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Torna a settembre il consueto appuntamento con le bellezze del patrimonio artistico europeo. Il 24 e il 25 settembre 49 stati europei, tra cui l’Italia che aderisce all’iniziativa, offriranno la possibilità di visitare gratuitamente lo straordinario patrimonio culturale europeo.
Next September the usual appointment with the beauty of the artistic heritage of Europe. The 24 and 25 September, 49 European countries, including Italy, which joined the initiative, will offer the opportunity to visit for free the extraordinary European cultural heritage.Torna a settembre il consueto appuntamento con le bellezze del patrimonio artistico... more
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Oh no he dit’nt! Yes he did. Well at least someone on Leland Yee’s staff or Leland trying to look like someone else posted the following to me on Twitter today: @baghdadbythebay he’s against it. Or haven’t you been reading his statements? #racismOh no he dit’nt! Yes he did. Well at least someone on Leland Yee’s staff... more
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Last week Leland Yee proclaimed that the elimination of shark fin soup as an attack on ancient Chinese culture. The next day he held a conference serving shark fin soup to the media to show how wonderful and delicious it is.
Then apparently, Leland remembered how environmentally friendly the people of San Francisco Bay Area are. He sent out a rather waffly sounding email that says that while he condemns the finning of sharks, he opposes the ban on shark fins.Last week Leland Yee proclaimed that the elimination of shark fin soup as an attack on... more
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An investigation into the long-obscured mystery of dimethyltryptamine (DMT), a molecule found in nearly every living organism and considered the most potent psychedelic on Earth.An investigation into the long-obscured mystery of dimethyltryptamine (DMT), a... more
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While Jean-Luc Godard’s life and work has received a plethora of critical attention, a relatively uncharted episode occurred in 1977–1978, when, at the behest of the Samora Machel government, the filmmaker worked in Mozambique to assist in the establishment of the country’s first television station. Having newly acquired its independence from Portugal, the avowedly Marxist government of Machel embarked on a cultural policy emphasizing the country’s autonomy and intending to avoid simply replicating the media landscape of First World countries. http://www.makeahistory.com/index.php/section-blog/16527-birth-of-the-image-of-a-nation-jean-luc-godard-in-mozambiqueWhile Jean-Luc Godard’s life and work has received a plethora of critical... more
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By mid-1977 the shape of the scene for the next couple of years was set: a musically-centered subculture, inspired by records and publicity from the U.K., centered in live performance in small nightclubs in North Beach and Hollywood, neighborhoods laden with both bohemian/ counter culture traditions and commercial sleaze culture. Many people got jobs in the same areas, where bizarre looks or behavior had some market value. They had no set ethics or alternative values. http://www.makeahistory.com/index.php/album-rewievs/13872-california-punkBy mid-1977 the shape of the scene for the next couple of years was set: a... more
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Official Press Release
The Divali Nagar Inc Celebrates Its 3rd Annual Divali Nagar Festival. Coral Springs, Florida.
For Immediate Release:
Tuesday September 7th 2010, Plantation. Florida. USA
The Divali Nagar Inc of South Florida, celebrates “Divali”, “Diwali”, “Deepavali” for its 3rd consecutive year in Broward County. Divali Nagar 2010, one of the largest outdoor celebrations of its kind in North America, Divali, will be celebrated this year on Friday November 5th. In preparation for the festival, the Divali Nagar celebrations run from Thursday October 28th thru Saturday October 30th.
The celebration is very unique in that there are participants from most countries in the Caribbean as well as India and the Far East. The audience will be entertained by some of the top artistes both locally and internationally each night. There will be several vendor booths from which you can enjoy some tasty ethnic vegetarian cuisine as well as Indian sweets and delicacies.
There will be a kid’s workshop on the site and children can participate in several very interesting and educational cultural learning experiences. The committee comprises of 25 members and they have been planning this superb presentation since November last year. They range from Teachers, Doctors, Professors, IT Professionals and very talented entertainers as well as cultural pioneers
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This Non Profit organization has a very solid foundation and is expanding at a very rapid pace. They will have a membership drive starting in November 2010, so become a part of this growing organization. This event is a great place for businesses to showcase their goods and services to the public
There are food and non food booth space still available but going very fast... This is a great event for kids to also volunteer their time for community service hours.
The entertainment begins at 7pm on Thursday and Friday. Saturday’s massive cultural exhibition will begin at 4pm and end at 10pm
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For more information, booth space rentals, vendor space or to be a part of the entertainment program please call us at (954) 846-9895 or
email us at info@divalinagar.us Our website www.divalinagar.us
Vendor space and media advertising spots are currently available. Please call us today (954) 846-9895
The Divali Nagar Inc. 2010Official Press Release
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The political philosophy known as juche became the official autarkic state ideology of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) in 1972.1 Although foreign scholars often describe juche as “self-reliance,” the true meaning of the term is much more nuanced. Kim Il Sung explained: "Establishing juche means, in a nutshell, being the master of revolution and reconstruction in one’s own country. This means holding fast to an independent position, rejecting dependence on others, using one’s own brains, believing in one’s own strength, displaying the revolutionary spirit of self-reliance, and thus solving one’s own problems for oneself on one’s own responsibility under all circumstances" http://www.makeahistory.com/index.php/recent-news/404-north-koreaThe political philosophy known as juche became the official autarkic state ideology of... more
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Defending cultural diversity goes hand in hand with respect for the individual, a group of United Nations independent human rights experts said today as they also warned that cultural diversity should not be used to infringe on human rights. :http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=34759&Cr=cultural+diversity&Cr1=Defending cultural diversity goes hand in hand with respect for the individual, a... more
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“Metropolis” is set in the year 2026, amidst the extraordinary Gothic skyscrapers of a corporate city-state, the metropolis of the title. Society has been divided into two rigid groups. One is composed of the intellectuals, planners and thinkers, who live high above the earth in comfort and luxury. The other group is made up of the laboring workers who live in a subterranean underground, a conceivable image of hell, constantly toiling in a vast workshop in order to sustain the opulent lives of the privileged ones.
The direct inspiration for Fritz Lang to make “Metropolis” in 1927 came from an earlier trip that he made to New York City. Eighty years later, as New York has actually become the grievous icon of life in the new century, suddenly “Metropolis” has become more realistic and important than ever before. Today, one of Lang’s messages to us is: “We live in fear, our minds, houses and cities became our prisons. Evil done to others turns against us.” The Metropolis, which Lang constructed in his film, is now our own contemporary world.
The film's portrayal of brutal capitalism and the importance of compassion remain hugely relevant, as does its message, “There can be no understanding between the hands and the brain unless the heart acts as mediator.” However, those in positions of power and wealth today have grown accustomed to ignoring that social message.
Further, our world has degenerated into a fragmented series of images, the meanings of which we often cannot understand, and which we often can no longer integrate into a comprehensible whole. In a sense, we are losing the key to our mind. “Metropolis” has become a foreboding journey into the mind of contemporary man: deep down there, one discovers only fear.
This piece includes a number of vintage b&w photographs from the film and a full-length version of the movie, with music re-scored by Lucas Brode.
http://disembedded.wordpress.com/2008/08/21/metropolis-a-contemporary-symphony-of-fear/“Metropolis” is set in the year 2026, amidst the extraordinary Gothic... more
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