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VC2 Producers: New Facebook group!
Join our VC2 Producers-only Facebook group:
Connect with fellow VC2 producers (or aspiring producers!), exchange ideas, collaborate, learn about our new assignments, etc! We'll be posting regular updates. Join our VC2 Producers-only Facebook group: ... more -
Current TV @ YPulse Mashup, San Francisco: July 15th, '08
Tuesday July 15, 2008
2:30 PM
Leveraging User Generated Content to Reach Youth
Hotel Nikko, San Francisco
• Risks & rewards: Letting your audience create your ads
• How to run a successful user generated contest
• Managing user generated communities
Panelists:
Jonas Gerber, Senior Vice President, Business Development and General Manager, U.S. Operations, Aniboom
Brian Dunn, CEO, Brickfish
Jason Root, Senior Vice President, Digital, Nick.com
Saskia Wilson-Brown, Viewer Created Content Outreach, Current TV Tuesday July 15, 2008 2:30 PM Leveraging User Generated Content to Reach Youth Hotel Nikko, San Francisco ... more -
Mexico: Dawn, Dusk, Ritual and the Afterlife
A brief overview through a simple slide show of Mexico's ancient archaeological and sacred sites and rituals: Teotihuacan (City of the Gods) and the sun rise ceremony of the Sun during the Vernal Equinox, carvings of the legendary Quetzalcoatl who promises return very soon, Chichen Itza, the sacred tomb of Chac Mool, magnificent Uxmal, Oxkintok, Sayil, Dzibilchaltun, Kabah, Labna.Then, a significant cultural shift - remote churches also in ruins (and still used by the local people) in Yucatan, and onto Izamel Convento built on top of an ancient pyramid and a blending of cultures - pre columbian elements of worship can still be found, the Pope and the Goddess, moving to Day of the Dead and Night of the Dead Festival (Dia de Muertos, Noches de Muertos) and the Festival of Guadalupe celebrated in the weeks before Christmas. A brief overview through a simple slide show of Mexico's ancient archaeological and sacred sites and rituals: Teotihuacan (City of the... more
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Future Man
Jacque Fresco is a genius, architect, engineer, designer of cities and transportation modes, inventor, economist, philosopher and futurist. Did I mention that he has comprehensive plans to redesign the world? Jacque Fresco is a genius, architect, engineer, designer of cities and transportation modes, inventor, economist, philosopher and futu... more
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José James Interview on On-Point TV,
His debut album 'The Dreamer' put vocal jazz right back on the map.
On-Point TV sat down with the man called José James, to speak upon his musical paths, from hiphop to jazz, over singing competitions, etc. etc. His debut album 'The Dreamer' put vocal jazz right back on the map. ... more -
A Genius Outside the Academy
The Hip Hop Caucus tour featuring Rev. Lennox Yearwood, Jr. Yearwood is a minister, community activist, military chaplain, and one of the most influential people in Hip Hop. A powerful and fiery orator. The Hip Hop Caucus tour featuring Rev. Lennox Yearwood, Jr. Yearwood is a minister, community activist, military chaplain, and one of ... more
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This is not a pipe dream
Subcomandante Marcos comes to the United States with the plans for a trickle-up democratic reform to empower the downtrodden.
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Beckmann! - The Show Open
For Dan Beckmann's birthday, we've taken the chance to cut together the opening to his new hit interview show, called "Beckmann!" He asks the tough, probing questions...in the relaxed environment. For Dan Beckmann's birthday, we've taken the chance to cut together the opening to his new hit interview show, called "Beckmann!" He a... more
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Current TV @ IFP Panel, New York: Sunday June 8th, 3PM
Current TV will be repped by yours truly on an IFP panel at the Apple Store, Soho on June 8 from 3-4:30PM.
Topics to be discussed: How content is made, promoted and distributed online – as well as how they are monetized and measured as part of Internet Week, where IFP will be hosting a series about “Where Internet and Film Collide”.
Moderated by producer Mike Ryan. Current TV will be repped by yours truly on an IFP panel at the Apple Store, Soho on June 8 from 3-4:30PM. ... more -
Current TV @ SILVERDOCS, Washington DC: June 17th
2:30 PM-- Screening of Current Rocks Silverdocs pods @ the AFI Silver Theatre
3:30 PM-- Silver Session / meet & greet
Contact VC2Outreach@current.com if you are a Washington DC area filmmaker and want to meet us! 2:30 PM-- Screening of Current Rocks Silverdocs pods @ the AFI Silver Theatre 3:30 PM-- Silver Session / meet & greet ... more -
Current TV @ Cinevegas, Las Vegas: June 18th
Current will be on the ground at Cinevegas for a meet & greet and pitch sessions on June 18th, at 2PM in the Cinevegas HQ at Palms Casino. Contact vc2outreach@current.com if you are a Vegas area filmmaker and want to come meet us! Current will be on the ground at Cinevegas for a meet & greet and pitch sessions on June 18th, at 2PM in the Cinevegas HQ at Palms... more
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VC2 Newsletter/Ezine: May
newsletter/ezine time again. this month has kung-fu kick noises. and information. xoxo
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CNN FOUNDER SAYS: GLOBAL WARMING COULD SPARK CANNIBALISM!
CNN founder rebukes US military spending, says global warming could spark cannibalism
04/03/2008 @ 1:15 pm
Filed by RAW STORY
CNN founder Ted Turner, who bills himself as the largest private landowner in the country, has a message on global warming.
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"We'll be eight degrees hotter in 30 or 40 years and basically none of the crops will grow," Turner said, speaking in a little-noticed interview on PBS' Charlie Rose Thursday. "Most of the people will have died and the rest of us will be cannibals... Civilization will have broken down. The few people left will be living in a failed state — like Somalia or Sudan — and living conditions will be intolerable."
The comments were picked up by Thursday's Atlanta Journal Constitution.
"We're too many people; that's why we have global warming," he added. "Too many people are using too much stuff." He said that individuals should pledge not to have more than one or two children.
He also criticized his onetime network, saying it has veered too far away from serious news -- specifically singling out Lou Dobbs' show.
Concurrently, he said the military needs to be cut "way back."
"Right now, the U.S. is spending $500 billion a year on the military, which is more than all 190 countries in the world put together," he remarked. "The two countries that the military industrial complex and some of our politicians would like to demonize and make enemies are Russia and China," Turner said. "China just wants to sell us shoes. They're not building landing craft to attack the United States, and Russia wants to be our friends, too."
He said that despite the United States' huge military budget, "we can't win in Iraq."
"We're being beaten by insurgents who don't even have any tanks, they don't have a headquarters, they don't have a Pentagon, we don't even know if they have any generals," Turner told Rose.
Turner called the Iraqi insurgents "patriots" who "don't like us because we invaded their country and occupied it. Nobody likes to be invaded." CNN founder rebukes US military spending, says global warming could spark cannibalism 04/03/2008 @ 1:15 pm Filed by RAW STORY ... more -
Massive Oil Deposit Could Increase US reserves by 10x
America is sitting on top of a super massive 200 billion barrel Oil Field that could potentially make America Energy Independent and until now has largely gone unnoticed. Thanks to new technology the Bakken Formation in North Dakota could boost America’s Oil reserves by an incredible 10 times, giving western economies the trump card against OPEC’s short squeeze on oil supply and making Iranian and Venezuelan threats of disrupted supply irrelevant.
In the next 30 days the USGS (U.S. Geological Survey) will release a new report giving an accurate resource assessment of the Bakken Oil Formation that covers North Dakota and portions of South Dakota and Montana. With new horizontal drilling technology it is believed that from 175 to 500 billion barrels of recoverable oil are held in this 200,000 square mile reserve that was initially discovered in 1951. The USGS did an initial study back in 1999 that estimated 400 billion recoverable barrels were present but with prices bottoming out at $10 a barrel back then the report was dismissed because of the higher cost of horizontal drilling techniques that would be needed, estimated at $20-$40 a barrel.
It was not until 2007, when EOG Resources of Texas started a frenzy when they drilled a single well in Parshal N.D. that is expected to yield 700,000 barrels of oil that real excitement and money started to flow in North Dakota. Marathon Oil is investing $1.5 billion and drilling 300 new wells in what is expected to be one of the greatest booms in Oil discovery since Oil was discovered in Saudi Arabia in 1938.
The US imported about 14 million barrels of Oil per day in 2007 , which means US consumers sent about $340 Billion Dollars over seas building palaces in Dubai and propping up unfriendly regimes around the World, if 200 billion barrels of oil at $90 a barrel are recovered in the high plains the added wealth to the US economy would be $18 Trillion Dollars which would go a long way in stabilizing the US trade deficit and could cut the cost of oil in half in the long run. America is sitting on top of a super massive 200 billion barrel Oil Field that could potentially make America Energy Independent and u... more -
Bernanke Warns of Possible Recession
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said Wednesday a recession is possible and policymakers are "fighting against the wind" in trying to steady a shaky economy. He would not say if further interest rate cuts are planned.
Bernanke's testimony before the Joint Economic Committee of Congress was a more pessimistic assessment of the economy's immediate prospects than a report he delivered earlier this year. His appearance on Capitol Hill came amid a trio of economic slumps in the housing, credit and financial areas.
"It now appears likely that gross domestic product (GDP) will not grow much, if at all, over the first half of 2008 and could even contract slightly," Bernanke told lawmakers. GDP measures the value of all goods and services produced within the United States and is the best barometer of the United States' economic health. Under one rule, six straight months of declining GDP, would constitute a recession.
Bernanke said "a recession is possible" but he also said he expects more economic growth in the second half of this year and into 2009, helped by the government's $168 billion stimulus package of tax rebates for people and tax breaks for businesses as well as the Fed's aggressive reductions to a key interest rate.
"Much necessary economic and financial adjustment has already taken place, and monetary and fiscal policies are in train that should support a return to growth in the second half of this year and next year," Bernanke said.
To try to limit the damage, the Federal Reserve has aggressively cut a key interest rate, now at 2.25 percent, to spur buying and investing by individuals and businesses. At the Fed's last meeting in March, however, two members dissented from the Fed's decision to sharply cut rates, showing a rare division in the often unified front the Fed shows the public. The dissenting officials, who had reputations for being extra concerned about inflation, favored a smaller reduction. Although Bernanke said he hopes inflation will moderate in coming quarters, he acknowledged that high energy prices have clouded the inflation outlook.
Many economists had predicted the Fed might drop it key that rate again when it next meets April 29-30, although Bernanke's remarks cast some doubt on that scenario.
"We are fighting against the wind," Bernanke said. The Fed's interest rate cuts and other actions are working their way through the economy and are having the effect of "at least offsetting significantly the headwinds coming from these financial factors," he said.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said Wednesday a recession is possible and policymakers are "fighting against... more -
VC2 Newsletter/Ezine: April
If you're watching this, you probably got the monthly newsletter/ezine.
If you got the monthly newsletter/ezine, you should probably check it out.
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The Big Fat Tax Break - Discussion
Don't try running from the IRS, because you'll just die tired. VC2 producer Bookworm Brown and his crack team of multimedia misfits bust open a common question about calculating the fatter tax refund. If your idea of getting more tax deductions on your income is birthing 6 or 7 kids, then Ed McMahon says you may already be a winner. Don't want to change diapers? In this latest project, you'll find out which is the better way to keep more of your income incoming.
Let us know what works for you? Please share. Don't try running from the IRS, because you'll just die tired. VC2 producer Bookworm Brown and his crack team of multimedia misfits b... more -
Current TV @ 24/7 DIY Video Conference: February 10th
VC2 outreach's Saskia Wilson-Brown will be participating in "The Future of the Internet Video Industry", moderated by Francois Bar from the Annenberg School of Communication.
The Future of the Internet Video is an open discussion where people can put on the table the issues they think are most pressing to address in the next few years.
This meeting will be held at the Davidson Conference Center California Room, on Saturday February 9, from 1-2:30pm. VC2 outreach's Saskia Wilson-Brown will be participating in "The Future of the Internet Video Industry", moderated by Francois Bar fro... more
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