A MONSTER WITH SEOUL
The News Review:
- A MONSTER WITH SEOUL
- It’s an all-star cast for great Willsy Awards
- Colo. green policies are homegrown
- Bush holds line on emissions policy
- Australian waxflowers are at home in California
A MONSTER WITH SEOUL
New York Post – Mar 4, 2007
" (I loved it when I saw it at some festival a few years ago, if anybody cares. ) "Memories of Murder" (2003), a serial-killer thriller, followed, and did well, with 5 million tickets sold. "Korean people love Korean movies," Bong says, noting that 50 percent of domestic box-office revenue is for home-grown fare. Bong, 38, lives in Seoul with his wife and their 10-year-old son, who has seen all of his dad's features. "He liked 'Memories' very much. He had many ideas for the film, but we didn't use them for budgetary reasons. " As you'd expect – Hollywood has no ideas of its own, so it must remake Asian films – an American redo of "The Host" is already planned, by Universal.
It’s an all-star cast for great Willsy Awards
NEWS.com.au – Mar 4, 2007
content-row clearfloat –> “IT’S Casual Living forrrrrrr meeee. ” Thank you, Peter Walkom, for that stirring intro – and welcome, ladies and gentlemen, to the second annual Willsy Awards! It was a glittering 2006 for South Australia’s home-grown TV commercials, a year of old favourites, new faces and the sad passing of some dear, dear friends. And we’re here to pay tribute to them all. But first let’s go over to Richard Wilkins on the Gouger Rug red carpet where the stars of our small screens – comets of the commercial world – are lighting up the night. Yes, thank you Amanda. As you can see it’s a warm night here on the corner of South Rd and Anzac Highway, but we don’t need Neville Mannix to keep us cool.
Colo. green policies are homegrown
Denver Post – Mar 4, 2007
International scientific conclaves and congressional hearings get the blazing headlines, but much of the work of responding to climate change involves home-grown efforts by local governments, businesses and individuals which take practical steps to change the way they do their work and lead their lives. In Colorado, some local governments in particular are working to become more energy efficient and to use cleaner fuels. Last July, Denver Mayor John Hickenlooper used his annual State of the City speech to announce Greenprint Denver, a long-term program to promote sustainable development and ecologically friendly practices. Greenprint hasn’t gotten much public attention since then, but Beth Conover, special adviser for the Mayor’s Sustainable Development Initiative, says, “We’ve been hard at work. ” Perhaps the most tangible signs of progress have been steps toward conversion of the city’s vehicle fleet to less-polluting fuels.
Bush holds line on emissions policy
Irish Times – Mar 4, 2007
Bush said today he planned no new action to impose caps on greenhouse gases blamed for global warming despite the US Supreme Court ruling that the Environmental Protection Agency must regulate emissions. Instead, Mr Bush pointed to his proposal to require cars to burn more gasoline made from home-grown sources like ethanol, and repeated his long-held stance that US action is meaningless without changes by China and India. Login or subscribe for more » Choose a Subscription type – required.
Australian waxflowers are at home in California
San Diego Union Tribune – Mar 4, 2007
On my quest to learn more about these treasures from “down under,” I consulted Joe Walker of Obra Verde Growers, a main distributor of Australian flora, located in North County's Valley Center. Ten years ago, Walker was granted sole distributorship of all the new selections and breeding lines of waxflower by the government of Western Australia, Western Australia Agriculture and The University of Western Australia. These three entities worked closely with Walker on the new line of Pearls and Gems, allowing him to trial-grow them around Southern California. After many years of testing and field growing, the plants have proved suited for a wide climate range from coastal regions to interior deserts. All are now being released to the cut-flower industry and retail nursery trade. All new cultivars are protected under plant breeders rights by the government and Department of Agriculture of Western Australia. Still, I had many questions about this new line of Pearls and Gems as I arrived at the home of Rich Ouellet of Fallbrook, who is working with Joe Walker to introduce them into the ornamental horticultural industry… '
There are many differences between these new lines of waxflowers and the C. uncinatum hybrids we have grown for the last few decades. To appreciate the difference, let's compare C. uncinatum 'Purple Pride' with C. '
Rated very highly as one of the darkest purple waxflowers available, C.