Feature List - Offbeat
Tan Chin Siang
July 29, 2010
Robots are gradually growing in sophistication and will eventually play a big role in the society. But when something awry happens due to robotic actions, what are the legal repercussions?
Jennifer Lengvet
July 29, 2010
One of the main factors contributing to the success of Make It or Break It episodes is the realistic representation of the lives of athletes. The show tries to bring out the possible sources of distraction in the lives of the four girls, as they try to prepare themselves for Olympics.
The show ...
Joseph Raglione
July 29, 2010
Gentle readers of this American Chronicle, if you need help finding cheap and reliable health care insurance, visit HealthCare.gov. The following is a message from Nancy-Ann DeParle...>
Good morning,
After we launched HealthCare.gov – the new one-stop-shop that helps you take control of your ...
Joseph Raglione
July 29, 2010
Gentle readers of this American Chronicle, Oil and Coal are on their way out but they sure are putting up a fight! The Chevrolet Volt is now being sold at a dealer near you and soon, the rest of the World will be selling small and cheap, fast and clean, Electric Vehicles.
This will put a big hole ...
Joseph Raglione
July 29, 2010
Gentle readers of this American Chronicle, yesterday I brought my 82 year old friend to the Royal Victoria Hospital in Montreal, without an appointment. We had to wait a few hours while more than one ambulance brought in emergency cases to the hospital. After four happy hours where I talked with alm...
Joseph Raglione
July 29, 2010
Gentle readers of this American Chronicle, Brazil just passed a great new anti-corruption law that hinders and blocks any politician suspected of being corrupt, from working in government. The "clean record" law was a bold proposal that banned any politician convicted of crimes like corruption and m...
Tan Chin Siang
July 28, 2010
If one suffers injury after slipping on something along the road or pavement in public places, it is sometimes worthwhile to sue the owner of the property for compensation. In the case of wrongful death, which is death due directly to the negligence of another individual, company or entity, we can f...
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July 27, 2010
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Frank A. Hilario
July 28, 2010
First published 28 July at 2200 hours with the title "7 must-have-its. Sean Covey´s book for teenagers"
A good book is for sharing. At home, we have a good-size collection of about 1,000 books. I have read at least 500 of them, not to mention some other 500 I don´t see around anymore. At 69, eith...
Donna Williams
July 28, 2010
Australian Government snubs OTs and Social Workers
Joseph Raglione
July 27, 2010
Gentle readers of this American Chronicle, Susan Shaw is a Marine Toxicologist speaking as a TED.COM lecturer...http://www.ted.com/speakers/susan_shaw.html
"About Susan Shaw
Susan Shaw is an internationally recognized marine toxicologist, author and explorer. Full bio and more links can be found...
Joseph Raglione
July 27, 2010
Gentle readers within this American Chronicle, the "Disclose Act" will identify who is spending millions of Dollars in an effort to influence Washington Politicians. This sounds like one heck of a good Bilateral Act if government Republicans allow it to pass...>
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Joseph Raglione
July 27, 2010
DEAR BARACK OBAMA!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU!
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Joseph Raglione
July 27, 2010
Gentle readers of this American Chronicle, the Oil industry is callously arrogant and dangerous and when something happens, like an Oil Spill, they shrug it off and cover it up. They are so rich from years of selling Oil to the World, they basically don't worry about lawsuits or even government inte...
Dr. Nitish Priyadarshi
July 26, 2010
Any phenomenon that produces a change in pressure on groundwater will cause the groundwater level to vary. Differences between supply and withdrawal of groundwater cause levels to fluctuate. Other diverse influences on groundwater levels include meteorological and tidal phenomena, urbanization, earthquakes, and external loads. And, finally, subsidence of the land surface can occur due to changes in underlying groundwater conditions.
Lucy Johnson McBain
July 27, 2010
Debt consolidation is a way to pay all your outstanding debts with minimal interest with the aid of a debt consolidation consulting firm. This is the best way to achieve all your debts payment.
Joseph Raglione
July 26, 2010
Gentle readers of this American Chronicle, governor Tim Kain is a good man who wants to help the lower and middle class citizens of the United States, improve their lives! The rich and upper class groups have been helping themselves for years and honestly don't need much help, unless it is legal hel...
Joseph Raglione
July 26, 2010
Gentle readers of this American Chronicle, for poor and average people like myself, who do not have a large social network, Television is sadly our only entertainment. How many of us believe all of the product commercials T.V. producers broadcast at us on a daily basis? I don't believe any of it and...
Joseph Raglione
July 26, 2010
Gentle readers of this American Chronicle, war and murder and violent Bloodshed is wrong no matter who initiates the actions. The hardest thing to do on Earth is to stop a War after aggressive escalation has occurred! One young soldier, a man of good conscience, is trying to do exactly that!...>
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Joseph Raglione
July 25, 2010
Gentle readers of this American Chronicle, if this were a Poker Game, I would bet that corporate money and power won't beat Mother Nature any better than they beat the sweeping Wall Street reforms President Obama just signed into existence. Mother Nature's global warming card is hidden but it does e...
Mariah Joseph
July 25, 2010
A compelling drama that explores the different meanings of being a parent through the gritty, realistic lives of the struggling, blue-collar Porter's, and the privileged Campbell family.
Mariah Joseph
July 25, 2010
The movie centers around different members of a family, their tangled love lives and their attempts to try to solve their problems.
Mariah Joseph
July 25, 2010
The film follows Soren, a young owl enthralled by his father's epic stories of the Guardians of Ga'Hoole, a mythic band of winged warriors who had fought a great battle to save all of owlkind from the evil Pure Ones.
Mariah Joseph
July 25, 2010
Michael Douglas and Shia LaBeouf star in Oliver Stone´s "Wall Street 2." Douglas is back in his Oscar®-winning role as Gordon Gekko, whose iconic "Greed is good" mantra and daring corporate raids made him a rock star of financial titans.
Mariah Joseph
July 25, 2010
No matter how old you are, you never get over high school. Successful PR pro Marni (Kristen Bell) heads home for her older brother's (Jimmy Wolk) wedding and discovers that he's marrying her high school arch nemesis (Odette Yustman), who's conveniently forgotten all the rotten things she did so many years ago.
Joseph Raglione
July 25, 2010
Gentle readers of this American Chronicle, I always believed I was not a religious person. For me the word God represents the 'Eternal Energy of the Universe' which our world Science community measures using scientific instruments. Today, I am finally realizing that I have spent all of my adult life...
Mariah Joseph
July 25, 2010
Paul Conroy (Ryan Reynolds), truck driver and family man, wakes up buried alive in an old wooden coffin. Not knowing who might have put him there or why, his only chance to escape from this nightmare is a mysterious cell phone.
Mariah Joseph
July 25, 2010
A 1950s-era tale, focusing on the obscenity trial launched to censor Allen Ginsberg's groundbreaking book-length poem.
Mariah Joseph
July 25, 2010
In this New York City-set comedy-drama, 16-year-old Craig (Keir Gilchrist), stressed out from the demands of being a teenager, checks himself into a mental health clinic. There he learns that the youth ward is closed – and finds himself stuck in the adult ward.
Mariah Joseph
July 25, 2010
Director Ngawang Choephel, traveled to Tibet in 1995 to make a documentary about Tibetan folk music threatened by the Chinese occupation.
Mariah Joseph
July 25, 2010
"Waiting for Superman" examines the crisis of public education in the United States through multiple interlocking stories—from a handful of students and their families whose futures hang in the balance, to the educators and reformers trying to find real and lasting solutions within a dysfunctional system.
Mariah Joseph
July 25, 2010
A look at the inner world of modeling.
Mariah Joseph
July 25, 2010
Terkel is a miserable, unhappy sixth grader who is constantly picked on by two merciless bullies. One day Terkel finds a way to be cool, sadly it involves making fun of his best friends´ sister and his girlfriend, what is a sixth grader to do?
Joseph Raglione
July 25, 2010
Gentle readers of this American Chronicle, apparently the Senate Republicans are winning! Of course these particular Republican Senators don't represent the average Republican on the street, who enjoys drinking pure water from a Plastic Bottle and breathing clean Air from an Air Conditioner. The gov...
Mariah Joseph
July 25, 2010
Nine Nation Animation presents a selection of recent award-winning animated short films from the world´s most renowned festivals, including Cannes, Berlin, Annecy, Clermont-Ferrand and others.
Mariah Joseph
July 25, 2010
The collar awarded to the winners of the Meilleur Ouvrier de France (Best Craftsman in France) is more than the ultimate recognition for every pastry chef - it is a dream and an obsession.
Mariah Joseph
July 25, 2010
A drug dealer sells his soul to the devil to become the top drug dealer on the block.
Mariah Joseph
July 25, 2010
A stoner limo driver embarks on such missions as cooking and swimming lessons, and developls an unlikely relationship with another lovable loser.
Mariah Joseph
July 25, 2010
A kidnapping in a suburban neighborhood leads police on a manhunt that comes full circle.
Mariah Joseph
July 25, 2010
A supernatural thriller set inside of an office building. There are some people stuck in an elevator, and one of them is the devil.
Mariah Joseph
July 25, 2010
Following the journey of a young New York photographer (Nev Schulman), as he begins an online relationship with a Michigan family, it soon veers into strange and suspenseful territory as he discovers that the family is not what it appears to be.
Mariah Joseph
July 25, 2010
June is living with her much adored Uncle Henry and domineering, abusive father Murry, when she meets a penniless illegal immigrant Juan Diego, whose love gives her the insight and courage to finally break free and live her own life.
Mariah Joseph
July 25, 2010
What makes for the ultimate road trip? Hitchhiking, truck stops, angry bears, prickly porcupines and a golfing goose with a duck caddy. Just ask Kate and Humphrey, two wolves who are trying to get home after being taken by park rangers and shipped halfway across the country.
Mariah Joseph
July 25, 2010
Doug MacRay (Ben Affleck) is an unrepentant criminal, the de facto leader of a group of ruthless bank robbers who pride themselves in stealing what they want and getting out clean.
Mariah Joseph
July 25, 2010
After a little white lie about losing her virginity gets out, a clean cut high school girl sees her life paralleling Hester Prynne's in "The Scarlet Letter," which she is currently studying in school - until she decides to use the rumor mill to advance her social and financial standing.
Mariah Joseph
July 25, 2010
Kathy (Carey Mulligan), Tommy (Andrew Garfield) and Ruth (Keira Knightley) spent their childhood at Hailsham, a seemingly idyllic English boarding school.
Mariah Joseph
July 25, 2010
Mousse and Louis are young, beautiful, rich and in love. But drugs have invaded their lives. One day, they overdose and Louis dies. Mousse survives, but soon learns she's pregnant. Feeling lost, Mousse runs away to a house far from Paris. Several months later, Louis' brother joins her in her refuge.
Mariah Joseph
July 25, 2010
"Logan" is a story about two teenage brothers, Tyler and Logan. Logan, the younger of the two, has got his mind set on a seemingly impossible project which turns out to be much harder than he could ever imagine.
Mariah Joseph
July 25, 2010
In the Summer of 1965 a young man is filled with the life of the idyllic old pearling port Broome - fishing, hanging out with his mates and his girl.
Mariah Joseph
July 25, 2010
A teenager looking to reunite his family through high school wrestling, which previously tore his family apart due to a tragedy.
Mariah Joseph
July 25, 2010
Personal, honest, and real--diaries are a window into some of the most tumultuous moments in human history. This MTV-produced documentary uses actual diaries from teenagers who lived and died during the Holocaust as read by actors such as Joaquin Phoenix, Elijah Wood, Brittany Murphy, and Kate Hudson.
Mariah Joseph
July 25, 2010
"Cracks" follows an elite group of boarding school girls who compete for the attention of their free-thinking and glamorous young teacher Miss G (Green). She encourages them to indulge their desires, flout the establishment and - suggesting a world of adventures in her own past - pursue a life of independence and travel.
Mariah Joseph
July 25, 2010
In a world ravaged by a virus infection, turning its victims into the Undead, ALICE (Milla Jovovich), continues on her journey to find survivors and lead them to safety.
Mariah Joseph
July 25, 2010
Set on the eve of a wedding celebration, seven close friends gather to watch two of their friends get married, but the maid of honor and the bride have had a long rivalry over the groom.
Mariah Joseph
July 25, 2010
He looked like just another day laborer from the streets, and the perfect fall guy for a crooked political assassination. But he turned out to be Machete (Danny Trejo), a legendary ex-federale with a deadly attitude and the skills to match.
Mariah Joseph
July 25, 2010
Sam Rockwell plays a has-been coach who is given a shot at redemption when he's asked to run the local high school's girls basketball team. Emma Roberts is cast as a player he befriends, and Rob Corddry will play the school's principal.
Mariah Joseph
July 25, 2010
The story of a man who rescues a German shepherd and how the two become fast friends. Based on the novel by J.R. Ackerley.
Mariah Joseph
July 25, 2010
Something diabolical is taking place on the set of 'The Task', a new reality show in which players complete terrifying missions within the confines of an abandoned prison, hoping to win a hefty cash prize.
Mariah Joseph
July 25, 2010
A loner highway patrolman is inspired to search for his long-lost parents after meeting a sexy librarian.
Mariah Joseph
July 25, 2010
The film features never-before seen footage of Gould, photographs and excerpts from his private home recordings and diaries, plus personal memories from Gould's most intimate friends and lovers, some who have never spoken about him publicly before.
Dipin Damodharan
July 22, 2010
The much-awaited July 15 India-Pak peace talks ended in acrimony.Once again, Pakistan busted India´s trust.This time the Pakistan External Affairs Minister Shah Muhammad Qureshi had breached all kind of diplomatic measures. During the joint press conference, he made one of the nastiest comments ever heard in a bilateral talk. He equated Indian home secretary G K Pillai with Lashkar-e-Taiba terrorist Hafiz Saeed that too in the presence of Indian External Affairs Minister. How naive is Pakistan´s Foreign Minister?
Juniper Ladden
July 22, 2010
There are 31 different GSA Schedules, and each one has their unique number. Beneath each GSA Schedule is a catalog of sub-groups to outline the several possible goods and services beneath each GSA Schedule, these sub-categories are named Special Item Numbers (SINs).
Jennifer Lengvet
July 23, 2010
Arrested Development is a sitcom created by Mitchell Hurwitz. The series has mind-blowing twists and turns that generate a spree of electrifying moments. There has been an increase in the count of people who watch Arrested Development online due to success of its season 3. The series revolves around...
Krista Dandridge-Barnett
July 24, 2010
PAY CLOSE ATTENTION TO 'THE FOUR CARPENTERS'
Zechariah 1:18-21
18 Then lifted I up mine eyes, and saw, and behold four horns.
19 And I said unto the angel that talked with me, What be these? And he answered me, These are the horns which have scattered Judah, Israel, and Jerusalem.
20 A...
When you think of great NFL cities you might think of Green Bay, Chicago, Dallas or Pittsburgh. But there is a town in Ohio that is just as much a part of the NFL. It is the booming metropolis of Ada, Ohio, population 5,800 and home to the Wilson Football Factory!
Joseph Raglione
July 23, 2010
Greenpeace was founded on a prophecy from Canada´s First Nation peoples which reads: "There will come a time when the Earth grows sick and when it does a tribe will gather from all the cultures of the world who believe in deeds and not words. They will work to heal it...they will be known as the ´Warriors of the Rainbow."´ If we are to be successful in our fight against catastrophic climate change then perhaps we all need to become Rainbow Warriors.
Mariah Joseph
July 22, 2010
A silent film about Louis Armstrong as a young boy and how he acquired his first cornet.
Mariah Joseph
July 22, 2010
Erin's wry wit and unfiltered frankness charm newly single Garrett over beer, bar trivia and breakfast the next morning. Their chemistry sparks a full-fledged summer fling, but neither expects it to last once Erin heads home to San Francisco and Garrett stays behind for his job in New York City.
Mariah Joseph
July 22, 2010
A notorious group of criminals continue to baffle police by pulling off perfectly executed bank robberies. They are in and out like clockwork, leaving no evidence behind and laying low in between heists.
Mariah Joseph
July 22, 2010
When he arrives on the rural Louisiana farm of Louis Sweetzer, the Reverend Cotton Marcus expects to perform just another routine "exorcism" on a disturbed religious fanatic.
Mariah Joseph
July 22, 2010
Set during a dinner party, follows 11 guests as they play a game of appearances, masking their nervousness and sorrow while in a social setting.
Mariah Joseph
July 22, 2010
Daniel and Ana, brother and sister, are both at defining moments in their lives. Ana is about to be married, and Daniel is a teenager discovering his personal and sexual identity.
Mariah Joseph
July 22, 2010
In HIDING DIVYA, writer/director Rehana Mirza tackles the taboo of mental illness in the South Asian community. Mirza's powerhouse feature film debut provides a rare, realistic and poignant glimpse into the lives of three generations of women.
Mariah Joseph
July 22, 2010
Young German-Greek restaurant owner Zinos is down on his luck. His girlfriend Nadine has moved to Shanghai, his Soul Kitchen customers are boycotting the new gourmet chef, and he's having back trouble!
Mariah Joseph
July 22, 2010
What If tells the story of Ben Walker (Kevin Sorbo), who fifteen years ago left his college sweetheart Wendy (Kristy Swanson), and his calling to be a preacher, in order to pursue a business opportunity.
Mariah Joseph
July 22, 2010
A spoof of the vampire movie genre, particularly "The Twilight Saga." Becca, an anxious, non-vampire teen, is torn between two boys.
Mariah Joseph
July 22, 2010
In the latest installment, Nanny McPhee appears at the door of a harried young mother, Mrs. Isabel Green, who is trying to run the family farm while her husband is away at war.
Mariah Joseph
July 22, 2010
Every year the population of sleepy Lake Victoria explodes from 5,000 to 50,000 for Spring Break, a riot of sun and drunken fun.
Mariah Joseph
July 22, 2010
Kevin Carson, a young man living in the projects, wins $370 million in a nationwide lottery. When his opportunistic neighbors discover he has the winning ticket in his possession, Kevin must survive their greedy and sometimes even threatening actions over a three-day holiday weekend before he can claim his prize.
Mariah Joseph
July 22, 2010
A 40-year-old unmarried woman decides to become pregnant by inseminating herself with a turkey baster. What she doesn't know is that the sperm is from her best friend, who must live with the secret that the child is his.
Mariah Joseph
July 22, 2010
The body count rises and father-and-son crime kingpins (Robert Hill, Robin Hill) try to uncover the identity of a traitor in their midst.
Mariah Joseph
July 22, 2010
Follows six New Yorkers who are not yet ready to embrace adulthood.
Mariah Joseph
July 22, 2010
The rags-to-riches story of Chinese ballet dancer Li Cunxin who, at age 11, was chosen to train at Madam Mao's Beijing Dance Academy and later went on to become one of the world's greatest dancers.
Mariah Joseph
July 22, 2010
Pat Tillman decided to leave a multimillion-dollar professional football contract and join the military because he felt it was the right thing to do.
Mariah Joseph
July 22, 2010
A prince sets out on a magical journey and discovers wizards, witches, dragons and self-knowledge.
Mariah Joseph
July 22, 2010
Welcome to the terrifying Melbourne crime underworld, where tensions are on the brink of exploding between felons and renegade cops - the Wild West played out on the city's streets in broad daylight.
Mariah Joseph
July 22, 2010
A group of mercenaries is hired to infiltrate a South American country and overthrow its ruthless dictator. Once the mission begins, the men realize things aren't quite as they appear, finding themselves caught in a dangerous web of deceit and betrayal.
Mariah Joseph
July 22, 2010
Scott Pilgrim has never had a problem getting a girlfriend. It's getting rid of them that proves difficult. From the girl who kicked his heart's ass -- and now is back in town -- to the teenage distraction he's trying to shake when Ramona rollerblades into his world, love hasn't been easy.
Mariah Joseph
July 22, 2010
Liz Gilbert had everything a modern woman is supposed to dream of having -- a husband, a house, a successful career -- yet like so many others, she found herself lost, confused, and searching for what she really wanted in life.
Mariah Joseph
July 22, 2010
The People I've Slept With - a promiscuous woman who finds herself with an unplanned pregnancy and needs to figure out who the baby daddy is...NOW. Angela Yang loves sex. She loves it so much she needs to make baseball cards of her lovers to help her remember where she's been.
Mariah Joseph
July 22, 2010
When an elderly woman is viciously murdered in Oxford, her body is discovered by two strangers whose lives are immediately changed forever: Arthur Seldom, a prestigious professor of logic, and Martin, a young graduate student who has just arrived at the university hoping to be Seldomâs pupil.
Mariah Joseph
July 22, 2010
In the not-too-distant future, a young boy travels to an alien world to find his father and learn of his destiny.
Mariah Joseph
July 22, 2010
The story of George Mallory, an explorer obsessed with becoming the first climber to reach the top of Mount Everest, as told through letters to his wife
Mariah Joseph
July 22, 2010
Two men - one in his twenties, the other nearer forty, both intensely focused on the task at hand - line the inside of a transit van with plastic. Shopping, they buy a drill, a mattress and other supplies.
Mariah Joseph
July 22, 2010
The First Lebanon War - June, 1982. A lone tank is dispatched to search a hostile town that has already been bombarded by the Israeli Air Force. What seems to be a simple mission gradually spins out of control.
Mariah Joseph
July 22, 2010
When second-graders Bryce and Juli first meet, Juli knows it's love. But Bryce isn't so sure. Girl-phobic and easily embarrassed, young Bryce does everything he can to keep his outspoken wannabe girlfriend at arm's length.
Mariah Joseph
July 22, 2010
A maniac targets teens when they fail to forward chain mail.
Mariah Joseph
July 22, 2010
Juliette, a fashion magazine editor in her 40s, travels to Cairo to meet her husband, Mark, a UN official working in Gaza, for a three week vacation.
Mariah Joseph
July 22, 2010
Detective Allen Gamble is a forensic accountant who's more interested in paperwork than hitting the streets.
Mariah Joseph
July 22, 2010
A tight-knit group of street dancers, including Luke and Natalie, team up with NYU freshman Moose, and find themselves pitted against the world's best hip hop dancers in a high-stakes showdown that will change their lives forever.