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POPSSnag Films -The Documentary Widget Many of the most prominent documentary filmmakers are participating not only by having their films distributed via SnagFilms, but by engaging with their audience through blogs and offering special “bonus” material, as well as suggesting nonprofit organizations that viewers motivated by these films can link to and support via charitable contributions, volunteering or spreading the word.
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POPSBach on any weather ... other excellent versions of Bach's cello suites: Paul Tortelier Mastislav Rostropovich Pablo Casals recommended to end video when music end so to skip the talking .. -)
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POPSThe Shape of Music The shapes of the space of chords we have described also reveal deep connections between a wide range of musical genres. It turns out that superficially different styles--Renaissance music, classical and Romantic music, jazz, rock, and other popular forms--all make remarkably similar use of the geometry of chord space. Traditional techniques for manipulating musical scales turn out to be closely analogous to those used to connect individual chords. And some composers have displayed a profound understanding of the higher-dimensional geometry of musical chords. In fact, one can argue that Romantic composers such as Chopin had an intuitive feel for non-Euclidean higher-dimensional spaces that exceeded the explicit understanding of their mathematical contemporaries.
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POPSlooking for Kafka in Tel-Aviv ?!! Hoffe died this year, leaving the inheritance to her two daughters. Researchers are hoping they will now be given access to the materials, which will help shed light on Kafka's biography and will likely spark new interest in the author in the academic and literary worlds.
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POPS"Zorba the Israeli" His most famous book, "Zorba the Greek," was published in 1946. Its appearance in English in the United States, in 1954, made its author a runaway success that exposed him to the rest of the world. Zorbas became an adored figure in Western culture, and his prescription for life, passions and animal instincts were idealized. He came to represent all of Greek culture. Kazantzakis wrote many books. "The Last Temptation of Christ" roused a storm of controversy when it appeared. (the film version of the book was released, directed by Martin Scorsese with a soundtrack composed by Peter Gabriel.) "It's the combination of the landscape and the people," Melzer a former philosophy professor says "Greeks have an endless ability to be happy, and we Israelis can only learn from them."
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POPSSYNTHETIC TIMES – Media Art China 2008 "Works in the exhibition explore the trajectory of unruly visions from the desire to transcend the corporal to the construction of synthetic worlds, from telematic dreaming to transgenic hybrids, challenging the very notion of what we know as reality and what is perceived as being human."
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POPSExpo Zaragoza 2008 art entertainment design & architecture in a grand event of paying respect to Life and Nature. interesting 2see what it may bring forth? ...
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POPS Giant trees 'to clear excess CO2' "Dr. Wallace S. Broecker is perhaps the world's foremost interpreter of the Earth's operation as a biological, chemical, and physical system. He began his research in the 1950s with the development of techniques for measuring the radiocarbon content of ocean water and the ages and accumulation rates of deep sea and lake sediments, using this data to trace ocean circulation patterns over time."
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POPS Lost Treasures of Tibet" watch online 3 hour-long program !!! 1 Sacred 500-year-old paintings are crumbling off the walls of a Buddhist monastery, and a Tibetan monk sets off on a pilgrimage to see them. 2 Journey to Lo Monthang On his way to the monasteries of Lo Monthang, Lama Guru Gyaltsen encounters a hidden cave where deities are said to emanate from the walls. running time 7:04 3 Restoring a Temple's Glory British architect John Sanday and art conservator Rodolfo Lujan from Rome contemplate how to resurrect a temple and its murals. running time 7:28 4 Traces of the Masters An infrared camera detects the original drawings under the painted murals, revealing the intentions of the master artists. running time 7:31 5 The King's Approval The King of Mustang arrives to pass judgment on the work of the conservators. running time 5:27 6 An Uncertain Future Mustang's holy temples may still be in peril as the kingdom makes way for roads and automobiles. running time 4:59
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POPSWhat will the best-dressed buildings be wearing this year? "These days, the market's desire for architectural flamboyance, the speed of computer design and advances in construction technology (such as façades that “clip on” like clothes) mean architects simply must keep up with the latest trends. So here's our handy guide to what all well-dressed buildings should - and definitely shouldn't - be wearing in 2008." some style pointers at source.
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POPSPsycho Buildings at the Hayward Gallery "The Viennese collective Gelitin, for instance, has turned the western sculpture terrace into a boating lake. You don't get many opportunities in this city to row a boat 12 metres (40ft) above the ground while looking down at the river."
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POPSCoco Chanel: mobile Art meets Fashion ... Chanel required all the artists to produce work inspired by the quilted handbag, the "2.55," for "February 1955" when it was designed by Coco Chanel. The container will travel from Hong Kong to Tokyo, New York, Los Angeles, London, Moscow and Paris over the course of two years.
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POPSHow To Have A Mindful Sensuality "The more we can obtain our mindful sensuality the better we will ultimately be able to cope with the uncertainties in our lives." + video of Daniel Dennett on Consciousness.
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POPSwas William Shakespeare a Jewish Woman ??? "The theory rests largely on the circumstances of Bassano's life, which Hudson contends match, much better than William Shakespeare's did, the content of "Shakespeare's" work." "He is so convinced of Bassano's authorship that he formed a theater company, The Dark Lady Players, to bring out, through performance, the true meanings of the plays as, he argues, Bassano intended them." (For more details, visit www.darkladyplayers.com.)
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