TFATD 23: Greenfest, 'Phoenix', and Baby Boomers

Episode 23 of The Falcon and the Dove: Greenfest, 'Phoenix', and Baby Boomers. This quite eventful week, we discuss the Carnegie Science Center's plans for Live Earth 7/7/07, our incredible experience seeing 'Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix' 12 days early, the very 'giving' Baby Boomers, Big Foot, and so much more! Enjoy!

- Overview
- The Carnegie Science Center in Pittsburgh, in participation with LIVE EARTH 2007, will be holding Greenfest on 7/7/07, featuring the global Live Earth concert on the Buhl Digital Dome, eco-friendly activities, demos, films, and more!!
- Greenfest: All day admission and concert: $25; Concert ticket only: $15; Regular Science Center general admission also available...To purchase tickets, call 412-237-1816 or buy them online!
- Falcon and Dove were treated this week to a special advanced screening of 'Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix', courtesy of MySpace.Com and Black Curtain Screenings! Our very own Pittsburgh was among the 8 cities across the country that were chosen for this event!
- We give our personal SPOILER-FREE review of the fifth Harry Potter film installment (it was AWESOME!), as well as the entire experience as a whole. Thank you South Side Works Cinema and MySpace! You rocked the house!
- We compare 'Order of the Phoenix' to another 'Part 5', such as Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back. If you liked that, you will enjoy 'Order of the Phoenix'. In our review, it was the best of the five, which is saying something!
- NOTE: Check out Dove's editorial on Harry's psychological and emotional growth in 'Order of the Phoenix', 'You're Angry, I'm Angry'. WARNING: Major book and movie plot spoilers!
- In the coming weeks, we will be reviewing films such as 'A Mighty Heart' (with Angelina Jolie and Dan Flutterman) and Michael Moore's documentary, 'Sicko'. Stay tuned!
- Baby Boomers give care to various family members; so much so that if they were paid to do all that they do, the total would be $350 billion! However, Baby Boomers are aging, so now what?
- There is a spike in children's health issues.
- Potent Produce.
- WEIRD SCIENCE: Scientists out to prove once and for all that Big Foot is real. Finally!
- A statute of limitations on debt?
- The Quote of the Week. Life is an adventure.
- NOT DISCUSSED IN THE SHOW FOLLOWUP: The 'Your Environmental Road Trip' (YERT) Launch Party was June 30th! The Road Trip will officially launch on the 4th of July, to last one year! Tons of photos from the Launch Party will be posted soon!

Download Episode 23 Here! (Length: 1 hour, 14 minutes; Size: 68.3 MB)

TFATD 22: Baby Woods, Green Almighty, and the Academic Epidemic

It wasn't a day late afterall!! Sometimes, we underestimate our own efficiency! Episode 22 of The Falcon and the Dove: Baby Woods, Green Almighty, and the Academic Epidemic. In this very GREEN episode, we talk about carbon footprints, stealing fictional identities, dogs driving cars, living long, Tiger Woods' baby, and more! Enjoy!

- Overview
- The computer industry is to cut their carbon footprint, and thus the negative impact on the environment.
- Farm raised Salmon goes vegetarian.
- The world's oldest man is still going strong at age 111; world's oldest woman at 114. Both in Japan?
- #1 golfer Tiger Woods and his wife Elin gave birth to Sam Alexis Woods, a girl! Congratulations! Name significant?
- A new channel comes to television, Universal HD, which will have all 22 HOURS OF MUSIC FOR LIVE EARTH on 7/7/07!
- PRINCE'S PICK: Black lab drives owner's Chevy Impala into river, jumps out.
- In a related story, 2 little girls escape truck dragged into river by fishing boat.
- The movie production of Evan Almighty goes carbon neutral! Will this set a standard for future productions? Check out GetOnBoardNow.org to learn more!
- Thieves steal Herman Munster's identity. Need we say more?
- Bill Gates discusses the academic epidemic and high school drop-outs. We discuss the Gates Millennium Scholarship as well.
- FALCON'S RANT OF THE WEEK: No excuse for not getting an education...except perhaps for society not informing you. So WE WILL! Fastweb.com!
- A very wise graduation gift: investing know-how.
- The Quote of the Week. Know where you're going.

Download Episode 22 Here! (Length: 1 hour, 3 minutes; Size: 58.3 MB)

Episode 22 to be released on Monday

Yes, again. I promise, this is the last one!! It's all of these graduation parties that keep delaying the episodes. This one is actually my graduation party, so it's taking up a lot of our time; but I promise this is the last delay! No future episodes of The Falcon and the Dove will be delayed again, unless it's for a VERY good reason.

Thank you so much for all of your patience, and, once more, I apologize for any inconvenience. In the meantime, enjoy the previous episodes! Thank you!

A Global Warming Documentary

Here is an interesting documentary on global warming. If you are doing research, this is a good place to start! In short, it's true. Global warming is happening, it's mankind's fault, and it's our responsibility to fix it. On a related note, Live Earth, a series of concerts being held on 7/7/07 to raise awareness about global warming, is a wonderful place to learn what you can do to help stop global warming. Good luck!

Here is Part One of Five of the documentary:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=fr5O1HsTVgA&mode=related&search

TFATD 21: iPhones, Health, and Wealth

Episode 21 of The Falcon and the Dove: iPhones, Health, and Wealth. In this week's show, we discuss kids who expect to be rich, homeschoolers in college, 100-year old whales, the incredible iPhone, and more! Enjoy!

- Overview
- Why your kids expect to be rich, and why a simple increase in research can help.
- More colleges and universities are welcoming homeschooled students! How to prepare your child for college, homeschooled or not!
- Woman dies in hospital lobby because the staff would not do anything; husband calls 911 to be taken to another hospital, but they fail as well. What is going on?
- The iPhone may crush Verizon and Sprint in the initial run, and change the industry while it's at it! Verizon and Sprint try to be prepared.
- A netted whale is found to be injured by a lance over a century ago, making the whale about 115-130 years old!
- Jim Cramer from MSNBC's 'Mad Money' says, 'Get kids interested in stocks and bonds early!'
- FOLLOWUP: A 'mini' bee update! An interview about the bee colony collapse, as well as a full bee update will come next week!!
- The Quote of the Week. Open and closed doors.
- Be wealthy. Not rich.

Download Episode 21 Here! (Length: 1 hour, 16 minutes; Size: 70.0 MB)

TFATD 20: Katrina, Comas, and Guitarists

Episode 20 of The Falcon and the Dove: Katrina, Comas, and Guitarists. This week, we discuss what hurricane Katrina has left in her wake, graduation parties, global warming technology cuts, world records, and more! Enjoy!

- Overview
- Graduation plans, commencements and parties galore!! We detail one particularly 'eventful' commencement.
- Over 5.7 million pounds of meat could be tainted with E. Coli. Yes, more contaminations. We're sick of them too.
- People are still dying from Hurricane Katrina due to physical and psycological problems. Exact numbers are unknown, but many.
- The United States is to scale back data collection from space on global warming. Falcon and Dove ask, 'ARE YOU FREAKIN' CRAZY?!'
- Mink Farm in Pennsylvania attacked; 2300 mink released, 400 killed including the family dogs. Who could have done such a thing?
- A Polish man wakes up after a 19-year coma to find that 'the world is prettier now'.
- Michael Moore's 'Sicko' comes out June 29 (same day as the Apple iPhone), and is interviewed by Oprah.
- FOLLOWUP: Smaller, organic bees are having no mite problems...and no colony collapse. What does this say about the bee crisis?
- 1,683 guitarists of all ages played 'Smoke on the Water' to break the world record in Kansas. They succeeded.
- MOVIE DISCUSSION: How Shia LaBeouf's career has flourished. His most recent films are Disturbia, Surf's Up and Transformers!
- The Quote of the Week. The crazy ones.

Download Episode 20 Here! (Length: 1 hour, 14 minutes; Size: 68.0 MB)

Episode 20 to be released on Monday

Yes, alas, another episode will be delayed by one day, due to extensive graduation activities. Today, we had a Commencement and a 5-hour party, so I apologize in advance for any inconvenience. Once these graduation plans are finished, the podcast episodes will not be as delayed. We will still get this week's episode out as usual; it will just be one day late, released on Monday instead of Sunday.

Thank you very much for your patience, and enjoy the show!

Astronomers find most massive star ever discovered

This is really cool — astronomers using the Very Large Telescope in Chile and Hubble have discovered the most massive star ever found, coming in at 114 times the mass of the Sun. This blows away the previously most massive known star, which had a mere 83 solar masses. That’s a huge star!



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GOP head: We need more 'attacks on American soil'

In his first interview as the chairman of the Arkansas Republican Party, Dennis Milligan told a reporter that America needs to be attacked by terrorists so that people will appreciate the work that President Bush has done to protect the country. Is it just me, or was it really bad taste to say such a thing? Please give your thoughts in the comments.



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Apple iPhone release date confirmed: June 29th

The Apple iPhone is yours come June 29th. The commercial just aired on 60 Minutes yesterday, and now you can finally mark your calendar!



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TFATD 19: Baby Geniuses, Nessie, and HP Galore

Episode 19 of The Falcon and the Dove: Baby Geniuses, Nessie, and HP Galore. In this week's COMPLETELY jam-packed episode (I know, they're getting longer), we discuss smart babies, puppies, bees, the return of Nessie, movies, a Harry Potter theme park, and sooooooo much more!!! Enjoy!

- Overview
- Babies give scientists AMAZING insights! They are a lot smarter than we think they are.
- A fallen soldier's family get a puppy from Iraq adopted by their son the day before his death.
- A swarm of 20,000 bees off of the coast of Bournemouth gets caught in a plane's engine and delays it for 11 hours.
- A breakthrough in treating H5N1 (Avian Bird Flu) has been found in Bird Flu survivors' blood.
- The Loch Ness Monster (Nessie) has again been caught on tape!
- A 1,200 lb hog was hunted in Alabama. The family found out later that the hog was someone's pet sold 4 days before the hunt.
- Cannes Film Festival Palm d'Or winners and others.
- Venus Williams breaks the record for the fastest tennis serve ever!
- Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix will be released two days earlier in the U.S. and Canada; July 11th instead!
- Universal has announced that a Harry Potter theme park called 'The Wizarding World of Harry Potter' will open in 2009 at Islands of Adventure!
- In even MORE Harry Potter news, the woman in Georgia who has been trying to get the books banned fails a fourth time! Fans rejoice.
- We give our review of Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End!
- The Quote of the Week. Reading minds.

Download Episode 19 Here! (Length: 1 hour, 34 minutes; Size: 86.6 MB)

Episode 19 to be released on Monday

Due to extensive graduation plans for the Dove in The Falcon and the Dove (Areya Simmons), Episode 19 will be released on Monday, June 4th, instead of Sunday, June 3rd. Thank you very much for staying with us, and we hope you enjoy the podcast!