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Permanent Tag: Music Rating: Good Hits: 196 Comments: 0 Dave Cole: The Music Box Dave Cole: The Music Box A 22,000 lb vibratory compactor, turned into a 2000 lb music box, capable of being moved through a single door, and installed in a second floor gallery--and of playing The Star Spangled Banner. User: spam_vigilante May 9, 2013 9:54 PM
Permanent Tag: Highbrow Rating: Good Hits: 155 Comments: 0 Chicago's World Fair, 1892-1895 Chicago's World Fair, 1892-1895 This video concerning the topic of the 1893 Chicago's World Fair, 1892-1895, comes from the "Illinois in the Gilded Age, 1866-1896" website, which is a creation of Northern Illinois University Libraries' Digital Initiatives Unit: http://www.ulib.niu.edu/DigitalInitiatives/DigitalInitiatives.cfm The "Illinois in the Gilded Age" (http://dig.lib.niu.edu/gildedage) site brings together primary source materials from a number of libraries, museums and archives, including the Newberry Library, the Chicago Historical Society and the Illinois State Library. While the site uses Illinois as its focal point, it also examines larger themes in the history of the United States during the Gilded Age, and can support the study of the period with rich materials details events of national significance. Please see the following page for the full text featured in this video: http://dig.lib.niu.edu/gildedage/narr7.html User: Curtius May 9, 2013 12:01 PM
Unmoderated Tag: Highbrow Rating: Amazing Hits: 57 Comments: 0 Countries in Countries: Bizarre Borders Countries in Countries: Bizarre Borders Some countries are completely enveloped by others. User: spam_vigilante May 8, 2013 4:11 AM
Unmoderated Tag: Highbrow Rating: Good Hits: 37 Comments: 0 The Importance of Doing Useless Things The Importance of Doing Useless Things http://bigthink.com From poetry and ballet to mathematics and being clever, life is laden with frivolous pursuits that hold no bearing on our ability to survive. However, Dawkins explains that the ability to perform such actions comes as a byproduct of the evolution of the human brain, perhaps because being clever is sexy. User: Curtius May 8, 2013 3:49 AM
Permanent Tag: Highbrow Rating: Ok Hits: 119 Comments: 0 The Making of The Red Book The Making of The Red Book When Carl Jung embarked on an extended self-exploration he called his confrontation with the unconscious, the heart of it was The Red Book, a large, illuminated volume he created between 1914 and 1930. Here he developed his principle theories—of the archetypes, the collective unconscious, and the process of individuation—that transformed psychotherapy from a practice concerned with treatment of the sick into a means for higher development of the personality. While Jung considered The Red Book to be his most important work, only a handful of people have ever seen it. Now, in a complete facsimile and translation, it is available to scholars and the general public. It is an astonishing example of calligraphy and art on a par with The Book of Kells and the illuminated manuscripts of William Blake. This publication of The Red Book is a watershed that will cast new light on the making of modern psychology. User: Curtius May 6, 2013 6:38 AM
Headline Tag: Science Rating: Amazing Hits: 851 Comments: 3 Huxley-Wilberforce Debate Huxley-Wilberforce Debate The Huxley-Wilberforce debate on the Charles Darwin book, "On the Origin of Species". User: Curtius May 4, 2013 4:15 AM
Unmoderated Tag: Highbrow Rating: No Votes Hits: 58 Comments: 0 Slavery - Crash Course US History #13 Slavery - Crash Course US History #13 In which John Green teaches you about America's "peculiar institution," slavery. I wouldn't really call it peculiar. I'd lean more toward horrifying and depressing institution, but nobody asked me. John will talk about what life was like for a slave in the 19th century United States, and how slaves resisted oppression, to the degree that was possible. We'll hear about cotton plantations, violent punishment of slaves, day to day slave life, and slave rebellions. Nat Turner, Harriet Tubman, and Whipped Peter all make an appearance. Slavery as an institution is arguably the darkest part of America's history, and we're still dealing with its aftermath 150 years after it ended. User: Curtius May 3, 2013 6:58 AM
Unmoderated Tag: Highbrow Rating: Ok Hits: 55 Comments: 1 'Northern Exposure' - Northern Lights 'Northern Exposure' - Northern Lights This is one of my favorite parts of the best TV series, ever made, called 'Northern Exposure Chris' speech about Light: 'Goethe's final words: "More Light." Ever since we crawled out of that primordial slime, that's been our unifying cry, "More Light." SunLight. TorchLight. CandleLight. Neon, incandescent Lights that banish the darkness from our caves to illuminate our road, the insides of our refrigerators. Big floods for the night games at Soldier's Field. Little tiny flashLights for those books we read under the covers when we're supposed to be asleep. Light is more than watts and footcandles. Light is metaphor... /Diane Frolov and Andrew Schneider/ ...Thy Word is a Lamp unto my Feet... /Amy Grant/ ...Rage rage against the dying of the Light... /Dylan Thomas/ ...Lead, kindly light, amid the circling gloom, Lead thou me on; The night is dark, and I am far from home; Lead thou me on. /John Henry Newman/ Arise, shine, for thy light has come. ...Light is knowledge, Light is life, Light is Light." /Diane Frolov and Andrew Schneider/ Song: Ebudae (from Enya) I do not own this video! User: Curtius May 3, 2013 6:52 AM
Unmoderated Tag: Highbrow Rating: Ok Hits: 51 Comments: 0 Machiavelli Owns Fanatic Children Machiavelli Owns Fanatic Children Scene from The Borgias User: Curtius May 3, 2013 3:48 AM
Headline Tag: Animals Rating: Good Hits: 812 Comments: 2 Animals Interrupt Sporting Events Animals Interrupt Sporting Events Animals Interrupt Sporting Events: A Critical Analysis In which John discusses adorable animals interrupting sporting events, including such hits as Dog Pooping on Baseball Field, Goalkeeper Dog Catcher Fail, Pine Marten Invades Swiss Soccer Match, Drug Dog Wants to Play, Anfield Cat, and Squirrel at the US Open. It's kind of a weird video. User: Curtius May 1, 2013 3:25 AM
Permanent Tag: Highbrow Rating: Amazing Hits: 110 Comments: 0 Share Spray: A New Way To Do Everything Share Spray: A New Way To Do Everything What happens when your Sharey Godmother pays you a surprise visit and hands you a can of Share Spray? Share Spray is a short animation from the Center for a New American Dream and Janelle Orsi, co-author of The Sharing Solution. With creativity, charm, and a bit of fun, Share Spray explores how our lives and communities could transform if sharing became the new way to do EVERYTHING! User: Pantufas May 1, 2013 2:36 AM
Permanent Tag: Pop Culture Rating: No Votes Hits: 127 Comments: 0 Was Shakespeare a Pop Artist? Was Shakespeare a Pop Artist? To celebrate William Shakespeare's 449th birthday, Stars frontman, and Q correspondent, Torquil Campbell, and The New Yorker staff writer, Adam Gopnik join Jian at the desk in Studio Q to elaborate on their debate about whether William Shakespeare should be considered a pop artist. User: Curtius Apr 25, 2013 11:25 AM
Headline Tag: Highbrow Rating: Ok Hits: 665 Comments: 0 Ted Talks: John McWhorter: Txtng is Killing Language. Jk!!! Ted Talks: John McWhorter: Txtng is Killing Language. Jk!!! Does texting mean the death of good writing skills? John McWhorter posits that there's much more to texting -- linguistically, culturally -- than it seems, and it's all good news. Apr 22, 2013 10:01 AM
Unmoderated Tag: Politics Rating: No Votes Hits: 27 Comments: 0 Today in History April 21 Today in History April 21 On this day in history: Mark Twain dies; Queen Elizabeth II born; Annie opens on Broadway. (April 21) Apr 21, 2013 7:01 AM
Headline Tag: Highbrow Rating: Good Hits: 412 Comments: 1 The Circle Line The Circle Line A black and white animated short movie about the cycle of life. User: Pantufas Apr 15, 2013 4:49 AM
 
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