Topic: Culture & Society

Author Tania Gabrielle knows why the weeks preceding and following the November 4 Election are going to create pivotal changes and likely disruption.

The political and economic turmoil sweeping our nation did not catch one author by surprise. Even as Tania Gabrielle wrote her new book, The Unrevealed Secrets of Political Success, she knew the numbers surrounding the United States, the two candidates, and the date of November's election foretold dramatic upheaval.

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Tania Gabrielle, celebrity numerologist.

Three movement analysts, including Prof. Karen Bradley of the University of Maryland, look at Tuesday night's second presidential debate - who won, and who lost.

Barack Obama won the Presidential debate last night, but not because he has resolved his own conflicts and challenges. Barack Obama won the debate because John McCain has not escaped the effects from his imprisonment decades ago.

Global warming solutions lack support of most Americans due to politics, perceived personal costs and lack of benefits, according to the American Climate Values Survey.

Politics, economics and perceived lack of personal benefits were identified in a new survey as the main reasons why most Americans do not place a priority on global warming solutions, despite their belief that global warming is real. The American Climate Values Survey (ACVS) was commissioned by leading environmental groups and comes as supporters of climate action look to a new administration and a new Congress in 2009 to make real progress on reversing the effects of global warming.

Kim Carlson, one of the country's leading experts on earth-friendliness, and the author of the upcoming book, "Green Your Work: Boost Your Bottom Line While Reducing Your Eco-Footprint," offers tips on how to avoid being greenwashed.

With environmental concerns on nearly everyone's personal radar, more and more consumers are purchasing items marked as eco-friendly, sustainable, nature-loving, certified organic and the like. When a company claims a product is green, the public believes them. And all too often, the public is misled. Greenwashing - falsely claiming or implying that a product or service is environmentally friendly - has become common practice as consumers' interest in the wellbeing of our planet is at an all time high.

Although the intended purpose of this article is to help Dr. Corran sell his book on Zombies, it offers an interesting look at the world of the undead as well.

Of all the horrors of literature or of the silver screen perhaps none is as terrifying as the zombie. The idea of the walking dead man, slack jawed, bereft of senses and with his skin rotting on the bone, is enough to frighten even the hardiest of souls. In many cases the creature also has a distinct taste for living human flesh.

Free spirited maverick Poppa Neutrino has traveled the world, raised a family on the streets, and built rafts to live aboard. He's also been the subject of the documentary "Random Lunacy." Now, he's launching a new political party, the Owl Party, out of Burlington, Vermont.

With all eyes upon the two major parties battling to convince the population that they understand the common man, a very uncommon man, Poppa Neutrino, self-described nomad by nature, has been gathering media attention with the formation of a new political party.

"This is an election that truly matters. This is a book that truly matters. Don't sit this one out. Get this book and get involved, TODAY!" - Ed Begley, Jr.

Dr. Jeff Schweitzer, former Clinton/Gore science advisor and internationally recognized authority in science, conservation and ethics - publishes call to action book, Vote to Save the Planet: Your Guide to the Issues that Matter, in bookstores now.

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Black bears that live around urban areas weigh more, get pregnant at a younger age, and are more likely to die violent deaths, according to a study by the Wildlife Conservation Society.

A study by the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS), published in the Fall 2008 issue of the journal Human-Wildlife Conflicts, tracked 12 bears over a 10-year period living in urban areas around Lake Tahoe, Nevada and compared them to 10 “wildland” bears that lived in outlying wild areas. The authors found that bears in urbanized areas weighed an average of 30 percent more than bears in wild areas due to a diet heavily supplemented by garbage. The authors believe that because the bears weigh more they are giving birth at an earlier age – on average when they are between 4-5 years old, as compared to 7-8 years for bears in wild areas. Some urban bears even reproduced as early as 2-3 years of age around Lake Tahoe.

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Two black bear cubs "dumpster-diving" in the Lake Tahoe region.

Scarcity, abundance, or just enough?

Significant debate surrounds the question of whether the world will have enough food to feed itself in coming decades, explains futurist Matthew Sollenberger, author of a new report from the futurist research and consulting firm Social Technologies.

When it comes to sex roles in society, what you think may affect what you earn.

A new study has found that men who believe in traditional roles for women earn more money than men who don’t, and women with more egalitarian views don’t make much more than women with a more traditional outlook.