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Originally created in support of charity, the popularity of the Dieux Du Stade Calendars has been credited for the increased fame of the Stade Français rugby team, as well as for rugby in general, in France. During the calendar’s 10 years, the basic concept hasn’t changed: the calendar features nude and semi-nude photographs of members of Stade Français, the Paris-based domestic French rugby team, and in more recent years, it includes players from other rugby union clubs. Photographed by Francois Rousseau, in his 3rd collaboration with Dieux Du Stade, the theme for 2012 tells the story of “survivors of a lost world, trying to get on board a ship.”
This piece includes a number of high-resolution color photographs, a photo-gallery and a two-minute documentary short film.
http://disembedded.wordpress.com/2012/01/02/calendar-dieux-du-stade-2012-nude-athletes-for-a-cause/Originally created in support of charity, the popularity of the Dieux Du Stade... more
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Well, this sexy picture shows one really great way to celebrate the New Year! Plus the two-minute short holiday video that goes along with it is sure to give you some chuckles, just to cool you down a bit!
This piece includes the hot high-res. photograph and the humorous 2-minute short film.
http://disembedded.wordpress.com/2011/12/29/happy-new-year-sexy-joy/Well, this sexy picture shows one really great way to celebrate the New Year! Plus the... more
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Thirty Seconds To Mars has just released the video album of its award-winning 30-minute MTV acoustic concert, “Unplugged: Thirty Seconds To Mars,” which was shot live in New York City. The set includes never before seen additional footage, plus acoustic performances of “Hurricane,” “Kings & Queens,” “Night Of The Hunter “and their inspiring rendition of the U2 classic “Where The Streets Have No Name.”
This piece includes the full concert music video in HD.
http://disembedded.wordpress.com/2011/12/29/thirty-seconds-to-mars-unplugged-returning-to-the-beginning/Thirty Seconds To Mars has just released the video album of its award-winning... more
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The situation with Iran has gone from bad to worse, and the US is threatening military intervention if Iran attempts to block the Strait of Hormuz, as they have threatened. To make matters worse, Congress has virtually tied Barack Obama’s hands, making a conflict more likely. We desperately need to step up diplomacy, but that may not be allowed.The situation with Iran has gone from bad to worse, and the US is threatening military... more
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Some Democrats are mourning the retirement of Ben Nelson [DINO-NE], aka Benedict Arnold Nelson, because it may make it more difficult for Democrats to retain the Senate. I disagree. Nelson even took Grover Norquist’s pledge! Much like Blanch Lincoln, formerly [DINO-AR], I doubt that he could have won reelection, because Republicans are no longer content to be represented by an unofficial goose stepper, and Democrats don’t want him. According to Jamelle Bouie, he strove to embody the worst of the Senate. Many of the leftists now opposing Obama claim that he had a filibuster proof majority in the Senate. It was never filibuster proof because of Nelson and Lieberman [ASSHOLE-CT]. For example, Nelson wielded the vote that blocked the public option.Some Democrats are mourning the retirement of Ben Nelson [DINO-NE], aka Benedict... more
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Over in the Totalitarian Corporate Plutocracy of Fitzwalkerstan, formerly Wisconsin, Scott Walker has been sipping some heavy duty whine. He is claiming massive voter fraud, wasted resources and more in an attempt to discredit the snowballing recall effort from patriots trying to restore Wisconsin. Of course Walker is lying. In fact, there’s little Walker and his Koch sucking thugs won’t to save his job.Over in the Totalitarian Corporate Plutocracy of Fitzwalkerstan, formerly Wisconsin,... more
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“Holiday Card 2011” is a one-minute animated holiday greeting card created by Malcolm Sutherland for the National Film Board of Canada. The NFBC wishes you a very happy holiday season with this beautiful animated card!
This piece includes a colorful illustration and the animated holiday greeting card.
http://disembedded.wordpress.com/2011/12/25/a-very-happy-holiday-card/“Holiday Card 2011” is a one-minute animated holiday greeting card created... more
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“Singing Christmas Hedgehogs” is a wickedly funny interactive animated video created by the talented Ant Blades at Bird Box Studio. In this cute video, you choose your own Christmas hedgehog, dress it up, pick an activity and then a cheerful holiday song with which your little hedgehog will serenade you. Just how fabulously neat is that?
This piece includes a colorful illustration and the very engaging animated short.
http://disembedded.wordpress.com/2011/12/24/the-goofy-singing-christmas-hedgehogs/“Singing Christmas Hedgehogs” is a wickedly funny interactive animated... more
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“White” is a beautiful three-minute black-and-white short film by Luxembourg filmmaker Vitùc, with background music by Max Richter. “White” is full of wonderful inspirational imagery of a lot of snow, a lot of fun, peace and pleasure. Even if it’s raining and quite warm outside where you live, this little film is sure to make you feel like it’s beginning to be a “White Christmas.” Here’s wishing you and your family a happy holiday season!
This piece includes a number of stunning high-resolution photographs and the inspirational short film.
http://disembedded.wordpress.com/2011/12/24/white-a-holiday-winter-wonderland/“White” is a beautiful three-minute black-and-white short film by... more
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While doing my daily research I ran across the best source of documentation of Ron Paul’s unsavory beliefs and positions I have seen, supporting each claim with a link to a PDF scanned from one of Paul’s infamous newsletters. Furthermore, it covers far more that just Paul’s racism. Combining this information with the videos shown below make it clear that either Ron Paul is lying, or Ron Paul is lying with his conflicting attempts to cover this up.While doing my daily research I ran across the best source of documentation of Ron... more
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Republicans were so anxious to avoid extending the payroll tax cut for Main Street Americans, that they bent over backwards to block it. They insisted on making the poor, not the rich, pay for it. They loaded it down with poison pills. And even when Senate Republicans finally did compromise, the House Republican leadership refuse to allow a vote on it, because it would have passed. Boehner even turned off C-SPANs cameras, so America could not see Democratic objections. However, the public outcry was so great that the Republicans caved in yesterday. This is how it happened.Republicans were so anxious to avoid extending the payroll tax cut for Main Street... more
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Santa's sitting on a pretzel stick? Oh goodness me...I never heard of anything so bizarre such as this before. But it's absolutely true, and here's a great high-resolution color photograph of happy old Santa sittin' right there on a pretzel stick. Looks like he could be on some street vendor's old food cart, somewhere in the middle of New York City.
This piece includes the wonderful high-resolution photograph of Santa sitting on a pretzel stick, as well as the cheerful one-minute animated short film, “Joyeux Noël!”
http://disembedded.wordpress.com/2011/12/21/happy-holidays-santas-sitting-on-a-pretzel-stick/Santa's sitting on a pretzel stick? Oh goodness me...I never heard of anything so... more
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Imagine flipping through the television channels and you turned on Glee’s “Extraordinary Merry Christmas,” expecting a group of rambunctious teenagers covering a number of holiday pop songs, but instead you get a black-and-white homage to Judy Garland’s 1963 Christmas Special, complete with laugh tracks, a Luke Skywalker lookalike (including a lightsaber) and an Irish holiday elf!
Well, this year’s Glee Christmas program was every bit as strange as it sounds, but maybe in today’s times it takes a show like this to spread holiday cheer and inspire the gift of giving.
This piece includes color photographs and two wonderful music videos from the show.
http://disembedded.wordpress.com/2011/12/19/the-glee-holiday-spectacular/Imagine flipping through the television channels and you turned on Glee’s... more
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“Snow Angels” is a wonderful two-minute animated short film directed by Yves Geleyn, with music provided by Huma-Huma. The delightful little film presents a tender holiday tale of angels, snowflakes and the tradition of giving.
This piece includes colorful pictures and the charmingly engaging animated short film.
http://disembedded.wordpress.com/2011/12/17/a-wintery-tale-snow-angels/“Snow Angels” is a wonderful two-minute animated short film directed by... more
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The death of Christopher Hitchens on Thursday night, of complications from esophageal cancer at the age of 62, ended one of the greater intellectual careers of the last 40 years. Born in Portsmouth, England, and educated at Balliol College, Oxford, Hitchens started his career as a Trotskyite at “The New Statesman,” working along with noted authors, Martin Amis and Ian McEwan, who would become his lifelong friends. In the early 1980s, he moved to the United States, becoming a citizen in 2007, and began working for liberal magazine “The Nation,” writing some of his earliest attacks on the conservative government and American foreign policy.
A prolific author, Hitchens left behind a massive body of critical writing, with more than a dozen books and hundreds of essays targeting everyone from the British Monarchy to Bill Clinton to George Orwell to God, usually with wit and more often than not, vicious and cutting remarks. Even those who hated his politics could not help but admire his skill as a writer and ability to craft a sharp turn of phrase, and many called him a friend.
Perhaps his most famous book was “The Missionary Position,” a scathing attack on Mother Teresa and her Missionaries of Charity church, an organization that he called a cult. Hitchens described Mother Teresa as a “fraud” and accused her of glorifying poverty to enrich herself and the Catholic church, rather than truly helping the poor. The book infuriated Roman Catholics around the world, as well as politicians and celebrities who he claimed had used the charity and her reputation to mask their own evil deeds.
A later work, “The Trial of Henry Kissinger,” accused the former Secretary of State of “war crimes,” and argued that Kissinger should be prosecuted for “crimes against humanity, including conspiracy to commit murder, kidnap, and torture” for his involvement in atrocities in Southeast Asia and Central America. As a critic of the Bush administration’s use of torture, Hitchens filmed himself being waterboarded to demonstrate the cruelty of the practice. Hitchens claimed that, “The official lie about this treatment … is that it 'simulates' the feeling of drowning. This is not the case. You feel that you are drowning because you are drowning.”
Hitchens had an enviable career arc that began with his own brand of fiery journalism at Britain’s “New Statesman” and then made its way to America, where he wrote for everyone from “The Atlantic” and “Harper’s” to “Slate and “The New York Times Book Review.” He was a legend on the speakers’ circuit, could debate just about anyone on anything and won innumerable awards.
Christopher Hitchens was a wit, a charmer, a troublemaker and was a gift, if it dare be said, from God.
This piece includes color photographs, a photo-gallery and two documentary short films.
http://disembedded.wordpress.com/2011/12/16/remembering-christopher-hitchens-1949-2011/The death of Christopher Hitchens on Thursday night, of complications from... more
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“O Night Divine” is a new and compelling four-minute short film by Los Angeles filmmaker Eliot Rausch, with original music by Adam Taylor. Using nothing more than “12/24/11” and stunning visuals from the film to explain its narrative, this absolutely mesmerizing work presents a great modern Christmas story.
This piece includes color photographs and the wonderful short film.
http://disembedded.wordpress.com/2011/12/15/o-night-divine/“O Night Divine” is a new and compelling four-minute short film by Los... more
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Elderly Animals: Photographs by Isa Leshko
“Elderly Animals: Photographs” by Isa Leshko is a touching five-minute documentary short film created by Mark and Angela Walley at Walley Films, about a collection of extraordinary images by the young photographer Isa Leshko. “Elderly Animals” is a portfolio of luminous photographs that are a moving expression of empathy, as well as a celebration of life. Leshko began the project after she spent a year caring for her mother who has Alzheimer’s disease. Instead of photographing her family, she found an outlet for her experience in this series of portraits of aging farm animals.
Includes photographs and the wonderful documentary short film.
http://disembedded.wordpress.com/2011/12/08/elderly-animals-on-aging-and-mortality/Elderly Animals: Photographs by Isa Leshko
“Elderly Animals:... more
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Jenny Slate‘s post-”Saturday Night Live” success with “Marcel the Shell with Shoes On” is an uplifting tale of picking yourself up after what some would consider a big defeat (being booted from SNL after one season) and creating something even more awesome. Jenny and her fiancee, Dean Fleischer-Camp, created a viral video about a shell with shoes and a lentil hat that currently has 14 million views and is now an Amazon best-selling book. When interviewed by Brian Williams for his new NBC show, “The Rock,” Williams can’t help but melt in the face of little Marcel.
This piece includes photographs and two videos.
http://disembedded.wordpress.com/2011/12/14/brian-williams-interviews-marcel-the-shell-on-national-tv/Jenny Slate‘s post-”Saturday Night Live” success with “Marcel... more
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“Impossible Present” is a charming, beautifully executed one-minute holiday 3D-CG animated short film by LA-based Royale Studios. Have you ever spent time trying to open a plastic package that was sealed tightly shut, you know the ones I’m talking about? They usually contain an ultra cool, little electronic device in an impenetrable plastic casing that, more often than not, draws blood before you’re finally able to enjoy the gadget inside. This little film features an original CG character who is trying desperately to get his Christmas present open. It turns out to be the impossible present…impossible to open!
This piece includes colorful illustrations and the delightful holiday short film.
http://disembedded.wordpress.com/2011/12/13/the-impossible-present/“Impossible Present” is a charming, beautifully executed one-minute... more
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The question I hear most as I go about my day to day work of bringing news to people, that is admittedly and proudly biased, but also factually honest, is: “How can anyone in their right mind vote for a Republican?” It’s a good question, given that Republicans govern exclusively for the benefit of millionaires, billionaires, and corporate criminals, and do NOT represent you. The best answer I can give is that Republicans live in a completely different reality. For the record, I am not a fan of David Frum, a rather extreme Bushavik, and oppose his views on almost every subject. But when an opponent gets something right,. integrity demands that I give credit where credit is due, and on this subject, Frum is spot on.The question I hear most as I go about my day to day work of bringing news to people,... more
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