A Harvard scholar has written a soon to be published book which asserts that Hollywood did not just collaborate with Nazi Germany, it aided Adolf Hitler directly. Ben Urwand, currently at Harvard's Society of Fellows has written the book "The Collaboration: Hollywood's Pact With Hitler," to be released in October. According to press reports (I have not read the book yet), he draws from German and American archives that studio bosses, many of them Jewish immigrants cut films scene by scene to suit Nazi officials so that the films could be re-purposed into Nazi propaganda films. In the book, he ...
By Jeff Newman Hempel watched the scrawny girl fish off the skiff in the late afternoon sun. The thought of leaving her cut into his heart. “Grampa, can we work on the table later on?” she asked. “Sure, if you want. Then homework. It’s important.” “I know. Mom said it’s important but I like workin’ in the shop better.” “School is more important,” he said. “Will I always be with you grampa?” “Not always. You’ll be grown up one day.” “But that’s not for a long time, right grampa?” “Right. Not for a long time.” They caught two big catfish and cooked them for dinner. The man stood by the girl ...
Posted on January 12, 2010 by Jeffrey Newman
The steady and significant increases in the price of medicines, which has no indication of slowing, cries out for an extrapolation of costs going forward. Statheads come forth. Between October 2008 and September 2009, the brand-named medications most commonly used by Medicare beneficiaries rose an average of 9.3 percent. Interestingly, this was a period when […]
Posted on January 12, 2010 by Jeffrey Newman
Denmark has spearheaded the use of electronic healthrecords and use of telemedicine via the internet to assist doctors in treating their patients. There are a number of telemedicine projects allowing monitoring patients in their home saves doctors an average of 50 minutes a day in administrative work. Apparently Denmark’s success may relate to its small […]
Posted on January 10, 2010 by Jeffrey Newman
Avatar, the hit film has created more interest in 3D TV and now Samsung has a 3D TV the width of an iPhone. Its development was aided by blue-ray and it will be internet enabled allowing downloads of internet TV content. Analysts predict a 3D revolution which will maximize the TV watching immersion experience.
Posted on January 7, 2010 by Jeffrey Newman
Top researchers have completed a major study which concluded that consumption of caffeine in coffee greater than two cups per day significantly reduces the incidence of certain liver diseases. January 2010 Journal of Hepatology
Posted on January 5, 2010 by Jeffrey Newman
Do movie theatres face a bleak future as a result of digital technology advances that will allow for film viewing via computer tablets or television? Digital projectors exist in only 1500 screens across the country of a total of over 40,000 screens and the consumers are demanding higher quality images. The gaming industry is surpassing the film […]
Posted on January 3, 2010 by Jeffrey Newman
As global warming melts the world’s ice sheets, scientists are finding viruses hidden for thousands of years, for which humans have no resistance. One group, studying ice-core sections found pathogens that survived in ice for over 140,000 years, its protein overcoat allowing it to live even in extreme cold. Another team of researchers at the […]
Posted on January 1, 2010 by Jeffrey Newman
From one website (not this one) A 2012 prediction based on a comet hitting earth was pulled directly from the Bible Codes. Some believe that a lot of the 2012 predictions were created to discredit revelations in the Bible. “Moses wrote the first five books of the Bible (also known as the Torah). These five […]
Posted on December 31, 2009 by Jeffrey Newman
Date: 1910 What was predicted: Halley’s Comet was due to cross Earth’s path in 1910, but it wasn’t just the usual panic which accompanies the appearance of fire in the sky that had people worried. The comet’s tail contained cyanogen, a highly toxic substance, and according to scientists Earth was due to travel straight through […]