Topic: News

Monkee Peter Tork is taking questions on a variety of topics from people from all over the globe in his new column, "Ask Peter Tork." Find it exclusively online on The Daily Panic.

Hey, hey he's...an advice columnist? Peter Tork, former member of the Monkees and long time heartthrob of women "of a certain age" hasn't stopped rocking - he's still got a blues band on the road and does Monkee-related appearances to the delight of old and new fans, but he's also taking his life experience and passing it on to readers who ask his advice on everything from boy trouble to boy bands.

Some people feel that vaccines do more harm than good. Others say that vaccinations are essential. This DVD attempts to look at both sides of the issues, giving parents the right to choose.

A two-hour educational DVD, Vaccinations? Assessing the Risks and Benefits, has recently been re-released with updated features. The DVD informs parents with straight talk about vaccinations, and includes advice on how to boost your child's immunity from disease, naturally.

Residents of an African American kinship community in Sandy Spring, Maryland, claim they are being forced from their ancestral homes. The residents say they plan to deliver their message in person to their politicians' homes by way of a 50 foot tractor trailer set-up to depict the most rugged of living conditions and a giant banner that reads, "Since you won't let us live on our land, we thought perhaps we could live on yours."

A kinship community of African Americans, in the shadow of Capital Hill, claim they are being forced from their ancestral lands by government officials. Tuesday, residents prevailed upon their County Executive to "make a phone call" to help them, rather than take the County's advice and file suit against it. The residents plan a second demonstration bus tour to politicians' homes to bring attention to their plight. The group's first demonstration tour on Martin Luther King's birthday resulted in an impromptu meeting with the Maryland Attorney General, Doug Gansler, in front of his home. The Attorney General claimed his office lacked jurisdiction and vowed to facilitate a meeting with the United States Attorney. The residents' problems began when plans for a neighboring subdivision were submitted to the local planning authority without any reference the residents' road -- a road which appears on maps dating back to the 1800s.

"The World is Yours" is the directorial debut for Kathleen Ammalee Rogers, author, personal growth expert, therapeutic coach and artist.

Harried New Yorkers can get some much-needed calm energy by watching an uplifting new short film titled The World is Yours. The film is the directorial debut for Kathleen Ammalee Rogers, author, personal growth expert, therapeutic coach and artist. The World is Yours has been selected to screen as part of the prestigious New York International Independent Film and Video Festival (NYIIFVF) on the opening weekend at 4pm and 8pm on March 2nd at the ImaginAsian Theater in Manhattan. Rogers has already earned a nomination by the NYIIFVF Jury for Best Directorial Debut in a Short Film.

Mainly still an Internet "network," UFOTV has big plans to become a media powerhouse. Time will tell. In any event, it's sure to be out of this world.

Tim Crawford, President & CEO of "UFOTV Worldwide," on February 9th, 2008, was joined by Jim Marrs, Lynda Moulton Howe, Dr. Roger Leir and James Gillaland at the Los Angeles International Airport Hilton Hotel for the 6th Annual Conscious Life Expo, where a UFO Panel was held.

YogaHub.com is a new free interactive online yoga community with resources like yoga videos, news, articles, and more.

After spending more than two years developing, testing, and revising their vision to create a unique online yoga community, YogaHub.com is now welcoming visitors.

Starting on Valentine's Day, people will be able to visit a new website which will directly link them with some of those most directly affected by the AIDS pandemic in Africa. The website of the Mulago Positive Women's Network of Kampala Uganda, headed by Agnes Nyamayarwo, a main spokesperson of ONE (the Campaign to Make Poverty History), founded by Bono went online on Valentine's Day, to encourage people around the world to "Have a Heart for Africa".

The HIV/AIDS crisis in Africa has been recognized as the worst health epidemic in modern human history. Already, over thirty-seven (37) million people have died of AIDS around the world with at least twenty-five (25) million of them in sub-Saharan Africa. Since Valentine's Day, there has been a new website which highlights the challenges of "living positively" with HIV/AIDS in Africa.

he Sedona Meditation Training Company announces Writing as Meditation: A Woman's Retreat scheduled for March 12-14, 2008 at the Briar Patch Inn in Sedona.

The Sedona Meditation Training Company announces Writing as Meditation: A Woman's Retreat scheduled for March 12-14, 2008 at the Briar Patch Inn in Sedona.

The web site Green Eggs and Planet generates e-petition for national distribution, demanding that all major U.S. super markets take an environmental stand and abolish the use of all disposable plastic grocery bags.

Green Eggs and Planet, a blog about green living, has initiated a challenge for all U.S. grocery retailers to take responsibility in their respective communities and to help protect the welfare of the planet. The source is a nationally distributed e-petition to eliminate the use of all disposable plastic grocery bags.

During this weekend intensive, participants will experience the unique power and grace of deeksha (or the Oneness blessing), which affects the balance of activity in the brain.

Best selling author and spiritual teacher Arjuna Ardagh will be featured at the Unity of Phoenix, 1500 E. Greenway Parkway, for a weekend spiritual intensive entitled, Awakening into Oneness: The Power of Blessing in the Evolution of Consciousness, Friday, February 29 through Sunday, March 2, 2008.