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Bonobo film kicks off “NOW MORE THAN EVER” 32 Columbus film festival By Susan Halpern The 61st Columbus International Film & Video Festival opens tonight (November 7) with a French film shot in the Congo at the Gateway Film Center, at 1550 North High Street Columbus, Ohio, with a reception at 7 pm and film at 8:00 pm. Admission to both the reception and film is just $5. This screening is one night only and it is the Midwest premiere of the film. The film follows the story of an orphan bonobo, rescued by Claudine André, a conservationist who has dedicated her life to bonobos, our closest primate cousins. The event is co-sponsored by the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium, who are bringing some animal friends to the opening reception. A percentage of ticket sales will be donated to Lola ya Bonobo (Bonobo Paradise), the bonobo sanctuary featured in the film. In addition, Congolese biologist Suzy Kwetuenda (who appears in the film) will be on hand to present the film and talk about Lola ya Bonobo and the bonobos featured in the film. The documentary was created to raise awareness for our endangered primate cousins. Bonobos (pronounced “buh-NO-bos”) are often confused with chimpanzees, and until 1933 they were not considered a different species. With a 98 percent match to human genetics, the bonobos are truly our closest relatives in the animal world. Some scientists suggest that the bonobo is so closely related to humans that their genus name also should be classified with the human genus Homo: Homo paniscus, Homo sylvestris, or Homo arboreus. Bonobos are infamous for their sexuality, rivaling that of humans, but that behavior is only slyly hinted at in the film. “It is a mainstream movie, so we cut out the sex scenes,” says André, the human star of Beny: Back To The Wild. Bonobo society is matriarchal and surprisingly gentle, unlike chimpanzee societies. Conflicts are resolved peaceably, and strangers are generally accepted into the tribe. Bonobos have been referred to as the “hippies of the primate kingdom.” But, as the film shows, these gentle creatures are endangered and could be facing extinction. The poverty of the region threatens the bonobos survival, from both poachers and habitat destruction. “If we can’t save our closest cousins,” André says, “whom are we going to save?” About the Columbus International Film + Video Festival: The Columbus International Film & Video Festival is the longest-running film festival in the United States. It is organized by the Columbus Film Council, which is dedicated to serving filmmakers and their audiences by celebrating excellence in filmmaking, the Columbus Film Council believes in educating and entertaining people with the art and experience of film and video. Parking at the Gateway Film Center is available in the garage located next door to the cinema on both 9th and 11th avenues. To validate your parking, purchase a single exit voucher at the film center box office. The cost is $1, which covers three hours in the garage. You know that noise your heart makes when you work out? IT’S CALLED APPLAUSE. Think of each beat as your heart’s way of cheering you on for staying physically active. Want a standing ovation? Try keeping your diet low in cholesterol and saturated fat too. For more ways to lower your risk of heart attack and stroke, visit www.americanheart.org or call 1-800-AHA-USA1. This space provided as a public service. © 1999, American Heart Association C (4.25´´ X 5.25´´/85 line screen) Portable Heater Fire Safety An estimated 900 portable heater fires in homes are reported to U.S. fire departments each year and cause an estimated 70 deaths, 150 injuries and $53 million in property loss. Only 2 percent of heating fires in homes involved portable heaters; however, portable heaters were involved in 45 percent of all fatal heating fires in homes. You can prevent a portable heater fire in your home this winter by following a few fire safety steps: • Turn heaters off when you go to bed or leave the room. • Keep anything that can burn such as bedding, clothing and curtains at least three feet away. • Only use portable heaters from a recognized testing laboratory and with an automatic shut-off so that if they tip over, they shut off. • Plug portable heaters directly into outlets and never into an extension cord or power strip. Label of a recognized testing laboratory For More Information: www.usfa.fema.gov/ citizens/focus NW00-3
Maybe the Blue Jackets could try this with Stinger Fox Sports reported over the weekend that the Denver Nuggets didn’t really hang their mascot, Rocky, Friday night. It just looked like they did, potentially traumatizing every child in the crowd. What actually happened was, the Nuggets’ mascot apparently suffered a dizzy spell while he was being lowered to the court during a pre-game stunt and passed out, dangling lifelessly and then crumpling on the floor as the crowd watched in horror. The mascot tweeted that he’s OK, but after announcing in April that he’s retiring after this season, Rocky may want to speed it up. “What’s up Doc” indeed Carrots have long been said to be good for your vision. Now, it has emerged, they can also improve the fertility of men. The DailyMail.com reports that Researchers investigating the effect of fruit and vegetables on the health of sperm discovered that carrots produced the best all-round results. They had the greatest effect on ‘motility’ – a term used to describe the ability of sperm to swim towards an egg. Researchers at Harvard University in the US asked almost 200 young men to follow diets containing a variety of fruit and veg before testing to see what effect it had on sperm. Yellow and orange foods were found to help make the sperm stronger. The boost was attributed to pigments called carotenoids because the body converts some of these into health-boosting antioxidants. These include beta-carotene, which the body can make into the antioxidant vitamin A. Slow readers beware of tiny Texas town Jory Enck of Copperas Cove, Texas was arrested and jailed recently, reports opposingviews.com. His crime? Failing to return a GED study guide that he checked out of the local library in 2010. Enck was locked in jail last Wednesday after police noticed a warrant for an overdue library book during a routine stop. According to Copperas Cove law, any person who does not respond to calls or emails about an an overdue library book checked out for more than 90 days will be reported to the local court, which can issue a “library warrant” for an arrest. “The reason they passed it was that they were spending a tremendous amount of money replacing these materials that people just didn’t return,” Municipal Court Judge Bill Price told local TV station KWTX. Enck was released on a $200 bond and returned the GED study guide to the library, along with his library card. Please don’t feed the alligators (we want them hungry) SFExaminer.com reports there’s a new medieval rage in celebrity homes – moats. For stars such as Rihanna - who have to move to super secure buildings to avoid stalkers that end up on their back porches - a dense swath of impenetrable water starts to look appealing. Gisele Bündchen and her hubby Tom Brady have a moat, complete with the requisite koi. Their architect Richard Landry is one of the hot designers credited with the trend. According to the Hollywood Reporter, the elite prefer the term “wraparound water feature.” No doubt when drums of hot oil are poured on invading hoards, that’s also called “an immersive skin peel.” That explains the “dead quiet” atmosphere Bob Moschetto and his wife Ellen share their home with a Shih Tzu, two cats and about 70,000 dead neighbors. That’s right. The married Queens couple lives in a cemetery and has done so for the past 13 years. The couple lives rent free in exchange for taking care of the property and they love it. “I like to say I live in a gated community,” Ellen Moschetto, 61, told the New York Post. Though their decision to live in a cemetery may raise eyebrows, the couple insists they didn’t settle for just any cemetery. “There are many cemeteries in Queens. This is one of the best,” said Bob Moschetto, 65. Moschetto is the graveyard’s caretaker, whose job it is to open and close the gates, patrol the grounds and keep out trespassers. It’s a creepy job, but someone has to do it. His wife Ellen fully supports him. “It’s very quiet. No one here comes knocking on the door to borrow anything,” Ellen Moschetto told Philadelphia’s Fox 29. Would have been a spiffier headline if he lived in Hermon, Maine A Maine man who locked himself away in the woods for 27 years, living as a hermit and stealing to survive, could be a free man within weeks after pleading guilty to theft charges last week. Christopher Knight, 47 — known as the North Pond Hermit — was put into a diversion program to keep him out of state prison and help him reintegrate into society. He will remain in county lockup for a short time but most of his five-year sentence was suspended as part of his plea deal, the Associated Press reported. After he was arrested in April at the scene of a break-in with a backpack full of purloined food and supplies, Knight admitted to committing 1,000 or more thefts from camps and homes ringing the pond over the years. In a tale that invited awe, he told police he had walked into the woods at age 19 and never looked back — cutting off contact with his family and the rest of society and holing up in a camouflaged campsite through bitter winters. Let’s Call him Joltin’Joe and leave it at that A Waikanae, New Zealand man remembers seeing a small green flash come out of his finger, and then his vision and speech going fuzzy. His name? Joe Fraser. And no, not that Joe Frazier, but he can take a punch. Maybe he should be called Smokin’Joe. The Waikanae 67-year-old was standing in his living room on October 24 when a bolt of lightning struck his chimney, surged through the fire box, into his left leg and out his left index finger. “I’d been outside in the garden when I saw lightning hit over by the hill, and then it hit a bit closer so I decided to come inside to be safe,” Fraser said. “Then it hit the house and I got hit anyway. “I stumbled over to the phone and just managed to speed dial my son, who lives next door. All I could say was that I’d been hit by lightning and that was it.” He said an American doctor, with previous experience of fork lightning victims, told him he was lucky he was not touching the chimney when the lightning struck. “I was about a foot away from it. If I’d been touching it I’d be history. I got pretty lucky, but I was still shocked that you can be struck by lightning inside your own house.” The only after effects he has is a bit of stiffness, and a burn on the end of his index finger. Meanwhile his mates at Kapiti Ten Pin bowling alley are having their fun with the lightning survivor. “They’re always asking me to ‘bowl a strike, bowl a strike’. They think it’s very funny.” Dig it, man, 60 is the new 30 A Virginia cocoa extract supplement company said its survey of members of the baby boomer generation indicates 63 percent feel younger than their age. The CocoaVia National Healthy Aging Outlook Survey, conducted online by Toluna on half of Cocoavia, owned by Mars Inc. of McLean, Va., found 63 percent of the 2,200 adults ages 40-to-65 felt an average of 13 years younger than their age. The Sept. 22-27 poll indicated 13 percent of women in the boomer generation feel 30 years old or younger. The survey indicates 68 percent of boomers are enjoying the current phase of their lives and 78 percent described themselves as healthy. CocoaVia did not release a margin of error for the survey. “NOW MORE THAN EVER” 33
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