Becca Frischling, Jess Grody, and Karenina Juarez
Harvard-Westlake School
"Go Make a Difference!"
By Isaiah Ferguson
Providence High School
"Trauma You Don't See"
By Phillip Ahn, Erin Lee, Su Jin Nam. Sean On, and Will Park
Harvard-Westlake School
"What's in Your Food?"
Providence High School
"The Monster Within"
By Angela Soyean Chon, George Khabbaz, Dora Schoenberg, and Jordan Seibel
Harvard-Westlake School
Drama
"15"
By Ben Tan and Luka Joncich
El Camino Real Charter High School
"Pride"
By Rory McClellan
El Camino Real Charter High School
"The Crickets Have Arthritis"
By Shane Koyczan
Providence High School
Experimental
"An Irish Airman Foresees His Death"
By Javier Arango
Harvard-Westlake School
"Grace"
By Ricki Herrera
John F. Kennedy Filmmaking Magnet
"Mask"
By Katie Speare
Harvard-Westlake School
"Psychoanalysis"
By Efren Lopez
John F. Kennedy Filmmaking Magnet
"The First Responder"
By Chris Bredin
Taft Charter High School
Horror
"CA Horror Stories"
By Eduardo Encina, Dennise Mojica, Sylvia Balcaceres, and Anika Kokatay
Van Nuys High School
"Late Night Report"
By Keaton Applebaum
Champs Charter High School
"Delirium"
By Noah Kentis
El Camino Real Charter High School
Music Video
"Human After All"
Providence High School
"I Care"
Providence High School
"Life Developments"
Providence High School
"Street Photography"
By Nickon Mirsepassi and Alberto Kersh
Santa Monica High School...
I had the great pleasure of watching numerous examples of this type of talent as a juror for the Fifth Annual Los Angeles Student Film Festival. After receiving nearly 200 submissions from Los Angeles County high school students, the jury, which also included Sasheen Artis, Jesse Atlas, Christopher Coppola, Armen Harootun, Jeffrey David Harvey, Larry Laboe, Patricia Richardson, Tatiana Grace Simonian and Anahid Yahjian, selected 37 short films that will be screened on Saturday, May 30, 2015 at the beautiful El Portal Theatre in the NoHo Arts District.
The show begins at 6:30 p.m. and is preceded by an exciting career fair that starts at 5:00 p.m. Come early to meeting industry professionals, take photos on the exclusive red carpet, and enjoy free food and entertainment! Festival tickets are now available for purchase by clicking here.This year, tickets will be offered for a modest fee of $2.50 to offset event costs.
Here are the finalists in each of the 8 different categories, some of the schools that feature more prominently include Burbank High School, Providence High School, Van Nuys High School, El Camino Real Charter High School, and Harvard-Westlake School.
Animation
"24 Karat"
By Shannon Hoang, Ariana Hernandez, Kristen Broderick and Kayla Hebert
Burbank High School
"Crane"
By Kendra Sazon
Burbank High School
"Destiny Key"
By Evelyna Nazari
Burbank High School
"The Slug Apocalypse"
By Alex Garza
North Hollywood High School
"Life is Your Dream"
By Sandra Elhachem, Kirsten Stoner, and Jennifer Minasyan
Burbank High School
"Stitch Garden"
By Ahdenae Khodaverdian and Elaine Morales
Burbank High School
"Toy Tank"
By Sabrinna Bates
Burbank High School
Comedy
"Lady Kaller"
By Milo Borsuk
Wildwood Forsythe
"Spooky Business"
By Tino Dimperio and J.C. Castro
Providence High School
"Triforce of Desire"
By Lauralee Harper, Brad Pickens, Isaac Sage, and Zara Schuster
Harvard-Westlake School
Commercial
"J&R Drum Sticks!"
By Robert Lugo
John Muir High School
"The Hike"
By Cristian De Jesus and Vicente Tirado
Van Nuys High School
"Colgate"
By Saidakhon Abdullaeva
Van Nuys High School
"Fashion Lookbook"
By Olga Herrera
Van Nuys High School
Documentary / PSA
"A Sockumentary"
By Riley Beres
Port of Los Angeles
"Children of the Genocide"
By Nina Milligan
Harvard-Westlake School
"Cut the Tall Trees: The Killing Power of Words"
By Noah Bennett and Max Cho
Harvard-Westlake School
"Emergency Stop (The Cycle of Violence)"
By Juli Freedman, Becca Frischling, Jess Grody, and Karenina Juarez
Harvard-Westlake School
"Go Make a Difference!"
By Isaiah Ferguson
Providence High School
"Trauma You Don't See"
By Phillip Ahn, Erin Lee, Su Jin Nam. Sean On, and Will Park
Harvard-Westlake School
"What's in Your Food?"
Providence High School
"The Monster Within"
By Angela Soyean Chon, George Khabbaz, Dora Schoenberg, and Jordan Seibel
Harvard-Westlake School
Drama
"15"
By Ben Tan and Luka Joncich
El Camino Real Charter High School
"Pride"
By Rory McClellan
El Camino Real Charter High School
"The Crickets Have Arthritis"
By Shane Koyczan
Providence High School
Experimental
"An Irish Airman Foresees His Death"
By Javier Arango
Harvard-Westlake School
"Grace"
By Ricki Herrera
John F. Kennedy Filmmaking Magnet
"Mask"
By Katie Speare
Harvard-Westlake School
"Psychoanalysis"
By Efren Lopez
John F. Kennedy Filmmaking Magnet
"The First Responder"
By Chris Bredin
Taft Charter High School
Horror
"CA Horror Stories"
By Eduardo Encina, Dennise Mojica, Sylvia Balcaceres, and Anika Kokatay
Van Nuys High School
"Late Night Report"
By Keaton Applebaum
Champs Charter High School
"Delirium"
By Noah Kentis
El Camino Real Charter High School
Music Video
"Human After All"
Providence High School
"I Care"
Providence High School
"Life Developments"
Providence High School
"Street Photography"
By Nickon Mirsepassi and Alberto Kersh
Santa Monica High School...
- 5/28/2015
- by Carlos Aguilar
- Sydney's Buzz
Before the long, slow death of the literary magazine, The Atlantic Monthly published many of the great American authors throughout its early history—and turned away several others. Now the magazine is taking advantage of a vast archive of contributors that includes Ralph Waldo Emerson, Henry David Thoreau, Harriet Beecher Stowe, and even some writers with fewer than three names like Mark Twain and John Muir. Via its in-house digital publishing imprint Atlantic Books, Atlantic Media will begin publishing e-book collections of famous past contributors, beginning with Twain, accompanied by an introduction from biographer Ben Tarnoff. Twain wrote for The ...
- 7/15/2013
- avclub.com
"Keep close to Nature's heart...and break clear away, once in awhile, and climb a mountain or spend a week in the woods. Wash your spirit clean."
John Muir (21 April 1838 - 24 December 1914), Scottish-born American naturalist, author, and early advocate of preservation of wilderness in the United States. "Keep close to Nature's heart... and break clear away, once in awhile, and climb a mountain or spend a week in the woods. Wash your spirit clean." John Muir (21 April 1838 – 24 December 1914), Scottish-born American naturalist, author, and early advocate of preservation of wilderness in the United States. "Keep close to Nature's heart... and break clear away, once in awhile, and climb a mountain or spend a week in the woods. Wash your spirit clean." John Muir (21 April 1838 – 24 December 1914), Scottish-born American naturalist, author, and early advocate of preservation of wilderness in the United States.
John Muir (21 April 1838 - 24 December 1914), Scottish-born American naturalist, author, and early advocate of preservation of wilderness in the United States. "Keep close to Nature's heart... and break clear away, once in awhile, and climb a mountain or spend a week in the woods. Wash your spirit clean." John Muir (21 April 1838 – 24 December 1914), Scottish-born American naturalist, author, and early advocate of preservation of wilderness in the United States. "Keep close to Nature's heart... and break clear away, once in awhile, and climb a mountain or spend a week in the woods. Wash your spirit clean." John Muir (21 April 1838 – 24 December 1914), Scottish-born American naturalist, author, and early advocate of preservation of wilderness in the United States.
- 4/25/2013
- by shifra007
- www.culturecatch.com
As the human footprint widens, the movements lumped under "environmentalism" grow ever more varied, which makes a far-reaching documentary about the environmentalist movement—detailing a history from its inception to the present day—a wildly ambitious undertaking. Yet this is the task documentarian Mark Kitchell has assumed in A Fierce Green Fire. Omnidirectional, A Fierce Green Fire covers Stewart Brand, Aldo Leopold, John Muir, and Teddy Roosevelt—all in the first five minutes. From there, Kitchell and his talking heads tackle the growth of environmentalism in the U.S., the travails of Greenpeace and the Sierra Club, environmental catastrophes in Love Canal and the Brazilian rainforest, and of course climate change, among other topics. The film contain...
- 2/27/2013
- Village Voice
*full disclosure: a review copy of this book was provided by Applause Theatre and Cinema Books. An Askew View 2: The Films of Kevin Smith was produced by author John Muir ten years after the original. In this time, director Kevin Smith has created several more features since his original, Clerks (1994). Muir makes notes of Smith's highlights such as Clerks, Chasing Amy (1997), Zack and Miri Make a Porno and Red State (2011). He also notes Smith's less dazzling productions like Mallrats (1995), and Jersey Girl (2004). Smith has had a wild ride during his career and it would be best to focus on his career highlights in this book review, rather than the missteps. As mentioned, Kevin Smith's career began with the indie hit Clerks. After dropping out of film school, this would be the first film to introduce the recurring characters Jay (Jason Mewes), Silent Bob (Smith), Dante (Brian O'Halloran), and...
- 9/17/2012
- by noreply@blogger.com (Michael Allen)
- 28 Days Later Analysis
Here's your daily dose of an indie film in progress; at the end of the week, you'll have the chance to vote for your favorite. In the meantime: Is this a movie you’d want to see? Tell us in the comments. "Mile...Mile & A Half" Tweetable Logline: A team of artists leave their daily lives to hike the John Muir Trail & bring it back to share. 219 miles. 25 days. Come walk with us. Elevator Pitch: In July 2011, a team of artists set out to hike the John Muir Trail and record their experiences. 219 miles in 25 days. In that epic snow year in the High Sierras, they leave their daily lives behind in search of new adventures: the thrill of the trail, the challenge of miles, and the ability to capture the beauty and wonder of the journey itself. Along the way, they're joined by musicians, painters, teachers and other adventure-seekers.
- 9/3/2012
- by Indiewire
- Indiewire
Paste’s very own multimedia editor, Max Blau, is competing for a shot at hosting a panel at 2012’s South By Southwest festival. The topic is Band vs. Baby: Balancing Touring and Family, and it will explore how artists manage to juggle performing music and keeping their family healthy. Sean Gamble of John Muir Medical Center would speak at the panel, along with Shara Worden of My Brightest Diamond and Elizabeth Ozer of the University of California, San Francisco. The experts will discuss tips on family and band expectations, scheduling, family health and the possibility of bringing a family on the road.
- 8/29/2011
- Pastemagazine.com
If you missed it earlier this week, Buzzfeed has a gallery of 60 Gay Couples who were married in New York over the weekend. Someone pointed out that the whole matchy-matchy concept between groom/groom and bride/bride was a little. . .interesting. I mean, when I get married it's going to be an über obnoxious "Look At Me I'm So Pretty" kind of day. If my lesbian bride Kate Winslet shows up wearing the same thing, Imma be pissed. While we're on the subject of dressing alike, here is a supremely weird yet kind of fascinating tumblr Pinky McLadybits sent me. (I Like Looking Like Other People)
And while I do have those bridezilla instincts, sometimes I feel like a total failure as a female of the species. I mean, ladies and drag queens, what is the deal with fake eyelashes? Why Are They Impossible To Put On? Why Would You Put Glue Near Your Eyeball?...
And while I do have those bridezilla instincts, sometimes I feel like a total failure as a female of the species. I mean, ladies and drag queens, what is the deal with fake eyelashes? Why Are They Impossible To Put On? Why Would You Put Glue Near Your Eyeball?...
- 7/27/2011
- by Joanna Robinson
Good morning, my misled misquoters. How many of you had the flame of your "America, F*ck Yeah" extinguished yesterday by some snotty facebook friend or Twitter follower quoting Mlk at you? Turns out they were misquoting. Ha Ha! Well, turns out that pithy Mark Twain quote was false as well. In the words of Michel de Montaigne, "Oops." (Gizmodo)
And now for something completely inconsequential. The subject of this article has become a thorn in my side but it felt too petty to mention. . .it's about Twitter and sitcom spoilers. So I'll let the author of this article sound petty and I'll just add the sage words of naturalist John Muir, "Seriously, spoilers are hella rude, some of us live on the SloWest Coast." (Splitsider)
And now for something Very important that will erase my pettiness from your mind. A lot has been going on both globally and locally...
And now for something completely inconsequential. The subject of this article has become a thorn in my side but it felt too petty to mention. . .it's about Twitter and sitcom spoilers. So I'll let the author of this article sound petty and I'll just add the sage words of naturalist John Muir, "Seriously, spoilers are hella rude, some of us live on the SloWest Coast." (Splitsider)
And now for something Very important that will erase my pettiness from your mind. A lot has been going on both globally and locally...
- 5/3/2011
- by Joanna Robinson
Last week, we posted the results of a report from the John Muir Trust claiming that wind power is a lot more useless than the wind industry--or anyone invested in renewable energy, really--would like us to believe. Naturally, we were contacted by the American wind industry which wanted to aggressively refute the claims and spread the wind turbine gospel. Below, the epic battle between the John Muir Trust study and what the Awea says is wrong with it (in our words, using information from our interview and their blog).
Wind turbines will generate on average 30% of their rated capacity over a year.
John Muir Trust: Wind turbines are inefficient. Using publicly-reported data from November 2008 to December 2010, the average output from wind in the U.K. was just 27.18% of capacity in 2009, 21.14% of capacity in 2010, and 24.08% between November 2008 and December 2010.
American Wind Energy Association (Awea): Pay attention to the larger picture,...
Wind turbines will generate on average 30% of their rated capacity over a year.
John Muir Trust: Wind turbines are inefficient. Using publicly-reported data from November 2008 to December 2010, the average output from wind in the U.K. was just 27.18% of capacity in 2009, 21.14% of capacity in 2010, and 24.08% between November 2008 and December 2010.
American Wind Energy Association (Awea): Pay attention to the larger picture,...
- 4/15/2011
- by Ariel Schwartz
- Fast Company
A new study from the John Muir Trust--not the sorts who would attack wind farms just for the fun of it--debunks five important industry claims.
Ethonomic Indicator of the Day: U.K. wind power only reached 21.14% of capacity in 2010.
As interest in renewable energy grows, wind power companies are rushing to build giant installations; it sometimes seems that a new "biggest wind farm ever" arrives every month (the most recent one is in Germany, to replace all their scary nuclear power). But wind farms of all sizes may not produce as much energy as advertised, according to a new report (Pdf) from the John Muir Trust. These are not the kind of people who are going to attack wind farms just for the fun of it. The report examines five common assertions of the wind industry--and then debunks them all, using stats from the U.K.. Below, the assertions, and why they don't make sense.
Ethonomic Indicator of the Day: U.K. wind power only reached 21.14% of capacity in 2010.
As interest in renewable energy grows, wind power companies are rushing to build giant installations; it sometimes seems that a new "biggest wind farm ever" arrives every month (the most recent one is in Germany, to replace all their scary nuclear power). But wind farms of all sizes may not produce as much energy as advertised, according to a new report (Pdf) from the John Muir Trust. These are not the kind of people who are going to attack wind farms just for the fun of it. The report examines five common assertions of the wind industry--and then debunks them all, using stats from the U.K.. Below, the assertions, and why they don't make sense.
- 4/8/2011
- by Ariel Schwartz
- Fast Company
Mark Zuckerberg may be Time’s Person Of The Year, but you have to do a lot more than siphon our intellectual property rights and be played by Jesse Eisenberg in a guaranteed award-show sweeper to make our short-list. No, we prefer to acknowledge those who made us laugh, made us hot and made us think about how hot and funny they were. The celebrities—and celebrity body parts—praised below may not have revolutionized the internet, but they certainly made it a more entertaining place to surf. Click on the jump to find out who each TheFABLife contributor thinks defined fabulosity in 2010. Robert Pattinson by Lauren Deiman Robert Pattinson (Photos) was undoubtedly the Person/Obsession of many, many TwiHards’ Year in 2010. With every dazed stare, modest giggle, and lusty glance towards Kristen Stewart, this man flutters the heart like no other working actor today. The gorgeous Brit has perfected...
- 12/15/2010
- by thefablife
- VH1.com
Jonathan Franzen's family epic, a new collection from Seamus Heaney, Philip Larkin's love letters, a memoir centred on tiny Japanese sculptures ... which books most excited our writers this year?
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
In Red Dust Road (Picador) Jackie Kay writes lucidly and honestly about being the adopted black daughter of white parents, about searching for her white birth mother and Nigerian birth father, and about the many layers of identity. She has a rare ability to portray sentiment with absolutely no sentimentality. Isabel Wilkerson's The Warmth of Other Suns (Random House) is a fresh and wonderful history of African-American migration. Chang-rae Lee's The Surrendered (Little, Brown) is a grave, beautiful novel about people who experienced the Korean war and the war's legacy. And David Remnick's The Bridge (Picador) is a thorough and well-written biography of Barack Obama. The many Americans who believe invented biographical details about Obama would do well to read it.
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
In Red Dust Road (Picador) Jackie Kay writes lucidly and honestly about being the adopted black daughter of white parents, about searching for her white birth mother and Nigerian birth father, and about the many layers of identity. She has a rare ability to portray sentiment with absolutely no sentimentality. Isabel Wilkerson's The Warmth of Other Suns (Random House) is a fresh and wonderful history of African-American migration. Chang-rae Lee's The Surrendered (Little, Brown) is a grave, beautiful novel about people who experienced the Korean war and the war's legacy. And David Remnick's The Bridge (Picador) is a thorough and well-written biography of Barack Obama. The many Americans who believe invented biographical details about Obama would do well to read it.
- 11/27/2010
- The Guardian - Film News
Let children walk with Nature, let them see the beautiful blendings and communions of death and life, their joyous inseparable unity, as taught in woods and meadows, plains and mountains and streams of our blessed star, and they will learn that death is stingless indeed, and as beautiful as life. -- John Muir I hope the millions of viewers who stood in long lines, plunked down $15, and slapped on a pair of ridiculous 3D glasses to watch the spectacle that was Avatar also will find themselves in front of a television some Sunday night in the coming weeks to soak up -- sans disposable spectacles -- the wonder that is Life, the 11-part series on the Discovery Channel that debuted on March 21, the first full day of spring. Life, which airs in two one-hour episodes each Sunday night for five...
- 3/25/2010
- by Cathleen Falsani
- Huffington Post
"The Hyperion Cantos", is a 'tetralogy' of science fiction novels by author Dan Simmons, recently adapted as a screenplay by Trevor Sands for Sony Pictures. Set in the distant future, the Warners space opera will be directed by Scott "The Day The Earth Stood Still" Derrickson for producer Graham King.
Much of the appeal of the series stems from its extensive use of references and allusions from a wide array of 'thinkers', including Teilhard de Chardin, John Muir, Norbert Wiener and John Keats, a Romantic poet of the 19th century, with the title of the first novel, "Hyperion" taken from Keats' poem "Hyperion". Similarly, the title of Simmons' third novel is from Keats' poem "Endymion". Quotes from actual Keats poems and the fictional 'Cantos of Martin Silenus' are also interspersed throughout the novels.
'Hyperion' is the name of a planet where much of the action in the series takes place,...
Much of the appeal of the series stems from its extensive use of references and allusions from a wide array of 'thinkers', including Teilhard de Chardin, John Muir, Norbert Wiener and John Keats, a Romantic poet of the 19th century, with the title of the first novel, "Hyperion" taken from Keats' poem "Hyperion". Similarly, the title of Simmons' third novel is from Keats' poem "Endymion". Quotes from actual Keats poems and the fictional 'Cantos of Martin Silenus' are also interspersed throughout the novels.
'Hyperion' is the name of a planet where much of the action in the series takes place,...
- 1/21/2010
- by Michael Stevens
- SneakPeek
Barack Obama has at least one passionate backer in Twitter-Wood for his Chicago Olympics pitch. Jeremy Piven tweeted support for his home city today, as the International Olympic Committee makes its final decision in Copenhagen. John Cusack, meanwhile, continued his intercontinental rounds and tweets today upon leaving North Korea for Japan, though it's anyone's guess how he got in there in the first place.
In lighter tweetage, "Twilight" actor Justin Chon continued his TwitPic marathon, Christopher Mintz-Plasse took a shot of his sleeping dad, and Miley Cyrus showed what her dad, Billy Ray Cyrus does to cheer her up when she's down. They're all in an unexpected Father Appreciation Special today. I'm @brianwarmoth, and this is the Twitter-Wood report for September 30, 2009.
Twitter Pic of the Day:
@mileycyrus These are the times that my daddy Really comes in handy. He made me smile through the worst pain I've ever felt. http://pic.
In lighter tweetage, "Twilight" actor Justin Chon continued his TwitPic marathon, Christopher Mintz-Plasse took a shot of his sleeping dad, and Miley Cyrus showed what her dad, Billy Ray Cyrus does to cheer her up when she's down. They're all in an unexpected Father Appreciation Special today. I'm @brianwarmoth, and this is the Twitter-Wood report for September 30, 2009.
Twitter Pic of the Day:
@mileycyrus These are the times that my daddy Really comes in handy. He made me smile through the worst pain I've ever felt. http://pic.
- 10/1/2009
- by Brian Warmoth
- MTV Movies Blog
As I watched this masterpiece by Ken Burns on PBS my heart was touched at a deep level. As John Muir was quoted, "Without wilderness we risk losing our souls;" I wanted to cancel all my business appointments and drive out into "The Wild." John Muir was a master of pattern recognition. He created high levels of productivity in early American factories, and later built his wife's farm into a masterpiece of agriculture. But he could not resist what Emerson called, "The Great Intelligence." He was constantly drawn deep into nature to experience the ultimate pattern. He said, "Nature is an interrelated joyous web of being." Ken Burns shows how when he was away from "The Wild" he would wither, as we all do when we separate ourselves from this "joyous being." He talked...
- 9/29/2009
- by Paul David Walker
- Huffington Post
Newsday (McT) -- Reason To Watch: Ken Burns ("Baseball," "Jazz," "The Civil War") and longtime colleague-collaborator Dayton Duncan explore the national parks system. What It's About: At 12 hours, TV's most exhaustive historic survey, beginning in the mid-1800s, with the campaign to save Yosemite, and ending in 1980, when the system was largely completed. As always, Burns and Duncan are interested in stories, people and the essential idea of what it means to be an American; don't come here to learn how Carlsbad Caverns were formed. Sunday's Episode: Mostly covers the establishment of Yosemite and Yellowstone, with a starring role for John Muir,…...
- 9/25/2009
- by By Verne Gay
- PopMatters
Early in Ken Burns’ new mega-documentary, The National Parks: America’s Best Idea, a mythic figure appears. At first, he isn’t named (“he called himself an ‘unknown nobody,’” the narrator intones), and the otherwise twangy score settles into gentle piano chords. After a lyrical interlude, the man is finally identified as John Muir, a vagrant Scotsman who entered the Yosemite Valley in the late 1860s and died five decades later as one of the central reasons it remains preserved today.
- 9/23/2009
- Pastemagazine.com
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