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Thanks for the chat

Mon, 26 Oct 2009 15:09:50 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Mitchell And Webb

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18 with a Bullet

Sun, 25 Oct 2009 21:46:15 GMT

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The Swine Flu Vaccine

Sat, 24 Oct 2009 13:55:15 GMT

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Clip Source: dsc.discovery.com

it's clear that swine flu is taking the country by storm

government is urging just about everyone older than 6 months to get the H1N1 vaccine

while some people are waiting for hours in line to get themselves or their children vaccinated, others are avoiding it -- convinced that the H1N1 vaccine is unnecessary or even unsafe. Scientists are fighting hard to tackle those misconceptions

urban myths

Someone says something that spreads virally from person to person and becomes truth in their minds

expert answers

Concern #1: Swine flu is no big deal. It's just another example of media hype.

a larger than normal number of serious complications, including pneumonia and bacterial infections

hitting hard unusually early

Concern #2: The vaccine is more dangerous than the virus.

stubborn myth drives the experts nuts

Concern #3: The government will force you to get the vaccine, no matter what you think about it.

simply not true

Concern #4: I don't need the vaccine because I'm young and healthy.

are most at risk

Epic humpback whale battle filmed

Sat, 24 Oct 2009 13:53:28 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Nature's biggest battle

Clip Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Clip Source: news.bbc.co.uk

It is the greatest animal battle on the planet, and it has finally been caught on camera.

A BBC natural history crew has filmed the "humpback whale heat run", where 15m long, 40 tonne male whales fight it out to mate with even larger females.

During the first complete sequence of this behaviour ever captured, the male humpbacks swim at high speed behind the female, violently jostling for access.

The collisions between the males can be violent enough to kill.

The footage was recorded for the BBC natural history series Life.

The art of Bernard Pras

Sat, 24 Oct 2009 08:51:40 GMT

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Clip Source: www.sweet-station.com

‘ Pras was born in 1952 in the south-west of France in a toy shop. After more than 20 years spent as a painter, and also a sculptor of recovered objects, Pras conceived in 1997, an astonishing form of expression, using photography as a basis for the creation of what amounts to a form of installation art. Pras’s work does not illustrate the painter’s art but the way the eye views an object. In fact, brush and paint are replaced by the object itself. By anamorphosis he creates a picture in relief and gives birth to portraits by randomly accumulating common objects. Pras sets up his camera at a well-defined angle so that the objects themselves merge and a portrait appears from this bric-à-brac - the work of art is accomplished ! The photograph is the only remaining trace of this ephemeral work.’ Link here.

Clip Source: www.vvdm-gallery.com

Diwali 2009

Sat, 24 Oct 2009 08:31:21 GMT

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Clip Source: www.boston.com

October 17th marked the celebration of Diwali among Hindus and other groups around the world. Diwali is also known as the "Festival of Lights" (the name translates as "row of lamps" in Sanskrit). The festival marks the homecoming of Hindu God Rama to Ayodhya after a 14-year exile in the forest following his victory over Ravana, and signifies the victory of good over evil, of light over darkness. Celebrants observe Diwali with fireworks, colorful lanterns, lamps, garlands, sweet treats and worship. Collected here are a handful of photographs of Diwali this year. (33 photos total)

A People's History of the Internet - 1969 to Today

Fri, 23 Oct 2009 20:14:49 GMT

clipped by: BartendingBear
clipper's remarks: Unclippable interactive feature. Includes interview with Bill Duvall of Stanford and Charley Kline (then of UCLA), the first two Internet users.

Clip Source: www.guardian.co.uk

A people's history of the internet: from Arpanet in 1969 to today

To mark the 40th anniversary of the first stirrings of the internet we asked you to tell us your experiences of life online. Hundreds of you responded, and here we present an interactive documentary of your stories and videos, alongside our own research and interviews with key figures (About this project)

50 Intelligent Video Sites

Thu, 22 Oct 2009 13:40:20 GMT

clipped by: Socratoad

Clip Source: www.openculture.com

Back in June, we first posted a handy list of web sites where you will find free intelligent videos — documentaries, classic films, public television programs, university courses & lectures, interviews with big thinkers, etc. The collection has now grown to 50 sites. Below, you can find the first ten sites on the list, and you can check out the complete collection here. Feel free to share it with friends and, of course, tell us if we’re missing something valuable by using the comments section below.

Jane Bown's portraits

Mon, 19 Oct 2009 21:46:33 GMT

clipped by: JohnWaterman

Clip Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Since her first, brilliant portrait of Bertrand Russell appeared in the Observer 60 years ago, Jane Bown has photographed some of the world's most famous faces.

Clip Source: www.guardian.co.uk

She has worked for the paper for six decades

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Bjork, 1995

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Bono

1987

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Brassaï, 1982.

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Cilla Black

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David Hockney, 1966

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Dennis Hopper, 1982

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Edith Sitwell, photographed in 1959

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Groucho Marx, SJ Perelman and Kenneth Tynan, 1964

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Henri Cartier-Bresson, 1957

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Jayne Mansfield, her Hollywood career over, was appearing in working men’s clubs in the north of England when this photograph was taken in 1967. A week later she was killed in a car accident

Clip Source: www.guardian.co.uk

John Lennon, 1967

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Ballerina Moira Shearer, 1950

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PJ Harvey, 1995

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Philip Larkin

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Quentin Crisp at home in Chelsea in 1978

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Richard Harris in 1977

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Samuel Beckett.

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Sinead O'Connor, 1992

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Spike Lee

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Berlin East Side Gallery

Mon, 19 Oct 2009 21:30:10 GMT

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Clip Source: www.traveladventures.org

Clip Source: vimeo.com

The East Side Gallery is the longest preserved stretch of the former Berlin Wall.

It is the largest open-air gallery in the world with 106 original mural paintings on 1.3 km-long created by artists from all over the world after the collapse of East Germany.

Today, it is being renovated for the Commemorations of the 20th anniversary of the "Fall of the Wall"

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Clip Source: dailysoft.com

East Side Gallery 1
East Side Gallery 2
East Side Gallery 3
East Side Gallery 4

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Clip Source: www.cambridge2000.com

Handshakes in Thought: The Van Gogh Letter Sketches

Mon, 19 Oct 2009 21:11:53 GMT

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clipper's remarks: It's difficult to do justice to this great post in a clip so please visit the site.

The whole blog is well worth a good browse too

Clip Source: bibliodyssey.blogspot.com

"This magnificent new edition of the complete Van Gogh letters is a celebration not only of a great artist but of art itself. Through six large volumes of more than 900 letters, meticulously annotated and accompanied by a wealth of illustrations, we are allowed to follow the painter's progress through a long and at times painful apprenticeship to ultimate artistic triumph.

Café Au Charbonnage

To Theo Van Gogh (Vincent's brother) from Laken (near Brussels)

November 1878 [148]

click on any of the linked numbers with each image to access the letter facsimile,

transcriptions/translations and views of completed artworks and useful notations

Road with a man and pollard willows

October 1881 [175]

Nature always begins by resisting the draughtsman, but he who truly takes it seriously doesn’t let himself be deterred by that resistance, on the contrary, it’s one more stimulus to go on fighting, and at bottom nature and an honest draughtsman see eye to eye

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R. Crumb draws The Book of Genesis

Sun, 18 Oct 2009 21:10:25 GMT

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Clip Source: www.nytimes.com

CONSIDERING that barely a word has been changed from the original, the warning on the cover of a new, illustrated version of the Book of Genesis — “Adult Supervision Recommended for Minors” — might seem surprising. Until, that is, one reads the name of the illustrator: R. Crumb.

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ABRAHAM AND ISAAC

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NOAH NOAH

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GATES OF SODOM

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ABRAM (later renamed Abraham by God) It was my crude attempt to capture his vision of all this future suffering that is supposed to take place with all his people. In the background are all the suffering faces of his people. I made them dark and murky because it's a vision of the future. It's not a clear photograph of the future

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JACOB AND RACHEL

The year's best pictures from the world of medicine

Sun, 18 Oct 2009 20:41:43 GMT

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Clip Source: www.newscientist.com

Wellcome Images is part of the Wellcome Trust, a charity that funds health research. For ten years it has awarded prizes for pictures that creatively explore the fields of medicine, social history, healthcare and biology. These are the 19 winners for 2009.

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Copolymers can be used in microparticle or "particle-in-particle" drug delivery. Polymers that do not dissolve in acidic solutions can be used to coat a drug to prevent it being released in the stomach; or slowly dissolving polymers can slowly release a drug, reducing the number of times a day a person has to take medication.

The inner particle, shown here in orange, is loaded with the drug prednisolone, used to treat inflammatory bowel disease. The outer particle, in blue, is the copolymer that encapsulates it.

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the moment of human conception

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blood capillaries in the ciliary body of an ox's eye

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sensory nerve endings at the end of a hair follicle

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burn-damaged skin cells

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lung cancer cell

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sickle-cell anaemia

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developing mouse head

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Best god In Show - NOFX

Thu, 15 Oct 2009 21:54:33 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Great song

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Clip Source: scienceblogs.com

I think I like this band, NOFX.

Tags: atheism, religion, music

Saving Hubble

Thu, 15 Oct 2009 21:46:14 GMT

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Clip Source: www.universetoday.com

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In a world where you have just one chance to save a dying explorer, the only hope is a space shuttle mission …(said in my deepest, most dramatic voice….) Enjoy this movie-like trailer for the upcoming NOVA special on PBS stations in the US, "Hubble's Amazing Rescue." It looks like a great show, providing the chance to re-live the exciting 12-day Hubble Servicing Mission 4 and its five pressure-filled spacewalks. Hubble's Amazing Rescue premieres Tuesday, October 16th at 8PM ET/PT on PBS. Find out more about the show and check local listings for your area here.