Month: November 2014
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Delightfully Horrifying Manuscript Illuminations
from blogs.getty.edu: Illuminated manuscripts provided the medieval reader-viewer with a rich array of images that often rival those that we encounter on Halloween, from gory scenes of decapitated martyrs or arrow-pierced saints to walking cadavers, creepy spiders, spooky cemeteries, and even witches and ghosts. The images that follow had a variety of functions: some served…
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@PumpUpThaVolume: Episode135 – How Many Ways
♫Makin’ a soundtrack for another planet to hear♫ on Episode135 – How Many Ways which features brand new sounds from New Pornographers, Guster, Menace Beach, Courtney Barnett, Temples, Piers Faccini & Vincent Ségal, Olivia Jean, Laetitia Sadier, Deptford Goth, Silk Rhodes, I Love You But I’ve Chosen Darkness, A. Sinclair, Brass Bed, Mina Tindle and…
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INTERSTELLAR: Secret Revelations of Transhumanism and ‘The Singularity’
from source: Interstellar is a grandiose film about a great number of serious philosophical and scientific concepts. It’s also about a host other things, such as love, life, mistakes, meaning, etc., so knowing where to start an analysis is a bit challenging, though as many of my friends have said, it seems to be the perfect…
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Interview w/ Jay Dyer on ‘Interstellar’
Does the mainstream news cycle know when a new Christopher Nolan film is coming out? Jay Dyer of JaysAnalysis.com joins Media Monarchy to talk about the new film ‘Interstellar’ and all of the synchromystical connections to current events happening now in the sky – and crashing into the Earth. Kubrick, monoliths, comets, rockets and so…
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US Govt. Uses Fake Cell Towers, Flown on Airplanes, to Harvest Phone Data
from extremetech.com: Proving yet again that the US government can show a surprising soupçon of tenacity when it comes to gross invasion of privacy while occasionally catching a terrorist, a new report claims that, since 2007, the US Marshals Service has been criss-crossing the country with small airplanes equipped with fake cell towers. These small aircraft (fixed-wing Cessnas) intercept…
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#Sweden Confirms Foreign Sub In Its Waters
from cnn.com: A foreign submarine recently trespassed in Swedish territory, officials there said Friday, but they couldn’t say what country the vessel belonged to. The Swedish military began an intense sweep of the waters off the coast of Stockholm more than three weeks ago. On Friday, the Swedish Armed Forces announced that its investigation confirmed…
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Historic! Europe’s Philae Probe Lands on Comet 317M Miles Away
from nbcnews.com: After a suspense-packed, seven-hour descent, the European Space Agency’s Philae lander made an unprecedented touchdown on the surface of a comet Wednesday — marking the high point of a $1.3 billion, 10-year mission. Cheers erupted as the confirming signals were received at the European Space Operations Center in Darmstadt, Germany, at 11:03 a.m.…
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The Spiritual Secrets of Sound
from zengardner.com: If you think of universal reality as a cosmic satellite radio transmission, we are all frequencies that are being picked up from the same transmitter. This satellite radio (aka: God/the Universe/love/all-that-is) offers an endless amount of stations all at once, and you can dial in to any frequency that feels best. Simply put, think…
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#GoodNewsNextWeek: McDonald’s Japan Sees Profits Fall Into The Red
from enterjapan.me: On the 6th November, McDonald’s Holdings Co. (Japan) reported a substantial, ¥9.4 billion ($82 million) net loss for the July-September period – a stark contrast to the ¥1.8 billion net profit from the same period last year. Still reeling from the scandal of “Mc-Nugget Gate” , the company has revised its annual projections…
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#Interstellar: Why Christopher Nolan Made It On Film
from businessinsider.com: Christopher Nolan’s “Interstellar” is in theaters now and available in six different formats including 35mm. Despite the fact the format is almost dead, Nolan, along with directors like Quentin Tarantino, Paul Thomas Anderson, J.J. Abrams, and a few others, vow to keep the format alive by continuing to shoot on film the old-fashioned way.…
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Private Space Says: Don’t Overreact to Recent Mishaps
from floridatoday.com: Two high-profile mishaps involving private spacecraft last week have sparked new debate about whether the government should increase its oversight and regulation of a fledgling industry tackling complicated, risky ventures. But commercial space advocates say Congress and the administration shouldn’t view the unrelated accidents — one involving a rocket launch to the International…
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#KeiraKnightley’s Topless Photoshoot Was #Photoshop Protest
from telegraph.co.uk: Thanks to the likes of the activist group Femen, posing topless has become a political statement. Now Keira Knightley has said that her recent photographs were motivated by more than fashion. The Imitation Game actress was photographed for Interview magazine back in August, but this week revealed that the shoot by Patrick Demarcherlier…
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The Slow Decline of #FastFood In America
from msn.com: Sales of McDonald’s in the United States fell 3.3 percent in the last quarter. The consumption of sodas fell last year to 1995 levels, according to the industry specialist Beverage Digest. Americans drank on the average 51 gallons (nearly 200 liters) of soda per person in 1998; last year, it was 44 gallons.…
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Germany Marks 25 Years Since Fall of Berlin Wall
from voanews.com: Germans are celebrating the 25th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. German Chancellor Angela Merkel led several events Sunday, including the placing of a rose in one of the few remaining sections of the Wall to commemorate the 138 people killed in Berlin alone as they tried to flee the Soviet-allied…
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@PumpUpThaVolume: Episode134 – Easy Way Out
♫Makin’ a soundtrack for another planet to hear♫ on Episode134 – Easy Way Out which features brand new sounds from Blonde Redhead, Spider Bags, Streets of Laredo, Amason, Kele, My Brightest Diamond, Chadwick Stokes, First Aid Kit, Blake Mills, Low Roar, Charly Bliss, TV Girl, Tokimonsta and Perfume Genius… Download/Subscribe Previous: Episode133 – Runaway ****************************************…
