Join NCM Fathom and MDA Productions for a rare and intimate evening LIVE with Jane Goodall as we take a look at the private person behind the famous icon.
Goodall will appear on Sept. 27, 2011 at 8:00 pm Eastern Time (7:00 pm CT, 6:00 pm MT, 8:00 pm PT tape delayed).
For only one night, famed chimpanzee researcher Jane Goodall will appear LIVE in hundreds of select movie theaters throughout the country for an exciting and unique event.
This unique movie theater broadcast will highlight the 50 years of Jane Goodall's most extraordinary observations of the wild chimpanzees in Tanzania. It will also provide rare insight into who Jane is today.
This special LIVE event will be broadcast exclusively to a national audience in nearly 500 theaters and will unveil never-before-seen, 45-year-old, 8 mm film footage shot during her first years in the African forest, just recently discovered in Jane’s home attic in Britain.
Jane and music legend Dave Matthews will talk about their experiences in the field. In addition, other celebrity friends like actress Charlize Theron will look back with Jane at her first day ever in the forbidding jungle as a 26-year-old. She will interact with the national audience attendees. This intimate setting will provide a look at the fun and playful Jane few get to see. More
(UCtelevision) Damage is caused by sugary foods. The worldwide obesity epidemic is caused by too much fructose and too little fiber. These are the cornerstones due to their affect on insulin. (UCSF Mini Medical School for the Public, 7/09, Show ID: 16717)
Yogis: Sugar is metabolized by the liver in a way that's comparable to alcohol. When we do certain detox poses, it is important because it detoxes the liver. This is not only for individuals who consume alcohol. This lecture series by Dr. Robert H. Lustig, MD, a Professor of Pediatrics in the Division of Endocrinology at UC San Francisco. The series explores the damage caused by sugary foods.
The lecture is thorough in 90 minutes. It is worth watching because it is a life saver. I had a complete paradigm shift after watching the series. What does this have to do with yoga? In yoga and other health circles, diet is considered crucial. Sugar has a profound impact on our states of mind.
If sugar is a toxin -- processed and treated like a toxic chemical -- maybe it is something to be aware of and to treat with the same as any intoxicant. Food for thought. Namaste,
Obama takes message to public via Twitter WASHINGTON (AFP) — Barack Obama answers questions from Twitter users today (Wednesday, July 7, 2011). But the US president is not confining his answers to 140 characters. Obama will verbally answer questions posed on the short-messaging service during a "Twitter Town Hall" being streamed live from the White House at askobama.twitter.com.
Here are our questions, 140 characters at a time if necessary. Feel free to use any or all of it in your tweets to our fearless leader:
Dear Mr. President, you are doing a great job helping show the world that race is no obstacle to greatness. Now, what's this about allowing only 10,000 troops to come home from Afghanistan? You increased troop levels by 50,000 in two surges. And that's not counting all the "advisers," CIA agents, and private mercenaries (Halliburton, Xe, Blackwater, etc.) Meanwhile, the US war on Iraq rages. Then you illegally started another war on Libya and get uncharacteristically cocky when Congress calls you on it? And yet you still find time to stoke war in Yemen, Bahrain, Egypt, and Saudi Arabia. Are these the "thousand points of light" of G.H. Bush New World Order? Or what exactly is the point of waging a secret war on Pakistan with drones and bombing raids? Or your war on truth and disclosure by pursuing Bradley Manning and Julian Assange over WikiLeaks? Establish the peace. It's easy: End these wars. We have "corporate business" interests there, it's true. Let our corporations wage their own wars. We cannot afford it. We have too much debt and too much taxation, and for what? For invading other countries in offensive "kinetic actions"? Sir, are we a peace-loving country or a violent empire? Let's work here at home on creating jobs and stabilizing this economy. We agree with Cornel West and Tavis Smiley, who say we have to keep your feet to the fire to make sure you achieve the greatness you're capable of. The world does not need another Justice Clarence Thomas or Herman Cain. War is PROFITABLE, we know, but there are other ways for our corporations to make money instead of siphoning American citizens via foreign wars. At least stop the propaganda about all the good we are doing for the world by polluting and bombing it. Thank you. By the way, you're a great public speaker. Keep it up.
In one of his first public events since being held under house arrest, WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange appeared in London Saturday for a conversation with Slovenian philosopher Slavoj Žižek, moderated by Democracy Now!’s Amy Goodman.
They discuss the impact of WikiLeaks on world politics, the release of the Iraq and Afghanistan war logs, and Cablegate -- the largest trove of classified U.S. government records in history.
“From being inside the center of the storm, I have learned not just about the structure of government, not just about how power flows in many governments around the world that we’ve dealt with, but rather how history is shaped and distorted by the media,” Assange said.
Assange also talks about his new defense team, as well as U.S. Army Private Bradley Manning, the accused Army whistleblower who has been jailed for the past year.
Assange is currently under house arrest in Norfolk, outside London, pending a July 12 appeals hearing on his pending extradition to Sweden for questioning in a sexual misconduct case. He has now spent six months under house arrest, despite not being charged with a crime in any country.
Assange was wearing an ankle monitor under his boot and Saturday’s event concluded shortly after 6:00 p.m. so he could return to his bail address by his curfew. The event was sponsored by the Frontline Club, founded in part to remember journalists killed on the front lines of war. Today we play highlights from Part I of their discussion.
It's hard to enjoy or to think about peace, love, 'n happinesswhen you're overheating. We need a tent with earplugs just to meditate. As the San Francisco Weekly points out, "It's in the Freakin' Desert, People! The two most uncomfortable festivals on earth are the Warped Tour and Coachella. Both routinely see temperatures over a hundred degrees every day -- but while Warped lasts a mere ten hours, Coachella goes on for three entire days. Three days! In the desert! Did we mention there's like zero shade at this thing?" And, worse, it's a pretension magnet. Every hippy here is no hippy at all. We don't want to say poseur, but the name Hot Topic springs to mind. Watch the Webcast instead, and be happy you're home. More
