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When Worlds Collide #50: Uncommon Ideas for the Common Good
Text of my ‘When Worlds Collide’ column published in Ceylon Today Sunday newspaper on 20 January 2013 For a year, this column has explored the power of ideas – some proven and celebrated, others still emerging and experimental but worth … Continue reading
Posted in cinema, Culture, Documentary Film, Employment, Film making, Green Economy, Innovation, Movies, Poverty, Sri Lanka, Sustainable Development
Tagged Abbotsford Convent, Andrew Garton, Anwar Fazal, Australian of the Year ‘Local Hero’ award, Catherine Ryan Hyde, economic irrationalists, Haley Joel Osment, Helen Hunt, Kevin Spacey, Lentil as Anything, MasterChef, Mimi Leder, Pay As You Feel, Pay It Forward, Pay It Forward Foundation, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Robert A Heinlein, Shanaka Fernando, The Dalai Lama
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When Worlds Collide #40: End-of-the-World, Inc.
Text of my ‘When Worlds Collide’ column published in Ceylon Today Sunday newspaper on 4 November 2012 Last Monday, I discussed the end of the world on a live TV talk show. The latest date for ‘imminent doom’ is 21 … Continue reading
Posted in Astronomy, Business & Commerce, Conspiracy Theories, Disaster, Disaster Communication, Film making, History, Movies, Public perceptions, Television
Tagged 2012, 2012 movie, 2012 phenomenon, apocalypse, astronomy, Bad Astronomy, climate change, December 21, Dr Kavan Ratnatunga, End of the world, geology, Hiru TV, hoax, Indian nuclear power plants, Mayan calendar, Mayan prophecy, meteor impacts, NASA, Nibiru, nuclear weapons, Planet X, pseudoscience, rationalists, Roland Emmerich, super volcanoes, Susan Gillespie, violent solar storms
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When Worlds Collide #26: Olympics on TV – How the World is One!
Text of my ‘When Worlds Collide’ column published in Ceylon Today Sunday newspaper on 29 July 2012 By the time you read this, London Olympics 2012 would have started with an opening ceremony showcasing the best of Britain. Themed as … Continue reading
Posted in Broadcasting, Culture, Documentary Film, Documentary films, Film making, ICT, Journalism, Media, Movies, Photography, Television
Tagged Arthur C Clarke, BBC, Beijing 2008, Berlin 1936, Brendan Gallagher, Chariots of Fire, Danny Boyle, Helsinki 1952, International Olympic Committee (IOC), Isles of Wonder, Leni Riefenstahl, London 1948, London Olympics 2012, Melbourne 1956, MTV Channel, NBC, Olympia, Olympics, Radio Times, Rupavahini, Tokyo 1964, Zhang Yimou
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When Worlds Collide #11: The Titanic’s Lessons to Remember
Text of my ‘When Worlds Collide’ column published in Ceylon Today Sunday newspaper on 15 April 2012 Exactly one hundred years ago today, RMS Titanic — the world’s largest passenger ship — sank on her maiden trans-Atlantic voyage. Several worlds … Continue reading
Posted in Disaster, History, Media, Movies
Tagged A Night to Remember, Allan Brett, Arthur C Clarke, Bruce Ismay, Captain E J Smith, CQD, Guglielmo Marconi, Harold Bride, Indian Ocean Tsunami of December 2004, Jack Phillips, Morse Code, Newfoundland, RMS Titanic, SOS, Walter Lord, William MacQuitty
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