New Post (43) : Free massage at airports
Can’t avoid looking at the sunny side of full body scans ...and pat down searches.
On arrival at the airport, you get a free welcome massage.
How about a welcome drink (too) !
Not Ok with you ?
You think your rights are being violated ?
Take the train, bus or drive instead of taking a flight.
Or better still stay home.
These security measures are a dire necessity of our times.
Charlie brown
Friday, November 19, 2010
Is the "Law of the Sea" in force ?
New Post (42) : Is the "Law of the Sea" in force ?
The Law of the Sea (LOS) is …
a comprehensive treaty covering territorial sea limits, navigational rights, the legal status of the ocean's resources, economic jurisdictions, protection of the marine environment, marine research, and other facets of ocean management. It attempted to address the existing conflicts over the oceans. After its adoption, some called it "possibly the most significant legal instrument of this (the twentieth) century."
The treaty established legal principles governing ocean space, its uses and resources. The Law of the Sea treaty also set up a binding procedure for settling disputes between nations and established the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea. Nations could now take other nations to court over perceived violations of international convention. The treaty also recognized the right to conduct marine scientific research. It addresses the main sources of ocean pollution: land and coastal activities, continental shelf drilling, seabed mining, ocean dumping, and vessel-source pollution.
The Law of the Sea also established the International Seabed Authority, which regulates activities in the deep seabed beyond national jurisdictions.
Question remains---Is the "Law of the Sea" in force ?
Charlie Brown
The Law of the Sea (LOS) is …
a comprehensive treaty covering territorial sea limits, navigational rights, the legal status of the ocean's resources, economic jurisdictions, protection of the marine environment, marine research, and other facets of ocean management. It attempted to address the existing conflicts over the oceans. After its adoption, some called it "possibly the most significant legal instrument of this (the twentieth) century."
The treaty established legal principles governing ocean space, its uses and resources. The Law of the Sea treaty also set up a binding procedure for settling disputes between nations and established the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea. Nations could now take other nations to court over perceived violations of international convention. The treaty also recognized the right to conduct marine scientific research. It addresses the main sources of ocean pollution: land and coastal activities, continental shelf drilling, seabed mining, ocean dumping, and vessel-source pollution.
The Law of the Sea also established the International Seabed Authority, which regulates activities in the deep seabed beyond national jurisdictions.
Question remains---Is the "Law of the Sea" in force ?
Charlie Brown
The Bollywood of USA ? Hollywood !
New Post (41) : The Bollywood of USA ? Hollywood !
Interesting thought. Yet far from reality. Hollywood rules by far.
Point is---The Bollywood-Hollywood gap can indeed be closed.
My 7 point mantra for business mangers at Bollywood :
1. If song and dance sequences sell then make it your USP.
Reinforce it. Get even better at it.
2. Focus distribution abroad on non-English speaking markets around the world.
Not just on pockets of emigrant population.
3. Work on developing other revenue streams i.e. from merchandising.
4. Adopt the latest available technology and upgrade technology with a vengeance.
5. Revive "experimental" cinema to run alongside the mainstream “masala” fare.
Important to stay "credible".
The tradition for it exists. But has been allowed to lay dormant.
6. Do a (much) better job of pre-selling movies. Leverage music to achieve this.
Commit budgets to it.
7. Most importantly…(avoid the commercial urge to be a "me too” glitz and glam offering)
Base the “themes” of your movies on ever lasting / eternal, universal human “values”.
(in the backdrop of ever changing societies everywhere , in a constant churn and turmoil.)
Provide a sense / reassurance, hope if you like, of “permanence”, of “stability”.
Beneath the veneer of the “song & dance” --- Be the moral & ethical standard bearer for a better world !
A movie without a message is like---POPCORN !
Now do not ask me to explain that analogy. Go figure...
Charlie Brown
Interesting thought. Yet far from reality. Hollywood rules by far.
Point is---The Bollywood-Hollywood gap can indeed be closed.
My 7 point mantra for business mangers at Bollywood :
1. If song and dance sequences sell then make it your USP.
Reinforce it. Get even better at it.
2. Focus distribution abroad on non-English speaking markets around the world.
Not just on pockets of emigrant population.
3. Work on developing other revenue streams i.e. from merchandising.
4. Adopt the latest available technology and upgrade technology with a vengeance.
5. Revive "experimental" cinema to run alongside the mainstream “masala” fare.
Important to stay "credible".
The tradition for it exists. But has been allowed to lay dormant.
6. Do a (much) better job of pre-selling movies. Leverage music to achieve this.
Commit budgets to it.
7. Most importantly…(avoid the commercial urge to be a "me too” glitz and glam offering)
Base the “themes” of your movies on ever lasting / eternal, universal human “values”.
(in the backdrop of ever changing societies everywhere , in a constant churn and turmoil.)
Provide a sense / reassurance, hope if you like, of “permanence”, of “stability”.
Beneath the veneer of the “song & dance” --- Be the moral & ethical standard bearer for a better world !
A movie without a message is like---POPCORN !
Now do not ask me to explain that analogy. Go figure...
Charlie Brown
Wednesday, November 17, 2010
Jump start the New START
New Post (40) : Jump start the New START.
The Republican’s bull headedness is “infuriating”.
The Republicans have repeatedly delayed action on the treaty over the past year and have signaled that they would block a vote until 2011.
(And) Why ? (Only) To deliver to Obama a stinging defeat. (He has made approval this year a top goal).
This is petty politics at it's shallowest...
The START treaty signed by Dmitry Medvedev and Obama in Prague in April restricts each nation to a maximum of 1,550 deployed warheads, a cut of about 30 percent from a limit set in 2002. It would also return US inspectors who have been unable to monitor Russia's arsenal since the agreement's predecessor lapsed in December 2009.
Meanwhile, Russia's lower house of parliament, the Duma, awaits US ratification to launch its own process of approving the accord.
A landmark opportunity is being frittered away.
The Republican’s must "cease and desist from playing politics at the deep end of the pool."
There just may be no 2nd chance.
As it appears---The "RESET" is in trouble 1
Charlie Brown
The Republican’s bull headedness is “infuriating”.
The Republicans have repeatedly delayed action on the treaty over the past year and have signaled that they would block a vote until 2011.
(And) Why ? (Only) To deliver to Obama a stinging defeat. (He has made approval this year a top goal).
This is petty politics at it's shallowest...
The START treaty signed by Dmitry Medvedev and Obama in Prague in April restricts each nation to a maximum of 1,550 deployed warheads, a cut of about 30 percent from a limit set in 2002. It would also return US inspectors who have been unable to monitor Russia's arsenal since the agreement's predecessor lapsed in December 2009.
Meanwhile, Russia's lower house of parliament, the Duma, awaits US ratification to launch its own process of approving the accord.
A landmark opportunity is being frittered away.
The Republican’s must "cease and desist from playing politics at the deep end of the pool."
There just may be no 2nd chance.
As it appears---The "RESET" is in trouble 1
Charlie Brown
Golf versus Squash
New Post (39) : Golf versus Squash
More important than buying a heath plan is to have a plan for your health.
Golf exercises the wallet.
***In golf, a caddy (or caddie) is the person who carries a player's bag and clubs, and gives insightful advice and moral support
Golf pumps up vanity.
Squash exercises the body.
***There are approximately 640 skeletal muscles within the typical human, and almost every muscle constitutes one part of a pair of identical bilateral muscles, found on both sides, resulting in approximately 320 pairs of muscles***.
Squash pumps up the heart.
More later.
I am off to my daily sport regimen on the court.
Charlie Brown
More important than buying a heath plan is to have a plan for your health.
Golf exercises the wallet.
***In golf, a caddy (or caddie) is the person who carries a player's bag and clubs, and gives insightful advice and moral support
Golf pumps up vanity.
Squash exercises the body.
***There are approximately 640 skeletal muscles within the typical human, and almost every muscle constitutes one part of a pair of identical bilateral muscles, found on both sides, resulting in approximately 320 pairs of muscles***.
Squash pumps up the heart.
More later.
I am off to my daily sport regimen on the court.
Charlie Brown
Tuesday, November 16, 2010
Where there's music, there can be love ! ! !
New Post (38) : Where there's music there can be love ! ! !
Here's a collection of what some all time great minds have had to say about music: (reflect)...
“Music is the universal language of mankind”
“Music washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life.”
“Music is an outburst of the soul.”
“Without music, life would be an error.”
“Music expresses that which cannot be put into words and cannot remain silent”
“Music produces a kind of pleasure which human nature cannot do without”
“Music speaks what cannot be expressed, soothes the mind and gives it rest, heals the heart and makes it whole, flows from heaven to the soul.”
“Music is a moral law. It gives soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination, and charm and gaiety to life and to everything.”
“Music is enough for a lifetime, but a lifetime is not enough for music”
“Music and rhythm find their way into the secret places of the soul”
“I despise a world which does not feel that music is a higher revelation than all wisdom and philosophy”
“Where words fail, music speaks.”
“Where there's music there can be love”.
Any commentary on these thoughts would be quite …(well)…silly !
Charlie Brown
Here's a collection of what some all time great minds have had to say about music: (reflect)...
“Music is the universal language of mankind”
“Music washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life.”
“Music is an outburst of the soul.”
“Without music, life would be an error.”
“Music expresses that which cannot be put into words and cannot remain silent”
“Music produces a kind of pleasure which human nature cannot do without”
“Music speaks what cannot be expressed, soothes the mind and gives it rest, heals the heart and makes it whole, flows from heaven to the soul.”
“Music is a moral law. It gives soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination, and charm and gaiety to life and to everything.”
“Music is enough for a lifetime, but a lifetime is not enough for music”
“Music and rhythm find their way into the secret places of the soul”
“I despise a world which does not feel that music is a higher revelation than all wisdom and philosophy”
“Where words fail, music speaks.”
“Where there's music there can be love”.
Any commentary on these thoughts would be quite …(well)…silly !
Charlie Brown
6.8 Billion and counting…
New Post (37) : 6.8 Billion and counting…
The bunnies are multiplying like---“all is well”.
LESS WILL HAVE TO BE THE NEW MORE.
There are 6.8 billion people already on the planet.
(…and growing unabated)
Even if the population clock stopped ticking today, we are (already) consuming way beyond the earth’s capacity to provide.
As the population (and means as well) expands, for developing nations, their historically meager slice of the consumption pie will expand. As a corollary---For developed nations, their slice of the pie will contract.
The growth of consumption is (only) the (visible) manifestation of the population problem.
The bunnies have to be persuaded to take it easy and slow down.
But that in ---most--- parts of the world is : Politically incorrect.
If we do not slow down, nature will slow us down.
Recommended further reading(exploration) on(of) the subject:
"The psycho-social stress implications of crowding", (which) has been the subject of much rigorous scientific study---on mice as subjects.
Charlie Brown
The bunnies are multiplying like---“all is well”.
LESS WILL HAVE TO BE THE NEW MORE.
There are 6.8 billion people already on the planet.
(…and growing unabated)
Even if the population clock stopped ticking today, we are (already) consuming way beyond the earth’s capacity to provide.
As the population (and means as well) expands, for developing nations, their historically meager slice of the consumption pie will expand. As a corollary---For developed nations, their slice of the pie will contract.
The growth of consumption is (only) the (visible) manifestation of the population problem.
The bunnies have to be persuaded to take it easy and slow down.
But that in ---most--- parts of the world is : Politically incorrect.
If we do not slow down, nature will slow us down.
Recommended further reading(exploration) on(of) the subject:
"The psycho-social stress implications of crowding", (which) has been the subject of much rigorous scientific study---on mice as subjects.
Charlie Brown
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