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“Europa Report” is a science fiction thriller about six astronauts who agree to go on a privately funded mission to one of the freezing cold moons of Jupiter. “Cold moons of Jupiter” would’ve been a great Jimi Hendrix song title, but let’s not digress. The space travelers’ mission is to look for signs of life. … Read more
Although 79% of the 2,100 companies surveyed are either using or planning to use social media channels, a measly 12% of those firms feel that they are using them effectively. According to research from a Harvard Business Review Analytics report, 58% of companies are engaged in social media networks like Facebook, microblogs like Twitter, and … Read more
Little Baby Face Foundation provides free surgery to indigent children born with facial deformities. They treat cleft lip cleft palate, microtia, hemifacial microsomia, facial palsy, hairy nevi, craniofacial deformities, Bell palsy. They provide otoplasty, hearing reconstruction, and dental services for free also. Their website is littlebabyface.org
Artist Felicia Greenberg said, “I am working on a Continental Cut Poodle now for the Poodle Club Nationals next year. I’m also involved with the Cavalier King Charles Spaniel Nationals next year as well. My Bichon Frise sculpture is currently being shown at the Bichon Club Specialty Show in Indianapolis. Very exciting plans are in the works for my flower dogs!”
The service dog, Denali, is a Spinone Italiano, an Italian dog breed. This dog breed was originally bred as a versatile gun dog. The Spinone is a loyal, friendly and alert dog with a close lying, wiry coat. It is an ancient breed that can be traced back to approximately 500 BC.
Whether you’re a fan of big cats, grizzly bears, chimpanzees, penguins, or polar bears, each one of these animal movies has its own emotional hook to reel you in. The films are informative yet don’t feel dry and educational. Narrated by Meryl Streep, Morgan Freeman, Jeremy Irons.
“Manhunt” is an official selection for the 2013 Sundance Film Festival. It’s a documentary by Greg Barker about the CIA’s search and capture of Osama bin Laden. Nada Bakos, who is featured in the film, served as an analyst for the CIA. She was on the team charged with analyzing the relationship between Iraq, Al Qaeda, and September 11. Bakos was privy to the inside track on what happens behind doors in the Central Intelligence Agency. Bakos was apprehensive at first about working with Barker but he won her over and she agreed to do her part in the documentary.
It is impossible not to make comparisons between “Manhunt” and last year’s movie, “Zero Dark Thirty.” The Oscar nominated Best Picture raised a lot of questions, especially about torture used during CIA interrogations. Searching for the truth, Examiner Dorri Olds interviewed Nada Bakos this week. It is clear that Bakos thinks before she speaks. She’s careful with her words and uses very few but she comes across as very likable and engaging.
Books by author Gary Buslik A Rotten Person Travels the Caribbean: A Grump in Paradise Discovers that Anyplace it’s Legal to Carry a Machete is Comedy Waiting to Happen, Akhmed and the Atomic Matzo Balls: A Novel of International Intrigue, Pork-Crazed Termites, and Motherhood; The Missionary’s Position: A hilarious novel set in the Caribbean. An unusual writer.
“The Iceman” opens this week. It’s an intense, crime thriller. It is fascinating, disturbing and darkly exciting. Inspired by actual events, the story is about Richard Kuklinski. Stars Michael Shannon, Winona Ryder, Ray Liotta, Chris Evans