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9 Other ’80s Games That Hollywood Might as Well Turn Into Movies

Sit down. Here’s an actual quote from the Variety story about 20th Century Fox going ahead with an adaptation of the Atari game Missile Command . “With Missile Command , the scribes have little to adapt beyond a title to build a plot around and a Cold War-heavy scenario of players having to defend their cities from being destroyed by a rain of missiles.” So, yeah, maybe James Cameron was right : Hollywood is completely out of ideas, unless they’re related to ’80s video and/or board games. Unfortunately, between Battleship , Stretch Armstrong , Asteroids , Clue and the hotly anticipated View Master , it seems Tinsel Town is even running out of games to adapt. Ahead, Movieline offers studio executives nine they might want to consider. Because at this point, why not?

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9 Other ’80s Games That Hollywood Might as Well Turn Into Movies

Urban Farming, Community Resilience and the Death of the Motor Industry in Detroit (Video)

Image credit: Resilient Planet Yesterday I posted on ResilientCITY —the new project from the makers of the End of Suburbia. And earlier today I posted, from that same project, an interview with Rob Hopkins about the difference between sustainability and resilience , and why it matters. But another excerpt from the movie is just as revealing about what it really… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Urban Farming, Community Resilience and the Death of the Motor Industry in Detroit (Video)

End of Suburbia Director to Launch ResilientCITY – the Future of Our Cities (Video)

Image credit: Resilient Planet The End of Suburbia and its sequel, Escape from Suburbia, might just be the most influential documentaries within the environmental movement to be seen in recent years. True, they may not have achieved the mainstream success of An Inconvenient Truth , but I have met so many people whose worldview was profoundly shaken by film makers Gregory Greene and Barry Silverthorne and their uncom… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Google Earth, Now with 3D Trees

If it’s good enough for every major movie in recent memory, it’s good enough for trees. Google Earth 6 is out, and features “3D Trees.” No special glasses required (and no ridiculous upcharges ). Just think, maybe some day this will be the best way to show your kids what trees look… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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London’s Comprehensive Electric Vehicle Plan Takes Shape

Image credit: Source London From city-wide charging at Sainsbury’s supermarkets to individual borough councils opening electric vehicle charging stations at an impressive rate, London has already seen its fair share of pro-electric car initiatives. But when Mayor Boris Johnson announced that every Londoner … Read the full story on TreeHugger

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London’s Comprehensive Electric Vehicle Plan Takes Shape

The 25 Most Dangerous Cities in the U.S. Are Mostly Nice Places [Rankings]

According to a study of FBI crime statistics by CQ Press, St. Louis , Mo. was the “most dangerous city in the U.S.” in 2010, probably due to former St. Louis Cardinal Mark McGwire’s uncontrollable steroid-murder rages. Here’s the top 25: More

Turning the Site of a War-Time Massacre in Sarajevo into a Place of Peace, Love, and Local Produce

The existing Markale Produce Market. Photo: me5otron / Creative Commons . The site of one of the worst civilian massacres during the Bosnian War could become a “healing ground” for the city of Sarajevo and its people, through a proposal by a Danish architecture student who suggests turning the central open-air marketplace into a combined cooperative market and urban farm …. Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Turning the Site of a War-Time Massacre in Sarajevo into a Place of Peace, Love, and Local Produce

‘Hotbeds of Sex’: Texas on Top, Maine at Bottom

Men's Health Magazine Survey Rates Austin, Texas, Sexiest City, But Portland, Maine, Comes Last American sex. Desire rises in the Lone Star State but goes limp in the cold surf of Maine, at least according to a survey of 100 U.S. cities in the October issue of Men's Health magazine. Austin, Texas, was ranked number 1 in a Men's Health magazine survey this week. Portland, Maine, came in last. (Courtesy Travis Measley) More Photos Austin came in at No. 1, and Dallas at No. 2, but five other Texas cities — Arlington, Houston, Lubbock, Fort Worth and San Antonio — made the top 15. El Paso was No. 27. “Wow. I mean, 'Wow,' said 23-year-old Tessa Thibodeau, an at the University of Texas in Austin, amazed. “Maybe [Texans] aren't in the Bible Belt after all.” The survey determined the bedroom barometers by using census birth rates, sales of sex toys and condoms, and rates of sexually transmitted diseases. Other sexy cities that made the top 10 were Columbus, Ohio; Durham, N.C.; Denver; Indianapolis; Oklahoma City and Bakersfield, Calif. Portland, Me., and Burlington, Vt., on the other hand, came in last, at Nos. 100 and 99, respectively. Other unsexy cities were Manchester, N.H. (96); Charleston, W.Va. (97); Yonkers, N.Y. (98); Manchester, N.H. (97); and St. Petersburg, Fla. (95). But in Texas, where the summer heat tops 100 degrees, the bedroom exudes its fair share of sweat. When Men's Health announced the survey results this week, the Austin American-Statesmen called its hometown the “Capital of Copulation.” “As Texans know, size does matter,” the newspaper bragged. “We do note that a lot of the cities on the list are college towns. Maybe there's a correlation? Go figure. Either way, the heat is on in Texas, but you already knew that.” Austin, which takes top honors, or dishonors, depending on how you look at it, is the Live Music Capital and houses the University of Texas, one of the largest universities in the country. “If you have a college this size, you're bound to get a bunch of hot girls,” said Kyle Goldstein, a 23-year-old film major. “I mean, it's Texas. You're bound to have all those cute little Southern blond girls running around.” The ranking “could mean we are just the sleaziest city in the country,” said Mark Teschauer, a first-year graduate student. “But it could also be a reflection on the city's progressive culture. People are more open-minded here.” Each year, hundreds of thousands of scantily clad men and women flock to Barton Springs to lie on the banks and soak in the cool waters, and the night life on Austin's popular Sixth Street may be the reason the city gets dubbed the “King of Promiscuity.” Being the “king of sex” means high condom sales, but also high rates of STDs. “Sure, it's a positive to see that we are being smart about sex,” said Andrew Schnitker, a senior broadcast major. “But nobody wants to be the city with the most STDs. That's not exactly something to be proud of. It probably shouldn't go in our tourism brochures.” =========Read the entire story where does your town rate ?=================== In Austin the median age is 30 -34 years of age. Go figure, we have more SEX ! And Yes Ladies everything is bigger in Texas! http://abcnews.go.com/Health/MindMoodNews/americas-hotbeds-sex-survey-rates-aust… added by: Sparky2U

Coal Pollution Will Kill 13,200 Americans This Year & Cost $100 Billion in Additional Health Care Bills

photo: John Norton via flickr A perfect example of how the cost of electricity from fossil fuels isn’t fully represented by the price on our bill: A new report from the Clean Air Task Force shows that in the United States particle pollution from existing coal power plants is expected to cause some 13,200 premature deaths in 2010, not to mention about 9,700 additional hospitalizations and some 20,… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Hipster Farmers Work For Food

Working the fields at Tantre Farm In much of North America, our small towns are depopulated and all of the young people leave for the cities. The average age of farmers is about 52 and only about two percent of North Americans are farmers. But this may be changing; Christine Muhlke reports in the New York Times that the hottest internship going is on the farm. She visits Tantre Farms in Michigan and finds it full of yo… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Hipster Farmers Work For Food