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THE FILM Clash of the Titans, is a quasi-religious fantasy about a demi-god – plenty of half-measures in this one – that has nothing to do with Passover or Easter but much in common with the large helpings of cheese that Hollywood commonly serves with its Biblical epics.

The Clash of the Titans is set in the Greek city of Argos where a war is about to explode between man and the gods. Perseus (Sam Worthington) raised as a fisherman, but is actually a demi-god. Perseus is the son of Zeus (Liam Neeson) who is about to take on the gods after the death of his family. Zeus’ brother Hades (Ralph Fiennes) was the one who kill his family, and Perseus wants to kill him. However, it is Perseus’s destiny to rescue the city of Argos from the ruthless rage of Hades and his Kraken monster. With nothing to lose, Perseus leads a band of soldiers on a quest to defeat the Kraken. In doing this, Perseus will prevent Hades from overthrowing Zeus and in turn destroying mankind.

The Clash of the Titans earned $64.1 million from theaters in the United States and Canada since opening Thursday evening. The fantasy action adventure, which topped the North American charts on $61.4m, crossed $100m worldwide in its first three days and looks good heading into the coming weeks. The other movie that’s doing crazy business this frame has no 3-D in it nor any monstrous beasts.Did you watched and enjoyed the 3-d effects of it?

California is seeking to be the first State in the nation to mandate that employee’s get paid sick leave and continue to work while using Marijuana for medicinal purposes. At the California State Bar Conference of Delegates in September, California attorneys are seeking changes for weed and paid leaves.

The Medical Marijuana resolution would preclude a blanket employment prohibition for qualified medical marijuana patients, while allowing employers the right to restrict such patients from working in positions that directly affect other peoples’ health and safety, and maintain employers’ right to prohibit medical marijuana use in the workplace. This resolution seeks to overturn the recent California Supreme Court case of Ross v. Raging Wire Telecommunications Inc. (January 24, 2008) which allows an employer to deny employment to a qualified medical marijuana patient. This resolution basically mirrors the current resolution before the California Legislature, Assembly Bill 2279 which is aimed at protecting the employment of medical marijuana users in California. The bill leaves intact existing state law prohibiting medical marijuana consumption at the workplace or during working hours and protects employers from liability by carving out an exception for safety-sensitive positions. AB2279 is not about being under the influence while at work but allows an employee to work safely and who uses their doctor-recommended medication in the privacy of their own home, to not be arbitrarily fired from their jobs.

However, opponents argue that the most important, and irreconcilable, problem with this resolution is that marijuana use remains illegal under federal law, even for medical users, as the California Supreme Court recognized in the Ross v.RagingWire Telecommunications decision. Thus, California cannot, and should not, require employers to accommodate the use of illegal drugs by its employees. This is a major problem and even though some attorneys want the law changed and the California Supreme Court opinion reversed, the federal law will still get employees and employers into trouble.

The second resolution advocates that employers give mandatory paid sick leave to employees. This resolution would guarantee paid leave for employees who take time off due to their own illness or injury or to provide care to a sick or injured member of the employee’s immediate family. The California Legislature is currently addressing this issue. However, unlike the California State Bar Conference of Delegate Resolution, the proposed legislation caps annual paid sick time for medium-to-large employers to nine days and five days for smaller employers. Assembly Bill 2716, which is entitled the Healthy Families, Healthy Workplaces Act, cleared the Assembly and has been referred to the State Senate. Even if the Senate approves this bill, it is expected to be vetoed by the Governor. However, the issue may be resurrected again next year by the Legislature, if the resolution is approved this year at the September Conference of Delegates.

The Titanic is the most legendary ship in history because of the scale of project, it was a reflection of the injustices of 20th century and its tragic fate. Titanic is famous because of its biggest maritime disaster in history. It is a source of fascination for history enthusiasts and generations to come. Science has uncovered some of its mysteries when its wreck was discovered in 1985.

A major British shipping company, White Star Line decided in early 20th century that it would build the biggest and prestigious passenger ship of the world – RMS Titanic. Its construction began at the Harland and Wolf naval construction site in 1909 and Thomas Andrews was in charge of the design.

The Titanic was an enormous and the biggest ship ever built at that time. It came towards the end of the steam engine era. Its length was over 880 feet and weighed over 46000 tons. It had a passenger space of 3547 people. The ship dazzled others because of its luxury and sheer size. The engineers of Titanic took pride in building a mighty ship that would take passengers across the Atlantic with style.

Life on board Titanic

White Star Line had designed the most luxurious liner to accommodate wealthy first class passengers. The facilities were very vast including a top quality restaurant, sports center and a swimming pool. The second class passengers had common conditions for travelling and the third class passengers simply boarded to reach the other side.

Inaugural Journey and Sinking

The ill fated Titanic met its tragic ending during its first and only journey. It started on 10 April 1912 from Southampton and was to end at the New York. The ship was carrying 2228 people from all walks of life, social background and nationalities. An experienced British captain, Edward John Smith was in charge of the ship. Titanic’s inaugural voyage drew a host of English and American celebrities and businessmen.

Titanic sank on the night of 14 April 1912 four days after it sailed when it struck an iceberg and its floating parts gradually filled with water until it started sinking. Titanic took almost three hours for Titanic to become completely submerged. The lack of preparation and poor decisions resulted in deaths of 1522 out of the 2228 people present on board.

The biggest cause of the tragedy was the lack of lifeboats with the priority for first class passengers during evacuation. White Star Line had amazingly not equipped the ship with more than 16 lifeboats which could only carry 1178 passengers. They were also underused and only rescued about 700 passengers while the rest died in the freezing waters.