American movies are arguably the most important force promoting tobacco in the United States today. While everyone denies that there are any payoffs today, the tobacco industry has a long history of payments to put smoking in movies, as well as providing free cigarettes, help with publicity, and a wide variety of favors to ingratiate itself with Hollywood. American movies have customarily focused on human relationships and private feelings, not on the problems of a particular time and place. They tell tales about romance, intrigue, success and failure, moral conflicts and survival.

Clear differences exist between actual and movie rates of seat belt use. Less clear is what influence, if any, movies have on viewers' attitudes and behaviors. Clearly, the teaching of science could benefit dramatically from the availability of stimulating movies or images. But although most school and colleges in industrialised countries are now equipped with video players, computers with CD-ROM drives or beamers, the problem for the teachers lies in actually finding the images that could accompany a certain topic.

Experience a flight over Lake Tahoe, above and below the water. The flight takes us over the ridges and valleys of the shaded-relief bathymetry and up over the surrounding mountains. Experience the tastes of yesteryear through recipes drawn from Extension publications and cooking class notes in the Archives. We are seeking volunteers to help with this event!