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AIDS: Liberia Vice
During the last days VBS.TV has made a series of videos available created by them while traveling in Liberia (so far mainly Monrovia and surroundings) and talking to local journalists, war lords, slum inhabitants and other “normal people“. A story about civil war, drugs, AIDS, child soldiers, rape, daily killing, corruption, cannibalism… - it shows how deep the rabbit hole goes in one of the poorest countries and failed states on this planet.
The series comprises 8 short videos with different stations of their “travel” through Liberia of which so far 4 are online on their site.
What they have so far not covered is how much foreign aid is sunk into this country and what actually happens with it…
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Christmas: Adeste fidelis - Venite Adoremus
Adeste Fideles laeti triumphantes,
Veníte, veníte in Bethlehem.
Natum vidéte, Regem Angelorum:
Veníte adoremus,
Veníte adoremus
Veníte adoremus Dóminum
While the “fidelis” this year like in the years before merely get some kind of fair ground in Bethlehem - if they are allowed to go there with specially arranged package travel or diplomatic passports - one thing is different from the days this song and its lyrics have been composed.
While the shepherds around Bethlehem still speak a language that today is called Arabic (or some local dialects) there would be no “…En grege relicto, Humiles ad cunas Vocati pastores approperant …” (translated in the English version as: See how the shepherds, Summoned to His cradle, Leaving their flocks, draw nigh with lowly fear) -
there are guys with machine guns and tanks hindering the shepherds to even get close to the cradle - so Christmas would not happen these days again.
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Life: The role of the state to impact morality
This video is out of a series of short videos starting with “How to Live a Meaningful Life” up to “Reflects on Goodness” all of them interviews by the great BigThink web site with U.C. Berkeley social psychologist Dacher Keltner.
If you interested in Professor Keltner’s work and that of his colleagues at the…
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Data-Visualization: The Known Universe by AMNH
…The Known Universe takes viewers from the Himalayas through our atmosphere and the inky black of space to the afterglow of the Big Bang. Every star, planet, and quasar seen in the film is possible because of the world’s most complete four-dimensional map of the universe, the Digital Universe Atlas that is maintained and updated by astrophysicists at the American Museum of Natural History…
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World: AI’s 1 million clicks against poverty
Amnesty International has started a new campaign against worldwide poverty called “1 Million Clicks Against Poverty”.
They are supported by eboy who’s large scale pixel graphics are well known around the Internet and fans…
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Video: The Sky in Motion
An outstanding time-lapsed video of the sky, the sun, moon and the stars.
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Politics: Power to the poster
Power to the poster calls itself a “a graphic design democracy project” commenting on the issues of our time. You’ll find dozens of 11×17 posters in PDF format for download and use anywhere.
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Infographics: Did You Know 3.0
This is the 3rd revised edition of the “Did You Know” infographics animation. A few things sounded quite familiar but still worth watching.
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Film: Torturing Democracy
Torturing Democracy is the 2008 documentary film from awarding-winning producer Sherry Jones on the use of “enhanced interrogation techniques“ by the Bush administration in the so-called “War on Terror”. The 90 minutes documentary took more than 18 months to make and includes interview from high ranking U.S. military personnel and the State Department, including former Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage…
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2008 End-of-Year List compilation
Like in the last years since 2001 Fimoculous has come up with a great compilation of the best lists this year, from advertising, over books, comics, food, music to words.
Check back at their site a few times as lists for the different topics become available one after the other. Last year they selected over 600 lists.
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