Hunter S. Thompson - Final 24: His Final Hours
Uploaded by MVDfilm on 15 Sep 2011
Final 24 charts the life of this troubled genius and uncover why a bullet to the head was the only way out.This compelling documentary series unlocks the hidden secrets, psychological flaws and events that result in the tragic deaths of famed notorious and the iconic. Every episode maps out the final 24 hours of a different famous person's life. The series weaves the star's back-story with events from their last day, which lays bare the threads of fate that led inextricably from childhood to the moment of death. These are no ordinary biographies. They're psychological detective stories attempting to uncover the mystery of why the celebrity died. Hunter S. Thompson was an author trapped in the body of a rock star. His drug-fuelled adventures were legendary and became the basis of one of the classics of 20th century literature. Thompson's constant questioning of authority and wild antics made him a hero for a generation of rebels across the globe. But in the end it wasn't enough. A lifetime of alcohol and drug abuse was taking their toll and at 67, with a broken leg, two hip operations and in chronic pain Thompson could no longer live up to the legend he'd created. On February 20, 2005, he decided to end it all with one of his favorite possessions, a Smith and Wesson 45. Final 24 charts the life of this troubled genius and uncover why a bullet to the head was the only way out.
Sex Pistols - The Filth and the Fury
Uploaded by DeeArtist321 on 4 Jul 2011
The Filth and the Fury is a 2000 rockumentary film about the Sex Pistols directed by Julien Temple, which tells the story from the viewpoint of the band members themselves.
The Velvet Underground - Under Review [Full DVD]
Uploaded by THECRAZEBLAZE on 27 Oct 2010
The Velvet Underground Under Review is a 75 minute film reviewing the music and career of one of rock musics most influential collectives, a band which esteemed music journalist Lester Bangs claims started modern music. It features rare musical performances never available before as well as obscure footage, rare interviews and private photographs of and with Lou Reed, Andy Warhol, Sterling Morrison and John Cale. The film also features rarely seen promo films, material from Andy Warhols private film collection, interviews with colleagues, producers, musicians and friends, TV clips, location shots and a host of other features.
Bruce Springsteen - Under Review 1978-1982 [Full DVD]
Uploaded by THECRAZEBLAZE on 28 Oct 2010
Although Bruce Springsteens huge body of work has had its highs and its not so highs, there is one distinct period within his career that remains, almost inarguably, his most creative, consistent, and satisfying. We talk of course of the trilogy of albums he released between 1978 and 1982, comprising Darkness On The Edge Of Town, The River and Nebraska. Across these records Bruces storytelling was up there with Steinbecks, his songs ranked with Dylans best and the live shows were as exciting as anything James Brown had ever delivered. This documentary film looks again at these albums, and the shows he performed around them, and charts Springsteens journey through this dark but glorious period. FEATURES INCLUDE Historical musical performances, reassessed by a panel of esteemed experts and obscure footage, rare interviews with Springsteen and with others and seldom seen photographs.
Catch A Fire (Bob Marley & The Wailers Documentary)
Uploaded by BlkPower4BlkCowards on 5 Sep 2011
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This documentary, Bob Marley and the Wailers: Catch a Fire, returns to Dynamic Studios in Kingston, Jamaica, shedding light on the development of the album, the thought process of Bob, Peter, and Bunny, and the importance of the music on a song-by-song basis. The story of Catch a Fire is presented through interviews with the band members, studio musicians, and former head of Island Records Chris Blackwell. Throughout are raw studio rehearsal footage, BBC TV footage, and home movies that include performances of "Concrete Jungle," "Slave Driver," "Stir It Up," and "Stop That Train." The documentary wraps up with rare black-and-white footage of the Wailers' tour in Edmonton, London, in 1973 with an electrifying performance of the Burnin' song "Get Up, Stand Up."
Godsmack - Changes DVD 2004
Uploaded by burtonbcell2 on 16 Jun 2011
Changes is a documentary and live DVD released in September of 2004 by the hard rock band Godsmack. The DVD was recorded in early 2004. That same month, the group also released "Batalla de los Tambores" a drum dual between Shannon and Sully, available only via online services such as Apple's iTunes Music Store, Real, Napster, and the Zune Marketplace. The DVD has been certified Gold by the RIAA, with access sales of 50,000 copies in the United States.
Art Heart concept
Art Heart organizeaza in decembrie o expozitie cu vanzare ( inca nu avem locatia si data exacta, sunt in finalele negocieri) insa avem nevoie de expozanti.Avem nevoie de artisti plastici, de graficieni, de fotografi, de designeri, de tattoo artists, de hand made artists si tot ceea ce iese din mana voastra! Ne strangem inainte de Craciun, pe muzica de jazz si expunem cu vanzare.Daca doriti sa participati trimite-ti un mail la ranoiuioana@yahoo.com
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1942 Stalingrad - 20th Century Battlefields - BBC
Uploaded by WarThinkTank on 14 Oct 2011
1942 Stalingrad - 20th Century Battlefields - BBC
Covers the Eastern Front briefly up to the Battle of Stalingrad and then describes the battle in detail from the initial attacks on the city to the surrounding and eventual destruction of the German 6th Army. Focuses in particular on urban warfare tactics employed, especially snipers. Dan Snow spends some time with the British Army Snipers to illustrate the power of the sniper, targeting a command post occupied by Peter Snow. Dan succeeds in 'assassinating' his father.
This is the story of the most intense and bitterly fought battles of the twentieth century, and their lasting impact on the world.
They reveal that these battles were shaped not just by distant military commanders but by men fighting on the frontline, whether the apocalyptic terrain of the Western Front or the hidden guerilla tunnels of Vietnam. What were the key factors that swayed the course of victory? Was it sheer grit and determination, military intelligence or strategic initiative?
When Youre Strange - A Film About The Doors
When Youre Strange A Film About The Doors 2010
WHEN YOU'RE STRANGE uncovers historic and previously unseen footage of the illustrious rock quartet and provides new insight into the revolutionary impact of its music and legacy. Directed by award-winning writer/director Tom DiCillo and narrated by Johnny Depp, the film is a riveting account of the band's history. The film reveals an intimate perspective on the creative chemistry between drummer John Densmore, guitarist Robby Krieger, keyboardist Ray Manzarek and singer Jim Morrison-four brilliant artists who made The Doors one of America's most iconic and influential rock bands.
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Deep Purple - "Wring That Neck" (Live at the Bilzen Jazz Festival 1969)
Uploaded by PurpleGardenWalls on 10 Jan 2011
Deep Purple give a spellbinding performance of "Wring That Neck" at the Bilzen Jazz Festival in 1969. From the Deep Purple History, Hits and Highlights DVD.
Guitar: Ritchie Blackmore
Organ: Jon Lord
Bass: Roger Glover
Drums: Ian Paice
Congas: Ian Gillan
Easy Rider (1969) - Full Movie
Uploaded by bigfootisreal100 on 2 Jan 2011
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The full movie of Easy Rider (1969) starring Peter Fonda, Dennis Hoper and Jack Nicholson.
Akral Necrosis - Pandemic Dominion
Uploaded by twilight13media on 21 Nov 2011
BAND: Akral Necrosis
SONG: Pandemic Dominion
ALBUM: Pandemic Dominion
DIRECTOR: Costin Chioreanu
YEAR: 2011
VIDEO EDIT/CAMERA: Costin Chioreanu
Special thanx to Nicu Galie, Alex "Barbone", Vicentiu Alex & Fabrica Club
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Inventions That Changed the World: The Television
Uploaded by CooDocu on 29 Oct 2011
Jeremy Clarkson hosts Inventions That Changed The World, a series which tells the stories behind some of the most significant inventions which have helped shape the world we live in today.
Inventions That Changed the World: The Telephone
Uploaded by CooDocu on 29 Oct 2011
Jeremy Clarkson hosts Inventions That Changed The World, a series which tells the stories behind some of the most significant inventions which have helped shape the world we live in today.
Inventions That Changed the World: The Aeroplane
Uploaded by CooDocu on 29 Oct 2011
Jeremy Clarkson hosts Inventions That Changed The World, a series which tells the stories behind some of the most significant inventions which have helped shape the world we live in today.
Inventions That Changed the World: The Gun
Uploaded by CooDocu on 29 Oct 2011
Jeremy Clarkson hosts Inventions That Changed The World, a series which tells the stories behind some of the most significant inventions which have helped shape the world we live in today.
Inventions That Changed the World: The Computer
Uploaded by CooDocu on 29 Oct 2011
Jeremy Clarkson hosts Inventions That Changed The World, a series which tells the stories behind some of the most significant inventions which have helped shape the world we live in today.
Time Trip - BBC Horizon
Uploaded by CooDocu on 24 Oct 2011
A thrilling journey deep into the strangeness of cutting-edge physics - a place where beautiful, baffling ideas are sometimes indistinguishable from the utterly crazy.
On this journey, we meet a time-travelling pizza, a brilliant mathematician in a ski mask and even God. The journey ends with a strange and dark conclusion - one which calls into question our very existence.
Ever since Einstein showed it was theoretically possible, the quest to travel through time has drawn eccentric amateurs and brilliant scientists in almost equal numbers. The amateurs include Aage Nost, who demonstrates his time machine in front of the cameras. The professionals include the likes of Professor Frank Tipler of Tulane University. His time machine sounds good - but it would weigh half the mass of the galaxy.
There is, however, one way that time travel to the past could be possible. And it would be much more convenient. Future civilisations could use computers to create exact replicas of the past. Unfortunately that idea has physics trembling in its socks. Because if you can generate a perfect virtual reality version of the past, who's to say we are not one of the replicas?
The secret life of the dog - BBC Horizon
Uploaded by CooDocu on 30 Oct 2011
We have an extraordinary relationship with dogs - closer than with any other animal on the planet. But what makes the bond between us so special?
Research into dogs is gaining momentum, and scientists are investigating them like never before. From the latest fossil evidence, to the sequencing of the canine genome, to cognitive experiments, dogs are fast turning into the new chimps as a window into understanding ourselves.
Where does this relationship come from? In Siberia, a unique breeding experiment reveals the astonishing secret of how dogs evolved from wolves. Swedish scientists demonstrate how the human/dog bond is controlled by a powerful hormone also responsible for bonding mothers to their babies.
Why are dogs so good at reading our emotions? Horizon meets Betsy, reputedly the world's most intelligent dog, and compares her incredible abilities to those of children. Man's best friend has recently gone one step further - helping us identify genes responsible for causing human diseases.
Why do we Dream - BBC Horizon
Uploaded by CooDocu on 28 Oct 2011
Horizon uncovers the secret world of our dreams. In a series of cutting-edge experiments and personal stories, we go in search of the science behind this most enduring mystery and ask: where do dreams come from? Do they have meaning? And ultimately, why do we dream?
What the film reveals is that much of what we thought we knew no longer stands true. Dreams are not simply wild imaginings but play a significant part in all our lives as they have an impact on our memories, the ability to learn, and our mental health. Most surprisingly, we find nightmares, too, are beneficial and may even explain the survival of our species.
The Hawking Paradox - BBC Horizon
Uploaded by CooDocu on 25 Oct 2011
Stephen Hawking is the most famous scientist on the planet. His popular science book 'A Brief History of Time' was a publishing sensation, staying at the top of the bestseller lists longer than any other book in recent history. But behind the public face lies an argument that has been raging for almost 30 years.
Hawking shot to fame in the world of physics when he provided a mathematical proof for the Big Bang theory. This theory showed that the entire universe exploded from a singularity, an infinitely small point with infinite density and infinite gravity. Hawking was able to come to his proof using mathematical techniques that had been developed by Roger Penrose. These techniques were however developed to deal not with the beginning of the Universe but with black holes.
Science had long predicted that if a sufficiently large star collapsed at the end of its life, all the matter left in the star would be crushed into an infinitely small point with infinite gravity and infinite density -- a singularity. Hawking realised that the Universe was, in effect, a black hole in reverse.
Instead of matter being crushed into a singularity, the Universe began when a singularity expanded to form everything we see around us today, from stars to planets to people. Hawking realised that to come to a complete understanding of the Universe he would have to unravel the mysteries of the black hole.
How many people can live on planet earth? - BBC Horizon (HD)
Uploaded by CooDocu on 31 Oct 2011
In a Horizon special, naturalist Sir David Attenborough investigates whether the world is heading for a population crisis.
In his lengthy career, Sir David has watched the human population more than double from 2.5 billion in 1950 to nearly seven billion. He reflects on the profound effects of this rapid growth, both on humans and the environment.
While much of the projected growth in human population is likely to come from the developing world, it is the lifestyle enjoyed by many in the West that has the most impact on the planet. Some experts claim that in the UK consumers use as much as two and a half times their fair share of Earth's resources.
Sir David examines whether it is the duty of individuals to commit not only to smaller families, but to change the way they live for the sake of humanity and planet Earth.
Black Holes - BBC Horizon (HD)
Uploaded by RosesOfTime on 5 Nov 2011
Black holes are one of the most destructive forces in the universe, capable of tearing a planet apart and swallowing an entire star. Yet scientists now believe they could hold the key to answering the ultimate question - what was there before the Big Bang?
The trouble is that researching them is next to impossible. Black holes are by definition invisible and there's no scientific theory able to explain them. Despite these obvious obstacles, Horizon meets the astronomers attempting to image a black hole for the very first time and the theoretical physicists getting ever closer to unlocking their mysteries. It's a story that takes us into the heart of a black hole and to the very edge of what we think we know about the universe.
Very little is known about them, but many scientists choose to study black holes. One believes he's seen one form and develop. Einstein's theory has not only predicted the existence of black holes, but also what it would be like to travel into one. Some theorists have found a problem with Einstein's theory, making the understanding of a black hole even more peculiar. A professor spent 10 years developing an infrared telescope that allowed him to see a black hole 25,000 light years away.
Super Massive black holes are so powerful they may actually affect the galaxy in which they are situated. The object found at the heart of a black hole appears to be the very object that started the Big Bang, although scientists are still no closer to understanding either.
Dr Shep Doeleman has hooked up radio telescopes from across America to try and photograph a shadow cast by a black hole; something no one has ever done before. Will scientists ever be able to produce a complete theory of everything? And if so, how will it come about?
The Nature Technology - Magic Of Motion ( BBC Full Documentary )
Uploaded by lucilacionni on 6 Nov 2011
Broadcast (2006) Magic of Motion : Most animals, and even a few plants, move. They swim, walk, run or fly in a wide range of ways, and in this programme we look at how designers of planes, cars and robots have found inspiration in nature. But biomimetics is not just about copying nature, it's about understanding the principles behind nature's success and applying those in new and surprising ways. So exploring the world of cars and planes also gives us some startling new insights into nature as well. In this programme we find out why sharks can swim so fast, how flies and geckos can climb smooth glass and how vultures can help the next generation of airliners. We also meet robot cockroaches that might look like something from science fiction, but might be the fore-runners of the latest all terrain vehicles.
NatureTech, a multi-award-winning series, explores "biomimetics" - the science of looking to nature for answers to modern problems. Why are blossoms never dirty and can we also make our cars that way? Why can geckos walk on the ceiling and can we use their tricks to create better adhesives? Why is the spider's web tougher than steel? Exciting new developments in computer technology, chemistry and physics are now enabling us to understand Nature's designs better than ever before. Scientists are not simply trying to copy nature -- they are taking hints, extracting principles and applying winning designs of evolution in a new, human context.
Visually, this series is an attractive, fast-paced mix of stunning natural history shots, computer-assisted design and CGI graphics of futuristic inventions, ultra-modern, spacy architecture and high tech as well as scenes of the world's leading designers and engineers at work, all created by the team that made "Limits of Perception".
Social Anxiety Documentary: Afraid of People
Uploaded by Stuart847 on 13 May 2011
This is the only documentary I've seen that focuses on SA so i hope it helps people with it.
People Who Do Noise
Uploaded by SchizophrenicArguing on 25 Mar 2011
A documentary on those who produce Noise, a small, unnoticed style of Electronic music.
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UFO - Are we alone in the universe? - BBC Full Movie
Uploaded by pignanelli65 on 23 Mar 2011
UFO VIDEO - An interesting BBC movie about a question that man kind has always arises: "Are we alone in the universe?"
Parallel Universes - BBC Horizon
Uploaded by CooDocu on 30 Oct 2011
Everything you're about to read here seems impossible and insane, beyond science fiction. Yet it's all true.
Scientists now believe there may really be a parallel universe - in fact, there may be an infinite number of parallel universes, and we just happen to live in one of them. These other universes contain space, time and strange forms of exotic matter. Some of them may even contain you, in a slightly different form. Astonishingly, scientists believe that these parallel universes exist less than one millimetre away from us. In fact, our gravity is just a weak signal leaking out of another universe into ours.
Hot Planet? - BBC Documentary (HD)
Uploaded by CooDocu on 31 Oct 2011
Professors Iain Stewart and Professor Kathy Sykes take a timely look at global warming ahead of the Copenhagen summit, exploring the world's leading climate scientists' vision of the planet's future.
Scientists predict that if global temperatures continue to rise at their current rate, Earth will be one degree warmer within 10 years, two degrees warmer within the next 40 years and three degrees or more warmer before the end of the century. If the Earth's temperature increases to three degrees warmer than the average pre-industrial temperature, the impact on the planet will be catastrophic. Across the Earth, ways of life could be lost forever as climate change accelerates out of control. This isn't inevitable, however: climate change is not yet irreversible.
Ingenious technology and science is currently being devised, advanced and tested around the world which could offer solutions for a sustainable future. The question that remains is, can the world embrace and implement them on a large enough scale within an effective timeline? If widespread damage to human societies and ecosystems is to be prevented, global temperature rise must be slowed and eventually reversed.
Hot Planet offers an accurate visual prediction of the planet's future, based on the findings of over 4,000 climate scientists.
Yoav "Adore Adore"
Uploaded by Yoavmusic on 19 May 2008
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Director: George Fok / Producer: Phi Group Inc.
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Antarctica - I Am The Secret In You ( live version )
Uploaded by MusicAntarctica on 21 Nov 2011
Antarctica Live Session @ No Stress Media
November, 2011
"Zdob şi Zdub" nu mai sunt ce au fost cândva
"Zdob şi Zdub" nu mai e ce a fost cândva. Formația a hotărât să-şi schimbe stilul, iar metamorfoza începe odată cu videoclipul lansat ieri pe internet la piesa "Running". Compoziţia este o fuziune de stiluri muzicale şi face parte din următorul album al formației, intitulat "Basta Mafia!".
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Perceptive
” …there’s a word for people who think everyone is conspiring against them.”
“I know, perceptive.”
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J is for Junkie [Full Length Documentary]
Uploaded by Ohigho2005 on 22 May 2011
Greedmont TV presents a documentary by Corey Davis on a group crack addicts in Atlanta who live outside in a small cove behind a Texaco, infamously dubbed as the "Living Room." They share their stories and tell us what it's like to battle with a deadly addiction to crack-cocaine. "Growing up I never had a father, because he was out running the streets getting high... Right around the time I was born, the mid 80′s, African-American communities across the country was struck by the crack epidemic. Which robbed us our prideful culture and instantly perverted it into a counter-culture where playgrounds became warzones and families were destroyed." [Directed by Corey Davis]
"Gritty and inspiring" -Damon Dash
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Bine ai venit pe Lună! Vezi cea mai detaliată imagine a satelitului natural al Pământului
O hartă topografică a Lunii, care arată corpul ceresc la cea mai bună rezoluţie de până acum, a fost prezentată recent de oamenii de ştiinţă ai NASA.
Harta a fost realizată cu ajutorul unei tehnici numite „digital photogrammetry". Fiecare pixel de pe hartă reprezintă 100 de metri ai suprafeţei lunare, arată Huffington Post.
"Această hartă deschide drumul către o cercetare mai eficientă a Lunii", a declarat cercetătorul NASA Mark Robinson.
Dacă aţi fost impresionaţi de această imagine, aflaţi că, anul viitor, cercetătorii NASA vor realiza o nouă hartă a Lunii, chiar mai detaliată decât aceasta.
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The Romantics - BBC documentary - Liberty (2005)
Uploaded by shinobirastafari on 21 May 2011
For more information, see: http://www.open2.net/romantics/liberty.html
The 18th century was a time of opulence and privilege for some. Europe was dominated by the twin authority of the Church and King - but beneath the surface, new forces were gathering to challenge their absolute rule.
The French philosopher, Denis Diderot insisted that men must reason for themselves. His friend, Jean-Jacques Rousseau claimed civilization had corrupted mankind - to free themselves, men must listen to their emotions.
Rousseau's writings gave birth to a hope for a new world of liberty, equality and fraternity. These ideas would fuel the greatest social upheaval in history - the French Revolution.
In Britain, these 'Romantic' ideals would burst into the public arena in art and poetry. William Blake's engravings and poetry were howls of revolutionary anger: Blake made the liberation of the human spirit his life's work.
William Wordsworth and Samuel Taylor Coleridge wrote one of the most powerful revolutionary works of the time; Lyrical Ballads. This volume of poetry was considered so dangerous that even as they composed, Wordsworth and Coleridge were being followed by government spies.
This was the greatest period of sustained creativity in English literature - at a time of revolutionary change in which poets had the power to remake the world in their own image.
Sunken Cities Of The Ancient World
Once referred to as the ‘Wickedest City on Earth’ (because of its rampant piracy, prostitution and rum consumption), part of Port Royal sank after an earthquake in 1692. The ruins scattered in the Kingston Harbor, and currently, the remains of the city encompasses 13 acres at depths of up to 40 feet. Archaeological investigations of the site began in 1981, led by the Nautical Archaeology Program of Texas A&M University. The investigations unearthed historical documents, organic artefacts and vast amount of architectural debris.
Some 68 miles past the east coast of Taiwan, off the coast of Yonaguni Islands, a sunken ruin was discovered by a sport diver, in 1995. The ruins are estimated to be around 8,000 years old, however, it is still unclear which missing city they made up. The most spectacular discovery amongst the submerged ruins is a large pyramid structure, finely designed archways resembling the Inca civilization, staircases and hallways, and carved stones.
Baiae was an ancient Roman town overlooking the Bay of Naples, where rich Romans and emperors whiled away their time in their villas. It was also connected to the Roman Empire’s biggest naval base, Portus Julius. However, the town and port were built on a tract of volcanic land, the activity of which is said to have caused the structure to collapse into the ocean.
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BBC Documentary: Sun Ra, Brother From Another Planet
Uploaded by rickstolk on 29 Aug 2011
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Sun Ra was born on the planet Saturn some time ago. The best accounts agree that he emerged on Earth as Herman Blount, born in Birmingham, Alabama in 1914, although Sun Ra himself always denied that Blount was his surname. He returned to Saturn in 1993 after creating a stunningly variegated and beautiful assemblage of earthly and interplanetary music, most notably with his fervently loyal Arkestra.
Sun Ra and his Arkestra were the subject of a few documentary films, notably Robert Mugge's 'A Joyful Noise' (1980), which interspersed performances and rehearsals with Sun Ra's commentary on various subjects ranging from today's youth to his own place in the cosmos.
Today's documentary, Don Letts' 'Sun Ra, Brother From Another Planet' from 2005, reuses some of Mugge's material and includes some additional interviews.
Frozen Bubbles
This image was taken in winter time in a arid area of the Canadian Rockies. Temperatures where below -30 degrees Celsius yet because there was no snow fall the surface of the lake was uncovered allowing me to see and capture the bubbles (gas release from lake bed) that were trapped in the frozen waters.
Location: Abraham Lake, Alberta, Canada
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The Romantics - BBC documentary - Nature (2005)
Uploaded by shinobirastafari on 21 May 2011
For more information, see: http://www.open2.net/romantics/nature.html
The Industrial Revolution sought to dominate Nature as a means to create profit. Romantic artists would seek to replace this relationship of domination with one of reverence and understanding.
The poet John Clare sought freedom in exploring the countryside around him. But the lands he loved were increasingly seen as units of production. When such lands were officially enclosed by Act of Parliament in 1809, the freedom to roam the countryside was curtailed.
This shift in attitudes drove John Clare insane. It drove William Blake to write works of protest, such as the raging, tempestuous 'Jerusalem'.
Both William Blake and Samuel Taylor Coleridge sought to understand man's true relation to nature by returning to the source - by observing and writing about the innocence of children. Others sought to reconnect themselves to Nature more directly - such as William Wordsworth, who wrote of his travels to the Alps, the Lake District and the Wye Valley.
The ideas of the child, nature and scientific progress would collide in Mary Shelley's Frankenstein. This book is a Romantic manifesto - a warning that nature is not to be trifled with, that children are sacred, and science can corrupt our world. It is also a work of prophecy, still relevant in the 21st century.
Amazing jellyfish lake
Jellyfish Lake is a marine lake located on Eil Malk island in Palau. Eil Malk is part of the Rock Islands, a group of small, rocky, mostly uninhabited islands in Palau’s Southern Lagoon, between Koror and Peleliu. It is notable for the millions of golden jellyfish which migrate horizontally across the lake daily.
Jellyfish Lake is connected to the ocean through fissures and tunnels in the limestone of ancient Miocene reef. However the lake is sufficiently isolated and the conditions are different enough that the diversity of species in the lake is greatly reduced from the nearby lagoon. The golden jellyfish, Mastigias cf. papua etpisoni, and possibly other species in the lake have evolved to be substantially different from their close relatives living in the nearby lagoons.
Two species of scyphozoan jellyfish live in Jellyfish Lake, moon jellyfish and the golden jellyfish.
The golden jellyfish are most closely related to the spotted jellyfish that inhabit the nearby lagoons. They are similar to the spotted jellyfish in that they derive part of their nutrition from symbiotic algae (Zooxanthella) that live in their tissues and part of their nutrition from captured zooplankton.
The moon jellyfish were identified as Aurelia aurita by Hamner. Addition to the three species of Aurelia there are at least six other cryptic species in the Aurelia genus. Three of the cryptic species identified were from Palau. One of these cryptic species is common to four of Palau’s marine lakes with jellyfish populations including Jellyfish Lake.
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My Brilliant Brain - Born Genius, Accidental Genius, Made Genius
Uploaded by wind0wninja on 20 Apr 2011
My Brilliant Brain is a compelling three part documentary series exploring the incredible inner workings of the human brain. The programs look at a group of remarkable people and poses questions about the origins of genius: are these extraordinary abilities genetic, developed or acquired by accident?
The Easter Island “Heads” Have Bodies
Maybe this isn’t a newsflash to anyone but me, but, um, the Moai “heads” on Easter Island have bodies. Because some of the statues are set deep into the ground, and because the heads on the statues are disproportionately large, many people (myself included) tend to think of them as just big heads. But the bodies (generally not including legs, though there is at least one kneeling statue) are there — in many cases, underground. What’s even more interesting — there are petroglyphs (rock markings) that have been preserved below the soil level, where they have been protected from erosion. This research report has been making the rounds; it discusses recent progress by The Easter Island Statue Project to uncover, study, and catalogue two statues. It includes (among the dry details of the research) a day-by-day journal of the work, as well as remarkable photographs showing the petroglyphs and team members excavating. Above is an image from a previous excavation (source unknown) that shows you the scale of the statues, and how deep they were buried. (Note: visitors are prohibited from climbing on the Moai; the expedition pictured above appears to predate the EISP and the current practice of conservation.)
For more on the Easter Island statues, read more about the EISP, read their extensive research reports, and check out the Wikipedia page on Moai (which also discusses the fairly well-known fact that many of the statues used to have hats or possibly topknots, known as pukao). Also interesting is the back story of archaeology on Easter Island (also known as Rapa Nui); apparently the island has been the subject of archaeological research for 119 years.
(Via Jason Scott.)
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Turnul Babel
"Turnul Babel (în ebraică מגדל בבל Migdal Bavel, în arabă برج بابل Burj Babil) este o structură pomenită în capitolul 11 din Geneză, un turn uriaș intenționat a fi principala realizare a orașului Babilu, numele akkadian pentru Babilon. Babel era un oraș unde întreaga omenire era unită, toți oamenii vorbind o singură limbă și migrând dinspre est; era orașul regelui Nimrod, și primul oraș construit după Potop. Oamenii au hotărât ca orașul lor să aibă un turn atât de mare încât vârful său "să ajungă la cer." (וְרֹאשׁוֹ בַשָּׁמַיִם). Însă, după cum scrie în Biblie, Turnul Babel nu era construit pentru a aduce slavă lui Dumnezeu, ci era dedicat unei religii false, cu scopul de a aduce faima constructorilor lui. - Geneza 11:4. Însă Dumnezeu, (scris în ebraică YHWH; tradus în română ca Yahweh, Iehova, sau cel mai adesea, Domnul), văzând că oamenii păcătuiau împotriva lui, le-a încurcat limbile și a împrăștiat oamenii pe tot Pământul.
"Babel" este cuvântul echivalent în limba ebraică al cuvântului akkadian Babilu, un oraș cosmopolit recunoscut pentru multitudinea de limbi vorbite. Turnul Babel a fost de mai multe ori asociat cu unele structuri cunoscute, mai ales cu Etemenanki, zigguratul lui Marduk, de Nabopolassar (610s BC). O viziune sumeriană a acestei povești se păstrează în Enmerkar și Domnul Arattei."
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