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wow, tx!

And completely Bombed.

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After 18 days in release, the film has grossed only $417,913 from ticket sales. The 90-minute snore-fest is playing on 111 screens this week, but that number is likely to be reduced this Friday. The film will be sent to DVD heaven after that.

By comparison, Al Gore and Davis Guggenheim’s similar but far more engaging “An Inconvenient Truth” had already made $3.5 million by its 18th day of release.

here

Those figures mean nothing unless you compare them with other films which opened at the same time at a similar number of screens of similar size and in similar catchment areas, and even then, I expect some films get going faster than others.

The trailer certainly didn't look like the sort of thing anybody could sleep through; though I guess global warming deniers would automatically switch off when they sat down.

I wonder how distributors choose the timing and number of screens of openings, and how much effect it has on the eventual results.

I hope it opens over here. It sounds like it has a very important message, and stunning pictures, and it would be my first Leonardo DiCaprio movie.

Global Warming is SOOOOOO yesterday? It was competing against the Jackie Chan movie Rush Hour 3. Now that was a Good Movie.

If global warming is so yesterday, why didn't the administration deal with it yesterday? Why aren't they dealing with it today? And there are far more problems than just global warming.

Yes, yes, yes. What are you going to do about all the problems we are going to face???
Ice Age (sorry it will happen)
Sun go nova and wipe out the whole solar system-or at least our planet.
Another age of major volcanic eruptions like Crater Lake.
A meteorite will hit our planet. Supposedly the dinosaurs did not do so well-wonder how we will do?
The earth stops spinning or the moon-doesn't really matter which I guess.
Reverse polarity of the earth.
Alien space creatures will build a Bypass through our galaxy.

And the answer is 42...

Naysayers want us to know that, because our position is not terribly popular, we should be embarrassed or less confident in the truth that we embrace.

We all know that the opinions of O'Reilly, Limbaugh and Hannity hzve some popularity among many people. Keeping in mind that "half of the people you meet are below average", the movie's box-office appeal reallY doesn't mean alot.

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And the answer is 42...

42 problems we are facing that are more immediate than the ones you listed?

Sue, I thought 42 was an interesting response. In the early days of the board, 42 was the answer to a lot of the questions raised on the board. As a matter of fact, Douglas Adams has lots to say about 42. 42 is the answer to the ultimate question of life.

True, Sawdust, and what is more important than the survival of life, the universe and everything? Or at least, the survival of our species.

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Wasn't Tzeporah Berman in the Eleventh Hour? Seems that she's hit the interview circuit.

Looks like it. Link

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Keeping in mind that "half of the people you meet are below average"

Hehehheeee Artlo - I have to laugh. I've pointed this out a few times, (too say the least) when addressing my own inabilities to integrate with the average minded, (and averaged IQ'ed) "norm".

And it's always worked against me. As a person with with a gifted IQ, I've spent the majority of my life, (starting in late elementary school), looking around and asking, "What the hell is wrong with you people? Can't you see what is really going on?"

I've received more than my fair share of grieve because people want to collectively huddle to what is interpreted as working for the masses. Any oddball outsider who questions the current state of things and suggests alternatives is viewed as anti-establishment and/or suffering from some sort of anti-social non-compliance issue/disorder.

And if one really pushes the point of being gifted, (vs average minded) one risks the label/Dx of being narcissistic and/or sociopathic, as well.

Anyway, I've come to the conclusion there's a reason why eNFps, (like my self), "can never quite shake the feeling that a part of themselves is split off, uninvolved in the experience."

I don't think it's because we feel split off from the experience. I think it's because we feel an underlying sense of disconnectedness from others who are experiencing the same experiences.

"Kind of like that, "What the hell is wrong with you people? Can't you see what is really going on?" feeling I described earlier.

Sue, I was playing a bit dumb until after tonight. I saw Tzeporah Berman's name of a list of guests on a Canadian show. Did Thom have her on yet?

Worry about Mod comments in my post that I might have put something I shouldn't - my memory is shot.

The UK and Canada often talk about American issues (or issues we all share). I am not as intelligent as I used to be, so this is basically all I have to add to the mix.

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I've spent the majority of my life, (starting in late elementary school), looking around and asking, "What the hell is wrong with you people? Can't you see what is really going on?"

Do you think it is because they can't see beneath the surface or that they only know what they have been told?

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Any oddball outsider who questions the current state of things and suggests alternatives is viewed as anti-establishment and/or suffering from some sort of anti-social non-compliance issue/disorder.

That is what I like about Question Period / Prime Minister's Questions - it makes one feel normal again for asking questions. Or somewhat normal.

There have been a debate here whether one should put

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Critics raise eyebrows at extra cost of western Manitoba Hydro line

Environmentalists praise effort to keep boreal forest untouched

Manitoba Hydro's third high-voltage direct current transmission line — called BiPole III — will run west of Lake Manitoba, rather than cutting a shorter route through pristine boreal forest on the east side of Lake Winnipeg, officials announced Tuesday.

The western route is 50 per cent longer and will cost an estimated $400 million more to build. The extra resistance on the longer line will also cause more electricity to be lost, potentially costing Hydro millions more in sales.

But environmentalists have applauded the decision, saying that maintaining the untouched section of boreal forest is worth the cost.
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/manitoba/story/2007/09/27/hydro-line.html

Do these NeoCons sound like your NeoCons? Seems as if they see preserving the Boreal Forest as a waste of money - and there has been lots of ink spent criticizing the longer route.

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'Looney left' dictating Hydro choice: McFadyen

Fri Sep 28 2007, WPG Free Press

By Mia Rabson

TORY Leader Hugh McFadyen Thursday accused the premier of letting the "looney left" and his own political desires dictate Manitoba's decision on where to build a new hydroelectric transmission line from northern Manitoba down the west side of the province.

Manitoba Hydro announced Tuesday it will build the new transmission line down the west side of Lake Winnipegosis, a route which is at least 500 kilometres longer and $400 million more expensive to build than the original proposal to put the line down the east side of Lake Winnipeg.

The line is required to allow for the transmission of more power and to improve the reliability and security of Manitoba Hydro's system.

McFadyen said the new transmission line location could be the single biggest policy decision the government will be making in this mandate and he said it should be what is best for Manitoba not the whims and desires of the "looney left" or Doer's desire to make preserving the boreal forest on the east side of Lake Winnipeg one of the things he is remembered for in history.

"He is wasting half a billion dollars all because he has this idea of a Taj Mahal legacy," said McFadyen.

The forest - one of the last undeveloped sections of boreal forest in the world - is under consideration as a world heritage site by the United Nations Educational, Cultural and Scientific Organization (UNESCO). It is a distinction awarded to major international tourist destinations including the Taj Mahal, and natural wonders such as the Great Barrier Reef and the Grand Canyon.

Doer has suggested putting a Hydro transmission line through the forest would prevent a UNESCO designation. He also says he doesn't think the east side route would ever be seen as environmentally acceptable by Hydro's export customers or the Clean Environment Commission. The CEC has to give the project a license before the line can go forward.

"I happen to believe the chance of getting licences on the east side is remote," said Doer.

mia.rabson@freepress.mb.ca

Note that one of these "export customers" is the Governor of California.

Newspaper articles last 7 days and this one you need a prescription:

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Do you think it is because they can't see beneath the surface or that they only know what they have been told?

Both

I admit my earlier response is one made out of anger. But I am angry. I'm angry people are manipulated to to the point of only seeing and experiencing what's on the surface.

Some people don't even know that there's anything below or above the surface. Then there are some who still feel there is more but don't know where or how to find it so they go searching. And searching often costs.

This may sound like a generalized summary but this is how I see it - I think social conditioning takes many of the things children intuitively/inherently know/believe to be true away. Then when the children grow up the very same things they knew/believed in as children are slowly SOLD back to them.

And the children who say, "Hey! You can't take that away from me." are often the ones who are judged and labeled - and that's OK. In fact, it's encouraged.

Tzeporah was on the show on 4 April 2006.

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But I am angry. I'm angry people are manipulated to to the point of only seeing and experiencing what's on the surface.

Like Victoria Secret not seeing past the trees?

Sue, Thom also had Leonardo DiCaprio on his show, I heard.

Everyone else, since Sue is on holidays, can you find the link for Thom's interview with him?

Tzeporah Berman talks about green Christmases and her fight with Victoria Secret on The Hour:
http://www.cbc.ca/thehour/video.php?id=1721

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Like Victoria Secret not seeing past the trees?

Hehehheeee! There's an extremely funny visual image in that. I'm think public announcement spoof - how about, you?

Headline "Lingerie models end global conflicts and save the world"

"Doesn't a lacy push-up bra stretched over a pair of double Ds, a pair of revealing thongs, and a pair of ridiculously high high-heels fix everything?" said while twirling blonde locks around index fingers and coyly batting eyelashes.

Funny stuff Vaudree -- funny stuff

Oh yes - one more thing... ...I hope you have a wonderful holiday, Sue.

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said while twirling blonde locks around

Did not work for Britney Spears's comeback.

Truth is always stranger than fiction. Seems that Victoria Secret bawked at the first attempts to get them to use recycled paper for their catalogues but now are at the forefront of it:

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Limited Brands, parent company of Victoria’s Secret, revealed a new forest protection policy and a new contract for their catalogs. The policy, unprecedented in its scope, includes several landmark environmental measures and ensures that the pulp for the company’s catalog paper will not come from Endangered Forests. A new paper contract was also signed in accordance with the new policy.

“At ForestEthics, we pride ourselves on running some of the most hard-hitting, aggressive public campaigns out there, but there’s nothing I like better than congratulating a company when they’ve done the right thing,” said Todd Paglia, Executive Director of ForestEthics. “The steps they’ve taken make up one of the strongest environmental policies to result from a corporate campaign, and we applaud them for it. They’ve set a new standard, one that we expect other major catalog companies to meet or exceed.”

“We consider environmental stewardship to be an essential part of our brand, and we’re proud to take a leadership role in the catalog industry, ” said Tom Katzenmeyer, Senior Vice President of Community and Philanthropy.

For more than three years, ForestEthics has been educating the catalog industry about its negative environmental impact on the Canadian Boreal. Two years ago, they launched a campaign against Limited Brands/Victoria’s Secret and shortly after began discussions with the company. Since then, Limited Brands has increased their use of post consumer waste (PCW) recycled content, transitioning its clearance catalogs to sustainable paper with 80% PCW recycled content.

New, groundbreaking measures include:

http://catalogcutdown.org/article.php?id=37

The Green Christmases are the places in Ontario where they did not have snow for Christmas for the first time since records were kept last year.

And voting according to your values is code for voting for the NDP.

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http://thomhartmann.org/Web/transcript_dicaprio_070817.shtml

Thanks Bonnie.