While Hollywood has started to show interest in films covering environmental issues such as An Inconvenient Truth and The 11th Hour, many small budget, independent green films are having a much more difficult time reaching their potential audiences. Until now, unless you were lucky enough to catch these films at a festival screening you are left with very few remaining options. This has all changed thanks to Earth Cinema Circle.

Earth Cinema Circle

Earth Cinema Circle is an inexpensive bi-monthly DVD club created in October of 2007 by Gay Hendricks and Rick Ridgeway. Every two months, Earth Cinema Circle sends their members a small collection of environmentally focused short and feature-length films. Film collections size varies from four to five films per DVD. While all environmentally focused the individual films cover a broad range of subject matter including conservation, wildlife and even eco-travel.

Seeing Global Warming

"Film as a medium has the power to communicate the environmental crises we all face emotionally - not just intellectually. Today, for example, I just saw timelapse photos - which become in essence film clips - of glaciers shrinking before your eyes. For the first time ever, you could see global warming. That's the power of film." states Rick Ridgeway, co-founder of Earth Cinema Circle.

According to Ed Begley, Jr, spokesperson and host of Earth Cinema Circle, "Films have influenced the popular culture for many years, often for the good and certainly sometimes to detriment." Earth Cinema Circle is a collection of films that have to potential to influence popular culture in a positive and environmentally conscious way.

The latest collection of films, Volume 2, features:

• A Life Among Whales - "Renowned whale biologist Dr. Roger Payne shares with us his passionate quest to understand and preserve the world's whale population in this beautiful documentary."
• How To Save The World - "One Man, One Cow, One Planet. Can one man and one cow save the earth? Is it possible that instead of developing higher tech solutions to our farming problems, that we might see better results through an arcane method called biodynamic farming?"
• Papiroflexia - "Watch while Fred reinvents the world around him. Wouldn't it be nice if we could dream up a healthy planet as easily as Fred can fold one?"
• The True Cost of Food - "In this humorous animated short, The Sierra Club wakes us up with the reality of what our food is really costing us."

One Percent for the Planet

Earth Cinema Circle goes further than boosting public awareness of important environmental issues, they also participate in One Percent for the Planet. In One Percent for the Planet, participants pledge to donate 1% of all sales to environmental efforts.

Understanding any issue is key to dealing with it and Earth Cinema Circle offers a refreshing way to visualize many important environmental concerns through film. The film like the ones presented by Earth Cinema Circle can offer new awareness and event inspire people into action.

Sam Greyhawk is an environmental evangelist working with Cool-N-Save(tm), an Energy Star Partner, to spread the message of reduce, reduce and recycle. The Cool-N-Save(tm), endorsed by Ed Begley, Jr., is an energy saving device for your existing air conditioner that has been scientifically proven to instantly lower your utility bill.

"Alternative 3" was the final documentary done by the well respected "Science Report" of Anglia Television in England on April 1st 1977. Within an hour of broadcasting the television station issued a hurried statement stating that the show was a hoax.

We believe that the film is 95% fake but that 5% of it is the most important footage of the 20th Century and totally accurate. That is the NASA footage of people on Mars. We believe that much of the story is also the truth.

Besides filming the show on April 1st, the producers later said that the show was fake. It was quite evident at the end of the movie that something was fake because almost every single person filmed on the show was an actor, not genuine footage. It's a huge let-down when the list of credits role at the end, and a source of major confusion if you are expecting that this whole thing is real. We believe that there is no way that a respected documentary would be explicit that it was produced on April 1st unless it was decided beforehand that that was what they wanted to do.

The people who created this show risked a HUGE amount. They risked that people would never again trust that anything on TV or portrayed by science is the truth. However, we believe that somebody felt that this risk was worth taking because they needed to DISCREDIT THE NASA TAPE OF MARS and the story that went with it, before somebody got it out to the public.

Remember, in the times we are in, "DISCERNMENT " is a KEY ABILITY. Learn to trust your intuition, your gut feelings, your "knowingness" while at the same time being as rational as Sherlock Holmes.

The TV Show "Alternative 3" starts off as an investigation of the "Brain Drain" of England where hundreds of top scientists were leaving the country. Then it turns out that 24 of these scientists just vanished, never to be heard from again.

The name "Alternative 3" comes from the third of three different propositions to save the human species from extinction in the event that humans are wiped off from planet earth by global warming, catastrophes etc.

One man mailed a reel of video tape to an editor at a newspaper whom he was friends with. He then drives to meet with this editor but is killed in a car crash before he gets there. The Science Report TV Show gets hold of the tape but there is only static on the tape.

Later another man who has connections with NASA gives to the Science Report a decoder circuit board from NASA which makes the tape viewable.

What you will see on this tape may do for you what it did for me - my hair stood on end (I believe this is an indication of the truth). It shows the view through a window of some kind of flying vehicle that is flying over the surface of Mars. You see a blue sky and you can hear American and Russians in the background cheer that they have found life on Mars, when they see a small burrowing animal on the ground.

The 'bad guys' have a spiritual law that they have to tell you what is going on, it's just that they don't have to portray the truth in any particular way. Hence there is much truth in many movies. We believe that the movie "Total Recall" has elements of truth in it also. Al Bielek, survivor of the Philadelphia Experiment, said that he remembers being taken to Mars and seeing ancient machines like those on Total Recall, and that these machines were used to recreate an atmosphere there, which had been locked up in the soil.

Interestingly, they mentioned this same theory in Alternative 3 - that the atmosphere had been locked up in the soil.

After the show, a book came out called "Alternative 3" by Leslie Watkins. Here is what Leslie Watkins had to say:

Placed in the public domain from the VANGARD SCIENCES archives on October 28 1989. PO BOX 1031, Mesquite, TX 75150. Voice phone (Jerry 214-324-8741...Ron 214-484-3189 KeelyNet (214) 324-3501

The Truth about Alternative 3 from its author, Leslie Watkins

(This article is taken from the Windwords newsletter) address not available

In our June issue, we told you about the controversial book Alternative 3, by British author Leslie Watkins. In out attempt to find out if the shocking theories in the book were true, we called Avon Books, the American publisher; they said the book was out of print in the states.

We called Penguin Books in London and found that it was listed on their NON-FICTION list.

A senior editor there told us that it was officially classified as FICTION BASED ON FACT.

The author's agent told us it was most definitely fiction.

We wrote to the author himself to try to get the real story, and here is the letter he sent us.

Dear Ms. Dittrich: Thank you for your letter, which reached me today. Naturally, I am delighted by your interest in Alternative 3 and by the fact that you plan to sell it in the Windwords bookstore. I will certainly cooperate in any way I can.

The correct description of Alternative 3 was given to you by the representative from Penguin Books. The book is based on fact, but uses that fact as a launchpad for a HIGH DIVE INTO FICTION. In answer to your specific questions:

1) There is no astronaut named Grodin. 2) There is no Sceptre Television and the reported Benson is also fictional. 3) There is no Dr. Gerstein. 4) Yes, a "documentary" was televised in June 1977 on Anglia Television, which went out to the entire national network in Britain. It was called Alternative 3 and was written by David Ambrose and produced by Christopher Miles (whose names were on the book for contractual reasons).

This original TV version, which I EXPANDED IMMENSELY for the book, was ACTUALLY A HOAX which had been scheduled for transmission on April Fools' Day. Because of certain problems in finding the right network slot, the transmission was delayed. The TV program did cause a tremendous uproar because viewers refused to believe it was fiction.

I initially took the view that the basic premise was so way-out, particularly the way I aimed to present it in the book, that no one would regard it as non-fiction. Immediately after publication, I realized I was totally wrong.

In fact, the amazing mountains of letters from virtually all parts of the world- including vast numbers from highly intelligent people in positions of responsibility-convinced me that I had ACCIDENTALLY trespassed into a range of top-secret truths.

Documentary evidence provided by many of these correspondents decided me to write a serious and COMPLETELY NON-FICTION sequel.

Unfortunately, a chest containing the bulk of the letters was among the items which were mysteriously LOST IN TRANSIT some four years when I moved from London, England, to Sydney, Australia, before I moved on to settle in New Zealand.

For some time after Alternative 3 was originally published, I have reason to suppose that my home telephone was being tapped and my contacts who were experienced in such matters were convinced that certain intelligence agencies considered that I probably knew too much.

So, summing up, the book is FICTION BASED ON FACT. But I now feel that I inadvertently got VERY CLOSE TO A SECRET TRUTH. I hope this is of some help to you and I look forward to hearing from you again.

With best wishes, Leslie Watkins

Captain Bill Robertson in a Lecture he gave in 1990 made these comments on the NASA footage which comes at the end of the Alternative 3 show. It would appear that Captain Bill believes the whole video to be true, but his comments are of interest never-the-less. (Source: http://www.abovetopsecret.com/pages/alternative3.html)

And you are going to see it and are going to see and analyze what it really means.

This is the supposed landing on Mars 1962 by the Americans. That's the tape.

Now the thing he said at the last, he says - Boy, when they take the wraps off this, it'll be the biggest day in history. 22nd May 1962, we're on Mars and we have life.

Now, we're gonna watch this - I'll show you something interesting. OK let's pause. All right, here you go. Look; let's first of all examine the possibility that this was made in Hollywood. If they did make it in Hollywood what would be the point of making it so secret that they had to kill people to keep it from being known? Would they just be doing it to...Why would they keep it a secret, if they made it in Hollywood? They would want everyone to know about it and say - Look we landed on Mars! and they never said that. So what would they want it for as a fake, and how could this professor have recorded it coming from outer space, this tape, if they made it in Hollywood, you see. So let's take their word for it is true. They did kill enough people, they threatened the radio station with closing the license - I mean the television with closing the license of the program, they did fire the people who worked on it. And when the book came out they banned it in America. So knowing all those indicators of a secret conspiracy going on, let's take it as a true tape, but let's analyze it as to what is the real truth.

Look at that porthole they are taking the pictures out of. That is not from an earth type spacecraft. That has a square, curved outer hull surface, and it's very thin as you can see. There's no bolts, you understand, and all that stuff they have on American and Russian spacecrafts. Right, it's very big. You remember the first spaceships that went up. They had little tiny holes in them like that with bolts, like on a ship. That's the first point I want you to see. Now I want you to see something else here. There, you see the curves? Aha, you see this - stand by to scan, that's what he said. Now watch this, watch what happens to the picture. See how slowly it's moving? America and Russia never had any spaceships that are landing on the Moon, landing on any other planet that could slow down and do this. Watch this: the ship is rotating, slowly. Then it stops - Stand by to move on. Watch... see there, now they're back on the landing pattern.

If you analyze this from an aeronautical point of view, you have the ship coming in. All of a sudden it stops, rotates around like this stand by to go-ahead, resume landing. Does that remind you of anything? It reminds you of the stories of "flying saucers". They go, they stop, they move around a little bit, they go. All right. What's that? (I never saw that one before.) OK, we go on with the analysis.

That, see this? Every time they change mode there's interference on the transmission, or they've stopped the transmission and started it again. This interference with any radio transmission frequency is caused by a high intensity electromagnetic field. Also this is in the stories of UFO reports where people's car radios stop and the pilots, their compass goes around like this. There are also stories written how, obviously, UFO's are controlled by high intensity electromagnetic fields. And if you were broadcasting from there back to Earth you would expect the broadcast to be interfered with every time they had to change the controls, altitude or path of the flying saucer, and it does!

And now... watch again. Now look how slowly it's going. Temperature 4 degrees Celsius, 21 km/h wind. 707,7 Mb air pressure. 760 (is normal), no 1013 Mb. This is only 7/10 as much as Earth. OK, next. I want you to observe this place they're coming toward. You didn't notice that, did you? There's a tower, like a control tower. And there are 1, 2, 3 pads to land on, but they are only round ones, and they look like they are a hundred or so feet in diameter, 30-40 meter or more. 1, 2, 3 and they're round. Now what could you land there if you have never been there before? Could they have built a landing base, if they had never been there before? Now watch this when they land: They get to static again, because they have to put in the electromagnetic field. So you don't see them actually landing there, but you can believe they are going to land on this one or one of these. Right. Watch that closely. You see that? There it is, there it comes. Stand by for landing. Let's do it again, so you can see it. There are: 1, 2, and 3. There's the building. Now they are obviously sitting on one of the pads looking out away from the building. And now they see the brown very closely. Americans... some kind of mole, a mole. OK, now.

What the cover-up was, what the secret of Alternative 3 was, which is still a secret, is that the Americans did get to Mars in 1962 with a radio and television camera, but they didn't make the ship. That was an alien flying saucer. You wanna see it again? This is the big secret. That's what they didn't want anyone to know. They were just passengers. Imagine it.... on a flying saucer, you see it? The base, the little pads. OK.

So I told you it would be amazing. I took you on a videotrip on a flying saucer as the first thing. That's how they work, just like that, you see it from the inside. How did you like that trip? That was the big secret of Alternative 3. The Americans did not land on Mars. They took as passengers on a flying saucer. All this Alternative 3 stuff was cover.

A DVD of alternative 3 is available from www.metatech.org

Copyright : Stephanie Relfe - 2006 Permission is granted to copy and distribute this article or parts of this article, so long as you link to www.metatech.org

Stephanie Relfe was born in Sydney Australia. She now lives in the USA with her husband and son. She graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree from Sydney University. She is a professional kinesiologist and the webmaster of "Health, Wealth & Happiness" at http://www.relfe.com, a website which provides valuable natural health, mind, spirit, financial and other information unifying the whole, rather than educating a part of the whole.

After Britney's debut album, "...Baby One More Time," made an international star out of her, she continued to release album after album, including her second successful studio album "Oops!...I Did It Again" in 2000.

A third, "Britney," followed in 2001 and "In The Zone" in 2003, from which she won her the first Grammy Award for the breakout single, "Toxic." She took a break and released "Blackout" in 2007.

According to the Recording Industry Association of America, she is ranked as the eighth best-selling female artist in American music history, selling over 83 million records worldwide and 31 million albums in the US.

Not content to rest on her laurels, Britney branched out into film and television, including a starring roll in the movie "Crossroads" (2002) and guest appearances on television programs.

In 2002, Forbes Magazine ranked her as the world's most powerful celebrity. She was 21 at the time. That same year, her performances began to get edgy. In her third consecutive performance at MTV Video Music Awards, she used caged animals in her performance of "I'm a Slave 4 U" and danced erotically with a large albino python draped over shoulders. That episode got plans for an anti-fur campaign that was to feature her cancelled by PETA, who claimed the animals used in her performance were mistreated.

During a performance at the 2003 MTV Video Music Awards, Britney appeared with Christina Aguilera, performing the song, "Like a Virgin." Madonna later joined her and Britney locked lips with Madonna in a highly publicized kiss that rocked her fans.

In November 2003, "In The Zone," her fourth studio album, was released. She had a hand in do-writing eight of the album's thirteen songs. "In The Zone" reached number one on the U.S. charts during its debut week, which made Britney the only female in history to have her first four studio albums debut at number one (source: Wikipedia).

While her star seemed to be rising to new heights every half hour, the critics began to criticize her every move. Stylus Magazine panned the album, stating, "Ultimately, "In The Zone" suffers greatly from Britney's uneasy transition from teen tart to sexually powerful woman..." Another quote from Stylus Magazine included this snippet, where they say that she was "...mercilessly prostituted by her management..."

In 2004, the Onyx Hotel Tour started to promote the album with a tour. The tour's choreography caused much controversy and criticism because of her dedicated fans, young children in the audience.

In the next 3 years she won almost every award to be had, but her performances continued to get panned by the critics. Britney's performance at the 2007 MTV Video Music Awards was described as a disappointing attempt at a comeback (source: Wikipedia). When she performed "Gimmee More," the BBC stated that "her performance would go down in the history books as being one of the worst to grace the MTV Awards."

Dan Thompson has been observing celebrities for over twenty years. Dan currently owns a popular un-official fan site for the former Miss Great Britain Danielle Lloyd You can find more information, including a photo gallery at http://www.danielle-lloyd.co.uk

Even if you have never picked up a guitar in your life, you can learn to play like a professional with practice, time, and of course, the right beginner guitar DVD. The key to success is choosing the best program, the DVD that will work with the way you learn. The good news is that you have quite a selection. With the interest in learning to play guitar on the rise, more and more quality programs have been developed.

While many beginner guitar DVD programs are excellent, some are simply not worth the price. Therefore, we wanted to provide you with some tips for choosing the best program. First, the DVD needs to be made professionally. This means choosing a program taught by someone with experience in teaching guitar but also a company that produces high quality resolution and sound. Otherwise, you could end up with a DVD that skids around, is blurry, and just poor quality, which can be frustrating for the person doing the viewing.

Second, make sure you choose a true beginner guitar DVD. Sometimes, you will find companies that sell products that say they are for the beginner but as soon as you begin watching, you realize many of the important basics have been passed over. Additionally, while choosing a DVD that combines lessons for the beginner and intermediate player is usually a cost-savings solution, the DVD needs to provide enough information for the beginner rather than just touching on a few of the basics and then moving into intermediate play.

We also suggest you choose a beginner guitar DVD that teaches the type of music you want to play. Sure, you could choose something that covers a variety of music, which is nice in giving you a glimpse of other styles, but it may not be what you ultimately want. For this reason, if you want to learn classical guitar, choose a DVD that teaches classical guitar music or if you want to play heavy metal, a DVD that focuses on heavy metal music.

Although not necessary, a DVD that offers jam tracks is a huge benefit in that you have the chance to play along with a pro. Obviously, as you gain more and more experience, you can take the music taught and expound it to create your own style. Then, a beginner guitar DVD that has the capability for the guitar lead to be tuned out is also helpful. With this, you could play the lead yourself, backed by other musicians.

Our final tip for choosing the best beginner guitar DVD is to choose one that has a variety of lessons but at a beginner's level. For instance, you want a DVD that covers finger positioning, body position, and holding the guitar properly, as well as chords, strumming, tablature, sliding, and bending. If you go with a DVD that has a variety of techniques that is great but just be sure that they match your current playing level.

Nick Siegal is a professional guitarist and has been a private guitar instructor for over 15 years. To read his own in-depth Guitar Lesson DVD Reviews, head over to his site at http://www.bestguitarsoftware.com. You can see video reviews of all the popular guitar programs and also grab some cool free guitar software while you're there.

Advertising your online business is the most important step you can take to get your business noticed by your target audience. It is surprising how many businesses overlook the importance of promoting their new business.

One of the best and easiest solutions of promoting your online business is by listing with free business directories. There is an abundance of directories from which to choose, some better than others.

It is very important to put your business out there and to start letting potential customers know that you are a reliable source. The more that people see your business, then and only then will you start to build trust with the consumer.

Adverting in business directories can be very time consuming but the beauty of it is, it can be done by anyone. Over a 2 hour period it is possible to list your business in 10 different directories, creating an immediate online presence.

The key with advertising and it is no different with directories, is to attract the right audience. It is very important to point so make sure you list your business in the correct category. You will be surprised how many businesses I have seen in the wrong categories. The end result is wasted effort and no new business.

In addition to a free directory listing some may offer you the opportunity to upgrade your listing to premium status. This can be very beneficial as you can upload your company logo and additional photographs to promote yourself. Another added benefit, you will have the facility to add around 1000 words of promotional text.

One key point to remember when you place your advertisements and that is you only want to attract your target audience. Your target audience is very important because they are the customers who are already looking for your product. So they are already interested in making a purchase. If you always target your audience you attract high quality visitors to your site.

Always keep your advertisements geared toward the product, or theme you are selling. Don't distract your visitors by straying from the point. All of there above sounds simple and it is, but if you look around the internet you will see many who get it wrong. If you dedicate 2 hours a day to promoting your site on business directories you will soon notice a big increase in visitor numbers.

There are numerous ways to advertise or market your business on the internet. My personal experience tells me that Business Directories are a great place to start. The more directories you register with the more your business will thrive.

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So you are ready to start (or enhance) your online business. Running a business on the web is no different than running it offline. Once you have an idea in mind, determine your business model, write your business plan and establish your:

* Goals and Objectives

* Services and products

* Unique selling proposition

* Expected ROI and how to achieve it

* Branding

* Marketing and promotional efforts

* Competition

* Budget

Now you are ready to try this online. Before you hire a web developer you need to define the purpose of your website. Start with the selection of a domain name that represents your product and services. A URL address is where your business branding starts. Your name will be your identity and how you will be known in the web world.

Your next task is to determine keywords for your site. This is your first form of online advertising. Keywords can determine what your products are and even where your business is geographically located and of course, how you will be searched.

Next you are ready to build the site. It is essential that your site is optimized for the search engines. Choose a webmaster that understands the main components of search engine optimization and direct response web development. Your objective should be to make your website organically searchable (rankings on the free side of Google) and designed to increase your conversion rate by having visitors take action.

Your site should be attractive to viewers and it should also offer incentives and take-a-ways to keep them on your pages or to guide them to your conversion pages. Always keep your branding in mind. Visitors can return to your site up to six times before they make a decision so you want them to remember your identity, your unique features and benefits and ways to bookmark or download a free report to keep your branding on their desktop.

A certain amount of your hits must have a desired outcome. Whether it's to buy a product, fill out a form, or perform any other desired action (click on an advertisement or stay on the site for a specified period of time). Increased conversion rates turn more visitors into customers. And if the site is designed correctly, instead of leaving your site, visitors will stay and find the information they want. And of course you want more return business. Draw your customers back to your site with newsletters, special offers, and other campaigns that will dramatically increase your back end sales.

Once the site is built or rebuilt (if an existing site is not working up to expectations) and optimized for search engines, the next critical step is Search Engine Marketing (SEM). The purpose of SEM is to create a continual and increased flow of traffic to your main website. Simply put, the more visitors and more page views, the more opportunity make a sale and increase your profits. Sometimes known as off page marketing, SEM is often the forgotten child of marketing. Budgeting for this area is essential. To be successful online requires implementing SEM strategies and techniques that include online PR, blog, Pay Per Click, niche micro sites, social media networking, building and communicating with your email list; submitting to directories, search engines and local search, special offers, e-zines and viral marketing.

Another key component of a marketing mix is to constantly review your statistics. Analytics help take the guesswork out of a website's effectiveness and is hard concrete evidence if a page or promotion is working. Testing and tracking, tweaking your content, updating keywords, doing A / B testing of a promotion or webpage will give you a flow of marketing information based upon visitors behavior that is invaluable.

Often times your competition can unwittingly help you succeed. By analyzing how they conduct business online, where they are spread on the Internet, the effectiveness of their site (choose only those that rank high on Google), how they are branded, positioned and selling - will tell you a lot about your improving your online business.

And finally, you need to budget for success. Do not put all your eggs in one basket (i.e. building a beauty site with little else to support it). Traffic is the life-blood of any website. That is why Search Engine Optimization (SEO) and Search Engine Marketing (SEM) should be a focal point in any marketing plan if you want to succeed on the Internet.

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You and many others may have been led to believe that making money on the internet is really easy, or more directly that the money rolls in with very little effort.

If you have been under this impression caused by overnight success stories than you have heard than you have got off to a start on the wrong foot. Most overnight success stories have a hidden history that shows that overnight is not really the most fitting term but sounds good all the same.

It takes either a lot of hard work, mental thought and preparation, some capital or all of the above to make a success of yourself on the internet. If you are new to the internet than just learning the ropes of that alone is going to take time.

But success in the form of passive income is very real and can be yours if you are willing to research, learn from those who are more experienced and probably be open to learning from your own mistakes.

If you take on the mindset that nothing happens over night that you can take the pressure off yourself and pace yourself towards success. Lay a good foundation and success will actually make way towards you and the two of you will meet halfway.

You can even create a time line for yourself and that combined with your goals will keep you on track.

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