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Headline Tag: Highbrow Rating: Amazing Hits: 621 Comments: 3 The Mongols! - Crash Course World History The Mongols! - Crash Course World History John Green teaches us, at long last, about the most exceptional bunch of empire-building nomads in the history of the world, wait for it... the Mongols! How did the Mongols go from being a relatively small band of herders who occasionally engaged in some light hunting-gathering to being one of the most formidable fighting forces in the world in the space of 25 years? It turns out Genghis Khan was a pretty big part of it, but you probably already knew that. The more interesting questions might be, what kind of rulers were they, and what effect did their empire have on the world we know today? Find out, as John finally schools us on the Mongols. User: loqi May 18, 2012 9:09 AM
Permanent Tag: Animals Rating: Amazing Hits: 284 Comments: 2 Tessa Farmer — Evil Little Worlds Tessa Farmer — Evil Little Worlds The artist Tessa Farmer creates magical worlds ruled by minuscule fairy skeletons, who are not just mischievous but downright evil. Her striking sculptures, which are made from insects, animal taxidermy, and plant roots, depict narratives that are no doubt dark and infused with maliciousness, yet their savagery is, for Farmer, an expression of a raw survival instinct inherent in us all. We met her in London while she was preparing an exhibit for Danielle Arnaud Contemporary Art and spoke with her about her process, why she isn’t interested in beauty, and what materials she can find on eBay these days—or in a canal by her house for that matter. tessafarmer.com/ More Podcasts gestalten.tv User: kooolcat Apr 30, 2012 11:34 PM
Permanent Tag: Music Rating: Good Hits: 52 Comments: 0 Lumerence Lumerence A surrealist interpretation of the Human desire - and ultimately the whole earth's desire to connect to the universe - to see, touch, and taste what is beyond our own planet. Short film by Miwa Matreyek. User: IAmDeK Apr 28, 2012 5:14 AM
Unmoderated Tag: Japan Rating: Ok Hits: 59 Comments: 0 Cherry Blossom Festival at Japanese Castle Cherry Blossom Festival at Japanese Castle http://therovingroninreport.blogspot.jp/2012/04/cherry-blossom-festival-at-japanese.html For one week at Matsumoto Castle around the blooming time of the sakura (cherry blossoms) they open the castle grounds up from 6 to 9 for free to the public. From the tsukimi yagura or moon-viewing tower, musicians play while visitors stroll around. The first set is the traditional Japanese harp - the koto. The second set is western-style flute and the third set is traditional gagaku which is played at shrines and Imperial functions. All is free and open to the public. User: samuraidave Apr 24, 2012 5:19 PM
Headline Tag: Highbrow Rating: Amazing Hits: 744 Comments: 9 When I Die: Lessons from the Death Zone When I Die: Lessons from the Death Zone In "When I Die" Philip Gould shares his thoughts and insights as he confronts his impending death from oesophageal cancer. How do we approach death whilst embracing life? How can we change the conversation around death and palliative care for the terminally ill? Please share this film and join the conversation #WhenIDie. Philip believed that for the terminally ill and those close to them, there can be moments of joy, resolution and inspiration just as intense as those of fear, discomfort and sadness. Filmed during the last 2 weeks of Philip's life, this intimate portrait reveals his quest to find purpose and meaning in what he called "The Death Zone". He had been diagnosed with cancer of the oesophagus in 2008 and was given three months to live in the summer of 2011. User: Pantufas Apr 23, 2012 11:37 AM
Headline Tag: Politics Rating: Amazing Hits: 1239 Comments: 0 CGP Grey: Five Historical Misconceptions CGP Grey: Five Historical Misconceptions C.G.P Grey drops some knowledge about Vikings, Lady Godiva, Napoleon Bonaparte, the Roman Vomitoria, and Christopher Columbus. User: loqi Apr 18, 2012 11:54 AM
Permanent Tag: Short Films Rating: Good Hits: 265 Comments: 0 Essays On Reality, Chapter 1 Essays On Reality, Chapter 1 A caricature of American idiocy, a metaphor about our consumer society and a visual interpretation of the Arab Spring. Welcome to Essays On Reality, Chapter 1. User: Dosetaker Apr 15, 2012 6:20 PM
Unmoderated Tag: Highbrow Rating: Ok Hits: 73 Comments: 0 Samurai Duel Festival - Miyamoto Musashi Samurai Duel Festival - Miyamoto Musashi http://therovingroninreport.blogspot.jp/2012/04/miyamoto-musashi-festival-duel-at.html During Golden Week (May 3-5) a small festival is held in honor of the epic duel fought between the legendary swordsmen Miyamoto Musashi (author of the Book of Five Rings) and Sasaki Kojiro known as the Demon of the West. They met in 1612 on the island which is now known as Ganryujima and when the duel was over Kojiro lay dead and Musashi was victorious. The actual details of the duel are debatable but the legends of it are very persistent. It's said that Musashi purposely arrived late, unwashed, and carrying a wooden sword he had carved out of an oar on the way over - all of this to unnerve his opponent. Kojiro is said to have struck first but failed to cut Musashi down. Musashi smacked Kojiro on the head killing him or in the some versions finishing him off with a blow to the ribs. User: samuraidave Apr 14, 2012 4:17 PM
Unmoderated Tag: Highbrow Rating: Good Hits: 78 Comments: 1 The Billion Euro House The Billion Euro House A documentary by Alec Moore. Frank Buckley grew up in the 60’s in the vibrant suburb of Drimnagh, Dublin. Frank worked in the music business for over 10 years, tour managing and promoting some of the iconic Irish bands of the time before focussing on his art. Previous installations include “Expressions of Sympathy” in the Point Depot in 1993 dedicated to the victims of the Warrington bombing. The Billion Euro House has been built entirely from recycled materials, and primarily from shredded Euro currency, awarded to Frank for his installation by the national mint under strict terms. For more information please visit billioneurohouse.com/ Shot on a Canon 5DMKII with vintage primes. Sound recorded via radio mics in camera using Magic Lantern. Music: Explosions in the Sky - To West Texas User: kooolcat Apr 10, 2012 11:06 PM
Unmoderated Tag: Highbrow Rating: Good Hits: 90 Comments: 0 Belt Sander + Stack of Paper Belt Sander + Stack of Paper In the performance piece “One more kilometre” by British art duo John Wood and Paul Harrison, a beautiful stream of flying paper is created using a belt sander and a giant stack of copy paper (video). The paper, if stacked end to end, would cover a distance of one kilometer (hence the name). “One more kilometre” was on display in March at Kulturhuset in Stockholm. Apr 9, 2012 5:11 PM
Unmoderated Tag: Television Rating: Amazing Hits: 74 Comments: 0 George Orwell: 1984, Full Movie George Orwell: 1984, Full Movie BBC Television's live production of George Orwell's "1984". Produced in 1954. Creative Commons license: Public Domain. Nineteen Eighty-Four is a classic dystopian novel by English author George Orwell. Published in 1949, it is set in the eponymous year and focuses on a repressive, totalitarian regime. story follows the life of one seemingly insignificant man, Winston Smith, a civil servant assigned the task of falsifying records and political literature, thus effectively perpetuating propaganda, who grows disillusioned with his meagre existence and so begins a rebellion against the system. The novel has become famous for its portrayal of surveillance and society's increasing encroachment on the rights of the individual. Since its publication the terms Big Brother and Orwellian have entered the popular vernacular. Orwell, who had "encapsulated the thesis at the heart of his novel" in 1944, wrote most of Nineteen Eighty-Four on the island of Jura, Scotland, during 1947-1948 while critically ill with tuberculosis. He sent the final typescript to his friends Secker and Warburg on 4 December 1948 and the book was published on 8 June 1949. Nineteen Eighty-Four has been translated into more than 50 languages. The novel's title, its terms, its language (Newspeak), and its author's surname are bywords for personal privacy lost to national state security. The adjective "Orwellian" denotes many things. It can refer to totalitarian action or organization, as well as governmental attempts to control or misuse information for the purposes of controlling, pacifying or even subjugating the population. "Orwellian" can also refer generally to twisted language which says the opposite of what it truly means, or specifically governmental propagandizing by the misnaming of things; hence the "Ministry of Peace" in the novel actually deals with war and the "Ministry of Love" actually tortures people. Since the novel's publication "Orwellian" has in fact become somewhat of a catch-all for any kind of governmental overreach or dishonesty and therefore has multiple meanings and applications. The phrase Big Brother is Watching You specifically connotes pervasive, invasive surveillance. Although the novel has been banned or challenged in some countries, it is, along with Brave New World by Aldous Huxley, We by Yevgeny Zamyatin, Kallocain by Karin Boye and Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury, among the most famous literary representations of dystopia. In 2005, Time magazine listed it among the hundred best English-language novels published since 1923. The book has often been misinterpreted as an attack on socialism, and Orwell himself had occasion to refute such claims, both privately and in public. In a letter to Francis A. Henson of the United Automobile Workers, dated 16 June 1949 (seven months before he died), excerpts from which were reproduced in Life (25 July 1949) and the New York Times Book Review (31 July 1949), Orwell stated the following: "My recent novel [1984] is NOT intended as an attack on Socialism or on the British Labour Party (of which I am a supporter) but as a show-up of the perversions ... which have already been partly realized in Communism and Fascism. ...The scene of the book is laid in Britain in order to emphasize that the English-speaking races are not innately better than anyone else and that totalitarianism, if not fought against, could triumph anywhere." In his 1946 essay, "Why I Write", Orwell described himself as a Democratic Socialist. Nineteen Eighty-Four is set in Oceania, one of three intercontinental totalitarian super-states. The story occurs in London, the "chief city of Airstrip One", itself a province of Oceania that "had once been called England or Britain". Posters of the ruling Party's leader, "Big Brother", bearing the caption BIG BROTHER IS WATCHING YOU, dominate the city landscapes, while two-way television (the telescreen) dominates the private and public spaces of the populace. Oceania's people are in three classes: the Inner Party, the Outer Party, and the Proles. The Party government controls the people via the Ministry of Truth (Minitrue), the workplace of protagonist Winston Smith, an Outer Party member. As in the Nazi and Stalinist regimes, propaganda is pervasive; Smith's job is rewriting historical documents to match the contemporaneous party line, the orthodoxy of which changes daily. It therefore includes destroying evidence, amending newspaper articles, deleting the existence of people identified as "unpersons". Apr 8, 2012 4:59 PM
Permanent Tag: Short Films Rating: Good Hits: 144 Comments: 0 Old Man and the Sea (Stopmotion) Old Man and the Sea (Stopmotion) A stop-motion animation of Ernest Hemingway's story “The Old Man and the Sea” by Dutch artist Marcel Schindler. User: SilenTom Apr 7, 2012 4:29 AM
Unmoderated Tag: Highbrow Rating: No Votes Hits: 63 Comments: 0 Tampa Pro 2012: Italo Romano Tampa Pro 2012: Italo Romano Italo Romano made the cut to the Semi-Finals at Tampa Pro this weekend not because he has no legs, but because he ripped. What an inspiration. What's your excuse for not skateboarding? Check the raw footage here! Subscribe to Ride: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=ridechannel http://facebook.com/ridechannel http://twitter.com/ridechannel instagram @ridechannel User: runarounddead Apr 2, 2012 3:34 PM
Unmoderated Tag: Highbrow Rating: No Votes Hits: 60 Comments: 0 Earth Hour 2012 Earth Hour 2012 This Earth Hour 2012: 8.30pm, Saturday 31 March, celebrate your action for the planet with the people of world by switching off your lights for an hour, then go beyond the hour. From its inception as a single-city initiative -- Sydney, Australia - in 2007, Earth Hour has grown into a global symbol of hope and movement for change. Earth Hour 2011 created history as the world's largest ever voluntary action with people, businesses and governments in 135 countries across every continent coming together to celebrate an unambiguous commitment to the one thing that unites us all -- the planet. User: Pantufas Mar 31, 2012 5:20 PM
Headline Tag: Animation Rating: Good Hits: 583 Comments: 4 John Taylor Gatto - The Reasons For Schooling John Taylor Gatto - The Reasons For Schooling John Taylor Gatto (born December 15, 1935) is a retired American school teacher with nearly 30 years experience in the classroom, and author of several books on education. He is an activist critical of compulsory schooling, of the perceived divide between the teen years and adulthood, and of what he characterizes as the hegemonic nature of discourse on education and the education professions. He promotes homeschooling, and specifically unschooling. Wade A. Carpenter, associate professor of education at Berry College, has called his books "scathing" and "one-sided and hyperbolic, [but] not inaccurate" and describes himself as in agreement with Gatto. Gatto is currently working on a 3-part documentary about compulsory schooling, titled The Fourth Purpose. He says he was inspired by Ken Burns's Civil War. User: Pantufas Mar 30, 2012 11:09 AM
 
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