Puerto Princesa City, Philippines: A week after the popular online and SMS text message vote contest released the preliminary list of seven as one of the worlds top choices for nature’s New Seven Wonders, Philippine Airlines has announced it will increase the size of planes flying there from Airbus A320 to A300-330 series aircraft […]
Berlinale 2009 – Forum Lineup (The Ultimate List)
Background for the 2009 Forum (Internationales Forum des Jungen Films), the Berlin Film Festival showcase for independent cinema. Eleven films are debuts, 25 are world premieres, and 12 are international premieres. My practice is to share my notes as I build an article. Watch for original essays beginning 5 February. DOCUMENTARY FILMS Araya (Margot Benacerraf, […]
New Profile Of The Black Man
PROFILE OF THE NEGRO Race is deeper than physique. It is more profound than the surface characteristics of the major species of humankind. In my study and observation of the intelligence, character and temperament (ICT) of black people, better the zoologic or anthropologic nomenclature: NEGRO people, I once thought that the Negro is […]
The History of Shenandoah Valley – the Garden of Virginia
The American writer Washington Irving, who died in 1859, described the Shenandoah Valley as "equal to the promised land in fertility and far superior to it for beauty." Just five years after Irving’s death, a local farmer deemed it a "desert." In the interim, the most beautiful valley in Virginia had become the focus of […]
Things we can do to Slow down Global Warming
Global Warming is in the news almost everyday – in newspapers and on television news broadcasts – around the world. Extreme weather conditions and climatic changes that are experienced across the globe have indeed become concerns of great proportion. Scientific records, in fact, indicate that the last 15 years have seen the 10 warmest years […]
Finding The Right Note
What is harmony? Harmony is most commonly used in musical language to describe a pleasing combination of melodies. It refers to two entirely separate entities that manage to complement one another and create an agreeable outcome. Harmony is also used to refer to things outside of music and is popular in describing relationships; to live […]