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The Documentary Revolution – A Shift To ‘Truthful Cinema’? Has a libertarian society ever existed? - The Libertarian Republic. By Ian Huyett It’s sometimes suggested that libertarian ideas are hazardous because they lack precedent.

Has a libertarian society ever existed? - The Libertarian Republic

Functioning decentralized societies, it’s implied, are absent from humanity’s past. Yet throughout recorded history, nations have survived and thrived without the overarching authority that President Obama assures us is necessary for prosperity. The Refracted Light: Imaginary and Impossible Colors. STARE AT THE TOP square for a minute or more.

The Refracted Light: Imaginary and Impossible Colors

Do not move your head, and keep your eyes right in the middle of the square. Slowly move your eyes to the square below. Glorious, isn't it? You are seeing some colors that are impossible to actually portray in the real world, other than transiently as you see here. These are called “imaginary colors”. Here is the problem. There are some deep, rich red colors which do not stimulate either your green or blue cone cells.

A camera mimics human vision by also having three classes of sensors, and like the eye, there is no color which will give a signal in the camera's green which will not also give a signal in either red or blue or both. The big list of 100 tools, tips and tricks to work more efficiently online. Bringing Back Wonder Woman. Dear privileged Hollywood women, We need you.

Bringing Back Wonder Woman

It’s time. You can no longer remain silent. DIY Special Effects: The 'Matrix' Bullet Time Shot with a Ceiling Fan and a GoPro. A lemon splashes into a bowl in a still from the demonstration of this DIY "The Matrix" bullet effect. #ACCELERATE MANIFESTO for an Accelerationist Politics. Accel­er­a­tion­ism pushes towards a future that is more mod­ern, an altern­at­ive mod­ern­ity that neo­lib­er­al­ism is inher­ently unable to generate. 01. INTRODUCTION: On the Conjuncture 1. At the beginning of the second decade of the Twenty-​First Century, global civilization faces a new breed of cataclysm.

Devi Shetty. Devi Prasad Shetty (born May 8, 1953) is an Indian philanthropist and a cardiac surgeon.

Devi Shetty

He has leveraged economies of scale to provide affordable healthcare. He was awarded the Padma Bhushan, third highest civilian award in India for his contribution to the field of affordable healthcare.[2] Life and career[edit] Dr. Turning orgasm into art. Sto nejvlivnějších intelektuálů světa. Komiksový hrdina Ludvík Svoboda. Všimli si ho i v Americe. 25. dubna 2013 17:52 | Lidovky.cz.

Komiksový hrdina Ludvík Svoboda. Všimli si ho i v Americe

College of Production - CoP Show: Future Fiction. Riot grrrl: searching for music's young female revolutionaries. March 1993, and a storm is about to hit.

Riot grrrl: searching for music's young female revolutionaries

Two bands – one American, one British – have embarked on a tour of the UK, sweeping across the country with a message and a mission. This Mexico City Building Eats Smog for Lunch. There are plenty of architects these days who are doing their best to design buildings that are energy efficient and utilize green technology.

This Mexico City Building Eats Smog for Lunch

And then there’s Allison Dring and Daniel Schwaag of the Berlin-based firm Elegant Embellishments. For Torre de Especialidades, a hospital with a new tower currently under construction in Mexico City, the duo has developed a tile called proSolve370e, which will cover the façade of the building. Comfort women. Comfort women were women and girls forced into sexual slavery by the Japanese Imperial Army during World War II.[1][2] The name "comfort women" is a translation of a Japanese name ianfu (慰安婦).[3][4] Ianfu is a euphemism for shōfu (娼婦) whose meaning is "prostitute(s)".[5] Estimates vary as to how many women were involved, with numbers ranging from as low as 20,000[6] to as high as 200,000,[7][8] or even as many as 360,000 to 410,000[9] but the exact numbers are still being researched and debated.[10] Many of the women were from occupied countries, including Korea, China, and the Philippines,[11] although women from Burma, Thailand, Vietnam, Malaysia, Taiwan, Indonesia and other Japanese-occupied territories were used for military "comfort stations".

Comfort women

According to testimony, young women from countries under Japanese Imperial control were abducted from their homes. In many cases, women were also lured with promises of work in factories or restaurants. Japanese military prostitution Outline. America's serious crime rate is plunging, but why? Vývařovna. Carolyn Gudger. Central dispatch received a call reporting a gunman in the school at 9:15 a.m.

Carolyn Gudger

Save a student or two who were arriving late, and school principal Melanie Riden, the front entranceway and hall were relatively empty. According to Dr. Jubal Yennie, Sullivan County director of schools, entrances are locked at that time, and it's unclear how Cowan made entry. Sheriff Wayne Anderson said Cowan was "irate," and immediately pointed a .380-caliber, semi-automatic handgun at Riden's head. A receptionist in an adjacent office saw the confrontation, according to sheriff's officials, and immediately alerted students and staff of a lockdown. Gudger pushed Riden behind her and toward the nearby cafeteria, allowing her to escape to safety.

How I Stopped Eating Food : Mostly Harmless. Food is the fossil fuel of human energy.

How I Stopped Eating Food : Mostly Harmless

It is an enormous market full of waste, regulation, and biased allocation with serious geo-political implications. Why the World Needs More Brilliant 'Stupid' Ideas. Skip Advertisement This ad will close in 15 seconds... Young Entrepreneurs. HOW MUCH DID THAT VIDEO COST? by Zach Graber, freelance filmmaker. The strange death of ‘Red Warwick’ — Comment. Joseph Reagle on the gender gap in geek culture. 'Fake Geek Girls' Paranoia Is About Male Insecurity, Not Female Duplicity - Noah Berlatsky. Unpacking an ongoing Internet spat. How a Nutrient Economy Can Save Our Farmers, Our Health and Our Environment. Veřejné finance a ekonomika zcela jinak. Www.atgtickets.com/jobs_details.aspx?id=4714.

Category: Front of House Job reference: BIRFOH Location: New Alexandra Theatre, Birmingham Closing date: 11 March 2013. Third-year fever: All the things you need to do before you leave - Student Life - Student. Cultureofcompetition.aei.org. 'My husband has premature ejaculation: what pills will help him?' MAKERS: Women Who Make America. In the last half-century, women have fought their way into nearly every sphere of American life, from the battlefield to the comedy club, the soundstage to the Senate. Expanding on the critically acclaimed PBS documentary MAKERS: Women Who Make America, which told the story of the modern American women’s movement, each documentary in this six-part series examines the impact of the women’s movement on six fields once largely closed to women: business, space, Hollywood, comedy, war and politics.

In each field, women have pried open, and profoundly reshaped, the central institutions of American life and culture. The Alchian-Allen Theorem. The Alchian-Allen Theorem is a lesser known but still very interesting economic theory. It states that when a fixed cost is added to substitute goods, the more expensive one becomes relatively less expensive, and so people are likely to increase consumption of the higher quality good. Lonelyleap. How to write your application to the BBC grad scheme. Video Engagement: Retaining Your Audience. The ultimate guide to avoid job searching burnout. Titus Oates. Gaia hypothesis. 10 Routes to Finance Your Film. 50 Media Production Career Websites Worth Bookmarking.